Mrs. Ji's banquet was set for two days after Chongyang, and the night before, the girls in the upper room were busy, and the curtain was set up in the bath room to bathe Ye's, and the goat's milk soaked the body, rinsed and then smeared with grease.

The delicate work of close waiting is done by the two spring swallows and apricots, and the tiring work of smoking clothes is assigned to Shi Gui, and the hosta autumn leaves are two to get bamboo incense seeds, and the magnolia Yingchun takes hot water, pours it into the big copper basin, and picks two spoons of flower dew and puts it in.

The crystal bottle with a silver mouth, the slender and long neck of the beauty is also similar, Shi Gui usually goes into the house to do some dust-sweeping work, and sees the enamel grandfather clock and ivory music box, knowing that it is from the coast of Suizhou, and he is surprised to see this.

I don't understand what year and month it is at this time, press it to the head of the Qing Dynasty, and the clothes are wrong, guess it is probably the late Ming Dynasty, I want to ask or swallow it, how can the girl in the house know the emperor's year name.

Bamboo incense is a bamboo smoked cage, as big as a small square table, covered on the copper basin, spread on the top of the clothes that Ye Ming'er wants to wear, first smoke on both sides, and then lift the bamboo incense, change the water, put an incense burner in the copper basin, the plum blossom cake is broken and ignited, a shallow layer of hot water does not pass the foot of the furnace, Magnolia teaches Shi Gui to turn over the clothes: "So smoked, the clothes will not be stained with smoke." ”

A room is full of plum blossoms, Ye's usually does not like to use incense, the house provides some bergamot pine needles to take the clear taste, the clothes of the visitors are smoked layer by layer, the underwear is the outer clothes, and there are several layers of skirts, the outermost one, lined with a skirt hoop made of horsetail hair, the skirt is stretched out, but it is more difficult to smoke.

Just for Ye's smoked clothes, Shi Gui's hands did not stop in the afternoon, and when she went out, she had to wear a dress and a body, and she also smelled plum blossom cakes on her body, she smelled it for a long time and didn't realize it, and Fanxing joked as soon as she approached: "It's amazing, the next one is smoked clothes, you are smoked." ”

Fortunately, the taste of this fragrant cake is light, if you rush some, stand for an afternoon people are fainting, the smoked clothes are put in the bamboo box, the fragrance lasts for a long time, the next day to wear, and then take it out to smooth the folds.

Chunyan followed out the door, thinking about bringing two Yingchun Yulans once, and two more little girls to run errands inside and outside, her eyes swept away, and she saw Shi Gui rubbing her arms, and smiled: "Ming'er, you will also go with you." ”

As soon as she said this, Liangjiang Papaya looked at her with envy, and Shi Gui didn't expect to go out with her, so he asked Danzhu Shiju at night: "Follow your wife out, what are the taboos?"

"Don't run around in another yard, just follow your sisters closely, you can't get out of the stubble. "Danzhu shrunk in the quilt, and Shi Ju folded her feet to keep warm, Shi Ju's hands and feet were cold, and she felt a little cool at this time, she felt freezing, the house had not burned charcoal, and the girl couldn't be separated, the quilts of the two people were folded up, and the feet were shrunk inside.

Shi Guili clothes, the two of them joined hands, Danzhu smacked his lips and said that he wanted to eat salty, Shi Gui grabbed a handful of melon seeds and gave them to her, and Danzhu knocked up with taste: "You can be regarded as a blessing for your eyes now, the girl of the Ji family may be the princess." ”

Shi Gui didn't know anything about these things, and Danzhu Xingxing said: "The wife of the Ji family is the queen's sister, and Lord Ji has the eyes of a saint, and the eldest girl of their family is also of the same age. ”

As the crown princess, she will be the queen's mother in the future, Shi Gui has heard that the emperor and queen are deeply affectionate, and the only daughter and three sons of the saint are all from the queen, and the Ye family is to help the Yan family make up for the shortfall, so they got the saint's favor.

"I heard that the girls in the family are also going to run for election, isn't our old lady the prince and the princess, will the girls in the family also be elected as concubines?" said that they were going to run, but they didn't say anything, the Ye family sent so many things for their daughter to choose a concubine, the three of the Song family, not to mention the eldest girl, the second girl and the third girl, two of them added new clothes for the season, as if they didn't care about it at all.

"The second wife is such a person, and she has done everything possible to exempt the eldest girl from the election. On the contrary, the second master didn't hum or make a sound, I'm afraid I have to send it in and send it back. "Gan's competitiveness is known to everyone, but where there is a big house, she must fight, this time she will go to ask the old lady to report her daughter to be exempt from the election, and let go of such an opportunity to come out in vain.

Shi Gui was stunned when he heard this, and said strangely that these days Yao Wang's two aunts are diligent, socks and shoes are sealed at the waist, and I don't know how long these jobs have been done, and they are sent up one by one, Shi Gui first thought that he wanted to go out with the Ye family, and later learned that the two girls and the three girls still had to run for the election.

When the two aunts were just brought up, they naturally thought about making some small and sweet words, but Ye Shi only couldn't see or hear them, and there was one more person and one more grass and a flower in the yard, no difference, so I knew that she didn't take them in her eyes at all, and from then on, she kept to herself and didn't dare to cause trouble, so she came back and begged Ye to send it away: "There are already arrangements at home." ”

What kind of arrangement, they wanted to ask, so that the Ye family glanced at it lightly, and they didn't dare to speak, if the two of them were a little favored, Song Wanghai didn't like them very much, in front of the Ye family, they didn't have any confidence, Aunt Yao had the courage to ask what the arrangement was, and Gao Shengjia smiled: "This is not something that my aunt should know." ”

Speaking of the Gan family, Danzhu's mouth couldn't stop: "This time for the banquet held for Mrs. Ji's family, the second lady said a lot of good things to the old lady, and wanted to ask the old lady to give an order and take the eldest girl with her." "The eldest girl is Song Zhimei, Gan's body is not sealed, she can still come over when the family has a banquet, and it has always been Ye's who goes out to socialize.

