"We have arrived at the villa of Madam Xue and Miss Xue." A team of carriages and horses stopped in front of the mountain, and a noble lady was waiting respectfully beside the carriages.

The carriage curtain was lifted, and a bright and graceful young woman smiled and gestured to the woman, then got off the carriage first. She turned around and helped a noble and kind old woman get off the carriage.

"Junqing Villa, the scenery of Junqing Mountain is really beautiful." The old woman exclaimed.

The other courtyard had received the news long ago and had been waiting at the door. When they saw the carriages arrive, they arranged for someone to lead the convoy down to rest.

"I pay my respects to the old lady, may the old lady be well; I pay my respects to Miss Xue, may Miss Xue be well; I pay my respects to the fifth lady, may the fifth lady be well. You three have worked hard on the journey. Please go into the other courtyard and rest." The steward came forward and greeted each of them.

"Manager Xu, where is Erlang?" asked the lady.

"Madam Wu, the young master is entertaining guests."

This noble lady is Xu Minglang's Aunt Wang, who was specially invited by Xu Minglang to receive the noble ladies in the inner courtyard.

"What's going on in the hospital?"

"Replying to Madam Wu, the nobles are all enjoying themselves, and everything is fine."

After listening to the report, he nodded in understanding.

"Old Madam, Miss Xue, please come and relax today. Let's see what's so special about Erlang's Spring Banquet. If you don't enjoy yourself, I'll let my sister-in-law give him a beating when we get home."

This fifth lady was called Ming Miao Ren, and she was indeed a wonderful person, living up to her name. She was generous and unconcerned with trivial matters, and she was also well-mannered and sensible.

"The spring banquet hosted by Young Master Xu must be the best. How can we not have fun?" The old lady was happy to see her talking in a playful way.

He then led everyone into the courtyard and took out the invitation.

"Today we will follow the route on the invitation and look at each one one by one, but we must not miss any good ones."

After saying this, everyone shook their heads and laughed.

"Greetings to all the distinguished guests, may you all be well. This is 'Country Fun', would you like to try some games?" The maid saluted to everyone and introduced.

"It looks like it's fun. These ladies probably have never worked in the fields since they were young. It's interesting too." The old lady saw a group of ladies and girls having fun and laughing in the distance.

"That's right. I've never been to the fields either." Ming took over the conversation.

"Miss Xue, do you want to go and have some fun?"

"Please let Madam Wu go. I won't go. I will accompany my grandmother." Miss Xue politely declined.

"Hey, kid, go play by yourself. Grandma doesn't need you here. I have someone to talk to."

When Miss Xue saw the old lady like this, she nodded in agreement. Seeing this, the maid quickly changed her clothes.

"Madam, let's go to that balcony and rest for a while."

The old lady nodded in agreement, and the group headed towards the balcony. At this time, many noble ladies were sitting on the balcony, and they stood up and greeted each other when they saw someone coming.

Zhou Yuerong was having fun when her mother nudged her and said, "Miss, look, is that Miss Xue from the Duke's Mansion?"

Zhou Yuerong was a little confused for a moment, then she looked up and took a closer look, and it was indeed true.

After straightening his appearance, he walked forward and said, "Xiang'er, why are you here?"

Miss Xue saw someone blocking her way and looked up to see that it was Zhou Yuerong. She was surprised and said, "Second sister-in-law, why are you here too?"

Xue Jingtang's grandfather and Xue Mingxiang's grandfather are cousins. Although they are not from the same prefecture, they are from the same lineage.

"The Xu family is holding a spring banquet, and your second brother and I came here to attend the banquet. Since you are here, I think the old ancestor must be here too." Xue Mingxiang was raised by the old lady since she was a child, so she would always keep her by her side.

"Grandmother and the fifth wife of the Xu family are resting on the balcony over there." Xue Mingxiang pointed to the balcony.

"I'm going to pay my respects to the old ancestor. You can play for a while and I'll come find you."

"Second sister-in-law, go."

After saying that, Zhou Yuerong took Zhou's mother to the balcony and ordered someone to call Xue Luo over.

When they entered the balcony, the women who were resting there stood up to greet Mrs. Mingfu when they saw her coming, and Zhou Yuerong also returned the greetings one by one.

"Grandfather, your granddaughter-in-law Zhou greets you. Long live the ancestors."

"Grandfather, your great-grandson Xue Luo greets you. Long live the ancestors."

Xue Luo followed Zhou and bowed to the old lady at the top.

"Get up, get up. There's no need to perform such formalities in public." As they spoke, a nanny and a maid came forward and helped the two of them up.

Seeing this, the people around sensed something was wrong. They thought that this old lady must be of high status, and they all became a little restrained for a moment.

Seeing the atmosphere had become a bit awkward, Madam Ming stepped forward and bowed to Zhou Yuerong: "Madam Ming, are you having fun?"

"Of course I'm happy. When have I ever been to the fields to do farm work? I'm afraid the ladies sitting here are also unfamiliar with it."

Seeing that they were trying to have fun, everyone smiled and joined in.

"Before, I just watched the farmers working in the fields and didn't feel very tired. But just now, I flipped through the papers myself and my hands are so tired." A young woman sighed.

"I was also a good farmer when I was young, but since I started living with my children, I can't lift any tools anymore~" An old woman with white hair spoke.

"How old are you this year, old lady?" Mrs. Xue saw that although she had a head full of silver hair, she was in good spirits.

"I am seventy-six years old this year." After saying this, everyone sighed.

"You are indeed a centenarian. How are you?"

"Good~ Eat well and sleep well. And make sure to drink a small cup of white wine with your meals every day. If you don't drink it one day, I will miss you very much."

"That's great! I'm so envious. I'm more than ten years older than you, so I'm not as healthy as you."

The shrewd Ming family quickly laughed upon hearing this and said, "Old lady, if you hadn't told me, no one would have noticed. I've been following you these past few days and my legs and feet are a bit behind you."

Madam Xue smiled and said angrily, "You little monkey, I really love your mouth."

For a while, the balcony was filled with laughter and joy. The young women and girls had a great time and came back to invite their families to go to the next play area.

"Come on, let's go and take a look together."

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