Otoharu

343 show off
Unlike the adults who mostly focus on the second wife of Lu, the little girls' attention is naturally on the two girls from the Lu family.

Zhuang Erya and Zhuang Sanya are already sitting at the table at the moment, and the two of them have obviously dressed up with great care today. The clothes on their heads and around their necks are all glittering with gold, giving them an overwhelming sense of luxury. .Because the Zhuang family climbed up to the Lu family, the two of them habitually raised their chins when they talked.

"The elder sister of the Lu family just invited me to have tea at her place in a few days. The elder sister of the Lu family always praises me for my good poems and wants to ask me for advice." Zhuang Sanya pretended to say this.

Zhuang Erya was a little dissatisfied and said: "Sister Lu obviously invited the two of us together. Besides, sister Lu obviously doesn't like poetry very much. She likes playing the piano just like me." Erya Zhuang and Sanya Zhuang After staring at each other for a while, sparks popped out of their eyes.

Sitting next to her, Li Mei'er suddenly had the illusion that these two people are so like the jealous concubines in the storybook, but the object of the dispute has become the sixth lady of the Lu family.Just now, the Sixth Miss of the Lu family clearly only spoke five words to the two of them, so why did the two still hook up.

But the two of them are quite sensible, knowing that they can't break up at their own banquet, otherwise they will make others see the joke, and after staring at each other for a while, they ignore each other and only chat with their own dog legs.

The many little girls on the table were also divided into two factions, one group followed Zhuang Erya's lead, and the other group listened to Zhuang Sanya's words, anyway, they competed with each other and played wit.

Wang Ru and Li Meier don't rely on both sides, Wang Ru simply doesn't like them, she is still a lady of a small official family, she feels that she can't get along with these merchants, and Li Meier doesn't like these people. Cooked, there are so many delicious dishes on the table, she just eats the dishes seriously.

So, amidst the voices of flattering Zhuang Erya or courting Zhuang Sanya at the table, Wang Ru and Li Meier were silent like two mutes.

Immediately, Erya Zhuang couldn't get used to Li Meier, and asked, "Cousin Meier, are the noodles delicious?"

Li Meier nodded, "It's delicious."

Zhuang Erya smiled, "That's good, you eat more, this is made by the master of Baiweilou, and you probably don't have much chance to eat it normally."

This sounded a bit harsh, but after all, she was in someone else's house, and Li Mei'er would not care about it like a little girl, she just lowered her head and pretended not to hear, and continued to eat.

"Sister Erya, you can't say that. Although cousin Mei'er moved to the state capital from the countryside, but cousin is a juror, so what if he has no money, he will be an official in the future." Zhuang San Ya Ming seemed to be helping Li Mei'er to speak, but what she said was also a bit uncomfortable to listen to.

Li Mei'er was a little speechless, this little girl was one by one, and he didn't mess with them, why bother her.

Li Meier was disturbed and lost the interest to continue eating. She raised her head and wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and said slowly: "It's true that my family is not as rich as my two cousins', but I don't have to worry about eating and drinking. My mother is in my hometown. I have opened two shops, and I am planning to open another branch shop in the state capital. Although I am not as good at business as my mother, I also opened a noodle shop, which is just outside Bailu Academy, and the business situation is quite good now."

Wang Ru was listening, and asked in surprise, "Sister Mei'er, you opened your own shop, do you own all the profits from that shop?"

Li Meier nodded reservedly, "It's just a small noodle restaurant, and I just run it for fun."

Everyone at the table looked at Li Mei'er in surprise. After all, although they were all merchants, it was only the father and brother who were in business at home, and the female relatives generally didn't care about the family's property, and even if they got married, their hands were allocated to the dowry shop. I don't know how to run any business, and I rent them out to collect rent.Now hearing that Li Meier runs a shop by herself at a young age, she is surprised and envious.

Zhuang Erya instantly felt that she had lost face, and said disdainfully, "It's just a small shop, how much money can it make."

"It's not a lot of money..." Li Meier said slowly, "The monthly net profit is only five or sixty taels."

As soon as she said this, the little girls at the table were in an uproar again. Although these people have money in their families, the monthly allowance given to them by their parents is at most three to five taels, five to sixty taels of silver, in their opinion. This is really a huge sum of money, which is equivalent to their monthly allowance for a year.

Zhuang Erya's face suddenly turned into a pig's liver color. Just now she was mocking him for being poor, but he said that she had five or sixty taels of silver on hand a month. Became a beggar.

Wang Ru held back her laughter desperately, and couldn't help giving Li Meier a thumbs up secretly. This slap in the face was really too cruel.Looking at the expressions of Zhuang Erya and Zhuang Sanya, Li Meier finally felt at ease physically and mentally, so she picked up the big spoon and scooped a bowl of chicken soup for herself.Not to mention, the chicken soup stewed by Chef Baiweilou is indeed different. It doesn't have a drop of oil, but it is very delicious. It only adds some green vegetables and wolfberries in it, and it looks very good.

After eating and drinking, the little girls at the banquet discussed to go to the bridal chamber at the back to see the bride, because it was still early, and Zhuang Erya and Zhuang Sanya were teased by the people next to them, so they also agreed , led the crowd to the bridal chamber.

Li Meier and Wang Ru fell last, and Wang Ru asked her in a low voice, "Shall we go together?"

Li Mei'er thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Go, that bride is my elder sister, and she studied with my aunt in our clan before."

Wang Ru didn't expect Li Meier to have such a relationship with the bride, so she was immediately surprised and said, "Then you two have a pretty good relationship."

Li Meier hesitated for a moment, not knowing how to answer, because the age gap between her and Li Mengying was a bit big, and the two of them didn't have much contact in class before, but Li Mengying was still very kind to her sister, and would often take Some delicious and fun things for her, the relationship between the two is pretty good, after she got engaged, Jiang even gave her a generous gift of makeup, but then something happened to Li Mengdan, Li Meier goodbye She always feels a little embarrassed.

Wang Ru was a smart person. Seeing that Li Meier hadn't said anything, she didn't continue to question her. She just said, "There must be a lot of people in the bridal chamber right now. Let's take a look outside instead of going in."

Li Mei'er thought about it, then nodded kindly, thinking that today is Li Mengying's big day, she must not want to think about her mother and sister.

(End of this chapter)