Love Like The Galaxy.

Chapter 24

Two days later, the Cheng family feasted on the guests, and the whole house was decorated with lanterns and festoons.

Cheng's mother finally looked forward to the day when she was in the limelight. She woke up early in the morning and ate three bowls of wheat and rice before putting down her toothpaste. She sat high at the top of the Cixin Hall and waited for the guests to greet her. Cheng Shi led his brothers and sons to the main entrance to welcome guests, while Mrs. Xiao and Mrs. Sang were busy in the inner house.

Shaoshang dressed up like Cheng Cha did today. The three-wrap brocade with red woven ganoderma lucidum pattern was interlaced, and the snow-colored lining was very bright. Mrs. Xiao has no problem with aesthetics, but there is a problem. It's her mood now.

Cheng Cha has big eyes, round face, healthy complexion, and is considered to be dignified and beautiful, but it is a pity that even though Shao Shang has not grown up yet, her complexion is fair and beautiful, and her bright eyes are good-looking, making Cheng Cha Ying like a village girl.

Sang Shi smiled with the spring breeze on her face, and deliberately glanced at Mrs. Xiao. Mrs. Xiao glared at her, thinking it was funny again.

Cheng's mother was wearing something like a big red lantern today. She was covered in gold and silver, shining brightly. The thick red-gold fire stick really reappeared in the rivers and lakes. After Shao Shang looked at Cheng Mu's brain, he found that it seemed to be thick again. She leaned into Cheng Cha's ear and said softly, "Did the eldest mother hit the golden shawl hard?"

Cheng Cha smiled bitterly: "You see it? The eldest mother has added two taels of red gold."

Shao Shang Deliberately teasing her: "You are the eldest mother's good granddaughter, so you didn't persuade her? Wouldn't that make you laugh."

Cheng Cha was terrified: "How dare I!"

"You can ask your mother to persuade the eldest mother." Shao Shang smiled wickedly.

Cheng Cha was speechless, she just didn't respond well, and she wasn't stupid.

The two sisters were biting their ears, and the guests had come one after another. The first to come was naturally General Wan and his wife.

General Wan, by the name of Wan Songbai, was five or six years older than Cheng Shi, and he was five or six inches shorter, but he had a dignified appearance and looked forward to looking forward, and he seemed to have recovered from his foot disease. Shao Shangguan wears a golden purple crown on his head and a red gold belt on his waist. He has a general belly.

In contrast, Mrs. Wan didn't have such a strong sense of existence, her face was a little older than her husband, and she sat quietly and smiled when she greeted Mother Cheng.

After the greeting, Mother Cheng greeted General Wan's mother happily. General Wan replied, "A while ago, my mother had a cold, and Qiqi also contracted it. The doctor said that it will be fine after two days. My family will hold a banquet in a few days, and I would like to invite your boss to come."

Cheng's mother looked on. Dignified and reserved nodded in agreement.

According to eldest brother Cheng Yong's popular science, the Wan family in Sui County is also a legendary family, that is, the family of the family will always be passed down to the N generation, no matter how many concubines they take, no matter how many gods they worship, it is easy to become extinct if one is not careful. The most amazing thing is that even the once prosperous side branch once succeeded the main branch, the branches and leaves will wither within two generations, and in the end, they can only suffer and raise their only son.

Father Cheng once gave Brother Jieyi a bad idea, saying that the feng shui of the ancestral tomb of the Wan family was not right, so General Wan rebuilt the ancestral tomb a few years ago, but it has not had any effect so far. They were all broken; Big Brother Wan, who hated, smashed Brother Cheng hard.

But apart from the question of Zixi, the rest of the Wan family is safe. Although it is only a prominent local family, Caibo Manor has grown from generation to generation, and its reputation has never fallen. When it came to Wan Songbai's father's generation, he actually joined the martial arts in a timely manner, and raised a group of capable ministries. Perished in troubled times, but also jumped out of the local pattern and fought to the emperor.

General Wan's current situation is that he has the rank of Fenghou (marquis), the rank of 2,000 stone, and the official residence of Xujun County (soon to take office), he is a rich, powerful, virtuous wife, beautiful concubine, and an experienced and wise old mother. , only one son is missing.

...or a few.

Shao Shang said: I am Foz sad.

After Wan Songbai and Cheng's mother finished chatting, they turned to look at the youngest daughter who had been boasted 108 times by his brother-in-law. Because Shao Shang always sat down with his head bowed, in fact he generously took off a dazzling dagger hanging from his waist without even seeing his face and handed it over.

