077 Fuqin
Everywhere the carriage passes, you can feel the enthusiasm of the festival.
When passing through the downtown area, both sides were crowded with vendors selling fans, and the traffic was busy, and the Xu family's carriage made a detour to the Ye family's courtyard on time.
The Ye family is good at tea ceremony, many tea merchants in Suzhou will send their children to the Ye family to learn tea ceremony, Xu Gulei studied tea ceremony in the Ye family for two years, and he can have such attainments in tea art now has a lot to do with this.
After the Xu family got out of the carriage, they saw Ye Niangzi waiting at the Hanging Flower Gate.
She has some powder on her slender face, and her head is not like the Xu family usually has only two white hostas, but a pearl jasper step shake and a hollow orchid hairpin, a gold grate inlaid with blue gems on both sides of the bun, and two round and full white pearls are rare on her ears, which makes her look very good.
Today, she is also dressed brighter than usual, wearing a camel-colored chrysanthemum collar and a six-panel magenta dress.
Ye Niangzi usually dresses plainly, but she has an outstanding temperament and will not look thin, but after dressing up today, she really reflects her elegant temperament.
After Xu Yu got out of the carriage, she almost didn't recognize Ye Niangzi at first sight, she has always had shiny skin, clear eyes, and looks like she is in her early thirties on weekdays, but she is simply a lady of twenty-five or sixteen in such a dress.
The essence of the Ye family's tea ceremony is passed on to men but not to women, and if a woman wants to learn, she cannot marry outside, but she can let a man get married.
Ye Niangzi ranked second in the Ye family, and her eldest sister did not learn the tea ceremony and married early. Because there was no new person in the family who could support the façade at that time, she learned the most essential part of the tea ceremony, so she never married.
A few years ago, the Ye family cultivated a few sons and daughters who were good at tea ceremony, and there was no need for her to support the façade. She came to the Xu family to teach the tea ceremony, and she was at ease with what she encountered, and she was cautious in her words and deeds.
Ye Niangzi and the Zhang family saw the ceremony, so they led the Xu family inside.
This annex does not have elaborate verandahs and buildings, but it has a large horse farm. Men can write lyrics, throw pots, shoot willows, and bow here.
There are two other simple pavilions next to the racecourse, and you can see the beautiful lotus flowers blooming in the pond not far away.
Across a pond of lotus flowers, on the edge of the pond opposite the racecourse is the flower hall of this annex, where women can chat, drink tea, and give each other fans to enjoy the flowers.
It is precisely because of the Ye family's horse farm and this pond of lotus flowers that the major families in Suzhou come to this courtyard every year during the Dragon Boat Festival from the beginning of the year.
On the way, several men from the Xu family went to the pavilion next to the racecourse to see the old lady of the Ye family, and the female dependents followed Ye Niangzi inside. I arrived at the flower hall.
Coincidentally, the Wang family is also here.
As soon as the Ding family saw Wang Ying, fire appeared in their eyes, and they grabbed the Lu family and whispered: "Their family has done such a shameless thing, and they dare to come to the Ye family's courtyard!"
She didn't know what was going on between Wang Ying and Xu Guyu. The anger at this moment is entirely because of the Wang family's black hand on the Xu family's tea. Moreover, Wang Ying used Xu Erniang to learn about the situation of the Xu family, and Xu Erniang was also punished again because of this incident, and even had to kneel in the ancestral hall for three days, which made her hate Wang Ying even more.
This matter is still under pressure now, if it breaks out in the future, the Wang family will tell Xu Erniang what he should do, and it will be difficult to explain it to Mingzhou.
This time, the Ding family asked the Lu family to help prepare the sacrifice of the Dragon Boat Festival and the use of it at home, as well as the gifts given by the Xu family to other families. This qiē was originally the credit of the Lu family. The Lu family did not ask for credit in front of the Zhang family, but let the Zhang family praise them for getting along well.
Thinking of Lu's goodness, Ding became a little intimate with her. Otherwise, he wouldn't even say a word of complaint to the Lu family on weekdays.
Lu Shi nodded, smiled comfortingly at Ding, and reminded, "Salute Old Madam Ye first." ”
The Lu family didn't have any feelings about the Wang family coming here, because Xu Gucheng told her at noon today that the matter had been resolved, and there would be no more business trips in the capital.
Although the Xu family has not yet gone to the Wang family to seek justice, the Wang family will inevitably take care of the loss when they see the Xu family. The second master of the racecourse may have to apologize to the uncle.
Now that they meet, the Wang family is the more uncomfortable one.
The Xu family has been busy solving that matter for the past few days, so they didn't come to the Ye family's courtyard. The Wang family must have been anxious about this matter and delayed until the last day of the Dragon Boat Festival.
When he promised to follow the Lu family to salute, he raised his eyes and looked at Old Madam Ye. She is in her early fifties, and her face is somewhat similar to Ye Niangzi, with thin eyes and thin lips, but she is not as disliked as Ye Niangzi, and there is a smile between her eyebrows.
"You are Erniang's new apprentice?" Old Madam Ye learned from Ye Niangzi that there was a mole under the corner of her eye, and she recognized her when she entered the house.
Xu promised to bow again, and smiled and said: "The sixth mother of the Xu family visited Mrs. Ye, Mrs. Ye took her son as an apprentice a few days ago, and she received a lot of gratitude. ”
Zhang sat next to Mrs. Ye, and saw that Xu Yu was dressed appropriately today, and his face was a little more open than before, and he had the appearance that the children of the Xu family should have, so he nodded with satisfaction and said to Mrs. Ye: "This child does have some talent in tea ceremony, but fortunately, there is a person like Mrs. Ye who is good at tea ceremony to teach her, so as not to delay her." ”
These words make people feel that my granddaughter is a genius in the first place, and it is the same for anyone to teach, and it is your daughter's blessing for your daughter to teach my granddaughter.
