Chapter 368: Why can't this be bitten? [Thanks to everyone for your support]

Listening to the high and powerful crying of the child in the silver basin,

The madams in the room laughed one after another, and between their words came phrases like "truly energetic," "listening to the sound, he's a fierce one," and "he must be very healthy."

Sheng Hong, standing on the other side, stroked the beard he had grown under his jaw, looked at his grandson crying in the silver basin, with gratification, happiness, and a little bit of tears in his eyes.

After washing for a while, the child was carried out, wiped dry, and handed into Hualan's arms.

A Xu family Mama skillfully shaved off the infant's birth hair.

Afterward, Zaihang and Hualan, who was holding her son, bowed to the surrounding guests to thank them.

Finally, the infant was carried into the new room.

After these things were finished, the guests didn't leave directly but sat in the tidied-up hall.

In the morning, the maids had already cleaned and arranged the hall again, making it convenient for the distinguished guests to drink tea and rest.

In the morning, the Sun family children, who had infinite energy and were running wild in the Xu family courtyard, were exhausted by this time after lunch and were all sleeping soundly on the spacious heated brick bed in the side room of the Xu family's back courtyard.

The maids of the Sun family's cousins-in-law were also mostly looking after them in the side room.

This also made the Xu family's back courtyard much quieter.

Although the hall where the full-month washing ceremony was held for the Xu family's second grandson was not small, there were many people.

So, Xu Zaijing and the other teenagers could only stand at the door and listen to the excitement.

After hearing the discussion and talk from the madams in the room after the ceremony was completed, and seeing everyone walking out, Xu Zaijing and the others returned to the front courtyard.

Xu Zaijing was the last one to stay behind.

When he turned back, he happened to see his aunt stuffing something into his cousin-in-law Ni Qiqiu's hand in the hall, and after stuffing it, she walked to Seeing Hua Qing, who was standing to the side, and stuffed it in the same way.

There were also a few aunts who were doing the same thing as the aunt.

Watching the women in the hall dividing the dates,

Pingmei, who was sitting beside Madam Bai, looked with a smile toward Chai Zhengzheng and Rong Feiyan, who were sitting together on the other side.

Seeing the gaze of her sister-in-law, Gu Tingyi, who was beside the two noble ladies, also looked at the two with a suppressed smile.

This made Chai Zhengzheng and Rong Feiyan feel ashamed and angry, glared at Gu Tingyi fiercely, and then, feeling the gazes sweeping over from time to time, lowered their heads again.

Hai Zhaoyun, who was sitting on a chair behind her mother, saw this scene, leaned into the ear of Hai Zhaoxia beside her, and asked in confusion: "Sister, what's wrong with them?"

Hai Zhaoxia shook her head: "I don't know."

The daughter-in-law of the fifth branch of the Hu Yan family, who was sitting below Hai Zhaoxia and behind Madam Pan, covered her mouth with a handkerchief and said with a smile: "I know, those who went to the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion a few days ago all know."

Hearing this, the Hai sisters hurriedly looked over.

The daughter-in-law of the fifth branch whispered: "At the beginning of the month, at the Gu family's washing ceremony, the aunt who married into the Yang family was also dividing dates like today, and as a result..."

"Miss Zhengzheng and Miss Feiyan, perhaps they didn't quite understand, or perhaps they were too absorbed in chatting, but when that Yang family aunt was dividing the dates, both of them... both reached out."

"It was quite a little joke."

Hai Zhaoyun looked surprised.

Behind Wang Ruofu, Seeing Mo Lan, who was sitting on an embroidered stool, listened to the surrounding discussion.

Watching Zhu Xu Shi and the Sun family's maternal aunt walking over from not far away, she hurriedly hid the hand she had wanted to reach out with inside her sleeve.

Rulan, beside Seeing Mo Lan, didn't even think about reaching out at all.

At this time, Rulan was intently watching her own sister, Hualan.

When Hualan gave birth to her child, the three Sheng family orchids didn't come.

Today was also Rulan's first time seeing her sister after giving birth.

"Sixth Sister, do you think Eldest Sister has become more beautiful?"

Minglan, beside her, nodded and said: "Yes, I feel Eldest Sister's skin is whiter and better!"

Rulan said "Hmm" and continued to watch Hualan, who was talking to Madam Sun.

Watching Madam Sun's kind and gentle appearance, and Hualan's sister-in-law Xie Shi, who was also smiling and holding Hualan's hand talking.

Rulan didn't hear what was said, she only saw Hualan's happy smile from the bottom of her heart.

