The peasant girl is not strong

Chapter 252 Mother's Disappointment

At this time, Master Tang and Eldest Young Master Tang of the host family appeared in front of so many wealthy men.

They also came out to take the initiative to entertain these wealthy lords before, and then entered the study because of some things.

The matter of entertaining guests was handed over to other masters in the family. Of course, some of these were cousins ​​of the Tang family, and some of Mr. Tang's concubine sons, or brothers born out of concubine.

For a family as big as the Tang family, there is usually only one voice. It seems that they are very united, but in fact there are also people who are secretly jealous and vying for benefits.

As long as it is not too much, as the head of the family, he will only turn a blind eye.

When the father and son appeared, they thought the banquet hadn't started yet, but after asking, they found out that there was something wrong with the female guest.

Many female guests went to the grandson's yard. Today is the grandson's birthday. Could it be that he and his friends are so happy to forget to return?
Young Master Tang and his father had the same thoughts. Although his eldest son was quite stable and was still a child, it was reasonable to meet so many friends today and have a good time playing. Everyone else came from a child.

The father and son didn't care about this matter, believing Mrs. Tang would handle it well. They sat down with these gentlemen and started some business discussions.

Not all the wealthy people in the same county are like the Tang family, who can do business across the country.

Nor can they become the imperial merchants of Nanyue Kingdom. They say they are discussing business matters, but in fact they are asking for advice, and many business matters require them.

These rich people will have shops in the county town, but there is no transport team to transport some products from other places, and there is no special transport team or fleet to transport the things produced on their farms.

The county is so big, it is not easy to sell some agricultural products at a good price except for rice and some grains.

The Tang family is the channel for them to buy goods and transport agricultural products out. They all have interests with the Tang family.

The men, even the ordinary Hongji father and son, were protected by the Tang family.

Of course, the Tang family didn't do that for the sake of helping others. They had greater benefits and they paid attention to everything they did.

Hongji listened to them talking about business matters, and he didn't understand some business terms, so he was confused and confused.

Hongji's father couldn't understand it even more. This is what people call interlacing like a mountain.

Hongji misses his wife, daughter and mother in his heart, but he can't go to the side of the female guests. He feels that there are too many rules for a rich family to attend a banquet. How can it be like this if it is an ordinary family?

I also feel that it is unnatural to participate in this kind of banquet, and this kind of entertainment is really not suitable for their father and son.

Acer thinks it is still suitable, and he will do his technical work honestly.

Hongji's father is addicted to cigarettes. In order to prevent himself from having indecent behavior, he can only eat snacks on the table, such as melon seeds or peanuts, which are the candies that children like to eat.

The old man who is not usually greedy, is uncharacteristically today, and no one blamed him for eating. Apart from married men, there are also middle-aged men and old men on their side. Children and teenagers don't like to hang out with them, they all play by themselves Hi there.

Mrs. Tang led Mrs. Meng, followed by some noble ladies, and these people were followed by some servant girls. There were so many people at once, and everyone who saw them walking was very curious.

What is it that makes so many of them act together?

It was already time for lunch, and the banquet hadn't started yet. Everyone was curious about what new tricks the host would come up with.

Mrs. Tang and Mrs. Meng already knew that the children were on the other side of the study, and went straight to the grandson's study. They had already seen some people around the outside of the grandson's study when they entered the yard.

Mrs. Tang came with so many rich and noble ladies from Mrs. Meng, and the people around the study stepped aside and let them enter the study.

The area of ​​the study is quite large, but there are already some children standing inside, and there are tables and some decorations in the study.

Some people had already entered inside just now, and some people came in at this time, those adults who were in the study room before could only withdraw at the door voluntarily.

Those who stayed in the study were all children, as well as adults who had just entered the study.

There was no noise in the study room, only the sound of a little girl drawing on paper.

This little girl was Meng Zhaojun, the person they were concerned about. Mrs. Tang didn't make a sound, and even gestured to the children to keep silent.

Her eyes looked at the characters on the little girl's drawing paper. Isn't it her grandson?
That demeanor, that movement, the vivid appearance, this technique is no different from the master.

