Chapter 448 Little Master
"Hmph! What's so great! It's just bad luck! If I had accepted the emperor as my disciple, I might have been made a princess now." Qi Yiniang couldn't help but complain.
Niu Cui, the seventh aunt, is only nineteen years old this year. Her family owns a tofu shop. Because of her beauty, sharp temper, and unforgiving tongue, she was spotted by the head of the Wei family, who spent 500 taels of silver and a house to take her back as a tofu shop. Qi Yiniang.
Ms. Cao pulled her lips and smiled, and agreed: "No, anyone who becomes the emperor's apprentice will be made the princess and county lord, but they have a head start."
Niu Cui glanced sideways at Mrs. Cao, turned around and went back to her room.
She was indeed unhappy, and she was also jealous of the good fortune of Ying Bao, who was about the same age as her. She could not only marry the young and powerful seventh son, but also have such a distinguished status. But she is not stupid, and there is no sign that Mr. Cao intends to sow discord.
snort! If you want to use her as a gun user, no way!
No one in the entire Wei family knew that Wei Qilang would inherit the family business in the future. She was still so young, and if the old man kicked his legs and raised his pigtails, she would point to Wei Qilang to support her for the rest of her life.
The Jiqing Courtyard was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations. Mrs. Wang took Ying Bao and sat on the big kang, playing with Chu Wushen while looking at her daughter-in-law's belly.
She really wanted to ask why the two of them had been married for so long and were so inseparable, but they didn't get pregnant.
But today is the festival, so I can’t ask these disappointing questions.
After the Chinese New Year is over, I will go to the medicine hall to ask a famous gynecologist to come over and take my daughter-in-law’s pulse to see if she needs any nursing care.
Just as I was thinking about it, my mother-in-law came to report: "Madam, the kitchen said that the food is ready. Do you want to have a banquet now?"
Mrs. Wang looked at the sky outside and nodded: "Let them set it up." Having eaten early would allow her son and daughter-in-law to go back and rest early.
The mother-in-law responded and exited.
Mrs. Wang asked her maid to place the banquet table in the front hall, and she went to the banquet with her son and daughter-in-law.
Of course, Chu Wushu also let An Rou hold him and take him with him.
Because it was a family banquet, there were no separate tables for men and women. The head of the Wei family, his wife, Wei Zhan and his wife, and several married sons sat at the same table.
The five concubines and a dozen underage concubines and concubines held a banquet in the side room, while the daughter-in-law and grandchildren set another table in the main hall.
The eldest aunt and the second aunt did not come, because they were practicing in a nunnery in Luzhou and had not appeared in front of people for a long time.
During the meal, several adult concubines toasted to Wei Zhan and Yingbao.
Among them, Wei Wulang is only two years older than Wei Zhan. They also played together when they were children, so he is closer to Wei Zhan than the other brothers.
Just because he has a weak character and is not good at socializing with others, and his aunt is not favored, the head of the Wei family doesn't like him very much.
Ying Bao looked at everyone on the table.
Of Wei Zhan's six brothers, only four are left, two of whom died in infancy a few years ago.
The only ones sitting at the table were Wei Dalang Wei Wenbai, Wei Erlang Wei Wensong, Wei Sanlang Wei Wenlin, and Wei Wulang Wei Wenzheng.
After dinner, several children, led by their mothers, came to kowtow to the head of the Wei family and his wife, as well as Wei Zhan and Yingbao, and ask for new year's money.
Ying Bao asked Mu Dan to take out the red envelopes he had prepared and give them red envelopes one by one.
These children are all the children of the concubines of the Wei family. They are not very old. One of them is only a few months older than Chu Wushang. He seems to be a little over a year old. He can speak. Under the guidance of his mother, he calls her Aunt Yingbao Qi. .
Ying Bao saw such a young child pouting and kowtowing to her, which looked very interesting, so she touched his head and asked, "What's your name?"
"Fanzhi, my name is Fanzhi." The little milk baby answered word by word.
Ying Bao smiled and said, "Fanzhi, what a good name."
Chu Wuyang, who was sitting next to her, stretched his head to look at Fanzhi, nodded politely, and mumbled something, not knowing what to say.
When Fanzhi saw the little baby, he ran over, held his healthy little hand and smiled at him. His movements were gentle, not as careless as other boys.
Ying Bao looked at it for a while, and her heart moved slightly.
Chu Wuyang is growing up and will definitely need playmates, so why not ask Fanzhi to come over often to keep him company.
Mrs. Wang also saw it and said with a smile: "The two of them are actually playing together."
He turned to the fifth daughter-in-law and said, "Ms. Yang, why don't you let Fanzhi come over and stay with Wuyou as a companion."
Although she didn't know Chu Wuyan's identity, she saw that Ying Bao valued him very much, so she also paid some attention to the child.
Yang smiled: "That's a good relationship. I'm also worried that I don't have anyone to play with."
Ms. Cao, who was standing nearby, secretly rolled her eyes.
This Yang family seemed like a boring gourd, but now he became shrewd. In order to flatter the Qilang family, he actually made his son a playmate with a servant's child. He really degraded himself.
The head of the Wei family laughed and said: "Just a small person is too lonely. He can't even walk safely. It's better to ask two older people to play with them."
Then he turned to look at the eldest daughter-in-law Cao and the second daughter-in-law Yu: "Shunan from Dalang's family and Mo Yu from Erlang's family are just the right age. They are both four or five years old. Why don't we let them go over and play with Wu Yao."
Before Ying Bao could speak, she heard Mr. Cao say: "Dad, you are joking. My Shunan has a wild temper. I'm afraid he won't be able to play with his children."
Yu also said: "Dad, Mo Yu is going to be enlightened soon, so he won't have time to play."
The head of the Wei family frowned, but because today was the New Year, he didn't have an attack.
I just cursed in my heart: I don’t know what is good and what is evil!
Ying Bao smiled slightly and said, "Dad, just be ordinary."
Even if the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law agree, she still has to consider how much she can. Those who can stay with Wuyou must be docile, smart and sensible. Those children who push and hit others with their hands must not be left behind.
After giving out the new year's money, Fanzhi really got to play with Wuyou.
The two children sat on the kang, chattering in words that the adults couldn't understand. Occasionally, Fanzhi would teach Wu Wei to call people seriously. For example, he said to Wu Wei over and over again: "Brother, I am the elder brother."
Wu Yao muttered a few words and actually called him brother.
An Rou, who was standing nearby and watching, was overjoyed. She suppressed her excitement and said to Ying Bao: "Princess, it's okay. He can call people."
Naturally, Ying Bao also heard it, touched the heads of the two children and praised softly: "Wu Wei is so smart, Fanzhi is even smarter, he can actually be Wu Wei's little master."
Fanzhi understood that Aunt Seven was praising him, his face turned into a flower with a smile, and he still had a trace of pride.
Mrs. Wang was very satisfied when she saw the two boys speculating, and said to Yang, "In the future, you can take Fanzhi to play with Wu Hao more often."
Yang nodded: "Yes."
After staying for a while, it was getting dark.
The head of the Wei family ordered people to set off fireworks in the courtyard.
Fireworks banged and exploded, blooming brilliantly in the air.
The boys of the Wei family were like wild horses that had escaped the reins, holding various fireworks in their hands, lighting them, and running in circles in the yard.
Wu Ya was so excited that he wanted to play while jumping in An Rou's arms.
Fan Zhi, who was held in Yang's arms, was indifferent to all this and just turned his head to look at Wu Hao.
He still remembered Aunt Seven's words of praise for him, saying that he wanted to be a safe little master.