Chapter 417 I want to play at your house
It's the twelfth lunar month.
Seeing that it was going to snow, Ying Bao made a large package of pills and brought two baskets of fruits to the palace in person.
After the things were delivered, Yingbao didn't stop and went home immediately.
This day was Mr. Wu's housewarming. Yingbao prepared a gift and sent it with his mother-in-law and brother.
Mr. Wu's home is not far from the Jiang family, only three houses apart.
At this moment, the entrance to Mr. Wu's house was bustling with activity, with carriages and horses coming in an endless stream, all officials coming to celebrate.
Now, Mr. Wu is serving as a minister of the Imperial Academy. He is an official of the fifth rank and can enter the court to meet the Holy Emperor.
During this move, all his subordinates came, including the Wen family and the Xiao family to celebrate.
Mr. Wu didn't expect so many people to come, and it was a bit overwhelming.
Fortunately, his daughter Wu Jiang and son-in-law also came to help, and his son Wu Shi also came forward to entertain his colleagues, barely holding on to the situation.
Yingbao and Aniang walked into the Wu family's house and saw that the house also had two entrances, similar to their own.
But the Wu family does not have a pond or waterside verandah, and there is nothing else in the yard except a newly built greenhouse for entertaining guests.
It's no wonder that although the Wu family is a scholarly family, it has declined. Mr. Wu has not entered the official career since he was worried twice, so he is a little unable to make ends meet.
Although Mr. Wu's hometown had some land, the harvest was not high. The old man simply handed over all the land to the Wu clan and stopped taking care of it.
Having become an official in the past two years, I finally have more money, but there is a lot of courtesy exchanges between my colleagues.
After finally saving some furniture, he bought this house. With the remaining money, Mr. Wu planned to find a good match for his son.
"Invite you this way." The manager of the Wu family led Chun Niang, mother and son to the living room where the female family members were staying.
Halfway through, Ying Bao suddenly felt someone looking at her. When she looked up, she saw several people standing not far away, it was Xiao Chengjun and others.
He was tall and tall, accompanied by Chen Tiantian who was wearing a scarf.
At a glance, the two of them were dressed in shabby clothes, but they seemed to match.
Ying Bao glanced at Xiao Chengjun and met Chen Tiantian.
The other party's eyes were full of gloom, as if he would turn into a beast and pounce on him in the next second, eating him alive.
Yingbao didn't want to pay attention to this person for the time being, so she walked to the inner courtyard with her brother.
Luo Zhao saw the Jiang family coming from a distance and hurriedly came forward: "Aunt Jiang, sister Yingbao, brother Ajie."
Jiang Jie cupped his fists at her: "Sister Azhao."
Luo Zhao returned the gift and said with a smile: "I've been waiting for you for a long time. Come with me quickly and let's go into the house to talk."
Jiang Jie: "I won't go. There are a few colleagues over there. I'll go take a look. I'll ask you to take care of my mother and sister."
"Okay, brother Ajie, go ahead and go ahead. I will take good care of aunt and sister Yingbao." Luo Zhao took Yingbao with one hand and Chunniang with the other, and took them to his grandmother's place.
Chun Niang and her daughter saluted Mrs. Wu, greeted several old ladies, and sat down on the chairs next to them.
"Is this Editor Jiang's mother?" a lady in her forties asked with a smile.
Chun Niang immediately replied: "Yes."
The lady then turned to Ying Bao, who was sitting next to Chun Niang, and said, "Then you are the female disciple accepted by the Holy Emperor Qianlong?"
Ying Bao smiled and nodded: "Yes, my senior brothers and I have traveled with Master since we were young, and have experienced life and death together."
The lady smiled, lifted the lid of the tea bowl with her orchid fingers, brushed away the foam, and said in a scornful tone, "No wonder."
Mrs. Luo said: "Yingbao, I'm afraid you still don't recognize me. This lady is the mother of Concubine Shu, Mrs. Yao."
Ying Bao stood up and bowed: "It turns out to be Mrs. Yao, disrespectful."
