Concubine's three acres of pastoral garden

Chapter 184 Dignified and Noble (1)
Xianglai has never had a serious appearance when eating, and she never felt that she should have any appearance. Eating is just to fill her stomach, and it's not acting. She has to talk about her body and expression.

She was laughed at by Xu Lin because of this in the past, and now she is laughed at by Zhu's mother. A trace of annoyance surged in her heart, she rolled her eyes and said, "It's really difficult to do this in Lianfu. Zhang Luo, in order not to embarrass his aunt, Xianglai swallowed such a terrible scare ball wholeheartedly, but didn't want to be ridiculed because of it. It seems that I should just say that the food on this table is cold It’s cold and hard, and the cooked dishes are worse than the raw materials.”

It's not that she was attacking Zhu's mother and daughter through the food. In fact, most of the dishes on the table really didn't taste very good.

Originally, the ingredients and workmanship were all top-notch, but Mrs. Zhu was worried about delaying the time, so she asked the kitchen to prepare them early. The taste of such good dishes was three points worse after being kept for a long time. , You can pick out the bad ones, not to mention the fact that there are still problems in the first place.

When she said this, no matter whether her eating was good-looking or not, she was turning the blame on Mrs. Zhu again.

No matter what, Mrs. Zhu couldn't bear to argue with Xianglai in front of so many people, arguing endlessly over a trivial matter, so she sat there awkwardly and said: "Uh, is it, although the dishes are colder because I'm afraid that the time will be delayed and let them It’s due to the preparation in advance, but the craftsmanship of this group of cooks is really mediocre, so I’ll ask someone to find some good ones.”

Lian Xiangjin ate together with her mother, still angry in her heart, quietly rolled her eyelids, and said: "I didn't expect my sister to be such a hypocritical person, she is so picky about food, it must be the same when choosing a husband, otherwise How come I heard that my sister has dating men all over the place, but I haven't found a brother-in-law for me until now!"

Xianglai didn't expect that he didn't have much confrontation with Lianxiu when he came into the mansion, but his wife and children rushed up first, but it was nothing. According to Yang Mengwan, the Zhu family also had a certain relationship with the murder of his father and aunt back then. At gunpoint, even they were packed together!

Thinking about it, she raised the corners of her lips and said with a smile: "It turns out that my sister cares so much about my sister. I think it's only been a few days since I entered the mansion, and my sister already knows me so well! Could it be that I envy my sister for my former freedom? If my sister also wants to I have been with many men, my sister and my business partners are almost all qualified, so I can introduce my sister..."

Before she could finish her words, Lian Xiu couldn't listen any longer, and said with a gloomy face, "Okay, that's enough, don't you want to eat Anwen for the New Year's Eve dinner? Shut up, and go to the sacrifice after eating with peace of mind." Zu!"

Xianglai curled her lips quietly, thinking that this old thing is still like his own daughter, he didn't stop when Lian Xiangjin was talking, but when it came to him, he got angry, and people could tell where it was and how close it was up.

But there is no way, now that she is in the name of someone else's daughter, it is really not easy to confront her head-on, so she temporarily shut up and continued to help Mrs. Zhu solve the "cold and hard" table full of delicacies.

After all, it's the New Year, even with Xiang Lai and Yang Mengwan who are two eyesores, they can't stop the joy of the whole family.

Lian Zhao couldn't talk to his three elder brothers, but he had something to say with Lian Gongliang, his nephew, so he called Lian Gongliang to drink with him.

After Lian Xiangjin was reprimanded by her father, she couldn't embarrass Xianglai anymore, so she ran to Wu Yiniang to talk and laugh with Xiangyuan, deliberately leaving Xianglai mother and daughter alone.

On the other hand, Fourth Aunt, although she couldn't see her smiling face, occasionally talked to Xianglai and asked about the trivial things about her life in the past.

Xianglai knew that she didn't mean any harm, so she chatted with her nonchalantly.

But occasionally, when I am free, watching the laughter and laughter in the room, I still can't help thinking, this kind of love should belong to my father, but now it is the person who hurt him who is enjoying all this, and at this time my father just Being able to talk coldly and coldly with an old servant in that remote small courtyard, does this make me, a daughter, able to eat comfortably or laugh happily?

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that everything around her was boring.

Finally, after the New Year’s Eve dinner, I went to the yard with everyone to watch the people set off fireworks. After a while, when it was almost midnight, according to the custom of Beiliao, to worship the ancestors at the time of the transition from the old to the new, so I went to the yard with everyone Go back to the hall together.

The Lian family's ancestral hall is outside the city, and the New Year's Eve worship is held in a temporary sacrificial hall at home.

Women can also participate in the family sacrifice, and they only need to kowtow to the ancestral tablet to finish.

After the elders passed, Xianglai, Lian Xiangjin and Lian Xiangyuan stepped forward together.

Xianglai knelt on the ground and looked at the family tree on the case, feeling a little lost. If there were not so many people present, she really wanted to see if there was her father's name on it.When I kowtowed my head, I still prayed in my heart. If my ancestors really have spirits, I will bless myself to get what I want, to recover everything I have for my father, and to punish Lian Xiu and Lian Chongxue, the treacherous siblings!

After the sacrifice, everyone went back to their respective places, and Xianglai and Yang Mengwan also returned to Ningfang Garden.

Because Xianglai didn't want Huiling to follow her and stand straight behind her, she only brought Yang Mengwan's two maids with her for the New Year's Eve dinner, and left Huiling and Xu Che in Ningfang Garden for them to celebrate the New Year in peace.

When I came back, I saw these two people and a few other subordinates setting off "ground mice" in the courtyard. Huiling was having fun by jumping around and hiding, and Xu Che was watching with a happy smile.

Seeing Xianglai come back, Huiling ran over and said: "Miss, you are back, are you full in front? We still have food for you and your wife!"

How could it be possible to be full on that occasion, not to mention being ridiculed after taking the first bite of food, and then in a bad mood.

Xiang Lai said: "Dining with them is just for show, no matter how full you are, your stomach has been empty since noon."

After talking, a few people entered the hall, and Huiling asked someone to serve dishes and snacks carefully prepared by the chefs of Ningfang Garden for supper.

Xianglai asked Yang Mengwan, "Mother, do you want to eat some?"

Yang Mengwan yawned and said: "No, I'm getting older and I don't feel comfortable eating at night, so I'd better go to bed first."

After speaking, she went into her bedroom and went to sleep.

After she left, Huiling and Xu Che sat next to Xianglai, and asked in a low voice while watching her eat: "Miss, can they do anything to you?"

Xiang Lai said: "Only Lian Xiangjin, who is not open-eyed, wants to find fault with me. As for Lian Xiu and his son, it's too late to curry favor with me before they get the property."

Huiling said: "Sure enough, these are things that were motivated by money, maybe they will do something to the young lady soon."

Xiang Lai said: "You look down on them too much, they have already made a move, and today Lian Xiu told me to let me enter the Lian family's household registration."

(End of this chapter)