Although Liu Ye's post invited Tian Minyan's family to a banquet, Tian Minyan knew that the male master of the Liu family was not in Taiping Town at this time, so Liu Ye and his old lady lived here with Liu Ruyu.
Without the man of the house, it was inconvenient for Tian Huairen to go there, and because of the heavy rain recently, the fields had to be drained, so he asked Luo Shi to take a few children to play.
"Nanny, am I like this?" Luo asked Tian Minyan again and held her hair on her temples.
"Mom, you are very good like this. You are not ostentatious and don't stand out. It's very good." Tian Minyan said with a smile.
She was not comforting Luo Shi, but she was telling the truth. Because she was going to be a guest at the Liu family, Luo Shi put on her favorite piece of clothing, a rose red skirt embroidered with plum blossoms, and a ginger-yellow wide-sleeved Lily Ruyiyun dress.
She wore a tattooed cardigan, her hair was pulled into a low bun, she inserted the plum blossom hairpin that was almost pawned earlier, and she also wore a pair of pearl pendants on her ears. Coupled with her face that became more kind and round because of her pregnancy, she looked very
It is kind and honest.
Not only Luo Shi, but also their brothers and sisters had all dressed up specially. Tian Minyan wore pink clothes, with two buns on her head tied with two ribbons of the same color. In addition, she was already thin. Although she has gained some weight now, she still looks beautiful.
She is still slender, her skin has become whiter, and her features are clear and pretty. Tian Minrui, on the other hand, wore a sapphire blue gown and a dark red belt around his waist, which made him look slender. Xiao Wu is the fattest of the siblings.
She has a baby-fat face and a round body, but is very healthy. She is wearing a Tsing Yi with a hairpin, which makes her very cute.
When they arrived at the west corner gate of Liu's house, Grandma Zheng had been waiting there for a long time. Her eyes lit up when she saw several people and she welcomed them in.
Although it was a small banquet, Liuye didn't invite many people. He only invited three or two people he knew well, and now they are all sitting and talking in the old lady's room.
Tian Minyan had just met Mrs. Liu for the first time. I heard that she believed in Buddhism and often ate and chanted sutras in the Buddhist hall. She rarely came out to see people. The reason she came out today was because she wanted to taste the food made by her grandson.
I followed Mother Zheng to the courtyard called Shou'an Hall where Mrs. Liu lived. There were several women wearing silk and satin, and two or three girls, big or small. Seeing Tian Minyan and the others coming, they all
Looked over curiously.
"Oh, as soon as I say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will be here. Min Yan is looking forward to your visit. Come here quickly." Liu Ye was sitting on the lower right seat at the top. Seeing several people, he hurriedly came up to greet him: "Hurry up and meet me.
Pass our old lady."
She held Tian Minyan's hand affectionately, and wore a purple-red Wanshou patterned coat and a hundred-piece undershirt. The old lady with gray hair smiled and said: "Old lady, this is the girl from the Tian family I told you about.
Next to her is her brother, and this is her mother, Tian Luoshi."
"Tian Minyan wishes the old lady good luck, longevity and good health, and always smiles." Tian Minyan did not dare to look directly at her, so she just bowed, while Tian Minrui, Xiao Wu and others followed suit in a decent manner.
Luo Shi was a little embarrassed, looked at her daughter furtively, and then followed Fu and got down.
"Get up, get up, there's no need to be polite. Zheng family, help Mrs. Tian up quickly. This healthy person needs to be careful." Old Mrs. Liu saw Luo Shi's protruding belly and shouted quickly.
road.
Grandma Zheng agreed, helped Luo Shi up, and moved him to a chair on the side.
Liu Ruyu had been standing next to Mrs. Liu. She was very happy to see the newly dressed Tian Minyan and whispered a few words in her ear.
"Is this the girl from the Tian family? Come here and let me take a look. I heard that you made those preserved eggs." Mrs. Liu smiled and waved.
Tian Minyan glanced at Liu Yeshi, saw her smiling and nodding, and stepped forward generously.
Mrs. Liu nodded secretly when she saw that her lips were slightly pursed, with a slight smile, her eyes were clear and bright, and her every move was generous and decent. She was not shy and superficial like those from a poor family.
"What a wonderful man. How old are you today? It sounds like you are older than us Ruyu." Mrs. Liu took Tian Minyan's hand and asked with a smile.
Tian Minyan answered with a smile and didn't say much else. God knows how many words she says will make many mistakes. This is the first time she meets an elder of the Liu family, so she doesn't want to leave a bad impression on others.
Mrs. Liu asked a few more questions with a smile, and then called Tian Minrui, Xiaowu and the others to come forward. She also asked how old they were and what they were studying in. Both brothers answered, and Xiaowu cleverly praised Mrs. Liu's appearance.
