Eleventh Lady was confused when she heard this. She didn't know who this "Xiao Lan" was, and why the Fifth Master had let this woman get pregnant... But thinking that the children were still in the room, she couldn't help but look up at the children.

Xu Siqin, who had been smiling just now, now had a tense face and retreated to the corner.

It's better not to talk about this kind of thing in front of the children. Besides, Xu Siqin is not young anymore!

She waved at Xu Siqin and the others: "Brother Qin, Sister Zhen, let's go see if the mothers have set the table?"

Xu Siqin and the others were stunned when they heard this, but their eyes all fell on Xu Lingyi.

Xu Lingyi came to his senses when he heard Shiyi Niang speak.

How could such a thing be said in front of a child? Moreover, it concerns the reputation of the fifth brother. No matter what, he is still the elder!

He nodded immediately and said, "Go ahead!"

The children all breathed a sigh of relief and followed Eleventh Lady out of the inner room.

Only Zhun Ge'er was still a little confused. As Zhen Jie'er pulled him along, he looked back curiously, "Sister, grandma is going to have a new grandson. Why are you not happy?"

Zhen Jieer looked at Shiyi Niang awkwardly, blushed, and whispered, "Don't ask."

Zhun Ge pouted after listening to this, looking very aggrieved.

Eleventh Lady couldn't help but smile as she looked at him.

The children still treat her as an outsider, so they have to maintain their dignity in front of her!

She didn't know how long the people in the room would talk, because usually dinner would have started by this time. She asked the children, "Are you hungry?" but her eyes were on Zhun Ge.

Without waiting for Xu Siqin to reply, Zhun Ge nodded and said, "Hungry!"

Xu Siqin and others couldn't help feeling embarrassed after hearing this.

Eleventh Lady invited everyone to go to the east room.

"Eat a few apples first to fill your stomach. We can have dinner when the Third Master and the Third Madam arrive!" She instructed the maid to serve a few apple slices to each person on a small gold-plated plate. "Besides, eating fruit before a meal is good for your health!"

The children had different expressions - Xu Siqin was full of curiosity, Zhen Jie'er was a little surprised, Xu Sijian was grinning, Xu Siyu had something strange in his eyes, and only Zhun Ge said loudly: "You are wrong. You should eat first, then eat fruit."

Eleventh Lady smiled and squatted down, looking at Zhun Ge at eye level, and said with a smile: "The taste of food is strong, and the taste of fruit is weak. You eat food and then eat fruit, which covers up the taste of the fruit. How does your stomach know that there is still fruit to eat?"

Zhun Ge was speechless, his lips twitching, and he couldn't find any words to refute for a long time.

Eleventh Lady patted his head and said, "That's why you should eat fruit before meals. Say hello to your stomach first and tell it that you are going to eat. Let it get ready."

Zhun Ge seemed to be confused by Shiyi Niang's ideas. He stared at her blankly and let her touch his head.

Xu Sijian looked at her and burst into laughter: "Fourth Aunt, you, you are so good at making crooked arguments."

Xu Siqin also laughed: "Fourth Aunt, Brother Zhun has been confused by you!"

Sister Zhen also found it interesting and smiled.

Only Xu Siyu looked at Shiyi Niang with twinkling eyes.

Shiyi Niang knew that everyone accepted the idea of ​​eating fruit after meals, and that if you talked about science or something like that, others might not understand you, and might even think you were crazy. She didn't mean to instruct others on how to live.

She smiled and changed the subject, asking them, "It's already late November, don't you have a holiday yet?"

Eleventh Lady remembered that the teachers hired by the Luo family in the past would go home for vacation before the winter solstice and then come back in the early spring of the following year.

When there is laughter, the atmosphere in the room becomes relaxed.

Xu Sijian sat casually on a chair nearby and sighed, "We will continue until Laba, eat Laba porridge, and then close the school after bidding farewell to the teacher. Other families only continue until the winter solstice."

Eleventh Lady nodded and carried Zhun Ge to the big kang by the window: "It's the same in our family. The teacher leaves the school at the winter solstice and reopens it at the beginning of spring." As she spoke, she took off his shoes.

Zhun Ge struggled a little, then sat down on the kang obediently.

When Zhen Jie'er saw this, she hurried forward to help Zhun Ge take off his other shoe.

"Fourth Aunt!" Xu Sijian was cheered up after hearing this. "Why don't you talk to Fourth Uncle and ask us to close the museum at the Winter Solstice and reopen it at the Beginning of Spring?"

Everyone's eyes fell on her.

Seeing Xu Siyu looking at her seriously, Eleventh Lady smiled and said, "This is a matter for you men, how can you let a woman take the lead? If you want to talk, go and tell the Marquis openly."

Xu Sijian cried out in surprise and collapsed on the armchair: "Fourth Aunt is fooling me."

Eleventh Lady's eyes were directed towards Xu Siyu and Xu Siqin.

She saw both of them nodded slightly, showing expressions of approval.

Eleventh Lady was quite surprised.

She didn't expect that Xu Siyu, who had always been cold and distant towards her, would agree... This kid is impartial, which is really good.

Eleventh Lady nodded secretly in her heart.

After hearing what Xu Sijian said, Zhen Jieer couldn't help but show some anxiety, and hurriedly asked: "Mother, should we help set the chopsticks?"

She changed the subject, as if she was afraid that Eleventh Lady would be unhappy with Xu Sijian's behavior.

Feeling Zhen Jie'er's intention, Shiyi Niang was a little moved and a little envious - the children were very united and took care of each other.

