Chapter 904: Banquet
Seeing Mrs. Zhou excitedly leaving with Grandma Zhu, Bai Yunxi picked up the tea and took a sip, feeling very complicated.
"Mom, I see that mother-in-law is very excited. What's going on?"
Mrs. Li held the handkerchief and looked at her mother-in-law eagerly. Behind her, stood Zhang Yishan and Mr. Du, all with unabashed gossip in their eyes.
Baiyun Xi was speechless, so was the others. Du Shi was also full of interest.
Could it be that after the divorce, she really looked away completely?
"Mom, let's talk. We promise not to spread the word." Ms. Li came to her mother-in-law, took her arm and shook her.
Seeing their enthusiastic posture, Bai Yunxi shook his head,
"Forget it, it wasn't a secret in the first place. The old lady of the Zhou family came to ask for help because the cousins of the Zhou family knew about the reconciliation between the eldest son and the Zhou family. She felt that the Zhou family had no support and the property in their hands had become a sweet potato. Damn, those relatives want to take advantage of it."
"Old Mrs. Zhou didn't want her daughter to suffer, so she came here for help. I hope we can lend a hand to help scare those who are watching."
In the final analysis, it was the boss's bastard's fault. After all, the Zhou family's child was related to the Bai family by blood. If he just sat idly by and ignored it, he would always feel uncomfortable.
"I asked Aunt Zhu to take the people back so that the people around could take a look, and at the same time, I would give the people of the Zhou Zhou clan a beating to make them restrain themselves. As for whether we can completely suppress those people's thoughts, it is hard to say yet."
Now that she's involved, she has to ask Grandma Zhu to check on her regularly to avoid anything going wrong.
After listening to Bai Yunxi's explanation, several people looked at each other and couldn't help but sigh.
"Those cousins are really not good people. They see their relatives suffering and don't help them. They take advantage of the situation and rob them. They really deserve to be beaten with sacks." Ms. Li's face was dark and filled with righteous indignation.
Seeing Li's indignant look, Bai Yunxi shook his head.
"We can help for a while, but we can't help for a lifetime. If you want the restless people in the Zhou family to give up completely, you have to be tough yourself. This time it's also because Father Zhou is seriously ill and is very angry with his nephews. The situation was not good, so Mrs. Zhou was completely panicked and thought of us. "
Li curled her lips,
"When our family was in trouble, weren't the people who first deceived us also close to the clan? Fortunately, we have a large family, and my mother led us to resist, so we have the good life today. We only have one daughter in the Zhou family, maybe she can really What a loss.”
Zhang Yishan looked at the eldest sister's expression and directly agreed.
"Second sister-in-law is right. The old and weak women and children of the Zhou family are just fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered in the eyes of the clan. This kind of thing is a piece of cake for our family. Even for the sake of the child, we have to lend a helping hand."
Mrs. Du sat next to her calmly. She and Mrs. Zhou were both unlucky women who were hurt by Bai Anchen. She was lucky and had her mother protecting her, so she was not harmed from the beginning to the end.
Unlike her, Mr. Zhou had a fierce temper and chose to divorce directly. In fact, from the bottom of her heart, she admired this woman.
Moreover, she only has sympathy for Zhou, not hostility.
Listening to Du Shi's inner voice, Bai Yunxi's eyebrows moved and she couldn't help but curl her lips.
Sure enough, Du's temperament had changed a lot and she became more cheerful.
"Okay, stop gossiping, let's get ready for a banquet tomorrow, and don't make people laugh."
"Don't worry, Mom, we've already made preparations. I'll check it out again later to make sure nothing goes wrong."
Seeing several people leaving together, Bai Yunxi leaned on the soft cushion and raised his hand to pinch his eyebrows.
When Shen Shi came back, Grandma Zhu looked solemn.
"The situation of the Zhou family is indeed a bit miserable. Not only are the elderly and weak, Mrs. Zhou is also ill. The old slave went to see Mr. Zhou's condition and asked a doctor to check his pulse. The doctor said Mr. Zhou Dad is not very well, I guess he doesn’t have much time left.”
"Alas, the hemp rope is cut at the thinnest part, so Mr. Zhou is in trouble."
"Who says it's not the case? Mrs. Zhou's face turned pale when she saw the old slave passing by. What did you think we were going to do?"
Grandma Zhu recounted the situation of the Zhou family to her master, feeling very sad in her heart.
"It sounds so pitiful. Please take care of it more in the future. Consider it a blessing."
"Hey~, I will remember this."
Early the next morning, Baiyunxi got up early to dress up. Today was a day for entertaining guests.
Her banyan tree hall must be the busiest place.
As soon as Sishi arrived, Zhang Yishan led the Wu family's mother and daughter over.
They were all acquaintances. They exchanged a few polite words and then sat down to talk.
"My cute sister has been urging me early in the morning to come over and ask your third girl for advice on craftsmanship."
Wu Anren chuckled. The last time his daughter saw the silk flowers given by the third girl, she liked them so much that she said she would come over earlier and learn a few tricks from them.
"We are all so acquainted. We can come to your door anytime we want. Girl Jing is shy. She likes to make little things with silk flowers in her hair. She just looks forward to having someone come over to talk."
After all, this girl is not as active as Li, and she is very quiet every day.
At this moment, Mammy Zhu came to the door with the Xu family's eldest daughter and her daughter again.
"It's a coincidence that after agreeing with An Ren, the Xu family's post was also sent." Bai Yunxi said, watching Mrs. Xu come in with her daughter, and saluted.
"I've met Yiren, a native of Wu An."
"Ms. Xu, there's no need to be polite. Please sit down."
Bai Yunxi smiled gently and turned to look at Wu Anren.
"After meeting by chance at Xiangshan Temple at the beginning of the year, I got very close to Madam Xu."
"Thank you Yiren for taking a liking to us."
After Mrs. Xu thanked her, she turned to look at Wu Anren.
"I went to the Duan Mansion a few days ago and thought I would have the honor to meet Wu Anren, but I missed him."
They often interacted with the Duan family and visited each other during festivals. Although they had met Wu Anren several times, they were not close friends.
Wu Tongpan was born a military general and always avoided merchants, so they naturally would not curry favor with him.
"Mrs. Xu is too polite. My family is busy and I can't spare the time. I have to change the date when I go back to my parents' home."
Wu Anren said politely. Her grandfather didn't like her to have too much contact with merchants. Before she went back to her parents' home, she deliberately avoided him.
After everyone talked and laughed for a while, Bai Yunxi asked her daughter to take Wu Yumeng and Xu Ruier to her room to see the silk flowers.
Zhang Yishan got up and went to the kitchen, and asked someone to take care of the guests in the front yard to avoid neglecting them.
There were four and five servants in the front yard to entertain them. In addition to Wu Tongpan and Xu Lang and his son, there were also gate guards. Wei Ting was so happy when he received the invitation from Xiao Si that he flew there early with Zhang Litian.
It was the first time for the three of them to come to the prefectural government. They didn't expect that in addition to the prefect, there was also a judge. With these two big guys pressing down on them, the three of them dared not breathe.
Xiao Si looked at their reserved posture and smiled at Xiao Wu, "Fifth brother, you accompany Master Wu and Master Xu to talk, I will take Wei Ting and the others to the yard to practice swordplay."