Chapter 33: Falling into the water

Mrs. Zhuang’s birthday arrived in no time.
On this day, the Zou Mansion was decorated with lights and festoons.
Even Xi Fuwei, who was originally unintentionally decorated, was carefully groomed after Fu Chuoxian and Yao Zhuosu's repeated requests.
It's just that she did what Fu Chuoxian wanted, but Fu Chuoxian's face was not happy: "I heard that two unexpected guests will come over today."
Xi Fuwei did not speak, but Yao Zhuosu asked curiously: "Who?"
"It's the young lady of Dingguo Gongfu, and the pearl in the hands of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry." Fu Chuoxian was full of misfortune. "He said that he happened to be passing by. I heard that there was a banquet in the mansion. eat."
"Why are these two nobles here?" The Yao family next to him was helping to pack the opened makeup box, and asked casually, "Should this kind of ladies be in the backyard of Yingtian Mansion?"
Fu Chuoxian said: "Who knows? But they all took the initiative to say so, where could the Zou Mansion refuse? Not only can't refuse, the old lady and the lady have to confess crimes with others, so they have to greet them intently and intently. With these two, you must neglect the guests beside you."
He pursed his mouth and said, "It's really strange too! It's really strange that a lady of this kind lacks the opportunity to meet the scene? Especially at the moment without the company of her father and brother, she ran to Zou Mansion to be a guest inexplicably. ...How weird how to think."
"It's fine if you talk about it before us." Yao Shi has always been reticent, but at this moment he also glanced at her and warned, "You can't say it in front of other people, or let the two noble ladies know. There will be disturbances."
"This is natural." Fu Chuoxian tried to conceal the loss in his heart, and smiled reluctantly, "I just think it's weird, there is no other meaning."
Xi Fuwei hasn't spoken all the time, but she seems to be smiling when she hears this. It's strange that you don't mean anything else. Don't say how talented Miss Xu Jia and Miss Song Jia are. They only appeared in Zou's birthday. At the banquet, from the host to the other guests, how can they not be surrounded by everyone?
So, how many people are still thinking about paying attention to Fu Chuoxian!
These two days of careful dressing, relying on the plan to show off with piano skills, almost all will die!
Just think about it and you know how frustrated Fu Chuoxian is right now!
"It's almost time, let's go." These Yaos also know it, but naturally they won't say it at this moment. They just nodded, looked at the putty powder in front of them, and said, "I won't go to the survivors like me, lest they Bad luck to the birthday banquet."
Although Fu Chuoxian and Yao Zhuosu were a little nervous, they both got up calmly.
Only Xi Fuwei took a deep breath and tried to calm down before she stood up: "Aunt Yao said, let's go to the lady's place! Later, the lady will also go to the old lady's place."
They were all recruited by Mrs. Shang after personally assessing them. On such an occasion today, they should naturally follow Mrs. Shang.
"Today is not only your grandmother's birthday, but also the nobles from Yingtian Mansion." When the three girls came to the back hall together, Mrs. Shang was telling Zou Yiang, "You are not usually naughty, Jiner On such an occasion, if you do something bad, it is not a question of whether your mother can beat you or not, but a question that the Zou family can't protect you!"
Zou Yiang's long eyelashes flickered, and he nodded very obediently: "Mother, don't worry! Is a child the kind of person who doesn't know the importance of it? I will do well today, and I will earn enough face for you, father and grandmother!"
Mrs. Shang didn't have any hope of earning face from this son, she said with a cold face: "You don't let us be embarrassed, we are grateful!"
As he was talking, seeing the three Xi Fuwei coming in, he calmed down his expression, stretched out his hand and said, "Sit down and talk!"
It didn't take long to sit down, but after a little greeting, Mrs. Shang said it was time to greet the old lady.
So together, Mrs. Shang's mother and son arrived at Fengci Tang where the old lady lived. Zou Qiongruo and several girls were already here, and they were chatting around the old lady.
Seeing Mrs. Shang and others coming over, she hurriedly spread out to meet her.
After the salute, the old lady asked everyone to sit down and asked Mrs. Shang a few words about the preparations for the birthday banquet, and then kindly exchanged a few words with Xi Fuwei and the three people, and watched the grandchildren play around.
Xi Fuwei noticed that Mrs. Zhuang didn't seem to be very interested.
Mrs. Shang is similar, neither the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law have any festive meaning, and there is even a sense of worry between the eyebrows.
But this is not surprising. The Zou family has no friendship with Dingguo Gongfu or Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry. Now that Mrs. Zhuang is on her birthday, the young ladies of these two families are going to come to visit. How can we not make people think too much?
"Sister Shen, Sister Yao." This atmosphere did not last long. With the arrival of the guests, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law soon changed into an enthusiastic greeting.
And Xi Fuwei and the three were gradually squeezed to the back. Seeing this, Fu Chuoxian's eyes flashed, and he proposed, "There are so many people here, we don't know each other, why don't we go out and get some air?"
Yao Zhuosu’s former family should be inferior to that of the Fu family and the Xi family. The first time I saw this battle, he was a little bit stage fright. He almost followed Fu Chuoxian and Xi Fuwei at the same pace. Seeing that they picked up the tea bowl, they also picked it up. Seeing them put down and put them down, they were struggling to imitate, and nodded without expectation: "Okay!"
Xi Fuwei knew that Fu Chuoxian said this only because most of the guests here were talking to Mrs. Zhuang and Mrs. Shang. The younger ones would rather be funny with Zou Qiongruo, knowing that the three of them are just women. Sir, at most a faint hello, there is no meaning to talk at all. It's useless to stay consciously, so I might as well go out and try my luck.
