"Madam!" Zhu Xiang smiled and bowed to Shiyi Niang, "The fourth and fifth young masters are accompanying Madam to watch the opera. Ge Jin and Xi'er are serving on the side."
Just don't come into contact with those actors.
Overcorrection will only arouse suspicion.
Eleventh Lady instructed: "There are too many people here today, and I can't take care of them. Tell Ge Jin and Xi'er to serve them well and not to bump into anything."
Zhu Xiang responded with a smile and went back to the flower hall.
Mrs. Gan laughed: "When the child grows up, you have to let go. You are too cautious."
"I understand this principle too!" Eleventh Lady said with a smile, "It's just that Jie'er just moved out, and I'm still a little uncomfortable with it. I think I'll be able to let it go slowly after a few days."
"That's right!" Mrs. Gan smiled, "After all, I've been by your side for so many years. Let alone a lively little guy, even if it was a cat or a dog, I would be reluctant to let it go if it was suddenly not around."
"yes!"
The two chatted and laughed, watching the sun gradually get weaker, and it felt cold sitting in the pavilion. Eleventh Lady hurriedly called Xu Sijian and asked him to bring the children ashore.
Jinger was the first to jump off the boat, his face flushed, "Mom, I want to row more, I want to row more!"
Chen Ge'er followed closely behind him, and imitated Jing Ge'er to run to Shiyi Niang, and shouted with Jing Ge'er: "Mom, we want to row more, we want to row more!" He held Jing Ge'er's clothes and imitated Jing Ge'er's speech, like a little tail, so innocent and cute that it was indescribable.
Everyone burst into laughter.
Xin Jie, who was standing at the bow waiting for Xu Sijian to carry her down, jumped up and down: "Xin Ge'er, I'm going to tell mother! Just wait for mother to spank you!"
Chen Ge'er had no idea what he had done wrong. He turned around and looked at Xin Jie'er, pouting his lips with an innocent expression.
Everyone laughed again.
Xu Sijian teased Xin Jie: "Oh, we have a Tiger Sister!"
Xin Jie'er was so angry that she pushed Xu Sijian away and jumped off the boat while holding up her skirt.
Jin hurriedly stepped forward and took Xin Jie'er's hand, gently scolding Xu Sijian: "You are always like this - you make me cry even when I am fine!"
Xu Sijian smiled awkwardly.
Jin hugged Xin Jie'er and said, "We will ignore your third brother. I will accompany you to change your clothes later. Dress up beautifully and go to greet the ladies."
Sister Xin nodded and her complexion looked much better.
Mrs. Gan looked at her and smiled, holding Jing'er's hand: "Let's go, let's go eat."
Jing'er stood there motionless: "I want to go rowing, I want to go rowing." He pouted his lips, twisted his body and acted coquettishly.
Madam Gan's heart softened, a hint of hesitation flashed in her eyes, and she looked at Shiyi Niang: "How about rowing for a while longer? It's still early anyway. Let the maids add some clothes for Jin Ge'er!"
Once you have made a decision, it is best not to go back on your word. In particular, you should not change your mind just because your child is acting coquettish or crying. Children are very good at observing people's expressions. If you do this a few times, they will have an illusion that they can get what they don't want by acting coquettishly or crying. Once they encounter something they don't like, they will act coquettishly or cry until they get what they want.
Eleventh Lady squatted down and coaxed her son softly: "Let's go eat first and go boating tomorrow. Okay?"
Jing'er, who was usually very popular, was out of character. He snuggled up to Madam Gan, tightly held Madam Gan's hand, and shook his head stubbornly: "I want to row the boat!"
When Chen Geer saw this, he also followed his example and snuggled up to Madam Gan: "I want to row a boat!"
The people present found it funny and started laughing.
Eleventh Lady found that Jing'er's expression seemed more determined.
This child is so good at handling things!
"Jin'er!" She frowned and warned him in a long voice, "If you listen to me, you can continue rowing tomorrow. If you don't listen to me, forget about rowing tomorrow. I always keep my word. Think carefully about whether you will listen to me or not."
Jing'er showed some hesitation.
Mrs. Gan felt that Shiyi Niang was too strict with the child. She pursed her lips and wanted to give her some advice, but when she saw Shiyi Niang shaking her head at her, she swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue. The others were either juniors or ignorant children, so they could not say anything.
Jinger looked around at the people around him and lowered his head: "I listen to my mother!"
Eleventh Lady breathed a sigh of relief and kissed Jin Ge'er's little face as a reward: "Be good. We will go boating again tomorrow!"
Jing'er nodded, still feeling a little unhappy.
Mrs. Gan hurried to rescue him.
"Okay, okay, let's go eat." She took Jing'er's hand and walked out. "Jing'er, are the green dumplings I made delicious?" She coaxed Jing'er softly, "There are also ones with crabapple filling, osmanthus filling, and rose filling. I'll make some of each and bring them to you tomorrow to try, okay?"
Jing'er said nothing, looking somewhat unhappy.
Chen Ge'er ran to Madam Gan and hurriedly took Madam Gan's other hand: "I want one too, I want one too."
Everyone laughed when they saw it.
The atmosphere became much lighter.
Jing'er also forgot the unpleasantness just now, his eyebrows relaxed a lot, and he said loudly: "I want to go to your house to play on the swing, I don't want to eat Qingtuan."
Every time Eleventh Lady brought Jing'er to see Madam Gan, Madam Gan always had a lot to say to Eleventh Lady. She was afraid that Jing'er would be bored, so she had a swing built in front of the back room. She would play on the swing with Jing'er while talking to Eleventh Lady.
