Chapter 26 The Jiang Family (1)

On November 12, Mrs. Chiang's 60th birthday. The Jiang family invited all their relatives and friends to the birthday banquet this time, and the Han family was naturally among them.

This time attending the general's old lady's birthday banquet, almost the whole Qiu family went out, except even the old lady. The five girls, from Yuru to Yurong, are all dressed up, and of course, Qiu Yanfu is also indispensable.

Qiu Yanfu also took great pains for this banquet, from clothes to jewelry, everything was carefully selected.

Going to the banquet this time, two people share a carriage, and Yuxi and Yuchen sit in the same carriage. As soon as Yuxi got into the carriage, she saw the simple and simple patterned box on the carriage. After sitting down, she asked with a smile, "Is this a gift my sister prepared for my grandmother?" The old lady is preparing for this year's birthday ceremony.

Yuchen nodded and said, "Yes."

Yuxi knew what the gift Yuchen was going to give, and said, "Third Sister spent so much time and energy on this gift, Grandmother will definitely like it when she finds out."

Yuchen smiled and said, "I'll borrow your good words." Yuchen didn't ask Yuxi what gift she was preparing, and she knew without asking that the gift Yuxi gave was definitely not good, but it wouldn't make people pick it up.

Yuxi said with certainty: "No matter what the third sister gives, grandma will like it." Mrs. Jiang treats Yuchen like an eyeball, and even if she gives a scroll of copied Buddhist scriptures, Mrs. Jiang will like it unceasingly.

Yuchen smiled and talked about another matter: "A few days ago, my aunt hired a matchmaker to propose a marriage for my second cousin to Duan's house. Do you know about this, fourth sister?"

Yuxi was very surprised: "When did it happen? I haven't heard Xin Rong mention it. Third sister, is the marriage settled yet?"

Seeing that Yuxi's expression didn't look like a fake, Yuchen felt relieved, shook his head and said, "The two of you had already made an agreement, but I don't know why the Duan family suddenly backed out, and rejected it on the grounds that the second cousin and the girl from the Duan family didn't get along. I don't know what went wrong with this marriage?"

Yu Xi said: "Second cousin is very talented and good-natured, so I don't have to worry about finding a girl who is better than sister Xin Rong. But Xin Rong didn't mention such a big matter to me." After finishing speaking, Yu Xi revealed Depressed look.

Yuchen actually smiled: "This marriage has not been finalized, how can Miss Duan tell you!" Normally, relatives and friends are notified until after the marriage is engaged. This is also worried that if they don't get married, their reputation will be damaged, and it will be detrimental to their future marriage.

Yuxi thought about it, nodded and said: "Sister San is right."

When he was about to arrive at Pingqinghou's mansion, Yuchen suddenly said to Yuxi: "Today's banquet and Shou County Lord will also go, you should avoid her and don't talk to her too much."

Yuxi knew about Yuchen, and Yuchen would never say something like this: "What's wrong? Is there anything wrong with Shou County Lord?"

Yuchen didn't know what to say, so he hesitated for a moment, pressed Yuxi's ear, and said in a voice that Yuxi heard: "Heshou County Lord is acting too strangely, there must be demons when things go wrong, and it's better to be on the safe side. Avoid her." Heshou County Lord has been in the limelight for more than half a year. First, he made some food that had never appeared before, and opened a pastry shop; then he made a lot of ice and sold it in the street market; then he sold what Sanitary napkins for women; not long ago, they opened a clothing store, and the clothes they designed were novel and beautiful, and they were very popular among noble women in the capital. The clothing store was overcrowded; Rare perfume and rouge come out... Zero and zero always add up, and I can't help but suspect that something is wrong with the Shou County Lord.

The reason why Yuchen didn't say that Lord Heshou was possessed by dirty things is also because Lord Heshou is the daughter of a princess and she is loved by nobles in the palace. If she said this, she would definitely offend a lot of people.

Yuxi opened her mouth wide, and then quickly covered her mouth with her hands to prevent her from making a sound. After a long time, Yuxi whispered: "Don't worry, third sister, I will avoid it carefully. If I can't avoid it, I will not have a close friendship with her." Yuxi is very fortunate now, she used to act cautiously, otherwise she would have been rejected People found something unusual.

Speaking of which, Yuxi is indeed very lucky. After she recovered from her illness, she actually changed a lot.

Everyone has no doubts. One is that people who experience life and death often have different temperaments, but there are big and small ones, and Yuxi belongs to the middle range; After Xie recovered from her illness, she became well-behaved and sensible, which made people happy and distressed; Yuxi did not act too outrageously after her rebirth three years ago. She does it, and she doesn't take care of it. What Yu Xi did was within the acceptable range of everyone, but she was different from Shou County Lord. First, she had not experienced life and death, and second, she acted too high-profile and out of line, so no one could doubt her.

When the group arrived at Pingqinghou's Mansion, a woman who was waiting here immediately greeted them and led them to the room.

