Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Reception Banquet
After resting for two days, Ling'er fully recovered as before, and her little face was rosy. Yesterday, Qianli sent someone to send a post, and he was very useful for this approach, after all, this is the capital to pay great attention to words and deeds, but people can't see jokes.
"Sister, are you going to wear a dress today?" Ling'er came in from the outside and happened to see Min'er take out a set of white dresses from the cabinet.
"yes, what's wrong?" Min'er could understand what she meant when she saw Ling'er's expression, and then turned her head to look at the skirt on her hand, and didn't find anything wrong?
"There is nothing wrong with this skirt itself, but today it is Sima Chen who will give us the wind, although it is just a meal, after all, it is a more formal occasion, do we also have to focus on dressing up?" Ling'er was embarrassed to say soil directly, so she had to change the angle, that set of dresses was okay to wear at home, but it was not suitable for going out.
"Hey, this capital is more exquisite, wait for a few days to get things here, I'll go home, or feel comfortable at home." Min'er handed the clothes to Ling'er's hands, and after giving her the wardrobe, she sat down in front of the dresser to sort out her makeup.
"Maybe in the future, your rules are bigger than that?" Ling'er carefully selected the right dress.
At this time, the fabrics were of a very obvious grade, although they could be inferior to silk, but they could only be the lowest level of secondary silk. Instead of that, it is better to use high-quality fine cotton, the effect will be better, and after a while, Ling'er will choose a dress. The women's clothing of the Dafeng Dynasty is the closest to that of the Tang Dynasty, but it is far more conservative than the clothing of the Tang Dynasty, and the clothing of ordinary people is obviously different from that of the big family. Women's clothing is roughly divided into several types, the first is the underskirt. Most of the poor people are made in order to save fabrics, and the top is a short shirt, and some people will make the "undergarment" that is, the top a little longer, but the longest will not exceed the knee, like this slightly longer waist Most of them have a waist. The bottom was an ankle-length skirt similar to today's pleated skirts, and the older ones also wore the kind of trousers that were fat on top and tightened at the ankles, which of course only the very poor would wear.
The second is the more common long skirt, which is mostly worn by wealthy or high-status families. This kind of long skirt is divided into lining, long undergarment, bandeau coat, corset and a long skirt, to put it bluntly, it is to wear a belly pocket inside, and then wear a long shirt with a cross-collar length just reaching the hips, most of this kind of long shirt has a waist design. Add a small coat similar to a bandeau on top of the caftan, cover the bottom of the small coat with a wide belt, and add a long skirt with a large hem underneath.
The last one is the dress worn by the ladies and wives of the dignitaries, there are countless such styles, and the fabrics are also everything, so I will not go into detail here.
Ling'er chose a long dress for Min'er, with a pale green undergarment and trimmed with a yellow floral cloth at the neckline and cuffs. The background color of the bandeau coat is dark green, and the peach blossom with the main color of red is embroidered on it, which looks very delicate. The waist is pure fuchsia without any modification, and below is a long skirt of the same color as the long undergarment, and finally a large wide shawl with off-white and pink at the elbow, the whole person looks dignified and playful, which is suitable for Min'er's age. Min'er looked at herself in the mirror and then thought about the dress she had just chosen, and the effect was clear, and she couldn't help but sigh:
"If it weren't for you, my sister would be a big fool today."
"How can it be as serious as you say? Sister, you are naturally beautiful and you won't be ugly in any kind of dress, it's just more beautiful this way. Ling'er replied with a smile, she was still young, so she chose a set of pink long dresses, the whole person looked very playful and cute, and it was difficult to think that her calm temperament was not pleasing to the eye.
"As far as your little mouth will say, the hour is almost up, let's go, it's not good to make people wait too long and lose their manners." Min'er always felt that she was almost no longer in the capital, and wanted to go back to Hongsongtun after helping Ling'er settle down, but she didn't want to backfire.
The two sisters took the carriage driven by Liu Er to the Changyin Building, which was five streets away from their residence, and in the past two days, Liu Er, Zhao Kang, and Zhao Ji had walked all over their residence and the main street, and this famous No. 1 restaurant in the capital was naturally recognized.
"Ling'er, why am I a little unsteady in my heart?" Min'er didn't know why she was suddenly a little flustered, and Ling'er hurriedly tried her forehead after hearing this.
"Oops, could it be the cold?" After trying and finding that there was no fever, he immediately asked:
"Sister, are you nervous?"
"Maybe, I don't know, it's just that I suddenly felt a little flustered, but now it's better." Min'er was afraid that Ling'er would be worried, so she had to pretend to be fine. When Ling'er was about to say something more, Liu Er's voice came from outside:
"Girl, it's here." As soon as the words fell, the carriage stopped smoothly, Lan Xin and Qiao'er hurriedly jumped out of the car to put the stool away, and helped their girl out of the carriage. When the two got off the car one after another and walked into the drinking building, the people in the hall all paid attention to them, there was no way to make the two of them look outstanding, extraordinary, who don't look at them?
