Chapter 35: Guest
The next day, after a brief breakfast, Mrs. Bai looked at the costumes of her daughters, which had also been arranged before, but at this time she would see if there was anything wrong. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Bai Shihua is a rose-red silver silk hooked collar jacket with a white threaded skirt, and a golden hairpin is inserted in her bun, and the whole person looks very eye-catching.
Bai Liuyun is a satin jacket with purple embroidered dark gold peony with a goose yellow skirt, plus the head of the pearl, which is a little more exquisite.
In comparison, Bai Qiyu is much simpler, azure scattered with pink plum blossoms, a small jacket with pearl pink, combed with a bun, decorated with beaded flowers, a little childish, but chic but more of a clear temperament.
Madam Bai nodded reluctantly, "It's not a big occasion today, but it's barely passable." ”
As the mother-in-law who followed the car got into the carriage, Bai Qiyu was in the same car as Mrs. Bai, and Bai Shihua and Bai Liuyun sat in the back.
Not long after leaving Sixian Hutong, I heard the sound of noisy bustling, apparently walking on the street.
Although Bai Qiyu also wanted to look outside, but with Mrs. Bai there, naturally she didn't dare to take a peek through the curtain, so she could only sit obediently and pinch Mrs. Bai's shoulders and legs......
After walking for a while, the carriage seemed to have passed a hurdle and drove smoothly and slowly, and after a tea time, the carriage stopped, and Bai Qiyu heard the woman sent by the Ding Mansion to follow the carriage and say, "Mrs. In-law, it's here." ”
When Mrs. Bai opened the curtain, she saw that Qiu's mother was waiting with a smile.
Bai Qiyu helped Mrs. Bai get out of the car, and several women wearing indigo jackets came forward to greet her, one was Mrs. Bai's mother Chen, who was in charge of the frame in the house, and several of them were all rawfaces.
Wang's mother has already taken the purse and rewarded them one by one, and everyone accepted it with a smile.
Mother Qiu glanced at the three flower-like sisters beside Mrs. Bai and praised, "This is Miss Four, Miss Six and Miss Seven, right?
The three sisters greeted a few people politely.
Madame Bai smiled modestly, "It's all praised, where is it so good." ”
Accompanying Mrs. Bai up the stone steps of the Hanging Flower Gate, Mother Chen smiled on the side, "The second young grandmother has been thinking about you all day long, knowing that you and a few in-laws came here today, and you have long ordered the slave maid to wait here......
"Let Chen's mother bother. ”
As she spoke, Mother Wang helped Mrs. Bai to get into the car in the inner courtyard, and the three sisters also took a ride.
Bai Qiyu looked at the garden scenery that was already flowing with the breath of spring, and couldn't help but be staggered, what is the home of generations of eunuchs in the capital......
This pavilion and pavilion, winding runoff waves, famous flowers and plants, stacked eaves rockery...... There is elaborate elegance and low-key luxury everywhere, and it is really the style of rich literati, if in the past few decades, Baifu may be comparable, but today's Baifu has long been a businessman.
After another cup of tea, he stopped in front of a courtyard.
Bai Qiyu saw a good-looking woman holding a little girl at the gate of the courtyard, and thought it was her second sister Bai Shuangyu and Sister Yun.
Although Bai Qiyu has never met her, she can be seen by looking at her somewhat similar appearance to Madame Bai, as well as that elegant air
The quality is also somewhat similar to that of the White Lady.
Sister Yun already knew Mrs. Bai, so she ran over directly and grabbed Mrs. Bai's hand, and called "grandmother" sweetly, making Mrs. Bai so happy that she couldn't close her mouth.
The sisters saw the salute, Bai Shuangyu smiled and said, "In a blink of an eye, several younger sisters are so old, if it weren't for the different temperaments, I really can't tell which one is the sixth sister and which one is the seventh sister." ”
Bai Liuyun and Bai Qiyu are twins, almost identical in appearance, but now they are older, one has a lively temperament, the other has a quiet temperament, and their temperaments are also different, and it is easy to distinguish between those who know them.
Went into the house and sat down at the daily banquet, Mrs. Bai hugged Sister Yun and played, and Bai Shuangyu asked about Bai Qiyu's illness.
"I think it's because I can't adapt to the soil and water, so it's easy to get sick......"
He also gave the three of them jade plates of the same different colors decorated with gold silk plates, and chatted with the sisters about their daily life, hobbies and fun.
He also said, "I heard my mother say that the seventh sister is good at perfumery, and when my mother wrote a letter before, I asked someone to bring a few bottles to me, and I used it very well, which is different from the one on the market, so I gave Mrs. Tai a bottle, and Sister Yun's grandmother and my sister-in-law each had a bottle......"
Bai Qiyu said modestly, "It's just some gadgets......
Mrs. Bai naturally brought some perfume made of Bai Qiyu this time, so she called Wang's mother to bring it up, "Look at what you like." ”
On the kang table, there are ten sweet white porcelain vials, each of which has a small wooden skewer engraved with the name of the product on the small wooden stopper, which is very exquisite.
"So many? are all different fragrances?" Bai Shuangyu couldn't help but be a little surprised.
Sister Yun also grabbed it when she saw it, and sniffed with her nose, "It's so fragrant, I want to smell it too." ”
It made everyone laugh.
