Otoharu

Chapter 472
In May, it was Mrs. Li's birthday first, because this time it was her [-]th birthday, and the Li family had won two Jinshi one after another. Naturally, it was very grand. Neighbors invited them together, and Li Yan personally delivered the post to the Sun family.

Although the Sun family has such a high family background, the Li family did not expect them to come over, but after all, the two families still have some intersections, and Sun Xiaowu also invited Li Meier to her house as a guest at the beginning, so the Li family still insisted on all the superficial etiquette. entered.

The birthday banquet will soon be held at home, and the banquet has already been set.

The Li family especially chose a day to rest and take a bath. Needless to say, the Jiang family and the Zhou family arrived early to help Jiang and Li Meier welcome the guests. Even the Sun family, who hadn't exactly said they were coming, came here. They were Li Meier's acquaintances, the third wife of the Sun family, Xie Shi, and her daughter Sun Xiaowu.

As soon as Sun Xiaowu saw Li Meier, he pulled her and talked affectionately. Seeing that Li Meier was so close to Miss Wu Anbo's family, others couldn't help giving her a high look.

Neighbors from the neighborhood also arrived one after another, but the next neighbor Jiang Hanlin did not come. Jiang Hanlin and Jiang Yanzhi seemed to have some quarrels in the Imperial Academy recently. People, so life and death refused to come to drink.

Only Mrs. Jiang Si was so angry that she choked, so Mrs. Jiang had no choice but to bring her children here by herself.When I came here to see Mrs. Sun, Mrs. Xie and Sun Xiaowu, Mrs. Jiang Si was terribly frightened.

Of these two people, Mrs. Xie is an upright gentleman of the third grade, her father is the current Minister of the Household Department, and Sun Xiaowu is definitely going to marry the current crown prince, and she must be a noble concubine in the future.Seeing today's visitor, Fourth Jiang's wife wished she could go back and strangle her husband to death immediately!What a worthless thing!
Mrs. Xie was very courteous, and specially led Sun Xiaowu in to meet Mrs. Li, and asked Sun Xiaowu to pay a birthday greeting to Mrs. Li, and said many auspicious words.

Seeing that Sun Xiaowu was such a pleasing little girl, Mrs. Li naturally liked it too.She knew that Sun Xiaowu was of high status, and the gift she gave was not shabby at all. It was a suet jade pendant in the dowry given to Li Meier by Mrs. Zhen. It is available.

However, Mrs. Li is not someone who can do business at a loss. She knew that the birthday gift from the Sun family was not thin, so she was willing to give such a jade pendant with blood.

When Mrs. Xie saw the meeting gift from Mrs. Li, her expression changed. She naturally recognized it. How can my old lady have such a good thing.It seems that people cannot be judged by their appearance, and the Li family is not as ordinary as it appears on the surface.

Mrs. Xie thought about it, so she patiently talked with Mrs. Li for a while.

Mrs. Li has been influenced by her granddaughter and grandson-in-law these days, and she has learned a lot, but she can still accept Xie's words, and she responds very well.

Mrs. Xie felt that Mrs. Li was different from those ordinary country turtle old ladies, so she couldn't help but praise: "Old birthday star! You are really knowledgeable, and you are worthy of being an old lady who can train Tanhualang!"

"Don't dare to be! Compared with his grandmother who was the number one scholar and his grandmother who was second in the list, I am far behind." Mrs. Li said very modestly, "I have only cultivated a Tanhua and a good scholar over the years!"

"Don't say that, if I can cultivate a flower like you, this life will be worth it!" Xie said the truth, she also has a son, if the son can pass the imperial examination If she has achieved something, as a mother, she is naturally honored.

"It's not easy for others, but for you, Mrs. Sun, it's already half done!" Mrs. Li said, "You see you are so handsome, the child must grow up well. I heard that this is a flower test, In addition to good writing, his looks are also outstanding, otherwise, if he looks like Zhong Kui, he will have no choice but to become the number one scholar!"

Mrs. Xie couldn't help laughing when she heard such remarks, and Sun Xiaowu even laughed at the side, thinking that sister Mei'er's grandmother is really interesting. It will definitely not be boring.

Li Meier was a little ashamed at the side, thinking that grandma, you can take it easy, you are almost offending the number one scholar!
Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Li chatted very speculatively, but Mrs. Xie came here on time, and there are so many guests at the moment, it is not easy to talk deeply.So, Mrs. Xie said a few more words, then got up and said goodbye to everyone in the Li family.

Jiang Shi and Li Meier personally sent them to the door, and Sun Xiaowu made an appointment with Li Meier to invite her to play at his home in a few days, and then reluctantly got into the carriage.

Mrs. Li's birthday feast was extremely lively, and the female family members saw that the Li family had friendship with Wu'anbo Mansion, so they worked harder to befriend Mrs. Jiang and curry favor with Mrs. Li.

Not to mention the men outside, Jiang Yanzhi is a very lively person, Zhou Muyi is also a good-natured person, although Zuo Yuanwai Lang is high-minded, he is not such a pedantic person like Jiang Hanlin, so everyone ate the wine until noon go.

When it was time to say goodbye, the men were a little drunk, but luckily the neighbors were all close to each other, and Zhou Muyi had a good drinker, so he didn't feel it.

After all the guests had dispersed, when it came to today's drink, Mrs. Li praised Mrs. Xie very well, and kept saying, "Mrs. Sun is really nice and worthy of close friendship! She has vision and is a good person!"

Li Meier couldn't help but said, "Isn't it just to praise you for your knowledge? When will you change your habit of listening to good things?"

"Cut, who doesn't like to listen to good words." Mrs. Li said as a matter of course, "Besides, Mrs. Sun is a person with a third-rank mandate. I really have a big face to come to our house to celebrate my birthday! Speaking of which, I The old man doesn't know that only in the year of the monkey and the month of the horse can there be a commandment."

Mrs. Li is no longer satisfied with only being a Jinshi, she has already educated two Jinshi, so the imperial court can't give her an imperial order?
"Grandmother, don't worry. After Daddy has been an official for a few more years and reaches the sixth rank, he will be able to grant you a royal order." Li Meier knew her grandmother's urgent desire, and comforted her.

Mrs. Li frowned when she heard the words, thought for a while and said, "Your uncle was promoted for three or four years. No matter how good your father is, he had to endure for three years. This is really a long time." Come to her old man's house and have to wait.

As he said that, he looked at his granddaughter again, with a sour tone, "You girl has a good fortune, Shanqing is now at the seventh rank, and he is a Tanhua, so he must be promoted faster, maybe you can still be with me I have an order ahead."

(End of this chapter)