Afterward, following the direction of her eldest sister's smile, Rulan looked elsewhere in the hall.

She saw the two cousins of the Xu family who had already married. At Rulan's age, she had the knowledge of clothing fabric and jewelry, and could also distinguish that the fabric of the two cousins' clothes seemed to be better than that of her own mother and aunt.

The jewelry on their heads wasn't particularly dazzling, but Rulan looked carefully and knew that these weren't things commonly seen in the market.

Thinking of these, Rulan looked back at her eldest sister Hualan, and felt that she was on par with the two cousins.

Then, Rulan looked at the jewelry of her own mother and aunt, eh? The gap is so big!

Rulan looked at the happy and harmonious atmosphere in the hall, and with a look of contemplation in her eyes, looked at the complexion of her aunt, Madam Kang Wang.

And Minglan, beside Rulan, had a smile in her eyes from beginning to end, and seeing Hualan's smile, Minglan laughed even more happily.

Chai Zhengzheng and Gu Tingyi, listening to the madams in the hall changing the topic to how Hualan maintained her health during pregnancy, no longer paid attention to them.

Chai Zhengzheng and Rong Feiyan, one on each side, with faces full of shame and anger, fiercely reached out their hands to Gu Tingyi's waist, and Chai Zhengzheng whispered:

"Sister Tingyi, are you still laughing?"

Scaring Gu Tingyi into hurriedly suppressing her laughter, she whispered for mercy:

"Two sisters, I won't dare, I won't dare. In two days, let's go..."

After promising who knows how many good things, the two noble ladies withdrew their hands.

Front courtyard,

Male guest tables,

The Sheng family brothers and Kang Jin all went to change clothes.

Among the guests drinking tea, Liang Han was at the table, holding the jade pendants of Xu Zaijing's cousins and identifying their quality.

Gu Tingye sat beside Xu Zaijing and whispered: "Brother Jing, you have someone prepare a food box for me, I have a use for it."

Hearing this, Qi Heng looked over curiously.

Xu Zaijing turned his head and scanned Gu Tingye.

Gu Tingye felt as if he had been seen through; he hurriedly sat up straight, shook his sleeves, and said in a suppressed voice: "Brother Jing, why are you looking at me like that?"

Xu Zaijing sighed, then glanced at Qingyun, who was standing to the side. Qingyun walked over: "Young Master?"

"Later, instruct the kitchen to prepare ten more large food boxes and put more pastries in them."

"Yes, Young Master."

After Xu Zaijing finished speaking, he beckoned to Zhi Que, Gu Tingye's servant. After Zhi Que approached, he whispered: "Do you have silver?"

"I do."

As he spoke, Zhi Que was about to take it out from the purse at his waist.

Xu Zaijing shook his head, waved his hand, and said: "Don't give it to me, you go tell Qingyun to put this into the oil paper wrapping the pastries, tie them all up, and put them at the bottom of two food boxes!"

"Yes, Young Master!"

"Wait!"

Zhi Que stopped his steps.

"Brother Six, in your horse racing field, what pastries are used the most?"

Liang Han, who was looking at the jade pendant, was stunned and said: "I don't know, Diaoche?"

"Returning to Fifth Young Master, date cakes and chestnut cakes are used the most."

Xu Zaijing nodded and said: "Just those two."

After arranging everything, Xu Zaijing looked at Gu Tingye and said: "Alright."

"Brother Jing, I... you!"

Gu Tingye hesitated to speak.

Qi Heng walked to Xu Zaijing's side and asked a question. Xu Zaijing said: "Brother Ye has a kind heart and wants to do good deeds."

Qi Heng nodded in sudden realization. Looking at the gazes of Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye, Qi Heng hurriedly whispered:

"Brother Jing, Second Uncle, don't worry, I've also heard a little about the Kang family's affairs, I won't tell anyone."

Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye nodded.

At this time, Changbai and the others had all returned.

After a quarter of an hour,

Qingyun and Zhi Que both returned to the male guest tables.

Coming to Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye's side, Qingyun whispered: "Two young masters, please rest assured, when the food boxes are delivered later, it will be Qingcao and my wife who will deliver them, and they will definitely be able to be delivered to the two young ladies of the Kang family."

"Good!"

After another half a quarter of an hour, servants began to come to call people, preparing to return home.

Everyone hurriedly stood up and left the table.

At the second gate,

The first to return home were the relatives of the Sun family's maternal grandfather. The crying of the children after waking up in the side room brought up a whole piece.

The scene of dozens of children crying was truly spectacular.

When boarding the carriage, the group of children was even more chaotic.

Listening to the children...

