"Hehe, you little girl, you're really a ghost elf and a ghost elf!" Song Xi'er raised her hand and knocked Man'er with a chestnut, but the expression and language on her face were full of pampering and joy.

Man'er blinked, tilted his head and thought for a while, made enough of the innocent appearance of a child, and asked, "Didn't I say it?" I always felt like I had the same mind with my two aunts, and I thought that the two aunts I had in my heart would also know! ”

Song Xi'er turned her head and glanced at Wang Jingshu, smiled and nodded her nose and said, "When did you invite us, little girl?" How I didn't know! ”

Man'er was counted, but he was not annoyed, he looked up at Song Xi'er and Wang Jingshu with a smile: "Do the two aunts also have to go home to say hello before they can reply to me?" ”

Song Xi'er also smiled and leaned over and said, "Your Ruyi sister is not you, when you grow up, you can't be as unscrupulous as you and act arbitrarily." You think they're all kids like you! ”

Man'er blinked and nodded a little reluctantly.

Nodding her little nose, Wang Jingshu smiled and quipped: "You girl is frizzy, your sister Ruyi followed you out, how can you ask in front of so many people." You just like this sister, don't be so anxious, just let your Ruyi sister go home and ask your parents before replying to you. Wait with peace of mind! ”

As he spoke, he jumped out of his chair and was about to go that way. was held by Wang Jingshu.

Aman opened his mouth and said, "Oh, if you want to ask your mother, I'll go now......"

Qiu Ruyi nodded with a smile: "I'll go home and ask my mother, if my mother agrees, I'll write to my sister." ”

Speaking of this, Ah Manman lowered his voice with a smile on his face, leaned into Qiu Ruyi's ear, and said mysteriously: "Sister, let me tell you, I know that there is a small stream in the apricot blossom forest, and there is a pool of water along the stream, and there are several fine-scaled whitebait in it, let's take a small net to fish." That thing is steamed with wild eggs, the most delicious, fresh and sweet, delicious! ”

Aman immediately smiled and said, "Then I'll take my sister on March 3." Let's bring all kinds of snacks to play in the apricot blossom forest......"

Qiu Ruyi's family background is only a little rich and relatively conservative, so naturally he is not as free as Aman, so he shook his head with a smile.

Ah Man blinked, did not agree or deny Qiu Ruyi's words, and changed the topic with a smile: "I will take a break for ten days...... Well, I'm going to go out of the city on March 3, is it okay for my sister to come with me? We took the car to the Iron Threshold Temple to see the apricot blossoms. The apricot blossoms of Tieji Temple are the best, the clouds are general, spread to the edge of the sky, has my sister been to see it? ”

Qiu Ruyi showed a hint of surprise, and then said with a smile: "My sister is still young, and I am not in a hurry to learn that." It's never too late to start learning after the age of ten. ”

"Oh, that's it!" Ah Man blinked and nodded, looked at Qiu Ruyi with sympathy and pity, and said, "It's too troublesome for female workers or something, and it's not interesting to go to the kitchen for the stove...... It's really hard for my sister to bear it. ”

Qiu Ruyi was slightly stunned, and said with a smile: "My sister was enlightened at the age of six, and invited my husband to study for a few years, and when I was ten years old, I no longer invited my husband to study, and only invited the embroidery master to learn female workers." Sometimes I have to follow my mother to learn to handle household chores, learn to cook the kitchen......"

Sure enough, Aman immediately changed the topic and said with a smile: "Does my sister also have to go to school and study on weekdays?" ”

Qiu Ruyi was slightly surprised, and couldn't help laughing. This little girl really followed the lord of Anning, straightforward and generous, and thought of swearing to her sisters when she had a temper. However, no one doubted that the county lord of Anning proposed to bow down, but she didn't dare to take it seriously when such a little girl said such a thing.

