Seeing that Fang's jacket fit her perfectly, Hui Jie'er smiled and said, "You must remember this clearly!"

"Of course I remember it clearly." Fang Jie'er answered confidently, "The third button is moon white with pea green silk thread, the fifth button has four colors: red, yellow, green and gold. The twelfth button is bright red, jade green and goose yellow. The fourteenth button is only black and red gold..."

Zhen Jieer was stunned when she heard this: "You, you are too careful!"

Fang Jie'er looked proud: "Since we are going to make one exactly like her, it must be exactly the same." Then she said "Ah" and asked Hui Jie'er, "Did you meet Fourth Aunt when you came in just now? She was wearing an apricot-colored double-breasted jacket and a real purple skirt today. Really purple!"

"I saw it!" Hui Jie'er said, "When we came in, Fourth Aunt was just leaving. She was wearing a large peony flower made of red gold and inlaid with rubies. It was glittering and colorful, and it was really rare."

But when Wu Niang saw the big ruby ​​flower on Shiyi Niang's head, she couldn't bring herself to smile.

Seeing Wu Niang staring at her jewelry, Shiyi Niang secretly regretted that she should have changed her clothes today. She pretended not to know and looked around Wu Niang's residence.

This is her first time here.

Wu Niang rented a two-story house with white walls, gray tiles, blue bricks and black doors. It looked clean and tidy. The house was filled with black lacquer furniture, blue and white porcelain vases, royal blue brocade curtains, and paintings and calligraphy that were either beautiful and upright or majestic and solemn, showing extraordinary works. Everywhere she looked, she was a well-off scholarly family.

Grandma Luo thought Wu Niang was mentally exhausted, so she helped to straighten the pillow: "The third-day bathing ceremony is over. There are no outsiders here. You should take a rest too!"

Wu Niang pursed her lips and lay down with a tired look on her face.

Grandma Luo looked at the plump white baby in the nurse's arms and greeted her: "...Have you given it a name?"

"Not yet!" Wu Niang explained, "The baby came early, and we were caught off guard."

Because of the expectation, I would probably name my child very early - like Xu Lingkuan, before Xin Jieer was born, I wrote down no less than a hundred names of boys and girls, and asked them which name was better when I was free...

Although she was confused, she felt that each family had different situations and it was hard to say more. Eleventh Lady smiled and looked at the child: "He still looks more like the fifth brother-in-law."

Grandma Luo Si also nodded: "I think he looks like Fifth Uncle, too."

Ziyuan came in and invited them to the hall: "The food is ready."

Everyone smiled and exchanged a few words with Wu Niang, then went to the hall and sat down according to their order of importance.

Qian's family didn't have many relatives here, except for the women from the child's maternal family and the wives of several of his good friends, all dressed very ordinary. When they saw Grandma Luo and others, some of them looked timid, some were neither arrogant nor humble and seemed very generous, and some came over to greet Shiyi Niang and others. The midwife who presided over the bathing ceremony praised Qian Ming for being lucky to marry Wu Niang. Grandma Luo and others threw eight cents of silver ingots into the bathtub.

Mrs. Luo responded politely, and only when the maids started serving the dishes did the room quiet down.

Although there were not many guests, the rules of the banquet were very strict. The chef from Chunxilou was invited to do the cooking. There were ten dishes and ten bowls, and the last dish was Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. Eleventh Lady had shark fin and abalone.

Grandma Luo also ate it.

She whispered to Eleventh Lady, "I'm afraid this banquet is not cheap."

Eleventh Lady also felt it was too luxurious.

Grandma Luo asked her, "I heard that I wanted to do some business with you last time. Did you succeed?"

"No." Eleventh Lady said, "There are some businesses that I can't attend."

Grandma Luo Si, who was standing by, listened and looked thoughtfully at the shark fin that looked like vermicelli in the small gold-plated dish.

Most of Qian Ming’s friends’ wives praised the banquet and said that the Qian family was generous.

