Red makeup against the world

Chapter 160 Third Cousin

After a few days, in the Green Bamboo Garden.

Wu Niangzi came to the upper room with a smile, saw Mrs. Xu and said: "Old lady, some members of the Tu family have arrived, the old lady invites you to come over."

Mrs. Xu was drinking tea, she put down her teacup and said, "It should be the third cousin's family. Yulu, go and invite Zhen'er over."

The silk flower workshop is on the track, so Xu Wanzhen went to see it again.With shopkeeper Yu watching, everything is in order, and more than forty flowers can be made every day, which is more than enough time.Only then did she feel relieved, stay at home with peace of mind, deal with the housework accumulated over the past few days, read the account books and do homework.

When Yulu came to invite her, she put down the account book in her hand, and walked to the "Songtao Courtyard" together with Mrs. Xu.

When passing the flower hall, it happened that Mrs. Lin had finished handling the housework, came out of the flower hall, and bumped into each other.

Since the toon banquet, the Xu family has closed their doors to live their own lives, and the two sides have not seen each other yet.Mrs. Xu's face was calm, she greeted the ceremony gently, and said: "I have seen my elder sister." It was as if those unpleasant things had never happened.Xu Wanzhen followed suit.

Lin's face was embarrassed, and if she wanted to say the person she least wanted to see now, the Xu family was the first.When I saw them, I remembered the 1000 taels of silver.The corner of Lin's mouth forced a smile, and said pleasantly, "Where is Second Sister going?"

Mrs. Xu said: "Father called me over, I have something to tell."

Lin nodded absent-mindedly, and was about to leave when something suddenly occurred to her mind.I remembered the cry of my granddaughter Tu Manzhen a few days ago, begging her to ask Xu Wanzhen for an invitation to the "Peony Flower Festival".She vaguely agreed at the time, but because she didn't want to see the Xu family, let alone Xu Wanzhen, a junior, she didn't take it to heart.

It was a coincidence that I met you today, so it's okay to ask along the way.Thinking of this, Lin said: "Second sister, I heard that Zhen'er got the invitation to the 'Peony Flower Fair'?"

Where in the house is there any news of hiding?What's more, Xu Jiaben didn't intend to hide this news. Xu Wanzhen had heard from Madam Zheng that Tu Manzhen had a trouble, so she was not surprised.

Mrs. Xu chuckled and said, "Exactly." But she didn't intend to continue.

Mrs. Lin was annoyed in her heart, but her words had come to an end, so she had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "My two granddaughters heard about this and praised Zhen'er repeatedly. The invitation to the 'Peony Flower Fair' is not so easy to get. "

Turning to Xu Wanzhen, she said: "Zhen'er, you can go to the princess and get two more invitations, so that they can also go and open their eyes."

Xu Wanzhen rolled her eyes in her heart, and asked for help to say that it was so natural, who is the princess?Does the invitation mean that you just take it?
She lowered her head and bowed her head and said: "May I ask you to forgive me, Zhen'er only saw the princess once, I'm afraid I don't have the ability. Cousin Manfen is famous all over the capital, I think this invitation will arrive sooner or later."

Being pushed back by Xu Wanzhen neither soft nor hard, Lin's heart froze, and impatiently said: "I told you to get an invitation card, so much talk! You just say whether to go and get it or not!"

Xu Wanzhen smiled slightly, pretending to be puzzled and said: "Cousin Tu's family wants to participate in the 'Peony Flower Fair', why doesn't she go to find Princess Zhaoyang herself, but wants me to go?" This line is not for getting invitations for the Tu family.

Lin's heart secretly hated, if her granddaughter could speak up in front of Princess Zhaoyang, would she still use it to beg Xu Wanzhen?It is really hateful to ask questions knowingly!But he knew that if she didn't want to, he couldn't help it either, so he gave Xu Wanzhen an annoyed look, turned around with a wave of his sleeves, and left without saying goodbye.

Seeing her walking away, Xu Wanzhen took Mrs. Xu's arm and said, "Grandmother, let's go!"

