This main hall is spacious and spacious, three large rooms have not been divided, in the middle of which there is a pair of rosewood large circle chairs, and there are eight mahogany chairs on the left and right below, which are slightly smaller. The wife gave up her seat, and the two wives refused to sit down.

In the end, according to the order of left and right, Mrs. Uncle did the first on the left and Mrs. Gu first on the right, because although Mrs. Gu is also a guest, she is the daughter of the Cao family in the Cao family, and she is half of the master, so she respects Mrs. Uncle as a guest.

Mrs. is second on the left, and below are the two aunts. The young grandmother reserved a vacant seat, but did not sit down, only stood to arrange the seats, and served tea to guests.

The young masters and girls all had maids who moved rosewood round stools and sat behind their mothers' chairs. The eldest and youngest grandmothers personally served tea.

The wives talked about the years, Cao Pei, the eldest son of the Cao family, who was twenty-six years old and the eldest brother.

The second son, Cao Jia, is twenty-two years old and is the second brother.

The third son, Cao You, is twenty years old, the same year as Dong Qingling, the young master of the Dong family.

Liao Xizhi, the young master of the Liao family, was nineteen years old.

Dong Qingning, the eldest girl of the Dong family, is seventeen years old.

Liao Jingzhi, a girl from the Liao family, is 16 years old.

Cao Li, the daughter of the Cao family, nicknamed Shuyan, is fifteen years old.

The fourth son, Cao Tong, is only eleven years old, and all the brothers and sisters call him "little cousin".

Shu E looked at these two women, and only felt that Chunlan Qiuju had won the game. Dong Qing's eyebrows are like willow leaves, his eyes are like autumn waves, his cheeks are like learning, and his face is like a spring peach. At first glance, his face is radiant, and his eyes contain a smile. The head is combed with a flying fairy bun, and a row of gold silk tassels hangs from each of the two buns. With a slight action, the two rows of gold filaments will flow with golden light, shining impressively, and the rest are just ordinary gold jewelry, the more it seems that these two strands of tassels are like myself, flying and flowing, looking forward to brilliance.

Liao Jingzhi has a goose egg face, slender eyebrows, soft eyes, gentle silence, and dignified manners. It's not as hearty and free as his mother. The head is upright with a tuxtail bun, and there is a round pearl hanging from the middle of the forehead, but it is hung from the bun, and other jewelry also uses pearls, but they are simple and plain. Standing or sitting, it is inconspicuous.

Shu E looked at the Cao family's girl Shuyan again, she was also dressed differently than in the past, but her face was proud and slightly shy, but it was different from them. Three women, each with its own beauty.

She couldn't help but touch her face lightly, and she was a little gloomy for a moment. Seeing their sisters and sisters, brothers and brothers, aunts and aunts screaming, I thought that other people's homes were full of branches and leaves, and there were many relatives and friends, but their own homes were withered and leafy, and my heart was even more sad.

The little girls were about to go back with the meeting gifts of Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Uncle to reward the third young master, but Ran Nuo saw Shu E's sad expression, so she asked her to take the little girls back.

After a while, the guests went back to rest, and then Ranno said goodbye and returned. Seeing Shu E standing in front of the desk and thinking of the words he wrote this morning, because his wife sent someone to hurriedly urge him to leave, the ink was dried on the table before it dried.

It turned out that August 22 was the Christmas of the Buddha with a lamp, and the wife wanted to copy the scriptures and worship them, and the third young master was assigned to this "Buddha Says that the Parents' Kindness is Difficult to Report the Sutra". Just copied to "Seventh, wash the impure grace." Song said: This is hibiscus, the spirit is healthy and abundant, the eyebrows are new and willowy, the face is lotus, the grace is deep to destroy the jade appearance, and the dragon is washed and damaged, just to pity men and women, and the mother changes her appearance. Eighth, travel far away to remember grace. Song said: Death is unbearable, life is also hurt, the son is out of the mountain, and the mother remembers in another country. Day and night, thousands of lines of tears, like an ape crying for his son, inch by inch to break the liver and intestines",

Shu E just looked at the scriptures in a daze, and when she saw this, she couldn't help but feel sad.

The young master asked softly, "Shu E...... Why are you sad again? ”

Shu E froze, "The young master came back so soon?" I...... And not sad. I'll go pour tea for the young master......" Then he turned around and walked to the closet, grabbed a small handful of tea from a thick and thin porcelain bottle in the cabinet under the closet, and put it in the small box that usually holds tea.

"Young Master, these bamboo leaves should be placed in a wooden box. Although this celadon bottle is kept out of moisture and has been stored for a long time, it has a dull taste, which is not as fragrant as the wooden box. Shu E closed her eyes deeply and held back her tears, and discussed while helping the young master load tea.

After being with the third young master for a long time, she knew that her master and cousin was a gentle and generous person, and when she talked to him on weekdays, she didn't have a young master's frame at all. And the young master seems to like to talk to himself very much, thinking that the young master is often relieved because he is young.

"You know a lot, because this bamboo leaf is not easy to get, so they sealed it so solemnly."

"Sister Fangcao only has these bamboo leaves, it must have taken a lot of effort......" Shu E had already walked over with a bowl of hot tea while speaking, and saw the young master's eyes showing surprise, and without waiting for the young master to speak, he said with a smile: "The young master must want to ask me, how do you know that this tea was picked by Sister Fangcao?" ”