Chapter 722: Drinking

Because it was a family banquet for Cao's mansion, the man's banquet was set up in the flower hall in the front yard.

Cao Yin had already returned from the yamen, changed into regular clothes, and talked to his son-in-law and niece. Cao Song changed classes with his colleagues, and Cao Fu also came down from school.

The one on this side was Zhang Da round table. Cao Yin originally asked the Prince Ping to sit on the seat. After giving up, he sat down in the middle in the south. On the left were Nersu, Seshtu, Cao Yong, and on the right were Sun Jue, Cao Song, and Cao Feng.

Sun Jueyuan was still worried that he would live under Seshtu, and was afraid that he would not be able to get along with it. Even among the three sons-in-law of the Cao family, he was the lowest in his status, but he was the cousin of the Cao family, and his wife ranked first among the cousins.

This ranking made him only lower than Nersu, and how could he be dissatisfied with Seshtu?

However, when Sun Jue looked at Cao Yong whispering with Seshtu, he felt annoyed.

Looking across from the other side, all three of them were considered as the eldest wife, but they were from the second wife with two brothers-in-law.

Having him placed above Seshtu, did he treat him as a guest and not as an outsider? He was suspicious and looked at that with a smile, and looked at this one, and was very upset.

If he was like Cao Yong, he would become a third-grade Jingtang, who would dare to underestimate him?

Cao Yin was only happy. The son-in-law was half a son. Whether it was Prince Ping, Neersu, Seshtu and Sun Jue, they all looked like sons in his eyes. They did not get apart because this was a son-in-law, the one who was a son-in-law, and the niece son-in-law, and the son-in-law.

It’s just that Nersu and Seshtu were born in the royal family and had a noble status, so they were not as intimate as ordinary father-in-law and son-in-law.

When Cao Yong saw his father happy, he was also happy.

In the cold weather, the whole family sat together, ate a steaming pot and drank a small wine, so leisurely and comfortable.

For a moment, the mat is ready and the wine is hot.

Cao Yong wanted to put the cup, but Nersu smiled and asked the wine pot to go over, saying, "Brother Yong is too far away, so I'll do it."

He stood up, first put Cao Yin on, and then followed Sun Jue's direction, and all the way upside down. Only Cao Yin sat down, and everyone else stood holding the cup.

Seeing that everyone was following the rules and was not comfortable pouring wine like this, Cao Yong made two more pots of wine to bring. He smiled and said to Nersu: "My brother-in-law is only responsible for the wine cups of his father and himself." At this point, he said to Cao Song: "My second brother-in-law is responsible for pouring wine for his eldest brother-in-law, and I will pour it for your third brother-in-law. Xiaowu is still young, so I can only drink one cup today, so don't be greedy for the cup."

Nersu and Cao Song agreed, and Seshtu said, "Brother, should I just take a cup?"

Cao Yong waved his hand with a smile and said, "No, brother-in-law, it's rare for you to come and have a drink. If someone asks someone to drink, my father will say I'm so proud."

Cao Feng was beside him and whispered to Cao Song: "Second brother, my brother has a good alcohol tolerance. Last month, I had a happy event at my classmate's house and I didn't get drunk even after drinking half a pot."

Upon hearing this, Cao Song glanced at him and whispered: "Is this worth showing off? Tell me in front of my uncle?"

Cao Feng heard this and then became more honest.

Cao Yong sat between Cao Fu and Seshtu, and Cao Fu's complaints were not written down.

"It's rare that everyone is happy. Since Xiao Wu wants to drink, just drink two more glasses. But you are still young, so don't be greedy." Cao Yong patted his cousin's shoulder and said.

I have to say that among the male members of Cao Yong, Cao Fu was the best. He had a baby face and his eyebrows were full of elegance, which was more handsome than Cao Yong's cousin.

After hearing Cao Yong's words, he immediately smiled and nodded...

Inner courtyard, orchid courtyard.

Tianyou, Hang Seng has returned from school, and even the brothers Niu Niu, Zuo Cheng and Zuo Zhu were called by Li. According to Li's original intention, they were originally going to call Tian and Lianqiu sisters, but they knew that it was a banquet for the Cao family, and several aunts came back, so they came to celebrate their birthday early, celebrated the birthday ceremony, and then went back to their respective yards.

Seeing that they were like this, Li asked someone to buy two tables of tables and deliver them to them, but the children stayed at the upper room.

In addition to the family, and the Fumin brought by Cao Ying and Cao Jia, there were about ten children. Niu Niu and Dan'er, two older sisters, and Wu'er sat on the floor table. Tianhui was unlucky, so Chu Yu was taken by her side. Changsheng was still young, so she was taken by her nurse to the east room to coax her to sleep. The other five followed Li and Zhao Jia's kang.

They are all their own family members, and everyone talks enthusiastically.

Even Zhao Jia, who was a little depressed, did not dare to show it on his face because he was afraid of Cao Jia. He even talked to Li in a casual manner.