Mrs. Xu patted her hands and said with a smile: "You little bastard, I think you've made your great aunt so angry."

Xu Wanzhen stuck out her tongue mischievously, and said innocently: "Zhen'er didn't do anything." The old lady Xu laughed heartily.

When they arrived at the "Songtao Courtyard", Madam Wu met them and went to the main hall, where Mrs. Tu met guests seriously, and it was the first time for them to set foot there.

Different from the indifferent and simple decoration of "Songtao Courtyard", the main hall is solemn and noble.Taking the central axis of the main hall as the benchmark, there is a large middle hall painted with the old man's handwriting in the middle, and a gilt red-bottomed plaque on the middle hall, engraved with the four characters "Weishan Dexin".

There are also couplets, plaques, hanging screens, and calligraphy and painting screens. Two ancient bronze tripods are symmetrically placed on the long table in front of the board wall, with a portrait of the Confucian saint Confucius in the middle.A square table of eight immortals is placed in front of the long table, and there are six mahogany chairs on each side of the table.At a glance, the whole nave is very grand.

Old Mrs. Tu took the main seat on the left, and three members of the Tu family sat on the guest seats.

The old Mrs. Tu at this time was completely different from the kind and innocent old man Xu Wanzhen had seen.I saw him wearing a navy blue silk robe with purple crane pattern, his silver hair on his head was fastened with a warm suet white jade hairpin, and he was sitting on the grand teacher's chair, his tall figure exuded an oppressive aura.

Xu Wan really thought to herself that this is the demeanor of the great Confucians of the two dynasties.

The two members of the Tu family thought they were the third uncle's grandfather, they came from Mengzhou, counting the days, they should arrive in these few days.

She heard from her grandmother that the third uncle was only a little older than her.

But from the looks of it now, although he was well-dressed and wealthy, his face was weathered.It is estimated that in these years, he has not cared less about his heirs.Don't say it's only about fifty, even if it's over sixty, some people will believe it.Perhaps it was the reason for the rush, both of them looked tired.

Sitting next to them was a woman with a sad face, about thirty years old.Cleaned up neatly, but still couldn't hide the melancholy look on his face, it was Mrs. Gu who had been widowed for many years.

Seeing several people coming, Old Master Tu laughed and said, "Yiming, come on, come on, you haven't seen Qiongyu for a long time, right?" In front of Old Master Tu, they were all juniors.

Mrs. Xu stepped forward to salute, and said, "Qiongyu has seen the third cousin, sister-in-law."

Third Wife stood up from the chair, with tears in her eyes, she took a step forward and took Mrs. Xu's hand, and said, "Qiongyu, I never thought I would see you again."

When she was young, Mrs. Xu once lived in the Tu family in Mengzhou for some time. At that time, the third cousin had just got engaged, and the third cousin was a few years younger than her.They are about the same age, and she is smart, so they play very well.

Unexpectedly, when they met again, everyone was very old.Mrs. Xu's mood was agitated, and she kept saying hello, her eyes were a little moist.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit sad, Madam Wu smiled and said, "Wanzhen, come and meet the third uncle, grandpa, grandma, and aunt."

Xu Wanzhen stepped forward and gave her a respectful salute, and her uncle and grandma hurriedly helped her up, raised her hands to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said, "What a neat child! Qiongyu, you are really blessed." She pulled out her hair as she spoke. On the top of the bun is a begonia rolling jade inlaid pearl auspicious hairpin, which is inserted on Xu Wanzhen's head.

Xu Wanzhen glanced at Mrs. Xu, saw her nodding slightly, and said just now: "Thank you, uncle and grandma."

Although this meeting ceremony is a bit more expensive, firstly, old Mrs. Xu has a close relationship with them, and secondly, the Xu family can find someone to inherit the incense for them, so it is affordable.

Mrs. Gu also gave her a meeting gift.

The third uncle took out another brocade box, handed it to Xu Wanzhen and said, "Why didn't Yu'er come today? This is for him, you take it back."

(End of this chapter)