Chapter 36: The Bracelet
The Fuyun Guogong Mansion, that is, Chen Erlang's house, is always so lively, and there are several flower-viewing banquets every month. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Because Second Mrs. Chen's Wang, no, now it's time to call Mrs. Chen, who used to be a lively one.
In the past, I was bored at home, so I invited many famous ladies to come to the house to enjoy flowers and drink tea, but then somehow it became a habit, and it lasted for more than ten years inexplicably.
In Kyoto, you can call out your name, and you come here once or twice a month.
After all, this is a place where the nobles of the palace occasionally come to it.
"This glass screen is all in the courtyard, this is really the first one in Kyoto."
"Your flower is really undefeated in the four seasons, this time I look at many more varieties, what are those?"
"Ouch, this is a five-colored begonia, right? It's a thing worth a thousand dollars......"
Several women surrounded Mrs. Chen and spoke, slapping horses without a trace, and praise was endless.
Mrs. Chen, who used to like to be lively, often doesn't go out now, and these famous ladies have to be accompanied by Mrs. Chen, who laughs and talks lightly.
After passing through the Hanging Flower Gate and heading east, after passing through a few paths, you will see Shou'an Temple, which is the living room of Mrs. Chen.
Different from the luxury and hustle and bustle of the Chen family's compound, there are only a few luxuriant wisteria trees in the Shou'an Courtyard, and even the partition curtain is only made of small pink pearls, which is really a bit simple for the Chen family.
Mrs. Chen is over 50 years old this year, wearing a gray-black cardigan, with a well-maintained face with a little tiredness, reclining on the kang, closing her eyes and recuperating.
"Mother, you lie down all day long, it's not good for your body!"
The curtain of the door was lifted, and there was a clattering sound, and a bright-looking woman with a peach-eyed diamond-shaped mouth burst in, her voice crisp and a little reproachful.
This woman's appearance is exactly the same as the portrait hanging in Wei Qian's study, just a noble and charming person like a peony, and a gentle and innocent person like Mo Lian.
This is Chen Siniang, Chen Sanniang's twin sister.
"Mother Zhou, why do you let your mother lie like this at any time, the doctor can say, be more active! Be hyperactive! ”
After Chen Siniang finished speaking, her face softened a little, and she said angrily to the mother-in-law who was fanning on the side.
"The four girls have learned a lesson."
The woman lowered her eyebrows and smiled: "It's just that you know the old lady's temperament, and no one can persuade you except you." ”
"Why did you come back at this time?"
Old Mrs. Chen opened her eyes, with joy on her face, and was about to get up, Chen Siniang hurriedly stepped forward to help her, and a ruby bracelet loomed on her right wrist.
"Isn't it my birthday today, I'll come back and finish eating longevity noodles."
Chen Siniang put her face in front of Mrs. Chen, and smiled with a flattering smile.
"You ghost girl, I'm going to make longevity noodles for you with this old bone......"
Old Mrs. Chen nodded Chen Siniang's forehead, and said strange words in her mouth, but her complexion finally improved.
"How can it be just you, and your father! He didn't do it for me last year, and he has to make it up for it this year! ”
Chen Siniang tilted her head, her mouth was raised high, and she looked childlike.
Chen Erjia is a green bamboo among many famous nobles.
Chen Ergui is the auxiliary transport father, except for Mrs. Chen, who is the wife, there is not even a room.
There are four children in the family, and three are daughters.
The sister-in-law inherited the style of his father Chen Er, and he is also an infatuated species, and he will not let go of Mrs. Chen.
Mrs. Chen is not a famous family, and the person who can barely get it out of the family is only the father who was in his forties before he became a jinshi, but Mrs. Chen, who was born like this, entered the gate of the Chen family smoothly.
There is something good to inquire about Chen Er's attitude, and Chen Er doesn't know whether to be low-key or arrogant and say: "The daughter of a scholarly family can see that our Chen family is good, how dare you be picky?" No money? What's the problem, our family has so much money that we're about to grow worms! ”
As soon as these words came out, how many 'Qinggui' people in Kyoto beat their chests with remorse, and that is also called a scholarly family? ! Isn't that a son of a family a saint with a family history!
Later, for a while, there was a saying in Kyoto: If you don't try it, how do you know if it doesn't work, you see that other people's scholarly families have entered the Chen family.
However, the children of the Chen family are not wealthy and noble, and they basically can't even mention any names, but Second Master Chen has always had the attitude that you are happy to do.
Except for Chen Sanniang.
"You didn't do it for me last year! I have to make up for it this year! ”
Chen Siniang stared at Second Master Chen, who was teasing the bird.
Second Master Chen glanced at her, completely unmoved: "Eating two big bowls of longevity noodles every year will make you fat, and no one will know you when you go out in the future!" ”
"I'd love to gain weight! Do you do it or not?! Do not do it! I'm not your daughter! It's so difficult to eat a bowl of longevity noodles! ”
Chen Siniang stomped her feet and hummed, Chen Erye was annoyed by her, put down the cage in his hand, and nodded helplessly: "Do it, do it!" ”
After getting a response, Chen Siniang snorted: "Then I'll go to the kitchen and wait for you first." ”
After saying that, he hurriedly left with his skirt.
Second Master Chen looked at Chen Siniang's back and sighed lightly.
