Chapter Thirty-Six: Fine Wine?
"Mother~~~~, just let me go. I only play with my sister in the Sun family. Xiaoyu stood behind Xiao Xia and pinched her shoulders.
"I heard that the Sun family's garden is beautiful. We don't know how to clean up this yard, so why don't I go to Sister Sun's place to have a look. It also helps you get ideas and share your worries. ”
With the strength of Xiaoyu, Mrs. Xia gently shook her body, squinted her eyes comfortably, but didn't speak. The girl also has the benefits of a girl, although it is to go out and play here to be courteous, but none of the eight sons can be as good as Xiaoyu.
Xiao Xia Pozi took a deep breath and secretly thought: Seventh Brother and Ruhai can't hide, otherwise they shouldn't follow someone like Xingwang. Xiaoyu is a girl's family, but it's good to hide if she can.
"Do you know that Zhou Li will go, what else is there to join in?"
"I only play in the backyard with Miss Sun, and I don't mess with my brothers. Besides, if I hadn't been improvising last time, Seventh Brother and Ruhai would probably have fought with that Zhou Li, and it would be our family who would suffer at that time. ”
When Mrs. Xiao Xia heard this, her heart was also a little shaken. The seventh brother is well-informed and has a strong memory, it is true that he can talk about the wind and the rudder, but he is opportunistic but not even as good as the sea, let alone compared with Xiaoyu. Last time, if it wasn't for Xiaoyu's opportunity to make a dangerous move, the consequences would be really unpredictable.
Xiaoyu secretly looked at her mother's face, saw that her face was a little loose, and said: "Although Zhou Li is powerful, his mind is simple. Father has high hopes for Seventh Brother and Ruhai, mother, these two can only die studying!"
Xiao Xia Pozi pondered for a while, and then let out a long sigh, thinking secretly: "It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided." ”
Xiaoyu was secretly happy when she saw it.
At this moment, the newly bought little girl Sixi came in and replied: "Mrs., Miss Sun sent someone over to deliver the post, and asked the girl to come over tomorrow to taste her newly brewed plum blossom wine." ”
Mrs. Xiao Xia was busy asking people to come in, and after a while, the little girl led in a housekeeper. Xiaoyu stood behind Xiao Xia's mother-in-law, and secretly looked at it, about thirty years old, with a round face and thin eyebrows, looking at Ding and couldn't be angry. The hair was neatly curled in a bun at the back of the head, and a pomegranate flower was inserted between the temples, perhaps because of spring. Wearing a bean yellow indigo silk cloth armor, it looks very neat.
The woman stepped forward and saluted, "Our girl has made a new plum blossom wine, and it just so happens that a few flowers and trees in the house are also half-opened, and I want to invite Miss Xia to the house to enjoy it." ”
Mrs. Xiao Xia smiled when she heard this: "Miss Sun has a heart, but Xiaoyu has always grown up in the countryside and doesn't know the rules. I'm afraid that the fight will disturb Miss Sun's Yaxing. ”
The woman listened and hurriedly replied, "Mrs. is polite. Miss Xia is smart and clever, my girl has been thinking about it since she went back from the last trip, and even the lady of the family wants to see her. Speaking of which, our girl is also a little lonely, Madame only gave birth to two of them, and there are no partners of the same age in Su Ri. ”
Mrs. Xiao Xia didn't mention the cousin and cousin who lived in the Sun family, and smiled and said, "Since this is the case, then we might as well be respectful." "I agreed to the invitation.
The woman laughed a few more words with her before she took her leave.
Xiaoyu saw that the woman was far away, so she cheered happily.
Mrs. Xiao Xia told her some etiquette again, and while the mother and daughter were talking, the third sister-in-law came over with Ting'er.
Today's third sister-in-law is not what it used to be, wearing a red carved silk placket jacket, and below is an indigo skirt rolling with four seasons of lace, and she walked in with red light and saluted Xiao Xia's mother-in-law.
"Mother, I heard that Lord Yin's daughter invited us to go over to enjoy the flowers in Xiaoyu, you see that Ting'er is also big now. Why don't you let her aunt take her with her, in the end she is more dedicated than those ignorant little girls. ”
Xiaoyu looked up at Ting'er and saw that she was wearing an emerald green carved silk sprinkled gown today, revealing a crescent-white skirt, lined with a little face as white as jade, like a blooming magnolia.
Xiaoyu looked at this niece and grinned.
Xiao Xia cleared her throat and pushed the teacup on the table forward. Seeing this, Xiaoyu hurriedly stood up, took the teapot, poured the tea ninety percent full, and put the teacup back to Xiao Xia's hand.
Mrs. Xiao Xia glanced at Ting'er pointedly, picked up the teacup and said slowly: "It's not that I'm partial, Miss Sun must not know that there are girls next to us in our family, so I didn't invite Ting'er." It's just that we took Ting'er so rashly, which not only lost our identity but also swept the face of the main family. ”
The third sister-in-law was stunned for a moment: "How can this be regarded as sweeping the face of the master's family?"
Mrs. Xiao Xia took a sip of tea, and then continued: "Originally, their master should ask how many girls there are in our family, those girls are here, and those girls are elsewhere." ”
The third sister-in-law has yet to refute.
Xiao Xia continued: "It's better for you to also organize a banquet and invite the Sun family brothers and sisters." In this way, the brothers and sisters of the Sun family will know Ting'er, if they are fated, they will naturally not be able to leave Ting'er in the future. ”
The third sister-in-law breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, and it made sense to think about it, so she took Ting'er to the kitchen to discuss the day and dishes of the banquet.
