242, Chapter 242 (1/2)

All the Du family members were sitting in the room. The main seats were Old Master Du and Old Lady Du, followed by Du Ke and Mrs. Du. The first two seats below Du Ke were empty, followed by Du Ke's two sons-in-law. The two seats below Mrs. Du were also empty, followed by Du's two daughters, and then several children.

At this moment, everyone inside was looking at the door. They had thought about what Yang Haiyan looked like, because they knew that Yang Haiyan was born as a maid, so even if she was now a second-rank lady, the eldest master's thoughts about her were still very complicated. At least, she should not be as good as a daughter or a wife of a noble family in all aspects, but in terms of rank, she was higher than the eldest master.

After all, she was a maid with a second-rank title.

However, when they saw Yang Haiyan herself, they were really disappointed. The woman in front of him was wearing a dazzling red dress, with a simple and luxurious hairstyle and a pearl hairpin in her hair. The woman's skin was very white, so the red dress made her more dazzling. Even though the hairpin was simple, it did not damage her temperament. But looking at her demeanor, she was definitely well-educated, like a person of noble birth.

Yang Haiyan didn't like to wear hairpins. Who among modern people likes to wear hairpins? You should know that hairpins in ancient times were not light, and it was very uncomfortable to wear a heavy hairpin on the head.

Compared with Yang Haiyan's red dress, Qin Fang was wearing black. He always wore black. It was just a thin red belt around his waist to avoid the black being too dull.

Looking at the child on the side, he was also wearing red, red clothes, red pants, clothes and pants were separate, unlike the common robes, but this kind of dress made the child more flexible. In fact, he has a small braid on his head, and the hairband on the braid is also red, which makes people feel festive.

In fact, Yang Haiyan chose red because she thought it was better to wear something brighter when visiting for the first time. In addition, she is young and is not suitable for wearing too heavy or too plain colors. Moreover, she didn't know what color clothes Du's female relatives would wear today, so she chose red to avoid color collision.

However, the three of them dressed up like a son-in-law bringing his wife and son back to his parents-in-law.

Mrs. Du spoke first: "Finally, the distinguished guests have come. Since I learned yesterday that you were coming today, I have been looking forward to it."

Qu said: "That's right. Sister, this is grandma."

Yang Haiyan bowed: "Hello, old lady."

Du Ke said: "Why call me old lady? Just call me grandma. You are Mr. Du's goddaughter, so you are no different from his biological daughter."

Mrs. Du said: "That's right, my daughter, I am the godmother."

Sister Du: "Sister, I am the eldest sister."

Second Sister Du: "Sister, I am the second sister."

Because Qin Da knew everyone, naturally no one introduced him.

Yang Haiyan called them one by one: "Grandmother, grandfather, teacher, godmother, eldest sister, second sister, eldest brother-in-law, second brother-in-law."

The Du family is relatively straightforward, and there is no one who is shy. This has something to do with the environment of the Du family. Du Ke is obsessed with power, not backyard, so his backyard is very clean, with a wife and a concubine. The concubine is a maid beside Mrs. Du. When she was pregnant, she became Du Ke's concubine. After she became pregnant, her status was raised and she became Du Ke's concubine. The eldest son and daughter of the Du family were both born from Mrs. Du's belly, and the son and daughter were born from the concubine. So Du Ke's backyard is relatively peaceful, so that the children grow up very harmoniously, without fighting for each other, so they don't develop that kind of messy personality. The backyard is crucial to the growth of children.

Compared with the strictness of the eldest son, Du Xingran, the son, lives a much easier life, so his personality is more jumping.

After the adults introduced each other, the children came next.

All the elder Du family members were not there. The children present were the children of elder Du family members, second Du family members, and Du Xingran family members. Elder Du family members had two children, one five years old and the other three years old. Second Du family member had a daughter, who was five years old this year. Du Xingran had two daughters, one six years old and the other three years old.

The children paid respects to Yang Haiyan. Of course, little Qin Linyang also paid respects to the elders of the Du family.

After paying respects, they gave gifts. The gifts that the Du family members prepared for little Qin Linyang were all relatively expensive. Old Mrs. Du gave Qin Linyang a collar with patterns and words on it. This kind of collar is mostly customized by elders for younger generations. It is also called a life-saving collar, which is used to ward off evil spirits.

