Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 656: Not Slow to Respond
Outside, as several horse-drawn carriages of the Zhao family arrived, Gu Wenxuan and others withdrew from the racecourse and accompanied the three Zhao brothers to pay their respects to the old lady before the banquet.

In the main courtyard hall, several old ladies and young ladies, including Old Lady Gu, Mrs. Zhou Bai, Mrs. Gu Lin, and Mrs. Gu Wang, were all there. They were delighted to learn that a group of them were coming to pay their respects.

Zhou Banxia originally wanted to find an excuse to ask Qi Wenhui and the other three girls to stay away, but Doctor Lin probably saw what she meant and shook his head slightly.

He glanced calmly at the three young girls who were surrounded by many young wives and girls and were talking quietly. They were in a decent position.

They set up a screen on the other side of the carved and hollow floor-standing cover. It was not considered rude, and it was reasonable to say that they could not see other men.

It seemed that Hui Jie'er had no intention of avoiding the warm room, so Zhou Banxia simply pretended that he didn't know that Doctor Lin actually wanted Hui Jie'er to take this opportunity to see what Dajiang looked like first.

But she thought she was quite considerate, so she held her belly and walked towards the three little girls. Immediately, the young wives and older girls made way for her.

Zhou Banxia greeted and laughed as he walked up to the three little girls. He immediately took up a position that was advantageous for Hui Jie'er beside him to observe the outside.

Hi, the little girl was stunned for a moment.

The response is not slow.

The little face suddenly turned red.

It can be seen that her sister Xia supports her. Although she doesn't point it out, she still welcomes her to be her sister-in-law and become a member of the family.

A moment.

On the other side of the floor-length cover, a group of young men, either married or unengaged, finally showed up and walked into the hall one after another.

The biggest ones are the brothers Gu Wenxuan and Gu Erlang.

If you look closely, you will find that Dajiang is walking right between his third brother Zhou Yanfeng and the third young master of the Qi Mansion, and behind them are the three brothers of the Zhao family.

The young man in his teens, with a handsome and elegant face and a body as straight as a pine tree, was wearing a green robe and standing among them with a smile on his face, truly outstanding.

I have to say that she is a great mother and has made great contributions. She is very good at giving birth to children. It's not that she gave birth to many children, but she made each of them more beautiful than the other.

In terms of appearance, she is not bragging, but among her five siblings, leaving aside her second sister who died young and had not yet grown up, she would definitely score 80 points.

The reason why she only got 80 points was because her appearance pulled down the average score. If her eldest sister had the best appearance, then Dajiang, who was as beautiful as a jade sculpture, would be even better.

Especially in the past year, Dajiang's temperament has changed greatly. He has become more confident, and his whole mental outlook seems to be full of youthful vitality.

Unlike before, this child sometimes looks confused and self-defeating, which is pitiful, but also very negative. When he is silent, he always gives people a feeling of depression.

Looking at the river outside through the carved hollows, Zhou Banxia naturally did not forget to use the corner of his eye to pay attention to the expression of the little girl beside him from time to time.

Obviously, Dajiang is good-looking, not because she has a natural filter. Judging from the fact that the little girl blushed again and couldn't help but take a look at him, they are attracted to each other.

The river is growing on point.

All that’s left is to wait for an opportunity to let Dajiang “meet” the girl. If she has no objection, the marriage will be a done deal.

The group of young men came quickly and left quickly. They greeted the old ladies, showed full respect to the elders present, and then left and returned to the outer courtyard.

After they left, the topic suddenly revolved around them, and even the young wives who had been avoiding suspicion and gathering together hurried back to listen. Zhou Banxia, ​​one of the young wives, heard the noisy sounds of people talking loudly or quietly, mixed with laughter.

Sensitive hearing is very unfriendly at this time.

How to do?
Let’s enjoy the meal.

There is a saying that people become cunning as they age. She was really worried that the women present might be able to see through their words intentionally or unintentionally by the cunning old ladies.

Regardless of whether this marriage is successful or not, the woman's reputation is more important than anything else, so it is not appropriate for any rumors to appear. So eating and drinking can divert everyone's attention.

The old ladies are afraid of the cold, so the banquet is still held in the large flower hall in the main courtyard according to the old custom, but a grill is added outside the flower hall and various ingredients are placed around it.

In addition to these preparations, as the weather was rare and good, several tables were lined up on the open ground, with chess boards and pieces, brushes and paints, as well as a game of throwing arrows into a pot, and so on.

However, Zhou Banxia had no chance to participate in these activities.

He was confined in the circle of old ladies and ate with them. He ate until he was seven-tenths full. At four quarters after noon, Liu secretly sent someone to "invite" him back to the west courtyard.

I walked slowly along the way, just enough time to digest my food. When I reached the main house in the west courtyard, I washed my face, changed into casual clothes, and then it was time for my scheduled nap.

The annual examination has ended, and sending New Year gifts to the teachers in the county school will no longer be considered as flattery or bribery. Mai Huang and Mai Qing still have something to do at this moment.

Outside the west courtyard, Gu Dachang's housekeeper and two housekeepers were in charge of the matter, but they also had to take this opportunity to tidy up the warehouse together.

According to Manager Hua (Gu Dahua), the return gift from the Gao family is already on the way and will be delivered together with the return gift from Manager Wang the next day or the day after tomorrow.

In addition, Mrs. Zhao Er came today with a return gift. The housekeeper beside her also said that Mrs. Qian's return gift arrived together with Mr. Zhao San's in the past two days.

If we don't tidy up the warehouse quickly, it will be full.

This job is not very hard, but it requires great care.

Everything has to be reconciled and recorded, and any missing items have to be noted down. It's quite tiring after half a day, but Zhou Banxia's private library doesn't even allow him to touch the Ophiopogon japonicus and Maixiang.

When they arrived at the warehouse in the backyard, Mai Huang first moved out the remaining prepared New Year gifts according to Zhou Banxia's instructions, and Mai Qing wrote a book on it, and then placed the gift lists one by one.

Afterwards, the old women and maids carried the packed New Year gifts to the board room in the front yard, waiting for Gu Wenxuan to confirm them before sending them to each household.

In the past two days, I have received some return gifts that have not yet been sorted out. Those that need to be accounted for have been accounted for, and those that need to be sent to various places have also been registered and marked with their names.

Just when he was busy, Gu Dachang came back from the back door taking a shortcut. Mai Huang then realized that he had not finished his work in any hurry and it was already almost the beginning of the 4th hour.

At this time, her daughter should have gotten up, but she didn't know if it was because the banquet was over and the guests said goodbye and left, so the mistress asked Aunt Chang to invite the daughter to go.

Obviously, she guessed wrong.

Liu was reluctant to let her pregnant daughter-in-law fall back to the main courtyard with her big belly, so she respectfully sent the guests to the second gate. She hoped that her daughter-in-law was still asleep.

It just so happened that she was a sleepy person and had to get up very early today. She couldn't find an excuse easily. Her whole family was here, so who could blame her third daughter for being rude?

"Doctor Lin and the others will be here soon." Gu Dachang's wife didn't have time to say more. She pulled Mai Huang aside, whispered a few words and went to the upper room.