Madame Bai nodded her little head and quipped, "How old do people know that they want to be fragrant?" Sister Yun put her arms around her neck and smiled.
"If the second sister likes something, if there is nothing here, just tell me. ”
Madame Bai also said, "When it comes to the flowering season, it will be easier to play with these things. ”
Bai Qiyu slandered in her heart, she was easy, and it was a matter of opening her mouth.
The little maid continued the tea a few times, Bai Shuangyu asked the time, and then took a few people to Mrs. Tai's place, "Mrs. Tai has a guest today, presumably my mother is also over there, let's go and sit down, the last time you came, Mrs. Tai was still sick and couldn't go to see her, and now it's all right......"
Mrs. Bai hugged Sister Yun and Bai Shuangyu and walked in front, and Bai Qiyu followed everyone with kindness.
Walk through the garden, go around the corridor, and walk for a long time before coming to a more solemn courtyard, looking at the direction should be near the garden in the backyard of Dingfu.
As soon as he entered the courtyard, he heard a cheerful laugh, Bai Qiyu was surprised, why did it sound like Li Xin'er's voice?
As soon as she entered the door, Bai Qiyu saw two familiar figures, which were Xu Suxin and Li Xin'er, Li Xin'er was holding the arm of a sixty or seventy-year-old woman and laughing, and Xu Suxin was sitting next to a brightly dressed young and beautiful woman.
Sister Yun was already shouting "Great Grandmother".
Mrs. Bai stepped forward to salute, and Mrs. Tai had already gotten up and shook her hand, "In a blink of an eye, Wanrong is also a grandmother, and the years are unforgiving." ”
Wanrong is Mrs. Bai's maiden name, speaking of which, Mrs. Bai is also familiar with Mrs. Tai, in the early years, when Bai Yuntang's father and grandfather were still officials, they were friendly with the Ding family, and Mrs. Bai would follow her mother-in-law to Ding's house every time she went to Beijing.
"Mrs. Tai's spirit is still so good......", Mrs. Bai said with a few words and introduced her daughters, "These are my three unsuccessful daughters......
Mrs. Tai nodded again and again, "You are really blessed, our Shuangyu is so beautiful, I didn't expect a few sisters in the family to be so beautiful......
"Permission to do it?"
Madame Bai smiled, "Not yet, I would like to keep them for a few more years." ”
Everyone laughed and quipped, "If I had such beautiful daughters, I was afraid that I would want to stay by my side and be reluctant to send them to other people's homes." ”
Xu Suxin took Bai Qiyu's hand and sat down beside him, and said with a smile, "I went to my aunt's house yesterday, and I saw it here again today, and those who don't know think we made an appointment." ”
Liu said to Mrs. Bai with a smile, "My cousin's family has just come from Linfeng City, so you should be closer and closer." ”
"That's it...... Li'er," Madame Bai also smiled and nodded.
Only then did Bai Qiyu know that Xu Suxin and the eldest grandmother of the Ding family were cousins.
Li Xin'er on the side sighed, "It's a pity that Jiuxiang didn't come...... but turned around to tease Sister Yun'er.
"What a child!" Mrs. Tai looked amused and touched her head.
Bai Shuangyu didn't see the eldest lady when he entered the house, so he asked, "Why don't you see your mother?"
Liu said with a smile, "Brother Nan was clamoring to see the color ball, so his mother took him to the garden. ”
Liu has two sons, a concubine, the eldest son is eight years old, this time is in the school, Brother Nan is the second son of Liu, a little younger than Sister Yun.
Caiqiu is a fat parrot with bright coats, raised in the back garden, in the cage under the eaves of the corridor next to the flower stand, can say a few simple words to say hello, because of the teaching of more, but also can recite two poems, is a few children are very like.
"Auntie, I also want to watch the colored balls. Sister Yun on the side was interested when she heard this, and she also wanted to watch the color ball with Brother Nan.
Liu glanced at Mrs. Tai and said with a smile, "Go ahead, you children should go out to play, and you can't sit still here." ”
Bai Shuangyu was helpless, so she had to let the nurse take her away.
"You little girls also go out to play, we adults are holding you in here by talking. Mrs. Tai smiled kindly.
Under the nod of Madame Bai, the three Bai Qiyu sisters and Li Xin'er went to the garden together.
Li Xin'er kept holding Bai Qiyu's hand and called "Seventh Sister" affectionately, Bai Shihua took Bai Liuyun's hand with her when she saw it, "Sixth Sister, let's go over there and have a look." There were only two left, Bai Qiyu and Li Xin'er.
"Your fourth sister has such a big temper. Li Xin'er muttered.
Bai Qiyu naturally didn't want to say anything, so he only smiled slightly, "I didn't expect your sister-in-law and my second sister's sister-in-law to be cousins." ”
"Yes, Xu Ge's wife is the eldest daughter of the Liu family and the younger sister of Yunyang Bo. ”
In other words, Xu Suxin's mother is Liu's aunt, and the Liu family in Yunyang Bofu is Xu Suxin's foreign family. No wonder. Bai Qiyu's head was coiled with the relationship between several families, and he was walking on the corridor with Li Xin'er.
"Sister-in-law didn't tell me when she went to your house yesterday, otherwise I would have gone to see your ......," Li Xin'er muttered with a pout.
"Shhhh
Bai Qiyu frowned, "How did I hear a man talking?"
"Seventh sister, did you hear me wrong? ”