Chen Wenhui was overjoyed when she heard the news. The second brother has been going to the clan land in the Northeast for a while, and the relationship between the brother and sister is good, and I really miss this separation.

Chen Wenhui hurriedly changed into loose home-style clothes and went to Bai's main house. Bai was talking to the red carp there, and was very happy to see Wen Hui coming back and said, "It's early to come back today." ”

Wen Hui said: "Mother, I heard that the second brother is coming back, right? ”

As soon as Bai Shi said this, he smiled and said, "Yes, your second brother is coming back." Because there is a real shortage of manpower in Nanyang, your eldest brother is sitting in Xinguang City on Yizhou Island, where can you leave, so I wrote a letter to your second brother and asked your second brother to come back to Nanyang. Didn't our family build a small town in Nanyang? You've built a small city yourself, and it takes people. It's better for your second brother to go to us to rest assured. ”

Wen Hui said: "In that case, the second brother will not stay long after he comes back, right?" ”

Bai nodded.

Wen Hui said: "When will the second brother get home?" ”

Bai said: "Your second brother still has some things to do at hand, plus the distance is long, although it is spring, there are still some places where there is no ice, and you can't take a boat, so you can only take the land route." Naturally, it's a little slower, so why will it take more than a month to come back. ”

When Chen Wenhui heard this, she was a little discouraged and said, "Hey, mother, it's very boring for me to stay in the capital, can I go to Nanyang with my second brother?" Isn't my city under construction? Of course I wanted to see it for myself. ”

Bai Shi immediately lowered his face and said: "I see that you are running wild, you are already ten years old, and you will be eleven in a few months, how can you still run outside like a child?" Don't go anywhere in the past two years, just live in the capital with me, there are still a lot of things to teach you, teach for two years, and then you have to say kiss, generally our Dachu girls start to say kiss after the age of thirteen. If it is a smooth lì, it will be married after the age of sixteen. However, there are very few people who are so smooth, and they are generally decided around the age of fourteen or fifteen. Got married at the age of seventeen or eighteen, so there are not a few years left to count. What if you stay in Nanyang all the time and ruin your marriage? Could it be that you are going to marry a wild man? ”

Chen Wenhui is not like an ordinary girl at all, she is shy when she hears about the marriage, but says with a smile: "Mother, I don't have to worry, don't you know that I am very rich?" If I want to get married, I will get married, but if I don't want to get married. I lived by myself, and later had a few children and lived a rich life. By the way, am I already the county lord? The county lords of Dachu can have their own independent portals. This is the Great Chu Statute. Anyway, I have money, so it's a big deal to stand on my own. Mother. You are just a daughter like me, are you willing to marry me in the capital and be tortured by these mothers-in-law of high-ranking families in the capital? ”

Bai Shi was also a little shaken and said: "Hey, if you think that my pampered daughter who is like a pearl baby will serve her mother-in-law in the future, set rules in front of her mother-in-law, and deal with people like her husband's concubines in a yard, I really shudder." But. That's how every girl lives. The women of our family are like this, you see your lobby sister, you are a princess, don't you have to deal with a yard of warblers and swallows? And your eldest aunt, isn't it a few ups and downs in the palace? Your second aunt has served her mother-in-law for decades. This is finally 30 years of daughter-in-law becoming a mother-in-law. However, they have already hugged their grandchildren, and they are getting old. Your third aunt is now holding her grandson, and she is still serving her mother-in-law. Ay. Others also envy the daughters of the Chen family for marrying well, some have become concubines, some have become princesses, some have become countesses, and some have become the daughter-in-law of the eldest princess. Ay. ”

Chen Wenhui smiled and said, "Huh? Mother, can't you still see clearly? Can people in this capital get married? Is my mother so fond of sending me to be tortured? ”

Bai Shi scolded with a smile: "You little monkey, how can I be willing to send you to be tortured." However, if you don't like these high-profile people and have many rules, you can also find a young handsome man like your Mingzhu sister, like the Liu family. How good, how good your sister Mingzhu's mother-in-law treats her, she doesn't have a little mother-in-law's shelf, and she starts to take care of the house as soon as she enters the door. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Marriage is destined, Sister Mingzhu is married to someone in the capital, but did her marriage meet in the capital?" ”

Bai Shi thought about it too. Then he thought about it and said, "No, I almost got you in there." Mingzhu's marriage was set when he was in Jiangnan, in fact, we also wanted you to find a scholar in Jiangnan before, with a rigorous family style, a simple population, and a gentle and obedient character. If you encounter such a situation, it is good to live in Gangnam. But, what about you, you are going to Nanyang now, how many Han people are there? It's all those black natives, like monkeys, can you find something like that? ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Oh, mother, don't worry, I will be single all my life, and I will not look for those natives, I am disgusted to death." Besides, I don't stay in Nanyang all the time, and I have to come back often. Big deal, come back once a year, okay? ”

Bai Shi smiled and said, "Little monkey, you came to coax me again, don't I know?" Nanyang is farther away from here than Yizhou Island, and it takes a few months to take a boat ride, so can you come back once a year? ”

Chen Wenhui stuck out her tongue.

