Cheng Chi and Mrs. Guo both looked as usual, only Zhou Shaojin sighed privately and at the Spring Festival Gala: "Presumably it was the Hangzhou branch that heard that Mrs. Guo praised the two osmanthus trees in the Ningbo branch, so they were specially moved." This season, I don't know if these two osmanthus trees will live. ”

The Spring Festival Gala's eyes widened and said, "What if I can't live?" ”

Zhou Shaojin thought for a while and said, "Maybe transplant two more similar trees, anyway, we don't know each other." ”

The Spring Festival Gala is staggering.

A maid invited Zhou Shaojin to the main hall for dinner.

Zhou Shaojin changed into a pink plain gown with grass and green bud edges, combed a double flat bun, wore a southern bead hoop, and went to the main hall.

Mrs. Guo had changed her clothes, her gray hair was neatly rolled into a bun, and she had inserted a pair of red gold and mutton fat jade double peach hairpins, and she was wearing a lake silk gown with an autumn fragrance of fairy cranes and Ganoderma lucidum, her face was ruddy, and she looked very energetic, and she was talking to a woman in her forties who wore a parrot green cocoon silk gown.

Seeing Zhou Shaojin, Mrs. Guo greeted her with a smile, and pointed to the woman and said to her: "This is Mrs. Wang, the wife of the second shopkeeper of the second branch in Hangzhou, I am afraid that we will trouble Mrs. Wang in the past few days." ”

They live here temporarily, they are not familiar with the place, the Hangzhou branch will be the same as the Ningbo branch, send a person who is familiar with the surrounding things to entertain them, Zhou Shaojin did not think that the Hangzhou branch actually sent the wife of the second shopkeeper.

She smiled and gave the lady a blessing and called her "Mrs. Wang".

Mrs. Wang hurriedly turned sideways, saying "don't dare", and saw Zhou Shaojin's eyes flashing with a hint of surprise and curiosity.

Zhou Shaojin just didn't see it, and after saluting Mrs. Guo, he stood behind Mrs. Guo in an orderly manner.

The Mrs. Wang smiled when she saw it: "The dinner has already been arranged, do you think it should be put on now or wait for the fourth master to come back and then put it up?" ”

Mrs. Guo asked Zhou Shaojin: "Are you hungry?" ”

Zhou Shaojin shook his head with a smile and said, "I ate a lot of snacks in the afternoon, and I am still full at this time!" ”

Mrs. Guo smiled and said, "That's good." We'll wait for Shiro to come back and pass the meal - as soon as he arrived, he was surrounded by several shopkeepers who rushed to hear the news, and he didn't know when he would be able to finish speaking! ”

Zhou Shaojin smiled: "It's important to get down to business!" Why don't I walk around the yard with you? When I came in, I saw that there seemed to be a rockery pond behind the yard, and we could just go there and have a look. ”

Mrs. Guo slept on the boat for an afternoon, and was in good spirits at this time, so she smiled and said to Mrs. Wang: "Mrs. Wang, why don't we go out for a walk together?" ”

Mrs. Wang was naturally pleased to accompany her.

The group went to the back of the yard.

Taishi Lake is piled up into a rockery, the top of the mountain is a red lacquer hexagonal pavilion, there is a pond next to the rockery, in addition to planting a few lotus plants, a pair of mandarin ducks swim leisurely in the lake.

Zhou Shaojin stared straight at the mandarin duck.

Mrs. Guo smiled and said, "No wonder you are curious, we have two cranes in our house, but none of them raise mandarin ducks." You're seeing it for the first time, right? ”

Jiuru Lane still raises cranes?

Zhou Shaojin heard of it for the first time.

She nodded and said, "I heard that if one of these mandarin ducks dies, the other will never live alone, and I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

"It's true!" Mrs. Wang smiled, "There were two pairs of mandarin ducks in this pond before, but one of them died and the other died of hunger strike. Now there is only this pair of mandarin ducks left. ”

As they were talking, a group of koi fish swam in.