She immediately smiled and said, "Okay, when do you come to my place, I'll play on the swing with you again."
Jing'er became happy and looked up at Madam Gan: "I want to eat the colorful fish too."
"Okay, okay, okay." Madam Gan looked down at him and smiled, "I will cook for Jing'er myself and make colorful fish. Not only colorful fish, but also peanut crisps." Her expression and tone were full of doting.
Jin Ge'er was satisfied and walked out happily with the lady: "Acai is not allowed to serve beside us. She dropped my spoon on the ground last time."
A Cai was a little maidservant serving Madam Gan.
"Don't let her serve." Madam Gan said immediately, "I'll feed Jing'er!"
Jinger chuckled.
Chen Ge'er said: "I want to eat too, I want to eat too!"
"Okay!" Mrs. Gan said with a smile, "Then come and visit me, Brother Chen and Brother Jin."
Brother Chen laughed.
Madam Gan held one person in each hand and slowly walked out of Liufangwu.
Eleventh Lady and Xu Sijian walked behind, frowning slightly as they listened. Xu Sijian found it interesting, and teased Jinger with a smile: "Can I go with you too?"
"Okay!" Jing'er said immediately, "Third brother will go and help us push the swing."
"I can only push the swing!" Xu Sijian laughed, "I also want to eat colorful fish and peanut crisps."
Brother Jing said domineeringly: "If you push the swing, I'll give it to you. Otherwise, I won't give it to you!"
"Our Jing'er is so amazing!" Xu Sijian laughed and chatted with Jing'er. The group went to the lady's place.
"Grandma, grandma!" Jing'er immediately ran to the lady.
The lady immediately hugged Jing'er and said, "My dear. Rowing is fun!"
"It's fun!" Jinger nodded, his eyes sparkling, and he looked very excited. "We'll go boating again tomorrow."
The lady naturally agreed readily.
Mrs. Huang next to her smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for only two or three months, but it seems like Jing'er has grown taller again."
"That's right." Mrs. Tang also laughed, "If it continues like this, I'm afraid he will be seven feet tall."
"The old marquis was seven feet tall back then." Lady Zheng looked at Jin'er's lively eyes and bright smile and liked him very much. "I think Jin'er has inherited the old marquis' height."
"The phoenix eyes are inherited from the old marquis." Madam Huang nodded.
The expression of the lady could be described as joyful. She held Jing'er in her arms and refused to let go: "When it comes to eating, follow the old marquis." She used her free hands to gesture, "Such a large piece of steamed pork belly with rice flour, one person can eat several pieces. He has been able to sleep since he was young. When it's time, he falls asleep immediately after a few pats. He doesn't urinate in the middle of the night and stays up all night. He has a good temper! I have raised so many children, but I have never seen a child who is easier to take care of than Jing'er..." She praised Jing'er again and again, and invited him to sit next to the lady Gan.
"That's right!" Madam Gan also joined the ranks of those praising Jin Ge'er, "When Eleventh Lady brought him to me, he was exactly half a year old. He was so young, but he had such strong hands. I gave him a jade token as a gift, and he grabbed it and wouldn't let go..."
The attention of several old ladies was drawn over, and they listened with great interest and laughter, so Eleventh Lady could not get close to them for a while.
Her gaze turned and fell on Xu Sizhun and Xu Sijie, who were sitting in the front row and watching the show attentively.
"The two young masters are not running around, right?" Eleventh Lady asked Ge Jin in a low voice.
Ge Jin hurriedly said, "Madam, don't worry. The Fourth Young Master and the Fifth Young Master have been sitting here listening to the opera and have not gone anywhere."
Eleventh Lady nodded slightly, observing Xu Sijie from time to time.
He just sat quietly in the audience and watched the show on Cheng'er's hundred-day celebration and the lady's birthday. After the Dragon Boat Festival, the summer vacation began and the banquets stopped. However, Nan Yong's wife came to greet her from time to time and told her about Xu Sijie.
Seeing that Xu Sijie was still reading and writing in the outer courtyard as he was in the inner courtyard, and learning music with Mr. Zhao, she felt relieved temporarily and focused on renovating a new house for Xu Siyu.
The tiles were replaced, the floor pillars were painted, the dust boards were painted, and the walls were whitewashed.
Xu Lingyi laughed and said, "Are you planning on him staying with you forever?"
"It's too insincere to be so careless!" Eleventh Lady laughed and discussed with Xu Lingyi about buying private property for Xu Siyu, "It will be convenient for us to return to the Xiang family when the time comes."
When a child gets married, the capable family usually buys some private property for the newlyweds, and the bride's dowry also increases or decreases according to the amount of private property of the man. For example, if the man has five tiled houses, the bride must buy at least 48 loads of dowry to fill them. The Xiang family specially invited Grandma Huang San to test Shiyi Niang's mood.
Xu Lingyi pondered and said, "I think it's better to buy them a three-story courtyard outside and two farms. Ten thousand taels of silver. As for the dowry of the Xiang family, it's up to them."
I didn't count on the Xiang family.
Eleventh Lady is not the kind of person who would keep staring at other people's dressing tables.
"Maybe it's a little less." She hesitated, "When Zhen Jieer got married, you gave her more money later!"
"They can't compare with Zhen Jie'er." Xu Lingyi said, "Zhen Jie'er is a girl, and her money depends entirely on her parents' dowry. They are boys. A good man doesn't fight for his parents' money. He should find a way to earn it himself." He added, "From now on, Zhun'er and Jie'er should follow Yu'er's example."
There was no mention of Jing'er.
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