After laughing for a while, Shen Wan asked Hui'er to take out the gift she prepared for Xiao Zhenzhen.
What she prepared was a longevity lock necklace, 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."
Hui'er raised her chin and said, "If it wasn't valuable, Madam wouldn't give it to me!"
As she said that, she took out a pair of silver bracelets she had prepared and said, "This is what I gave to my little niece. As you know, I am not as rich as my wife, so I prepared a pair of silver bracelets. Don't dislike it." .”
Zhiqiu smiled and said: "How can you dislike it?
Come, 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 discussing each other. Hui'er bought a bracelet and she bought an anklet.
Zhiqiu said: "Put it on too."
Qiu Ju put the anklet on little Zhenzhen. There were two bells on the anklet, which would ring when 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 tables. The women had two tables in the main hall, and 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.
Mother Lu and relatives of the Lu family sat at the same table.
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, but put him in the stroller.
He didn't make any fuss, he lay in the stroller obediently and chewed 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 said, turning to look at Shen Wan at the other table.
Lu Wenqin's aunt Lu also said: "Yes! People say that you will get older after giving birth to a child. The last time I saw her, she was still pregnant with the child, but now that the child is born, she is getting younger and younger."
The last time they met was Mrs. Song when Wen Qin got married! "It's all thanks to Mrs. Song that Wen Qin is where he is today!"
"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 blessed in the future."
Her sister-in-law had been extremely mean and mean to Wen Qin ever since Wen Qin became lame and had to take the imperial examination. She only asked for money when she asked him for money.
Even if Wen Qin is rich now, how can he be filial to his 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 won’t let me take care of them, and would rather hire a wet nurse!”
"wet nurse?"
Mrs. Bai's eyes widened and she smacked her tongue and said, "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. Where can you find a wet nurse to take care of a child carefully?
Moreover, taking care of a child is also a tiring job. Wen Qin won't let you take care of it because he doesn't want to tire 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 thought she would live in this big house.
Wen Qin didn't agree, and he probably knew what his mother was thinking.
"that is."
"Don't worry too much."
The Lu family relatives at the same table all agreed.
"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, but she didn't expect that they would all help Lu Wenqin speak for her.
She also said that Lu Wenqin did not allow her to take care of her granddaughter for her own good and did not want to burden her.