This is not a pleasant topic.

Eleventh Lady smiled and pointed at the pea flour in the shape of a crabapple flower on the table on the kang: "Sister, try it. It's made with fresh pea flour this year." She added, "Sister, you have to come early in a few days."

In two days it will be Jing'er's first birthday.

"Of course, of course." Mrs. Zhou said, and seeing the peas were golden yellow and crystal clear, she opened her index finger and tasted a piece. It was sweet and refreshing, and she felt much better, with a faint smile on her face. "I also brought something for Jing'er this time." Then she took out a purse with a big red background and a white crane with its wings spread out, "For Jing'er's Zhuazhou ceremony."

In front of Madam Zhou, Eleventh Lady couldn't open it. She just felt that it was heavy. She smiled and thanked Madam Zhou. She talked to Madam Zhou about the weather these days: "... there are still late osmanthus flowers blooming. The weather is warm like March. Looking at this, I don't know if there will be snow this year?"

"There are times when there is no snow." Mrs. Zhou, who was from Yanjing, smiled and said, "I heard from the older generation that there was no snow in the winter of the third year of Jianwu."

"Then the crops must be poor." Eleventh Lady smiled and chatted with Madam Zhou when Fang came over.

Eleventh Lady hurriedly asked the maid to come in and introduced her to Madam Zhou.

"Your daughters-in-law are so beautiful." Mrs. Zhou held Fang's hand and kept praising her. Fang was a little embarrassed, but she thanked Mrs. Zhou generously. Mrs. Zhou nodded repeatedly and asked Fang what books she read and what she did for fun. The two of them talked very well.

Several times, Fang's personal maid passed by the curtain, but Fang remained unmoved. Eleventh Lady also pretended not to see it.

Mrs. Zhou saw that she had been out for quite some time, so she stood up and said goodbye.

Eleventh Lady accompanied her to bid farewell to the lady-in-waiting.

Fang was also there to keep them company.

After seeing off Mrs. Zhou, Fang accompanied Shiyi Niang back to the main house.

"My mother-in-law hasn't been at home for the past few years. She has a lot of things to do, and I can't leave. My sixth uncle is about to celebrate his first birthday, so I finally have time to come and sit with my aunt." She smiled and asked her personal maid to bring a cold and unpainted box. "This is a little gift from my husband and me. I hope my aunt won't dislike it."

Eleventh Lady took it with a smile: "There's no need to be so polite to our own people."

"It's just icing on the cake for Sixth Uncle." Fang said a few humble words and stood up to say goodbye.

Eleventh Lady asked Zhu Xiang to see her out, and called Qiu Yu to ask, "What did the maidservant next to the eldest young lady want to see the eldest young lady for?"

"It was said that the Third Madam sent someone to ask why it took so long to deliver a gift?"

Eleventh Lady was a little surprised when she heard this.

I didn't expect the Third Madam to be so harsh on Fang. But judging from Fang's behavior just now, I'm afraid she's not the kind of person who will let the Third Madam do whatever she wants. I'm afraid there's still some time for this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to get along. It's better for her to stay away from the Third House in the future!

After making up his mind, he opened the box that Fang had sent him.

Inside was a copy of "Youth Learning". With a blue cover, yellowed pages, and slightly curled corners, it looked a bit old. When I opened it, I saw the whole book was written in official script, with square and round strokes, dignified and generous, simple and interesting, and it was obvious that it was written by a famous calligrapher.

Eleventh Lady was moved.

This is clearly an ancient book.

Money has a price, but ancient books are priceless!

Did the Third Lady know the value of this book? If she knew, how could she be willing to give it away? If she didn't know, how did Fang tell the Third Lady?

Qiu Yu saw Shiyi Niang pondering for a long time while holding the book, and thought that she was somewhat dissatisfied with the gift from Fang Shi, so she smiled softly and said, "Madam, look at what Madam Zhou sent..."

Eleventh Lady said "Oh", and then she perked up and said, "Let me see it!"

Qiuyu smiled and handed over the purse.

There is a red gold God of Wealth inside.

No wonder it feels heavy. It looks like it weighs more than twenty taels.

Eleventh Lady laughed and asked Qiuyu to take it: "Use it for the Sixth Young Master's one-year-old birthday celebration!" Then she whispered a few words to Qiuyu.

Qiuyu left in response, and came back at dusk: "… Third Madam said that she would send a gift for the Sixth Young Master's first birthday. The First Young Madam is a new daughter-in-law, so there is no need to send a gift. Just go with her to the banquet. The First Young Madam said that the First Young Master is now married and an adult, and they live under the same roof with you. If others know that he goes to the banquet with the Third Madam, they will say that the First Young Master is ignorant. The Third Madam thought about it and said that it is okay to send gifts. According to the old custom, a child's hundred-day gift is gold or silver lock pieces, and a first-year gift is something like this. Just food and toys. You can just send some of those rattles and other things when the time comes. The eldest grandmother heard this and said that she saw that the sixth young master had a lot of toys, and she was afraid that he would be disliked if she sent these things. Since it was his first birthday, he would definitely have to hold a one-year-old celebration, so it would be better to send some things for the celebration. The old lady knew about it and was also happy. Then she discussed with the third lady whether to buy a set of four treasures of the study from Duobao Pavilion and send them over? Or should she choose two books from the eldest young lady's dowry and send them over. When the third lady heard this, she immediately said to choose two books from the eldest young lady's dowry and send them over. The eldest young lady sent a book over. "

Eleventh Lady was a little stunned when she heard this.

Is this considered a fight between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law?