Mrs. Jiang was wearing a dark red silver thread embroidered five-blessing birthday jacket, with a round bun and an emerald knot on her hairpin. Her silver hair was protruding in two buns. She was sitting on the red sandalwood armchair at the head with a smile on her face. On the left and right sides, there are several women in brocade clothes and bejeweled hair who are talking and laughing with her, and several girls are sitting around on the embroidered pier, making fun of it.

As soon as Yuchen and his party entered the room, everyone's eyes fell on them.

Mrs. Jiang looked at Yuchen with a joyful expression on her face: "Chen girl is here, come to grandma."

Yuchen didn't go directly, but took Yuxi and others to kneel on the mat brought by the maid, kowtowed three times to Mrs. Jiang, and said in a loud voice: "I wish grandma a blessing like the East China Sea and a long life than Nanshan."

Yuxi really didn't want to kneel and kowtow, but there was no other way. According to the law, Mrs. Jiang was also her grandmother, and since she came, she couldn't avoid this encounter.

Mrs. Jiang laughed so hard that she couldn't see her teeth: "Okay, okay, okay."

After the big ceremony, Yuchen presented the gift he had prepared. Before Mrs. Jiang could speak, Jiang Xin tilted her head and said innocently: "Cousin Yuchen, what gift did you prepare for grandma? Let us all open our eyes?"

After hearing this, Jiang Yi, the eldest daughter of the Jiang family, showed a trace of helplessness on her face. The younger sister disrespected Yuchen on weekdays because her grandmother and father favored Yuchen, but she didn't expect to be disrespectful at her grandmother's birthday banquet.

Seeing this, Yuxi smiled and said loudly: "In order to prepare a gift that suits my grandmother, the third sister has been preparing since last year. First, she sent people to Yunnan to buy raw materials, and then sent them to Jiangnan to ask skilled craftsmen to carve it. It took two years. It takes effort."

Yuxi's words aroused everyone's curiosity. Mrs. Jiang knew that she couldn't avoid it under such circumstances, so she simply asked the maid to open the box.

As soon as the box was opened, everyone's eyes almost went blind. Inside the box is a statue of Moyu Guanyin. This Guanyin is heavy in color, fine in texture, smooth in lines, and lifelike.

Mrs. Tai Ninghou exclaimed: "Miss Han San is really filial." Moyu is valuable, and such a Moyu Guanyin is so valuable that it can be a family heirloom.

But Yuxi had a completely different idea. Yuchen gave Mrs. Jiang such a good gift this time. Next time when their grandmother celebrates her 60th birthday, she doesn't know what gift Yuchen should give. It is not easy to find something better than this Moyu Guanyin.

Mrs. Jiang pulled Yuchen to her side, and said lovingly, "My granddaughter has always been extremely filial."

Mrs. Dingguo's wife, Mrs. Sun's eyes moved slightly, and said with a smile: "The third girl is so outstanding, I don't know who will be so lucky in the future." Her family's grandson is about the same age as the third girl Han. Miss Han San will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of her life.

Yuchen quickly lowered his head, looking very shy.

Mrs. Jiang said frantically: "The child is still young, and I plan to stay for two more years. The marriage will not be too late after a few years!"

When adults talk, there is no room for children to interrupt. Yuxi stood obediently beside Qiu Shi, her eyes were not wandering. Now the room is full of human spirits, Yuxi dare not make any changes in front of these people, she will definitely be ashamed when the time comes.

Just as he was saying this, the servant girl outside said: "Old Madam, Madam, and Lord Shou County have arrived."

Yuxi was very keenly aware that when the maid said this, the faces of several ladies moved a little, and they couldn't see it if they didn't observe carefully.

As soon as Lord Heshou appeared, Yuxi's expression was a little subtle. Lord Heshou County wore a purple palace attire, covered with a pink shawl, showing an exquisite figure, with a green jade hairpin inserted in her hair, and a few tassels fluttering in the wind, making her look extremely charming.

Yu Xi glanced at Qiu Shi, and seeing Qiu Shi frowned, she lowered her head. The Lord Heshou County is different from her, even if she is so flamboyant that she is taboo, but she has a special status and no one dares to criticize her. But she is different, as long as there is a slight mistake, she may die without a place to bury her, and even have to be ashes.

The Lord of Heshou County gave Mrs. Jiang a junior salute, and said two words of congratulations. The Lord of Heshou County is a relative of the emperor, so giving the old lady a junior gift is already a great way to save face.

Mrs. Jiang said a few polite words, then turned her head and said to Jiang Yi: "Take the county master down." After speaking, she said to Yuchen: "Chen'er, take your sisters too!" Mrs. Jiang These words completely treated Yuchen as his own child.

The people present are all good people, after hearing this, they can't help but ponder in their hearts. However, these have nothing to do with Yuxi.

Walking out of the house, Yuxi felt that her breathing became much easier. Although she was not nervous, there were so many people in the room, it was very boring.

The weather was not good that day. Although there were no dark clouds and airtightness, it was gray. Naturally, it was impossible to go to the garden in this state. Jiang Yi led Heshou County Lord to a quiet and elegant courtyard. The main hall and room of this courtyard were filled with tables and chairs, and fruit cakes were placed on the tables and chairs. The arrangement was very proper.