The Song family rarely holds banquets, Mrs. Song loves Buddhism, the Ye family doesn't like these, the Gan family wants to do it, but it can't get involved, and now the daughter is going to get married, so she is in a hurry, if there is no place to socialize, where do those ladies know the benefits of her daughter?

It is a flower banquet, and the Ji family has a daughter, so it is also appropriate to take her daughter out to socialize, but Gan's heart is this, and he refuses to ask Song Wanghai to talk to Ye's family, so he has to grind the old lady.

The old lady didn't respond, Gan sent some Chongyang pastries, and asked people to move two pots of green chrysanthemums, one for Ye to reward Aunt Qian, and one for the two daughters' houses.

Gan saw that the road could not be passed, so he had to beg Song Wanghai, and found a lot of words in bits and pieces, but Ye ignored it, but he didn't answer it.

Strange Song Wanghai came to Ye's courtyard once, came back for more than ten days, he had never entered Ye's yard, just looking at the appearance of Chunyan Apricot, he knew that he didn't come often, sat down slightly, and went to the west again.

The girl in the upper room had a tight mouth, but looking at Chunyan's face, she also knew that it was not a good thing for Song Wanghai to come, and the light bamboo knocked out the melon seeds, one to eat by herself, and the other to Shi Ju's mouth: "Now the second wife has a headache and a pain in her heart." ”

After she said for a long time, Shi Ju and Shi Gui didn't answer, and sighed: "You two are really sisters, two stuffy gourds." ”

Shi Ju grinned next to her: "You don't have to say more, if Sister □□ Yan knows, I have to punish you." "Scratch her nose as he spoke.

Since she was born in Song Yintang, Song Wanghai has never spent the night in the Ye family's courtyard, and the light bamboo and Shi Ju bit her ear, so that Shi Gui heard it, she was taken aback, no wonder the difference between the Gan family and the Ye family background is so big, but they dare to make such a fuss.

"Then Mrs......" Shi Gui swallowed the words after saying three words, but Danzhu looked shrewd, she and Shi Ju were both born to the Ye family: "There is an old lady and an old lady, and there will be a young master in the future, and no matter how bad it is, there will be an uncle." ”

It's strange that the Ye family has such a lot of confidence, Song Wanghai is not pampered, and she is as light as a feather, but even the girl in the main courtyard knows that how Song Wanghai can't understand in his heart, when the old lady is gone, and the eldest young master has not been able to stand alone, the Ye family's life is afraid that it will be sad.

Shi Gui nodded, took out the red dress of the green clothes and put them in place, because he was going out, he washed his hair, took a few pieces of jewelry and put them out, small beads and red velvet ropes, and a string of incense, and on the second day, he dressed up neatly and neatly, and went out after Yulan.

Ye's car, Yu Rong Zezhi and the two sat in a car, the two of them seemed to be the same size, and the clothes were the same, looking like twins, sitting in the cuiwei car, the big girls followed the car, and the little girls walked on the street.

How do you know that when you get out of the alley, you will come out with a car behind you, the same green silk and green car, and the one who is driving the horse with the same clothes, Shi Gui looked at it from a distance and recognized that the familiar one was actually the little girl in Song Zhimei's house.

Shi Gui had never heard that the old lady had promised Song Zhimei to come out, so he quickly ran forward and reported to Yulan, who took a breath and sued Chunyan again.

There was no sound in the car for a long time, Chunyan lifted the curtain and opened her head to look, and the car behind followed closely, asking people to look at the three cars that came out of the Song family, and the emblem on the top was the same.

Chunyan frowned tightly, put down the curtain and told the Ye family, it was too late to stop people to go back at this time, but the Ye family seemed to acquiesce, and the car behind followed the bridge unhurriedly.

It's not something that Shi Gui can manage, she can look at the street scene with peace of mind, as for how the old lady Song will be angry when she goes back, and she won't do the Ye family's business, the Gan family is only afraid that she will be unlucky again, but she can also be sincere for her daughter's heart.

Being able to get out of the Song family, stepping on the avenue and walking around, it makes Shi Gui happy than taking a car, only opened a morning shop in the morning, selling steamed dumplings with wontons, big buns, and duck fat crisp and small dumplings with meat filling, Ye's courtyard is vegetarian, these Shi Gui haven't tasted it for a long time, as soon as her eyes slipped, someone came to peddle it, she quickly shook her head, and had some doubts in her heart, Ye's family doesn't touch meat food, but how can you eat a feast?

Walk through the streets and alleys and cross the bridge, turn into a deep alley, and then go inside, it is the Ji Mansion, the adult of the Ji family is rarely famous, seventeen years old in the Kui star, the door in front of the vertical pole, the wife married is the queen's sister, the family is pampered.

It's still early at this time, there are already a number of carriage sedan chairs parked in front of the door, someone on the door carries a teapot out to the sedan chair driver to send tea to eat, Shi Gui followed the car all the way, used to the road, but did not feel tired, the car stopped, quickly took the footstool of the rear car.

Ye Shi covered his face with a fan, entered the door and passed the sedan hall, one west and one east, the west is the garden, the east is the main hall study, the men and women are separated, and the mother-in-law who has already received them greeted them.

The Ye family has few contacts, but the lady of the Ji family has some friendship, and the mother-in-law smiled: "Our wife has been waiting for a long time." ”