Jing'er grinned at the lady with an unfinished wheat cake in his mouth.

The lady didn't care about all this and kissed him twice on the face.

Feeling that his grandmother liked him, Jing'er smiled so much that his eyes narrowed.

"Come on," the lady coaxed him in a long voice, "Call me 'Grandma'!"

Jing'er called out "Grandma" in an inarticulate voice.

The lady smiled so much that her eyes curved. She immediately ordered Madam Du: "Go, get the red agate beads in my mirror case and let the Sixth Young Master wear it. It was blessed by the master of Ciyuan Temple, Master Jining, when I was young. Let our Jing'er wear it and bless him with peace and safety!"

"Mother, this is too precious!" Eleventh Lady said hurriedly, "He is still a child. If you want to reward him, it won't be too late to reward him when he is older."

The lady touched Jing'er who was sitting in her arms and eating wheat cakes, and said with a smile: "The big ones have big rewards, and the small ones have small rewards." She disagreed with Shiyi Niang's suggestion, and then taught Shiyi Niang a lesson: "You keep nagging about our Jing'er not talking, but look, he is talking now? I told you not to be anxious, but you didn't listen and kept urging the child to talk every day. How can you get hot tofu if you are impatient? Everything has its destiny. He will talk naturally when it is time to talk." She added, "As the saying goes, if you don't speak, you will be a surprise. Look at our Jing'er, he can speak sentences as soon as he opens his mouth. He is not an ordinary child." As she spoke, she couldn't help but express her love in her heart, and held Jing'er's face and kissed him twice.

Xu Lingyi and Shiyi Niang could only smile at the side. Jin Ge'er was eating the cake with gusto, and was interrupted by the lady, so he pouted and said "hmm" twice.

The lady quickly let go of her hand and said, "Eat the cake, eat the cake, grandma won't scold you." Then she couldn't help asking, "Are these cakes made from new wheat delicious?"

Jing'er nodded repeatedly.

The lady ordered the jade tablet: "Go, give the palace's reward of half a bag of new wheat to the fourth lady."

Yuban hurriedly responded and left.

The fifth lady also lives in the house.

Just as Eleventh Lady was about to decline, Mother Du came in with a small purple wood carved box, smiling.

The lady hurriedly said, "Give it to me!" and then took out the string of beads the size of pigeon eggs with her own hands.

It's too big when hung on the hand and too small when hung around the neck.

The lady looked at it and told Madam Du: "Bring my scale-carved chain and give it to the Sixth Young Master."

Mother Du turned around and fetched a red gold chain. The chain was as thick as a child's little finger, with exquisite scales carved on it. In the dim light in the room, it sparkled like the surface of a lake blown by a breeze.

Eleventh Lady suddenly remembered the dog chain...

She hurriedly said, "Mom, how about I make a corduroy for Jing'er?" She politely refused.

The lady took the chain in her hand and thought for a while, then said, "That's fine. This chain has carved patterns on it, so it's a little prickly. It might hurt our Jing'er's neck. Make him a beautiful string, and then hang this red agate bracelet on it."

Eleventh Lady hurriedly replied "Yes".

The lady casually put the chain into the rosewood carved box that contained red agate bracelets - although the chain was not used, it was also a reward for Jing'er.

"Mom!" This time, even Xu Lingyi felt that the reward was too great. "Jin'er is at an active age. Be careful not to lose him."

"Nonsense." The lady said, "How could the things in the room be lost? Then what do the mother and maids in his room do..."

While the lady was talking to Xu Lingyi, Jing'er was staring at the golden chain lying in the rosewood box covered with bright red velvet.

He threw the wheat cake in his hand onto the kang and grabbed the chain.

The chain slid through the box and into Jing'er's hands.

There was a faint rustling sound in the room.

The lady couldn't help but lower her head.

Jing'er was already there pulling hard at the gold chain.

The lady laughed out loud: "You can't say that! You can't say that!"

As Jing'er listened, he looked up at the lady, his eyes twinkling, looking very adorable.

The lady asked Yuban to twist out a handkerchief and wiped Jing'er's hands while she said with a smile, "Be careful not to tear it apart, or our Jing'er won't have anything to wear!"

Jing'er struggled to stand up from the lady's arms and put the gold chain around her neck.

The lady was stunned, and a smile immediately spread from her eyes to her face.

"Oh! My dear Jing'er." The old man hugged his grandson and said, "This is for grandma to wear!"

Jing'er looked at the lady with a smile.

"Did you see that?" The lady turned around and looked at Xu Lingyi. "Our Jin'er is not the kind of child who doesn't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is when he is spoiled. What do you have to worry about? Well, let's not talk about this anymore. Madam Du, please put the things away for the Sixth Young Master."

Xu Lingyi could only lower his head and say "yes", and Shiyi Niang could only smile bitterly.

The Fifth Lady came with Xin Jie'er and Chen Ge'er to greet them, and she saw the box on the kang table at a glance.

She turned her eyes away, pulled the lady's sleeve and started to act coquettishly: "What good things have you given to Jin'er? Our Chen'er wants one too!"

"You are such a useless person." The old lady smiled and twisted the fifth lady's ear. "Don't worry, when Chen Ge'er opens his mouth to speak, there will be something."

"Jin'er has spoken!" Madam Wu was surprised and delighted. "Congratulations to Fourth Brother and Fourth Sister-in-law." Then she looked at Jin'er with a smile. "Jin'er, do you know who I am? I am your Fifth Aunt!"