After the meal, some followed the women of the Luo family to the inner room to drink tea, while others left in advance on the pretext of having something to do.

Eleventh Lady sat for a while and said goodbye to Fifth Lady: "...There are guests at home. I will come to see you and the children in a few days."

Wu Niang explained to the people around her, "Marquis Yongping's mansion is holding a spring banquet. Marquis Zhongqin, Marquis Zhongshan, and Princess Fucheng's daughter-in-law are all there. She just took some time off to come here."

The midwife smiled flatteringly and said, "Ah, it's still the aunt who loves her nephew."

There were two aunts in the room... Eleventh Lady felt that the midwife was not very good at talking, so she smiled and said a few words to Fifth Lady, such as "have a good rest", and Qian Ming personally sent her to the door.

When they returned to the lotus garden, the play had just ended. Eleventh Lady rushed over to greet the ladies. Everyone asked about her child's third-day baptism ceremony.

"…They were all neatly grown. They didn't wake up when the firecrackers were set off. They slept soundly."

"He is a blessed man!"

He also mentioned that he hadn't seen Xin Jie'er for the past two days: "She is also a good person. She knows that our Yongping Marquis family is in need of a daughter!"

The Fifth Lady smiled and helped the Lady Dowager to the flower hall.

The wine and food had already been served, and Madam Zhou pulled Eleventh Lady to drink as punishment.

The lady was afraid that she couldn't bear it, so she pointed at Madam Zhou and said with a smile: "As a sister, you don't know how to restrain yourself."

Eleventh Lady used the words of the Lady Dowager to fight back and forth, and Mrs. Zhou was also afraid that she had drunk too much, so she said something powerful but didn't dare to do anything serious. They went back and forth, and the fourth wife of the Tang family got drunk and blushed. This made Mrs. Tang laugh and scold Mrs. Zhou: "You are a coward who bullies the weak and fears the strong." Everyone laughed. After they had enough food and wine, they left happily.

The fifth lady was worried about her child, so she went to the second lady first.

Amber stayed to clean up the mess while Eleventh Lady helped the lady back to the house.

On the way, the lady smiled and said, "Everyone says that this year's Spring Banquet is better than previous years!"

Eleventh Lady smiled and said modestly: "This is also because Fifth Master and Fifth Brother's wife are so generous that they were able to invite all the major opera troupes from Da Zhou. Otherwise, there would be no such grand event as today."

The lady smiled and nodded, and they went into the inner room together. She asked about Wu Niang: "...Why did she give birth prematurely?"

"She said she accidentally slipped." Eleventh Lady took the hot tea from the maid and offered it to the Madam. "Fortunately, mother and child are safe, nothing happened!"

The lady took the teacup and took a sip, then said with a smile: "You are tired today, so go and rest early! The Yao Huang tea is enough here." Her eyes were kind and her attitude was firm.

Eleventh Lady knew that the lady had good intentions, so she smiled and bent her knees in agreement. She waited for Wei Zi and Yao Huang to help the lady into the bathroom before returning to her room.

Yanrong came forward and said, "Everything is peaceful at home."

Eleventh Lady nodded and went into the inner room.

Xu Lingyi had already gone to bed and was reading under the lamp. Seeing her blushing face, he asked, "Have you been drinking?"

"I drank a little with Sister Zhou and the others!"

Xu Lingyi laughed: "You said in front of me that you can't drink."

"I don't have the capacity to drink with you, my Lord."

The two chatted for a while, and Eleventh Lady went to wash up and rest.

Waking up thirsty in the middle of the night.

There is a glass of cold water on the bedside stool.

Eleventh Lady held the teacup and remained silent for a while.

The next morning was even busier than the previous two days. The utensils had to be put back in the warehouse, the expenses for the past few days had to be settled, and the preparations for moving had to begin. It wasn't until noon that I had a chance to catch my breath. I just sat down and drank a sip of tea, and when I looked up, I saw Xiaoli, the maid next to Zhenjie'er, talking to Luyun.

