When Zhao Xiu came to Fang's house in a carriage, he found that the Fang family's house was located in an alley, the alley was narrow, barely enough for two carriages to go side by side.

The gate of the Fang family's house doesn't seem to be big, the front yard inside is even smaller, and there are steps, so it is impossible to let the lady's carriage go in and come down, so she can only get off at the door. This is nothing, and the same is true of the small mansion where the Zhao family's second room lives now. The problem is that there are quite a lot of girls coming to the Fang Family Poetry Club today, and there are brothers or guards who escort them on horseback, and there are even more people. There was a long crowd in front of the Fang family, and there were four or five cars in front of the Zhao family's carriage.

This is not enough. The girls naturally got off the car slowly, and after getting off the car, the carriage had to go forward, turn around when they got out of the alley, and then turn back, and enter an alley not far from the main entrance, where it led directly to the Fang family's stable. As a result, the two rows of carriages that came out of the alley and turned back met head-on, crowded each other, and squeezed the entire alley to the brim. Although Zhao Xiu's carriage was only four or five cars away from the door, he couldn't move a foot forward after waiting for a stick of incense.

Zhao Xiu was a little impatient, when would this have to wait? She lifted the corner of the curtain, looked at the distance from the carriage to the gate of the Fang family, and felt that it was about thirty meters, and it was only a few steps away, so she said to the coachman: "I'll get out of the car and walk over, you guys line up slowly, follow the mother-in-law of the car closely, make sure where the car and people are, and then enter the outer courtyard of the Fang family to wait for instructions." ”

Bihan was startled: "Girl, what are you going to do?" Beware of being seen! ”

Zhao Xiu paused. called a mother-in-law: "You go and tell the Fang family's gatekeeper, how long will this be the fortress?" Tell the girls to let the men leave first. Seal off both ends of this alley, don't let the idlers wait to come in, and we should get out of the car and enter the door first. After that, how to channel the flow of this carriage depends on the ability of the Fang family. It's not the first time that their family has entertained guests, so why didn't they prepare in advance? ”

The mother-in-law went to tell the concierge of the Fang family, and the concierge looked at the carriage of the Zhao family when he heard the words, and recognized it as the car of the Hou Mansion of Jiannan. I just felt hot on my face. In the past, the Fang family naturally treated passers-by, and it was not uncommon to encounter this kind of jam in front of the carriage, and every time they tried to persuade the coachmen not to compete for priority. Listen to their instructions and go one by one, and if you accidentally get stuck in a face-to-face block, convince one of them to back down and ask the other to go first. It's all a matter of etiquette. Although it is a bit of a hassle. But the Fang family never thought that there was any problem, at most, after the guests entered the door after a long wait, the host's family would just pay more gifts. As a result, the porter now found out that there was another way to solve it. In vain, their Fang family prides itself on being a scholarly and famous family, and has always looked down on those noble generals, thinking that they are all rough people who do not understand etiquette, but now they call a little girl from a rough family and slap their face.

The porter whispered thanks to the mother-in-law, and turned back to ask the housekeeper. The housekeeper also felt that his face was not very good-looking, and went out in person to tell the entourage of each family. Everyone is actually waiting impatiently. But the narrow alley of the Fang family is also a matter of no way, listening to the housekeeper of the Fang family, I immediately felt that it was a good way, so the brothers and guards of each family took the first step, the coachmen got off the car first, bowed their heads to face the other side of the alley, and then the mother-in-law and girls who followed the car got out of the car to help their girls down.

Zhao Xiu also got out of the car and took Bihan into the door of Fang's house, and saw other girls who came as guests, some of whom knew and some of whom did not. I knew the two girls of the Liu family, as well as Feng Xiuqin, although there was a little unpleasantness when we met last time, but Zhao Xiu thought that there were a lot of adults, so he still greeted them with a smile. The sisters of the Liu family returned the salute with a smile, but they were not very enthusiastic and didn't want to be too close to Zhao Xiu. However, when Feng Xiuqin saw Zhao Xiu, she was quite enthusiastic, and pulled her to ask why she didn't come to the last poetry meeting, she had been looking forward to it for a long time, Yunyun.

She also introduced two familiar girls to Zhao Xiu, a daughter of Cai Hanlin's family and a daughter of Ma Langzhong, both of whom are girls from some famous scholarly families in the capital, and they are also mild-tempered. Although they were a little surprised that the Fang sisters had invited the daughter of the Xungui family to attend the meeting, they all remained polite and smiled and talked to Zhao Xiu. Zhao Xiu felt that the new friends were not too difficult to get along with, and the mood was quite pleasant.

