Eleventh Lady was a little surprised and pondered for a moment.

It seems that Xin Jieer saw that Jin Geer had a pair of orioles and asked for them. In order to appease his daughter, Xu Lingkuan bought a pair of identical ones for Xin Jieer. However, Xin Jieer thought that Xu Lingkuan had taken them from Jin Geer...

She began to have a headache.

We all live in the same room and we see each other every day. This matter will be exposed sooner or later.

Xu Lingkuan was the same. He could buy anything else but had to buy a pair of orioles that looked exactly like Jing'er's.

Eleventh Lady ordered Hongwen and Ajin: "This matter ends here, don't make a fuss about it!"

The two of them responded respectfully.

Eleventh Lady was afraid that Jing'er would not let her go, so she went back to the house and fed him mung bean water while saying, "Look at your one, two, three, four, five, six, they all look the same. This oriole is the same, many of them look the same..."

"Mother is wrong!" Jing'er said immediately, "Yiyi and Liuliu look different..." He couldn't tell how they were different. He wanted to drag Shiyi Niang to see.

Eleventh Lady had no choice but to say, "But in my eyes, Yiyi and Liuliu look the same! You must not have looked closely at Second Sister's oriole. Maybe they are different from your oriole in some ways!"

Jing'er didn't quite understand what his mother said, but his mother was comforting him, which made him very happy, and he drank the mung bean water obediently. After drinking the mung bean water, Shiyi Niang asked Jing'er to bring her two pieces of melon to eat.

Jing'er hurriedly gave her two pieces of melon from the blue and white porcelain high-footed plate on the kang table.

Eleventh Lady praised Jing'er: "You are so smart!"

Jing'er laughed.

The name of the pug was chosen by Shiyi Niang, with the purpose of teaching Jing'er to recognize numbers. So far, it seems to be working well. Jing'er can use numbers within six very skillfully.

She told Jing'er to recognize "seven".

Pick seven small jasmine flowers, eat seven snow ginger pills, tell seven stories, set out seven small teacups...the mother and son had a lot of fun.

Xu Sijie came back from school.

Eleventh Lady hurriedly asked the maid to fetch well water to wipe his face and served him iced mung bean water.

The mother who was in charge came in and reported: "As you ordered, the rowing boats, oars, and sunshades have all been brought down and are ready."

Xu Sijie's eyes lit up, and as soon as the housekeeper left, he immediately asked, "Mom, who wants to row the boat?" There was a hint of envy in his tone.

Eleventh Lady felt that the waterside was unsafe, and was quite strict with her children in this regard. Xu Sijie and his children rowed a boat on the third day of the third lunar month. She couldn't help but laugh: "Tomorrow we will have a family dinner at Chui Lun Waterside to welcome your second brother. We will go rowing then."

"Really!" Xu Sijie jumped up happily and asked, "Are we all going?"

Eleventh Lady smiled and nodded.

"Then I'll go tell Fourth Brother." Xu Sijie said immediately, "The teacher asked Fourth Brother to recite The Analects these past two days, and Fourth Brother went to bed very late every day. Tomorrow we will go boating, Fourth Brother will definitely be very happy!"

"Yes!" Eleventh Lady looked at her with a smile, "Tell your fourth brother to come early tomorrow so we can have breakfast together!"

Xu Sijie went to Xu Sizhun happily.

Jing'er snuggled into his mother's arms and said, "Mom, I want to go too, I want to go too!" As if she was afraid that he would be missed.

The weather is hot, and Jing'er hasn't gone out to play for some days.

Eleventh Lady hugged her son and kissed him: "Everyone go!"

Jing'er became happy.

The next day, as soon as he opened his eyes, he went to knock on Eleventh Lady's door and said, "Mom, mom, let's go boating."

"Why is he here so early?" Xu Lingyi was a little stunned. He opened his pocket watch and saw that it was only dawn.