Mrs. Wang patted the branch to tease the koi.

Or maybe people often tease them like this, and those koi fish are not afraid of life, and play with the branches with their mouths open.

Mrs. Wang instructed the little maid to also break a branch for Zhou Shaojin.

Zhou Shaojin felt that this was like a little girl's talent, and handed the branch to the Spring Festival Gala.

The Spring Festival Gala is very clever, and she teases the koi fish like Mrs. Wang.

Zhou Shaojin and Mrs. Guo only watched from the side.

Cheng Chi is back.

He smiled and asked, "What are you all doing here?" I said, why is there no one in the hall? ”

Zhou Shaojin stepped forward to salute Cheng Chi.

Mrs. Guo smiled: "Aren't we waiting for you to have dinner!" ”

Cheng Chi said: "I don't have a time all day long, what are you waiting for me to do?" I'm afraid I'll be hungry! After speaking, he nodded to Mrs. Wang, and said politely: "It's been hard for Mrs. Wang these days." ”

Mrs. Wang probably didn't expect Cheng Chi to treat her with such courtesy, and her excited words were a little unpleasant: "The fourth master praised it, this, this is what a concubine should do, and I don't dare to be the fourth master's 'hard'." As she spoke, she hurriedly asked, "Do you want to set the table now?" ”

Cheng Chi looked at Mrs. Guo.

Old Madam Guo glanced at Zhou Shaojin and said, "Set up a meal, right?" I had some snacks on the boat in the afternoon. ”

Cheng Chi smiled and nodded, and asked Mrs. Wang to pass the meal.

Mrs. Wang was busy arranging.

When Cheng Chi and the others started to eat, she went to the teahouse to instruct the maid to make tea, and looked up to see a little girl who wore gold and silver, but was dressed as a maid, with a very raw face, a pair of sparkling eyes, and she was born with a little charm.

With such a character, eight or nine times out of ten is the big girl who serves by Mrs. Guo's side.

She hurriedly smiled and stepped forward and asked, "What do you command, girl?" ”

"It's nothing." Pearl said with a smile, "The old lady is mostly on the boat these days, and the second cousin is afraid that the old lady is not feeling well, so she let the old lady use the old gentleman's eyebrows these days, and specially asked me to bring the tea over and inform the sisters in the tea room." ”

Mrs. Wang hurriedly said, "Don't worry, we have all written it down." ”

Pearl smiled and thanked her, and went back to the hall.

Cheng Chizheng talked to Mrs. Guo and Zhou Shaojin about the arrangements of the past few days: "...... The day after tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, tomorrow we will go to the city first, there is a temple fair in Lingyin Temple during the day on August 15, we will go there to see, and go to Slender West Lake at night, I asked Qin Ziping to arrange a boat painting boat, we can drink wine and admire the moon in the painting boat. Then we went to the Qiantang River to see the tide. On August 20, we departed for Jinling. ”

When Zhou Shaojin heard this, his heart suddenly felt like a little rabbit.

Admire the moon on the painted boat of Slender West Lake...... It was something she never dreamed of.

If she could really go, she felt that she had not been reborn in vain.

Mrs. Guo smiled and said, "It's the first time in my life to admire the moon in Slender West Lake, which must be very interesting." ”

It can be seen that she is very satisfied with this arrangement.

Cheng Chi saw that his mother was satisfied, and he was naturally in a good mood, and when he saw the little maid coming in with tea, he personally helped Mrs. Guo to sit down in the banquet room next door.

After drinking tea, Cheng Chi urged Zhou Shaojin and Guo Laofu to rest: "I have to go to the street early tomorrow morning." ”

Mrs. Guo listened to her son's arrangement, smiled and said "Okay", and was helped back to the inner room by Zhou Shaojin.

Zhou Shaojin served Mrs. Guo and finished grooming, and then came out of the inner room.

The maids and maids have also gone to rest, and the night is a little early, and several mothers-in-law are gathered in the second room to wait for a more voice.