Li sat in the middle, looked at the children who had sat around, then looked at the table on the ground, and smiled and said to Zhao Jia, "Recalling that the eldest girl was married, it was like yesterday, and more than ten years passed in a flash. At that time, I thought that the brothers and sisters of Yonger could accomplish great things, but in a blink of an eye, the grandchildren all went to school."

Zhao Jia looked at Tianyou on the right side of Li’s desk, and sat upright as if he was a little adult. However, he only had Tianhu, a grandson, and was born by a girl. The eldest wife had the kindness of raising the concubine daughter of the second wife. Even if Cao Yi was a little biased, he could only complain behind his back, and he dared not say it in person; the girl who came out of her belly also learned to be arrogant and treat her, her mother slowly.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jia couldn't help feeling wronged, picked up the wine glass in front of her and drank it in one sip.

Seeing that she was drinking hard, Li hurriedly said, "Drink slowly, eat a few sips of vegetables first, you will get drunk if you drink urgently."

Zhao Jia glanced at the corner of her mouth and said, "This wine is sweet, how can it be intoxicating?" As she spoke, she reached out to fill herself with her, raised the wine cup, and said to Li, "My sister-in-law's birthday, I wish her a glass of sister-in-law."

My daughter and niece are all back, and my son and daughter-in-law are filial, and Li is really happy. Seeing Zhao Jia toasting, she also raised her glass with a smile and made a cup of tea.

Seeing the two elders drinking on the kang table, Cao Jia also became interested and said to everyone with a smile: "Let's have two cups too. It's cold, and it's good to be warm and warm." Speaking of this, I remembered that Chu Yu was still in the filial piety and said: "Junior and sister can use tea instead of wine."

After hearing this, Cao Ying felt a little bit like this: "Second sister, I can't drink this."

Cao Jia smiled and shook his head, saying, "Who are you lying to the big sister? Before the big sister left the house in the early years, she also had some alcohol tolerance in the Jizhu Club. Think about it, when we were throwing sex, some of the ladies who lost were playing piano and some who wrote poetry, only the big sister and the second girl of Jiang were not with everyone. The big sister was unwilling to show off in front of others, and if she lost sex, she was willing to be fined; the second girl of Jiang was also a clever person, and if she lost, she would voluntarily fine it for everyone's next banquet."

I didn't think of these old things before, but now when I mentioned them, the older sisters of the Cao family are all nostalgic.

Even Chuyu and Jinghui both felt a little envious. Both of them grew up in the village of Beijing, and started to learn rules since they were sensible. Where did they have a life to call friends?

It was Cao Jia who recovered from his senses first, looked at Cao Ying, and said, "We were all in our prime back then, but now we are mostly wives and mothers. The eldest sister became the chief grandmother who could not drink, Miss Jiang Er became a widow with millions of property, Miss Cui Fucheng became a slave to the official sale, and Miss Wei died of illness at a young age. Things are really impermanent. When everyone was making trouble together, who would have thought of this?" In the end, he was already a little sad.

"The second sister is a noble prince, Fujin, and she is also loving to the prince. My sister is envious of the second sister. The second sister should be content, and people should not be too greedy." Cao Ying looked at the wine cup and said softly, as if she was talking to Cao Jia, and as if she was comforting herself, but her eyes were red involuntarily.

"I just changed my house. I have many rules and I am tightly hindered in my words and actions. I can't make any mistakes. If I have anything to do, I'll just say that going back to my parents' home is not as comfortable as my elder sister and my third sister." Cao Jia felt sour when she thought of her father's gray hair.

Seeing that they were sad, Cao Yi and Chu Yu were both busy exhorting them.

The fourth sister sat down at Jinghui's head. Seeing that both sisters were losing their joy, she pulled Jinghui's sleeves and asked in a low voice: "Second sister, why did the eldest sister cry? Did she be beaten?"

Jinghui was listening to her sisters' words carefully, but she didn't listen to them seriously. She bent down and asked, "What did the Fourth Girl say?"

The fourth sister hesitated for a moment, lay down in Jinghui's ear, and replied in a low voice: "Just just saw that the eldest sister's wrist was blue... Just like Xiaoyan's body, Xiaoyan's one was pinched by her mother..."

Jinghui felt a little shocked when she heard this, and her expression showed a little astonishment.

Cao Jia just came over and saw the fourth sister-in-law with a tense face like an adult, and couldn't help laughing and asked, "Look at these sister-in-law and sister-in-law, we bite our ears on our backs. Fourth sister, what are you saying? Look at it and scared your sister-in-law?"

As Cao Jia said, everyone looked at the fourth sister.

Sier was a little afraid of this sister of Fojin because of her unfamiliarity. She grabbed Jinghui's sleeves and dared not reply.

Regardless of whether what Sijie said is true or false, it is not suitable for this occasion to reveal it.

Jinghui squeezed out a little smile and said, "The fourth sister wants to go to change clothes, so she calls her to take her. The sisters have a drink first, and the sister will come back later." As she spoke, she stood up and pulled the fourth sister out first.

Cao Jia thought that the fourth sister was just talking about something, so she asked more questions. Seeing Jinghui concealing her, she couldn't help but feel suspicious.

Although the fourth sister lowered the volume just now, because Cao Yi was sitting next to Jinghui, she heard it roughly.