Mother Feng, the housekeeper of the Sun family, returned to the Yin Mansion and replied in Mrs. Sun's room: "That kind of garden and house cannot be compared with our family. Although it is not small, it is just that many places in the courtyard are deserted, and many places have not been properly repaired. ”
"The wife in charge of the house has some ability, and she looks like she is from a big family, neither humble nor arrogant. The girl is very dignified and thoughtful, and her manners are also decent, but she does not seem to be good at arching horses. ”
Mrs. Sun nodded: "You go down first, help the kitchen and see tomorrow's dishes." When he saw that the housekeeper had gone out, he sighed. I don't know what is so special about this Xia family brother and sister, Sun Lu also solemnly told her to treat her well. I heard that they also planned to invite their father to teach in the school, although it was an enlightened child, it was an honor for such a family.
Thinking about it like this, I pondered the deep meaning of the master, the seventh brother of the Xia family is the head of the case this year, and he is talented, and even his son Haoran is very convinced when he mentions it. Isn't it that the old man wants to promise his daughter to him?
Then I thought of light rain. Haoran is kind-hearted, this little girl sounds very clever, don't you want to tell her son Miss Xia? Mrs. Sun didn't like it in her heart, not only because Xiaoyu was born in a Zhuang family, but because she was worried that Xiaoyu was too cunning, and when the time came, she would play her son around.
In King Xing's mansion, Princess Xing wore a red gown full of gold and sat in the front hall and listened to the little girl's reply. The young master somehow turned back again, and when he heard that the young master of the Sun family invited the Xia family brothers and sisters to enjoy the flowers and wine, he insisted on following. ”
Princess Xing snorted heavily, her snow-white fingers twisted the Buddha beads in her hand vigorously, and only after a while did she say coldly: "You go down." ”
The next day, Xiaoyu wore a lilac-colored satin jacket with entwined branches, a jeweled silver hairpin on her head, and a large jar beside her, which she packed up early and waited in the front hall.
When they arrived at Sun's Mansion, it happened that the carriage of Xingwang's Mansion also came, and when they saw Xiaoyu's sedan chair, they hurriedly avoided it and let Xiaoyu and them go in first. Zhou Li and Song Zhuojin both poked their heads and looked around, and saw that the seventh brother handed over a big jar to a rough woman, and the thick woman followed Xiaoyu into the side door.
Xiaoyu followed the mother-in-law to the Lu family's room in the backyard. Sun Wanyin was already waiting in the courtyard, and when she saw Xiaoyu, she hurriedly greeted her. Xiaoyu looked at it for a while, and saw that she was wearing a plum red carved silk gown today, with a red gold step on her head, so she smiled and said: "My sister is dressed more and more standardly, and it is not easy for a vulgar person like me to come forward." ”
After asking Lu Shi to say goodbye, he followed Sun Wanyin to her room. Seventh brother, Ruhai, Zhou Li and others went to Sun Haoran's study.
Xiaoyu followed behind Sun Wanyin and looked at Sun's mansion curiously. I saw a lot of strange shapes of big stones in the courtyard, some of them looked like eagles, some of them looked like mountains, and some of them looked like a cloud. Between the strange stones, there are clusters of green bamboos, and between the green bamboos, there are several magnolia trees blooming, both white and pink, exuding bursts of fragrance.
It is the bluestone path on the ground, which is also patchwork with twists and turns, hidden among the flowers and trees. I often walked and walked, looking at the road ahead, there seemed to be no road ahead, and when I turned a corner, there was a clump of 10,000-year-old red blooming, and the path passed through the flowers. After walking like this for a while, I arrived at Sun Wanyin's courtyard, which said "Lingyin Garden".
Xiaoyu followed Sun Wanyin into the room, and someone put some four-hour fruit and some snacks. The two little girls chatted over tea.
After chatting for a while, talking about the design of this garden, Xiaoyu sighed that the house she had just bought at home had not been repaired in many places, so she asked Sun Wanyin for advice.
Sun Wanyin took her to the garden: "You see that the flowers should be planted at intervals during the four seasons, so that there are flowers to see all year round." ”
He also said, "This color combination is also very particular, this bush has not yet reached the flower, now it is green, it is purple, the next one is yellow, and the yellow one next to it is red." Oh, I'll invite you again in the summer, and by then the flowers will bloom all over the place, and it's really beautiful. ”
As he was talking, a male voice came from afar, but it was Sun Haoran and they also came out to enjoy the flowers.
Xiaoyu hurriedly pulled Sun Wanyin and said nervously: "I promised my mother not to get into trouble again, so don't go out to see that Zhou Li." ”
Sun Wanyin also had this intention, so she retreated with Xiaoyu.
Sun Haoran's wine was set in the garden. After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, they are all children in the end, and they soon forgot all about the previous unpleasantness, and affectionately pushed the cup and changed it.
Zhou Li asked Brother Qi curiously: "Brother Fang Cai held a big jar, but wine?"
The seventh brother said: "I don't know much, maybe it was a gift from my sister to Miss Sun." My third brother is a winemaker, and I think she should be holding wine. ”
Zhou Li was very curious, but Seventh Brother couldn't tell what it was.
Zhou Li salivated and said to Sun Haoran: "Why don't you ask my sister to mix us." ”
Sun Haoran frowned and said, "I'm afraid it's their girls' wine, and there is no other taste except sweetness." ”