Eleventh Lady urged him to get dressed quickly: "You heard there was fun to do, so naturally you woke up early." Then she hastily made the bed and went to open the door.

Jinger pulled his mother out and said, "Let's go boating, let's go boating."

"We haven't had breakfast yet." Eleventh Lady smiled and hugged her son, "My brothers haven't come yet either. Let's have breakfast when everyone is here, and then go boating."

"Then come quickly, brothers." Jing'er was very anxious and turned around to find Xu Sijie.

Eleventh Lady smiled and handed Jin Ge'er to Gu Mama who followed but didn't dare to get close: "Let him go and quarrel with Jie Ge'er!"

Mother Gu smiled and took Jing'er away.

Shiyi Niang hurriedly called Qiuyu in to comb her hair.

The little maid came in and reported: "The fourth young master is here!"

Eleventh Lady smiled and glanced at Xu Lingyi who was being dressed by a maid: "Did you see that? I heard there was something fun, and everyone was more interested than the other!" Then she instructed the little maid, "Please invite the fourth young master to sit in the west room." She put on a pair of red gold jade hairpin flower earrings and went to the west room.

Xu Sizhun stood there with a pine-like posture, a hint of excitement visible between his brows.

"Are you hungry?" Eleventh Lady asked him with a smile, "We'll serve you food when your second brother comes."

"I'm not hungry!" Xu Sizun stepped forward and saluted Eleventh Lady, and Xu Sijie walked in holding Jing'er's hand.

"Fourth brother!" Xu Sijie was very happy to see Xu Sizhun. He greeted Xu Sizhun loudly.

Xu Sizhun ran over: "Fifth brother!"

It seems like we haven't seen each other for many years.

Eleventh Lady laughed.

Jin Ge'er let go of Xu Sijie's hand and ran to Shiyi Niang.

"Mom, my brother is here!" He pulled his mother's skirt.

"And second brother!" Eleventh Lady smiled and bent down to help Jin'er straighten his collar.

Jing'er tilted his head with a confused expression, obviously no longer remembering Xu Siyu.

"When you were little, he took you rowing." Eleventh Lady explained to her son.

Jinger still didn't understand. He just wanted to go boating as soon as possible. He hugged his mother's legs and said, "Eat, eat!"

Eleventh Lady ordered Qiuyu, "Serve the meal when the Second Young Master arrives!" and took the children to pay their respects to Xu Lingyi.

Xu Lingyi carried the youngest child, Jing'er, to the kang.

Xu Siyu is here.

He looked at Jin Ge'er, who was taller than the kang, and couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Sixth brother, you've grown so big?"

"He's just stupidly tall." Eleventh Lady laughed, pointed at Xu Siyu and told Jing'er, "Call me second brother!"

"Second brother!" Jing'er's voice was clear and loud.

Xu Siyu smiled and called out "Sixth Brother".

"Alright!" Xu Lingyi stood up and said, "Let's go have breakfast! After breakfast, you can go and pay your respects to your grandmother early." He then said to Xu Siyu, "Today your grandmother is hosting a reception for you at Chui Lun Waterside Pavilion. You can accompany her and have a good chat! If there's anything else, we can talk tomorrow."

Xu Siyu bowed in response, then followed Xu Lingyi to the west room.

Everyone ate breakfast quietly.

After taking a few bites of food, Jing'er raised his head and looked at Xu Siyu with his big phoenix eyes.

Xu Siyu found it interesting and winked at him.

Jing'er was stunned, and the small meatballs in the spoon fell into the porridge bowl with a "pop", and the rice soup splashed everywhere, with a few drops hanging on Jing'er's face.

Eleventh Lady hurried forward to help Jing'er wipe his face.

Jing'er seemed a little confused as to why the meatballs suddenly fell into the porridge bowl. He looked at the spoon, then at the porridge in front of him, his cheeks puffed up.

Xu Siyu lowered his head.

His shoulders shrugged.

After a while, he slowly raised his head, picked up the bowl and ate the porridge in silence.