Mrs. Du gave Qin Linyang a jade Guanyin, which was opened with Buddha's light, which was also very thoughtful. Sister Du gave Qin Linyang a longevity silver lock, and Sister Du gave Qin Linyang a pair of silver bracelets, which matched the longevity lock. The two sisters also discussed it.

Mrs. Qu made a set of clothes for Qin Linyang, which she made by herself. It seems that it is not as valuable as his gifts, but the things made by oneself are more thoughtful. For people like them who are not short of money, some thoughts cannot be measured by money.

Yang Haiyan did not refuse and accepted these gifts one by one: "Son, after receiving the gifts from the eldest, what do you want?"

Little Qin Linyang made a gesture of celebrating birthdays, bowed his hands and bent his waist and said: "Thank you great-grandfather, great-grandma, auntie, grandma." He followed suit because everyone in the family called great-grandfather, great-grandma, grandpa and grandma. As for this gesture, he was very skilled. During the Chinese New Year, he would do one side when he saw each elder, and then take the New Year's money. The little boy was still very smart.

At this moment, he had already worn the collar given by Mrs. Du on his neck, but when he bowed his hands and bent his waist, he was really cute. Moreover, the child could not stand steadily, and staggered when he bent over, which made a group of people laugh.

Mrs. Du said: "Okay, you are a good boy, come and eat cakes, do you like it?"

Little Qin Linyang was never vague about eating: "Eat and grow taller." Then he went to Mrs. Du to get snacks.

The elderly like such lively and courageous children the most. If they are older, they may not be polite, but children of these two or three years old are really innocent.

Qin Linyang took a piece of dessert, took another bite, and then returned to Yang Haiyan and said, "Mom, it's delicious."

Yang Haiyan said, "If it's delicious, eat a few more pieces later, okay?"

Qin Linyang said happily, "Okay."

Yang Haiyan joked again, "But this is Grandma Zeng's dessert. If you want to eat a few more pieces, you have to ask Grandma Zeng if she agrees."

Qin Linyang smiled and turned to ask Grandma Du, "Grandma Zeng, can I still eat more?"

Grandma Du's heart melted when she asked this question, and she hurriedly said, "It's all yours."

The child smiled, and his eyebrows were curved.

Yang Haiyan smiled and shook her head, and then said: "Grandma, godmother, two sisters, second sister-in-law, I have prepared gifts for you, please don't be polite."

At this moment, Du Ke had taken his students, sons and sons-in-law to the bedroom, and there were only women and children in the hall.

Old Lady Du smiled and said: "Child, why are you still so polite? Treat this place as your mother's home. When a daughter returns to her mother's home, why should she prepare anything?" They all knew Yang Haiyan's identity. She was sold by her parents, so it was equivalent to having no parents. Old Lady Du asked her to treat the Du Mansion as her mother's home, which was obviously to promote her. It was polite and well-intentioned.

Yang Haiyan said, "You are wrong. When the family sent us gifts in Yunxiang County in the past, we were not polite. Today you are polite to me. Besides, this is not an expensive gift."

Sister Du said, "Grandmother, since Sister Bingyun is so kind, we can't be polite to her. After all, Sister Bingyun is a very smart person. I am also curious about what Sister Bingyun brought us. Is it better than watermelon?"

Yang Haiyan couldn't help but smile.

That's right. For a worldly lady like Sister Du, what else has she not seen? Maybe it's really not as attractive as watermelon. "The watermelons have been planted in the manor outside the capital this year. When August comes, they will be sent to you."

After that, Yang Haiyan asked Aunt Lian to bring up the gift. She first took out five jars of wine: "This is medicinal wine, used to strengthen the body, and is most suitable for grandpa, teacher, second brother Du and two brothers-in-law to drink. But before drinking, you have to ask the doctor to take a look." This is wine soaked with Cordyceps sinensis, which is mild and can be consumed by most people. It is mainly for men to send things, which is not easy to send. Sending this is more risky and will not cause unnecessary gossip.

When it comes to wine, Mrs. Du remembered the fermented rice wine that Yang Haiyan had sent before, which was also delicious. "If the old man knows that there is wine to drink, he will definitely be happy." Medicinal wine is different from ordinary wine. If it is suitable for the old man, Mrs. Du will naturally not stop the old man from drinking.

