On a crisp autumn day, the four sisters all got up early in the morning, each had breakfast, and dressed up according to the old lady's instructions the night before.

The old lady sat on the Luohan bed and took a sip of tea with a smile, looking at the four granddaughters standing below.

Xiuguan is tall, with delicate eyebrows, white and delicate goose egg face, black green silk combed into a single screw bun, jasper hairpin between the hairpins, jade Hangzhou silk collared long body gown, neckline and cuffs embroidered with a little folded branch red plum, white silk thread skirt, with a pair of jasper bracelets on the wrist.

The whole body is beautiful and elegant, but the two jasper are too eye-catching, and they look a little vulgar.

The old lady frowned slightly, and asked Shen's mother to find out the green hosta she wore when she was young, and then find a pearl bracelet for Xiuguan to change.

Xiuguan looked at the box in Shen's mother's hand, on the dark velvet cushion, the blue and blue jade pieces were carved into the shape of petals, inlaid in the sterling silver nursery, delicate and cute, very delicate. The pearl bracelet is made of pearls the size of a grain of rice, and then woven into a string, and there is a small piece of opal inlaid at the interface.

Her eyes rolled, her heart was overjoyed, she thanked the old lady for her blessings, and went down to be served by Shen's mother to change her makeup.

When Xiuqian saw it, she gently tugged on Xiusun's sleeve and whispered, "Seventh sister, doesn't the fourth sister have a green jade hairpin?" I saw her wearing it yesterday. ”

In addition to the green jade hairpin, Xiuguan also has a few pieces of jewelry that are suitable for this outfit, and Xiusun also remembers that she is wearing this set now.

Xiusun pursed her lips and made a silent gesture to Xiuqian, Xiuzhi didn't even move her eyes from beginning to end, only staring at the first three inches of the toe of her shoe.

The old lady looked at Xiuzhi again, her black hair was combed into a hanging bun on the top of her head, and the peach blossom jade pieces were wrapped around her hair, and a large amount of hair hung down behind her like a waterfall, tied with a light pink ribbon. Dressed in a hibiscus-colored Hangzhou silk with a long body with a collar, embroidered with a little hosta flower with silver thread, a white silk thread skirt, and a pair of white jade bracelets hanging quietly on the wrist.

Her facial features are not outstanding, and her tranquil temperament makes people look like a spring breeze. The old lady nodded in satisfaction, and then turned her eyes to look at Xiusun.

Today, under the strong opposition of Xiusun, Nguyen finally compromised and did not let her wear the bright red clothes anymore. She wore a long gown with a bud yellow Hangzhou silk collar today, only the neckline was embroidered with two daisies, and she was also wearing a white silk skirt with a thread on her lower body, her sparse hair was barely combed into two buds, and her hair and wrists were dotted with red coral jewelry. The old lady nodded again.

Looking at Xiuqian again, the upper body is a long body gown with a blue silk collar, with branches and lotuses all over the place, and the lower body is also the same white silk skirt, and there is a small gold bracelet on the wrist, but the thick hair is combed into two fat buds, but the hairpin is covered with a bowl-sized red gold flower, and the white and tender little face is covered with snow-white powder.

The old lady had actually noticed that Xiuqian was not dressed properly, Rao still frowned fiercely, she couldn't help but think about Xiusun's proposal to bring Xiuqian to her house to raise her again, Aunt Mo's taste was really bad.

The old lady sighed, and asked the maid Caique next to her to take Xiuqian down to wash her face, and by the way, she took down the red gold flower and replaced it with a small red gold plum blossom nail. Waiting for the four girls to stand in front of the old lady again, they finally looked pleasing to the eye, the old man of the old mansion in Jiangpu had not been long after Qiqi, and it was not appropriate to dress too brightly, and the eighth master of their old fourth room was still a showman, and the dress was too gorgeous to make the girls of the other families look too frivolous.

