As smart as Aunt Fang, she is a little confused now.
She never thought that what she had done over the years could be hidden from some smart people in the Ren family, and everyone was at peace with each other, so she didn't know why Dongfu would intervene at this time.
When the Ren family had such a domestic scandal, the most angry was the old lady Ren. After the Kang family and the Liu family were settled, Mrs. Ren scolded Mrs. Ren severely, but only considering Mrs. Ren's face in front of the younger generation, Mrs. Ren closed the door in a measured way to teach her a lesson.
Since the old lady Ren married into the Ren family, she and Mrs. Ren have sang a marriage relationship. They are very harmonious in front of outsiders, and they have cooperated for decades with few red faces. Mrs. Ren occasionally made a small pump, and Mrs. Ren turned one eye and closed the other, but this time the shame was really a big loss.
The old lady Ren also understood that she had done something wrong, and she was scolded even though she couldn't keep her mouth shut. Although she was very annoyed, after a few days, she still followed the instructions of Mrs. Ren and released Ren Yaoyu and relieved the fifth wife, Mrs. Lin. Foot ban.
Ren Yaoyu is only a teenage girl after all, and this incident has dealt a great blow to her. In just a few days, I lost a lot of weight, and when I was released, I was slack, and I lost the spirit of a little girl of this age.
Instead, it was the fifth wife, Mrs. Lin. When she came out, her face was flushed. When she looked at people, she seemed to be separated by two streams of autumn water, as if she was ten years younger.
After this incident, the fifth master was a blessing in disguise and regained the acceptance of the fifth wife. The two are now like newly married Yaner's little couple, sticking together all day long, even their daughter Ren Yaoyu has to stand aside.
As for the unimportant Aunt Kang and the others, they have long been forgotten by the two of them.
Who would stand in front of Fifth Master Ren Shimao now and point at him and ask, "How did you swore eachother to Aunt Kang? How about taking care of him?" Fifth Master would definitely give you a blank look, and then give you a slap in the face.
The first day of May is the birthday of Mrs. Liao, the old lady of Dongfu.
Liao's 50th birthday was the year before, and Su's also made a lot of arrangements for her at that time. The second and fourth masters of the Dongfu who were far away in the capital all returned to Baihe Town. Liao's 50th birthday was also glorious.
This year is just a birthday party. The second grandfather did not come back, and the fourth grandfather did not come back because he was busy with other people. However, the birthday gift was delivered half a month in advance, and he generously pulled two carts, from clothing to food.
Originally this year, Mrs. Su also wanted to invite more than ten or twenty tables for Mrs. Liao, and then called the last opera troupe to come to the house to be lively and lively. She didn't want Mr. Liao to let an old nun who came to beg for alms last time. It is not advisable to be extravagant, it will shorten your life.
So in the end, the Su Clan only invited people from the Xifu, which was considered a lively family together, and no one from outside was invited.
The East Palace and the West Palace are only separated by half a wall, and the traffic on both sides is saved.
Liao Shi no longer likes to interact with people from the West Mansion. After all, there is no real separation between the East Mansion and the West Mansion. This kind of face is still needed.
Ren Yaoqi and these juniors followed Mrs. Ren to the Dongfu. As a special existence in the Ren family, Auntie Fang, as in previous years, allowed her to come forward as well.
In addition to respectfully following Li's local aunt, Ren Yaoqi also saw Ren Yaoying, who had not appeared in front of everyone for a long time.
It has been more than half a year since Ren Yaoying lost face in front of everyone. Seeing her again this time, Ren Yaoqi felt that Ren Yaoying was different from the past.
When she came to greet Mrs. Li, Ren Yaoying kept her brows down and pleasing to the eyes, and her voice was much smaller than before, and she looked a lot quieter. Apart from growing taller, his face has not changed much, and he is still fair and delicate.
In the past, Ren Yaoyu, her nemesis, would have been more sarcastic when she saw her. But recently Ren Yaoyu has also been a little bit shy, and she shrivels everywhere she goes, and she doesn't look as good as Ren Yaoying. In addition, the old lady Ren's temper was not very good these days, and no one dared to provoke right and wrong at this time, so Ren Yaoying's reappearance did not cause much disturbance.
The elders played leaf cards in the flower hall of Dongfu, while Ren Yaoqi and the sisters of the Ren family were drinking tea and chatting in the side hall.
