Geng Wen and Ruan were both there, and Zeng sent her dowry mother, who was also her wet nurse, Mama Li.
As soon as Mother Li saw Geng Xingshuang, she smiled and blessed her. Geng Xingshuang avoided her slightly and said with a smile: "Mother Li, you're welcome. Please sit down."
She was originally arranged to sit on the stool at the bottom by Mrs. Ruan.
"Mom is here today. Does Sister Zeng have something to bring to me?"
Geng Xingshuang got straight to the point, then looked at her mother Ruan, wondering if Mother Li had already told Ruan.
"Mother Li has just been here for a while, and you are back."
Ruan saw her daughter's intention and smiled.
That means nothing has been said yet.
"Second Wife, Miss Shuang, our grandma is here to convey her apology. Miss Shuang was frightened in our house yesterday. She was not able to learn the news in time, nor could she go to visit her immediately. Please forgive me, girl."
Geng Xingshuang shook his head, "Yesterday something happened suddenly and I left in a hurry. It had nothing to do with Sister Zeng."
The smile on Mother Li's face deepened a little.
"It's okay if Miss Shuang doesn't blame her. Our grandma has been blaming herself since she learned yesterday that Miss Shuang and Miss Chen almost fell into the pond below Linshui Pavilion.
Last night, I also told the second master that he was supposed to ask the slave to come over early this morning, but the second master said that he would have to wait and confirm some things. Since he was coming to see the girl, he had to say something. It was useful, so the slave didn't come over until now. I hope the Second Wife and Miss Shuang will realize that the slave is not here to have lunch. "
Seeing that the atmosphere became serious due to her words, Mrs. Li made a harmless joke at the right time.
"It's okay if mom doesn't have lunch here. I've already told Hua Lian to go to the kitchen to give instructions."
Although Mother Li is a servant, she is Zeng Hui's nanny and was specially ordered by her to deliver the news. It is too shabby to entertain her with the meal of a servant of the uncle's house, so she learned from the concierge that Er Nai Yang sent When people came over, Geng Xingshuang asked Hua Lian to go to the kitchen to add food.
After a while, Mrs. Xiao, who is next to my mother, can accompany the guests.
"Then I'll thank the second wife and Miss Shuang."
Mother Li didn't show any pretense and accepted the invitation. Then she straightened her expression and said, "As soon as the girl left yesterday, the second master started asking people to check. The first thing was this flower appreciation banquet. It's not like it has never been held in the house before. Flower-viewing banquets, but most of them are the wives and grandmothers of various families who come to visit with the girls. This kind of invitations are posted in the name of several girls to the girls of each family. In the past, most of the invitations were based on the birthday of the girl. It will be so.
Also, in the past, although there were male guests in the outer courtyard and female guests in the inner courtyard, they were invited together, but those were always when there were happy events in the family, such as when several men got married, or when our eldest lady turned one month old. . "
As Mrs. Li spoke, she glanced at Ruan and Geng Xingshuang. Ruan's expression had changed. Treating guests to enjoy the flowers was, after all, the Yang family's business. Ruan didn't think deeply about it, but now it seems that this matter started from the very beginning. There was a problem from the beginning.
If there is a fundamental problem, then whose problem is it?
Mrs. Yang? It is still Mrs. Chu who is in charge of the Yang family's affairs, and Mr. Yang Yang Shaoshan who is in charge of the Yang family's general affairs.
There is still an uncle who has become a third-rank official, Yang San's wife Deng, who is not short of money, and Yang Shaohui, Yang San's master, who has become a fifth-rank official in the Ministry of Industry because of the favor of the Yue family.
Geng Xingshuang looked calm and motioned to Mother Li to continue.
Mother Li thought to herself, "This Miss Shuang is indeed as grandma said, smart, generous and able to keep her cool."
"This banquet was proposed by the eldest lady when she was greeting her three days ago. Our grandma was also there at the time. The eldest lady said that she felt that the girls were not too young and they had learned a lot in the past two years. The ability of the head of the family is to always follow the elders. This time, I will post in the name of the girls to the girls in other houses, and also let the girls in the house practice to see if they have any elders. With your help, can we successfully complete a flower-viewing feast?"
"If it's just for the girls to prepare a flower-viewing banquet, why are they still entertaining male guests in the outer courtyard..."
Ruan frowned and asked. She didn't finish the question, but the meaning was self-evident.
"The reason I invited the male guest here is because the fourth master has returned from Licai Academy. He said that he was well taken care of by his classmates in the academy, so he took this opportunity to invite them to the house."
Mother Li looked quite disdainful.
"Was yesterday the day of rest in Licai Academy?"
Geng Xingshuang knew that Fourth Master Yang was studying abroad, but he did not know that the place where he studied was Lizai Academy.
Licai Academy is not that easy to get into. Not only does it require a lot of training, but it also requires a certain amount of talent and learning. Only by passing the exams and teachings of the academy gentlemen can you enter the academy.
Unless you are already a scholar like Geng Shulou, you can go directly to the scholar class of Lizai Academy without taking the exam.
According to Geng Shulou, they take a break every month. According to Geng Shulou's last return home, it was not even a month.
Why is Lizai Academy on holiday again?
Mother Li's mouth curled up slightly, then returned to normal in an instant.
"Fourth Master only entered the academy last winter. It wasn't that he didn't want to enter, but he couldn't get in. The reason why he was able to enter the academy last winter was because Lizai Academy opened another class whether it was lack of money or students.
Although there was also a test, I heard that the test questions were much simpler than the previous one, so Fourth Master went there and passed the test. The simple test questions are how expensive the repairs are. Since last year, Lizai Academy has Only the scholar class has a day off once a month, the rest have a day off every ten days, and the ordinary classes have one day off, like Fourth Master and others, two to three days at a time. It is said to allow the students to adapt. , this time it’s three days off. "
What Mother Li said was not something Yang Qingbi found out, but something she already knew.
Geng Xingshuang nodded, which made sense.
"The old lady has always been kind to the fourth master, maybe because she thought he would want to... so when the fourth master mentioned it, she agreed without thinking. The eldest wife and the third wife also agreed. Only the third girl seemed a little unhappy. But the elders agreed, and she had no choice but to obey.”
Geng Xingshuang is not surprised by Yang Fu's attitude. The second master and second wife of the Yang family are not in the mansion all the year round. The third wife not only works as an official, but also has the third wife's generous dowry and the support of an uncle who is a third-rank official. In Yang's mansion, , although the eldest wife is in charge of the middle room, most of the time, the eldest room makes a lot of concessions or even tolerates to the third room.
Only Yang Fu is an exception to Dafang. She is born with pride and always thinks that she should just do what she should do. With the original family background of the Yang family and Dafang's position as the natural eldest son, she only needs to keep her true heart. .
Therefore, Geng Xingshuang admired Yang Fu in her heart, but unfortunately, Yang Fu's attitude towards her was different from his own, and the two had always kept a distance from each other.
"The third girl is not happy, the second girl, the fourth girl, and the fifth girl have no objections, so the matter is settled."
Mother Li continued: "The old lady said that since the fourth master has invited guests, the eldest, second, third and fifth masters can also invite friends, colleagues or classmates to come as guests that day. Now that it is done, it will be lively It's not a waste of time for everyone to worry and work hard if we hold one.
The second master didn't think so much. Since everyone had invited, he also invited a few colleagues who were free. "
