After laughing for a while, Shen Wan asked Hui'er to take out the gift she had prepared for Xiao Zhenzhen. What she prepared was a longevity lock collar, made of pure gold.
Hui'er hung the necklace around Xiao Zhenzhen's neck. Zhiqiu quickly thanked Shen Wan and said: "This is too precious."
Huier raised her chin and said, "If it wasn't valuable, Madam wouldn't give it to me!" Then she took out a pair of silver bracelets she had prepared, "I gave these to my little niece, you know. Yes, I am not as rich as my wife, so I have prepared a pair of silver bracelets, please don’t dislike them."
Zhiqiu smiled and said: "How can you dislike it? Come on, put it on my Zhenzhen too, and when you go out later, let people see the silver bracelet given by her Aunt Huier."
"I also prepared a pair of silver anklets for Zhen Zhen." Qiu Ju and Hui'er bought their gifts after discussion. Huier bought the bracelets and she bought the anklets.
Zhiqiu said: "Put it on too."
Qiu Ju put the anklet on little Zhenzhen. There were two bells on the anklet, which would ring whenever little Zhenzhen moved her feet.
They stayed in the flower hall and waited until the banquet started outside before going out.
The men and women had separate seats. The women set up two tables in the main hall, while the men sat at four tables in the courtyard outside the main hall.
Shen Wan, Qiu Ju, Hui'er, and several unknown women sat at a table. Lu's mother sat at a table with relatives of the Lu family.
There was one seat difference outside, but there was exactly one more seat inside. Lu Changgen was arranged to Mother Lu's table, and Sanya and Sanya sat next to Mother Lu, one on the left and one on the right.
The boy An couldn't eat, and Shen Wan didn't hold him, so he put him in the stroller. He didn't make any fuss, he lay in the stroller obediently and gnawed on the teething stick his mother made for him.
"I see that Mrs. Song is getting younger and younger," Lu Wenqin's second aunt, Bai Shi, turned to look at Shen Wan at the other table and said.
Lu Wenqin's aunt Lu also said: "Yes! People say that after giving birth to a child, you will get older. The last time I saw her, she was still pregnant with the child. Now that the child is born, she is getting younger and younger." Last time they were still the same. Where is Mrs. Song whom I met when Wen Qin got married?
"If Wen Qin is where he is today, it's all thanks to Mrs. Song!"
"That's right, this house was given to Wen Qin and her wife by Mrs. Song."
Bai looked at her sister-in-law and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, Wen Qin is so promising now, you will be very lucky in the future." Her sister-in-law has been very bad to Wen Qin ever since Wen Qin became lame and stopped taking the imperial examination. Being mean, other than asking Wen Qin for money, he just wants money. Even if Wen Qin is rich now, how can he have a filial mother who makes him sad?
Lu Wenqin's aunt glanced at Mrs. Bai and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law will definitely have many blessings in the future."
Mother Lu flattened her lips and muttered: "What blessings can I enjoy from him? I kindly help them take care of their granddaughter, but they don't let me take care of them. They would rather hire a wet nurse!"
"Wet nurse?" Ms. Bai's eyes widened and she smacked her tongue, "Wen Qin is really rich now and can even afford a wet nurse."
Lu said: "Wen Qin lives in such a big house now, so it's not a big deal to hire a wet nurse. Sister-in-law, you are too old. How can you find a wet nurse to take care of a child carefully? Besides, taking care of a child is also a tiring job. Wen Qin won't let you take it because he doesn't want to burden you."
Mrs. Lu knew in her heart that her sister-in-law would be kind enough to help take care of her granddaughter, and she probably wanted to live in this big house. Wen Qin didn't agree, and he probably knew what his mother was thinking.
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"Don't worry too much." The Lu family relatives at the same table echoed.
"It's so annoying to take care of my two grandsons now that I don't want to take care of them at all."
"Me too. My grandson is so naughty. He beats chickens and chases dogs every day when he is only three years old. My Dahuang runs away when he sees him, but he dislikes him."
The people at the table shifted the topic to bringing the grandchild, and no one cared about Mother Lu anymore.
The corners of Mother Lu's mouth drooped, and she was sulking alone. When she said those words, she originally wanted her relatives to talk about Lu Wenqin, an unfilial son. Unexpectedly, they all spoke for Lu Wenqin one by one. They also said something about Lu Wenqin.
It's for her own good not to let her take care of her granddaughter, and I don't want to burden her.