Ah Man tilted his head, his big black and white eyes looked at Qiu Ruyi and grinned, nodded and said, "But I think my sister is good, she speaks softly and softly...... If only I had a sister like you. ”

Qiu Ruyi smiled and raised her hand to touch Aman's little face, the softness and tenderness of the tentacles made her blush slightly, and she quickly retracted her hand and said with a smile: "Sister, you're welcome." It's nothing, my sister is so cute and pure, and a sister can't bear to hurt my sister. ”

Aman seemed to know the value of the bracelet, turned his eyes back to look at the bracelet in his hand in surprise, and said with a smile: "I see, then my sister will listen to my sister and wear it when she grows up." My sister has such a good heart, and my sister thank you! ”

Qiu Ruyi shook his head with a smile and said: "My sister is not suitable to wear it when she is young now, put it away, and when my sister grows up in a few years, it will naturally be appropriate to wear it." This bracelet is of excellent quality, so my sister should take it back and put it away! It's a pity to bump it! ”

This transparent and watery crystal bracelet is of excellent jade quality, and it is extraordinary at a glance, how can it be compared to a red gold hairpin?

Ah Man smiled and took the jasper bracelet and took it out on her wrist, the size of the bracelet was obviously too large, and she couldn't wear it at all. Blink of an eye to see the red gold cordyceps hairpin in Qiu Ruyi's hand, his eyes rolled and he walked over with a smile: "Sister Ruyi, my bracelet is too big to wear, I like your hairpin, why don't you exchange it with me?" ”

On the men's side, Tong Dahu won the first place, and Junwen Junshu and Lin Xu all entered the siege, ranking second, third and fourth respectively. After Yang Jingfang sighed for a while, she took five sets of study rooms with Yang Jingyong, and two treasure knives came out, and the study room was one for each person. The sword is only given to the first and second place.

On the women's side, Xu Qinghua won the first place without any suspense, and Aman took time to shoot arrows and ranked second. Surprisingly, Qiu Ruyi also entered the circle and won the fourth place. Qiu Chen took two watery and crystal jade bracelets to the first and second places. Three, four or five are each with a red cordyceps hairpin.

The game is over, it is already the end of the Shen time, the referee over there put the letter in the tray and sent it to the painting fat for the ladies to see, and then sent it to the Bibo Pavilion for the male guests to check, and finally, King Yong and King Fu pointed out the top two, Jingbei Hou pointed out the three behind, and the awards were distributed in two grades. Of course, men and women are counted separately.

The game was more time-consuming, and there were more people on the women's side, but they didn't let everyone who wanted to participate, but only intercepted more than 20 people in the front to participate. In this way, there are nearly ten more people than men.

Some people don't know why Wang Jingshu and Song Xi'er regard themselves as masters, and they are inevitably puzzled, so some people whispered to them to introduce them to the allusion that the two of them became sisters with Mrs. Jingbei Hou. After everyone was stunned, they looked at Wang Jingshu and Song Xi'er with more envy. Only in this way can the Marquis of Jingbei, Mrs. Anning, and the county lord happily worship!

Several girls thanked them, and they also raised their hands to choose snacks and tasted them, and then they found that Wang Jingshu's remarks were not exaggerated at all, but a little humble for the Jingbei Hou Mansion...... This is not worse than Lao Fengxiang, it is much stronger than Lao Fengxiang!

As for the things in the imperial dining room, firstly, the things used in the imperial dining room are not good to use to talk about things casually, and secondly, the things in the imperial dining room are not eaten by anyone who wants to, but they are not as well-known as Lao Fengxiang.

Lao Fengxiang is the most famous dim sum shop in Beijing, which has been inherited for more than 100 years for three or four generations, and the pastries are highly respected by the people of Beijing. Wang Jingshu took Lao Fengxiang as a matter, and said that it was no worse than Lao Fengxiang's, but she had the highest respect for the dim sum of Jingbei Houfu.

Wang Jingshu smiled and nodded, she was not in a hurry to eat by herself, and instead beckoned to several other girls: "Except for the ginger flavor of these dim sum she eats, the others are sweet and refreshing, so you can eat them with confidence." You taste it, the dim sum of the Marquis Mansion in Jingbei is no worse than that of Lao Fengxiang. ”

took a bite and ate it fragrantly, smiled and motioned to Wang Jingshu: "There is an almond crisp you like, try it!" ”

Song Xi'er was the most active, after drinking two sips of milk tea, she smacked her lips, and immediately happily raised her hand to take a piece of tender yellow pastry from the plate, and said with a smile: "Sister made ginger cake, I love this the most, and it is best with milk tea!" ”

Qiu Ruyi silently tasted the smooth and fragrant milk tea with her eyes down, while thinking that if she was not as her mother guessed, she would also be willing to communicate with the people in this family. didn't think of her father's rank at all, if it weren't for the Jingbei Hou Mansion taking the initiative to make friends, she would inevitably give people the feeling of clinging to the powerful, and it was even difficult to say whether she could cling to it. The Jingbei Hou Mansion is not like ordinary noble families, which open the door to accept climbers. It is said that the Jingbei Hou Mansion rarely opens its doors to accept guests, let alone people who come to the door without relatives and no reason.