Chen Siniang was born a few hours later than Chen Sanniang, and it happened to be a child, so the birthdays of the two twin sisters were not the same day.
The personalities of the two are compatible, Chen Siniang likes to babble, Chen Sanniang is a gentle talker, and the two have to have a conflict if they can't say a few words.
One year, Chen Siniang wanted to provoke Chen Sanniang, and dropped the longevity noodles made by Mrs. Chen on her birthday, but Chen Sanniang was still silent, turned around and went back to the yard.
At that time, the young Chen Siniang felt that Chen Sanniang's attitude was despising her!
Since then, the two have been like enemies.
On the day of Chen Sanniang's death, Chen Siniang cried alone in the yard, and since then, she will go back to her parents' house every birthday and eat two bowls of longevity noodles.
Everyone knows that there is a bowl of ...... It was eaten for Chen Sanniang.
In the flower hall, the ladies sat together and talked about the clothes of Wanruifang and the jewelry of Jade Xuan; The mothers-in-law are together to talk about the rights and wrongs of the east family and the liveliness of the west family.
The little ladies chattered in groups of threes and twos.
"Wang Qiniang, look, my bracelet is much better looking than yours!"
Wei Siniang raised her slender wrist, wearing a gold branch filigree inlaid ruby, the color of the gem is transparent, intoxicating red, and surrounded by a circle of fine broken gems of the same color, in the sun, dazzling.
Wang Qiniang glanced at it, and wanted to fight back with disdain, but her eyes suddenly froze, pointing to the bracelet worn by Wei Siniang and shouting: "That's my aunt's bracelet!" That's my aunt's bracelet! ”
"This is what my mother gave me! This is what my mother gave me! ”
Wei Siniang's face changed, worried that Wang Qiniang would come up to grab it, so she hurriedly hid the bracelet in her arms, and also yelled at Wang Qiniang.
Wei Siniang pursed her mouth, and she looked like she was about to cry.
The screams of the two immediately attracted the mother-in-law who was standing at the bottom of the flower hall and chatting.
"Ouch, my lady, what's going on!"
Mother Li, who was beside Wei Siniang, ran over hurriedly with a sharp voice shaking a handkerchief, her eyebrows and eyes wrinkled tightly, pulling Wei Siniang up and down, and her mouth was not idle: "My lady, I just walked away for a while, ...... are you?"
Wei Siniang threw herself into Mother Li's arms, waved her bracelet and shouted: "This is what my mother gave me!" This is what my mother gave me! ”
"Lady, are you alright?"
In comparison, Wang Qiniang's Wu Pozi was much calmer, and after running over in a hurry and seeing that the two were not fighting together, she was relieved at first, and then softly comforted Wang Qiniang.
"Mother-in-law! That's my aunt's bracelet! That's my aunt's bracelet! ”
When Wang Qiniang saw her mother-in-law coming, her voice couldn't help but be a little smaller, with a hint of grievance.
Mrs. Wu looked suspiciously in the direction pointed by Wang Qiniang, and saw the gold branch filigree ruby bracelet that Wei Siniang was carrying, her eyes were certain, and her face couldn't help but change.
The corners of Mother Li's mouth pulled a hint of ridicule: "Seventh lady, you can see clearly, this is a ...... given by my wife."
This kind of expensive thing, just your Sun family also has it?
Auntie?!
Where did you come from such a rich aunt!
Mother Li, who wanted to say something more, suddenly felt that the eyes around her were not quite right, and the mothers-in-law around her didn't know whose family they belonged to, and their eyes all fell on the ruby bracelet.
These people are really unseen in the world, and a ruby bracelet deserves such a deep investigation.
Mother Li pursed her lips, despising these people in her heart, but when she saw an old woman from the Zhou family also frowning and staring at this bracelet, she faintly felt that something was wrong in her heart.
"This is what my mother gave me, this is what my mother gave me."
Wei Siniang poked her head out of Li's mother's arms, and saw Wang Qiniang's eyes staring at her bracelet, deliberately showing off as if she had raised her hand high, her wrist turned in a circle, and the sunlight fell on the ruby and reflected the colorful light.
"Mother Li, this bracelet ......"
Mrs. Chen, who was chatting with the ladies, also came over, and she spoke softly, sounding very comfortable.
Mother Li smiled wryly, with a little smugness between her eyebrows: "This is what my wife gave to the fourth lady to play, a gadget, not valuable." ”
"Mother Li, didn't Mrs. Feng come?"
Mrs. Chen looked around, as if she had just remembered to find Feng.
Moreover, it is Mrs. Feng, not Mrs. Wei, there is a big gap in one word.
Mother Li's face was a little bad.
The relationship between the Feng family and the Chen family is awkward, and they never participate in this kind of banquet, that is, the fourth lady is a child......
Mother Li didn't dare to say anything directly, so she had to smile and say, "Madame is a little unwell today......
"That's a pity, if she's here, I'd like to ask her for this bracelet."
Mrs. Chen smiled at Wei Siniang, her tone was a little regretful, and she returned to the group of husbands with gentle steps.
Wei Siniang pouted and looked at the little ladies around her and hummed: "This is my bracelet......"
Mother Li's face raised slightly, revealing a noble smile: "Fourth lady, this is yours, it's yours!" No one is robbing you of ......."
With sharp eyes, Mrs. Chen and those ladies said goodbye and hurriedly walked to the backyard.