Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 299
Because the layout of Du Huanghua's courtyard is not distinctive, this time the banquet was held at Du Xiaoyu's side.

In addition to being particular about Fengshui, Dai Duan also has a lot of experience in flowers, plants and trees. He just said that there is a small pond in the vestibule, and an exquisite curved bridge is built on it, and a moon-watching pavilion is built in the center of the bridge.It was May at this time, and three kinds of rare lotus flowers were planted in the pond, half open and half closed, reflecting each other, pleasing to the eye.

It is the best for entertaining several ladies and ladies.

Only before Sima's family came, Du Xiaoyu still wanted to talk to Huang Lishu.

When the stunned boy heard that he wanted to invite Miss San to come over, he immediately blushed and refused to admit it at first, but later he heard that they were willing to persuade Zhao Dongzhi, and then he confided in doubt.

Two days later, near the end of May, Du Huanghua's good friend Mrs. Wang came over with Mrs. Sima and Miss San.

There are two young ladies in the Sima family who are already married. The third young lady is 15 years old this year, and she has a younger brother who is 12 years old.

Wang's family is also in business. She and Mrs. Sima became handkerchief friends because of the year-round business contacts between the two families, so they often walked around each other. Over time, a relationship was developed.Later, although opportunities for cooperation in business gradually decreased, and Wang also married a Dali Temple official, the two still maintained a very close relationship.

Caiping led the three guests to the Moon-Watching Pavilion, where seats had already been set up, fearing that the scene would be deserted, Du Xiaoyu specially invited two famous actresses from the Xiaoxiang Pavilion to come.

Mrs. Sima's family leaned over and smiled as soon as they arrived, "Thanks to Mrs. Du, Mrs. Li, and Mrs. Bai, Feng Wu and Feng Qing's piano skills are not appreciated by ordinary people."

It is true that the famous actors in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion do not want to go to ordinary people to perform easily, but the family of officials is different. Even if Mrs. Sima has a lot of money, she has to go to the restaurant if she wants to see the performance. This envy is not hidden in Sima. Mrs. face.

She will come with Wang Shi today, and she roughly guessed something about it.

She had listened to the maid's report on the flirting between her daughter and Huang Lishu, but she didn't stop it.Although Huang Lishu is not an official, he is still a scholar. The most important thing is that his relatives are all officials, and his family is just a businessman's family. There is no reason and no need to disagree with this marriage.

So before she came, she made it clear to her daughter.

Mrs. Zhao was also here, first asked the three of them to sit down, and then glanced at Sima Jing, the third Miss Sima.

The appearance is ordinary, but the eyes are very agile, and it can be seen that the person is very intelligent. Seeing Zhao Shi looking over, she immediately gave her a sweet smile, and her face immediately became more vivid and beautiful because of this smile.

For some reason, Mrs. Zhao immediately fell in love with her.

Mrs. Sima is a bit powerful, and in a few words, all three of them felt this, but Mrs. Sima was good at not hiding it. She envied them officials' wives, just like she envied her own handkerchief for Mrs. Wang. She also felt that it was nothing, but frankly.

Said that Master Ma of his photo company is also a scholar, but unfortunately he failed the provincial examination five times, and finally had to give up, his tone was extremely regrettable.

Mrs. Zhao had to think of Huang Lishu. Huang Lishu is just a scholar. Could it be that Mrs. Sima just meant that she disliked him?

Sima Jing smiled slightly at this time and said, "My mother just said that she didn't know how good she was to my father at home. Sometimes my father thought of failing the exams several times and wanted to go back to school, but my mother persuaded me, saying that he was getting older. Body is the most important thing, and now I don't feel wronged by marrying my father."

Mrs. Sima laughed, "Your child speaks out everything, what do I expect now? You three daughters can marry whomever they want, anyway, your younger brother is tormenting me, so I have to ask him to marry me." You can’t earn glory for your family and come back.”

This sentence made everything clear, and everyone smiled.

When the words were almost finished, the two famous actors began to perform, one played the piano and the other sang. The cooperation was perfect, and laughter came from time to time in the moon-watching pavilion.

Because Du Xiaoyu was pregnant, she didn't send them out in person, but Du Huanghua did.

When they arrived at the door, Mrs. Wang took her hand and said, "Your embroidering patterns are really good. I learned a few hands from you to use on the shoe surface. Those wives were very envious when they saw it. Several of you I just asked where I learned it, and they all want to send their daughters to practice with you for a while. You also know that those ladies of the family should know a little bit about everything, and they can find a good family in the future."

Du Huanghua didn't know how to answer.

Mrs. Wang hurriedly said, "Don't get me wrong. I don't think you are those embroidery artists. They really think your craftsmanship is good. They also want their daughters to stand out in this regard."

"I understand, Mrs. Tang. I just don't know if I'm free. As you can see, my sister is going to give birth in a few months. I have to make more baby things for her."