"Grandmother, I haven't played enough, I don't want to get in the carriage!"

"Mother, I don't want to go home!"

"Mother, there's a beautiful sister here!"

"Grandmother, there's no beautiful uncle at home!"

And other innocent words, the surrounding madams were amused and laughed,

Some, like Madam Kang Wang, squeezed out a smile when her sister Wang Ruofu looked over, but when Wang Ruofu turned her head, her eyes were full of disgust.

And in the field,

Some Sun family daughters-in-law with hot tempers were already about to reach out to tidy up their own little rascals.

Anmei, who was pregnant, shook her head and leaned to one side. In the surprised eyes of Rong Feiyan and Chai Zhengzheng, she pulled the white and tender palms of the two and shouted loudly:

"You listen! Whoever doesn't listen again, when they grow up, they won't be able to find such a beautiful wife!"

Anmei also pointed to herself, Gu Tingyi, the three orchids, Hai Zhaoyun, and others, and continued: "We who are so beautiful won't be able to find one either!"

Hearing Anmei's words, the little boys of the Sun family in the field looked over one after another, and the scene went quiet.

The madams around nodded one after another, increasing the credibility.

Several young ladies smiled, cooperated, and nodded.

Suddenly, a five or six-year-old Sun family boy twisted his body and cried: "Mother, I don't want a cousin-in-law, the cousin-in-law has a bad temper and even hits my butt!"

"Pfft~"

"Hahahaha!"

"Ouch... Hahaha... No way..."

Anmei couldn't help but laugh and fiercely pointed at the little nephew who was speaking.

Before she was married, she had indeed done this at her maternal grandfather's house.

The young ladies to the side also laughed one after another.

Madam Wu, Madam Bai, and several others laughed so hard their stomachs hurt and had to be supported by maids to stand still.

Madam Pan walked to Anmei's side with a smile and said: "No need for you to want it, my family wants it!"

At this time, Xu Zaijing was holding two in each hand, carrying the Sun family rascals he had caught back to the carriage.

Xu Xingdai, in the arms of his aunt Xu Pingmei, looked at the child in Xu Zaijing's arms and shouted loudly: "That's my little uncle, mine!"

Hearing this, the young ladies like Chai Zhengzheng laughed again.

Pingmei couldn't help but poke Xu Xingdai's little belly.

After a while, the Sun family children cried and got into the carriage, and the madams and young ladies finally calmed their moods.

When there was laughter in front,

Ni Qiqiu, the Eldest Madam of Zhu Qinghu, looked at a Kang family girl who was wearing quite well and was some distance away from Wang Ruoyu, and walked over.

Seeing everyone's attention was in front, Ni Qiqiu whispered: "You are called Ni'er?"

Kang Ni'er nodded and whispered to Ni Qiqiu: "Eldest Madam, what's the matter?"

"Is your mother surnamed Jin?"

Kang Ni'er nodded, her eyes full of the look of "how do you know."

Ni Qiqiu smiled and said: "Nothing, speaking of which, I have some relationship with your mother's maiden family."

"There is an elder sister in the Jin family who married the life-and-death comrade of my husband."

Kang Ni'er's eyes cleared, and she was about to say something, but Qi Mama beside the front Madam Kang Wang looked over sideways.

Qi Mama said with a fake smile: "Fourth Miss, our Kang family's carriage is here."

Kang Ni'er smiled at Ni Qiqiu and walked forward.

The Kang and Sheng families came together, but they had to separate when returning home, after all, the two families had different directions.

Before getting into the carriage with her Kang family concubine-born sisters, Kang Zhao'er and Kang Ni'er looked at the woman who was a bit tall beside the carriage, nodded in

As friends and relatives left one after another, the crowd at the second gate grew increasingly smaller.

Princess Pingning had already boarded the carriage with Qi Heng and was waiting in front.

Gu Tingyi climbed into the spacious carriage, lifted the curtain to nod and greet the several ladies, and then smiled and exchanged glances with Chai Zhengzheng and Rong Feiyan, who were still remaining at the second gate.

Finally, he waved at Xu Xingdai, who was in Xu Zaijing's arms:

"Dai-ge'er, we're off!"

After saying goodbye,

The carriage curtain was lowered, and the interior of the carriage grew dark.

Speaking of the spectacular scene of the Sun family children boarding their carriages just now, Da Niangzi Bai exchanged a wry smile with Pingmei and Gu Tingyi.

After exiting the main gate, the carriage processions of the Qi and Gu families drove toward Xingguo Lane.

