Poor children

Chapter 50 Birthday Banquet

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After a while, several women brought Baozhen back to the east courtyard with their straps on their backs. Mrs. Wang and the old lady admonished the servants again, warning them not to tell what they saw today, and then followed them back to the east courtyard. Got it

The third lady didn't leave until she saw them, but she immediately asked people to take away all her bedding, throw it away, and replace it with brand new ones. She even took the bathtub and washed it repeatedly, and scalded it again and again with boiling water.

Everyone gradually dispersed, and the fourth lady said goodbye and went back after seeing that the excitement was gone. What a wonderful New Year's Eve had turned out to be so boring, so everyone had to go and rest separately.

When Chunya saw everyone leaving, she also wanted to say goodbye and go back to her room.
"Does this matter have anything to do with you today?" the third lady suddenly asked
"What did mom say?" Chunya asked

"My house is not in the wild, so why is there a snake? I heard from Yun'er that you secretly kept one. I wonder if it is still there now?"

"I am a girl. I am afraid of snakes. How can I have the courage to raise snakes? Sister Yun'er must have made a mistake."

The third lady looked at her carefully for a long time, "If you don't have the best, if others hear that you have it, I think you won't be able to explain clearly. I just saw you with a bad temper in the past, but I can't believe that you have improved in the past few years." , but I still want to give you some advice. Sometimes you still have to rely on others to do things. If you do it yourself and leave traces, you will not be able to escape the involvement."

"Daughter, I will remember it." Chunya bowed and said goodbye.
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In the second lady’s room in the North Courtyard

The two young masters accompanied the princes who came to pay New Year's greetings all day long before they came back, but they saw that the second lady was not in the courtyard, and they were worried, but by chance they saw her back.

The second lady came into the main room and sat down at the table. Xiangxing brought the Poria Chicken Soup that had been simmering on the fire.

"Is there anything new outside today?" The second lady asked the two young masters Cheng and Chengzhe while ladling chicken soup.

"There's nothing special, just ministers coming here to pay their New Year greetings and chatting." Chenghe said, "I wonder if there's anything new here, mother?"

"Since I came back from your grandpa's house that year, I have been claiming to be ill and not having much contact with them. I am afraid that your third aunt will find an excuse to harm us again. Now that Chengda has given birth, she has to take care of the child, so she will cause less trouble with us. Yes, it’s just today…”

"How are you today? What happened?" Chengzhe also sat down and ate the fruit.

Xiang Xing refilled tea for the two young masters, brought some exquisite snacks, and told the two young masters about the matter while placing them on the table.
"Why are there snakes in our house?" Chengzhe picked up the snacks to eat again.
"But no, unless there is a snake in the garden behind, I can't tell. It's just that the west courtyard is far away from the back. How did this snake get past?" Xiang Xing arrived.
The second lady finished drinking the chicken soup, Xiangxing took away the cup and brought tea. The second lady was holding the tea and was wondering in her heart, "It's not like your third aunt did this. She wouldn't do it so lightly, no matter who did it." , I'm afraid it will be difficult for Baozhen to get married in the future. The servants like to gossip most. I'm afraid that after fifteen, they will even make up stories about storytellers in teahouses outside."

"Baozhen has always been arrogant, and you can't tell who she will offend. She usually gets beaten by many servants because of her. If she doesn't change her domineering temper, she might even end up making enemies with others." Cheng He said
"These snacks are very delicately made." Cheng He took a closer look at the snacks in his hand, and Xiang Xing came over to add some tea. "Why didn't you think the kitchen snacks were so delicious before? Are these really brought from the kitchen?"

"Back to the young master, the second young master brought this back a few days ago." Xiang Xing arrived.
"Oh!" Cheng Zhe suddenly remembered, "This is what the poor boy did for us."

The second lady put down the tea bowl and wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, "I haven't seen the pauper for a long time. I heard that she wasn't asked to enter the hospital, so I can't go out. Today is the pauper's birthday. If you two brothers have nothing to do at night, please Go and have a look, I’m tired, so I’m going to rest first.”

When the two young masters saw the second lady getting up, they quickly got up and sent their mother away.

At this time of the week, everyone should gather in the old lady's house to have fun, but today everyone had the good sense to leave early. The two young masters waited until ten minutes past midnight and then quietly walked from the backyard to the poor children's residence.

Tonight, the rough servants living in this courtyard finished their work early. Those with families had gone home to celebrate the New Year, and those without families also rested early. In the huge courtyard, only the poor children's house still had lights on. There is a lighted oil lamp in the middle of the table on the Kang. There are a few side dishes around the oil lamp, a pot of flower carvings and three small wine cups. The poor boy is sitting on the seat, accompanied by Tiedan'er and Laibao on the left and right sides.
"Today is my sister's birthday. I would like to toast to my sister. I wish my sister a happy life every year!" Noble raised his glass

"How old are you? You are not allowed to drink." The poor boy arrived
"Tea! Mine is tea, but the color is a bit similar." Noble said
The poor boy smiled when he saw how well-behaved she was

Tie Dan'er also raised his quilt at this time, "Let's have a drink together, the three of us. One is to wish the poor boy a happy birthday, and the other is to come back from saving Noble at the mass grave that day. The lives of the three of me seem to be connected together. Although they are not our own lives, they are better than our own. Today, I took advantage of the poor boy’s birthday wine to drink. From now on, no matter life or death, we will never leave, and I will protect you two with my life.” Tie Dan After saying this, he drank the wine in the cup in one gulp.
Poor boy Laibao also raised his glass and drank the wine.

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"You guys are so unloyal that you secretly drink here," Chengzhe said as he walked into the room.

Chenghe also came in and put the food he was carrying on the table. The two young masters took off their cloaks and placed them on the wooden table on the ground.
"I didn't expect my two brothers to come. If I knew you were coming, I would have cooked more dishes." Paoer was very happy.

"Didn't we bring our own food?" Chenghe sat down next to Tiedan'er and opened the Dongpo elbow, smoked chicken and venison he brought.

Cheng Zhe sat next to Laibao, and gave her a piece of venison, "I know you love meat, we all pick up the meat, you can eat it today."

"Thank you, Brother Chengzhe." Laibao happily took the meat from the bowl and ate it.

Tiedan'er added wine cups to the two of them and filled them up with wine, "Are you just going to thank Chengzhe? Don't you, brother Chenghe, bring it to you? Are you afraid that your brother Chenghe will be angry if you only thank one?"

"Come on! I'm not as stingy as you." Chenghe picked up the wine cup and clinked it with Tiedan'er, and they drank the wine together.

"I'm really happy that my two brothers can come. I'd like to thank you two brothers with this glass of wine." After that, the poor man and others at the table raised their glasses together.

After the wine was gone, Laibao gave them more wine, and they were eating and talking.

"Didn't you always stay with the old lady in the house in the past?" Laibao asked, "Why don't you need to stay with her this year?"

"What old lady? That's my grandmother, how rude" Chengzhe hit Noble's head with his finger

Laibao pouted unhappily, "That's your grandmother, not my grandmother. Besides, isn't she an old lady? I'm not wrong. Brother Chengzhe also said that I was rude, but you didn't Where is Li, I won’t talk to you anymore.”

Seeing that she was angry, Chengzhe went to coax her again, "Okay! I'm rude, so don't be angry. I brought fireworks. Let's set them off together after dinner later."

Noble smiled again when he heard that there were fireworks...

(End of this chapter)