Bai said: "You, don't give me those crooked ideas, stay in the capital honestly." Now we don't live in the mansion, our own house, and the decoration is so beautiful, this is the weather has not yet warmed, and when it is warm, the capital is still very beautiful, you will like it then. ”

When Chen Wenhui saw this, she simply didn't say anything and changed the topic, anyway, this matter is not a matter of one or two days, she must think of going out again, the capital is too depressing.

Chen Wenhui said: "Speaking of this, mother, it seems that the spring banquet of the second uncle's house is coming, I heard that it is very grand. The ladies in the capital are all talking about this matter, and they all say that they will go and see it when the time comes. I seem to remember that my second aunt gave us a post a day ago. ”

Bai said: "Well, this spring banquet at your second uncle's house is indeed a grand event, and most of the ladies in the capital will go there at that time." However, this spring banquet is for young girls who have not come out of the cabinet to show their faces. These girls are going to perform at the spring banquet, so they must have a skill. If you are compared, you will be laughed at for a lifetime. What are you going to do? Do you want to show the intention plate. Usually let you learn embroidery, you don't learn well, let you learn to play the piano, you just know how to play, so if you take it out, you won't be laughed at. Also, the most important thing is that girls have to write poems, and you have never liked these and have never written poems, what should you do? Otherwise, in this case, we will ask someone to write the poem first, and then, you will memorize it, and then we will write it. Fortunately, you have been practicing writing for the past few years, and this pen is very good. Hey, anyway, this is also a skill. ”

Chen Wenhui smiled and said, "Mother, you have forgotten jì, do I still have a skill?" ”

Bai asked, "What else?" ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Painting? ”

Bai Shi was immediately overjoyed and said: "Oh, look at my brain, how can I forget this, well, the painting you drew is really good." It is estimated that it is expected to win the first place in the show. Hey, I'm relieved now. Well, if you draw well and write well, if you prepare two more poems, it will be perfect, and not only will you not be ashamed to go to the spring banquet, but you can also shine. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Why should I shine, is there any benefit? ”

Bai Shi immediately smiled and said, "Good daughter, you can show yourself well at the spring banquet." Later, after marrying your father, I thought to myself, anyway, we are a concubine's family, and the girls in the family are still not qualified to participate in the Spring Banquet, so I didn't care, where would I think that we could divide out and establish our own branches? In this way, you are a concubine. Certainly eligible to participate. If you can shine at the Spring Banquet, it can be regarded as fulfilling a dream of your mother when she was young. ”

Chen Wenhui saw that her mother said so earnestly, and her heart was shaken and said: "Since my mother cares so much, then I will prepare well, use some means, and fight for my mother no matter what." ”

Bai was overjoyed: "Good Hui'er, good daughter, what a good mother is a baby." Come, mother will tell you about the rules of this spring feast. ”

Chen Wenhui listened carefully to the rules of General Bai's spring banquet and understood, first of all, the girls' spring costume performance. Of course, the performance is Chen Wenhui's own idea, in fact, first look at the dress, jewelry, dress up of the girls present, of course, the most beautiful, stand out. Then the girls began to perform. In groups of three, in groups of five, they performed for the ladies who were attending the spring feast. In the end, the most beautiful and the most talented will be presented by the hostess, the lord of Shuyuan.

Bai said: "One year, the most outstanding talent was the gift from the palace from the queen herself." ”

Chen Wenhui asked: "The former queen?" Why did she care so much about this? ”

Bai said: "At that time, Queen Wang personally rewarded a talented and beautiful girl that year, and that girl later married into the Wang family. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "I understand, this Spring Banquet is for those nobles to choose their daughters-in-law, right?" ”

Bai nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, so, the girls of each family are working hard, and this is related to their future in the future." Let me tell you, our business in Cuijin Building has been very hot recently, and there are many noble ladies who come to customize clothes, and they are all made of expensive clothes. ”

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