"No, no, no! Everyone in the world knows that Sister Xia is talented, this idiom solitaire must be able to come with your mouth open, and playing games is determined to be punished after losing, like me is as dull as I am, I must be punished for lifting the bottle back, Sister Min is not obviously eccentric! ”

As soon as Li Min's mention was exported, there was no need for Xia Xue'er to refuse, and someone stood up to protest. And this remark provoked everyone in the pavilion to cover their mouths and laugh for a while.

Xia Xue'er followed the prestige and saw the speaker standing in the east corner of the pavilion, holding a one-foot-high porcelain vase painted with a hundred butterflies in his hand, and a red lotus with dew blooming was inserted in the bottle. She noticed this person when she first entered the pavilion, but because the red lotus happened to cover her face, and she only stood there motionless and did not speak, she thought it was the personal maid of a young lady, and did not think about it.

Now that the man had suddenly spoken, two maids entered the pavilion and carefully took the foot-high vase in her hand, so that she could be presented to everyone in its entirety.

This person is about eleven or twelve years old, with a typical goose egg face, a slightly plump body, and even a looming double chin; Wearing a water-blue panjin embroidered gauze skirt, the skirt is embroidered with flocks of colorful butterflies, moving with the pace, vivid; Wrap a crimson belt around her waist and put a Hunan concubine-colored shawl, and match the cute double screw bun on her head, which is really lovely.

The girl lost her restraints, let go of her hands and feet, and her whole face was full of happiness, and the happiest thing was to see Xia Xue'er, the big sister who used to take her out to play. So as soon as she was relieved, she rushed towards Xia Xue'er, her chubby little hand pulled the wide cuffs of her long skirt, tilted her head and said: "Before, my mother said that Sister Xia was sick, so I was not allowed to disturb my sister, I don't know what kind of illness my sister had, but it's all right?" ”

"Thank you sister for your concern, aren't I standing in front of you in good health?"

Xia Xue'er reached out and touched the girl's chubby cheek, although she replied with a smile on her face, she was actually confused. Cuizhu stood behind her and whispered: "She is the third lady of the Pingyang Hou Mansion, and her name is Yu Yingxi. Thinking of what my mother said before, my father was a classmate with Pingyang Hou when he was young, and he spent a period of time in the army, and the two families had close contacts, presumably the relationship between the former "Xia Xueer" and the girl in front of him was also good, so it was open-minded.

"So my sister can take me to play again?"

Yu Yingxi's two little hands pulled her sleeve and shook it twice and winked at her vigorously, Xia Xue'er also understood what she was thinking, so she covered her mouth and smiled, and joked to the rest of the people in the pavilion: "I think Sister Yu is afraid of being punished!" ”

Li Min also knew the deep meaning of these words, so he naturally wanted to sell her a favor, so he said: "Now there are still an hour or two before the bride enters the door, and I can't help but feel bored in this pavilion, I see that the scenery in this mansion is excellent, and it just so happens that Miss Xia is also there, why not take the sisters to take a walk around?" ”

The eldest lady Xia mentioned in her mouth is naturally the eldest lady of the Jian'an Hou Mansion - Xia Tong, she can be said to have the title of eldest lady since her mother died when she was four years old, and her status is actually inferior to the second young lady Xia Yan born to her stepmother. I haven't decided on a marriage at the age of sixteen this year, but I once set a family affair, but for some reason, the man broke the contract and quit his marriage when the marriage date was approaching! Xia Tong has a strong personality, after retiring from her family, she once threw a white silk on the beam of the house, but the maids around her found out in time that she thought that she looked down on the world, and no longer believed in feelings, so she was unwilling to accept the arrangements of others, which has been delayed until this age. But fortunately, the old lady doted on her, although there was gossip from time to time, but life was quite comfortable.

Xia Tong has a somewhat withdrawn personality and doesn't like to interact with people on weekdays. Today is her brother's big day, and it must have been the old lady who asked her to come out and walk around, and I am afraid that she also has the idea of taking the opportunity to find a family business for her. This is with the old lady in his own house, he deserves to be a concubine! Thinking of this, Xia Xue'er glanced at Xia Qiaoyun beside her from the corner of her eye, intentionally or unintentionally.

"There are many houses and mansions with similar scenery. Thinking about it, it seems that there is nothing new to see except for these two pools, so to the north is the ink pool, to the south is the Liuxia pool, I don't know what choice everyone makes? ”

Xia Tong's face was indifferent, as if he was just stating a fact, and proposed two directions for the ladies to choose. Liuxia Pond lives up to its name, and the red and pink lotus flowers in the pond are like the sunset hanging in the sky at dusk; On the contrary, the ink pool is empty, sparkling day and night, but it also has a unique flavor.

One of these two pools is like the impetuous and prosperous market life, chasing fame and fortune, and the other is like a quiet and natural spiritual destination washed away from the lead.

"In that case, let's go north along the waterway and see what the ink pool is, what does Miss Xia San think?"

Li Min had been to Jian'an Hou Mansion before, and he had also traveled to these two pools respectively, and the scenery was indeed worth mentioning, considering that Chu Yingwei might still be by the Liuxia Pool, so he opened his mouth before others opened their mouths to choose.

Xia Xueer knew in her heart that the reason why Li Min asked for her opinion was not only to make others unable to refute, but also to sell her favor. Didn't the sixth lady of the Wei Mansion say that she was going to pick lotus before leaving, although she didn't know the difference between the Liuxia Pond and the Ink Pool, but looking at Li Min's expression and the direction in which Miss Chu went, she could roughly guess seven or eight points. So he nodded, "If the big guy says yes, that's good." ”

Sure enough, no one opened their mouths to refute it, and no matter what the young ladies thought in their hearts at this time, they all accepted this choice happily on the surface. So Xia Tong led the way, and the grandmothers and maids held umbrellas to shade the sun, and the group set off from the pavilion and walked upstream along the curved river.

Not far away, there was a burst of men's laughter, this river channel is modeled after the forest stream in nature, so at this time, it has achieved the artistic conception of hearing its voice before seeing it, and it has a little more mystery.

"Looks like someone has taken the place first!"

Some women in the crowd said with a little worry, and some of the other women covered their mouths and smiled shyly.

Xia Xue'er frowned inadvertently, her ears were outstanding, and she noticed it before everyone heard the sound, and there were a few quite familiar voices among them, in addition to Mu Feiyang, of course, Pingyang Hou Shizi was also among them, both of them were men who had a holiday with her, and they really didn't want to touch each other.

Just as he was thinking about how to get out without the slightest suspicion, an exclamation came from behind him.

【To be continued】(To be continued.) )