The daily life of a concubine's daughter

The lady remembered Shi Yao and felt ashamed for having forgotten her when she saw Zhuzhu. She took one of her hands, then took one of Shi Mingzhu's hands, held the two hands together, and said with a smile:

"You two sisters are my treasures. Seeing you two getting along well makes me happier than anything else. The dishes are all here, old man. Is it time to eat?"

When everyone heard this, their expressions were varied.

Zheng's face darkened visibly.

Comparing this wild girl Shi Yao with her daughter who was born noble is simply an insult to Zhuzhu!

The old Duke picked up the chopsticks and took the first bite of food, saying with a smile: "Let's eat, let's eat!"

Someone at the children's table cheered, "It's time to eat! It's time to have a reunion dinner! Grandma, I want to eat that spring roll!"

The atmosphere suddenly became lively.

When Shi Mingzhu touched Shi Yao's hand, it was as if she had touched a cold and sticky poisonous snake. She got goose bumps all over her body and felt so nauseous and disgusted that her hair stood on end.

As soon as he took his hands back, he immediately asked the maid to bring hot water, washed his hands, and then wiped his hands carefully with a hot towel.

Shi Yao raised her eyebrows. She also felt her hands were sticky and uncomfortable, probably because Shi Mingzhu's palms were sweating on the way here. So she followed Shi Mingzhu's example and asked the maid to bring hot water and heat the towel.

Shi Mingzhu glanced at him and immediately became furious and had a bloated stomach. She couldn't even swallow a single bite of food and only ate a few spoonfuls of clear soup.

Shi Yao was like a little mouse that fell into a rice jar. Faced with a table full of delicacies, she naturally wanted to eat with relish. She kept hinting to Muxiang with her eyes to pick this dish and that dish for her.

Ever since Shi Yao climbed over the wall to get a free meal, Muxiang has developed a thick skin and runs around the table to get the dishes that Shi Yao wants to eat.

Although she tried to keep the noise to a minimum, she still attracted some people's attention.

The lady was always smiling. Whenever she had a meal with Shi Yao, she would eat more unconsciously. This girl ate with a delicious taste, which could arouse people's appetite.

She glanced to her right at Shi Yao who was eating with hearty appetite, and her appetite increased, so she ate a few more bites. She glanced to her left at Shi Mingzhu who was eating as if she was eating arsenic, and her food became tasteless, and she couldn't swallow it.

The first wife, Madam Zheng, was filled with contempt, thinking that eating at the same table with such a vulgar person as Shi Yao was a lowering of one's status and a disgrace to the etiquette and upbringing one had acquired over the years.

A country bumpkin is not presentable!

It's like a starving ghost reincarnated!

She was already ill from exhaustion, having been tossing and turning from yesterday till today, and had not been in a state of rest for a single moment. Moreover, every time she looked up she would see her annoying eldest daughter-in-law. She tried to hold on for a while, but when she couldn't hold on any longer, the others left the table first. She secretly resented Fu Nanjun, the bitch, and was the first to stand up and toast to the old lady and the old duke.

After a light drink of half a cup, he apologized and said he was drunk: "... my daughter-in-law really can't handle the alcohol, so I'm going out to drink some more."

Everyone knew that this was her excuse and that she was too sick to bear it.

The lady said gently, "Go quickly. The third daughter-in-law and your nephews' wives are here. There are people to serve you. You don't have to worry. You are the most tired in this family. You have been busy all year round. You deserve to take a rest today."

Zheng looked at the smug Rong and the busy nephews and their wives, and secretly glared at the useless Fu Nanjun and Le Anning. She felt a tightness in her chest, but she didn't dare to retort to his mother in front of the Duke, so she could only force a smile and said:

"Thank you, ma'am, for your understanding."

After saying that, she left the table first.

She started the toast, and then everyone toasted to their elders as a small family unit, starting with Shi Mingwu and his wife, Shi Mingmo and his wife, and then the bachelors Shi Mingchen, Shi Minghui, Shi Mingzhu and Shi Yao.

After Shi Yao finished reciting the toast she had memorized for a long time, she drank half a glass of fruit wine and sat down, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

I didn't expect that when I traveled back to ancient times, I would have to reminisce the experience of memorizing in class.

Fortunately, we only celebrate New Year’s Eve once a year.