Shaoshang raised his hands over his shoulders and respectfully took the gift. At a glance, he immediately said 'My darling'!

The dagger blade is made of stainless steel, which is clearly visible to people. The hilt and scabbard are made of intricately carved gold, and are inlaid with all kinds of gems and jade - it is really 'encrusted'! It is almost impossible for a young merchant to hold the hilt of the dagger, especially the finger-sized rubies and emeralds. There are several embedded in the middle of the two sides of the scabbard! Obviously, although General Wan is a son of a serious family, he is very aesthetically explosive. However, she loves it so much!

Shao Shang smiled so hard that he could not see his teeth, not only did he express his thanks, but he also raised his head and gave Uncle Wan a sunny smile, which almost dazzled the eyes of old Uncle Wan's titanium alloy nobles. He thought that the dagger was quite worth it. , Glancing at Madam Xiao's sinking face again, he suddenly felt that this dagger was too valuable!

Wan Cheng and his family have been friends for decades, and General Wan and Mrs. Xiao actually acknowledged each other's bright spots, but they didn't agree with each other, and they didn't like each other. Mrs. Xiao disliked Wan Songbai's extravagance, greed for wine and lust, and Wan Songbai was dissatisfied with Mrs. Xiao's behavior of being bigger than her husband. For decades, he was not allowed to take Cheng Shi to 'play'. Cheng Shi never admits it)!

Mrs. Xiao was able to restrain herself at last, but General Wan had the opportunity to add blockage to Mrs. Xiao even if she woke up at night, but if there was no chance to create opportunities for Mrs. Xiao to block it, she had to add more! In a word, seeing you unhappy makes me happy.

Wan Songbai and Cheng Shihao wished they couldn't wear a pair of trousers. He already knew about the family affairs of the Cheng family. It was rare to catch Mrs. Xiao's sore spot without slamming the knife hard!

"Curly, my two families are the best of the family, and your father and I are even close friends. If you are wronged in the future, come to me! Uncle will definitely decide for you!

" Every little star is a bad heart, and the meaning in the words can't be more explicit.

Finally, Father Cheng knew that there was absolutely nothing good for this sworn brother and Mrs. Xiao to meet together, so he quickly called Cheng Yong over and dragged the person away, under the pretext that he would help greet the guests. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Mrs. Wan hurriedly went to joke with Xiao Sang and his wife.

The guests who came later basically followed this step. The female guests left to chat, the male guests ran to the outer hall, and if there was an old woman, they would sit beside Cheng's mother. Cheng Cha and Shaoshang sat on their knees, always acting as mascots, laughing at everyone, bowing down, and accepting comments from their elders with a shy expression. Living.

When guests came, most of them were confused by their faces and names, Shaoshang, but one of them, Mrs. Yin, left a deep impression on her.

She was accompanied by many servant girls, dressed in gorgeous clothes, and the congratulations were especially precious, which made Mother Cheng elated. After a brief discussion, Shaoshang understood that this was a guest invited by Mrs. Wan, and the Cheng Yin family had no friendship before.

It turns out that although Mrs. Yin and Mrs. Wan seem to be many years apart, they are little sisters who have been close to each other since childhood. After they got married, they encountered chaos in the world. The two were separated for many years and never saw each other. Mrs. Xiao has long sleeves and is good at dancing. Mrs. Sang's words are interesting.

After an hour had passed, Shaoshang and Cheng Cha could hardly stand upright. Finally, seeing that there were more and more little girls coming to be guests, Mrs. Sang kindly asked them to lead them to the side hall for desserts with buttermilk. The remaining old, middle-aged and young women can also talk about adult topics.

When he arrived at the side hall, Shao Shang honestly and unceremoniously handed over the responsibility of the master to Cheng Cha, and asked her to entertain guests and talk politely, and also revealed the results of Mrs. Xiao's training for many days. She herself dragged a lacquered wooden stile and moved it to the corner to sit. The lotus room smartly served food and drink, and then led the other two maids to kneel and sit beside her, half blocking her. Shao Shang smiled and nodded, indicating his compliment.

In fact, if there is a theme for this Cheng family banquet, it must be 'farewell to yesterday and welcome the future'. Because today, with exceptions such as the Wan Yin family, most of the guests... how should I put it, the family, the official position, and the level are not very high.