At this moment, Cao Yi had already secretly glanced at Cao Ying several times. He just looked at her wrong, and his face was much more powdery than usual. After looking carefully, he could tell that her eyes were slightly swollen.

Cao Yi was really shocked and annoyed, but she was bigger than Jinghui and didn't show her face. Seeing Jinghui taking her fourth sister out, she also stood up and said to Cao Jia and others with a smile: "Sister and sister-in-law have a drink first, so it's more convenient for me."

After leaving the room, Cao Yi walked to the corridor and saw that Jinghui and the fourth sister were not in the yard. She whispered to the little maid standing at the door and said, "Where is the second grandma?"

The little maid pointed to the east room and said, "My second grandma and the fourth girl went to the east room. She called hot water."

Cao Yi nodded, turned around and moved to the east room, and saw Jinghui lowering her body and asking the fourth sister.

"Brother and sister?" Cao Yi entered the room and whispered: "Is what the fourth sister said true?"

Jinghui didn't expect someone to come, and she was frightened, her face lost its blood. She looked at Cao Yi, stroked her chest, and said, "Sister Three, it's not easy to reveal it in front of the two wives. The third sister knows our wife's temper. If she knows that the eldest sister is really wronged, she will be fussed immediately."

When Cao Yi heard this, he couldn't help frowning and said, "You can't just bear it. The eldest sister has the most temper. Even if she suffers grievances, she can only endure it yourself. If you don't care about it, it's really pitiful."

Seeing Cao Yi misunderstood, Jinghui said hurriedly: "Three sisters, my sister doesn't mean that. My sister thought about using the meal later, and then reported it to her sister and sister-in-law with her two wives on her back. Even if she really suffers grievances, she will not be willing to reveal it in front of her elders and children."

Cao Yi just remembered her original situation and lost her calmness for a moment. Hearing Jinghui's words, her emotions gradually stabilized. She glanced at Jinghui and said, "Yes, it's still my brother and sister who thinks it carefully..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of dishes falling to the ground from the west room, followed by the cry of the child.

After hearing this, Cao Yi and Jinghui walked quickly, walked through the central hall and came to the west room.

Before I could wait for the west room, I heard Zhao Jia's sharp scolding: "Little hoof that was so dark, have you forgotten that you came out of my stomach?"

The curtain was opened, and the maids and mothers came out with their children.

The one who cried was Fumin, and he was carried out by a nanny from the royal family.

Seeing these ten children and couldn't go out to wait during the cold weather, Cao Yi turned around and whispered to Jinghui: "I'm sorry to take the children to the east room to rest."

"I can't control others climbing high branches. After all, it's not from my stomach, but it's a layer of belly. Have you forgotten which one of you is your own mother?" Zhao Jia was still cursing.

Jinghui is the daughter-in-law, and when her mother-in-law has an attack, she can only hide. After hearing Cao Yi's words, she responded quickly and took the children to the east room to take refuge.

The words that climbed the high branch just now made me scold myself. Cao Yi sneered in his heart, opened the curtain, and entered the house.

Zhao Jia had already got off the kang, grabbed Cao Ying's arm, and cursed: "You are still thinking that your niece is full moon, and your nephew is 'catching Zhou', you don't even give me any decent gifts. I am your biological mother, and I can't bear to pick you. In front of your brothers and sister-in-law, I still talk to you for nothing, saying that my son-in-law has a low grade and a low salary. I really have a ungrateful wolf. In your eyes, there is no widow!" After that, my eyes were red, and I stretched out my palm and threw it hard on Cao Ying's face.

With a "bang", Cao Ying had a slap on his face.

When Li saw Zhao Jia drunk and persuaded her in the narrator, she didn't expect her to take action. It was too late to stop her.

"Mrs. Second wife is drunk, sit down and drink a cup of tea first, sober up." Cao Jia was unhappy when she saw Zhao Jia getting mad and disturbing her mother's birthday party. She held back her anger and said lightly: "The eldest sister is the most honest. The second wife said this, and the eldest sister should feel uncomfortable."

After Zhao Jia beat her daughter, she was also stunned. After hearing what Cao Jia said, she became more annoyed and sneered: "Is Master Fujin teaching me a lesson? Could it be the rule in the royal palace that this niece can teach my aunt a lesson?"

Cao Jia was speechless when he was choked. Li took Zhao Jia to the side of the kang and said, "My brother and sister, okay, don't be upset. The children are rarely back once. After scolding and beating, aren't they the ones who regretted being mothers?" At this point, he said to Chu Yu, "Pour a cup of strong tea and sober up your second aunt."

Chu Yu responded, turned around and wanted to pour tea, and then Zhao Jia said, "I can't afford to be the princess's tea, don't discount my life."

Seeing that she had a daughter and niece, even Chu Yu was about to have an attack, Li couldn't help but be upset and said, "Since the younger brother and sister don't eat tea, then call someone to take her back and have a good rest."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Jia suddenly got up from the kang, stared at Li and said, "Sister-in-law is chasing me?"

"I see my brother and sister are drunk and have to take a break." Li said without answering her words.
To be continued...