After the Lantern Festival, considering that the New Year's opening exam would be held on the 21st day of the first lunar month, Eruli got up early the next morning and took Qi Buchen and Hajlan to the study to read and review their homework. The three siblings read the book carefully for a while, and when they talked about the lanterns and the colorful ice lanterns they had seen last night, Hajlan remembered a very interesting toy, the kaleidoscope, and talked to Erluli and Qi Buchen.

When Eruri heard this, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked his little servant Songzhu to prepare the materials for the study according to what Hajilan said. Hajlan was also interested, and after the materials were brought, he looked at the things in front of him, there were no colorful glass balls, no cardboard and plastic sheets, and no color films, only a few paints for painting, paper, pen and ink, and other simple materials. Looking at Erluli with an expectant face and Qi Buchen who was quietly looking at him, after thinking about it, it seemed that he could only make a simple kaleidoscope. She asked Eruri, who had the best painting skills among the three people, to draw "flowers" with these colored paints, and then pasted several layers of paper together to turn them into hard paper, and finally made the most primitive kaleidoscope in the simplest way. It's really rudimentary, but in this day and age, it's enough to be amazing. Eruri was intrigued by the new toy and snatched it almost ready.

Hajlan motioned to his brother to look inside, and Eruri kept exclaiming: "Oh, there are really "flowers", but unfortunately the house is not bright enough, let me go outside the door to take a look...... I saw it, I saw it, there were really a lot of "flowers...... What the? Do you want to turn? Hey? Have the flowers changed? How can this be......"

Eruri was very happy to see it, and it also aroused Qi Buchen's curiosity, Eruri looked at it for a long time before handing it to Qi Buchen, Qi Buchen looked into the tube, although he didn't shout like Eruri, he also whispered in amazement. Hajlan looked at his happy brother and sister and laughed happily on the side.

Hajlan was about to tell his brother and sister that he could draw different types of paintings to form different "flowers" and make different kaleidoscopes, when he heard the sound of the study door pushing open, and hurriedly looked towards the door of the study.

The door opened, it was Qi Shi, he smiled and walked into the study, and asked, "What are the three brothers and sisters doing interesting?" I heard Erru's exclamation from afar. ”

Attracted by the charm of the kaleidoscope, Eruri and Qi Buchen saw Qi Shi at this time, and after the brother and sister saluted and said hello, Eruri happily told Qi Shi about the kaleidoscope in detail, and did not forget to add a sentence at the end: "My sister is so smart, I will try my best to learn my skills." ”

Qi Shi smiled and touched Eruri's head, but once again let Eruri turn his head while muttering, 'I have grown up......

Qi Shi accompanied his children in the study, and also drew a set of pictures of the style of Chahar City, and asked Actun to bring some small pieces of lenses to make three upgraded kaleidoscopes, so that Eruri and Qi Buchen couldn't put it down, and they were amazed, and Hajlan couldn't help but give Amma a thumbs up and give him 32 likes!

At noon, after Qi Shi's family happily finished their meal in the dining room, Qi Shi received a post from Fu Yin Li Bingjun and went out to make an appointment. After Qi Shi returned to the house, he said that he had discussed the matter with Fu Yin, and decided that Qi Shi and Fu Yin Li Bingjun would take the lead in co-organizing a banquet to entertain the families of his colleagues in Chahar City. The banquet was held in a garden called "Taoranzhuang" in the south of the city. This garden is built according to the pattern of the Jiangnan garden, often rented to others to play, and is very close to the south of the city, if there are guests like, you can also go to the racecourse to soar.

The feast is set for the twentieth day of the first month. On this day, the weather was clear, cloudless, warm, and rare good weather.

Nalan ordered the car to be set up early and prepared to take Eruri, Qibchen and Hajlan to ride with him. But Erruli was unwilling, he had been learning to ride a horse for a long time, and felt that he could ride a horse alone, and he felt that it would be a big loss of face for a man to ride like a woman, and he refused to get on the car at all.

