Chapter 50: Going to the Feast
Although the birthday banquet was held at noon, it was still necessary to prepare earlier, and the night before, Tang Yiyun called the girl to pass the word, saying that it would be early from the second day, clean up well, and dress up better.
Early in the morning, Fang Yanqing was woken up by the Qing girl, because she wanted to be festive, she wore a goose yellow shirt embroidered with an unknown flower group of big orange, and a beige armor with a sandwich layer was put on the outside, the embroidery was light, and she wore a white skirt embroidered with red cherries underneath, combed a bun, picked a few hairpins and wore them in her hair, hung a droplet-like jade earring on her ears, took a piece of lipstick and pressed it on her lips, and the Qing girl gently traced Fang Yanqing's eyebrows.
Looking at himself dressed in the mirror, Fang Yan Qingfang hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled, smiling dignifiedly, this smile has been practiced for a long time before he is so proficient.
Qing girl picked up Fang Yanqing's hand and walked to the main house, wearing a wandering gallery to the courtyard of the main house, Liu Yunfang also came from the other side, just bumped into Fang Yanqing, Liu Yunfang recently wore a light blue cardigan gown, a dark green armor on her body, the lower skirt is orange-red, the clothes on her body are very loose, and her stomach does not look obvious.
Fang Yanqing pushed back, fearing that he would bump into the pregnant woman, and stretched out his hand to help, "Sister-in-law, please first." ”
Looking at Fang Yanqing's movements, Liu Yunfang laughed, "I've only been around for less than two months, so I don't have to be so careful." ”
Fang Yanqing listened to Liu Yunfang's words, and still said with a straight face, "Pregnancy is a big deal for women, no matter how many months it is, you must be vigilant. ”
Liu Yunfang looked at Fang Yanqing's movements, so she had to raise her legs and cross the threshold first, "Our girl is a person who can hurt people." After a few more jokes with Fang Yanqing, he stepped on the steps into the room, and naturally shut up.
Tang Yiyun is sitting on the upper seat, Tang Yiyun is wearing a light purple gown today, looking very young, and only wearing a jade tassel hairpin on her hair bun, holding the lid of the tea cup in her hand, gently scraping the tea leaves, looking at the person standing below, and asking, "Where is the jade girl?"
"I was still grooming when I asked, and it should be coming soon. The little girl at the bottom replied with her head down.
Because of waiting for others, Fang Yanqing and Liu Yunfang each sat down and took a sip of tea.
After waiting for a while, Tang Yiyun seemed a little impatient, and stood up, "Let's go, let's go to the side hall to eat first." ”
Fang Yanqing and Liu Yunfang followed Tang Yiyun through several curtains and walked to the side hall. Breakfast had been set up on the table in the side hall, all covered with lids to prevent the heat from running away, and when she saw that the girl's wife was coming, the girl standing next to her hurriedly lifted the lid.
I will go to the banquet later, this breakfast is very little, just three plates of cold dishes, and a large porcelain pot of gruel, today is the porridge of broken peanuts, this porridge has been boiled very soft and smooth, with a fragrance, with a small porcelain spoon scoop, to the mouth of a send, then drink down, Fang Yanqing loves to drink this kind of boiled soft and thick gruel, after a while, he drank a bowl, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and ate well.
At this time, Pan Yuxiu Shi Shiran came, and I don't know how Pan Yuxiu's aesthetics became so bad, she likes to wear gold and silver very much, and she looks very tacky, and she looks good today, it is a peach-colored cheongsam shirt, wearing a slightly lighter peach-pink gown, the sleeves are embroidered with auspicious cloud patterns, and she wears a big jade ring on her hand.
As soon as Pan Yuxiu entered the room, she saw the empty porcelain bowl in front of Fang Yanqing, a smile tugged at the corner of her mouth, shook her body to Tang Yiyun's side, and Shi Li said, "Auntie, I'm late." ”
Although it was late, there was no apology in her words, Tang Yiyun was lazy, and only said, "Sit down and eat something for a while, and go out in a carriage later." ”
Master Su Hetai's family took the carriage early to go to the Wei Mansion, presumably the breakfast was also used there, Pan Yuxiu smiled and bypassed Fang Yanqing and sat on the empty chair, "Sister Yanqing finished the rice in the bowl so quickly, I thought I didn't scoop the rice, it was so clean," said and covered her mouth with a handkerchief.
Fang Yanqing listened to Pan Yuxiu's words, raised his eyes to look at her, pursed his lips and smiled, "I originally wanted to wait for my sister, but I didn't know how to finish eating one bite at a time, but fortunately, my sister came after I finished eating." ”
Turning the corner and saying that I can eat, tsk, it's not that you are slow, can I finish the meal?
Pan Yuxiu listened to Fang Yanqing's words, shrugged her shoulders, scooped up the gruel with a spoon, took a sip, suddenly remembered something, raised her eyes to look at Tang Yiyun, and said, "Auntie, I forgot to say, I went to rent a carriage in advance, and I won't squeeze it with you later." ”
Tang Yiyun listened to Pan Yuxiu's words, her face was a little unpleasant, she wiped her mouth with a brocade hand, and after eating a good meal, she said lightly, "Whatever you want." ”
Although the carriage of the Fang family is not big, there are still four people sitting in it, and now Pan Yuxiu has taken the initiative to rent the carriage by herself, but it is a bit of a feeling of beating Tang Yiyun's face, and I always feel that the implication is that the carriage of the idle Fang family is small.
The carriages were rushed to the door of the front yard in advance, the groom held the reins, waiting outside, the blue-black roof in front of it, looking a little old is the carriage of Fangfu, and the carriage in the back is slightly smaller, brocade auspicious cloud pattern, looking a little exquisite, presumably it is rented by Pan Yuxiu.
