Chapter 121: Dangling
On the last day of the New Year, the whole family always has to eat a loose New Year's meal. Over the years, everyone must come to this day. Aunts who can't usually come out to meet people, as long as they have given birth to children and are rightfully pampered, can go into the hall to dine together. Therefore, on this day's dinner, no matter how the person in charge is properly arranged, the reunion dinner will set off some small waves.
Wen Chaoqing was wearing a dark red Confucian robe, with a jade knot of peace and ruyi hanging around his waist, looking a little more elegant than usual, he raised his head and chest, but he didn't look at the smile in the eyes of his children. Jin's rare robe is wearing a splendid plum blossom collar, wearing a pearl exquisite eight-treasure hairpin on his head, his face is ruddy, and he looks a few years younger than in previous years. In the past few years, the Kim family has lived freely, and his age is like growing upside down, and the more he lives, the younger his face becomes. Wen Xueyi was wearing a robe surrounded by pink flowers, with only two pink juan flowers on her head.
Wen Xiuyu combed the scholar's hair, wearing a scholar's robe with red Fu characters, and looked like an elegant little scholar. Wen Chunyi wore a jacket of pink flowers and birds, wide-legged pants of the same color, and two small flower bags on her head. In a lively atmosphere, she always seemed a little indifferent. Wen Xiujun and Wen Xiujie brothers wore the same big red and big flower scholar robes, with a child's hair bundle on their heads, and the two brothers were somewhat similar between their eyebrows and eyes, but the big one was flexible and active, while the small one was calm and quiet. The four-room people slowly walked towards the main courtyard, at such a moment, the protagonist has always been the people of the main courtyard, they are just family members who eat together.
Wen Chaoqing and Jin looked back at their children holding hands. They were all full of joy. The four-room people, entering the hall, came neither early nor late, happened to follow behind the third room, and went to the old lady and his wife to say goodbye. Old lady Wen looked at the children and grandchildren with a smile, and when Mrs. Wen saw the two people, she smiled happily and looked faint in her eyes. The people in the third and fourth rooms quickly retreated, and everyone was divided into seats. Mrs. Wen and the Jin family sat together. After saying two face-saving words to each other. Mrs. Wen looked at the Jin family's expression. Asked: "Fourth brother and sister, do you have a good relationship with your eldest sister?" ”
Jin stared at her, she was an eldest sister from a concubine and a concubine, how good can the relationship be? But the third lady asked her like this. There is clearly something else to say. She turned to laugh and said, "In recent years." We met at my mother's house. I will also say two sentences. Mrs. Wen looked at Jin's expression and asked, "Her two daughters, can they behave properly?" Kim suddenly understood something. Wen Xiuyan, the eldest son of the third room, has reached the time of marriage, and it is the time to look at each other. Jin vigorously thought back to the two daughters of the Jin family's eldest aunt and grandmother, and she found that she had a vague impression of the two little women.
Jin glanced at Mrs. Wen, this is a very assertive person, she has a wide range of contacts, but I am afraid that she has other purposes. She smiled and said, "When I went back to my parents' house, I saw them a few times, and they saw that the rules were good. "Everyone's daughter-in-law has a few rules that don't work. Listening to this kind of face-saving politeness, Mrs. Wen thought about it and got out of the way, and said, "My mother's two sisters-in-law said that the two daughters of your eldest sister's family, the eldest lady is thoughtful and meticulous. I want to inquire more, if the third master does not object, I want to invite someone to come to the door to ask for marriage. ”
Kim smiled slightly, both of them were people she couldn't talk about. She looked at Mrs. Wen and said, "In a blink of an eye, the fifth young master has reached the age where he can get married. Third Lady Wen was a little disappointed, she originally wanted to use the Jin family to inquire about more things. In this family matter, she secretly felt that the most inappropriate place was the relationship between the woman and the fourth room. It's just that her sister-in-law has repeatedly mentioned that the rarest thing about that woman is that she is doing everything around, and that is the most suitable candidate to be the eldest daughter-in-law.
The servant woman had already begun to prepare to serve the food, and the third lady Wen was still in deep thought, but the Jin family secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Eighteen kinds of cold dishes, twenty-eight hot dishes, the last reunion dinner in the New Year, Mrs. Wen carefully arranged the dishes. Old lady Wen was very satisfied and looked at the table full of dishes, so many kinds of dishes, which was a good sign of family prosperity. The men had six kinds of sake from all over the world on the table, and they were chosen by them. On the tables of the women and children is fruit wine, sweet but not greasy and intoxicating. Wen Old Madame's eyes were full of smiles, such a time is the best proof of her wisdom and knowledge.
In the hall, except for a few children's shouts, there was only the sound of quiet dining. An hour had passed, and the servant woman had put away the table in an orderly manner, and had put the extra table in order and removed it. The men and women sat down on the left and right, and because they were eating with their own families, the screens were withdrawn early. The Yifu tea party officially began, and Mrs. Wen was the senior host. Wen Chunyi raised her eyes and looked at the person sitting opposite, she wanted to know more of her own brothers, the person who grew up, and the person when she was young, there are always some changes in appearance, Wen Chunyi doesn't want to meet in the house in the future, she doesn't know who that person is.
