Stepmother Shaoguang

Chapter 75 Banquet ([-])

After sitting and writing a post for a whole day, the work was not finished until my waist was stiff.

The fifth day of February is a good day for banquets. There are several tables in the front yard and the back yard, separate seats for men and women, and different activities at the tables.

Now that Xu Ruyun has become the Duke's wife, the housekeeper's affairs will fall into her hands.These days, he has to take care of Lu Ruqing and take care of the housework, so his stature has decreased a lot.

Lu Ruqing felt sorry for his wife, so he went to beg Mrs. Lu himself, and shared some of the housekeeper's affairs.

Mrs. Lu hated that iron could not be made into steel: "The other's daughter-in-law is eager to take care of the house early, no matter how tired or busy she is, she does not want to share power, but your wife is different."

"Mother knows Yunniang's temperament. She doesn't argue about anything, and she doesn't complain. It's the son who loves her. Besides, when the third sibling is housekeeper, they keep the house in order...cough cough."

After saying such a long sentence all at once, Lu Ruqing couldn't help coughing.

"Okay, okay, don't say a few words."

This was not a difficult task. Mrs. Lu called all three daughters-in-law over: "We are a family, and now we don't live in separate houses. You three sisters-in-law should help each other. Yunniang is in charge of the house. You two will share some of the burden."

"Daughter-in-law understands." Both of them agreed.

"Yunniang has been taking care of Ru Qing with all her heart these years. Seeing that their husband and wife have a good relationship, I am also comforted... But I feel that my boy is dragging down other girls."

After the few people dispersed, Mrs. Lu sighed.

Zhou's mother rarely objected to the old lady's words: "What's the old lady? When the uncle and the lady talked about kissing, didn't they all say that they were a couple? And after so many years, although the uncle is weaker, he is very friendly to the lady. Isn't it wholehearted?"

Looking at other people, how can there be such a long relationship?

"God's will is unpredictable." Mrs. Lu felt uncomfortable when she thought of her eldest son's illness.

A few days ago, Shi Nianjiao asked people to clean up the Liuchun Pavilion. It is close to the pond and rockery in Lu Mansion, built by the water, and has the best scenery.

On the fifth day of the lunar new year, the invited female family members came to the door one after another with congratulatory gifts.

After He Shaoguang received this family, the next one came, even several families came together, dizzy from the busyness.

"Shaoguang!" Hearing Haishi's overjoyed voice, the wives of the several families thoughtfully asked her to hurry to pick up her biological mother.

He Shaoguang was finally able to get away from the crowd of wives, grabbed Hai Shi's forearm, and said affectionately, "Who did mother come with?"

When Haishi saw his daughter, he really wanted to have a good talk, but in front of so many people, he held back and said reservedly: "Your father never likes socializing, I came with your elder brother."

Seeing a few wives looking at them curiously, Hai Shi returned a decent smile.

"Which family's wife is this, who is so intimate with Mrs. Lu Er?"

A new daughter-in-law didn't know anyone well, so she covered her mouth and asked her mother-in-law in a low voice.

"It should be her mother, the mistress of the He family." Her mother-in-law had never seen her before, but she heard the "mother" just now.

"This Mrs. He is dignified and generous." There were also wives who liked Hai's calm demeanor very much.

"That's right. If Mrs. He hadn't behaved herself well, how could she have raised such a well-behaved daughter? It can be seen that family background is second, and family style is the most important thing."

A hale and hearty silver-haired old lady said happily.

Many ladies around agreed with this statement. This is Xue Ran's grandmother, Mrs. Xue. She and Mrs. Xue were also invited as He Shaoguang's friends.

But another sharp-faced lady who is about the same age as Mrs. Xue disagrees: "If people like us don't pay attention to family background when they marry, and they all follow their own wishes, then your Erlang will bring back a commoner, and you will also be willing? "

Mrs. Xue didn't change her face: "If the common people don't have bad habits, why not?"

Mrs. Xue was a little scared when she heard that, she was afraid that if Xue Ran really brought back a civilian girl, she would faint: "Mother!"

"What are you afraid of?" Mrs. Xue glanced at her, "Isn't it just talking?"

The sharp-faced lady covered her mouth and laughed: "Sister Xue, let's comfort Yuzheng's daughter-in-law first."

This title is disrespectful. The two of them are obviously a generation behind, but they are called sisters by her. Mrs. Xue has no expression on her face and is very unhappy in her heart.

Mrs. Xue, who was called "Yuzheng's daughter-in-law", was also very displeased. Her cultivation was not as good as her mother-in-law, and this displeasure showed on her face.

Everyone understood after seeing it: this Zhu Wanhua is not a good person. He married the Minister of Dali Temple as a sequel. Back then, Hua was married to an old man who could be his father for two decades... Coaxed the Minister of Dali Temple to go around, relying on his youth and arrogance. Very arrogant.

Zhu Shi didn't care about everyone's opinion, she asked the servant girl to take out the prepared gift, and handed it to the steward in front of the three daughters-in-law of the Lu family with a smile.

With all their hearts, He Shaoguang and the three of them all smiled back at her politely.

"Hey, this is the second daughter-in-law of Lu, right? She looks cute, and she looks much more blessed than the previous one. You should pay more attention to your body, especially when you are pregnant..."

Zhu's nonsense was the same as before, and he poured out everything that shouldn't be said, without lowering his voice at all, and everyone at the table heard it.

This offended two families at once.

The one who came to the Jiang family today was Jiang Ningyu's aunt Ma Shi, who was also Jiang Ninglu's mother. Jiang Ninglu also came, and both of them looked unhappy.

Especially Ma Shi, she put down the tea cup in her hand heavily, and slammed it on the mahogany table with a "boom", attracting the attention of the people around her.

Perhaps it was Zhu who noticed that Jiang's family was there, and greeted him embarrassingly, and finally restrained himself a little.

He Shaoguang's smiling face didn't change, he just asked his servants to exchange a new cup of tea for Ma Shi.

"Mother, what are you doing watching her?"

Jiang Ninglu didn't dare to let Mrs. Ma know about the festival between them, so Mrs. Ma still thought that her daughter didn't know He Shaoguang.

"In the past, Mama Wu, who was next to your hall sister, was the steward of Brother Yan. Mama Wu wrote a letter a few days ago, saying that she was caught wrongly by the Lu family and punished to go to needlework."

Ma Shi wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, his expression normal, as if he was talking about something irrelevant to him.

"Mother Wu?" Jiang Ninglu frowned and thought for a while before remembering, "What did she do?"

"It doesn't matter what happened." Mrs. Ma stared at He Shaoguang's back: "Sister Zhen just followed her, brother Yan is your cousin's child, and the Lu family has also cultivated a temperament of eating inside and outside. "

The Jiang family's child, within a year, even recognized someone else as his mother.

If the Jiang family and the Lu family were still trying to save face in the past, since their proposal to let Lu Xiaowen continue to marry Jiang Ninglu was rejected, Aunt Jiang's methods were exposed again and she was sent to Zhuangzi.
Now the two families get along really awkwardly, and Jiang Ningyu's father, son, and daughter have died one after another, no one wants him to make brother Yan closer to his family.

　My family, I have a cat, and I will be a cat person in the future.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)