When she went to pay her respects to the Madam in the evening, she met Fang. Eleventh Lady thanked Fang implicitly: "...I wanted to use it for the celebration of Jin'er's birthday, but I was afraid that the child would be ignorant and break it. I plan to keep it until Jin'er is older and has a study. I will give it to him. I will just pick a book from the Marquis's study for the celebration of his birthday!"

The Third Madam was a little displeased when she heard this and said, "It's just a book. If it's damaged, just ask Jing'er to go to the eldest sister-in-law and pick another one. I think there's no need to go through so much trouble. Just use the book given by Qin'er for the one-year-old ceremony! This is also the brotherly love of Qin'er as the eldest brother."

The more exquisite the gifts for the first birthday, the better. If you can use the gifts given by relatives and friends for the first birthday, it means that the gifts given by relatives and friends are more valuable than the gifts prepared by your family. It is a very proud thing for those relatives and friends who gave gifts. The third wife said this in the hope that everyone would know that her son gave a big gift for Jing'er's first birthday.

The lady naturally hoped that her brother Yi Yi would come to see him. Upon hearing this, she said, "Did Qin'er send something to Jing'er for his one-year-old birthday celebration?" She seemed very interested.

There was a hint of hesitation across Eleventh Lady's face.

If the Third Lady knew the value of this book, would she be angry with Fang?

She hesitated and said, "I gave her a book." She didn't say much.

The lady-in-law was a smart person. She didn't ask any more questions and turned the topic to the banquet. She instructed the third lady, "Since you are at home, please help to greet the guests when the time comes - your fourth brother's wife is in poor health, and your fifth brother's wife's son Chen is still young, so they can't be left alone for the time being." She also said, "Qin's brother and daughter-in-law should also go with your mother-in-law to meet the guests." Then she talked about the menu for the banquet.

The Third Lady wanted to talk about this in detail, but when she saw that the Grand Lady did not mention it anymore and had other things to ask her to do, she had to give up and cheer herself up to reply to the Grand Lady.

Seeing the lively conversation between the Taifu and the Third Furen, the Fifth Furen pulled the sleeve of the Eleventh Lady and asked her quietly, "What are you doing?"

Eleventh Lady was puzzled.

"What's the matter with that book?" Mrs. Wu smiled slyly, "Don't tell me that you are afraid that the Qin brothers will become famous, so you deliberately suppress this matter?"

Eleventh Lady looked at her as if she was watching a play without fear of the stage being too high, and did not dare to tell her, so she just smiled.

The fifth lady's eyes rolled around, and she privately encouraged the lady to go and ask.

The lady smiled and said, "I asked a long time ago. Eleventh Lady said that the eldest young lady gave an ancient book to Jin'er. It is too precious and she is afraid that it will be damaged."

"When brothers are together, the calyx shines brightly." The Fifth Lady approached the Grand Lady and said, "Such a good thing should be shown off. How can you wear fine clothes at night? No wonder the Third Sister-in-law was unhappy that day. If it were me, I would be unhappy too."

The lady did not fall for her trick and said with a smile, "Your fourth sister-in-law said that your third sister-in-law may not know the value of this ancient book. There is a rift between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, so they locked the door to fight. They can't let others see the joke."

The Fifth Lady listened and smiled with her hands covering her mouth.

Since the lady knew that there was a rift between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, she still said "fight behind closed doors". Obviously, as long as the third room doesn't make trouble outside, she will see the fun in the third room.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel refreshed, and felt that the days ahead seemed suddenly to be a lot more interesting.

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On the day of Jin'er's first birthday, Eleventh Lady got up early and changed Jin'er into a small red silk jacket with five bats holding clouds. Then, led by the Lady Dowager, she burned incense to the three gods before going to the flower hall.

As soon as I stood still, Mrs. Zhou came.

Twelve Niang also came with her.

Eleventh Lady was a little surprised.

Madam Zhou smiled and said, "I was asked by my sister-in-law to do this."

The sister-in-law she was referring to was Twelve Niang's mother-in-law.

Being able to receive such love from her mother-in-law shows that Twelve Niang has already established a firm foothold in the Wang family.

Eleventh Lady was also happy for Twelve Lady. She smiled and held Twelve Lady's hand: "This is our Twelve Lady's blessing."

"That's right." Madam Zhou smiled, "Now my sister-in-law brags to everyone that I have arranged a good marriage for her nephew. As a result, I have become a famous person now, and several sisters-in-law have come to me to act as matchmakers for their nephews."

Eleventh Lady smiled: "As long as I didn't embarrass my sister."

Twelve Niang listened to the two people talking with a red face, and then Grandma Huang San came with Madam Huang.

Everyone came forward to pay their respects, and Mother Du walked in with Madam Tang and Mrs. Tang Si, chatting and laughing.

There was inevitably a lot of noise among the crowd.

Then Mrs. Lin, Grandma Lin, Mrs. Gan and others came one after another.

Seeing that the auspicious time was approaching, the mother in charge took out the large rosewood carved desk that the lady had pointed out from the storage, and placed around the desk other items such as the four treasures of the study, an abacus, a food box, a general's helmet, a spinning top, and a drinking game chip.

Twelve Lady pulled Eleven Lady, who was talking to Madam Huang, and whispered, "Eleventh Sister, why hasn't Fourth Sister arrived yet?"

There were so many guests, and if she hadn't said it, Eleventh Lady wouldn't have noticed it. After she said that, Eleventh Lady couldn't help but get a little worried - Fourth Lady was always very cautious, even if she couldn't come for something, she would send someone to let her know. This was the first time that Eleventh Lady had encountered a situation where she was late.

"I'll send someone to check it out!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Si Niang walked in.

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