Hearing the old lady's words, in Wen Chunyi's ears, as usual, the words are exquisite, and they still sound profound and difficult to understand. But everyone applauded like a scene, Wen Chunyi had to bow his head and pretend to understand, anyway, eight or nine are not far from ten, they are all words looking forward to the future of the family, and the grandchildren are erecting great life goals. Hearing the old lady's words, it is much easier to understand, she is the host who mainly attacks women. In and out of the words, the ladies must know how to be virtuous, the aunts must keep to themselves, the sons and daughters must learn to be tolerant, and the concubines and daughters must abide by their duties and do not compete for the limelight in everything.
There are six rooms in Wenfu, and now only four rooms are left without aunts and children. In the sixth room in the field, Wen Chaocheng already has a delicate aunt, and I heard that the aunt's belly has also grown. Wen Chunyi heard the news, thinking of Mrs. Wen Liu's smiling and happy face, her heart cooled slightly, can that lady smile so brightly in the future? After the two hosts spoke, Wen Chaohong wanted to say something, his words were very easy to understand, and encouraged the men in the family who were studying, the future of the Wenfu family depends on them to prosper, and they want to make unremitting efforts, and there will always be a time when they reach a sunny place.
Of course, Wen Chaohong's words are much more elegant than what Wen Chunyi summed up. Wen Chunyi feels that many people turn decay into magic, but she is doing the opposite, she is a master of turning magic into decay. Mrs. Wen is a person who doesn't talk much, she focuses on the marriage of her children, and asks the ladies to determine the candidates, and they must choose the most suitable person with a keen eye. As soon as Mrs. Wen said this, Mrs. Wen immediately had a chance to express herself, and her second son also reached the age of marriage. This time, she must choose a good daughter-in-law who suits her heart.
The topic in the hall had already begun to tilt up, and the old lady got up with a smile and led a group of men to talk in another place. The children in the fourth and fifth rooms are all different years, and both the Jin family and Mrs. Wen Wu used the children as an excuse to return home in advance with the children who did not leave with their father. Wen Xueyi has grown up again after a year, and at her age, she can already look at each other slowly, but the old lady Wen has made it clear that Wen Xueyi's family affairs are personally selected by him and the big house, and it is not up to Wen Chaoqing and the Jin family to cause trouble.
The people of the fourth room and the fifth room quickly separated at the fork in the road, and when Mrs. Wen Wu entered the courtyard door, she stopped to look at the figure of the people in the fourth room, and a look of envy flashed in her eyes. Mrs. Wen Wu stretched out her hand and touched the corner of her eyes, and when she got up early to shine on the copper realm, she could already see the fine lines at the end of her eyes. Mrs. Wen Wu entered the courtyard gate, refused the kindness of her aunt and concubine, and strode towards her own courtyard. On days like this, she doesn't want to leave the people who upset her dangling in front of her.
Jin and Wen Xueyi sisters sat down in the main room, Wen Chunyi immediately fell on the couch, she had been sitting upright for several hours, her waist and back seemed to have been straightened. Jin glanced at her and shook her head, Wen Xueyi frowned and looked at her and said, "Xueduo, tomorrow, you have to go to the boudoir, but you can't be as loose as at home." "Hmm." Wen Chunyi responded sullenly, Wenfu's boudoir school is a well-known family school in Ancheng, and every year some people will come in to study together. Wen Xueyi was a little worried about Wen Chunyi after all, she thought about it and said, "Xueduo, I'll send you to boudoir tomorrow." ”
Wen Chunyi listened to her words and quickly shook his head. After Wen Xueyi was thirteen years old, the masters had allowed her to graduate from boudoir school. Wen Xueyi sent her to the boudoir school, probably because she wanted to contact her masters again for Wen Chunyi. It's just that Wen Chunyi has always felt that those are all in vain, and the villain will change his attitude as a teacher because of the favor, and the gentleman will look down more and more, hinting at the students to take care of. Wen Chun knows her own qualifications, as long as everyone is not a genius, she can still mix a medium. For the sake of a medium talent, it is a waste to ask for favors.
Wen Chunyi looked up at Wen Xueyi, and said cautiously: "Sister, I will go to my boudoir tomorrow, and my brother has already taken me through the road." With the third and fourth girls accompanying me, and the house of my own family, the masters will definitely not find fault with me. Wen Xueyi looked at Wen Chunyi's expression, and knew that she couldn't allow others to change what she had decided, and besides, she had planned to send Wen Chunyi to the boudoir school, and then take Wen Xiujun to visit friends with Mrs. Wen. Now the brothers in the family have to go to school, and those who don't go to school are too young, so Wen Xueyi has the heart to bring Wen Xiujun to the old lady Wen to shake.
Wen Chaoqing and the Jin family were originally worried about Wen Xiujun's temperament, which was not at all the temperament of scholars who did not know the fireworks in the world. He opened his mouth and closed his mouth and said, "Do the math, is it cost-effective to do this, save time, or save money?" This tone was completely learned from Wen Chunyi by chance. It's just that after Wen Chunyi said it, he no longer remembered to pick it up and use it again, but Wen Xiujun used this word in all aspects of practice, which has become his mantra. (To be continued......)