Chapter 159 Plum Blossom Banquet Post
The wind was cold and the snow started falling at night and had not stopped until noon. A layer of snow had accumulated on the ground, eaves, and treetops.
Xingxing sat on the warm kang and played cat's tuck with Shuangyun.
Li Chunhua brought in a bowl of steaming radish and yam soup and asked Xingxing to come over and drink some hot soup to warm herself up.
Xingxing responded, climbed down from the kang backwards, put on her shoes, and climbed onto the stool obediently. She touched the edge of the bowl with her little hand and blew on the steaming radish and yam soup.
The soup was still a little hot, so Xingxing started chatting with Li Chunhua: "Aunt, is it still snowing outside?"
"Here I am." Li Chunhua felt very happy when she said this.
It doesn't matter if the snow piles up a bit thick, next year will definitely be a year of bumper harvest.
"Xingxing, do you want to go out and play?" Li Chunhua asked.
Xing Xing shook her head and counted on her fingers: "It's snowing so heavily outside. Isn't it inconvenient for big brother to go to the mountain to learn martial arts from the Taoist master? I don't know if big brother and brother Yan are cold in the mountain... and second brother, third brother, and fourth brother go to the school all day long. I don't know if the charcoal fire in the school is warm..."
Looking worried.
Li Chunhua almost laughed out loud.
Such a little guy has so many things to worry about.
Li Chunhua was talking to Xingxing when Mrs. Wei came back.
She looked quite happy, holding a money bag in her hand and waving it around.
Li Chunhua asked curiously, "Mom, where did you go to make money?"
Mrs. Wei shook her purse with some pride, and the copper plates inside made a clanging sound.
"A Feng gave it to me." Mrs. Wei looked very comfortable. "After he came out of the casino and stopped working as a thug, he went back to his old business of collecting skins. Just in time for the winter, he made some money by reselling the skins. This is what he asked someone to bring to me. He said he was injured earlier and I spent a lot of money. This is to honor me."
The purse was neither big nor bulging. Mrs. Wei currently had a deposit of more than ten or twenty taels of silver in her account every month, and she didn't care much about this small amount of money.
But what she valued was Wei Feng's kindness.
A grown man with hands and feet who works hard and makes money in an honest way with his own hands is better than anything else.
Mrs. Wei threw the money bag into Li Chunhua's arms.
Li Chunhua was stunned for a moment: "Mom, what's going on?"
"When the snow stops in a few days, you can take some time to go to the county and buy two old hens to feed the boys." Mrs. Wei said, "Especially Huai, who has to follow the Taoist priest to practice martial arts and study these days, so he is very tired."
Li Chunhua responded repeatedly: "Mom, don't worry about my cooking skills. I will definitely make delicious food for the brothers when the time comes."
As they were talking in the room, someone knocked on the door. It was a guest.
Li Chunhua went to open the door. The person on the other side was a capable man who looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen him before.
The other person smiled and introduced himself, saying that he was a servant of the Fan family.
Li Chunhua suddenly realized.
She said he looked familiar because the young master of the Fan family, named Fan Xingru, had come to visit them last time.
There is such a servant.
The servant handed over an invitation with both hands.
Li Chunhua couldn't read. She took the note, flipped it left and right, and said in wonder, "What is this? It's quite new."
The servant explained, "This is the invitation from our young lady to Miss Xingxing. The snow has prompted the plum blossoms to bloom. Our young lady will hold a plum blossom viewing party at home in three days, so she asked me to deliver the invitation to Miss Xingxing."
"Three days later..." Li Chunhua hesitated, "Come in and have a seat, have a bowl of hot water - I have to ask my mother-in-law, I can't make the decision on this matter."
The servant agreed and followed Li Chunhua into the house.
Li Chunhua handed the post to Xingxing and told Mrs. Wei about the matter.
It was the first time Xingxing received this. She read it over and over again, very excited: "Xingxing knows this word! Xingxing also knows this one!"
"Please...what flowers..."
Although there are still many words she doesn't recognize, Xingxing is not discouraged at all!
She is so happy that she is finally no longer an illiterate little girl who can’t read or write!
Shuangyun was cheering on the side: "Wow, Miss, you are amazing! You know more words than me!"
Xingxing felt happy and a little shy when she was praised.
Mrs. Wei smiled and looked away from Xing Xing, and said to the servant who had delivered the letter, "...I'm just afraid it might snow by then."
The servant immediately smiled and said, "Don't worry, old lady. Our young lady said that as long as the snow is not too heavy, she will definitely send a carriage to pick up Miss Xingxing. Of course, if the snow is too heavy, the banquet will be cancelled... You don't have to worry too much. The young lady asked me to tell you that our young lady is inviting a few close friends to have a gathering at the mansion, some of whom Xingxing has met. When the banquet is over, our young lady will have someone send Xingxing back. You just don't have to worry."
Fan Pingfang's arrangements were very appropriate.
Maybe he also wanted to make up for the last time he took Xingxing out to play, which almost got her into danger.
This banquet is held at the Fan Mansion, so nothing can go wrong.
Mrs. Wei smiled and said, "Miss Fan has arranged it so well. If I continue to make excuses, it would be inhumane."
The servant saw that the job was done and was about to leave. Li Chunhua brought a bowl of hot yam and radish soup over and warmly invited him to drink it.
The servant was somewhat overwhelmed by the favor and kept declining.
Mrs. Wei also advised: "Young man, it's not easy for you to come all the way here to deliver a message. It's snowing outside. Drink something to warm yourself up."
The servant had no choice but to drink it.
After drinking it, he kept praising it for being delicious, and Li Chunhua was very happy.
When the messenger left the Yu family, he felt warm from head to toe, thinking to himself, no wonder the young ladies and masters like to be with the Yu family. It is so comfortable to be with such a sincere family.
On the day of the Plum Blossom Banquet, the weather was fine and it was a sunny winter day.
Just as Fan Pingfang had said before, the carriage to pick up Xingxing arrived early in the morning.
Someone in the carriage opened the curtain and Fan Xingru's head popped out.
His eyes lit up.
Xingxing has come out. The little girl is wrapped in a red cloak with a hood inlaid with rabbit fur. It was made specially for her by Bai Xiaofeng.
In the white and snowy environment all around, it looks warm and cute.
"Brother Fan!" Xingxing stretched out her little arms from under the tent and waved at Fan Xingru.
Fan Xingru's eyes lit up as he watched the little milk ball wrapped in a red cloak running towards him.
He got off the carriage immediately, without using a stool, and directly carried Xingxing into the carriage, urging her to get in: "It's cold outside, it's warmer in the carriage."
Xingxing responded obediently and got into the carriage.
When Mrs. Wei escorted Xingxing out, she felt relieved to see that Fan Xingru, the young master of the Fan family, had come to pick her up in person. She smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble you to take care of Xingxing."
"No trouble, no trouble." Fan Xingru said, "I really want to play with Xingxing more."
He waved to Mrs. Wei and jumped into the carriage in a casual manner: "Grandma Wei, I'm taking Xingxing to my home!"