She naturally wanted to reassure Zhen Jie'er, so she smiled and said, "Okay! Let them stay here, and we'll go help Yao Huang and the others set the table."

Zhunge pulled her sleeve and said, "Mom, if I eat the apple first, will my stomach really know?"

I took the initiative to call my mother...

Shiyi Niang breathed a sigh of relief and smiled brightly: "You should eat an apple before every meal. After a long time, your stomach will know. If you eat it today and not tomorrow, he is not as smart as Zhun Ge. How can he know?"

Zhun Ge laughed.

Eleventh Lady was stunned.

When Zhun Ge smiled, her eyes were clear and there was a kind of pure innocence... When she first saw Yuan Niang, Yuan Niang had smiled like this.

For some reason, her eyes became wet.

Afraid of being seen by others, she raised her head and blinked: "Okay, Zhun brother, sit here and play with your brothers. My sister and I will go and prepare the chopsticks. We can eat when your third uncle and aunt come!" As she said that, she quickly walked towards the table nearby.

So she didn't notice that Xu Siyu's eyes were following her...

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They were talking about cloth chopsticks, but in fact the maids had already prepared everything, and they just had to take them from the maids and put them on the table.

Zhen Jie'er lowered her head, wrapped the chopsticks handed to her by the maids with a handkerchief, then slowly put them down, looked around, and adjusted the position... very slowly, but it gave people a feeling of dexterity.

She knew that the cloth chopsticks were an excuse, so she was deliberately going so slowly!

Looking at the silent and sensible Zhen Jie'er, and thinking about how she had lived with the lady for a long time with only the ignorant Zhun Ge by her side, Shiyi Niang suddenly felt very lonely.

Eleventh Lady thought of the Second Lady who taught her to play the piano... She wondered what her plan was after receiving Aunt Qin's letter?

"Second aunt is not at home, and Fifth Aunt has moved into the back garden again." Eleventh Lady asked her, "Have you stopped practicing the piano?"

Ever since she heard her playing the piano in Shaohua Courtyard that day, Eleventh Lady never heard her play the piano again.

"I haven't practiced it." Zhen Jie'er said with a smile, "Second Aunt said that poetry, chess, calligraphy and painting are only things that can cultivate one's temperament, and one should not become obsessed with them."

Why are we suddenly talking about addiction?

Eleventh Lady looked at Zhen Jie'er's hand.

Holding the chopsticks, very steadily.

"What else do you do besides learning the piano?" She was a little confused.

"I learned a little bit." Zhen Jieer smiled a little embarrassedly, "It's just that I play the piano better."

Eleventh Lady listened and felt moved: "I really like playing the piano."

Sister Zhen lowered her head and did not answer.

The cheerful laughter of Xu Sijian and Zhun Ge came from the big kang by the window.

Eleventh Lady couldn't help but sigh.

Some people are innocent, some are mature at a young age, and some are indifferent... but we should not suppress our nature.

"Does grandma like your playing?"

Zhen Jieer smiled and said, "Grandma can't sleep at night, and she has to take a nap during the day. I'm afraid of disturbing her."

Eleventh Lady felt distressed when she heard this.

Look at Xu Lingning’s two children, Xu Siqin is smart and Xu Sijian is simple. Look at Xu Lingyi’s three children, one is lonely and forbearing, one is weird, and only Zhun Ge is normal.

Governing the family, the country and the world...Xu Lingyi is probably only qualified in "governing the country"!

While I was thinking about it, a little maid lifted the curtain of the hall and said, "Third Master, the Third Madam is here!"

Eleventh Lady was afraid that they would go to the west side room, so she hurried over to greet them: "Third brother, Third sister-in-law, sit over here!"

The Third Master wore a royal blue silk gown with a floral pattern of five bats holding longevity flowers, while the Third Lady, who followed behind him, wore a bright red jacket with long sleeves and colorful gold patterns. Both of them had smiles on their faces and walked in in high spirits.

"What's going on?" The third lady looked at the curtain hanging in the west, and then at the several excited children in the east, her face full of confusion.

The Third Master also looked puzzled.

Shiyi Niang was just thinking about how to start the conversation when Xu Sijian, who had heard the noise, rushed out: "Dad, Mom, why did you come just now?"

The third wife hurriedly hugged her son who rushed over to her and said, "Can't you be calm like your brother?" She blamed him in her mouth, but the smile on her face was full of doting.

Xu Siqin and Xu Siyu had already stepped forward to pay their respects to the Third Master and the Third Madam, while Zhen Jie'er put shoes on Zhun Ge and led him over to pay their respects to the two of them.

"You are all here!" The third uncle looked at the children amiably. Xu Siqin winked at his father, "Dad, Mom, grandma is talking to the fourth and fifth uncles, let's sit over here!"

There was a flash of surprise in the eyes of the Third Master, but he quickly regained his composure, smiled and said "OK", then followed Xu Siqin to the east room.

The Third Lady's eyes flickered, and she pulled Eleventh Lady aside: "Why is this? Why do I let you take care of the child outside?"

This matter cannot be concealed even if one wants to!

Eleventh Lady smiled and said, "It is said that Xiaolan is pregnant! I saw that it was inconvenient for the children to stay there, so I brought them all out."

The Third Madam looked disdainful as she listened, "Since you've taken her in as a concubine, you should teach her what to avoid. This is so unclear. She sounds virtuous, but I think she's just pretending!"

It seems that the Third Madam knows this Xiaolan!

This was the Fifth Room's business. Eleventh Lady made no comment and smiled as she accompanied her to the East Room.