Chapter 32: The Daughter's Day Banquet (I)
In the next few days, Miao Zhi was a little absent-minded, and Aunt Xiu's words popped up from time to time to disturb the calm mood.
The day of Daughter's Day is approaching day by day, Miao Zhi adjusted her mentality, sent Xiangyan to inquire about the location of the Daughter's Day banquet, and personally drew hand-painted patterns, so that the jewelry store could make a meeting gift.
In the blink of an eye, it's Daughter's Day.
Although the people of Beixin are simple, in the final analysis, it is still a feudal dynasty, and there are many restrictions on women.
Daughter's Day, as the name suggests, is the festival of the daughter's family, and all the girls who have not been out of the cabinet today can go out without restraint, without shying away, and go out generously.
Ning'er seemed to be in a good mood today, and when Miao Zhi was in a daze, Ning'er got up and was busy in the room for a while.
Miao Zhi yawned, rubbed her sleepy eyes, and lifted the quilt and got out of bed.
The little girl wore a parrot green Luo skirt, with two buns on her head, one left and one right, and the lilac headdress dotted between her hair made her particularly pretty, and even her ears were decorated with clove earrings the size of rice grains.
"Ning'er, you are dressed so handsome today, are you going to go out to meet the son of which family?"
Miao Zhi said jokingly, and the flowers and branches of laughter trembled.
"Not really." As soon as she said that, Ning Er became a big red face, and she couldn't stop stomping her feet at the laughing Miaozhi.
"Alright, alright, groom me." Thinking about it for a while, Mrs. Jiang is estimated to be coming again, and she doesn't want to be tossed like last time.
Packed up, the lotus step moved lightly to the courtyard, under the bright sun, the impatiens in the corner of the wall were in full swing, and the water lilies with large bowls stretched their petals in the large vat in the courtyard.
The fragrance of flowers in the courtyard is fragrant, and the warm breeze is blowing, which makes people drunk without drinking.
Miao Zhi twisted some of the fish food in her hand and threw it into the tank, and a few black and red goldfish that were originally hidden under the dark green leaves of the water lily swam over to grab food.
Xiang Yan, who is dressed in a strong suit, gets up early every day to practice her fists and feet. She closed neatly and stopped practicing.
The three of them were talking and laughing at each other, when suddenly someone knocked on the door.
"Sister Ning'er, Mother Jiang is here, is Miss up?" The girl who spoke was called Qiao'er given by Ling Shuirong.
"Up, up." Ning Er stepped forward quickly, opened the door, and Xiang Yan disappeared into the lush bushes with a "sigh".
Mother Jiang's eyes were very sharp, and she glanced towards the rustling bushes, and then she and the girl behind her stepped forward to bow to Miao Zhi.
Mother Jiang wore a Hangzhou silk gown with purple grapes and folded branches, and the lower body was a Luo skirt of the same color. At a glance, you can see that today is carefully dressed.
The woman behind her was dressed in an emerald green smoky gauze skirt with a ribbon tied around her waist. There are a few bright strings of red flowers on the head side by side. Isn't this Xi Hong?
"When I went out today, Mrs. specially asked the old slave and Xi Hong to come over to serve the young lady. Madame sympathized with Miss who didn't go out much before, and thought that I would let my mother-in-law and me follow Miss so that I could take care of it. ”
Miao Zhi frowned slightly, did Ling Shuirong really regard him as a surveillance target? Why, I can't pry open Aunt Xiu's mouth, and I came to her to find a way again?
"How dare you bother, you are the person who serves your mother closely, you don't know how inconvenient it will be without your mother, let this girl follow me today." The people around my mother must be not much worse if they have been trained by you. ”
Miao Zhi settled down like this, choked back Jiang's mother's words, and froze at the corner of her lips with an unnatural smile.
"This" Mother Jiang still wanted to say something, but Miao Zhi turned around and went back to the pavilion by herself. beckoned Ning'er to pack up her things.
She just doesn't want this woman to get her wish, she is the number one dog leg by Ling Shuirong's side. Looking at Jiang's mother's deflated expression, Miao Zhi was in a good mood, and when she returned to the room, she hummed a little song in her mouth.
Xi Hong looked at Mother Jiang anxiously at the moment, what should I do.
Seeing that things had no turning point, Mrs. Jiang could only wink at Xi Hong with a straight face, and then angrily snorted at Miao Zhi, who was facing away from her. Xi Hong twisted the handkerchief in his hand and nodded heavily.
"That Xi Hong, you serve the young lady well, but don't make any mistakes." Mother Jiang pulled her throat to mention Xi Hong, and Miao Zhi knew that this was for her.
"Miss, the old slave has gone back." Mother Jiang was blessed and walked out of the Mandarin Pavilion.
Miao Zhi led Xiang Yan and Xi Hong into the carriage that had been prepared, and before leaving, she took a few taels of silver from her purse and gave it to Ning'er, and asked a few girls to go to the street to buy some snacks to eat and have a real daughter's day.
The place of the banquet on the post is General Liu's house outside the city, and the house lives in the house where the mother of General Liu, the old lady of Liu, who is now the emperor's first gift.
When several countries were at war, Bei Yiyuan's uncle Liang Wen was still the deputy general next to Mrs. Liu. In addition to the younger four sons, the eldest three sons are also famous.
The swords and guns are not long-sighted, and Mrs. Liu is very old, coupled with the siege of several countries, and finally died in the country. At that time, the situation was urgent, and there was no backbone in the army, so Mrs. Liu resolutely let her three sons go to the battlefield together, Liang Wen was the general, and Liu Sanzi was the deputy general, which made the turbulent military spirit stable.
The war ended with a new victory in the north, but the three sons of Mrs. Liu never returned, and all of them fell on the battlefield. In order to comfort Mrs. Liu, and even more to praise Mrs. Liu's fortitude and determination, the emperor understood the righteousness, and sealed Mrs. Liu's order, and also gave this "Qinchun Garden".
After that, Mrs. Liu raised her young son Liu Ju alone. Liu Ju was also angry, and he climbed from the small soldier in the military camp to the position of deputy general, and he even made a face for Mrs. Liu.
Mrs. Liu has always been loved by the emperor, but when she reached the age of Huajia, she should have been the age when her children and grandchildren were around her knees, but General Liu had been stationed outside the customs for many years, and when she came back, she only liked to dance with knives and guns at home, and she didn't care about pleasing his wife at all.
No, no one in the official eunuch family wants to talk to the old lady, so they all sharpen their heads and ask their own young lady to amuse, chat and relieve boredom for the old lady, and make a familiar face.
If his daughter is looked down upon by the old lady, earning a general's wife is a beautiful thing that kills two birds with one stone. Mrs. Liu also likes to be lively, which lady she likes tightly, as long as she is willing to accompany her as an old woman, this is the habit of holding the Daughter's Day in Mrs. Liu's garden every year.
Miao Zhi half-squinted her eyes, thinking about today's party in her heart, fortunately, she had already asked Xiang Yan to inquire, knowing the character and habits of Mrs. Liu, and her vain heart was half gone, and those who wanted her to make a fool of herself would not dare to make a mistake in Mrs. Yipin's mansion.
The carriage drove slowly towards the outside of the city, and after half an hour of incense, it finally arrived. The little servant lifted the curtain and helped Miao Zhi get out of the carriage.