On the day of Qixi Festival, Qin Hanzhen and the sisters in the clan gathered in the opera garden to beg, and met the Shen sisters who came to visit relatives. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The niece of the patriarch's wife did not come to Jiangning alone. Because she was under the banner of leaving relatives, the patriarch's wife invited her younger brother and daughter-in-law, cousin and cousin-in-law, and the children of their two families to come over. Due to the large number of people, it is not good to settle them all in the ancestral house of the clan, so she rented a spacious and quiet house in a nearby town to entertain her parents. It happened to be Qixi Festival, and the Shen family had several daughters who had not yet come out of the cabinet, the oldest was eighteen years old, and the youngest was only eight years old.

Qin Hanzhen came over by himself, this is the second time he has spent Qixi Festival. However, last year, it was with the sisters of the long house, and there was no special feeling, and today I figured out that there are so many customs and customs on Qixi Festival.

The opera garden has long been emptied, there is a big long table in it, spread a big red tablecloth, on which are placed tea, wine, all kinds of fruits and peanuts, red dates, longan, hazelnuts, melon seeds and other dried fruits, and then take a large blue and white porcelain vase, insert two bottles full of fresh flowers, take a red paper bunch, put it in the center of the table, and put an incense burner in front of the flower. The girls in the Qin clan, along with seven or eight young daughters-in-law, burned incense and prayed at the table in batches, praying that the Weaver Girl would give them excellent female red skills, and maybe some people would secretly pray for a good marriage or something. After the worship, everyone will sit around the table, drink tea together, eat some dried fruit snacks, and have a tea party by the way.

Others took a dressing box or a small, delicate round box and filled it with a spider and waited the next morning to see if it had a web and if it was strong. If the net is good, they will think that they are "lucky", and the prayer in front of the Weaver Girl has worked, and their future female celebrity skills will definitely be better than everyone else.

Some people also brought various kinds of "qiaoguo" made from pasta from home and gave them to the sisters to taste together.

Those who want to show their skills on this occasion will also take advantage of the chat to cut paper, embroider flowers, tie a tie or something on the spot, so as to accept the praise and compliments of the sisters.

A few younger girls, tired of eating snacks and not interested in seeing how well other women's celebrities are doing, gathered around and asked the girls at home to make impatiens juice and dye their fingernails.

Qin Hanzhen asked herself if she was a female celebrity master, and the things she sewed out could only be said to be barely visible, and she didn't want to play with the little spider, so she sat at the table with a smile and ate her dried fruit snacks. Now the girls of the He clan treat her politely, whatever she wants, no one will jump out to embarrass her, she is also happy to hide, only sit with a few sisters who are more reasonable on weekdays, and chat without a word.

Xiao Shen and her sisters sat not far from them. Because the girls slowly formed different circles, more than spiders made webs, more delicate than Qiaoguo, those who dyed their nails, embroidered and watched embroidery...... Each has its own place to go, and there are not many people left at the table, so it shows that Xiao Shen and one of her sisters are here. A girl from the side branch of the sect didn't know if she had been instructed by her elders in advance, so when she saw this, she withdrew from the embroidery circle and led the Shen sisters to sit and talk with Qin Hanzhen and the others.

Qin Hanzhen knew that Xiao Shen was here to see each other, and he knew it in his heart. This little Shen probably knew what was going on, and she had to go to see Mrs. Yongjiahou in a while, and now that she had to see Yongjiahou's granddaughter first, she couldn't help but have a blush on her face.

However, she is everyone's beautiful lady, and her behavior is dignified, and she does not see the slightest rudeness, and she generously meets Qin Hanzhen. When talking to people, her tone is also very calm, as if she is really just visiting relatives and gossiping with the girls of her aunt and mother-in-law's family. Because she is older, there is still a bit of tenderness in her tone of the big sister's care for the little sisters, which makes it easy for people to have a good impression of her.

However, the sister next to her was only two years younger than her, and she was also older than the other girls present, but her eyes were dripping, and her temperament seemed to be more lively.

Qin Hanzhen could only answer according to what he heard from Qin Jinhua and Qin Jinchun: "It seems that it is more popular in the capital to build a beggar building, right? In addition, it is basically to burn incense and worship the Weaver Girl, sit around and eat Qiaoguo and snacks, talking and laughing. After a pause, she added, "I don't live in the capital either, so it's not very clear." I heard from my sisters. ”

Xiao Shen's sister-in-law was surprised: "Ah, this sounds really interesting! It's very different from our Songjiang customs! It would be nice if I could go to the capital to see it sometime." ”

The girl from the side branch of the sect replied with a smile: "The customs are different from each place, and the customs of our Jiangning are different from those of your Songjiang." My sister also said yesterday that the rules in Jinling City are different from those at home, and it would be nice if she could live here for a while longer, and today she envies the capital. ”

Xiao Shen's sister-in-law smiled a little stiffly, but quickly mixed up.

Qin Hanzhen understood what they were playing, lowered his head and smiled, and didn't say anything, so he accosted the little Shen family: "What does Miss Shen do at home on weekdays? I heard that the Shen family is a Songjiang family with a long reputation, and the rules must be different from ordinary people?"