It's possible that even the masters couldn't draw it like this. This little girl's painting skills are so good, Mrs. Tang couldn't help but praise in her heart, but when she turned her eyes, she saw the painting on the other table...

What Mrs. Tang saw, the other wives also saw, and they all looked at Mrs. Meng involuntarily.

Meng Zhaojun's mother, Mrs. Meng, also saw that her daughter was not painting, but copying another person's painting.

It seems that the daughter copied it vividly, but after all, someone else has already drawn a picture, and no matter how good her painting skills are, she has already lost to others.

Mrs. Meng's head froze, and the tense nerves made her almost faint.

The two servant girls around her paid attention to support her in time, and her previously rosy face became pale now.

Mrs. Meng has always been the most noble performance in front of so many wives. She was born into a scholarly family. Although she was only married to a commoner official, she has a strong backing and has been living a smooth life.

Especially after the birth of a pair of clever children, in the eyes of others, she is a good mother, and her children are praised by others.

But she never thought that her upbringing was definitely better than that of a peasant woman, and her daughter's intelligence was not comparable to that of a peasant woman who was younger than her daughter.

She had refuted with Mrs. Tang before, but she was a little disappointed by her daughter's performance at this moment. It was a slap in the face.

At this moment, she didn't have a word to reprimand her daughter, and she just reprimanded her daughter in private, and she always maintained the etiquette of a noble lady when there were many people.

She must not reveal her daughter's secret to others because of this incident.

Meng Zhaojun seemed to have noticed more people coming in, with a familiar smell, she looked up and saw Mrs. Tang and some noble ladies, and even her mother.

Usually she is very clever at observing people's expressions, but now, in order to win, she didn't see her mother's bad look.

Not only did she not have the slightest repentance, but a smug smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. No one stopped her from continuing to paint.

Meng Zhaojun even sped up his movements, completely copying the painting that Ye Shiqi had drawn before.

If the ink on one drawing paper is not dry and the ink on the other drawing paper is not dry, people will not be able to tell who painted it.

Meng Zhaojun glanced at his masterpiece, it was exactly the same as Ye Shiqi's painting, feeling very satisfied, a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he put down his pen!
Only then did he raise his head, bowed to the noble ladies of the family, and walked lightly towards his mother.

"Mom, I made a bet on painting! See if your daughter didn't embarrass you!"

Meng Zhaojun's words were not praised by Mrs. Meng, but there was no language of blame. This is not the time to teach her daughter a lesson, and people should not let others see his family's jokes.

Mrs. Meng's expression was serious, and she only said to her daughter: "Jun'er, and mother, go back to the hall first, you have already affected the opening of the banquet here."

In fact, she said this to imply that enough is enough for her daughter, and the matter of leaving here will turn the page.

Meng Zhaojun usually understands the hints in his mother's words very well, and is used to her mother's twists and turns.

It's a pity that the bet with Ye Shiqi today was entirely for Tang Shunyan's attention and to win her pride, so she didn't understand the meaning of her mother's words at all.

"Mom, I made a bet with that peasant girl, do you think I won?"

Her daughter's words made Mrs. Meng almost fall ill out of anger, and her body shook a bit, causing her to be stabbed like this, but her words were still so gentle that no one could tell that she was already angry.

Of course, being angry is not angry with others, but with her own daughter, who is critical of others, loses when she loses, and refuses to give up when she loses. Being watched by so many people makes her, a mother, feel ashamed.

Only treat this matter as a child's play, and don't develop into greater adverse effects.

"Jun'er, you competed with this smart little girl for painting, did you see that? I don't know, such a young girl is such a good painter, so don't be proud in the future, you have to work harder!"

Meng Zhaojun's mouth moved, no matter how stupid she was, she could already see that her mother was angry.

She didn't dare to say anything more, so she could only bite her lip unwillingly and lowered her head. Mother is the authority of their family, even the father who is an official, often obeys mother obediently.

Although as a daughter, she can do anything against her mother, she is still a child after all.

But knowing the consequences of doing some things, it is the mother's disappointment in her, and at the same time, the resources will be reduced in the future. In this era, it is already patriarchal. Because she is smart, the mother and family pay more attention to training since childhood.