Today, it is rare for the sisters of the Ren family to gather again, but the scene is not very lively.
Ren Yaoyu and Ren Yaoying sat at a distance from each other, neither paying any attention to the other nor saying a word. Ren Yaohua has a cold temper and rarely speaks. So only Ren Yaoting, Ren Yaoyin and Ren Yaoqi occasionally said a few words.
Ren Yaoting couldn't hold back at first, and said to Ren Yaoqi: "Fifth sister, do you want to go with me to change clothes?" On the other hand, he secretly winked at Ren Yaoqi.
Ren Yaoqi nodded, and the two walked out of the side hall together.
When passing by the flower hall, Ren Yaoqi took a look inside. The two old ladies of the Ren family plus the eldest and the second wife gathered at a table to play leaf cards. Aunt Fang moved a small tumbler and sat behind the old lady Ren to give her advice. . The eldest young lady sat behind the eldest wife to observe. The fifth wife, Mrs. Lin, was not in the flower hall, and only the third wife sat and drank tea.
Ren Yaoqi is used to this kind of situation. Her mother has never really integrated into the Ren family's life circle after marrying into the Ren family.
Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaoting came out after changing their clothes and saw Ren Yaoying also coming.
Ren Yaoying saw that the two were a little unnatural, nodded and walked away quickly.
When Ren Yaoying entered the dressing room, Ren Yaoting laughed out loud, and whispered in Ren Yaoqi's ear, "I guess Ninth sister feels uncomfortable when she hears the word dressing now. She didn't come when we came out, so she had to sneak up on her."
Ren Yaoqi just smiled and pulled the topic away. It's just that she noticed that in addition to following her own maids, Ren Yaoying also followed Aunt Fang's maid Kumquat, the last incident still had lingering fears for Ren Yaoying.
When the two approached the corridor next to the flower hall, Ren Yaoqi stopped Ren Yaoting: "It's a little stuffy inside, let's sit here for a while."
The east and west sides of the large flower hall used for banquets in the east courtyard are not wing rooms, but a section of corridors that are neither long nor short. The front is a square courtyard, and the back is planted with shrubs, which are densely shaded. In winter, if the ground dragon flower hall is not burned, it will be very cold, but in summer it is very cool.
Ren Yaoting smiled and said, "I don't like to go in and see them staring at them with big eyes. I see that it's still early for me to leave the banquet, so just sit down for a while."
Saying that, Ren Yaoting sat down on the green lacquer bar of the corridor first, and Ren Yaoqi sat beside her.
The environment here is quiet, and occasionally you can hear a few birdsong and insects, but it is more elegant than the big flower hall in the West Palace.
The two of them chatted each other, and Ren Yaoting asked Ren Yaoqi about the follow-up of Aunt Kang's miscarriage last time. She stayed in the East Mansion and didn't visit the West Mansion. , because she had had nightmares for several days since she came back from the West Mansion last time, and the last old nun gave her a bowl of talisman water before she got better.
Although he was quite frightened, his curiosity was still there, and when he saw Ren Yaoqi, he inquired. He even acted as a thief and sent all his maids and wives away.
Ren Yaoqi was talking about something irrelevant, and suddenly changed the topic without a trace: "Today's house is not as lively as the year before, I remember the last time when my uncle and grandmother were on their 50th birthday, the guests in Yunyang City were very early in the morning. Come here, the flower hall here can't sit, and the Rongjintang in the West Palace is also opened."
Ren Yaoting curled his lips: "Originally, my mother said that I would invite Dexin Class from Yunyang City to sing a big show, but it was decided a month earlier. An old nun came a few days ago, and I talked about it all the time, my grandmother. That is to say, we will not invite guests or sing operas this year.”
"But I heard from the old woman below that there are many people who have come to the house to give gifts these days."
Ren Yaoting said in disapproval, "Apart from the four uncles in the capital who sent people to send two car salutes, the stewards from all over the world are showing their respect." After thinking about it, Ren Yaoting said again, "The Su family and the Lin family in Yunyang City also sent stewards."
Ren Yaoting has also learned some housework with Su's side for a while, so he also knows a little about these etiquette exchanges.
"The birthday gift from the Lin family this time is thicker than the year before." Ren Yaoting said casually.
Ren Yaoqi tilted her head and smiled at her: "You have such a good memory? Do you remember what gifts each family gave last year?"