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In the early morning, the trees are lush and green, the water is clear and blue, and the breeze with the coolness of the lake blows towards you, making your heart feel refreshed as if it was washed by spring water.

The lady held the railing of the waterside pavilion and looked out at the Biyi Lake where bursts of laughter and joy were coming from, with a gratified smile on her face.

"Mother!" The Second Madam came out of the waterside pavilion, her eyes falling on Eleventh Lady who was rowing with the children. "It's windy here." Eleventh Lady's lively figure due to her dedication made her eyes smile a little. "Let's go inside!"

The Madam ignored him and pointed to the center of the lake, saying with a smile, "You have good eyesight, help me see. Is that Zhun'er?"

The second lady followed the gaze of the grand lady and saw that the usually timid Zhun Ge'er was standing at the bow rowing. He was talking to Xu Sijie next to him, and then to the boat girl standing behind him, looking very happy.

"It's Zhun'er!" She was a little surprised. "He looks quite happy!" As she spoke, she thought of how the Madam had always been nervous about Xu Sizhun. She paused and said hesitantly, "Should we find an excuse to get him to come to the waterside pavilion?"

Xu Siqin, Xu Sijian and Jin were on one boat, Shiyi Niang, Xu Siyu, Jing'er and Xin'er were on one boat, and Xu Sizhun and Xu Sijie were on one boat, and they were racing there.

"No need!" The lady smiled, "It's rare that they are having fun, and there is a maid who is familiar with the water following them, so nothing will happen!" As she said that, she supported the second lady's shoulder and walked into the water pavilion.

Fang was wearing a light green Hangzhou silk jacket, with a protruding belly, and was talking to the fifth wife who was also pregnant.

Seeing the lady come in, she quickly stood up, holding her waist.

"Don't get up, don't get up!" The lady smiled and sat on the black lacquered mica-inlaid Luohan bed. "I originally asked you to come here to relax. If you are still so reserved, you might as well stay at home!"

A trace of gratitude flashed in Fang's eyes. She replied respectfully, "Yes," and sat down again.

The lady then asked about her food, clothing and other expenses after she became pregnant.

There was a noise mixed with laughter outside the pavilion, and the slightly flattering voice of the maid: "Fourth Madam, please be careful!"

The lady laughed and said, "The boatman is back!"

The second wife smiled and said, "The sun has risen, and the lake is steaming hot. If you don't come back, I'm afraid it will be roasted to smoke!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the noise gradually got closer and Eleventh Lady walked in with her child.

"Grandma, Grandma!" Xin Jie'er ran towards the old lady. "Look!" She spread out her palm, which contained a few pieces of duckweed. "I just picked them from the lake."

"Oh!" The lady hugged Xinjie, "She is so beautiful!"

Sister Xin showed some pride.

Xu Siqin sat down next to Fang and asked her in a low voice: "Are you okay?"

Fang blushed and uttered an almost inaudible "hmm," but fearing that he hadn't heard her, she nodded quickly.

Xu Sijian on the other side whispered to Jin: "I told you to follow Fourth Aunt, but you insisted on following me. Now, let Second Brother help take care of Jin and Xin. It will be so embarrassing for Grandmother and Second Aunt to see this!"

Jin said timidly: "I, I'm scared!"

"We are all close relatives, and Fourth Aunt is the kindest person. What do you have to be afraid of?" Xu Sijian said in a rough voice.

It was my mother-in-law who said that Uncle Six was very delicate and it was best to stay away from him. Otherwise, if something happened, the lady would blame him. If you can avoid dealing with him, don't deal with him!

Jin grumbled in her heart but didn't dare tell Xu Sijian.

Xu Siyu had been holding Jing'er, and seeing that he was pouting and not talking, he asked him in a low voice: "What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable?" After asking, he thought that Jing'er was slow to speak, and was afraid that he would not be able to speak, so he asked, "Are you dizzy?"

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