Meng Zhaojun would not think that she would get a small dividend for imitating other people's things, and she would look down on her mother's dowry or the resources of her natal family.

In the future, whether you can grow up with red makeup, whether you can marry someone you like, and a wealthy family, the support of your mother is very important.

Mrs. Tang was about to speak when another person came in from the door of the study. The first one to come in was Young Mistress Tang and her people, which made the room that was not wide even more crowded.

She came in and saw her son standing aside, and the little girl who was fighting painting had stopped.

Her eyes looked at the two paintings, and the two paintings had exactly the same son, which made her, a mother, involuntarily admire, the painting skill is really good.

Instead of admiring the skill of the peasant girl, she smiled and said to Mrs. Meng: "Mrs. Meng teaches well, and Ling Qianjin is really good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. She knows everything!"

Mrs. Meng...

Mrs. Li carried her son into the room, and the crowded room became even more crowded. She looked at the five daughters and saw that the five daughters were intact.

He whispered to the eldest daughter: "Big girl, you are too ignorant, hurry up and take the four younger sisters back to the banquet."

"Yes, mother..." Ye Luoqi asked the four younger sisters to walk out of the study in a low voice, hand in hand.

Mrs. Li watched her daughters go out, then she bowed to everyone and walked out of the room with her son in her arms.

She didn't ask about the story at all, and she didn't mention the painting. This practice was already giving others a step down. As long as the mother and daughter walked out of this place, even if there were people talking about it, it would be nothing.

No one said anything to keep their mother and daughter. Under Mrs. Meng's majestic gaze, Meng Zhaojun dared not act like a demon again.

Mrs. Tang asked her grandson to take their friends back to the banquet.

Mrs. Tang's flattery was on the horse's leg, which did not embarrass her.

The other noble ladies didn't dare to offend Mrs. Meng, and they didn't dare to chat about this matter anymore when they left this courtyard.

As for going back to the house or in the future, will they secretly gossip behind their backs? Who cares about their mouths?

Meng Zhaojun followed her mother silently until they arrived at the banquet venue.

Mrs. Meng didn't let her go to the children's table, and stayed with her all the time.

Mrs. Meng didn't eat much after the banquet started. What happened to her daughter just now affected her appetite, but she didn't leave the banquet immediately to save face.

When Meng Zhaojun was eating later, and his mother asked her to go back home with him after eating, they were obedient.

Mrs. Li was holding her son and five daughters in her arms, as well as her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, who were sitting at the same table.

A lot of tents were set up in the garden, and they were under the tents when the banquet was held. The sun at noon did not make people feel hot, but the autumn wind blew over and it was a bit cold.

In autumn, everyone wears warm clothes, and people eat a rich lunch at noon.

The Ye family sat at the same table. In the eyes of so many wealthy adults and children, they could have been ignored.

What happened today made people have to look at their family involuntarily while eating.

It also made them feel a little uncomfortable. The sound of someone eating was too loud, which directly affected their appetite a little.

Faced with such a rich lunch, the Tang family's banquet was set up in the most noble way.

The voice made by this person made everyone look at her even more.

After eating so many pastries, Lai was not hungry at all, but faced with such a rich lunch in the banquet, there were some dishes that she had never seen, let alone eaten.

Being able to come to the banquet and have a good meal here, no one will blame, and many people are not just for this meal, but also just for social entertainment.

Noble women don't eat very full, they will put down the chopsticks after moving their chopsticks a few times, how delicious the items in the banquet are, for the sake of their figure, etiquette, and relationship with other people, they pretend to eat a little Very full.

The sound of Lai's eating food has become a common sight in their family, and this time it is still the same at the banquet. With so many eyes, Li and his daughters just ate in silence.

Ye Shuzhen next to Lai was unyielding and didn't feel that there was nothing wrong with eating like this at home.

But since she got married, she still acted the same at the beginning. Her mother-in-law didn't say anything during the meal, and no family members said anything in front of her.

After the meal, Ye Shuzhen's mother-in-law, who had worked as a worker in a wealthy family in the Tang Mansion, had a lot of experience in training maids, so she set about training her daughter-in-law in a very strong way.

(End of this chapter)