Wang Jingshu smiled and shook her head, didn't wait for Man'er to serve again, stood up by herself, asked the girl for a cup of sugar water, and sent it to Mingwei beside her, and was about to turn around and ask others again, Qiu Ruyi had already gotten up, brought a cup of milk tea and a glass of sugar water to the girls who were sitting, served it according to the taste, and turned around and took it twice, everyone had one in their hands, and then they came back with a cup of milk tea, brought it to their mouths, and took a small sip. Milk tea is very smooth, drink in the mouth fragrant and strong, although the addition of almonds and walnuts, obviously has the aroma of nuts, but the milk tea can not see the nuts, and the wonderful thing is that there is a milky fragrance, but there is no disgusting smell...... She has also tasted milk and goat's milk at home, and the strong smell can't be tasted at all, this time she mustered up the courage to take a cup of milk tea, first, because she felt curious, and secondly, she also felt that Jingbei Houfu prepared milk tea, and she must also like this drink. When she came here today, she came into contact with the Marquis of Jingbei, Mrs. An Ning, the county lord and the eldest girl Xiaojie, which made her feel very kind. In addition, after she was invited to participate in the flower party in the Jingbei Hou Mansion, the words her mother told her made her subconsciously want to understand and try, and the more she understood and tried, the more she felt that she was close to these people in this family......

Man'er nodded, and the girl took the teapot filled with milk tea and poured it and handed it to Man'er, who held it in both hands and carefully sent it to Song Xi'er.

Song Xi'er was the first to speak without hesitation: "I like the taste of milk, just give me a cup of milk tea." Your milk tea is the most fragrant, and there is no smell! ”

Man'er asked for water, beckoned several people to wash their hands, then got up, picked up the empty teacup with one hand, asked a few girls with a smile, and said: "There is sugar water here, stewed with pear, water chestnut and lily, moisturizing the lungs and rejuvenating the lungs, and calming the spring dryness; There is also milk tea with goat's milk and almonds and walnuts, which I taste sweet and delicious, and my sister who is not used to drinking milk does not have to be reluctant. ”

As soon as a few people sat down, there were girls who sent hot sugar water, milk tea and all kinds of fine snacks over, small and delicate snacks piled up in the dishes with fine white porcelain red lines and fine lines, yellow, white, red, and even green snacks, lined with fine white and exquisite porcelain, particularly delicate and beautiful, not waiting to eat, just visually it has already made people happy.

Aman and Mingwei agreed with a smile on their faces, pulled Wang Jingshu and Song Xi'er, and greeted Qiu Ruyi and a few other young girls, and went to the empty seat on the other side together.

She quietly sent the girl down to call Ah Man and Ming Wei up, and it happened that Wang Jingshu and Song Xi'er also came over, Qiu Chen smiled and took Ming Wei and Man Er to greet the ladies and wives around her, so she sent them away: "It's half an afternoon now, the girls have prepared afternoon tea snacks, you take a few sisters to sit over there and eat, talk on our side, you are boring." ”

Qiu Chen looked at it and turned his gaze away. As far as I can see, this girl is very much to her liking. As for the more, in front of so many people, it's hard to say anything.

Qiu Ruyi quickly turned back, Wu Lan also took a wet handkerchief and wiped Qiu Chen's hands, Qiu Ruyi sat behind Mrs. Cheng, hung her head slightly, and listened to her mother and a group of ladies and wives talking and chatting with a smile, almost not participating.

Qiu Ruyi was slightly surprised by Qiu Chen's kindness, turned his eyes to look at his mother, and saw that Mrs. Cheng nodded lightly, so she took a step back softly, bent her knees to thank Qiu Chen, and followed Wulan to the back. Behind the platform, a screen was used to cover a corner of the handwashing place, and clean water, hand sanitizer, hand cream, mirror comb grate and other items were prepared to facilitate the ladies and ladies to clean and tidy up their appearance.