The carriages that were stuffed in front of the gate were all empty and empty. When the drivers returned to the driver's seat, they breathed a sigh of relief and felt that they didn't have to be as careful as before. When the servants of the Fang family guided them forward, they could also drive the car faster, quickly got out of the alley, turned the head of the car, turned back one by one, and turned into the alley into the Fang family's stable. At this time, if another family's carriage came, the front of the Fang family would not be too crowded, and the later girls soon entered the door of the Fang family, and the girls were quite noisy. Seeing this, the mother-in-law of the Fang family hurriedly invited them to the garden.

Zhao Xiu, together with new and old friends, under the guidance of the Fang family's mother-in-law, walked through the long aisle, bypassed the Fang family's main house, and entered the garden. The Fang family and the family live together, occupy almost the whole alley, but the garden is public, covering an area of not small, there are three or four acres, and there are also pavilions and pavilions, small bridges and flowing water, which is quite exquisite. It's just that it's the middle of winter, the flowers and trees in the garden are withering, and the flowing water is also frozen, but the jade tree and the branches are also interesting.

The place where Miss Fang Wu planned to entertain her friends and hold a poetry meeting was the Hall of Inquiry in the garden. Wenxin Hall is a water pavilion, built near the water, boxy, the place is extremely wide, carved railings and paintings, there are double-glazed windows all around, the cold wind is isolated. In winter, you can enjoy a panoramic view of the surrounding gardens and the cold. In the summer, all the windows are opened, and it becomes a very cool place to go. The Fang family feasts guests, and this is the best place. On weekdays, it is not a distinguished guest, and it is never allowed to be lightly opened. I didn't expect that today I would entertain a group of little girls here for a little daughter's birthday party. Among the ladies who came to the door, many of them were familiar with the Fang family, or were born in the Fang family's in-laws, and they were most familiar with the habits of the other family, so they were secretly surprised.

Zhao Xiu didn't know anything about the old customs of the other party. I don't dwell on this issue. She just read the couplet in front of the door of the Asking Heart Hall intently: one shoulder of luggage, sleeveless breeze. This was originally from the very famous Qing official Zhong in the former Ming Dynasty, who was the prefect of Suzhou. After his death, in order to commemorate him, the world made a couplet: "One shoulder of luggage, how many feudal officialdoms are there?" The two sleeves are breezy, and how about watching Suzhou Taishou?" As a scholarly family, the Fang family has many children who have become officials, probably taking a well-known Qing official like Guo Zhong as an example, right? That's why I used this couplet on this large building in the garden.

Ironically, this Hall of Inquiry was built so magnificently. Where is the meaning of "two sleeves of fresh breeze"? Isn't the Fang family really blackening themselves?

Fang Renzhu, the fifth girl, appeared in front of the Wenxin Hall, wearing a light pink embroidered placket silver mouse jacket and a white silk skirt painted in light ink. Dressed up extra carefully, and greeted the ladies with a faint smile.

Standing beside her was Fang Huizhu, a big girl from Fang, with a lake-blue placket and a gold-embroidered cotton skirt on her lower body. Although the clothes did not overshadow the limelight of my sister. But the elaborate makeup still made her beauty stand out, and all the girls couldn't help but look at her face a few more times.

Fang Huizhu only barely maintained a smile on her face, no one knew how depressed she was at the moment. She really didn't want to dress up so exquisitely, but when she got up early in the morning, her mother went to her room to supervise it personally, and she didn't hesitate to let her makeup overwhelm her birthday sister, but also let her dress herself up beautifully. This qiē is only for the mother and son of the Shang family, who will arrive soon. Mrs. Fang had obviously made up her mind to do this family business in one fell swoop. How do you know how reluctant your daughter is in her heart?

Fang Huizhu tried her best to hide the anxiety in her heart, and smiled to help her sister welcome all the ladies into the hall of inquiry. I also introduced the relatively unfamiliar Zhao Xiu to everyone. Almost all of the people present are the daughters of the scholarly Wenchen family, and Zhao Xiu, as the daughter of the Xungui family, feels that she is very unsociable. Fortunately, Feng Xiuqin is very kind, the sisters of the Liu family can also chat a few words, and the newly acquainted Cai and Ma daughters are not difficult to get along with, and the fifth girl of the master's family did not put on a cold face, but regarded her as a distinguished guest like other girls, Zhao Xiu was in a happy mood. Not long after, Cao Luo also came. Zhao Xiu has added a little friend who can chat, and his mood will only be better.

