Chapter 262 263 A Tiring Banquet

The person next to me saw Mrs. Lin coming over and whispered, "Stop talking, Mrs. Lin is watching from the side! Hey! Did you notice that Mrs. Lin and this Mrs. Li actually look alike!"

Everyone looked at it and said, "Hey! Don't tell me, it's really true!"

A woman in her thirties with a beautiful face and gentle demeanor saw Gao coming in respectfully with Li Yu. She smiled and came forward to salute: "Mr. He pays homage to Mrs. Li." Li Yu smiled and saluted back: "He Madam, you are polite."

Mrs. Gao smiled and introduced to Li Yu: "Madam, this is the wife of Mr. Lin Tongpan. Please ask Mrs. He to accompany you for a walk in the garden."

Li Yu also smiled and nodded: "Mrs. He, there is no need to be polite, just feel free to do whatever you want." While he was talking, several more women came to greet her.

Mrs. Lin spent two days at home in trepidation. When she saw that Li Yu didn't come to see her, she felt relieved, pretended to be as if nothing had happened, and walked into the garden with the accompanying woman.

Li Yu was really not good at this kind of social scene, so he made some polite and blunt greetings. Fortunately, after everyone said hello, he started walking around the garden with the familiar female family members.

He accompanied Li Yu to the camellias and said with a gentle smile: "My master has taken leave to go back to his hometown for something. It will take some time before he can come back. I have long wanted to get to know my wife, and I missed you before I came to Yunzhou to do business." I was busy, so I didn’t take the liberty to come and disturb you.”

Li Yu smiled dryly and said, "I am busy every day. You are welcome to come and play when you have time."

Seeing Li Yu's look, Mrs. He covered her mouth and laughed: "Madam, I don't know how to socialize. My husband and I were from poor families. After my husband took office, the first time I went out to socialize, I was ridiculed and said that I I came from the countryside and didn't know etiquette. I even cried when I went home. From then on, whenever I went out to socialize, I was afraid that people would laugh at me for not knowing etiquette, so I never liked going out to socialize. I only dared to come to Sister Gao's place So casual.”

After hearing this, Li Yu smiled and said: "I am also from a peasant family, and I don't understand these banquets and complicated etiquette at all. Just because I don't understand, I don't dare to invite you."

When Mrs. He saw Li Yu's smile, she knew that Mrs. Li was really not good at socializing. She chuckled and said, "Madam, in your capacity, you will give her face by inviting anyone you invite. No one dares to find fault."

Li Yu smiled and didn't know what to say. He just felt in his heart that socializing and talking was more tiring than hunting in the mountains or working in the fields.

He casually accompanied Li Yu to the flower tree. Li Yu saw that the Wu family's camellias were really well taken care of. Seven or eight of the Eighteen Bachelors were about one foot tall, with dark green leaves and full leaves. The flower trees also bloomed with pink, red and white flowers at the same time, with red stripes on a white background and half red flowers on a white background. The flower shapes are elegant and delicate, very beautiful.

He pointed at the flower tree and said to Li Yu with a smile: "Madam, you see, it is really rare to see camellias blooming in several colors like this. Mrs. Gao is really good at taking care of flower trees."

Li Yu was also amazed: "Are all these camellias taken care of by Mrs. Gao?"

He smiled gently and said, "Yes! Mrs. Gao likes to plant flowers when she has nothing to do. You see, she is also tending those red plum blossoms."

Li Yu looked at the plum blossoms and the flowers and plants in the garden, and was filled with admiration. The garden was so well taken care of. Mrs. Gao was better at taking care of the garden than her own gardener.

The two walked to the plum tree. Several red plum trees were as bright as peaches and plums, as bright as clouds, and exuded a burst of fragrance. Seeing a long wooden chair among the flowers and trees, He said to Li Yu, "Madam, let's go over and sit down and have a rest."

Seeing He's petite figure, Li Yu thought she might not move around much, so he nodded in agreement. He put a handkerchief on her head and asked Li Yu to sit down. Li Yu smiled and said, "Thank you, Mrs. He."

Mr. He beat his leg and said with a smile: "I used to work in the fields at home and didn't feel very tired. But now that I don't do anything, I feel very tired."

Li Yu laughed self-deprecatingly: "Yes! The work of socializing is really tiring."

The two of them were chatting, and suddenly they heard a woman's shrill voice coming from next to them: "Second Aunt, look at Mrs. Gao's flattering look, holding up two mud-legged people from the country. sky."

Li Yu and Mr. He looked at each other, thinking that the muddy leg in the woman's mouth was themselves, and they were both embarrassed as they didn't know what to do.

The two heard Daolin sighing leisurely: "Our Wang family is getting worse every year. Who dared to neglect us before? I still blame your second uncle for being in the wrong team."

"Hey! Second Aunt, that Mrs. Li really looks like you! Those who didn't know better would have thought you two were a family!"

Lin Bo said angrily: "I, the Lin family, come from a scholarly family, how could I know such a vulgar person? Don't mention this matter in front of me again in the future." Li Yu was stunned when he heard this, and finally understood the man named A Yue. Why is the girl like that?

The two gradually walked away, and Li Yu and He lost interest in wandering around, so they returned to the pavilion together. Li Yu found that there were braziers burning around the pavilion, and he felt a warm feeling on his face when he walked into the pavilion.

Just as they were about to sit down, the maid came to invite everyone to sit down. Li Yu and Mrs. He arrived at the banquet hall. Mrs. Gao politely asked Li Yu to sit down. Li Yu sat down on the chair at the bottom with a smile and said with a smile: "Mrs. Gao, you are the host and I am the guest. How can we overshadow the guest and usurp the host?"

Seeing this, Mrs. Gao had no choice but to sit down and said with a smile: "Madam, you are too polite."

Li Yu smiled. At the beginning of the banquet, the woman with a shrill voice had a false smile on her face. She picked up the wine glass and said to Li Yu: "Mrs. Li, everyone has always been curious about what kind of person you are. Today I finally meet you, you and Mr. Zhou are truly a perfect couple, I would like to borrow flowers to offer to Buddha and wish you eternal beauty."

Li Yu knew that he was in trouble. He would get confused after just one drink. He must not drink outside. He looked at her lightly and said, "I'm sorry. I never drink outside because of my health."

After hearing this, the woman's face instantly turned like blood spurting out, "Does Madam look down on me?"

Mrs. Gao glanced at the woman and thought: Mrs. Li said it was because of her health and never drank outside. How could Mrs. Xu know how to advance and retreat? Smiling, she smoothed things over and said, "Mrs. Li is indeed not drinking outside. Madam will have tea instead of wine today."

Mrs. Xu blushed and muttered: "Is it because my Ah Yue offended her that she insulted me?"

Li Yu glanced at her and said sarcastically: "Why should I think highly of you, why should I give you face? Is it because you are thick-skinned?"

He secretly gave a thumbs up, and everyone lowered their heads to hide the uncontrollable smiles on their faces.

"You," Mrs. Xu glared at Li Yu angrily, and stood up with a 'bang'. Seeing everyone looking at her with contempt, Mrs. Lin quickly grabbed her and scolded her in a low voice: "Ms. Xu, You're rude." Mrs. Xu looked at Mrs. Lin and had no choice but to grit her teeth and sit down.