She was so kind, just like the Bodhisattva Queen in the painting, who seemed to be overjoyed with Mrs. Liu, hugging him and smiling so hard that she couldn't even see her teeth.
It has to be said that Xiao Wu fell in love with this old lady. You know, no one doesn't like to hear sweet words, especially the old people, not to mention that Mrs. Liu herself believes in Buddhism. To praise her is like a Bodhisattva, which means to praise her kindness.
And, where is not joy?
So Mrs. Liu quickly asked the nanny beside her to bring out the greeting gifts, gave them to Xiaowu and the others herself, and asked Liu Ruyu and the boys to go down and play.
After they left, Mrs. Liu said to Luo Shi with a smile: "Mrs. Tian, you are a lucky person. I think your children are very good. With another one in your belly, you will also be blessed with many children."
I’m a human being.”
Luo Shi stood up from his seat a little shyly, and said warmly: "Old Madam, you are giving me a compliment. They are just monkeys and can't get on the big stage."
"Monkeys are good, they are good and easy to feed." Mrs. Liu said with a chuckle.
"The children of farmers' families are all raised extensively. They eat coarse grains and rice bran, and they are allowed to run around wildly. They are actually strong." Sitting diagonally across from Luo Shi, a woman in her thirties said with a smile: "On the contrary,
It’s us kids who are afraid of him bumping into each other, baby, but those kids can’t run away because they are prone to colds and fevers.”
"Mrs. Yuan, how can that be the same? Children in the countryside go to the mountains to run wild and fish in the fields, and do nothing? In our family, we don't need our children to do that kind of work. They just read and read, and the girls do embroidery. That's not the door.
"You don't even step out of the house." Another woman said with some disdain: "If you don't have many children, you will naturally be more expensive."
Tian Minyan looked over and saw that the woman was very gorgeously dressed, with several golden hairpins in her hair, which made her eyes hurt. Next to her, two girls stood, the older one was about 12 years old in a pink dress.
The three-year-old girl looked arrogant, and the younger one looked about six or seven years old, with baby fat on her face and her eyes rolling around, not knowing what to pay attention to.
According to Liu Ye's introduction, this is another big family in the town, with the surname Zhao. I heard that my husband has just been promoted to the seventh rank official and has been transferred to Liuzhou as the prefect.
As for the woman who just started talking, her husband's surname is Yuan, and she is serving as the chief secretary of the capital. Mrs. Yuan brought her two children to Taiping Town to escape the summer. Because she made friends with the Liuye family, she came today. She
The twelve-year-old girl next to her must be her daughter. She is already a beauty at a young age, with beautiful appearance, but her temperament looks a bit cold.
"Madam Tian, are you more than four months old? I often hear that farmers are working in the fields even on the day they give birth. Are you also busy in the fields now? Hey, you are a peasant woman.
Strong, if we were, well, we wouldn't even dare to carry a basin of water." Mrs. Zhao held the handkerchief to the corner of her mouth and smiled softly, her eyes full of contempt.
Tian Minyan's eyes were slightly lowered, and the expression on her face made it difficult to tell whether she was happy or angry. As for Luo Shi, she was an honest person, and country people wouldn't talk in roundabout ways. She couldn't hear Mrs. Zhao's secret contempt, she only had a look on her face.
She smiled shyly and said: "Now, unlike in the past, the family has hired several long-term workers and a maid, so I just do some light housework."
Mrs. Zhao meant to humiliate her. When she heard what she said, her expression froze and she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. She was choked and couldn't speak for a long time, and the atmosphere suddenly became silent.
"Look at me, when the adults are talking, these girls can only accompany you. They don't know how to bore you. It's also my fault. You girls are all about the same age. Go and walk in the garden and talk.
"Okay. Huan'er, you bring a little maid and serve the ladies carefully." Liu Ye suddenly broke the silence with a voice, and glanced sideways at Mrs. Zhao from the corner of his eyes, thinking that he really couldn't get on the big stage.
Tian Minyan was unwilling in every possible way. These young ladies who were raised in a boudoir all pretended to be noble and spoke in a polite manner, which was not fun at all. But she also knew that in order to expand her horizons, she had to contact more people and join more people.
The circle also responded.
She also walked around the Liu family's garden, but she didn't go all the way. She followed the maid and walked boredly. In front of her, Mrs. Zhao's two daughters were playing and making a fuss. The younger one kept pestering the older one, making some noise.
Tian Minyan couldn't talk to them, and she didn't want to say anything, because the arrogant one was like a peacock, as if you were a plague, don't come near me.