Mrs. Yao hummed softly: "I heard Concubine Shu mention you before, and when I saw you today, you really lived up to your reputation. You are a beautiful woman."
Ying Bao still smiled: "Thank you for your compliments, I am so ashamed of myself."
Mrs. Yao put down the tea bowl in her hand and asked gently: "I see you are quite young, have you ever been married?"
"No."
"Oh, that's a coincidence. My natal family has a nephew who is similar in age to you and has good looks." Mrs. Yao said with a smile, "I'll call him over later and you guys can look at each other."
The room fell silent, and everyone looked at Ying Bao and Chun Niang.
Chun Niang has never seen such a battle, but she also knows that Mrs. Yao's words are a bit excessive.
There is no way to talk to a girl directly about her without her parents. It is simply too deceiving.
Chun Niang said: "Madam, although my daughter is from a farmer's family, she also has parents and brothers. She cannot look at men casually without the approval of her parents and brothers."
There was silence in the room again.
Mrs. Wu was also angry at Mrs. Yao's rude words, but she didn't show it on her face. She said to Mrs. Yao: "Mrs. Yao, we can't decide the marriage of Yingbao's child. Her master is taking care of her. "The implication is that you should have less sweet dreams.
Seeing that something was wrong, Mrs. Luo smiled and tried to smooth things over: "Hey, it's boring for us to just sit here, so why not play cards?"
Luo Zhao immediately said: "I'm going to get a pair of dental cards right now! Jin Chan, please quickly spread the table and let the ladies sit down."
The other ladies also said: "Okay, okay, I just happened to have a lucky draw, let's play in a circle."
Mrs. Yao wanted to have a fit, but she was pulled by several ladies to sit at the round table, so she had to restrain herself temporarily.
Luo Zhao had already helped Chun Niang and went to another room.
It was very warm here and there was a big kang. Luo Zhao invited Chun Niang and Ying Bao to sit on the kang and rest.
"Aunt Jiang, Sister Yingbao, please rest here for now. I will come to play with you when you come back."
Luo Zhao asked the little girl to find two pairs of ivory cards and personally gave them to the ladies. Then he returned, climbed onto the kang, picked up a storybook and handed it to Yingbao: "Sister Yingbao, it's still early for the banquet outside. Let's Let’s read for fun first.”
Ying Bao nodded, took the storybook handed over by Luo Zhao, and flipped through it casually.
At this time, two children ran in, both of them were chubby.
One is about thirteen or fourteen years old, and the other is less than ten years old.
The two of them stood by the kang, tilting their heads and looking at Ying Bao.
A young boy of thirteen or fourteen asked: "Are you Yingbao?"
Ying Bao nodded: "Xiao Chengyu, what's the matter?"
Xiao Chengyu grinned: "Yingbao, do you still remember me?"
Ying Bao was speechless: "Why don't I remember?" She had only seen such a fat child in her entire life.
Xiao Chengyu scratched his forehead and asked, "Yingbao, do you know where brother Wei Zhan went?"
Yingbao shook his head: "I don't know."
Xiao Chengyu was a little disappointed, but quickly said with a smile: "Yingbao, can I go to your house to play?"
"No." Ying Bao refused without hesitation.
Xiao Chengyu pouted: "Why?"
"Because my brother is on duty and there is no one at home to play with you." Even if Jiang Jie is at home, he does not want to have anything to do with the Xiao family.
"I don't want anyone to accompany me, I just want to play with the children." Xiao Chengyu looked serious.
Ying Bao twitched her eyes and said angrily: "You are playing with children, why do you want to go to my house?"
Xiao Chengyu scratched his head, glanced at Yingbao secretly, and said, "Because. Because I want to drink your fruit juice."
Ying Bao was speechless.
But for Wei Zhan's sake, he finally nodded: "Okay, you can come tomorrow."
Xiao Chengyu cheered, his eyes cracked with laughter.
The child on the side said eagerly: "Sister, I also want to go to your house to play."