When Nalan heard his words, he was really angry and funny: "How old are you?" Losing face by car? Riding a horse in the barracks in the horse training ground, there is a master watching you, I don't care, but there are many people and cars on the street, and it is not fun to bump into it, so you are not allowed to mess around. ”

Eruri had a temper attack, but he refused: "No, most of the people who are going there today are my friends, they are all riding horses, let them see me and my sisters riding in the car together, and I don't know how to laugh at me behind my back, I don't want to!" After that, he simply sat on the steps in front of the court and did not leave.

Nalan had no choice but to persuade him: "Be obedient, take a car with Eniang's sisters, Eniang let people lead the horse, and when you get there, let you go to the horse farm with your friends to ride a horse, okay?" Although Eruri was a little moved, he still refused to agree.

Qi Shi was about to go out, and when he saw him like this, he smiled: "That's it, let him go, boys riding horses are also a common thing, just let people follow and take care of it, don't spoil him too much, let him have more experience." ”

Nalan listened and had to reluctantly agree. Eruri jumped up for joy and rushed straight to the stable, frightening Nalan to be careful. Qi Shi laughed, and went out to the mansion to meet Li Fuyin first, and went to Taoranzhuang first.

After half an hour, I was ready to go out. Qibchen and Hajlan followed Nalan into the carriage, Erruli rode alongside him, and the chief steward followed behind. Nalan again told his son to follow only in front of the carriage, and not to let him go, and Eruri reluctantly agreed.

When a group of people came to the street, Hajlan looked out through the car window, it was really lively outside, there were many carriage pedestrians, when passing through the street in the center of the city, the carriage pedestrians reached a peak, but there was no traffic jam, the pedestrians seemed to have a sidewalk, and the carriages also passed in order, and Hajlan seemed to see the Qing Dynasty version of the traffic police in the distance.

When the carriage of Hajilan and his entourage arrived at Taoranzhuang smoothly, many carriages and horses had been parked outside the door. Acton, who had been sent early in the morning, received the letter and hurriedly welcomed the carriage into the second gate. When Nalan got out of the carriage, he reported that the family had arrived, and Nalan nodded, led his children through the corridor, and followed Acton to the flower hall.

Hajlan followed, looking at the Jiangnan garden of Chahar as he walked. I saw the carved beams and painted buildings everywhere, the carving work was fine and soft, the small bridge in the garden flowed, there was some Jiangnan meaning, but the water in the pond was not much, there was no lotus flower, and there was no lotus leaf, who called it the first month now. The fish in the pond only hide in the depths of the water, lazily moving. Twenty or thirty willows are planted at the water's edge, and the branches seem to be showing a little greenery, and there are a few plum blossoms planted next to them, which seem to be in full bloom. There are a lot of flowers and plants in the garden, but there are not many species, and most of them are northern flower species, which are very well maintained.

Entering the flower hall, there was a glass carved screen, and around the screen, several women greeted me and greeted them with a smile. Nalan saluted, and took Erruli, and Qibchen and Hajran asked them to meet the ladies. Hajlan saw the oldest woman in front of him, who had a round face and a little fat body, presumably Li Fuyin's wife, and followed his brother and sister to salute first, and then visited the other ladies. Then the ladies brought out their children and asked them to greet each other, and then they sat down and served tea and talked.

Eruri went to play in the garden with a few old and new friends, and Qi Buchen and Hajlan sat down with a few young ladies and talked. The kaleidoscope made by Qi Shi that Qi Buchen had recently brought with him from time to time attracted several young ladies to amaze, and for a while strangers played together affectionately. There was also a harmonious atmosphere in the Nalan clan.

The banquet did not disperse until the moment of Shen Shi, and the Nalan clan and Mrs. Li Fu Yin stayed behind to direct their subordinates to clean up the tables, chairs and dishes. After cleaning up, the Nalan clan returned home with Qi Shi.