Chapter 21: When the Dinner Party Progresses
Wei Wei took a lunch break, and when she woke up, it was already sunset.
Hearing movement in the house, Qingyue walked in from the outhouse, just in time to see that Wei Wei had already gotten out of bed, probably thirsty, her small body was climbing on the stool, and her little short hand was struggling to reach the white porcelain teapot in the center of the beech carved table of the Eight Immortals.
"Miss, you rest, slave and maid." Hurriedly went up and hugged Wei Wei to sit down on the round stool, Qingyue picked up the teapot, poured water into the teacup, and touched the wall of the cup with her hand to make sure it was not hot, and then held it to Wei Wei.
Wei Wei took it and drank it, turned her head and asked Qingyue, "What time is it?" ”
Qingyue glanced at the glow outside the sky and replied softly, "It's the beginning of the unitary period." ”
Wei Wei casually said "En", thought about it, and felt that it was almost time for the hour, and it was time to freshen up and go to the Big Flower Hall. So he called Qingyue: "Come and comb my hair." ”
Qingyue looked at the empty room and answered.
By the time Qingyin, who had slipped away and slipped away with Mama Chen's departure, came in, it was already youzheng.
Here, Mama Chen came in with her front foot, and Qingyin with her back foot also lifted the bamboo curtain.
As soon as Mama Chen entered the room, she saw that Wei Wei had already combed her double bun, pinned a row of colored beaded flowers to her bun, and had already worn a light blue skirt on her body, which was particularly innocent and cute, unlike Chu Chu, who was dressed in moon-white in the morning, and her brows were almost imperceptibly wrinkled.
Seeing clearly that it was Qingyue standing next to Wei Wei, who was dressed up, it was Qingyue instead of Qingyin, and Qingyin was lifting the bamboo curtain and walking in at this time, so he understood everything.
However, this is not the time for an attack.
Glaring at Qingyin, Mama Chen looked at Wei Wei and said softly, "Miss, are you cleaned up?" The hour has come, shall we? ”
Seeing that Wei Wei nodded casually, he stepped forward directly, and Qingyin, who was stunned by Mama Chen's gaze, also stepped forward together, making small movements in a bright and bright manner, and unceremoniously squeezed Qingyue behind him.
The maid outside opened the curtain, and the group walked out.
The Great Flower Hall of the Weihou Mansion
The Weihou Mansion and the Princess Mansion are closely adjacent to each other, only separated by a corridor in the middle. Because the Weihou Mansion is a royal mansion, any banquets in the Weihou Mansion are generally held here. And because it was convenient for Mrs. Wei, the family banquet held by the Hou Mansion was not in the original place, but on the east wall of the backyard of the Hou Mansion adjacent to the Princess Mansion, a large flower hall with a garden was specially built and named Yi Yuan.
When Wei Wei and Mama Chen and the others came in, they saw that in addition to Mrs. Wei, Mrs. Wei Hou and her wife, and the second lady Wei Huan, the rest of the young masters, young ladies, and aunts had already come, and they were sitting in their seats.
Of course, the two aunts with children did not have seats, and only set up two small pestles behind Mrs. Liang's seats. Not to mention the room, he is not even qualified to attend the family banquet.
Seeing Wei Wei and her entourage coming in, Aunt Jiang came over to greet her quite enthusiastically, praising her for her beautiful hair accessories today, and praising her for her beautiful clothes today.
In contrast, Aunt Cui was much more indifferent, and only nodded in the direction of Wei Wei.
It was easy to get out of the enthusiastic Aunt Jiang under the pretext of talking to her younger brother, and Wei Wei greeted her younger brothers. The two younger brothers who had already attended the meeting were very unfamiliar with Wei Wei, and after making a family salute to each other, they had nothing to say, so they just sat in the banquet and played. The other third brother, the third young master of the house, is still in swaddling clothes and has not yet come.
At this time, Wei Wei realized that her third sister Wei Yuan's reaction was a little strange.
Wei Yuan tried her best to widen her black and white eyes, staring in the direction of Wei Wei, with a bit of hatred and itching to bite her, but in the morning, she obviously looked like a cannon battle, but she didn't jump up and down like she did in the morning, making Wei Wei uncomfortable.
Even more trembling, he stood up straight and gave Wei Yuan a family gift, uh, although it wasn't quite in place.
With such a big contrast, we must have learned a lesson. Wei Wei thought to herself. It seems that this quiet Aunt Cui is not a simple character.
It turned out that she still thought that her father was not too attentive to her cheap family, and there were only a few in this backyard. Now it seems that the number of wives and concubines is not in quantity, but in quality!
Of course, this quality refers not only to the color, but more importantly to the mind.
Not long after Wei Wei sat in her place, Wei Hou and his wife Liang helped Mrs. Wei and her party walk in.
Mrs. Wei is now wearing a dark red silk dress embroidered with delicate and complex rich peony flowers, mottled long hair combed neatly coiled into a bun, simply inserted the silk phoenix has been tired of spreading its wings and shaking gold, wearing a color of palace makeup thousand leaves to save gold peony jewelry, a graceful body, both majestic and noble, extraordinarily spiritual.
Wei Hou Ye passed on a regular dress embroidered with dark lines in azure, he was born in a military general's family, he was sturdy, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a dragon and a tiger.
Mrs. Weihou Liang is dignified and elegant, but there is an arrogant look between her eyebrows and eyes. Today, she wore a bright red skirt embroidered with a pattern of flowers blooming, several golden hairpins were inserted in her hair in a high bun, a phoenix wore a peony, and a butterfly spread its wings. There is also a golden phoenix hairpin with silk inlaid with gemstones, which was given by her grandmother when the Liang family got married, and it is said that it is still made in-house, which is the most conspicuous.
As early as when the maid outside shouted that Mrs. Wei and her party had arrived, Wei Wei and the others who were originally sitting in their positions had already stood up.
In ancient times, the hierarchical system was very strict, and the children of wealthy families began to learn etiquette from an early age, and the concepts of superiority and inferiority have long been engraved into the bone marrow, even for children of several years.
After Mrs. Wei and Mrs. Wei Hou took their seats, they greeted the three of them one after another.
"Grandmother Ann, Father Ann, Mother Ann." This is Wei Wei and other little masters of the Hou Mansion.
"Old lady An, Hou Ye An, Mrs. An." These are two aunts and a group of maids and servants.
"Okay, don't be polite, get up!" Old Madam Wei hurriedly shouted. She watched the full house of grandchildren bow down at the same time, and smiled like a flower.
Only that there is still a little pale on the face, showing a bit of a sick look.
The Marquis Wei and Mrs. Liang on the side also responded and called together, and all the children staggered to their feet.
Liang also instructed the nurse who followed her to hold the swaddling third young master to the last seat on the right of the Hou Ye Wei, and reminded a few words of "take care of it".
Because Mrs. Wei is the princess of the dynasty, and the two rooms of the Weihou Mansion are all outside, the number of the generation of the long house is small, and they have not yet grown up, so the family banquet is not as usual for men and women to sit separately and at separate tables, but to follow the ancient first set up a seat, for the position of Mrs. Wei, the lower head is divided into two columns, the left head is Wei Hou Ye, the right head is Wei Hou Madame, and the lower one is Wei Wei and all men and women sit according to size.
Everyone was seated, Mrs. Liang asked Mrs. Wei for permission, ordered the food to be served, and the big kitchen prepared the results of a busy day, and at this moment, it was brought up like the flowing figures of the maids.