Seeing that the people came out, the coachman hurriedly moved the small bench placed on the carriage, Tang Yiyun and Liu Yunfang stepped on the stool and entered the carriage once, Fang Yanqing also followed, Qing Yatou held Fang Yanqing's hand, and Fang Yanqing pulled her skirt with the other hand and entered the carriage.
In fact, this road is not long, and it won't take long to walk, the carriage doesn't seem to be fast enough, but it is still going to be a carriage, and the other girls are walking next to the carriage, Fang Yanqing wants to see Qing girl, and just opened the curtain of the car, he heard Tang Yiyun cough, and the hand that had just pinched the fabric was also put down.
After following the carriage for a while, it stopped, and the voice of the coachman came out, "Madam, girl, you can get off." ”
Fang Yanqing opened the curtain first and walked out, there were still dozens of steps away from the gate of the Wei Mansion, it was not that the coachman was lazy and didn't leave, it was that the door was already full of carriages, Fang Yanqing was shocked by this scene, he didn't move, and Liu Yunfang's inquiry came from inside the carriage, "Sister Yanqing, what's going on outside?"
"Oh, nothing, it's time to get off, there's a lot of people outside. After speaking, Fang Yanqing stepped on the small bench and walked down.
"It's magnificent. Tang Yiyun muttered quietly, holding the winter girl with one hand, and walked towards the door.
Fang Yanqing actually heard Tang Yiyun's muttering, but pretended not to hear it, and his face fell two steps as usual, following Liu Yunfang.
Standing by the door was Mrs. Yue, Yue Yao was wearing a bright red gown today, with a Chu-colored cheongsam inside, and a white fluffy shawl on her shoulders, just looking at it, she felt that it must be worth a lot, and she was talking to a couple with a smile, and when she saw Tang Yiyun coming, she hurriedly beckoned and smiled, "Sister Fang is only here at this time, and I am still thinking about you." ”
"I'm still coming slowly, I'm coming quickly, and I'm afraid that my sister is still eating breakfast if I'm early. Tang Yiyun also replied with a smile, holding Yue Yao's hand, familiar and friendly.
I don't know when they became so acquainted, maybe they played cards, Fang Yanqing followed behind, thinking wildly, although Pan Yuxiu's carriage is smaller than the Fang family, but it is not that it has not kept up now, Fang Yanqing's eyes glanced casually, and saw a familiar brocade cloth carriage, it seemed to be the one rented by Pan Yuxiu, and the carriage of the same Fang family was not parked together, it was stopped against the wall, and I don't know what it was doing, and it didn't come out of the sedan chair for a long time.
"Miss Yanqing looks a little uncomfortable, but her body is a little uncomfortable?"
Hearing Yue Yao suddenly talk to herself, her dialect cleared up for a moment, and she hurriedly blessed her body, lowered her head and replied with a light smile, "It's nothing, I just practiced embroidery for a long time, and I fell asleep later, since I found that I didn't look good, I don't dare anymore." ”
"She is a more serious girl, saying that she wants to embroider a birthday gift for Mrs. Wei, her mind is very important, and she hasn't slept much in the past few days. Tang Yiyun heard Yue Yao speak like a dialect, and he quickly added, a little complaining, "This girl just doesn't take care of her body." ”
Although it is said that it is an embroidery gift for Mrs. Wei, he has not stayed up much of the night in the past few days, and it is difficult for Tang Yiyun to only know that he is sending embroidery to Mrs. Wei, so he can make such a deep affection, if it is not for the embroiderer himself, he would have believed it.
Sure enough, when Yue Yao heard Tang Yiyun's words, her eyebrows also showed a little distress, and she looked at Fang Yanqing with a little more love, "What a good boy who is filial." ”
Fang Yanqing lowered his head embarrassedly, and silently accepted Yue Yao's words.
After saying a few more words, because Yue Yao still had to greet other guests from afar, he asked the girl below to lead Fang Yanqing to the inner courtyard.
"The girls who are not married go to the rockery pavilion in the West Garden, and the wives go to the Xiaju. The little girl who led the way blessed her body and said.
Fang Yanqing raised his eyes to look at Tang Yiyun, waiting for Tang Yiyun to speak.
"Then Yanqing follow this person to that side. ”
Listening to Tang Yiyun's words, Fang Yanqing nodded, and followed one of the girls to the other side. Liu Yunfang and Tang Yiyun followed the other two girls to the other side, and walked dozens of steps apart before the girl relaxed her body and let out a breath of turbidity.
The girl who was leading the way in front suddenly stopped, Fang Yanqing watched her take a step back to the side, and was about to ask in confusion when she heard a shout.
"Scared!"
The person who suddenly popped out startled Fang Yanqing, took a few steps back, covered his chest before he gasped, looked at the person wearing a strange mask in front of him, and shouted suspiciously, "Ranran?"
"Yan Qing can recognize me like this. Feng Ranran heard Fang Yanqing call out his face, took off the fierce mask on his face, and looked at the mask on his hand, "I thought I couldn't recognize it." ”
The girl next to her smiled and said, "Girl, I brought the person, then I'll leave first." ”
"Well, go ahead. Feng Ranran waved his hand and said.
Fang Yanqing looked at the smiling girl in front of him, and said helplessly, "I almost didn't recognize it, but it scared me a lot." ”
"Then how did you recognize it?" asked Feng Ranran, opening her eyes.
Fang Yanqing pointed to his head.
"You're too smart?"
"Because of the hair. Fang Yanqing smiled, said, and stepped forward, "What's the matter, that girl was specially called by you to lie to my aunt?"
Feng Ranran shook her head, as if she knew some little secret, covered her mouth and smiled, "The girl and the wife are separated and gathered together, but my brother said that he missed him a lot, so he asked me to come to you." ”