Eleventh Lady told Jing'er: "Call her Fifth Aunt."

"Fifth Aunt!" Jing'er's voice was clear and loud.

The Fifth Lady was amazed when she heard this: "This child is really full of energy!"

"That's right!" The lady looked proud. "I remember when the fourth child was little, he was not as tall as Jing'er..."

"That means each generation is stronger than the previous one!" The Fifth Lady looked at Xu Lingyi and smiled while covering her sleeves.

Everyone laughed. The scene was very lively until Manager Bai asked Xu Lingyi to go to the outer courtyard for something, and then everyone dispersed.

Mother Shi then quietly reminded the Fifth Madam: "You spoke too quickly. How would the Fourth Madam feel if you asked for something in front of her?"

The Fifth Lady disagreed: "Fourth sister-in-law is a very honest person. If I explain everything to her clearly, she won't be angry with me. I don't want to hide it and feel uncomfortable at home alone." As she spoke, she laughed.

Mother Shi saw that what she said made sense. She nodded slightly, said nothing more, and asked the maid to help Madam Wu change her clothes.

Autumn rain comes and brings fresh wheat.

"The palace gave the Madam a bag as a reward, and our Madam got a little bit, and I was asked to bring these over." She said it in an ambiguous way. But she couldn't hide it from the Fifth Madam, who was very shrewd. After Mother Shi thanked her, gave the reward, and sent Qiuyu out, she curled her lips and said, "If it was the Madam who gave the reward, she would have sent a jade tablet over... She is a good person!" As she said that, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up, and she ordered Mother Shi, "Find the lotus leaves that were dried last summer, soak them, put them in a steamer to make lotus leaf wheat cakes, and send some to the Madam and the Fourth Madam."

Mother Shi responded "yes" repeatedly and went downstairs to make lotus leaf wheat cakes.

Eleventh Lady also made lotus leaf wheat cakes. In addition to sending some to the Madam, she also sent some to Gongxian Hutong and Sanjing Hutong. Several children also ate them with gusto. Xu Sijie even said, "Mother, I will help you dry the lotus leaves this summer!"

Xu Siyu suggested: "Add some elm seeds to it, it will taste good too!"

"Okay!" Eleventh Lady nodded with a smile, and gestured with the colorful bat string in front of Jing'er's chest twice, saying, "When the time comes, we'll keep some and make some lotus leaf wheat cakes and elm seed wheat cakes!"

Xu Sizhun couldn't get a word in, so he asked Shiyi Niang, "What is mother doing? Why is she making a corduroy for my sixth brother?"

For aesthetic reasons, Eleventh Lady decided to add a small waistcoat over Jing'er's brocade robe, and then hang the red agate bracelet on his left lapel.

"Does it look good?" she asked Xu Sizun.

Emerald green waistcoat, white jade buttons, red agate, colorful strings. Xu Sizhun nodded repeatedly: "It looks good!"

"It will look good with other jade ornaments." Eleventh Lady said with a smile, "How about I make a necklace for each of you?"

Xu Siyu felt that he was already an adult, so this was not an exception. Xu Sizhun knew that Shiyi Niang was not in good health, so his father did not allow his mother to do needlework these days. Only Xu Sijie said hurriedly, "Okay, okay! Mother, make one for me too. During the Chinese New Year, my grandmother gave me a jade pendant. I have a ginger-colored waistcoat, which is just right for the jade pendant."

If we were to ask who Eleventh Lady likes the most among these children, it would be Xu Sijie. No matter what she says, Xu Sijie can always respond to her, and his answers resonate with her. Just like now, he immediately follows Eleventh Lady's ideas to match more colorful clothes.

Eleventh Lady smiled and said, "Have you started learning painting from Mr. Zhao?"

"Yeah!" Xu Sijie laughed, "It's just the beginning."

"Then help me draw two flower patterns in a few days."

"Okay!" Xu Sijie was very happy. His happiness came from the bottom of his heart and seemed particularly sincere. "What kind of pattern would you like to draw, mother? If I can't draw it well, I will ask Mr. Zhao to help me draw it."

"That's not necessary." Eleventh Lady smiled, "It's a very simple thing. If you can't draw it well, I will teach you when the time comes."

Xu Sijie agreed immediately and ran to her: "Mother, when do you start painting?"

Seeing that he was very interested, Eleventh Lady thought for a moment and said, "You will have a day off the day after tomorrow. How about the day after tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow is also a day off." Xu Sijie said, "Mr. Zhao has a friend going to take the palace examination, and Mr. Zhao wants to see him off."

Eleventh Lady asked Xu Siyu: "Do you want to see Uncle Fang off tomorrow? Do you want us to send you a car?"

Xu Siyu thought for a moment and said with a smile, "Mother, please send a car to take me to Sanjing Hutong! My elder brother and I will go together to see Brother Fang off." He was not as polite as before.

Eleventh Lady asked Qiuyu to take the matching cards and make arrangements for the outer courtyard.

Zhu Xiang is back.

"The things have all been delivered. My uncle's aunt said thank you for my aunt's concern. She asked me to bring some handmade sachets for the young masters to play with." She didn't say anything about what was happening in Sanjing Hutong.

Shiyi Niang did not ask, and waited until Zhu Xiang helped her wash up in the evening before she asked softly, "What happened in Sanjing Hutong?"

Zhu Xiang lowered her voice and said, "Madam, I saw a carriage parked in the back seat. It seemed to belong to the Third Madam. The First Madam only thanked me for sending the gifts, and didn't say anything else!"

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