Chapter Twenty-Six: Showing the Edge
These words really scared the fourth lady's face, did she know everything?
"Sister, if it weren't for you, Mrs. Ma wouldn't have secretly made me a lot of delicious food." As soon as Qin Daixin's words fell, she saw the fourth young lady with a surprised expression, she smiled secretly, and continued: "You can't see the fish porridge she made without tasting it!" If it weren't for that, my illness wouldn't have gotten better so quickly. Look, have I grown a lot taller? ”
The fourth lady looked at her, and sure enough, she hadn't seen her for three months, and Qin Daixin, who was as tall as herself, was now half a head taller than her, and she was a lot taller.
"I haven't thanked my sister yet!" Sample, if you want to fight with me, I'm afraid you'll have to go back to practice for a few years.
The fourth lady couldn't help tearing the Ma Pozi, she couldn't stop twisting her sleeves with both hands, and said unnaturally on her face: "Thank you, your own sister!" ”
At this moment, Zhang's voice shouted: "The ladies of all the houses, ladies and gentlemen, the garden warm pavilion has been taken care of, and I also ask the ladies to move and enjoy the plum blossoms." ”
The group followed the people of Jiafu to the Garden Warm Pavilion, the distance was not far, and after a while, they smelled the fragrance of plums. There are already people in the warm pavilion who have prepared a stove, charcoal basin and other things to keep out the cold, and wait for the ladies of each house to enter the pavilion and sit down, and some people come up in turn to hot tea, snacks, preserved fruits and other things.
After everyone sat down, Mrs. Jia ordered someone to open the doors and windows, saying that it was convenient to enjoy the plum blossoms. Qin Daixin only then found that the whole warm pavilion is located in the garden, the garden is built by the mountain, the pine is a forest, even in winter, it is also full of green, there is no decay, the garden is scattered, the middle is an artificial lake, the center of the lake is located in a pavilion, and the pavilion is connected to a wooden bridge, directly to the shore. The garden is surrounded by plum trees, with different varieties and thousands of postures, and the plum blossoms are blooming one after another, adding a lot of poetry to the garden.
"It's so beautiful! This year's plum blossoms seem to be blooming a little early! A well-dressed and outstanding-looking lady chatted with the others.
"Not really!" Another young woman answered.
"This garden was specially built by Lord Jia for Mrs. Jia, Mrs. Jia is really blessed!" The tone sounded a little sour.
Qin Daixin heard others say that there was a "plum" in Mrs. Jia's boudoir, so Lord Jia built such a plum garden, not to mention the scenery, I heard that the plum tree alone weighs tens of thousands of trees, and in winter, the mountains and gardens are full of plum blossoms.
Fang Wanru has always been by Mrs. Jia's side, and the two of them talked and laughed on their faces, and there seemed to be no difference, but they both knew in their hearts that today was a bit of a special day. Fang Wanru was thinking about deciding the second lady's family affairs, but Mrs. Jia was thinking about how to marry Qin Daixin.
The ladies of all provinces are lively by nature, and they are not afraid of the cold, and they can't help but run to the pavilion in the center of the lake to play. Only the three sisters of the Qin family remained, and they were still gathered in the house.
"I'm afraid I'm bored by my wife's side! It's true that they all go out for a walk, look around, and get to know a few little sisters. Mrs. Jia teased the three young ladies of the Qin family, and her gaze stopped slightly on the second young lady.
"Where does Madame speak, it's too late for us to be happy, where will it be boring?" Qin Qianxin's tone was full of flattery, and she had a bit of the temperament of a lady.
"She's just a happy one." Fang Wanru smiled: "It's the same at home. ”
Qin Dai stepped forward and said, "I want to walk around and see the scenery in the garden." ”
Fang Wanru wished that she would disappear immediately, and immediately said, "Go!" It's good to go somewhere to go, and don't go far. ”
Qin Dai bowed in her heart and went to the garden by herself.
"It's just a restless one, and I can't sit still for a moment." Fang Wanru saw that Mrs. Jia looked indifferent, and said: "Madame is a good blessing, she gave birth to three sons, she can manage and scold." There are too many daughters in our family, and I am afraid that people will talk about it, and it will not be the same. ”
Mrs. Jia took a sip of tea and said: "You are in the blessing and do not know the blessing, the daughter is good, intimate!" It's not like me, working hard. Is it so difficult to marry a daughter-in-law if you don't have a family? There is no fixed number of pickers. ”
Fang Wanru's eyes lit up, and she finally got to the topic. When the two families discuss family affairs, they can't always be in front of the girl, right? Fang Wanru thought for a while, and then said, "You little sisters should also go out for a walk!" Let the girl bring the stove, don't get cold. ”
The two young ladies knew it in their hearts, and hurriedly got up and saluted and walked out.
Qin Qianxin was thinking about family affairs, and unconsciously walked to the path, and she didn't even notice when Qin Ruoxin beside her disappeared. When she came back to her senses, she found that she had unintentionally walked to a more remote place, and she couldn't find her way back after a few circles, but fortunately she walked past a little girl wearing a Jiafu girl's costume after a while.
"I'm the second lady of the Qin Mansion, I'm lost, you take me back." No matter where she goes, she will not forget to show her identity as a concubine. She was very happy about this family affair of the Jia family, and decided that she would become the second grandmother of the Jia family, and her tone was naturally a little different. As for Qin Daixin's threat to her, she didn't take it to heart at all.
