The next day, Ning Weiyin woke up, washed up, and went to the kitchen. He saw that the two bosses from Fengle Building and several helpers were already busy.
When Jiuniang saw Ning Wei coming, she bowed to Ning Wei and said, "Miss, everything in the kitchen has been arranged. Miss, please go and do other things. You don't need to worry about the kitchen."
Ning Wei took a look and saw that everyone in the kitchen was performing their duties and there was really no need for her to intervene, so she took Zaohua and Hu Rui to the front yard.
Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Qian were practicing health-preserving boxing in the yard, which was taught to them by Master Huineng when they were at Baoen Temple.
When Mrs. Jiang saw Ning Wei coming over, she waved and said, "A Wei, come and practice with my aunt."
Ning Wei smiled and agreed, "Okay, come on. Sir, you come too, and you lead everyone in front."
Hu Rui nodded in agreement, walked to the front and stood, asking everyone to do it with her.
"Auntie, your hand is backwards, your hand needs to be like this!"
"Is this so?" Old Mrs. Jiang asked while gesticulating.
"No, it's like this."
"Hahaha, when people get old, they become confused and cannot tell the difference between left and right." Mrs. Jiang said with a smile.
"Old madam, Madam Liu from Baoping Lane is here." Changxing came over to report.
Everyone in the courtyard stopped and looked at the courtyard door. Mrs. Qian walked towards the courtyard door and said, "Please come in quickly."
If you come here at this point, you must be here to help. Ning Wei felt moved in her heart and went over to meet him.
Liu Qiaoan came in with Xu Guanying and Xu Guanyu, "While we were still outside the door, we heard laughter in the yard. What are you talking about? Why are you so happy?"
"Qiao'an is here, Aying, Ayu, please come to the room. Mr. Hu will teach us how to practice health-preserving boxing. This was taught to us by Master Huineng when we were at Baoen Temple not long ago. My old sister and I are stupid enough.
I haven’t learned it yet.”
Mrs. Qian patiently explained to Mrs. Liu while giving way.
Mrs. Liu smiled and said, "Don't be anxious, take your time." After saying that, Liu Qiao'an paid homage to Mrs. Jiang and introduced Xu Guanying to everyone.
After some polite remarks, Mrs. Liu said: "Thinking of the banquet in the house today, I brought Aying and Ayu over earlier to see if there is anything I can do to help."
Mrs. Qian said with a smile: "Ah Wei has arranged everything. You can help greet the guests later, so that you can give advice to Ah Wei."
Ning Wei said to Liu Qiao'an: "This is our first banquet at home, and Wei'er doesn't understand many of the rules. I'll ask my aunt for advice later."
Liu Qiao'an came over early, just to help, and did not ask for Qiao, "Okay, I will greet the guests with Ah Wei later, and Ah Yu will follow."
Xu Guanyu responded obediently, "I understand."
Liu Qiao'an turned to look at Xu Guanying and ordered: "A Ying will follow cousin Yu in a moment to help greet the male guests. Brother Ying has to go to the Privy Council this morning for business and will not be here until later. I have to go to the Military and Horse Department in a while.
Come directly from the Bingma Division.
By the way, Ajie hunted a lot of live animals this time in Qiu Xiang, and we brought some here. I asked them to clean them up early this morning, and we can just cut them up and cook them in the kitchen."
Ning Wei looked at the servants carrying loads of various kinds of game, and made a mental note of Mrs. Liu's kindness.
Mrs. Qian repeatedly said that Mrs. Liu was attentive and asked someone to send the load to the kitchen.
Speaking of Qiu Ni, Ning Wei said: "When I was in Qi Mansion, I heard that Qiu Ni's eldest cousin won first place this time and received the Dragon Roaring Sword from the Emperor himself. Congratulations!"
Mrs. Liu said with a smile on her face: "Congratulations, congratulations, it's a double blessing for our family, Yu Ge'er is in high school, and Ajie has received another reward from the emperor. The family's luck has improved, and everything is starting well.
, let’s have a good celebration.”
After hearing this, Mrs. Qian was very happy and said repeatedly: "It is a happy event that should be celebrated properly."
Mrs. Liu took over the message, "We will celebrate in Mingyuan today and hold a banquet in Baoping Lane the day after tomorrow. One is to celebrate the two brothers, and the other is that Aying and Ayu will return to Beijing and gather with their relatives at home."
Madam Qian agreed, "Okay, let's go to Baoping Lane the day after tomorrow. Go inside and sit down to talk. Don't stand here."
Mrs. Qian politely allowed everyone to go to the main room.
"Okay!" Mrs. Liu smiled and took Mrs. Qian's hand and walked inside, while Ning Wei took Mrs. Jiang's arm and the group returned to the main room.
After sitting down, Sang Ye brought green bamboo and Hui Yi came in to serve tea.
Mrs. Qian looked at Mrs. Liu and said: "In addition to your family, the people invited to the banquet today are also Grand Scholar Yang's family, Ah Wei's maternal family, the patriarch of the Ning family and several elders in the clan, and Brother Yu.