Immediately afterwards, Fu Nanjun, who looked pale, apologized and left the table first, followed by Shi Mingwu, then Shi Mingzhu, Shi Mingwei, Le Anning and Shi Minghui.

Before we had even finished half of the reunion dinner, seven people left at once. Ganlu Hall seemed half empty and the lively atmosphere suddenly became cold.

The noise from the little babies made the atmosphere at the adult table even more dead silent.

The old Duke and the old lady's eyes were inevitably sad, and they couldn't help but recall the excitement of previous years.

This year, things were indeed not going well for the Shi family.

Someone looked at Shi Yao secretly.

Shi Yao was now pretending to be a quail and not joining the group that livens up the atmosphere.

Such a cold, awkward and weird atmosphere is suitable for the Duke's Mansion's New Year's Eve banquet this year.

She only eats the food in front of her, and she can't eat the food in the distance if she can't reach it.

She had already memorized which dishes were delicious, and asked Muxiang to make a menu, and paid for the chef to prepare them herself.

——It’s easy if the big kitchen doesn’t cook for her. When she eats at Ganlu Hall, she can just ask the lady to order for her. There is always a way to satisfy her appetite.

This year's New Year's Eve dinner ended in less than half the time of previous years.

After dinner, Shi Yao played cards with the lady again. Seeing that Shi Mingzhen, the cunning old fox, was about to sit opposite her again, she hurried over and pushed him away.

"Brother San, please get out of here! Sister-in-law San finally has a chance to rest, just let her play for a while."

Seeing her anxious look, which showed that she was really frustrated about losing, the lady couldn't help but smile, and her previous depressed mood disappeared without a trace.

Shi Yao's sudden push startled Shi Mingzhen so much that he was stunned for a while. He had never fought or shoved with another woman before, so he stepped back involuntarily.

Shi Yao took advantage of the situation to push Tao Ziyi back to her seat, and then grabbed her sixth sister-in-law Wang Fan to sit opposite Tao Ziyi. Finally, she sat opposite the lady dowager.

Wang Fan was very happy to have the opportunity to please the lady and was willing to give her money, so he sat down happily.

The lady immediately saw through Shi Yao's thoughts, pointed at her, and laughed, "You little fox!"

Shi Yao smiled sweetly at her and waved at Shi Mingzhen, "Brother San, hurry up, hurry up! Why are you, a grown man, always hanging around with girls? Go to grandfather's table!"

Tao Ziyi also waved her hand and said, "Yes, yes, husband, please go to grandfather's place and stop bothering my second sister."

Obviously, she also knew that Shi Mingzhen had wronged Shi Yao before the meal.

In her eyes, Shi Yao came from a poor place. Even though the lady would give her some money privately, compared with Shi Mingzhu and other daughters-in-law, the money she had was definitely not enough. She also had to donate money everywhere to restore her reputation. I wonder how painful it must have been for her to lose more than twenty taels of silver.

Shi Mingzhen scratched his nose and was driven away helplessly.

Wang Fan accepted Shi Yao's affection and drew cards while smiling and saying, "Second sister is the only girl at this table. We are all old and ugly women. Second sister, aren't you insulting us?"

Shi Yao grabbed the cards and took a look at them. Her eyes lit up and she smiled, "As the saying goes, a woman is still a girl when she turns ninety. So, my grandmother is a girl, my third sister-in-law and my sixth sister-in-law are girls, and I am also a girl."

The lady touched her chest and laughed, "You are fooling us again! Where did this saying come from? How come I have never heard of it, but you have?"

Shi Yao said seriously, "How could I dare to lie to Grandmother? This is a saying that has been passed down in Jinling for hundreds of years. Grandmother has not been to Jinling many times, so I'm afraid she doesn't know it."

The lady smiled and said, "Tomorrow your Aunt Shen and Sister Yu will come to pay New Year's greetings, and I have to ask you something seriously."

Shi Yao looked a little weak, and pretended to be calm and said, "Grandma, just ask."

When everyone saw her expression, they knew that she was deliberately saying nice things to please the lady, and they all laughed.

Shi Yao pretended to play cards seriously, thinking to herself, she was truly a top atmosphere master, controlling the joys and sorrows of this family.

Without her, everyone in this family will cry.