When they reached a pavilion, a few people were about to rest. The eldest daughter of the Zhao family, whose name was Zhao Yuemei, saw Tian Minyan coming in, so she snorted and said to Huan'er with a haughty look: "Mrs. Liu really has a wide circle of friends. She knows everyone.
I recognize it, and I'm not afraid of lowering my status. Are there any other pavilions? Take me there, I don't want to be associated with some vulgar country girls."
Huan'er didn't dare to be disrespectful to Tian Minyan after being taught a lesson by Liuye. Now she secretly glanced at her and was stunned for a moment when she saw her expression was indifferent and showed no sign of happiness or anger.
Zhao Yuemei urged her twice, and Huan'er said there was another pavilion. Zhao Yuemei left immediately, not forgetting to pull Yuan Jing before leaving: "Miss Yuan, do you want to go too?"
Yuan Jing glanced at her coldly and said, "I like this scenery." This meant she refused.
Zhao Yuemei snorted, glared at Tian Minyan, and pulled her sister away.
Tian Minyan twitched the corner of her mouth, it was really childish.
"Aren't you angry?"
Tian Minyan was leaning against the pillar of the pavilion, looking at the clump of crabapples under the pavilion in a daze. When she suddenly heard this question, she couldn't help but turn her head.
"What?"
"Aren't you angry when she said that to you? And her mother, how humiliated you just now, don't you understand?" Yuan Jing sat at the table and looked at her with an indifferent expression.
"I understand." Tian Minyan smiled slightly, raised her eyebrows and asked, "But why should I be angry?"
Yuan Jing was startled, anyone would be angry at this, such contempt and humiliation.
"She is telling the truth, and there is nothing wrong with it. I don't think it is a shame, so why should I be angry?" Tian Minyan curled her lips and said, "Besides, the mouth is on someone else's body, why should I let it happen?"
Does anyone else control my mood and happiness?"
Yuan Jing watched her silently for a long time. It was almost noon at this time, and the sunlight slanted in from outside the pavilion, covering her whole body. Her expression could not be seen clearly, but it made people feel that she was leisurely and at ease for no reason.
"My name is Yuan Jing, what's your name?" she asked suddenly.
"Tian Minyan."
"I heard that your family bought a hundred acres of wasteland. Is there no end in sight? Can we grow food? Isn't the countryside very fun? Let's talk to me." Yuan Jing pursed her lips and walked over.
She asked looking at her.
Tian Minyan raised her eyebrows and took the initiative to show kindness to others. She would never refuse unless she disliked that person, and what she said was something she was interested in, so she started chatting with her.
At noon, a maid came to invite lunch. Since they were all women and children, there were no separate tables. There was only a large round table that could seat ten people. It was very lively. Among them, the one who talked the most was Mrs. Zhao.
When she tasted the preserved eggs made by Liu Ruyu herself, she tried her best to praise them, but she just couldn't praise them to the sky.
"Master Ruyu comes from a wealthy family, he is handsome, he is good at writing and reading, and he can also cook. I wonder who will get such a good son-in-law in the future?" Mrs. Zhao looked at Liu Ruyu with a smile.
His eyes were shining, like a wolf looking at a sheep.
Tian Minyan felt a chill and felt that Mrs. Zhao was a wolf grandma who had come to abduct the young lady.
"Don't praise him. Children can't stand praise. How can he be so good?" Old Mrs. Liu glanced lovingly at her precious grandson sitting on her right and smiled happily.
"I'm telling the truth. Mrs. Liu will choose a daughter-in-law in the future, but don't forget that our Zhao family also has two daughters." Mrs. Zhao chuckled, and the two daughters beside her glanced at Liu Ruyu shyly.
Tian Minyan barely spit out a mouthful of hot porridge, this was too obvious.
"Miss Zhao is the best among people, and she will be a royal concubine in the future. How can we ordinary people reach it?" Liu Ye smiled slightly, changed the subject lightly and said, "Stop talking about it.
How do you like the taste of these preserved eggs? Although the ones on the table today are pickled by Yu'er herself, these preserved eggs are made by the girl from the Tian family. They will be sold in Taiping Town tomorrow."
Mrs. Zhao was very embarrassed when she changed the topic, and when she heard that the unseen preserved eggs were made by the Tian family, she couldn't help but be startled and looked like she was eating shit.
When Tian Minyan saw this, she covered her eyes, lowered her head and took a sip of porridge, covering the corners of her mouth.
Mrs. Yuan, on the other hand, looked at Tian Minyan and the others with great curiosity. Although she was from a farmer's background, she was gentle and polite, which was better than Mrs. Zhao, so she nodded secretly.
The author said: Some friends miss the best ones. Don’t worry, the best ones will come back, but you have to wait a little longer. At least the three families can earn wealth and make them jealous, right?
