Chapter 80: Boiling Snow
(2nd Update)
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Mrs. Ning's gaze fell on the few people behind Duan, and said with a smile: "These are the few young ladies in the house, they are really slim and elegant, and each has its own merits." ”
The taller one wears a pale pink skirt and is in a sensitive spirit, the one next to her is dressed in white and decorated with red plums, quiet and gentle, and the youngest is lively and lovely.
The three of them dressed themselves and saluted one after another, "I've seen Mrs. Ning." ”
"Okay, get up!" said Mrs. Ning, smiling from ear to ear.
Who doesn't want their daughter to be praised, and neither does Duan. She automatically thought that Mrs. Ning's praise was only for her precious daughter. "Mrs. Ning has an overreputation, in the mansion, they can make a lot of noise!"
Yun Tianhua despised it in his heart, and it was only your mother and daughter who made a fuss, so don't count her and the full moon.
Mrs. Ning also said with a smile: "It's all the same, my girl is also very noisy." He turned his head to his daughter on the side and said, "Xiaoxiao, take the young ladies to Merlin to play!"
Ning Xiaoxiao was convinced, "Yes, mother." Then he came over and said to the three of them, "Three sisters, please come with me!"
Yun Tianhua and the three of them were dressed again, and then turned around and followed Ning Xiaoxiao out.
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Bypassing the main hall, there is a courtyard, and when you leave the courtyard, you enter a corridor, and the three of you walk along the corridor.
"The last time I met my sister in a hurry, I didn't fulfill my responsibility as a host. Today, my sister is going to have a good time and go home with a lot of fun. ”
Ning Xiaoxiao said sweetly.
Yun Tianhua said: "Okay, my sister must have fun today." It's just that when the time comes, my sister shouldn't dislike my sister's trouble. ”
"How can it!" Ning Xiaoxiao's gaze fell on Yun Yueyuan's body, and said with a smile: "Miss Yun Er is really eye-catching today. ”
Yun Yueyuan lowered her head shyly again.
Walk to the end of the cloister, through a crescent gate, is the most famous Merlin in Dingxian Villa.
Merlin pulled a silk thread in the middle and tied a white gauze as a barrier, the man on the left and the woman on the right. The white veil looms, flying in the wind, like a fairyland. Men and women stood on one side, but there were also some young talents who went to the place of female guests and recited poems and painted.
Compared with the plum garden in Yunfu, the plum forest in Dingxian Villa is several times larger, and because it is outside the city, the weather is colder than in the city, and the flowers bloom more gorgeously.
"Sister, please. Ning Xiaoxiao showed the way.
There are paths made of small stone slabs in the Merlin, and walking from the stone slabs will not stain the uppers of your shoes with the mud on the mud floor.
At the end of the trail, there is a pavilion called the Snow Treading Pavilion. There are a few people in the pavilion talking and laughing, smelling carefully, and you can smell a fragrance. Yun Tianhua smiled, they should be making tea.
When he got closer, Yun Qianhua saw several brightly dressed and warmly wrapped girls, gathered around a small stove, on which a teapot was boiling, and hot air was coming out.
When several people saw Ning Xiaoxiao coming in, they all got up and saluted, "Sister Ning." ”
can be commensurate with her sister, she must be a close friend in the boudoir.
Ning Xiaoxiao smiled: "How many sisters are having fun?"
There were three people in the pavilion, and Xia Ting was one of them. She smiled: "Beautiful scenery, beautiful tea, naturally beautiful." ”
"That's fine. Let me introduce to you, this is the eldest lady, the second lady and the sixth miss of Yunfu. ”
Ning Xiaoxiao turned to the other side, "This is Miss Xia Ting, Miss Liu Zhiyun, and Miss Li Jin." ”
Everyone saluted again, "I've seen all the young ladies." ”
After seeing the ceremony, Ning Xiaoxiao opened her mouth and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Xia Ting replied: "We are boiling snow and making plum blossom tea." ”
Boiling snow and making plum blossom tea is an elegant thing done by literati. The whiteness of the snow means noble and flawless conduct, and the perseverance of plum blossoms means the character of standing proudly.
This kind of thing, Yun Qianhua has only seen in books. The children and women of the capital are not interested in this, they would rather ride horses to hunt, bow, and play ice hockey.
Several people sat down, Xia Ting's eyes wandered on Yun Tianhua, and she asked with a smile: "Sister Yun can cook snow?"
Yun Qianhua just wanted to answer, but a "boring" preempted her before her.
The person who spoke was Yun Bizhu, she pouted, very disdainful, "What are you doing to cook this thing, I'll go look elsewhere." ”
There was a feeling of embarrassment in the pavilion, and what they were doing with great interest was regarded as boring by others. Who can be happy?
A look of displeasure appeared on everyone's faces.
Ning Xiaoxiao eased the atmosphere and said with a smile: "That's it." Miss Six can look everywhere, Wushuang, take care of Miss Six. ”
The maid named Wushuang was the maid of Ningfu, and followed Yun Bizhu in response.
Yun Tianhua apologized: "The sister is young and speaks openly, I hope you don't blame the young ladies." ”
A few people naturally said that they were 'not to blame'. But I always feel uncomfortable.
Yun Tianhua understood this embarrassment and continued: "I heard you talk about boiling snow just now, and Tianhua is very curious, what will the tea brewed from this snow taste like? ”
Xia Ting explained: "This snow is boiled with snow on the plum branches. The snow stained with plum blossoms, with the fragrance of plum blossoms, is boiled in the furnace, and then the plum blossoms are picked to make tea, and the aroma of the brewed tea is charming, and it has a unique flavor. ”
Yun Tianhua didn't know if what she said was true or not, the snow contaminated with plum blossoms turned into water when boiled. Water has no taste, how can it have the aroma of plum blossoms?
But whether it's true or not, Yun Tianhua can't dismantle the platform, so he echoed: "Then I have to taste the plum blossom tea brewed by the young ladies, and when I come out today, I finally have a long experience." ”
"You can't play in the countryside. I wonder what fun things are going to happen in the capital?"
This is Ning Xiaoxiao's favorite topic, she is going to marry in the capital, so she naturally pays attention to the preferences of the people in the capital.
Yun said: "The habits of the people in Beijing are indeed very different from those in Binh Duong. In the spring, people like to go green. In summer and autumn, fly kites, swim in the lake, and fight fish. In winter, people like to hunt, play ice frolicking, and play ice hockey. ”
Sure enough, Ning Xiaoxiao said: "This is similar to Pingyang, but this ice hockey should only be played by men!"
"Not really. Yun Tianhua shook his head and said, "This ice hockey can be used by both men and women." Like Miss Chen of the Earl's Mansion in Jingxi, she is a master of ice play, and she has also performed ice play for the queen!"
Although Binh Duong is famous, it is still far from the capital. The word "Chang'an" is out of reach for them, let alone meeting people in the royal family, especially the queen of the world.
It was in the eyes of everyone who looked at Yun Tinghua that there was a little more envy.
Yun Tianhua smiled bitterly, with her identity, she couldn't even enter the palace, let alone see the queen. Do they envy a ghost?
But in the place where the nobles of the capital gather, if you say that you have seen the queen mother, no one will think it is strange. People will say: I am still the emperor's mother-in-law!
Xia Ting said with a smile: "Sister Yun is really well-informed, but it seems that we country women are ignorant. Ha ha. ”