Chapter 4 The first entry into the Hou Mansion
The convoy went all the way along the Yudai River, passed through Zhuque Street, crossed the Gouyue Bridge, and came to Guanlu Street. The pen "fun" pavilion www.biquge.info view green, homonym "Guanlu", and because the people who live here are all officials of the DPRK and China, it is also called Guanlu Street. The Wenchang Marquis Mansion is located in the depths of this street.
"Is this the time?" Su Yunyou, who felt the carriage stop, picked up the embroidered curtain on the window, looked at the plaque with "Wenchang Marquis Mansion" written in gold paint on the vermilion lacquer gate outside, and the two big stone lions squatting at the door, and couldn't help blurting out, "It's so angry." ”
Su Yunjiao said: "This is nothing, there are many places in Beijing that are more magnificent than this." "There are many high-ranking official families in Beijing, although their Su family is a marquis, and through her grandfather's help at a critical moment, Yu En, who has reached out to help today, plus a few competitive children, they have entered a first-class family, but the foundation is still far from those families who have been inherited for a hundred years and have made great contributions.
If you really want to compare, let's put it mildly with the eight great families of Wang, Xie, Gu, Wei, Qi, Zhong, He, and Xun, that is, the Qin family, which is greatly injured, and the Bai family, which is slightly declining, and their Su family is still a step behind.
"If you put down the curtain of the car, there may be a few unpleasant words from the people in the house, and the old lady will be unhappy if she knows. Su Yunjiao, who caught a glimpse of Jiang Sheng, the chief butler of the Hou Mansion, came with a group of small servants from a distance, and reminded.
"Don't put down the curtain yet!" Su Yunrou also said, I heard that grandmother likes dignified and virtuous girls the most, and her mother hopes that they can please her grandmother.
Su Yun let out a stupid "oh" and lowered the curtain.
It didn't take long for the carriage to start moving again, Su Yunyou still couldn't help it, carefully lifted the corner of the curtain, and peeked secretly, only to see that the atmospheric Zhu door had not been opened, and their carriage was only heading towards an open side door on the side.
After about a cup of tea, the carriage stopped again, and several servants came to raise the curtains, and the first one smiled and said, "Girls, please get off." ”
Su Yunrou saw that they were all dressed extraordinary, and they were many times better than the servants in their own house, so she didn't dare to slack off, so she got out of the carriage with their support, and Su Yunyou behind her also followed suit, leaving Su Yunjiao at the end.
"There are a few mothers. Su Yunjiao took the hand handed from outside the carriage, stepped on the stool and got off the car briskly, and then said in a low voice, "The fourth sister, the eighth sister and the eighth brother have just arrived in the Hou Mansion, and they have asked a few mothers to take care of them more. After that, he glanced at Pingxiang who was waiting on the side, Pingxiang willingly stepped forward and took advantage of the gap between Su Yunjiao to help her, stuffed a purse into the mother's hand, and said softly: "Buy wine for mothers!"
Although the mother was a little surprised by Su Yunjiao's actions, as soon as she checked the weight of the purse, she immediately smiled and threw all the surprise out of the clouds, and she said, "Seventh girl, don't worry, we know it in our hearts." ”
"It's good to have a number. Su Yunjiao nodded at her, and when she saw that everyone had boarded the prepared sedan chair, she didn't delay any longer, and followed the sedan chair that was still empty.
The sedan chair was still stable, and it changed hands three times on the way, and it took a stick of incense before stopping. As soon as Su Yunjiao walked out of the sedan chair, she saw a person standing in front of the hanging flower door, followed by a girl with apricot eyes and snow skin, and when the person saw her, he hurriedly walked up to her and said with a smile: "Seventh sister is back." ”
The girl in front of her skin is as white as snow, her complexion is beautiful, her eyebrows are like frowning, and her eyes are often dark under her eyebrows with a little joy at the moment, with a little red cinnabar in the center of her eyebrows, she has a general romantic attitude, a slender and graceful posture, and thousands of manners, standing in this cold wind, like a orchid swinging with the wind.
Su Yunjiao met her eyes, this was the first time she looked at her eyes so seriously, she used to feel that her eyes were gentle and spoiled, like a good sister who loved her sister, at this time, those smiles and pets were just a thin layer, like an early morning mist, and only a cold and indifferent layer was left when the mist was removed.
Su Yunjiao stared at her for a long time, and said, "Fifth sister, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”
Huh? Su Yunwan was slightly suspicious in her heart, Su Yunjiao's performance seemed to be wrong, but before she could think about it, the goose-yellow figure had already pounced, hugged her, and said with a smile: "Fifth sister, I miss you, does the fifth sister miss me?"
The joy in her words was not concealed in the slightest, Su Yunwan looked down at her smiling crooked eyebrows, and with doubts in her heart, she replied with a smile: "I miss the seventh sister too." ”
Qingluo on the side also smiled and said: "My girl is thinking about the seventh girl every day, I didn't hear that the girl came back today, she couldn't sit still, she was waiting here early, the old lady said her, she didn't listen!"