"I know this. I just want you to think about it. It's always good for you to know more ladies in the capital." Wang knew that she was innocent, so she couldn't help but mention a few words.

Du Huanghua responded with a thank you.

When he came back, he saw that Mrs. Zhao was discussing with Du Xiaoyu about writing a letter to Zhao Dongzhi.

"The third lady is a nice person. She doesn't seem arrogant or impatient, and she doesn't show cowardice. Then again, the Sima family will definitely be willing, otherwise Mrs. Sima definitely wouldn't have said that."

"Our brother-in-law and Yuan Qing are both officials, and Mrs. Sima has no reason to refuse." Du Xiaoyu has always been sharp in seeing things, "Otherwise, she might not come here today, but Miss Sima is indeed a nice person. .”

Mrs. Zhao said with a smile, "Since you've already said that, then write a letter to your aunt like this." As she spoke, she saw Du Huanghua walk in, "Talk about it, too."

"Just like you think, Li Shu should indeed start a family."

The three of them felt the same, Du Xiaoyu immediately took up a pen and wrote a letter to Zhao Dongzhi, but she guessed that Zhao Dongzhi would come over to confirm in person when he received the letter.As for whether to agree or not, I should agree. Huang Lishu has no chance of gaining fame now, so what conditions does she have to pick and choose?

If she really wanted to force her son to not get married in the future, it might not be what she wanted.

There is still no news from Li Yuanqing's side, but when Du Xiaoyu went to Du Huanghua's place, Bai Yushi sometimes revealed something, for example, if there were relatives of the emperor, who had land in Changxing County, they would go to the queen or noble concubine to make irresponsible remarks Fortunately, today's emperor has the intention to rectify the finances, otherwise he would not have raised taxes on those imperial grant fields.

All in all, Li Yuanqing should be safe and sound, but if things go smoothly, it depends on his ability.

All of a sudden, it turned into autumn, and the weather gradually became cooler.

The old lady of the Lin family came suddenly this day, which surprised Du Xiaoyu, and hurriedly got up from the bed.

Since she was pregnant, the old lady hasn't shown her face yet, she just sent a lot of rare medicinal materials and ingredients. Du Xiaoyu adhered to the principle of maintaining good health and not messing with tonic, and never touched those things.

The old lady was talking to Mrs. Zhao in the main room, when she saw Du Xiaoyu with her belly out, the wrinkles on her face were crowded together with a smile, "I should have come to see you earlier, but my old lady was ill, It was better a few days ago."

"Ah? Grandma was sick before?" Du Xiaoyu said guiltily, "I didn't stay with grandma, it's us who are juniors..."

The old lady waved her hand, "I didn't tell you guys, so why should I blame you?" Then she said, "Your house is well bought."

"It's also been picked for a long time, and I have added some belongings."

"It's just that it's still a lot worse than the Li family's house." Unexpectedly, the old lady changed her subject and said in a stern tone, "You come to the capital and want to build your own yard. Could it be that she won't let you live in?"

"That's not true." Du Xiaoyu hurriedly said, "It's mainly my idea. First, my sister's house has some issues recently, and I want to buy a yard closer to take care of each other. Second, it's also my little greed. I lived with my parents, so I set up a yard myself."

The old lady snorted, "The Li family's house is so big, where can't it accommodate your family?" She patted the table, "I knew that their family was not easy to get along with, otherwise your mother-in-law wouldn't have run back Your mother’s family came to raise the baby! But since you said you didn’t drive you out, that’s fine, otherwise, if you ran out in such a disgrace, you would still be willing, but I can’t stand it!”

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhao smiled at Xiaoyu, "The old lady cares about you."

The old lady continued, "Living outside has its advantages. You don't need to see those people feel uncomfortable, and it's not good for your health. This house is not bad, so let's live like this for the time being."

"Thank you, grandma, for your understanding." Du Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief. Generally, the parents are here, and the family is not separated. Although the Li family's situation is special, it will always attract people's tongues, but the Li family is really hard to stay. Neither of the two brothers For vegetarians, if they really live in it, they will not be able to live a peaceful day.

She knew herself very well, and she didn't have the temperament to calm things down. In addition, Li Yuanqing must take revenge if he has a grudge, so why not bring the Li family upside down?At that time, I don't know how many scandals will be exposed. If this happens, it will obviously be bad for the Li family's reputation.

Probably because of this reason, Li Yu didn't say anything unpleasant about it.

"I also brought a stable woman here, her craftsmanship is very good, and she has never had a single bad thing happen." The old lady said with a smile, "Since I have come to the capital this time, I have to look at you no matter what. Give birth to the baby and go."

Du Xiaoyu hurriedly expressed his welcome, and pretended to ask Caiping to clean up a few rooms.

The old lady stopped her and said that she had already bought a house before she came. She was used to big houses for a long time, and with a personality of spending money like water, it would be no problem to buy a real estate in the capital.

The three chatted for a while, the old lady asked about Li Yuanqing's situation, and stayed for dinner before leaving.

(End of this chapter)