Xiao Shen smiled softly: "It's no different, it's just doing needlework, reading books, and helping with some housework." ”

Qin Hanzhen asked again: "Miss Shen also likes to read?" Okay, at least she is a well-read and educated girl.

Xiao Shen said softly: "It's just a casual flip." There is a school for girls in the clan, and all the sisters who have reached the age of eight and are not more than fifteen are required to go to school. Our sisters are old and long gone. At the beginning, I learned "The Four Books of Women" in school, and there are a few poems, but now I flip through them in my spare time, just to pass the time. ”

Qin Hanzhen looked curious: "What does Miss Shen learn in the school? There is also a school in our clan, but it is set up for boys, and there is nothing to do with us girls." ”

Xiao Shen smiled: "It's to teach some rules, principles......" Before she finished speaking, her sister-in-law rushed to answer: "There is a goddaughter who is popular, and also teaches poetry and songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting." My sister was just mediocre in her schoolwork, and her mind was so focused on family affairs that she didn't even have time to study needlework. I often advise her that she has her own subordinates to take care of the housework, so why bother so much? In her spare time, she should practice the piano and calligraphy more, even if it is more embroidery, and don't even finish her homework, so she asks the female gentleman to punish her. My sister just didn't listen, and she only knew how to care about those firewood, rice, oil and salt all day long. ”

Qin Han really thought that this girl was really blind, she was talking to Xiao Shen, what was this girl talking about? Listening to what she said, did she want to hack her sister? Qin Han really knew that Xiao Shen's family had died one after another, so she would keep filial piety so far, and she had not yet married at the age of eighteen. Since she has no mother, there must be no one in the family to take care of the housework. As the eldest daughter, it makes sense for her to help with household chores. But her sister, even if she is a concubine, in this case, only cares about her own homework, and doesn't feel that there is anything wrong with her?

Xiao Shen didn't feel angry because of her sister's words, she just lowered her head and smiled a little embarrassed, still looking gentle and peaceful.

Qin Han really thought, this girl's temper is really good.

Qin Hanzhen chatted with the Shen sisters for half an hour, and then they had a general understanding of their respective personalities, and also knew that the little Shen family was not really as unlearned and unskilled as her sister said, but she was just modest and not easy to show. Although she is not a talented girl, she has a good upbringing, she can be satisfied with the knowledge of books and gifts, and she is mediocre in piano and calligraphy and painting, but she can play a good chess hand. She has experience in taking care of housework, and she also has the filial piety to take care of her sick elders, and she is also very careful about her younger siblings.

Qin Hanzhen also tried it a little, and found that although she had a good temper, she was not really a person who had no ideas, but she was used to respecting the opinions of others, and usually obeyed other people's orders. When necessary, she is also a person who can make her own ideas, and she will not know how to deal with a problem from others, but only knows how to ask for help from the people around her.

Qin Hanzhen has a certain understanding of the candidate for the future second aunt in his heart, and he knows it in his heart. However, all this is only a preliminary conclusion, and it is not yet accurate, and it needs to be observed several times before the best judgment can be made.

Of course, she was just a pass, and she didn't mean to meddle in her uncle's marriage. She was just worried that her grandmother would be dizzy and would pick a suitable object for the second uncle, and the second uncle would be restless, and the entire Yongjiahou Mansion would be affected.

After a short time, Feng Shi came over, first walked around the opera garden, said hello to a group of sisters-in-law, invited them to eat and drink well, and asked people to send fruit tea that helps digestion, then turned to Qin Hanzhen's table, laughed a few words, and then said that the mother-in-law called Xiao Shen to talk.

Xiao Shen knew what she was asking her to do, her face turned red again, and she answered softly, and then got up to leave with Feng. Her sister-in-law jumped up again at this time, and said with a smile: "I'll be a companion with my sister, let's go together? I haven't seen my aunt today, so I'm going to say hello to her." "Follow along, too.

Feng Shi turned his head to stare at her, staring at her stiffly, and suddenly he couldn't take that step.

Feng Shi smiled faintly, raised his hand on her shoulder, and pressed her back into place: "Don't worry, cousin, with me and your sister as your companion, you just stay here to play, what you like to eat and drink, just tell the girls to go." Have some fun, huh?" After saying that, she quickly withdrew her hand, nodded to Qin Hanzhen's sisters with a smile, and then pulled Xiao Shen away.

Xiao Shen's sister-in-law stiffly froze in place for a while, and when she woke up, others had already chatted with great interest, and no one paid attention to her. She laughed dryly, tried to interject several times, but was unsuccessful, so she could only sit aside depressedly, and after a while, she walked away boringly.

Qin Hanzhen raised his eyes to see her leave, and smiled secretly in his heart. What is this girl doing jumping up and down? Xiao Shen missed the marriage date, so she was in a hurry to say goodbye, this girl probably did the same, right?

It's just that the marriage of the second uncle is different from others, and it is clear that people who have no identity are not easy to climb, so what kind of excitement does the concubine come to join in? Even if Xiao Shen's family doesn't succeed, there is still Feng's cousin. Playing tricks in front of Feng's family, is she really a sick cat?