"Fifth Sister really hurts me!"
"Sister, that's the fifth sister? Su Yunyou leaned into Su Yunrou's ear and whispered, especially the slender figure made her very envious.
"Hmm. Su Yunrou nodded, it is worthy of being born and raised in the Hou Mansion since childhood, such a demeanor and bearing are compared to them, one in the sky and one on the ground, and I don't know what the other sisters are like. Su Yunrou was a little worried in her heart, if the sisters in the Hou Mansion were all so good, would they still be able to please the old lady?
They looked at Su Yunwan, Su Yunwan also saw them, Su Yunwan pulled Su Yunjiao over, and said with a smile: "These are the fourth sister and the eighth sister, right?"
Su Yunyou nodded and said, "Fifth sister is good." ”
The sisters saluted each other, and Su Yunwan said again: "I have long heard that the two sisters are very outstanding people, and now that this is the case, the sisters will be happy to see it, and it should be lively again when they think about it." ”
Su Yunrou and Su Yunyou both laughed after hearing this, especially when Su Yunyou heard that characters like Su Yunwan praised her for her excellence, and they smiled very happily.
"Let's go, let's go, the old lady is still waiting in the house, don't stop here. Su Mu urged, "The fourth uncle and the fourth aunt have already entered, so you don't want to follow up quickly." ”
"Big brother is right, let's go in quickly!" Su Yunwan smiled, took Su Yunjiao's hand, and beckoned in the direction of Su Yunrou and Su Yunyou, "Fourth sister and eighth sister should also come quickly." ”
Su Yunyou saw that Su Yunwan didn't forget to call them, smiled happily, and hurriedly took Su Yunrou's hand and followed: "Well, it's here." ”
Seeing this, Su Ai hurriedly followed.
Su Mu and Su Xun walked at the end, and Su Mu smiled: "It seems that the fifth sister is very likable." As soon as they met, after just a few words, the eighth sister was captured by her.
"I'll have a headache for you in the future!"
Su Xun said lightly: "Among the sisters, she gets along better with Jiaojiao, as long as she is not too much, I won't care about her." ”
After speaking, he raised his feet and walked in, Su Mu shook his head and followed.
The group passed through the hall, walked through the verandah, and went to the Shousong Hall where the old lady lived. The maid and lady I met on the road, when I saw them, they all put down what they were doing, and saluted them in a proper manner, Su Yunrou saw it, and felt that the Hou Mansion was extraordinary, holding Su Yunyou with one hand and Su Ai with the other, and followed behind Su Yunwan and Su Yunjiao without falling behind, what they did, she did what she did.
Although the old lady lives in the Shousong Hall is not as magnificent as the Rongchun Hall, it is solemn and magnificent, elegant and appropriate, and the two hundred-year-old green pines in front of the court symbolize the meaning of longevity, which is very suitable for the elderly to live.
"The fourth master and the fourth lady are back!" As soon as they stepped into Shousong Hall, a maid reported to the house. After a while, a well-dressed mother-in-law came out of the main house, walked quickly to Su Jinzhu and Liu, and saluted: "Say hello to the fourth master and the fourth lady." ”
Su Yunjiao knew that mother-in-law, she was the old lady's companion Ji's mother, and she was very relied on by the old lady.
"But Mother Ji beside her mother?" Su Jinzhu carefully identified and recognized who she was.
Mother Ji smiled: "Exactly, it's hard for the fourth master to remember." ”
"How has my mother been all these years?" asked Su Jinzhu again.
Mother Ji replied: "The old lady is still there, but she contracted a cold some time ago and was sick for a while, but now she is better." The fourth old man should go in quickly, the old lady is waiting!"
"Let's go in. Su Jinzhu walked towards the main house, and the group behind him followed, and before the little maid guarding the door moved, Ji's mother personally stepped forward and opened the door curtain, and said with a smile: "Fourth master, please." ”
"Hmm. Su Jinzhu nodded to her and took Liu's feet to the house.
There is a dragon burning in the house, warm as spring, and it doesn't feel cold at all, and it is simply two worlds from the outside. There were a lot of people sitting in the hall, but they were not crowded at all, and when Su Jinzhu and Liu came in, they were laughing with the old lady to relieve their boredom, so it was not lively.
Seeing them come in, the woman who was sitting on the right side of the old lady was wearing a navy blue eight-piece Hunan skirt, combing a peony bun and wearing an eight-treasure beaded hairpin, with a beautiful and soft face, and could be called a solemn treasure, stood up and said with a smile: "Fourth brother and four brothers and sisters, it can be regarded as back, we have been waiting for a long time." As she spoke, her eyes shone with a shallow soft light, like autumn water.
Listening to her words, the thin old woman who was sitting on the couch and talking to the little grandson next to her raised her head and glanced at him, and said slowly: "I'm back." ”
She wiped the sparkling cold light of the thumb-sized Dongzhu on her forehead, and the indescribable coldness made the lively atmosphere in the room stagnate.
She is the old lady of the Marquis of Wenchang-Jiang Shi.