They are all teenage girls, even if they are a little prejudiced for a while, after sitting down and chatting for a long time, they will naturally get acquainted. Zhao Xiu has been studying since childhood, not a person who does not learn and does not know how to do it, he knows all about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, he also knows poetry, sometimes he will say some witty words, and he will not be serious about a little thing. Everyone seemed to find that no matter what the other party's background was, Zhao Xiu himself was still very likable and a friend worth making, and they soon became affectionate.

Seeing this scene, Cao Luo was naturally very happy. With Zhao Xiu as her companion, she was always left out of the cold by her friends like she was in the poetry meeting in the past. In the past, she was shy and inferior, and when others ignored her, she didn't dare to talk to others. Now when Zhao Xiu chats with people, she will always pull her, so that she has more opportunities to talk to people. After chatting for a long time, the girls from other families realized that Miss Cao was not so arrogant and ignorant of people as she had in her original impression, she was clearly a shy little white rabbit.

The little girls chatted happily, and when Miss Fang Er and Miss Fang looked at it, they felt a little uncomfortable in their hearts. They have always looked down on Cao Luo and Zhao Xiu, but now that they have become popular people, how can they be willing? Fang Er was okay, she only focused on talking to a girl from a more prominent family, and Fang Si secretly wrung her handkerchief to get angry. Since the last poetry meeting, her poems were not as good as Cao Luo's writings, and she always felt that others looked down on her. Even the ladies are laughing with Zhao Xiu and Cao Luo now, but they didn't say a word to her sitting in the corner, and she also thinks that it is evidence that others despise her.

Her girl Rui Zhu didn't know when she went out, and it took a while to come in from outside, and only then did she stand still behind her, and she stared at her and scolded: "You little hoof, where did you go crazy again?" Looking at how lively the people are today, you don't know how many pounds and taels you have, you just care about playing, but you forget who you are?! ”

Her voice was so loud that the other girls heard it and looked at her in amazement. When Zhao Xiu noticed that Fang Si was scolding, her eyes drifted straight to herself, and she couldn't help but laugh, and she didn't know if the other party was pointing at Sang and scolding Huai. She smiled without saying a word, lowered her head and picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, and said nothing.

Miss Fang and Miss Fang Wu felt that their faces were a little unsightly. They are all smart people, how can they not see that Miss Fang Si is scolding Zhao Xiu with Ruizhu? In any case, Zhao Xiu was Fang Wu's guest today. Fang Si scolded Zhao Xiu in front of them, but he didn't take his grandson seriously. Fang Da glanced at Fang Er coldly, and said without being salty: "Why should my sister be annoyed? The girls are just busy with their own business, and the people who were originally waiting in the Hall of Inquiry, you just have to tell me if you have something, don't be rude in front of the guests. ”

Fang Er's face turned red and glared at his sister fiercely. Fang Si was so aggrieved that his eyes were red, and he scolded Ruizhu again: "What are you doing stupidly?" Why don't you bring my hand stove yet? ”

Rui Zhu bowed her head and retreated, and after a moment took the hand stove and offered it. Fang Si hugged the hand stove and kept a straight face and didn't speak. She was not the center of everyone, and the ladies only thought that she was weird today, and they didn't want to deal with it, so they chatted with themselves again. After a while, a new guest came, and naturally it was another ceremony.

The new guest, Zhao Xiu, didn't know her, so she just stood up and looked at the visitor with a smile, but she didn't greet her. Someone will introduce her later.

In the midst of this chaos, Zhao Xiu sensed that someone was coming behind him. She looked back suspiciously, and found that it was Fang Si's girl, Ruizhu. Rui Zhu hung her hands and stood there quietly, seeing Zhao Xiu looking, she hurriedly said, "Miss Zhao wants to add tea?" ”

Zhao Xiu only felt inexplicable, even if Fang Si's girl was also a girl from the Fang family, but this kind of girl's personal girl, she didn't need to serve tea and pour water to entertain guests, right? Could it be that the Fang family is so short of manpower? She smiled dryly and said, "No, thank you." ”

Ruizhu lowered her head, but did not leave, as if intending to stand forever.

Zhao Xiu couldn't help but say again: "I have nothing to tell you, you go back and wait for your girl." "Save a while that Miss Fang Si found out, and she has to insinuate again, so isn't she wronged?

At this time, Feng Xiuqin was calling her: "Sister Zhao, come on, I will introduce a new sister to you." Zhao Xiu hurriedly walked over. By the time she had greeted the new guest and returned to her place, Rui Zhu had already returned to Fang Si's side.

Zhao Xiu still felt very inexplicable, took another sip of tea, and planned to wipe his mouth with a handkerchief, and then his hand froze.

What about her handkerchief? (To be continued......)

PS: I'm stupid again when I don't have literary talent, why do I always write this kind of plot......