Five jars of wine, one for each person, because the eldest son of Du was not there, so their family did not prepare it.

Then, Yang Haiyan took out five sets of cosmetics, only face cream and lipstick, all packed in wooden boxes. The face cream box was square, and the lipstick box was round: "This is what we women use, applied on the face and lips." Yang Haiyan felt that no woman would dislike cosmetics, especially women like the world, who pay more attention to this image.

When Yang Haiyan asked this, the two sisters Du and Qu were most interested. Sister Du asked first: "I wanted to ask when my sister came just now. My sister not only has white skin, but also good skin. Especially today's lip balm, it is particularly beautiful." The lip balm she used on weekdays was a bit dry, unlike the lip balm used by my sister, which was more shiny.

Du Erjie also said: "Indeed, I think the color of my sister's lip balm is also beautiful."

Yang Haiyan said: "I usually use this one myself, the same as here, you can try it, if you like it, you can ask me for it."

Qu was curious and had already opened the cream: "It smells so good, it smells like flowers, is it for the face?"

Yang Haiyan said: "Yes, apply it after washing your face, it can make your skin smooth." Then, Yang Haiyan said to her son, "Linyang, give these dolls made by mother to the sisters, and give the cars to the brothers."

Little Qin Linyang said in a baby voice: "Okay, brothers and sisters come here quickly."

The children glanced at their mothers, saw them nodding, and gathered around Qin Linyang. Qin Linyang, a child, began to distribute gifts to his brothers and sisters. His sister got a rabbit backpack made by Yang Haiyan, and his brother got a car toy customized by a wood workshop.

Regardless of whether it is a sister or a brother, they all like the gifts they received very much. A little girl likes dolls just like a little boy likes water guns and toy cars.

Qin Linyang, a child, also pulled Sister Du's child and said, "I have a big car in my car, such a big car."

When the little boy heard Qin Linyang's words, he blinked: "I also have a carriage, and it's as big as that."

Qin Linyang, a child, already knew what a carriage was. He explained: "It's not a carriage, it's this car...it's so big..."

The little boy looked at the small car in his hand. Thinking about the big car that the little brother opposite had, he was very curious: "Go and see."

Qin Linyang, a child, said cheerfully: "Let's go, let me see." In fact, the two held hands and walked towards the front.

Seeing this, Yang Haiyan couldn't help but ask: "Do you know how to respond?"

Qin Linyang, a kid, said, "Mom, you know." It means, Mom, won't you come back?

Mrs. Du said: "Lin Yang, you haven't finished eating your cake yet? Don't you want to eat it?"

The child Qin Linyang looked at the cake and then at the little boy and said, "Go back and eat." There is cake in the cake too. Between eating and playing with your friends, playing with your friends is definitely the most important thing. Mainly because when he was in Yunxiang County, he had no friends of the same age. Now he finally met one, and he was very happy.

Mrs. Du has a grandchild, but she lives with him, so seeing Qin Linyang's child is like seeing her own little grandchild, and she likes him very much. Moreover, this kid is smart and really lovable, so she also wants to tease him. "Then you can have a good meal and go back to play with cars."

The child Qin Linyang thought it made sense: "Okay." He walked to Mrs. Du again, picked up the bowl, then walked to the children and distributed the pastries to them one by one: "Eat well. Let’s play with the big cars and eat well so we can grow taller.”

That way, he was really not afraid of life at all, as if he was the little master, which caused a lot of loud noises.

However, after the children finished eating the pastries, Du Xingran's daughter took them to play in the courtyard.

Yang Haiyan first came to the capital. Even though she grew up in the capital, she was still a maid at that time and didn't understand many things. And Grandma Lian has been away from the capital for a long time, so naturally she doesn't understand the current situation in the capital. So Yang Haiyan had to ask Mrs. Du for some questions.

After the children went out, Yang Haiyan asked without hesitation: "Godmother, we are visiting the capital, but is there anything we need to pay attention to?" so as not to bump into some people who would not offend.

Qin Fang and Du Ke have a teacher-student relationship, so Qin Fang will pay attention to anyone who has conflicts with Du Ke. After that, Yang Haiyan had to consult Mrs. Du one by one about the relationships between women.