Chapter 2092: Lively (Reward for the book friend "A Green Leaf")
Bai Shan and the others, needless to say, said: "Lord Yang also wants to reward the heroes who came to help, so he can't come back."
In fact, the two banquets were considered as one banquet, except that the doctors sat together, while the students of the Imperial College and Chongwenguan sat on another side.
It was called a thank-you banquet, but there were few entertainment activities. People mainly just sat together, talked, and ate some delicious food.
This time, General Gong, who had been "sick", finally recovered and brought Major General Gong to the banquet. Many officials also brought their families.
Manbao was sitting at her table eating a piece of meat when a maid came over and asked, "Doctor Zhou, my wife wants you to come over and see her."
Manbao looked up at her, but found he didn't recognize her, so he asked, "Who is your wife?"
"My wife is the third wife of the Gong family."
Manbao laughed and said, "It's her. Is she with Madam Yang now?"
"Yes, several ladies are there. Doctor Zhou, please."
Manbao nodded, stood up, nodded to Liu Sanniang, and went to the back where the women were sitting.
As soon as she appeared, the women accompanying Cui family members were in an uproar. Several familiar young women came forward, took her hands, and said with a smile, "This is the little miracle doctor Zhou we were talking about. Look, is she a miracle doctor?"
Cui Shi didn't expect anyone to come forward and invite Manbao over. She couldn't help but frown, her eyes sweeping over the maids guarding the entrance to the hall. She stepped forward, took Manbao's hand from the crowd, and after pulling her close to her, she smiled and said, "Don't praise her so much. Although she's a good doctor, she still has a childish temper. You're praising her too much, or she'll become proud and complacent."
Someone sneered and said, "I'm afraid not. I think this Doctor Zhou is very smart and has great ideas."
The noisy young ladies suddenly became quiet and looked at the person who was speaking. When they saw it was Madam Chen, they suddenly became speechless.
Mrs. Chen's parents' family and husband's family are both wealthy families in Xiazhou City. Half of the shops on Mingsheng Street in front are either owned by her husband's family or her parents' family.
Moreover, there are people in the family serving as officials in the court, but they are just in other places.
Cui still held Manbao's hand, pushing back with neither softness nor harshness, "Madam Chen has never even met my sister, but she knows her well. She is indeed smart and has great ideas. Otherwise, she wouldn't have volunteered to come to Xiazhou during such a dangerous time. Your parents at home must have been nagging at you, right?"
Man Bao smiled slightly and said, "That's not the case. They are all very reasonable. They know that I came out to save people and it was the emperor's order. Although they were worried, they still let me out."
Cui looked at Madam Chen meaningfully and said with a smile, "Uncle and aunt are indeed very reasonable."
Mrs. Gong San finally spoke and said with a smile, "No wonder they were able to raise such a talented person as Doctor Zhou..."
Then the atmosphere became lively again.
Madam Chen was about to speak when a lady beside her pulled her aside, shook her head slightly, and whispered, "Why would you offend her? She won't be making a living in Xiazhou City in the future. She will have to return to the capital after this. With a miracle doctor like this, no one knows when she will need to see her in the future. Besides, she must know many famous doctors. Even if you can't make friends with her, you can't offend her either."
Madam Chen lowered her voice and said, "Second sister, how could I not know? But I just can't swallow this anger. I asked someone to invite her back then. If she had been willing to come, my Zhen'er wouldn't have..."
"Alas, it's fate. Think about how many people died in Xiazhou City this time. If you had sent Zhen'er to the other courtyard a few days earlier, maybe you could have saved her life."
Madam Chen's expression changed slightly. She shook off her hand and said angrily, "Second sister, my daughter Zhen'er is about to get married. How can she live in a villa outside? Those places are full of mixed people, men and women live together..."
Although she spoke in a low voice, everyone was not very far away, and because of her anger, her voice was a little higher than before, so some people still heard it.
Most of the people in this room who were holding Manbao enthusiastically were those who had been treated by her in the other courtyard, or had someone in their family who had been treated by her, be it a daughter or daughter-in-law, or a sister or mother. When Madam Chen said this, it seemed as if something bad had been done to the people living in the other courtyard, and everyone immediately became unhappy.
Mrs. Gong San had been holding it in until now, but now she couldn't help herself anymore. She frowned and asked directly, "What do you mean, Madam Chen? I've moved to Villa No. 1, and many of you here have moved there. We're served by maids, and there's a gate with access control. It's clean and spotless. What do you think we've been doing there?"
She sneered and said sarcastically, "This is really a case of dirty people seeing dirty things."
Having been heard saying bad things, Madam Chen and her sisters were a little embarrassed. However, seeing Madam Gong's sarcasm, Madam Chen couldn't hold back her temper. "Madam Gong, you are so eloquent. I don't know what the situation is like in your other courtyard. I've never been inside. I just think that in one courtyard, there are men from outside the family, even some messy families from the south and east of the city can live there, and in the other side, there are women. Not only are they constantly seeing each other when they come and go, but they are even mixed together when washing clothes..."
Mrs. Gong San's face turned grim. The slightest association made her feel uncomfortable, and she became even more annoyed...
Yang Heshu was talking to General Gong. Hearing the noise in the back hall, he couldn't help but look up at Wantian.
Wan Tian bent down slightly and was about to run to the backyard to take a look, but before he could reach the backyard, a maid came up and whispered something in his ear.
Wan Tian's face was strange. After a pause, he went to report to Yang Heshu. His voice was neither too loud nor too low, just loud enough for General Gong, Major General Gong, and the nearby Beijia and Changshi to hear, "Master, Madam Gong San and Madam Chen are fighting in the backyard."
Yang Heshu: ...
General Gong and Major General Gong: ...
The Beijia and Changshi who heard the conversation on the other side were also shocked. What did fighting mean?
Yang Heshu was thinking about whether he should go and take a look. This was the first time he had encountered such a thing, so he hesitated.
General Gong didn't hesitate. He glanced at Gong San, who was already drinking and playing finger-guessing games with others at the table below. He walked over, dragged him aside, and said, "Your wife got into a fight with someone."
Gong San felt a headache. "Who did they fight with again? Old Six's family?"
"No, Mrs. Chen."
Gong San's eyes almost popped out of his head. "No, no way, that person is much older than us."
"We're of the same generation anyway, so just go and take a look. Just don't get into any trouble."
Gong San hurried to the backyard.
Yang Heshu hesitated for a moment, then stood up and apologized and went to the backyard. After all, he was the owner, so he had to go and take a look, right?
Manbao and Cui were hiding nearby, watching the fun. Seeing Madam Gong San grabbing Madam Chen's hair and pulling it hard, she felt a pain in her scalp. She hissed twice and asked Cui, "Sister-in-law, is it really okay for us not to stop them?"
Cui said, "It's okay. Let them beat me. I'll just cry later."
As he spoke, he asked the maids to separate them, and said, "Don't let Madam Gong get hurt on the face. Poor thing, she just recovered from an illness and is very weak."
So the maids understood, and when they tried to stop a fight, they would specifically pull Madam Chen apart...
It was the first time that Manbao had seen someone taking sides so blatantly, and he was stunned for a moment.
I wish my book friend "A Green Leaf" a happy birthday, may you become more and more beautiful, and be happy every day.
Good night
(End of this chapter)
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