My son’s classmate and friend.
According to preliminary estimates, there are two tables for male guests and two tables for female guests. Including my family, there are about six tables in total. Sister Wei asked the kitchen to prepare twelve tables of food."
After hearing this, Mrs. Liu nodded and said: "It's almost the same. All the guests at the banquet will be accompanied by servants. For the servants, men and women will each occupy one table, and a few tables will be left for defense. This is good."
Mrs. Qian said happily, "Sister Wei also thinks about it this way. Sister Wei is taking care of this banquet, and I don't care about anything."
Mrs. Liu looked at Ning Wei with more admiration, "We, Ah Wei, have grown up and can stand on our own, and my aunt can enjoy the blessings."
Mrs. Qian smiled and said, "Yes, when they grow up, I can enjoy the blessings."
Ning Wei bowed humbly and said, "Auntie, thank you. This is the first time to handle such a big thing. Wei'er felt very uneasy. There was something I didn't think well about. I asked my aunt for more advice. Wei'er would like to thank her for this."
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In Liu Qiao'an's mind, Ning Wei, like Xu Guanyu, is still a child, but now he has to worry about these things, and he can't help but feel pity for Ning Wei, "Don't worry, Ah Wei, my aunt is here. Where is Brother Yu? Why didn't you look at her?"
To Brother Yu?"
Mrs. Qian said: "Brother Yu went to the Yang Mansion early in the morning to pick up Grand Scholar Yang and Mrs. Qin."
At this moment, Yun Xing came in and reported: "Old madam, Uncle Wei followed Mr. Zhao. My uncle and his family are here. Uncle Wei asked the younger one to come back first to report."
"Okay, I got it." Mrs. Qian said as she stood up, "Sister Wei's grandfather's family has arrived. I'll go and greet them. Qiao'an will talk to the elder sister. Ah Wei, you come with me."
Ning Wei followed Mrs. Qian to the gate of the courtyard, and soon the Zhao family's carriage arrived.
Ning Wei stepped forward and lifted the curtain for Mrs. Zhao, leaned down and called out obediently: "Grandpa."
Mr. Zhao got out of the car, nodded towards Ning Wei with loving eyes, and then bowed his hands to Mrs. Qian.
"Awei, you girl, why don't you go to the house to play?"
Ning Wei turned around and saw her aunt Fang walking towards her with a smile on her face, scolding her with a smile.
Faced with Fang's enthusiasm, Ning Wei was stunned for a moment, then smiled and greeted Fang, "Hello, aunt. Wei'er has long wanted to go to the house to visit aunt, but there have been too many things happening at home recently, so it's hard to say
Please forgive me, auntie."
Mrs. Fang turned around and called her daughter behind her, "Sister Lan, Sister Xin, come quickly to meet Sister Wei. Your cousin's grandmother has passed away. Your cousin and sister-in-law are all helping in the Qi Mansion, so they can't come over today."
Ning Wei nodded, "Thank you, aunt, Wei'er understands."
Zhao Yonglan and Zhao Yongxin stepped forward to greet Ning Weifu, "Hello, cousin."
Ning Wei returned the favor to the two of them, saying, "Well done to my eldest cousin, and hello to my second cousin."
Zhao Yonglan is the eldest daughter of the uncle and Fang family, and Xiao Ningwei is one month old. Zhao Yongxin is the second daughter of Fang family, and Xiao Ningwei is two years old.
Mrs. Fang felt very happy when she saw Ning Wei smiling with crooked eyebrows and respectful look.
Mrs. Fang raised her hand to straighten Ning Wei's clothes and said, "I also know that you have gone through a lot these days. Poor children, with such a father, they have to bear so much at such a young age."
Ning Wei twitched the corner of her mouth, pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "It doesn't matter, as the days go by, it will always get better and better."
Hearing what Ning Wei said, Fang felt it was difficult to continue, so she took over the words, "That's right, now you and Brother Yu are starting your own business.
Brother Yu is ranked second in high school in the autumn, and he will definitely be on the gold medal list in the spring of next year. When Brother Yu has achieved fame, you brothers and sisters will be able to stand out."
Ning Wei smiled and nodded, echoing: "With my aunt's blessing, I hope that my brother can be named on the gold medal list in the coming spring."
"Brother Yu's homework is so good, Chunwei will definitely be able to go to high school. You two brothers and sisters are so outstanding. If Jinhua knows about it underground, he will be happy."
As she spoke, Fang raised her hand and wiped the corners of her eyes.
Mrs. Qian looked over and said with a smile: "Aunt Wei'er, please come to the house!"
After hearing Old Man Qian's greeting, Mrs. Fang's sad face turned into a smile, and she said, "Hello, madam, congratulations!"
Mrs. Qian nodded with a smile and said: "I'm happy with you, I'm happy with you. Her aunt is here. Please come to the house."
Mrs. Qian politely allowed everyone in the Zhao Mansion to go inside.