The two calmly walked up the stairs to the private room under the leadership of the guy, leaving a burst of whispering, and everyone speculated which lady came out to meet friends? No one could have imagined that they were just peasant girls from a slightly wealthy family.
"Girl, this is Tingtao Pavilion, please come in." The young man who led the way took the two of them to the innermost room on the third floor, which was the highest building in the capital, and the highest in the others was the second floor.
"Brother Lao, my girl invited you to tea." After Qiao'er got Ling'er's eyes, she handed the guy a few pennies, and he was immediately so happy that he smiled.
"Please, please, the two girls are coming, and the contemptible should go out to greet each other, it's really rude." Qianli saw the two of them enter the house, and hurriedly got up to greet each other.
"Qianli Gongzi is polite, our sisters are not dignitaries, they are just the daughters of merchants, how can they afford to be welcomed by Gongzi?" Min'er also smiled politely.
"The girl's words are wrong, and I am ashamed." Qianli gave the two of them to their seats before letting them go.
"Don't be polite, I'm going to have a headache." Ling'er couldn't help but stop talking when she saw that they were coming and going, this is talking like this all the time, how can she still have a little appetite?
"Feel free." Sima Chen also spoke out and personally poured tea for them.
"There is labor." Min'er and Ling'er both thanked softly.
"There is no need to be polite between friends, this is this year's new tea that tastes good." Sima Chen seemed to be in a good mood, although Ling'er didn't know him, he could feel his emotions.
"Sima Gongzi, our sisters have no relatives in the capital, there will be a lot of trouble for you in the future, I will borrow this cup of tea to replace tea to honor Gongzi." Min'er raised her glass elegantly, and Sima Chen also raised a glass in return with grace.
"Miss Min doesn't need to be so polite, this time the two of you really have something to ask for." After the dishes were all served, Sima Chen changed the topic, and he couldn't help but worry about it, is it time to talk about it?
"Something? What does Childe mean? Min'er didn't know that Ling'er came to the capital this time because of Sima Chen's appointment, so she couldn't help glaring at her, blaming her for not making her clear. Ling'er had to shrink her neck and pretend not to see it, in fact, she had always wanted to say it along the way, but because she was afraid that Min'er would be angry with herself, she never had the courage to mention it. Later, they wanted to talk about it on the first night they entered Beijing, but who knew that Zhao Shu was mentioned in two words, so she didn't say it.
"To tell the truth, I wrote to Miss Ling'er to ask her to develop in the capital, and promised to continue to cooperate. I did have this plan in the next year, but I originally planned to think about it in the long term next year or the year after that, but because I encountered some problems in the next, I moved the matter forward. Sima Chen's words made Ling'er secretly happy in her heart, it seemed that he wanted to help her, since this was the case, he pretended not to know.
"Childe hasn't finished speaking, has he?" Min'er could hear it in the clouds.
"The two of them came here mainly for Yi Jun'an's business." Before Sima Chen's words fell, Min'er's eyes widened, and he said angrily:
"What does Sima Gongzi mean by this?" Ling'er didn't expect Min'er to be so sensitive, and when she saw her appearance, she couldn't help but regret it, did she do something wrong?
"Miss Min is angry, can you listen to what you say?" Sima Chen didn't expect Min'er to react like this, it seems that this time things are not as easy as expected.
"Sister, don't be angry first, listen to what they say, if there is anything you don't like, let's go." Ling'er said this sincerely, the reason why she chose to help him at that time was just that Min'er was not completely emotionless for Yi Jun'an, thinking that maybe she could contribute to good things, if Min'er insisted on not wanting to participate, she would definitely support Min'er. It's a big deal not to cooperate with Sima Chen, anyway, I don't have much ambition, as long as my family is well fed and clothed.
"Sima Gongzi, I, Zhao Min'er, am not a bastard, I am grateful for what you have done for my sister, and if there is anything that can help in the future, no one in our Zhao family will be ambiguous. But one yard is one yard, I don't want to take care of Yi Junan's affairs, and I can't take care of it, if Gongzi insists on saying it, then our sisters have to say goodbye. Min'er's face was still pale, but her tone was quite polite.
"Miss Min, I'm mainly for the two of you today, I shouldn't have mentioned this topic that the girl didn't like, but it's really a matter of human life. If it weren't for the news just got, we would have discussed with the girl early in the morning, and I, Sima Chen, would never have meant to repay the favor, and besides, I and Miss Ling were in a cooperative relationship of mutual benefit and there was no so-called kindness. It's really because we have nothing to do to make the girl unhappy on an occasion like today, and we have nothing to ask for but the girl to listen to the whole thing, and in the end, no matter what the girl decides, she will agree unconditionally, I don't know what the girl wants? Sima Chen said so many words in one breath, not to mention the two sisters Ling'er, even Qianli had never heard of it, this guy usually didn't say that it was like gold.