Ren Yaoting glared at Ren Yaoqi: "You don't know, my mother just gave me all the gifts from the mansion in the past few years, saying that it was for me to learn these rituals. I remember the last time the Lin family gave it to me. The big piece is a red coral pedestal sculpture, this time it is a white jade statue of Guanyin. When I went to my mother's main house, I happened to meet the old lady who came to give a gift from the Lin family, and she gave it to me. I got a purse with two golden pearls the size of a longan in it, and it was said that Mrs. Lin shocked me."
Ren Yaoting touched Ren Yaoqi with his elbow and winked: "No wonder the fifth aunt and the eighth sister don't pay attention to you on weekdays. The Lin family is so rich as soon as they make a move, it shows that their family is solid."
Ren Yaoqi thought for a while and said, "Isn't the Lin family close to our family? Do you have any opinions on your generosity?"
Ren Yaoting smiled proudly: "Of course I have no opinion, I am flattered, okay? The beads were put away by my mother and said that they would be used for me in the future. But I have never seen the Lin family so generous before. The aunt and the eighth sister also didn't see pearls of that kind of fineness."
"Is that why the Lin family and your grandfather's family are better friends?" Ren Yaoqi asked suspiciously.
Ren Yaoting tilted his head and thought for a while, a little uncertain: "My mother didn't tell me about this, but the last time I was in Yunyang City, I went to the Lin family with my aunt, and my aunt went with a few wives of the Lin family. closer."
Ren Yaoqi nodded and seemed to understand: "No wonder Mrs. Lin mentioned Mrs. Su and Mrs. Lin San when Mrs. Lin went to our West Mansion last time. It seems that the two have a good relationship in private."
Ren Yaoting didn't care about this, and after listening to Ren Yaoqi's words, he didn't take it to heart.
There is not much difference between Mrs. Lin's third and Mrs. Lin's second in her mind, and she doesn't understand this, so her attention quickly shifted to other places.
However, Ren Yaoqi saw someone from the corner of his eye turning around and retreating from the path not far away. After a while, Ren Yaoying walked out of the path with a few maids and old ladies.
When a few people walked past Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaoting, Ren Yaoqi's eyes swept away at the skirt of Aunt Fang's maid Kumquat.
When she was talking to Ren Yaoting before, someone stood behind the bushes and eavesdropped on it. Ren Yaoqi saw it early in the morning, but didn't say anything.
Presumably that person saw that Ren Yaoting had sent everyone around him away, thinking they were talking about something private.
Ren Yaoqi mentioned the third wife of the Lin family on purpose just now.
The famous families in Yanbei intermarryed each other, and the more deeply rooted the family became, the more complicated the relationship became, and there was always some relationship between each family.
The fact that Aunt Fang's mother-in-law was about to come to Yanbei made Ren Yaoqi finally remember something.
Fang Yacun wants to come to Yanbei to be an official. His wife's coming to Yanbei this time is not as simple as attending the full moon banquet of Ren Shijia's son, she is here to play a forward role for her husband. As the location of Yanbei Wangfu, Yunyang City is essentially the hub of all parties in Yanbei, so it is natural to get through the joints first.
Fang Yacun wanted to win the official position in Yanbei, and the lack of Yanzhou was the best. However, Ren Yaoqi remembered that Fang Yacun could not stay in Yanzhou in the previous life, but a relative of the Su family and Fang Yacun were the same group of local officials who were sent to Yanbei by the court and stayed in Yanzhou.
Ren Yaoqi had already inquired before, that man was the maiden brother of the eldest wife of the Su family. The uncle of the third wife of the Lin family was a real official in charge of the dispatching of officials in Yanbei, equivalent to an official in the official department of the imperial court.
Although the imperial court has the right to dispatch officials to Yanbei, the final arrangement of these officials is still up to the Yanbei Palace.
And the maid Kumquat, who eavesdropped on the conversation between the two, really relayed what she heard to Aunt Fang as soon as she returned to the house.
"Mrs. Lin San?" Aunt Fang lowered her eyes and pondered carefully. The pair of jasper butterfly earrings that swayed beside her ears cast a light shadow under the light. It seems that there is a kind of gentleness of Jiangnan women.
After a while, Concubine Fang's brows slightly wrinkled, and she looked up in shock, "So that's the case."