Qiu Chen waved his hand, indicating that he didn't mind, but he didn't let go of Qiu Ruyi's hand, but turned his head and instructed the girl behind him, Wu Lan, to say, "You take Miss Ruyi to wash your hands, and take a little mint water to apply to Miss Ruyi." ”

Qiu Ruyi subconsciously wanted to retract his hand, and explained in a low voice: "Madame, Ruyi just picked the red fruit and dipped some juice in her hand, and she hasn't had time to wash her ......."

As he spoke, Qiu Chen flipped Qiu Ruyi's hand, and saw that her hand was stained with chili juice, and at this moment, the lines of her fingers were obviously swollen and red, and she couldn't help frowning slightly.

Qiu Chen leaned over slightly, stretched out his hand to support Qiu Ruyi, and said with a smile: "That's it, that's it, don't be polite to Miss Ruyi!" ”

Qiu Ruyi took a step forward, came to Qiu Chen, and bent his knees deeply: "If you have an opinion on the county lord of Anning, please say hello to the county lord!" ”

As he spoke, Qiu Ruyi had already come to the two of them, and first showed her mother bent her knees, and Mrs. Cheng smiled and said with disgust: "I haven't seen Lord Anning yet!" ”

Mrs. Cheng smiled and sighed and shook her head: "It's just such a twisted character, either you don't do it, or you have to do it well...... For this, when I was young, I didn't find my own guilt...... I persuaded her a few times to no avail, so I simply left it alone and let her go! ”

Qiu Chen thought secretly, turned his gaze back from Qiu Ruyi, and smiled at Mrs. Shangcheng's gaze: "Looking at Miss Qiu's calm and relaxed appearance, she is bold!" ”

This is an intriguing woman. It's also a woman who is comfortable and willing to approach!

Qiu Chen raised his eyes and saw her walking slowly, her demeanor was quiet and peaceful, and there was always a slight smile on the corner of her mouth, which made her not a beautiful appearance, because of this quiet and elegant and gentle and supple appearance, she added a lot of points, especially the gentleness between the eyebrows and eyes and the curvature of the small corners of the lips, which were a little moving.

Before, Qiu Chen noticed that Zhao Yuzhen simply didn't go to the roof platform here, and went to the top of another ship to watch the game by holding on to the railing. Qiu Ruyi walked up with the corner of her skirt, stood at the top of the stairs and looked around, and saw her mother walking over here.

The girls who participated in the game were brought to the platform one after another, some of them naturally attached themselves to the competition below, and some of them looked for their mothers or family members to come over and get together.

Qiu Chen smiled: "Madame is too humble, she can have such a good child, but Madame is deeply blessed!" ”

"I'm twenty-one years old, I passed the township exam a year ago, and now I'm studying at home, but fortunately, I'm married, and my daughter-in-law is waiting, so I don't need to worry much. The second child is nineteen years old this year, he is a playful person, he doesn't like to read since he was a child, he has taken over the small Zhuangzi of the family, and he has set a marriage, and the wedding date is scheduled for September this year...... The little one is just eleven, and he is also a naughty one, and he can't worry about it every day. Mrs. Cheng asked ten questions, and even introduced the situation of her youngest son, and also introduced the marriage of the children.

Qiu Chen smiled: "Madame is really too modest. How old are the two eldest sons now? Can you get in? ”

Mrs. Cheng hurriedly smiled and said, "It's the little girl...... There are two boys above this child, and it is inevitable that she will be pampered when she comes here, and nothing else, just this stubborn character, and he will not look back when he recognizes something......"

Qiu Chen turned his eyes to look at Qiu Ruyi's mother, Mrs. Cheng, and said, "That girl is the wife just now, right?" The little girl is a rarity! ”

As the two of them turned back, Qiu Ruyi and Zhao Yuzhen's mother-in-law followed after a while, and sat scattered around Qiu Chen, Niu and the others, picking up topics and talking.

Secretly praised it, Qiu Chen turned around and left the railing, helped Mrs. Niu back to the seat together, asked for a cup of tea and ate it slowly.

After Qiu Ruyi landed on the island in the middle of the lake without danger, he quickly chose a shakuhachi. The song sounded, Qiu Chen took out a small clairvoyant from his purse and looked over, and saw Qiu Ruyi taking a handkerchief and padding it...... I accidentally escaped the danger of the chili juice in my hand.

Qiu Chen's heart lifted up when he saw this. It's just that she thinks about the game in progress, and she can't talk about it.