Ning Wei was last, looking at Fang who was chatting with her grandmother.
Ning Wei didn't know what to say to this aunt.
In her last life, when she was caught in the whirlpool of rumors, Mrs. Fang treated her very coldly. Even if they met by chance at someone's house, they would just nod and say hello, then Mrs. Fang would take Zhao Yonglan and Zhao Yongxin away.
Ning Wei knew that Fang didn't want Zhao Yonglan and Zhao Yongxin to get too close to her, lest her bad reputation affect them.
At that time, she was notorious, so Fang didn't want to pay much attention to her, which was understandable.
Ning Wei didn't blame Fang at all. However, with the memory of her previous life and facing the enthusiastic Fang, Ning Wei didn't know how to deal with it.
Ning Wei thought about it, Fang was her biological aunt, she would respect her, but she didn't want to get close to her.
This was also the reason why her brother asked her to go to her grandfather's house for a while after she saw through Zhao's trick, but she was unwilling to go.
Mrs. Fang turned around and saw Ning Wei at the end, so she slowed down her steps, waiting for Ning Wei to come forward and walk forward with her.
"Ah Wei, have everything in the house been arranged? My aunt came here early today just to help." Mrs. Fang waited for Ning Wei and asked with concern.
Ning Wei smiled and thanked her, "Thank you, auntie. Today's banquet is only for a few tables, except for a few familiar ones, including the clan leader and a few elders in the clan.
So there are not many things, everything has been arranged.
When my brother Chunwei is in high school and everything is going on at home, we will ask my aunt to come over and help."
Mrs. Fang nodded after hearing this and said, "Okay, I'll be here a day earlier."
Ning Wei bowed and thanked her: "Weier thanked my aunt first."
Madam Fang stretched out her hand to hold Ning Wei's hand and said softly: "You girl, why are you so polite?
We are a family, and it is normal for us to help each other. We thank each other so much that it seems strange."
Ning Wei took the words obediently, "Then Wei'er won't thank you."
Mrs. Fang squeezed Ning Wei's hand, "Is this right? Are you going to cook the banquet yourself today, or do you invite someone to cook it at home?" Mrs. Fang looked sideways at Ning Wei and asked.
Ning Wei replied: "The cook at home can only cook ordinary meals, but cannot prepare banquet noodles.
So I invited two cooks from outside to come back and cook the dishes, and the cook at home helped with the cooking."
Mrs. Fang nodded, "Well, that's right. Although it costs some money, it will save you a lot of worry.
Where did you buy the dangtou? Is it expensive? Let me tell you, the grades of dangtou are different, and the prices are also different.
Before making a request, be sure to inquire thoroughly so as not to suffer a loss."
Ning Wei's brows knitted slightly upon hearing this, her aunt was really good at getting along.
"I didn't ask much about this. Dangtou was recommended by a friend.
As for the price, I don't know much about it. My friend said that I don't have to deal with it and she will handle it. It is a congratulatory gift to her brother for high school." Ning Wei said casually.
Mrs. Fang frowned slightly and said disapprovingly: "It is a big deal to entertain guests at a banquet.
There are many things to pay attention to, such as how to make the banquet look good-looking and affordable, and how to spend as little money as possible to do the most decent thing.
Among them, how to prepare the dishes is extremely important, how many vegetables, how many vegetarian dishes... How can Sister Wei leave such an important matter to others?
Sister Wei, do you know where your good friend found the clang head?"
Ning Wei pretended to be thoughtful and then said: "I heard her mention it. It seems that she was invited from Fengle Tower."
"What? Fengle Tower?" Fang stopped and looked at Ning Wei in shock.
Ning Wei stopped, met Fang's gaze, nodded, and asked nervously: "Auntie, what's wrong?"
Fang's exclamation shocked the people in front of her to stop.
Zhao Yonglan looked at Fang in confusion and asked, "Auntie, what's wrong?"
Seeing everyone looking at her, Mrs. Fang realized that she had lost her composure, so she smiled and said, "It's nothing, Sister Wei and I are talking about things."
Seeing that nothing happened, everyone continued to move forward.
Mrs. Fang turned her head to look at Ning Wei and asked softly: "Sister Wei, the boss of Fengle House is notoriously expensive. How many people in the capital can afford the boss of Fengle House?"
Not only is it expensive, most people would never go to Dangtou in Fengle Tower.
Whose family does this good friend of yours come from? How does she know the people in Fengle Building?"
After Fang's words, Ning Wei realized that he owed Jiang Xingyu another favor.
Ning Wei said: "My aunt should know this person, Miss Jiang Xingyu from Jiang Shangshu's house."
Fang was surprised and blurted out: "Sister Wei is on good terms with Zhangzhu?"
Mrs. Fang desperately wanted her daughter to have more contact with Jiang Xingyu.
For this reason, he openly and secretly talked to his daughter-in-law more than once, asking her to bring Zhao Yonglan to more banquets so that her daughter would have the opportunity to get along with Jiang Xingyu.