At the entrance,

Seeing Gu Tingyi's final gaze, the eyes of Madam Chai, who had a smile on her lips, lit up.

Tilting her head to see that the carriages of the Chai and Rong families were coming over together, Madam Chai spoke a few words to the Xu family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, then took the hand of the somewhat bewildered Chai Zhengzheng and came before Xu Zaijing.

Subsequently, Madam Chai said to Xu Xingdai in Xu Zaijing's arms:

"Jing-ge'er, little Dai-ge'er, I am leaving now too."

Xu Xingdai glanced at his uncle's encouraging gaze and said adorably while cupping his hands, "Madam, have a safe journey."

"Oh my! What a truly good child."

Chai Zhengzheng watched all this with a smile on her face. After the Chai family carriage arrived, she bowed to the people of the Xu and Sheng families, then bowed to Xu Zaijing, before boarding the carriage.

When the Rong family members were boarding their carriage, Xu Xingdai said, "Uncle, I want to find Grandmother."

Xu Zaijing nodded and handed Xu Xingdai to his mother.

Rong Feiyan pursed her lips to the side, bowed, and said, "Madam, sisters, I am returning as well."

"Go slowly, Miss Feiyan."

"Dai-ge'er~"

Rong Feiyan said as she waved her hand.

Xu Xingdai cupped his hands and said, "Sister, have a safe journey."

Da Niangzi Sun, who was to the side, smiled and said, "Dai-ge'er, you should call her Wei Wei Yima."

"Wei Wei Yima, have a safe journey."

Rong Feiyan's eyes curved into smiles instantly.

At the beginning of the month,

At the Ningyuan Hou Fu, the Xu family were the last to leave.

Today at the Xu mansion, the Sheng family were the same.

Because she knew that the mother and daughter had private words to say, when Madam Sun saw the Sheng family carriage arrive but Wang Ruofu would not let go of her daughter's hand, Madam Sun said, "Hualan, see your mother off."

"Yes."

The mother and daughter came to the Sheng family carriage,

Wang Ruofu took several silver notes out of her sleeve and said, "Hua'er, this is the interest money you previously had Jing-ge'er send home. Mother doesn't need it; you take it."

Hualan chided playfully, "Mother, I don't need it either."

Wang Ruofu gripped Hualan's hand tightly, glared, and said, "How can you not need it? My heavens! Look at that huge crowd of children at Zaizhang's maternal grandfather's house!"

"Just looking at them gives me a headache! Hiss, how is one supposed to recognize them all?"

Mama Liu, who was to the side, nodded in full agreement.

"So, during festivals and holidays, how can one spend less? Take it!"

After finishing, Wang Ruofu turned her head and smiled at the Xu family members who were at a distance.

Then she turned back and continued to say earnestly, "Hua'er, seeing so many relatives and children, don't feel annoyed! Only when there are many people is there great energy for getting things done, understand?"

Hualan was caught between laughter and tears and said, "Mother, I have never been annoyed!"

"Accept it!"

Looking at her maternal relatives to the side, Hualan said, "Mother, keep it to save for a dowry for my younger sisters!"

Wang Ruofu: "I am saving it, you don't need to worry about it!"

Finally, it was only after Sheng Hong spoke up that Hualan reluctantly accepted it.

At the Kang family,

Kang Zhao'er cowered as she and her two concubine-born sisters carried food boxes off the carriage.

Looking at the mistress who had gotten off the carriage without paying them any mind, Kang Zhao'er breathed a sigh of relief: It seemed they could avoid a beating today.

Walking toward the concubine's courtyard, before even entering, Kang Zhao'er saw from afar her younger brother and sister looking eagerly at the courtyard gate.

Seeing the somewhat large food box in their sister's hand, the two of them rushed over quickly.

The three of them entered the courtyard together.

"Concubine Mother, Sister is back."

A woman came out of the room, and seeing that there were no injuries on her daughter's face and that her clothes were clean, she also breathed a sigh of relief.

Entering the room,

"Concubine Mother, these are the good things sent by the Hou Fu, you must taste them quickly!"

As she spoke, Kang Zhao'er opened the food box.

Seeing the exquisite pastries inside, the four people in the room all smiled.

"Little Brother, this last package is yours!"

"Thank you, Sister."

Half a quarter of an hour later,

"Clink~~"

"Crack!"

A hard object fell onto the table,

"Concubine Mother, Sister, why can't this be bitten into!"

Hearing the little son's words, the Kang family concubine looked at the object in the oil paper package held in her little son's hands, her eyes widened instantly, and she exclaimed:

"This, this, this Hou Fu is truly..."

(End of chapter)