The four of them are dressed the same but seem to draw a clear line with other girls, which is not beautiful, so the girls are asked to wear similar styles of dresses, only the color and hair accessories are slightly different, and they are elegant and lively, which is really just right.

The old lady took another sip of tea, reaffirmed the need to live in harmony with her sisters, and to be knowledgeable, and then asked them to go and greet their mother. Recently, in order to let Ruan have a good rest, the old lady exempted Ruan from asking for peace.

The four sisters walked out of the Huanshi Mountain House, all the way into the Green Jiexuan, Ruan Shi sat on the Luohan bed near the window and looked at the dresses of the sisters, nodded, and told them to be cautious in their words and deeds, not to lose the face of the old fourth room, and then sent them out.

The four sisters pedaled at the Hanging Flower Gate, and the old lady sent Ren's mother to follow her, in charge of the four sisters' food and living in the old house in Jiangpu. Xiusun, Little Magpie, Xiuqian and Xiuqian's nurse sat in a car, Xiuguan and Xiuzhi took their personal maids in a car, followed by two carts of cages and servants, and the guards invited by the Ruan family's uncle also followed the car.

The group came out of the Foshou Lake Courtyard, entered Jiangpu County, and entered directly through the side door of the old house in Jiangpu.

The carriage stopped in front of the Hanging Flower Gate, and it was the fourth wife Yu who came to pick them up, and the four sisters got off the car in turn and stepped forward to salute the fourth wife.

The fourth wife greeted the four sisters warmly, and sent the maid next to her to arrange the living of the four sisters.

The four sisters followed the fourth lady all the way into the courtyard of the fourth room, and after settling down, they went to greet the eldest old lady, the second old lady, the third old lady, the fifth old lady, the seventh old lady and other elders.

The eldest lady didn't let the four sisters into the house, but just said that she was sick and was afraid that she would be sick to the children, and the eldest lady didn't come out to meet her, only the third lady Xiuman took the fifth lady Xiufei out and showed her face, telling Xiusun and the others to tell her if they needed anything.

Changfang doesn't care about it now, what's the use of telling her, Xiusun's belly slander, Changfang's mother-in-law likes to hold everything in her hands, and it seems that the problem has also been transmitted to this third lady.

The fifth lady has been following the eldest sister timidly, and she didn't even lift her head from beginning to end.

Coming out of the long room, the fourth wife said, "Your eldest grandmother and eldest aunt are bitter," so that Xiusun and the others could understand, but their expressions were mocking.

No matter how Xiusun listened, she felt that the fourth lady was gloating when she said this.

Of course, the fourth wife was unhappy, as soon as she heard that the family was going to organize a boudoir school, she thought that her daughter would have a while to get married, maybe she could go to school for a few days, several masters are well-known virtuous women in the world, and her own daughter will have something to say when she arrives at her in-law's house in the future.

She took this matter over, got up early in the morning and arranged this and that, and several masters also arrived in Pukou, who knew that the troubled Mrs. Wu died outside the city, how could she be unlucky.

In this way, the date of school has also dragged on for a month, and her daughter's school is completely out of play, and she is now looking at the long room unpleasantly, and she is watching the jokes of the long room inside and outside the words.

Three-quarters of the four Xiusun sisters are aware of it and do not break it.

The next few grandmothers I met were much more enthusiastic, and their purses were full of sweets and snacks.

Coming out of the seventh old lady's house, Xiuguan said, "Fourth aunt, I don't know how good the second sister is?" ”

Seeing that it was Xiuguan who proposed, the fourth wife frowned slightly, but said with a smile, "She, she is going to get married next month, so I will let her stay in the house and do needlework." ”

Xiusun also said, "Let's go see the second sister together." ”

The fourth lady looked at the row of girls next to her and said with a smile, "She is arguing and bored, she must be happy if you go." ”

Then, the four sisters followed the four wives into the embroidery building of the old house in Jiangpu.