Qiu Ruyi was among the few people in the back, and he could see that he was very scared, his face turned pale, and he bit his lip slightly, but he insisted on walking down step by step. Moreover, it is rare to hold on to the bamboo pole and jump to pick three kinds of flowers, including the least picked pepper, because of the force, the flowers and peppers are scratched.

Among the girls, the more outstanding is Zhao Guogong's Miss Qinghua, picking flowers and crossing the bridge is very smooth, after going to the island in the middle of the lake, she did not play with musical instruments, but reflected Zhao Guogong's family heritage, one arrow straight to the bull's-eye!

Junshu and Lin Xu then also took a trip to the pontoon, without accident

Mingwei walked over very smoothly, but she couldn't get the three flowers, but she insisted on sitting behind the piano and playing a short tune, although she couldn't talk about being very clever, but she could listen to it.

Immediately afterwards, some of the men got on the springboard but did not dare to jump up and pick flowers, and failed. There were also a few losers on the woman's side, but more of them showed their brave and tenacious side, obviously scared, obviously their legs were weak, but they gritted their teeth and insisted, even if they moved forward step by step, they kept insisting on walking over, performing a show, and turning back.

As soon as a girl in a peach-colored and purple horse-faced dress stepped on the springboard, she exclaimed in surprise, and her legs trembled and did not dare to move a little. So, the guard's mother-in-law had no choice but to send her to the painting boat. The first loser appears.

The men's side finished, and it was the women's turn to play.

The spectators on both sides naturally cheered and applauded, and Aman and Mingwei took a group of teenage girls to clap their hands and cheer the most cheerfully, which caused those big girls to cheer again.

Qiu Chen smiled and greeted Mrs. Cheng, and before he could say anything, Mrs. Zhao Changxun Wang came forward to greet him, and then a few wives of five or six petty officials came up to greet him, and a group of people greeted each other, and Junwen picked a flute over there and played it for a short time, and the gong sounded, and the referee announced that Junwen had successfully completed the task. Junwen clasped his fists and saluted the referee and the two spectator teams, stretched out his hand to lift the corner of his robe, his face was calm and elegant, and he walked back along the pontoon bridge leisurely.

In this way, the housewife of the Zhao family has a very virtuous reputation...... Such a virtuous daughter raised by such a virtuous mother, she is a little afraid to solicit.

Although Zhao Yuzhen is beautiful and outstanding, the family environment is very uneasy. His father now has only two concubines, but three of his concubines died in childbirth or were sold, and one died by throwing himself into a well. Now there are three daughters and one man in the Zhao family, only the youngest daughter is a concubine, but it is said that the five concubines have been born, but there is only one youngest daughter who survived. In this era, the child death rate is high, and there are very few children who can all survive, and most families have children who die young, but like the Zhao family, the children are living very well, but the children are dying one after another, which is very abnormal.

On the other hand, the Zhao family, which Yiheng Yixuan is optimistic about, is more complicated. He is a person from the capital, and Zhao Changxun and the Zhao family are originally from the capital, and his father has also been an official to worship the four servants. Now that his father is dead and his mother is still alive, Zhao Changxun and several half-brothers have all come out, but they are not very promising, and the highest official quality is Zhao Changxun's Wupin Langzhong. The brothers who came out of the concubine have been separated, leaving only a younger brother of the same mother, and the two brothers have their own wives and concubines, although the official character is not high, Zhao Changxun also accepted two concubines, and there are several people who have opened their faces. His younger brother also took a concubine, and it is said that he also raised a Qinglou woman outside......

Qiu Ruyi is the third in the family, with two older brothers, a younger brother and a younger sister, his father's official rank is not high, the Qiu family is originally from Shanxi, and the family is wealthy. Qiu Xiangtai is the youngest son in the family, and the first three elder brothers all run the grange for a living, and their parents are still alive, which can be said to be a rare all-human being. Although Qiu Chen is not superstitious about good fortune or bad fortune, modern research also shows that children who grow up in a more harmonious and happy family environment are much less likely to have psychological deviations.

Of course, one of the things that made Qiu Chen more satisfied with this Taichang Temple Qing Qiu Xiangtai Qiu was that the family was relatively quiet, and only one of Mrs. Qiu's maids was accepted as a concubine, three sons and two daughters, the third son and the eldest daughter Ruyi were all born by Mrs. Cheng, and the concubine gave birth to a daughter, who was just three years old this year.