The old housekeeper carried two chickens and hurried towards the side yard.
He had a smile on his face, and although he was old, he walked very fast.
"Hey, hey, where are you going?"
Just after breakfast, Shangguan Li, who was taking a walk, saw her and immediately shouted.
The old housekeeper was startled, then turned around and said with a smile: "Madam, isn't this Mrs. Qiuyan's birthday? The lady asked me to buy two native chickens to make soup, so I made them."
"What does their family's birthday have to do with you? You are the housekeeper of our Shangguan family. What do you do?"
Shangguan Li scolded.
The old housekeeper didn't know how to answer, so he said after a while: "Madam, what should I do with this chicken...?"
"Take it to the kitchen and stew it, and then send it to my dad. My dad is still ill in bed and needs to be replenished."
"Okay ma'am."
The old housekeeper nodded, but after walking a few steps, he seemed to be unable to bear it, and said: "Madam, in fact, Mrs. Qiuyan and the others have invited you. I feel that we are all one family... Let's sit down and have a meal together."
It’s nothing, why bother...”
"Oh, you old man, how dare you teach me a lesson?"
Shangguan Li was angry and slapped the old housekeeper in the face without even thinking about it.
"Ouch!"
The old housekeeper took two steps back and almost fell to the ground.
"Old man, if it weren't for our Shangguan family to support you, would your son be able to buy a house and marry a wife? We gave your family to you, and you still dare to teach me a lesson now?" Shangguan Li yelled: "Get out of here right now!"
The old housekeeper lowered his head and said nothing, and left dejectedly.
"You don't know how to live or die!"
Shangguan Li cursed secretly, turned around and glanced at the side courtyard, then walked in directly.
At this moment, a large table was placed in the center of the side courtyard, covered with a red tablecloth. A burst of fragrance came from the small kitchen in the side courtyard, and several servants of the Shangguan family were busy preparing meals.
Shangguan Li became even more angry when she saw this.
"What are you doing here?"
She immediately drank loudly.
The servants were startled and quickly lowered their heads and shouted: "Madam!"
"Our family pays you wages so that you can come here to work? Get out of here! Get out right now!"
Shangguan Li was furious and cursed at the top of her voice.
The servants were all stunned, but they did not dare to disobey Shangguan Li's words, so they could only turn around and leave.
"Where are you going? Come back!"
Shangguan Yan came out of the house, taking Shangguan Yang and Shangguan Qiuyan with him.
"Third aunt! I asked them to help with the birthday banquet. Why did you drive them away?"
Shangguan Yan said angrily.
"Creating a birthday banquet? You have no hands or feet? You can't do it yourself? These people are hired by the family to serve us all, not your family!"
Shangguan Li hummed.
"Third aunt, you..."
"Okay."
Shangguan Qiuyan walked out of the house.
She didn't look very good. She coughed twice and rushed to Guan Li and said, "Third sister, it's not a big deal. Since you don't want us to let these people help, then ask them to go back."
"Why don't you get out yet?"
Shangguan Li shouted to the servants.
The servant immediately turned around and ran away.
"Third sister, today is my birthday. I will cook some dishes myself later. Do you want to eat together?"
Shangguan Qiuyan smiled and was not angry because of Shangguan Li's harshness.
But Shangguan Li smiled disdainfully: "I don't have time. Someone invited me to have dinner at the Park Hotel today at noon! I can't get used to your big meals."
"you..."
Shangguan Yan's chest couldn't stop rising and falling, and he wished he could rush up and give Shangguan Li some big-eared melon seeds.
But Shangguan Li had already turned around and left.
She sat on the stool sulking, her silver teeth almost broken.
"Mom, why do you tolerate her? She is clearly targeting our family!"
Shangguan Yan was so angry that he almost burst into tears.
"Xiaoyan, can I not know what your aunt and uncle are thinking? They want to drive our family out. Your grandfather is dying. At this time, they are sending your father out because they are worried that your father will control the Shangguan family.
!”
Shangguan Qiuyan sighed, with helplessness on her face: "What we can do now is to endure it until the day your father comes back. When your father comes back, we will leave Shangguan's house. Who of them loves the things here?"
Whoever wants to go."
"Mom, are we just going to give up everything and hand it over to them?"
Shangguan Yan felt unwilling to accept it.
"I just want my family to be safe and sound. What does it matter if I have more money or less?"
Shangguan Qiuyan smiled.
Shangguan Yang beside him frowned secretly.
He could tell that this was not what Shangguan Qiuyan meant.
He still remembered that his mother was a very strong woman when he was a child, but for them over the years, Shangguan Qiuyan also learned to tolerate and give up.
She didn't want to fight to the death with her second uncle, three aunts and the others, and bring danger to Shangguan Yan and her siblings.
But such tolerance will only lead to the other party getting worse.
Shangguan Yang shook his head secretly and couldn't help but sigh.
However, at this moment, there was a sound of gongs and drums.
Then I saw a lion dance team entering the side courtyard and started dancing in the courtyard.
After some difficult operations, the lion dance stood up, a curtain fell from the lion's mouth, and big longevity characters appeared one by one.
Very festive.
Everyone couldn't help but be startled.
But he saw Shangguan Ye walking in.
"Second brother, did you do this?"
Shangguan Yan's eyes lit up, he stood up immediately and said with a smile.
"Didn't I tell you? I'm going to give our mother a glorious birthday party!"
Shangguan Ye smiled faintly: "Mom, third brother and little sister, come out with me!"
Several people were very confused, but they still followed Shangguan Ye out.
Only then did I see a large number of people carrying tables and chairs to the front yard of Shangguan's house.
After a while, dozens of tables and chairs were placed in the huge front yard.
"What are you doing? Who told you to do this?"
Upon hearing the commotion, Shangguan Li rushed out immediately and shouted loudly.
"Third aunt, I asked them to do it!"
Shangguan Ye walked forward and hummed softly.
"Shangguan Ye? Are you rebelling? Tell these people to remove the tables and chairs for me immediately!"
Shangguan Li yelled.
"Remove? Third aunt, today is my mother's birthday. Many guests will come to celebrate her birthday later. Shouldn't our Shangguan family provide a place for guests to rest?"
Shangguan Ye hummed.
"Congratulations to your mother on her birthday? What kind of big shot can your family invite to celebrate her birthday? Stop being so funny!"
Shangguan Li sneered.
"You may not be able to hire the giant giant Buddha, but it's still very easy for someone of the level of Mr. Si!"
Shangguan Ye said calmly.
"Mr. Si?"
Shangguan Li was suddenly startled: "Did you invite Mr. Si here?"
"What if?"
Shangguan Ye raised his eyebrows and said proudly.