jdhmnovel Chapter 148 Flower Appreciation Party
Chapter 148 Flower Appreciation Party
On the day of the flower viewing party, the generals’ families were invited to the Mu family to attend the party. Most of them were elders in the family who came with their younger children.
A space was cleared in the Mu family's backyard garden, where tables, chairs and snacks were placed. A screen separated the space in the middle, with men and women sitting separately. Mu Xingchen and his two brothers were kept by Shen and asked to be responsible for entertaining the male guests.
The weather was relatively cool in the morning, and the invited guests were led to the backyard garden. The younger ones who knew each other gathered in groups of three or four to appreciate the flowers in the garden, while the older ladies sat down to drink tea and chat.
Old Mrs. Ye and Mrs. Zhou brought the women in their family and found an empty seat with few people to sit down. There were five people in total from the two families. From the Ye family, Mrs. Chen and Zhao Li accompanied their mother-in-law, while Mrs. Zhou only brought Guoer.
Lin was pregnant, and Old Lady Ye was worried that she might get hurt again, so she didn't let her go out. Ye Qiulan and Liu stayed at home to take care of Daya and Zhao Cheng. The two children were at an age that even dogs would dislike, and they would be even more noisy when together. Zhao Gong and the children at home had to go to the study to study.
As soon as they sat down, Old Lady Ye smiled and praised the Mu family's garden, "Look at all the flowers in this garden, they are really beautiful."
I thought to myself: It’s just not as practical as the vegetable garden in my house. It’s beautiful but can’t be eaten. Look at the vegetable garden in my house. Not only can we eat it, but we can also sell it for money. No wonder it’s so easy to make money from city people. It turns out that they don’t grow vegetables at all. There is not a single edible vegetable in such a big garden. It’s such a waste of such a big place.
Zhou nodded repeatedly in agreement, "Yes, it's beautiful. Look at all these colorful things... I can't even name them."
"Which general's family are you?" A lady sitting at the same table turned around and looked at them and asked.
Most of the ladies here know each other. Even if they are not familiar with each other, at least they have met each other. Only Old Lady Ye and Mrs. Zhou are strangers. However, those who are invited by Mrs. Mu to appreciate the flowers are definitely not outsiders.
Old Mrs. Ye replied: "My son is General Ye."
"Oh, is that the young general who is favored by General Mu?" Although they had never seen this young general, they had heard a lot about him. It was said that he was conscripted, had some skills, and was good at farming.
Old Mrs. Ye smiled and nodded, then asked, "Who are you?"
"My old man is also a general..."
The women gathered together and quickly started chatting with each other. After they got to know each other, the topic naturally turned to their unmarried descendants. It would be a good thing if there was a suitable one to become in-laws.
When most of the guests had arrived, Shen brought her daughter-in-law and niece to the backyard.
"Mrs. Mu is here..."
Everyone looked towards Shen, who was smiling as she walked slowly. Her long hair was neatly tied into a bun behind her head, with only a jade hairpin to decorate it. She was wearing a light-colored gauze skirt, which made her look elegant and dignified.
But if you look closely from a closer distance, you will find that Shen has a lot of white hair on her head, which is cleverly hidden among the black hair and cannot be seen from a distance.
"Mrs. Mu looks so gentle." Zhao Li raised her eyes and met Shen's gentle smile, and couldn't help but sigh.
Zhou smiled and said angrily, "Is your mother not gentle anymore?"
Zhao Li quickly hugged her mother's arm and said, "Of course my mother is gentle. Both of my mothers are very gentle to me."
"Hahaha, look at our Li'er's little mouth, you are the only one who can speak!" Old Mrs. Ye was amused and laughed.
"Why do I think our Li'er looks a bit like Madam Mu? If I didn't know that Li'er is Aunt Zhou's daughter, I would have suspected whether you were Madam Mu's daughter." Chen looked at the two of them back and forth and said jokingly. She really felt that Zhao Li and Shen were a bit similar, especially when she saw Shen for the first time, the sense of familiarity was even stronger.
"Really?" Zhou showed a look of surprise, and her eyes involuntarily scanned back and forth between Shen and Zhao Li's faces. They seemed to be really alike, especially those eyes, almond-shaped eyes, which curved when they smiled. The only difference was that Li'er's eyes were more lively, while Mrs. Shen's eyes were as lifeless as a pool of stagnant water.
"Oh, don't say that," the lady sitting at the same table reminded quietly, "Mrs. Shen did have a daughter, but unfortunately she was killed by the emperor as soon as she was born."
"Ah? There is such a thing?"
"Oh my god, that child is so pitiful. Why would they sentence a newborn baby to death? The child is so young, what crime could she have committed?"
"Who says it's not? We don't know the details either. Maybe it's just a pretext used by the higher-ups to deal with General Mu."
"Alas, a child is a mother's life. Mrs. Shen's health can never be cured. It's probably because she misses the child and becomes depressed..."
Listening to the ladies who were familiar with the Shen family talking to each other, Zhao Li suddenly felt a little blocked in her heart. Although a child who died young is pitiful, isn't it even more pitiful for Madam Mu who misses her child every day?
Seeing this, Old Lady Ye patted her back. She knew Zhao Li was kind-hearted and must be upset to hear this, so she said, "Li'er, why don't you accompany Guo'er to the garden? Don't sit with us old ladies all the time. It's boring."
Zhao Guoer, who was bored, suddenly became lively. It seemed that Aunt Ye understood her. She had been unable to sit still for a long time.
Fortunately, she was very happy when my mother said she would take her to the flower viewing party. But it turned out that she was just going to a different place to listen to a bunch of old ladies chatting. It was not fun at all!
"Sister, let's go."
"Okay." Zhao Li stood up and said, "Mom, I'll take Guo'er over there."
Zhou nodded: "Well, go ahead."
After Shen greeted the guests at each table, she felt exhausted and went back to her room to rest. The task of greeting the female guests was left to Chu and Mu Qianning, her sister-in-law.
Seeing Shen leave with a pale face, Zhao Li felt an inexplicable pain in her heart, and followed unconsciously, "Madam Mu seems to be unwell, let's go see her."
Zhao Guoer looked at Shen's hurriedly leaving back, then turned back... "Sister, wait for me..."
The two sisters entered the inner courtyard one after the other.
"Isn't it inappropriate for us to enter someone else's yard like this?" Zhao Guoer followed Zhao Li's footsteps and asked in a low voice, looking left and right nervously, as if she was afraid that others would discover the two of them, like thieves.
"What's wrong with this? The Mu family has no servants. If Madam Mu is really unwell, she wouldn't even have anyone to serve her. We are doing this out of kindness to help take care of Madam Mu. If the Mu family knew about this, they would be grateful to us." Zhao Li explained as a matter of course.
Zhao Guoer: Although, she always felt something was wrong, but what her sister said made sense... Forget it, she should just listen to her sister.
Just as Shen returned to her room and sat down to rest, someone knocked on the door.
Everyone is in the garden at this time, who would come to her side? Shen looked towards the door in confusion, "Come in."
With a creaking sound,
The door of the room was pushed open from the outside, and a face that looked 70% similar to hers when she was young walked into the room.
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