Stepmother Shaoguang

Chapter 76 Banquet ([-])

"Should I let my father write a letter and choose another one in the clan?"

"No!" Madam Ma interrupted her idea with a frown, "Why do you have such a stupid idea? I want you to learn more and read more, regardless of whether the Lu family will agree or not. Sending people in now is already a matter of course." It's useless. How could the He family be defenseless?"

Jiang Ninglu was reprimanded by her mother, so she shut up obediently. What she fears most is her parents.

"Second Madam Lu." Qiao Yuping called out behind her mother in a waxy voice.

"This is?" Mrs. Qiao handed over all the gifts brought by Mrs. Qiao to the steward for registration, and Qiao Yuping took out another brocade box and handed it to her. He Shaoguang was puzzled.

"I made this with my own hands, and it's specially given to you." Qiao Yuping blushed slightly, "I hope you like it."

He Shaoguang thought that he was also blessed with an imperial order, so it was difficult for anyone to remember her alone, so he readily accepted: "Miss Qiao specially prepared it for me, of course I like it."

When she was gone, Shi Nianjiao squeezed her throat and soured her strangely when there was no one around: "Tsk, why didn't anyone specially prepare it for me?"

"Nianjiao!" Before He Shaoguang had time to return to her, Mrs. Shi appeared in front of the two of them flirtatiously, "Hurry up and show Mother Rui."

Shi Nianjiao silently withdrew the hand she just stretched out: "Nurse is holding it down to nurse, mother will look at it later."

Mrs. Shi threw things at them: "This is the little jacket I embroidered on Rui girl's old clothes. I made it bigger on purpose. It should fit just right. There are also this pair of cotton shoes and this collar. I specially asked someone to They were made with good materials.”

Shi Nianjiao was impatient to hear her say this, and felt wronged that she didn't take care of herself: "Really, we only met when the moon was full, and you don't care if my daughter is doing well or not."

Mrs. Shi didn't pause in her hands: "I saw you in a hurry as soon as I came in, what's wrong?"

There were five tables of female relatives sitting in total, and they broke up and sat down to take care of a table of guests respectively.

The women's relatives drank fruit wine at the banquet, with a faint sweet fragrance, not intoxicating.

Someone held a wine glass to congratulate Shaoguang: "I have heard about the virtuous name of the second lady for a long time, and I finally got to see her today. Please also ask the second lady to reward me with this thin noodles and drink up this cup."

He Shaoguang was curious that someone had heard of her, but she didn't ask. Isn't this embarrassing herself?
In fact, this person is Vice Admiral Du's wife, Mrs. Bao.

It was Lieutenant Du who forcibly took a sip of Lu Xiaowen's bibimbap sauce in the barracks that day regardless of other people's life or death.

After eating, he thought about it, and wrote a letter to his wife to protest why she didn't give himself time to make these things.

Therefore, Baoshi remembered her because of a jar of sauce, and he didn't know what expression He Shaoguang would have when he knew the real reason.

"Vice General Du has always been close to her husband, Madam Du should also come to the mansion often, so we sisters can talk."

After He Shaoguang knew the other party's identity, he became closer to her when talking to her.She knew that Bao's husband was more capable under Lu Xiaowen's subordinates, so she also needed to be closer to Bao's than others.

Besides, she felt that she and Bao Shi were quite close, and there was nothing wrong with making more friends.

Although the Jiang family was dissatisfied with the attitude of the Lu family and let them be lukewarm, they did not dare to make trouble today.

It's just that Mrs. Zhu really hated her. Seeing that Jiang's family ignored her, she went to trouble He Shaoguang: "Second daughter-in-law Lu, you have been married for almost a year now. When are you two going to have a baby?"

He lowered his voice as he spoke, and glanced at the Jiang family from time to time: "The children born to others are no better than those born to you, tsk."

Probably thinking of her stepson, who was older than herself, who disrespected her in everything, she shook her head: "But the two of your family are young, they can't compare to me."

Although he said he cared about her, why was his tone so annoying?

He Shaoguang perfunctory her: "Brother Yan and girl Zhen are both filial children."

"Hey, you won't be coaxed into not planning to give birth, will you?" Mrs. Zhu was surprised and opened her mouth wide. "In terms of seniority, I am also from your aunt's generation, so I won't harm you. Listen to my aunt's persuasion. Once the family provokes, how can these two little ones remember you well?"

"Auntie, I am a stepmother just like you. I have suffered more than you from being a stepmother. Don't think that you are not afraid when you are young and a young couple has a good relationship. How can there be a lecherous man in this world? After two years I will forget about you in [-]. Then you will become a yellow-faced woman, tsk tsk."

"Yellow Face Woman" He Shaoguang: .
It was clearly the wife of a third-rank official, Ming Mei, who was marrying, and this expression made people feel vulgar.

The first time He Shaoguang met this person, he realized why everyone called her "dog skin plaster" for so many years.

Even if you don't like to talk to her, she can stick to you and say something disgusting to you like a normal person.

"Ahem." Ma Shi suddenly coughed behind Zhu Shi, Zhu Shi was startled, and turned around embarrassingly.

"Why, is it that Mr. Yuan's family rebelled against Mrs. Yuan again recently, or did Mrs. Yuan come here to teach the Heart Sutra to Mrs. Lu?" Mrs. Ma stared at the two with a half-smile.

Although the words were directed at Mrs. Zhu, He Shaoguang clearly noticed that her words were directed at him.

"It's rare for Mrs. Jiang to come to the house. Why don't you come with me to see Miss Mingzhen? It's been a long time since I saw my aunt, and Miss Zhen misses you very much."

After Zhu's trouble, he started to play dead, but He Shaoguang was not guilty, and met her eyes.

The tables on the left and right were about to break up, no one ate the food on the table, but they all chatted with their befriended wives.

At this time, it is right to quickly take Mashi away from the battlefield with Zhushi.

Ma Shi didn't object, and smiled slightly: "Thank you for leading the way."

Lu Mingzhen was hanging out with a bunch of girls from other houses, it was very lively.

Children of this age love to play, and now they are taking small bamboo balls, and let the servants sweep the snow in the yard, and play together.

As soon as they got to the side where the children gathered together, a ball almost hit He Shaoguang on the forehead.

"Mother! Hoo hoo!" Lu Mingzhen ran over with a "thud thud thump" to check if she was injured and rubbed her wound.

In fact, the child didn't have much strength, and the ball just hit her shoulder lightly and fell to the ground without any pain, let alone injury.

But she still enjoyed Lu Mingzhen's concern for her, especially in front of Jiang's family, she even purposely made out with Lu Mingzhen for a while before reminding her.

"Okay, mother is fine, Mingzhen, let's see who is here?" He Shaoguang smiled and pulled her chubby hand, signaling her to stand beside Ma Shi.

"Huh? It's my aunt." Lu Mingzhen had only seen Mrs. Ma four or five times since he was born, and he was not familiar with Mrs. Ma, but only knew that this person was his aunt.

"Girl Zhen, come, let my aunt see how old you are?" Madam Ma showed a kind smile to the child, wanting to get close to Lu Mingzhen.

(End of this chapter)