No one around Zhen Jie'er has ever taken the initiative to look for her.

Eleventh Lady asked the maid to call Xiaoli in.

"What's up?"

Xiaoli bowed to Shiyi Niang and said, "The eldest lady asked me to see if Madam has finished her work. If she has, please let me write back!"

Although she still had to arrange the sealing of the boxes with Amber later, compared to that, Zhen Jie'er's matter was more important. She told Xiaoli, "Go and ask the eldest lady to come over!"

Xiaoli happily responded and went to help Zhen Jieer come over.

Eleventh Lady invited Zhen Jie'er to sit opposite her: "What's the matter?"

Sister Zhen smiled and said, "Sister Hui said a few days ago that she wanted to hold a spring banquet at home on the ninth day of the first lunar month..." As she spoke, she glanced at Shiyi Niang.

An improvement over before!

Eleventh Lady smiled and said, "What do you mean?"

Seeing that she looked very gentle, Zhen Jie'er plucked up her courage and said, "I want to give her a handkerchief I embroidered two days ago. Then I will pick some flowers from the flower room and bring them to Fang Jie'er and the others to play with."

Eleventh Lady suggested to her: "Good things come in pairs. Why don't you give her a handkerchief and the fan cover you embroidered two days ago as well!"

Zhen Jieer was encouraged and laughed happily. She told Shiyi Niang her true feelings: "...Aunt Lin wants to marry Hui Jieer to Cangzhou. I don't know if we can see each other again in the future. I want to help her embroider some dowry."

Eleventh Lady was a little surprised.

Before the Lunar New Year, Madam Lin was still asking about the fifth son of Chen Ge Lao's family. But after the Lunar New Year, the situation has completely changed.

"Who told you that?" She gossiped with Sister Zhen while smiling.

Zhenjie whispered, "Huijie said it herself." She added, "I heard from Fangjie that Madam Lin has her eyes on the fifth son of the Chen family. But Aunt Lin heard that the Chen family has strict rules and was afraid that Huijie would suffer if she married into the family. She did not dare to openly refute Madam Lin. On the one hand, she forced Huijie to learn needlework from her mother, and on the other hand, she sent someone to take a letter back to Cangzhou. Huijie's aunt chose the eldest grandson of Deng's family in Cangzhou for Huijie. She also arranged a marriage for the fifth aunt of the Lin family. The people who came from Cangzhou this time did not participate in any martial arts examination. They came to look for people."

This was the first time that Shiyi Niang had heard of this. Thinking carefully about Grandma Lin's character, it was somewhat believable.

She laughed, "Really!"

Zhen Jieer nodded repeatedly: "Really. Fang Jieer went back to inquire about it!"

"Sister Fang is quite amazing!"

Zhen Jieer nodded: "Very smart." She then told Shiyi Niang how she had tricked Hui Jieer. Seeing that Shiyi Niang listened to her carefully, patiently and gently, she hesitantly told her about Fang Jieer borrowing Xiao'er's jacket: "...I know I shouldn't have done that. It's just that we just met, and I was afraid she would be angry..."

Eleventh Lady can understand this feeling very well.

I finally made a friend and hope we can get along well. I am willing to make some sacrifices myself to make it happen.

"It's okay, it's okay." She smiled and comforted Zhen Jie'er, "It's just that the material of the coat is not good. I'm afraid she won't like it if I take it out."

Zhen Jie'er had been thinking about this for the past two days. Seeing that Shiyi Niang didn't blame her, she felt relieved and smiled even more brightly: "She likes it very much. That night, she called the aunts from the needlework bureau to make clothes for her, and she even wrote down the color of each button..."

She chirped like a cheerful little bird and talked to Shiyi Niang about things that were very important to her but trivial to others, and her smile was like the summer sunshine.

Eleventh Lady kept looking at her with a smile until Zhen Jie'er accidentally saw the anxious expression that flashed across Amber's face, and then she suddenly realized her own loss of composure.