Chapter 020 The Dinner Party

　　The little girl laughed and analyzed the relationship with her mother, "Mother, Grandmother doesn't like us, so what can you do even if you think of them in everything? If they don't like us, they don't like us, so can they like us if we let Sister Paeonia freeze? This will also let them know that we are not soft." 　　Song's and Gui's mother were both slightly stunned, and couldn't help but look at Xie Shuning with puzzled eyes, and said with a little bit of worry: "Ah Ban, where did you hear all this from?" 　　On the way here too, how could a child understand those words? It seemed that they had always been surrounded by people who had no clean mouths and loved to chew the cud. She couldn't help but be afraid, the other things are just, thousands of miles away from home these are not a big deal, but if her child was taught bad, was led astray, how can it be good? 　　Thinking about this, Song held Xie Shuning's chubby little hand and said, "A barbaric tell my mother, which one of these words taught you to say?" 　　"Mother ......," Xie Shuning looked at her expression, and then fearfully realized that she seemed to be a bit complacent, calling her mother suspicious, she hastily pretended not to have heard, "No one taught me, I thought of it myself. " 　　This, Song's self is not believe, see Xie Shuning a no matter what asked will not say look, she also had to put this aside, and then quietly instructed Gui mom to go to Xie Shuning side of the waiting people, are well knocked to check out a number of. Now in a foreign land, this is isolated, so I am afraid that the people under the hands of the most restless. So no matter what, the people around the two children must not have problems. 　　Song thought, slightly narrowing her eyes. 　　Xie Shuning, on the other hand, tugged on Song's sleeve and said, "Mother, didn't uncle praise Ah Ban for being a bright child in the past? Barbara can read faster and more than her brother, and she also reads books, and Barbara understands all the truths in the books." 　　When she said this, Song remembered and asked, "Are you reading any more books?" 　　Although Xie Shuning was not yet five years old, she was able to read shallow words, so she often pulled some old books out of her uncle Song Yanzhao's old study. Half-knowledge also do not know how many things to read, is really a headache. Song's see himself asked, she nodded her head, immediately understand, think she just those words are from which the city talk book to learn, the heart is slightly relieved. 　　"You really are!" Song's stretched out her finger to point her forehead, snapped, "Tomorrow, I'll have Qiangwei burn all those things you've hidden for warmth, and see if you're still talking nonsense!" 　　Xie Shuning laughed. 　　Song said, and also made up her mind, sending mama Gui to fetch money to send someone out to buy charcoal, and then instructed, "It's better to send someone to talk to the master first." 　　"Yes, slave girl knows." Mama Gui answered. 　　Xie Shuning sniffed, but hurriedly said, "Mother, you can't! If father knew, wouldn't he go directly to grandmother? Wouldn't grandmother think that you were the one stirring up trouble behind her back?" 　　Song was stunned, then her eyes glared and she said unhappily, "What have you been reading?" 　　"Okay, okay, Ah Barbara was wrong, mother is not angry ......" Xie Shuning laughed bitterly in her heart, her face hastily revealed a look of trepidation, and flung herself into Song's arms, pampering herself. 　　Only then did Song's face look better, murmuring, "What are the things in my brother's study, I really should seal them up." 　　Xie Shuning pretended not to hear, quietly resting her head on Song's shoulder, winking at Mama Gui, signaling her to go buy charcoal. 　　Mrs. Gui was also very interested, and looking at her lovely appearance, she pursed her lips and went out with a smile. 　　Only two people were left in the room, Xie Shuning pretended to be a child, only as if she was colorful clothes to entertain her relatives, teasing Song's laughter for a while, before being coaxed to take a nap. After waking up, looking at Song's needlework, she played with Xie Yiyi together in the side, but also nothing. Maybe it is the snow outside, a time three old lady and Chen's did not have the heart to immediately start on them. Xie Shuning's heart has never been put down, Chen's daughter Xie Shumin in her previous life, has always been a thorn in her heart. 　　Even after she grew up, Xie Shumin never took any advantage of her, but in the end, she felt a headache when she thought about it. 　　Chen should be pregnant with Xie Shumin only after the year, but now should not be anxious. 　　However, the time they went to the Longhouse to pay their respects was already earlier than she remembered, so who could be sure that Chen's pregnancy with Xie Shumin wouldn't be earlier? 　　She could only be careful. 　　When the lights went on, the group rushed towards the Third Elderly Mistress's Shou'an Hall. 　　Third old lady didn't like them, but the face that should be given still had to be given. After all, if even this face is not given to them, that is also not to their own face. Consistently good face of the three old lady and will not do this. So today's dust washing banquet will not be too embarrassing. 　　On the way, Xie Shuning routinely tugged at Xie Yuanmao to ask questions. With the appearance of a naïve child, it was sometimes convenient. 　　Song originally wanted to interrupt her, but for some reason, she just pretended not to see it. 　　Xie Yuanmao had no choice but to patiently chat with Xie Shuning. 　　Fortunately, as soon as she arrived at Shou'an Hall, the chatterbox-like Xie Shuning was silenced. 　　This is a family dinner for the third house of the Xie family, but Xie Yuanmao has been missing for many years, and was originally the son of the eldest house. Now the three old ladies have the intention to repair with the old lady of the long house, so specially also made people to invite a few of the long house to join the meal. But the long room old lady will not be easy to agree, only to say that the body is not feeling well, so that the first wife Wang's behalf of her to the feast. 　　So, tonight, the eldest couple, the second master, the seventh master and his wife, as well as by the way to invite some of the fourth master and his wife of the second house also came. 　　This is to give face to the elders, even if the heart is not willing to come. 　　However, the second lady Liang's temperament, the third master is far away in Yangzhou, the third lady today in front of Xie Yuanmao several people lost face since they do not dare to attend, these people did not appear. The other households have brought along their first-born young masters and young ladies. 　　At one time, a huge group of people looked very lively. 　　The male and female guests were seated separately, all of them were family, so there was no screen to separate them. 　　Not long after, the maids came in with food boxes, put up steaming dishes, and brought up warmed wine. The third old lady then opened the table. 　　The men began to eat and talk. 　　Chen's happy and humble demeanor, standing by the side of the Third Old Lady, serving her dishes. 　　Xie Shuning looked on with cold eyes, but was accustomed to this show and didn't feel anything, but it was Song who looked a little uncomfortable. 　　She noticed her mother's unusual behavior, but did not move, only waiting for the originally scheduled sugar porridge to come up. 　　Because Xie Yuanmao personally sent word, and Chunping personally came to ask, so the boiled sugar porridge quickly came up. 　　But Xie Shuning didn't touch it, and only put her hands on the bowl wall, and after waiting, she smiled and raised her voice and said: "Dad taught Barbara that children should be filial to their elders. Father also said that Kong Rong gave up his pear, so today Barbara is going to honor her grandmother with this favorite bowl of congee!"