"Yes." The little girl led Qin Qianxin all the way back, and gradually came to the center of the garden.
The ladies of various provinces are gathering here, and the girls are holding the stove around the master, Qin Qianxin's personal girl Cai Qing saw her coming, and hurriedly greeted her, handed over a hand warmer and said: "Second Miss, I have been looking for you for a long time, but I am back, are you okay?" ”
"It's fine. What are they doing? Qin Qianxin glanced at it a few times, but she couldn't understand it.
The ladies are around a case and are discussing something, so it's not lively.
"The grandmother of Jiafu said that our grandmother owed her a plum blossom picture last year, and she must pay it back this year, and the grandmother is painting there! The ladies from all the provinces gathered around to watch, and the third lady was also there. ”
Oh! That's interesting.
"Let's go, let's see." After speaking, he didn't wait for Cai Qing's reaction, and walked forward quickly.
"Yes." Cai Qing quickly followed, and followed the second lady to the place where Lin Qingyue painted.
Lin Qingyue painted a picture of plum blossoms and snow, plum blossoms are reddish, Ruixue is silver and white, between red and white is a girl who appreciates plum blossoms.
"It's a plum blossom." A tall woman said.
"They all said they were enjoying the snow." Another slightly busty woman seemed to have other insights and denied it.
When Qin Qianxin arrived, Lin Qingyue had already put down her pen, and the two daughters of Beppu were arguing about whether the person in the painting was admiring the snow or the plum.
"Grandma Qin, you say, is this person appreciating snow or plum blossoms?" One of the daughters asked.
"Not bad." Another daughter also said: "The author of the painting has the most right to speak, you say." ”
Qin Qianxin took a step forward, took the painting and said, "I'll take a look!" ”
The two daughters looked at her in unison, but neither spoke.
Qin Qianxin said with a smile: "My sister-in-law's pen and ink are outstanding, as everyone knows, now the plum in this painting is good, whether it is snow or snow, it is all the best, why fight?" ”
Lin Qingyue is talented, and the ladies in Taizhou know it, but now that they hear her say, they are a little embarrassed to argue. Seeing Qin Qian's heart, the Zhang family on the side reacted and said: "Miss Qin Er's words, I am interested, you can tell me, is your sister-in-law's painting better than Mei or Xue?" ”
She knows about the affairs of Jiafu and Qinfu, although she doesn't understand why her mother-in-law has always insisted on marrying the third lady, but if she can prove that the second miss is outstanding, it is also good. With the strength of Jiafu, why should you abandon your heir and marry a concubine!
Qin Qianxin shirked and said: "No, no, no, I can't compare to my sister-in-law, I don't understand this, it's better to let my third sister tell me, she is 'full of poetry and books'!" ”
Qin Daixin didn't expect things to fall on her suddenly, looking at everyone's eyes looking at her, and then looking at Qin Qianxin's smug look, she immediately understood.
Everyone in Qinfu knows that the third lady is a muddy person, where is there any talent to learn. When she said this, she clearly wanted to make a fool of herself in front of everyone.
"How can I be as good as my second sister said, which makes everyone laugh." She pursed her lips and smiled, looking shy.
"Third sister, don't be modest, just talk about it!" The second lady did not relent.
She didn't care about Jiafu's impression of her, if she lost the opportunity to marry because of this, she would be happy. It's just that she made a fool of herself in front of so many people, then she will be a big loser, and within three days, Qin Daixin's reputation will spread among the ladies in Taizhou.
Although she Qin Daixin can't make poems, she has come through to it. There is no Li Bai here, Du Fu, are you still afraid of her?
"In this way, my sister will be ugly." Qin Daixin took the painting, and out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of worry in Lin Qingyue's eyes. There are still good people in the Qin Mansion, no matter what the purpose, at least Lin Qingyue doesn't want her to make a fool of herself.
"It's so good to paint, write a poem, and ask my sister-in-law not to be weird." Qin Daixin suddenly remembered a poem by Wang Anshi, heart
Li Dading picked up the pen that was placed aside, dipped it in ink and wrote on the side of the painting:
Mei Xue is not willing to fall in spring,
Sao Ren Pavilion pen fee commentary.
Plum and snow are three points white,
The snow loses the plum and a piece of incense.
Mo Li, who had learned calligraphy in her previous life, had written well, but now she was lifting the pen, but she was a person in her previous life and this life, which made her infinitely nostalgic.
"It's really a good poem, I didn't expect that the third lady not only did a good poem, but also wrote such a good hand." Zhang picked up the painting, looked at it carefully, and felt more and more that this third lady was not simple, if she was not a concubine, how good it would be.
The two ladies who had been arguing just now also said: "Miss Qin San's last two sentences, I'm afraid they were made for the two of us!" With your poem, we can't argue anymore. ”
As early as when Qin Daixin was writing poems, some good deeds read out the poems, where did Qin Qianxin think that she could write such poems, she regretted it to death, she wanted her to be ugly in public, but it became brilliant, it was really not cost-effective.
Zhang smiled: "I am generous with this painting, and someone owes me." But now that I have taken the poem of the third lady in vain, I feel uneasy, how good is this. ”
Everyone laughed, knowing that this was just a rhetoric.
At this moment, I saw a girl suddenly coming, and when she saw Zhang's family, her face turned white with fright.
Zhang comforted everyone, pulled the girl aside and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?" ”
After trembling for a long time, the girl said, "Fourth Miss Qinfu, something happened." ”