Chapter 44: Tea Tasting
The Rong family's warm pavilion was originally a pavilion, since the Lu family transplanted this large piece of plum trees, every year when the plum blossoms are in full bloom, a banquet must be held, and this pavilion has been changed to a warm pavilion. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The warm pavilion is very spacious, and there are about twenty people seated, and there are braziers around it, and they are made of fine silver frost carbon, which can not only keep warm, but also do not choke the eyes. A beaded curtain divides the warm pavilion into two rooms, inside and outside. A few tables were simply set up outside, and the tables were surrounded by brocade piers, presumably to greet the maids who came with the girls.
The interior is full of luxury. The floor is covered with red pine wood, and a large bouquet of pink plum blossoms is placed in a white porcelain vase on the camphor wood half-moon table under the window, which makes people feel comfortable. There are a few circle chairs around the camphor wood table in the west, and there are all kinds of books, the four treasures of the study, etc., which are prepared for the girl who suddenly came to Yaxing to paint or compose poetry. And how to place a few noble concubines on the east side, and a tea and fruit snack on the low table in front of the couch, so that everyone can sit together intimately and drink tea and chat, and not lose everyone's beautiful etiquette.
After Lan Xin entered, the peony outside hurriedly greeted her, and after saluting, he commanded the little maid to hang up the cloaks of Lan Xin and the others, and the two little maids next to the curtain opened the curtain. Lan Xin only saw Peony in the flower hall, so he guessed that Peony would help Zhen'er entertain the girls who were invited to today's banquet in the warm pavilion.
Peony and Peony are the first-class maids next to Aunt Rong, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is her right-hand man. Today's banquet is of course indispensable for the two of them to run back and forth.
Lan Xin led Yuxue and Evian in, and Rong Zhen, who was dressed in a pink folded branch begonia, got up from the couch with a smile and greeted her. Affectionately took Lan Xin's hand and said with a smile: "Sister Lan Xin, you can be regarded as here." Rong Zhu also ran over with a smile and a salute. Rong Zhen and Rong Zhu are both daughters of Mrs. Rong's Lu, Rong Zhu is only nine years old this year, and she is ten years old in the next year, with a round little face, very cute. There was a shrewdness in her dark eyes that didn't match her age.
Rong Zhen looked at Yuxue and Evian and said with a smile: "Presumably these two are Sister Lan Xin's sisters, right?" Although it was a question sentence, it was an affirmative tone.
"This is my second sister Yuxue and my third sister Iyun. Lan Xin smiled and introduced, "This is Sister Zhen, this is Sister Zhu." ”
Rong Zhen smiled and said, "Welcome two······ Well, I'm fifteen years old, and I'm sixteen. Suddenly I didn't know what to call it, so I took the lead in reporting my age.
The doubt in Lan's eyes flashed. It is impossible for Rong Zhen not to know about the situation of the Zhou family, and now taking the initiative to report his age is a signal of goodwill, he wants to be friendly with Yuxue and Evian, and may continue to communicate in the future. But why did Rong Zhen throw an olive branch? And in front of everyone. You must know that Rong Zhen is a proud person, and few people will let her take the initiative to show her favor.
"I, I'm sixteen. Yuxue said with a red face.
"Ah, you are the same year as Sister Lan Xin, then I have to call you Sister Yuxue. Rong Zhen said sincerely with a smile.
"My fifteenth, February's birthday. Evian said crisply, looking at Rong Zhen with some arrogance, feeling that she must be her sister.
"I'm born in September, so I'm going to call you my sister, we're ······"
"Oh, sister, you want to talk to them, you go over there and talk. Before Rong Zhen could finish speaking, she was interrupted impatiently by Rong Zhu. She was very disgusted by the tone of Evian's speech just now, and when no one was paying attention, she gave Evian a white look: It's really shameless, it's really your house!
"What Zhu'er said is that I was rude, and several sisters came to sit. Rong Zhen greeted with a smile, and the expression on her face was so sincere that people couldn't fault it in the slightest. While giving up his seat, he let gladiolus serve tea and serve snacks and fruits.
"Sister Lan Xin, you come and sit with me, and Sister Jun. Rong Zhu dragged Lan Xin, who was just about to lift his feet, and said with a smile. When Lan Xin came in just now, he glanced at the situation in the house, and saw a girl sitting there, presumably Sister Jun from Rong Zhu's mouth from the capital, but I didn't know if it was the Rong family or the Lu family.
Rong Zhu is pleasant, and when she laughs, she shows her teeth, and no one will refuse her request. Lan Xin nodded and agreed, "Okay!" As he spoke, his eyes still glanced at Yuxue and Evian, and saw that the two of them had already sat down in Rongzhen. With Rong Zhen's gesture just now, the people around him also greeted the two of them with a smile.
"Sister Jun, this is my Sister Lanxin. Rong Zhu said crisply.
Lan Xin looked at the person who was called "Sister Jun" by Rong Zhu standing in front of him, wearing a lotus lotus hibiscus flower long jacket, combing a cross bun, wearing a gilt dot emerald step, with a beautiful face, and a little similar to Mrs. Rong Da in the flower hall between her eyebrows and eyes, so Lan Xin guessed that she was the girl of the Rong family's big house and Rong Jing's cousin.
Rong Jun was also looking at Lan Xin, only to see the woman's skin in front of her, her eyes were like paint, and she was delicate and refined. sighed secretly: Such a beautiful woman, no wonder Brother Jing is on the tip of his heart.
After the two greeted each other, they sat on the soft couch together, and Rong Zhu ignored Rong Zhen's frowning brows and squeezed in the middle of the two.
"Sister Lan Xin, this is a citrus shipped from the capital, juicy and sweet, you can taste it. Rong Zhen sat down on the collapse next to Lan Xin, handed over a citrus and said with a smile, not forgetting the others, "Everyone try it, Sister Yuxue, Sister Evian, you are welcome, taste this citrus." ”
Yuxue shyly took the orange and held it in her hand like that. Evian took the orange and put it on the small table, picked up the snack on the plate and ate it.
"These dim sum are all freshly baked this morning, let's try to see if our dim sum chef has improved. Rong Zhen greeted with a smile.
The girls who came today are all good friends, and no one will not give Rong Zhen face, not to mention, if the Rong family's status in the business community in Xuzhou ranks second, no one dares to rank first.
"Well, it's crispy, it's delicious. Sister Rong Zhen, what's the name of this snack?"
"I like it, it's sweet but not greasy, it's very refreshing. ”
"Well, this citrus is so sweet, it deserves to have been transported from the capital. ”
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Some people picked up the snacks on the plate, some people peeled citrus, and everyone chatted without a word, from eating to clothes, and from clothes to gossip on the streets. Even Yuxue was not as restrained as she was just now, and chatted with the people next to her.
The only surprise was Evian, who wiped out the snack in front of her in two clicks and put her hand on Yuxue's plate. When there were not many snacks left on Yuxue's plate, she picked up the teacup and took a few sips of tea, and exhaled with satisfaction. Couldn't resist the temptation of the fragrance of citrus, she peeled an orange casually, but now it was out of control, and almost all the oranges on the small table in front of her entered her stomach.
Everyone swept over, but they didn't see it, but some people couldn't see it.