After all, according to the rules of the Zou Mansion, the front yard and the back yard are usually separated from each other.
But today, for the sake of excitement, the men in the front yard cannot come to the back yard casually, but the garden can be accessed regardless of the front yard or the back yard.
"Alright." Although she saw Fu Chuoxian's plan, Xi Fuwei also went along with the boat: Now the two nobles have not arrived yet, but they are probably about the same. Although Shen Pilan hinted that she was not allowed to evade, she didn't say anything. I have to wait here all the time!
As long as she meets these two people, it doesn't count as her disobedience... Regardless of whether Chen Qianlan thinks that way, Xi Fuwei thinks that way anyway.
So the three of them went out together. After going out, Fu Chuoxian proposed to go to the garden: "The guests are coming to the old lady at this moment, let's not run into the distinguished guests. It is better to go to the garden and pick a quiet corner. Sit down and talk?"
Yao Zhuosu and Xi Fuwei did not object, so it was so decided.
However, after arriving in the garden, Fu Chuoxian was a little embarrassed because the garden was very sluggish this season, and although charcoal pots were placed every other way in the garden, there was no indoor warmth under the roar of the north wind.
So looking around at this moment, there was no sign of anyone other than those who served the charcoal fire.
Not to mention Fu Chuoxian's wishful Langjun candidate.
"It's weirdly cold outside. Let's find a place where we can hide from the wind?" Yao Zhuosu suggested when he saw it, "Otherwise, it would be silly to walk around here."
Fu Chuoxian turned a little red on her face and said, "Okay."
Although the three of them have been to Zou Mansion for some time, they haven't visited the garden yet. After walking a small circle, they asked their servants and found a small restaurant built on a rockery.
Xu is because of the birthday banquet today. This Xiaoxuan does not look like people usually come, but at the moment it is also cleaned, and the charcoal basin is ordered. There are also incense burners, spices, and compotes on the small table. .
When Fu Chuoxian saw this, he lit the incense burner and shared the candied fruit among Yao Zhuosu and Xi Fuwei, also called Hongzhilusha and Huangsu.
Huang Su is the maid assigned to Yao Zhuosu by the Zou family.
After a while, I heard voices coming from outside.
Fu Chuoxian's eyes lit up, and he said, "But there are noble guests here? Then let's not take up space, so that noble guests have no place to stay."
He walked to the door and opened the hidden door to look.
As a result, his face suddenly changed at this sight, and the door was closed without saying anything!
Upon seeing this, Xi Fuwei and Yao Zhuosu both asked: "Sister Fu, what's the matter? Who is outside?"
Fu Chuoxian smiled reluctantly, and said, "Well, it's Master Zou!"
Xi Fuwei heard this and said that it’s no wonder that Fu Chuoxian was like seeing a ghost. Fu Chuoxian had high hopes for this banquet today. If Zou Yiang slammed her again in public, he would make her face scandal. This kind of Yanzhou The occasions where celebrities gathered from home and abroad, and gentry gentlemen from other places came to congratulate her. Maybe it was because of her desire to marry into wealth in the future.
"What are you doing here?" It's just that Fu Chuoxian wanted to avoid Zou Yiang, but Zou Yiang just wanted to come.
He walked up the rockery in a few steps, opened the door, and looked at the people inside without smiling, "It was Mr. Fu just now? I saw you opened the door beamingly, thinking you wanted to call me over to warm up. Who knows that you closed the door immediately! I don’t know where I offended you and want you to dislike me like this?"
Fu Chuoxian's face was very bad, and he said, "Master Zou has misunderstood. I just thought that we are all girls here, and I didn't dare to call you."
"Oh, does this make me avoid it now?" Zou Yiang stared at her with a playful look. "I still think I'm an eyesore and don't want to see me, eh?"
Fu Chuoxian pursed his mouth and tried to squeeze a smile: "The son is thinking too much, how is this possible?"
"This son also thinks this son is so likable, how could it be annoying?" Zou Yiang said with a smile, his eyes turned on Xi Fuwei and Yao Zhuosu, and he waved carelessly, "Forget it, no Excuse me for your girl’s house party... My son went fishing nearby."
Fu Chuoxian couldn't ask for it, and immediately said: "The son, go slowly!"
When Yao Zhuosu heard the words, he was hesitant to speak.
Xi Fuwei was not afraid of him, and said: "If it's cold today and there are few people in the garden, you should be careful if you want to go to the lake."
It was strange again, "Today the old lady's birthday, don't the son need to wait on the old lady?"
"Then you were recommended by those ladies and old ladies to their girls?" Zou Yiang rolled his eyes, "I finally ran out...when you go back, you can't say you saw me here! Did you hear that? "
"My son, don't worry, let's never say it!" Fu Chuoxian said in his heart that this evil is willing to hide here and not go to the banquet, but she really did a good thing, otherwise she is really afraid of the hot talk with some wishful Langjun candidate When she was on the Internet, Zou Yiang ran out to tear down the stage, telling her to feel ashamed.
Zou Yiang gave an "um", turned around and went down.
Seeing this, Fu Chuoxian was obviously relieved, and felt that this was manifested in Xi Fuwei and Yao Zhuosu's facelessness. He pursed his lips and said, "Zou Gongzi is at this age. He also said just now, yes. I was impatient to show him his future wife before he avoided it. I was really afraid that he would stay, although he didn't have any ideas, and passed it out, but it became ours."
Xi Fuwei and Yao Zhuosu echoed a few words, and the topic was shifting to the guests who came to the old lady of Hezhuang today. Suddenly, a sharp voice came from a short distance, "No way! The son is in the water! Come on! !!!"
The people in Xuanzhong were shocked!