Chapter 13: Greetings
A few steps forward, sure enough, I saw a courtyard of five large main houses appearing in the dense forest and bamboo. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Then a sharp-eyed maid trotted forward to salute, and said, "The two young ladies are here, and the old lady and the eldest princess are already waiting inside." And he led them into the courtyard.
When stepping on the threshold of the courtyard gate, Yiying looked up at the bluestone Ruyi head pattern on the lintel, which was engraved with the four big characters of "Tongfeng Mountain Residence" in Lishu, and the handwriting was vast and thick, which was impressive.
After a few turns along the hexagonal ice crack pattern paved with cyan pebbles, you will arrive in front of the main hall of the Tongfeng Mountain Residence.
A maid wearing a Hunan pinched bean blue bud edge armor smiled and opened the curtain for them, and Yi Ying took Yi Chen into the hall.
Mrs. Cheng and Min Yuan sat at the top, one on the left and one on the right, and Shen and Sun also sat on the first chair on the left and right.
Mrs. Cheng is about fifty years old, a few years older than her grandmother, Empress Dowager Gao, but she looks much better than her, and there are not many wrinkles on her face.
She was wearing a stone-blue Wufu Shoutuan Huayun brocade gown, emerald ears the size of lotus seeds hanging from her ears, and a ruby ring the size of a pigeon's egg on her hand.
When she saw the two of them coming in, the smile on her face was even bigger, and when she saw Min Yuan nodding with a smile, she beckoned Yi Ying to her side: "Ying girl, come here, let Zu ...... Second uncle and grandmother take a look. The voice paused for a moment, and then quickly disregarded it.
Yiying knew that she didn't say the second half of the sentence, and she was not hypocritical, so she generously stepped forward to greet Mrs. Cheng, and smiled softly: "Yiying has seen the second uncle and grandmother, and the second uncle and grandmother Jin An." ”
Old Madam Cheng looked at this granddaughter carefully. The demeanor is decent, the body is slender, the eyebrows and eyes are delicate and not glamorous, the ten fingers are slender, she looks gentle and gentle, and a pair of pearl heads and faces make her like morning dew, which is very comfortable and pleasing to the eye.
She is old, and she has some knowledge, and she knows that this granddaughter must not have been on the grange in the past nine years, but she doesn't care. After so many years of ups and downs, she is now looking forward to the happiness of her son and daughter-in-law, and the happiness of her children and grandchildren.
She said good boy, and then looked at Yi Chen who was standing there, her face was much lighter, Yi Chen saluted, Mrs. Cheng just nodded, and gave the two of them a seat.
Sun patted his head and smiled: "Look at me, I forgot to give my niece a meeting gift." Then he took off the ice glutinous jade bracelet on his hand and gave it to Yiying.
Yi Ying was busy about to excuse herself, but Min Yuan smiled: "Since it is given by the elders, you can accept it." Yiying took it and thanked Sun generously.
Mrs. Cheng smiled hehehe: "You see, the third daughter-in-law is still smart, I haven't even remembered it." ”
Shen also smiled on the side: "Mother, my daughter-in-law only dared to give it until you gave it first, how do you know that you forgot it." ”
"Even the eldest daughter-in-law came to tease me, this is to help Ying Yatou empty my savings." Mrs. Cheng sighed, but her hand was not ambiguous, and immediately a maid came out with a six-inch long and wide makeup box made of yellow nanmu, which showed that it had been prepared early in the morning.
"This box is filled with jewelry that I wore when I was young, the style is a little old, and some you don't look down on, although you take it to the silver building to fight again." Mrs. Cheng smiled kindly, her eyes full of doting. She owes her second child so much, so she always wants to be more considerate of his children.
Yiying was flattered, and personally stepped forward to take the makeup box, and thanked him again and again.
Shen smiled and glanced at Mrs. Cheng: "Mother, you gave so much at once, but let your daughter-in-law's things show up." ”
Old Madam Cheng just laughed and didn't care about Shen's words. I saw that Shen took a white and flawless jade plaque from the maid's hand, which was carved with patterns such as treasure bottles, quails, and ruyi, which were vivid and lifelike.
"Although this jade plate is not precious, it is better to care about the head, to the bottle of peace, to the quail of peace, plus a wishful, and called peace and happiness, very suitable for a little girl like you to wear."
Yiying took it with a smile, these jade bracelets and other things are all gadgets she likes very much. Although my mother opened a treasure pavilion, it was used for external profit after all, and most of the finished products in it were suitable for the children of wealthy commoners and lower-ranking people.
Anything that is really extraordinarily valuable is either hidden in the treasury and sold once after a long time, or it takes months or even years to polish the jade material at a large price, carefully discussed with the silversmith, and then takes months or even years to polish it. Like the ones worn by the Shen family and the Sun family, they are all first-class good jade pieces.
Sun didn't follow: "Mother, you didn't tell me earlier that Sister Ying'er was coming today, I didn't prepare for it, and I was really insincere." It was also with Cheng's change of voice that he shouted Sister Yi Yingying.
"Look at her mouth, you're arranging me again." Cheng smiled helplessly, but had no intention of blaming.
"Sister Ying'er, you take the bracelet first, and then my aunt will make it up to you another day." It's very real.
Yiying felt that Sun's temperament was also very cute, so she smiled and said, "No, no, I like what my aunt sent me this time." It made Sun's eyebrows smile.
Yi Ying saw that Yi Chen was not very comfortable sitting there, and he didn't know how to insert their harmonious conversation, so he sighed secretly, with a sly smile on his face: "Sister Fang Caichen told me an interesting story about Sister Zhen, and I don't know where my sister is now, I want to see it." ”
Cheng's gaze paused on Yichen's face, his gaze warmed a lot, and he looked at Shen.
Shen Shi was a little surprised, but quickly reacted, and smiled helplessly: "She was thinking about her Hu suit, saying that she was going to wear it when she was going to ride a horse, how could she have a good daughter's temperament." The tone is very spoiling.
"I'm also afraid that you will come to recognize your life for the first time, even if this is the case, I will immediately send someone to call a few of your cousins to come over to see you, mother?" When Sun heard Sister Zhen'er's name, he was also very enthusiastic and took the initiative to ask for help.
Cheng smiled and nodded: "It's good for sisters to be affectionate." ”
Sun ordered a maid behind him to invite a few young ladies from Dongfu to come over.
It's just that a few young ladies haven't appeared yet, but a maid came in to communicate: "Old lady, the third grandmother of the Zhang family is visiting." ”
Everyone was surprised, and Shen wondered: "I didn't pay a prayer yesterday, why did I come all of a sudden......"
Cheng waved his hand and said with a smile: "Come in and ask and you'll know." The maid turned around and asked Grandma Zhang San to come in.