Old Madam Ye smiled, didn't say anything more, and raised her hand to let Xu Yu get up and sit down.
promised to participate in Mrs. Ding's birthday banquet when her reputation was bad, except for Hu Ling, no one took the initiative to pay attention to her, everywhere she passed was whispering, and those people's eyes were full of vigilance. Now that she is participating in the banquet, this situation is no longer there, and the Zhang family always takes her out to show off.
After taking a seat, he looked around quietly, and found that the people in the second room of the Ding family had also come, and on the third seat opposite sat the second lady Ding and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old lady.
Seeing the people of the Ding family, Xu Yu subconsciously looked around, and saw Xu Qian suddenly get up, take the most exquisite embroidered fan, and give it to the lady of the Ding family.
The lady of the Ding family suddenly smiled and praised Xu Qian's outstanding female workers.
Wang Muyu was originally sitting next to Wang Ying, she didn't like Xu Qian, so she took advantage of Xu Qian's walk away to find Xu Promise: "Do you want to go to the racecourse to have a look?" Song Jiao was invited to bow today, and she really wanted to take a look.
Xu Yu glanced at her and thought, the Xu family and the Wang family are at a time of tension, Wang Muyu What does this mean, is it deliberately soft?
glanced at Ding's side again, and saw that Wang Ying also went over to talk to Ding's and confirmed the Wang's intentions, before returning to Wang Muyu: "I'm a little tired and don't want to go." ”
"Then let's go to the pond, I smelled the pleasant fragrance of lotus flowers when I passed by there just now. Wang Muyu asked with a smile, she only found out what happened at home this morning, and her grandmother specially settled her, so that she should not be arrogant when she contacted Xu Liuniang, and her posture should be lowered, and she would be more humble.
Father was bewitched by her aunt to do such a stupid thing, she couldn't intervene, but she would definitely do her best to do her grandmother's settlement, at least not let the Wang family lose too much because of this matter.
Xu Yue turned her head to look at the lotus through the window, and before she could speak, she heard someone say: "Today's lotus is better than yesterday, why don't you go out to enjoy the lotus and compose lyrics?"
Before this person's voice fell, someone responded: "It rained heavily on the night of the second day of the new year, and the flowers bloomed the best on the third day of the new year, but unfortunately my lord said that day that the ground on the horse farm was wet, and it had to be dried for two days before coming." ”
Suddenly, a group of women said that they wanted to go out and enjoy the flowers by the pond.
A group of people went to the pavilion next to the racecourse, and a group of young men in the racecourse were riding horses and bowing, and the scene was very enthusiastic.
The women forgot to enjoy the flowers and lyrics for a while, but they looked at the competition, and when the competition was over, someone mentioned that Xu Qian's piano skills were the best among young women, and they asked her to play the piano.
Xu Qian refused with a wrist injury, and then said: "Liuniang recently learned the piano with her mother, and her piano skills have improved a lot, so it's better to let her play a song." ”
Someone asked Xu Qian to play the music just now, but she just wanted to listen to the piano sound of the lady taught by the Lu family, and it was the same if she changed the promise.
Chuntang glanced at Xu Qian, who had a smile on her face, a little unhappy in her heart, and glanced at Xu Yu with worry. Her own lady has only been learning the piano for three months, and playing music in front of many ladies who are good at playing the piano is likely to be looked down upon.
The promise was calm, and he went through the chess game memorized in his mind, and when the maid came up with the piano, she sat down and stroked the piano very calmly.
Between the ten finger plucking, the very rhythmic piano sound came out, such as the mountain flowing water, such as the spring water dingdong, tactful and continuous, the aftersound curling, which made people's eyes shine, the pavilion suddenly quieted down, and the originally noisy horse farm was also quiet for a while.
This song has never been heard by everyone here, and it is both novel and impressed by the artistic conception in the song.
Everyone listened attentively, looking at the promise with a little more admiration.
Since the first note popped up by Xu Promise, the smile on Xu Qian's face faded.
As soon as the song ended, her face became very ugly.
Old Madam Ye also had more admiration in her eyes, and asked, "Xu Liuniang, what is the name of this piece you played, I don't know who it came from, can you copy a copy for me?"
Promising a young grade, no one would think that such a melodious and melodious tune that makes people feel like they are winding for three days is from her.
Xu Yu got up and saluted, walked over from behind the piano, and replied with a light smile: "Liu Niang doesn't know who wrote the lyrics and music, and I don't know its name, but when I looked at the chess game a few days ago, I found that this piece of music was written on one of the pieces of paper, and I felt that it was exquisite. If Mrs. Ruoye wants, Liuniang will copy a copy for Mrs. after returning to Xu's Mansion. ”
Promise that the piano skills are average, and if you play a song that everyone knows, there will definitely be flaws. You can play a song that no one has ever heard, and even if there is a flaw, others can't find it. Therefore, she played out the song that Xu Liuniang saw when she was a child when she looked at Jingping's chess score.
Her piano skills are very ordinary, but the music made by Jingping is quite good, she played it with all her strength just now, and only played two points of charm. But these two charms are enough to shock everyone.
Her reply was quite a lady's gesture, and Zhang was very satisfied and kept nodding.
As long as it is someone who can give Zhang's long face, she likes it. (To be continued)
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