If we use numbers to indicate: Cheng's family was born in Weihan, and he was born later in the dragon. He originally belonged to a fourth-class family in this capital, but after ten years of hard work by Cheng Shi and his wife, they have now risen to a third-class family on the bright side, waiting for Cheng Shi to complete it soon Mission, come back to be granted a new official rank and official position, it should be raised to 2.5 and so on. As for whether it can climb to the second-class family or fall in the future, it is unknown.

Moreover, these guests in front of them are still 'matched' to the previous Cheng family, or even worse.

If they had been friends with Cheng Shi and his wife, maybe they could still have an old friendship now, but unfortunately they have been in daily contact with Mother Cheng and Ge Shi in the past ten years. Therefore, Cheng Shi and Mrs. Xiao's attitude towards hospitality today are obviously not intimate enough, warm and appropriate, and they also have a kind of kindness from top to bottom.

For example, the dozen or so little girls in red and green in front of them, although they tried their best to put on smiling faces, were obviously resentful towards Cheng Shaoshang. They saw that Shao Shang was dressed in elegant and noble clothes today, surrounded by servants, and his expression was calm and generous, which was completely different from the shrinking or arrogant appearance in front of Ge Shi in the past, and they were all dissatisfied. But they remembered the family's instructions, and they had to hold back no matter what, and could not make rude words to Shaoshang.

- Shaoshang is very happy. I just like the way you look at me but do nothing to me.

But it was a teenage girl. After Cheng Cha's warm reception and everyone laughed for a while, someone finally couldn't help it. One of the girls with a diamond-shaped face deliberately said: "...I don't even dare to recognize Shaoshang today, what's the difference?"

Shaoshang didn't even move his eyebrows: "That's natural. These days I'm four inches taller. "The

other girl in green bit her lip: "It's not that! It's that you talk and act differently!"

Shao Shang said lightly: "I used to behave badly, and I have been reprimanded by my parents. Now Naturally, it has been corrected."

——Afterwards, several people tried to pick on the words, but they all told Shao Shang to make a fortune.

Her answer was polite and distant, and the girls couldn't pick out a single fault, just like being stabbed on a wet cowhide, slippery, soft, and invulnerable. The girls became more and more unhappy, and finally the girl with the diamond-shaped face at the beginning took courage and said loudly: "Cheng Shaoshang, don't pretend, we don't know who you are. I asked us to make friends with you before, but I don't know if there is anything. How respectful, I'll be putting on airs now! You still remember that not long ago, when you said bad words in Merlin and beat him..."

Her voice became lower and lower, and she didn't dare to speak anymore, because Shao Shang was looking at her coldly .

Shaoshang straightened his back and said indifferently: "Cousin, you have to testify for me. I didn't say anything rude today, I didn't say a word of inappropriate words, I started over again with sincerity, but some people grabbed hold of me. I didn't want to let it go in the past." Time has changed, and today's Cheng Shaoshang is no longer the original Cheng Shaoshang, and these brainless girls still don't understand the situation.

Cheng Cha was also very angry, and said coldly, "You sisters love to talk about the past, why don't you talk about my mother. My sister used to be raised by my mother.

" Even if she wants to do it, she should do it, not an innocent cousin. After the book scandal, she knew that she could no longer hide under her aunt's sleeves and be a child, and it was time to hold her chest up and take responsibility.

As soon as these words came out, the girls were silent, and the girl who was thorny was even paler. Shao Shang looked at Cheng Cha with admiration.

Everyone was embarrassed, and the room was silent for a while.

Suddenly, there was a burst of exclamations and noises from women in the main hall next door. A little girl sitting near the curtain seemed to hear something, and said in surprise: "...Ah, it seems, it seems that Young Master Shanjian is here!" The

girls were all face to face She was so happy that she took the opportunity to break the awkward atmosphere at this time, and they all rushed to the door curtain to take a peek.

Shaoshang was impatient, and forced a smile at Cheng Cha and the few girls who hadn't squeezed in to see it, and said lightly, "I feel a little uncomfortable, so I'll retire first, and ask the sisters to forgive me. Sister, how tired you are."

After speaking, she saluted in groups, then turned to leave, and the lotus house hurriedly followed.

——Cheng Chasu is kind and gentle, and has no old grudges with everyone. After she leaves, everyone will take a step back and they will be able to live in harmony again.

As long as she's not there.