The courtyard was quiet.

Cheng Chi stood alone under the osmanthus tree in the middle of the courtyard with his hands behind his back.

Zhou Shaojin was stunned, thought for a moment, and walked over lightly.

It's just that before she could get closer, Cheng Chi had already turned around.

His facial features were handsome, his expression was cold, and the moment he saw the person who came clearly, his cold expression immediately became warm and warm like ice and snow melting: "You just came out of the old lady's house?" Did the old lady sleep? ”

Zhou Shaojin suspected that he had seen it wrong.

She smiled, "The old lady should be asleep soon." Why is Uncle Chi standing here alone? But what's the matter? ”

"Nothing." Cheng Chi said with a smile, "Just to see these two osmanthus trees grow well, stand here for a while." ”

Zhou Shaojin laughed, and couldn't help but tilt his head and ask him: "Uncle Chi, does you really think these two osmanthus trees grow well?" ”

These two osmanthus trees are things that others have to do with him.

She felt that Uncle Chi was not the kind of person who cared much about these things.

Uncle Chi must be thinking about something else!

Cheng Chi looked at her bright and twinkling eyes, as if they were reflecting each other with the stars in the summer sky, and couldn't help but laugh.

I can't see that this little girl is quite clever sometimes.

He said, "Do you want me to accompany you for a walk tomorrow?" ”

And then buy a whole bunch of useless stuff?!

Zhou Shaojin waved his hand again and again, and said, "Didn't Uncle Chi say that there was something?" You're going to get busy. With Mrs. Wang by our side, we will definitely be able to buy what we like. ”

Cheng Chi listened with a little itch in his heart.

This girl looks like she's making a fuss every time, it's fun. It's a pity that he really has something serious tomorrow, otherwise the day of teasing this little girl will pass quickly.

He said goodbye to Zhou Shaojin with a smile.

Zhou Shaojin breathed a sigh of relief, and sent someone early the next morning to ask Jiying if she could go to the street with them, and if not, if she wanted to bring her something.

Ji Ying said that she wanted to sleep, and if it was convenient, let Zhou Shaojin bring her some Xiong Kee's Jinhua shortbread back.

Zhou Shaojin dressed up and went to the famous Qinghefang in Hangzhou in a sedan chair with Mrs. Guo.

When I got off the sedan chair, I saw that the street was crowded with people, and the banners were shaking, and there were no less than hundreds of shops, selling silk and satin, ready-to-wear, and rouge gouache...... Even those who buy wigs, as Cheng Chi said, "only what you think of, there is nothing you can't buy", there is everything.

Mrs. Wang asked, "What does the old lady want to buy?" I have a familiar shop, just take you there. ”

Mrs. Guo smiled: "Let's just take a look, and if there is something that is pleasing to the eye, we will take it back, and you can just take us to the shop you are familiar with." ”

Mrs. Wang should have taken them to a silk shop first.

The business in the store is very good, the eldest girl and the little daughter-in-law are crowded in the store to pick up the materials, the five-wide face, more than a dozen guys can't remember, the shopkeeper even saw Mrs. Wang and dropped the half-beaten abacus to meet them, squeezed through the big girls and little daughters-in-law and led them to the patio in the backyard.

In the courtyard, the bluestone slabs were paved, the four corners were raised with spotted bamboo, and the grapevines were set up in the center, and under the vines were placed black lacquered square tables and Taishi chairs.

Mrs. Wang briefly explained the intention, and the shopkeeper personally brought two guys to move a lot of fabrics over, and pointed to one of the mud-gold makeup flowers and said: "This is from Jiaxing, the Du family's loom is woven out, and this year was ordered to pay tribute. He pointed to one of the turquoise horses and said, "This is from Yangzhou." To be honest, if you want to talk about weaving, if Hangzhou recognizes the second, no one dares to recognize the first, but if you talk about the style, you still have to ...... new style in Yangzhou."

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Sisters, today's gag.

Today's update will be around eleven o'clock in the evening.

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