In the old house of Jiangpu, the girls have to move to the embroidery building after the age of ten to live, the embroidery building is actually a big yard, it is still the common pine high pillar of the old house in Jiangpu, the second floor is surrounded by beauties, Xiusun They entered the yard and saw the second lady Xiurui holding the Nasha fan and leaning sideways against the beauty to look at the begonia tree in the corner of the yard.

"Xiurui, didn't you let you stay in the house okay?" As soon as the fourth wife entered the courtyard, she said.

Xiu Rui heard the voice of the fourth wife and was about to get up, but in a blink of an eye, she saw the four Xiusun sisters coming in behind the fourth wife, she suddenly became happy, "I am looking forward to the stars and the moon, but I am looking forward to a few younger sisters." ”

said that she was about to come down to greet her, but Xiusun and a few people told her to wait, and a few people followed Mrs. Fourth upstairs quickly.

Xiusun had read a book on the construction of Hui architecture in Wenyuan Pavilion in her previous life, and she recited silently in her heart while going upstairs, "Gold, silver, copper, iron and tin, gold, silver, copper, iron and tin......"

When the shoes stepped on the last step, they landed on the "gold", and she nodded secretly, this is a good omen for the embroidery floor.

Look at the second floor partition door carved with the pattern of fishing wood farming, it is actually a double-layer openwork.

Now the eldest lady Xiuqiang has already married, the eighth miss Xiuyun is only six years old, the third and fifth miss go back to their home to serve their grandmother and mother, in this huge gorgeous courtyard, only Xiurui, who is about to get married, and their thirteen-year-old aunt Chu Pei live in the second room.

The second sister Xiurui pulled Xiusun and a few more to find Chu Pei out, and the six sisters and nephews sat down in the somewhat empty room of the second lady, and everyone held hot tea and chatted for a long time.

Chu Pei likes Xiuguan very much, and pulls her to continue to talk about the rhythm, Xiusun Xiurui continues to talk about the recipe, Xiuzhi is silently holding the teacup, her eyes are secretly looking at the tired cages in Xiurui's house, and her eyes are shallow and envious. As for her mother-in-law's dowry, she glanced at Xiusun and lowered her head gloomily.

The girls in the fourth room did not live in the old house in Jiangpu for a long time, but went to the second old lady's house to have a meal, and Xiuqian, who was about to fall asleep in the embroidery building, finally came alive and whispered with Miss Xiuyun holding hands.

The sisters had lunch, said goodbye to the second old lady and the third wife, and went back to the courtyard of the fourth room, the wing room was still arranged as last time, Xiusun lived in the main room, Xiuguan lived in the east chamber, Xiuzhi and Xiuqian lived in the west chamber.

Early in the morning, the car and horses were tired, and then took turns to invite An to visit, now Xiusun only felt a sore back, and a few sisters saluted each other, so they took the little magpie back to the house for a lunch break, and then they had to live in the old house in Jiangpu for ten days every month, and they were really tired.

――I'm a dividing line that has appeared for a long time――

After a nap, the four sisters were taken by the fourth wife to meet the master.

Along the way, Mrs. Fourth introduced the five main masters again, effectively completing the information that Xiusun had mastered.

Judging from the virtuous name, these five masters are the festival woman, the festival woman, the filial woman, the filial daughter, and the former palace Shangyi.

The teacher of the piano master Hui when his father died early, she supported the widowed mother, raised the younger brother has not married, she is forty years old this year, should not be married, there was a talented man heard her piano sound and deeds to write poems to give it, Master Hui's reputation as a filial daughter has since spread far and wide.

That Mama Shen was a female official in the palace, and she should have been raised in the palace when Xiusun was a child in her previous life, and she didn't know Xiusun, but when she counts her age, she is probably in her seventies.

The courtyard where the masters live is next to the boudoir, Xiusun stepped into the courtyard with bright and clean windows, and couldn't help but admire, although the money was spent on the long house, he still couldn't help but sigh at the big money of the small second room.