Chapter 4: Shen Xiang returns home
Since Ah Ning met with the two young masters in the mansion that day, Ah Ning has never seen them again, but he has met Miss Five a few times, and Miss Five is not as old as Ah Ning. A-Ning went back to the backyard to move flowers and clean after lunch that day, this Shen Mansion is good anywhere, there is a little bit of a bad yard is too big, A-Ning has been cleaning until the afternoon, but he was just busy cleaning up a corner of the courtyard, A-Ning sat on the stone bench tiredly and just rested. I heard a voice from the pavilion, "Man'er, in a few days the house will be the Spring Festival family banquet, when your father and your mother-in-law will come back, you are not young now, there will definitely be many court officials coming over, you have to behave well, find a good in-law for you, to be better than the ladies in the main house and the fifth room, to fight for the mother." ”
"Knowing Mother, Man'er will definitely behave better than those two sisters and sisters in front of their father, where can they compare to Man'er." After a while, I saw the fifth lady coming from the pavilion, the fifth lady was wearing a pale yellow dress, because it was early spring, the neckline also had a circle of plush snow-white fluff, the skin was as white as snow, and there were several maids around her, and when she walked, she looked very proud with her chin in her eyes, although the fifth lady of the Shen Mansion was not the lady of the in-laws, but the mother of the fifth lady, the fourth lady of the Shen Mansion was originally a musician on the Huaiyang River, and she played a good pipa on the Huaiyang River, although her identity was low, But because he looks a little similar to the second lady, he is also very favored in the house, and the fourth lady has raised the fifth lady lawlessly since she was a child, and she naturally doesn't take others in the house.
Fortunately, A-Ning has a rockery here, and there are many peach blossom trees in the courtyard and all kinds of rare flowers and trees blocking A-Ning, so that the fifth lady and her party did not see that they were lazy, and A-Ning and others began to clean the yard after they left. Lying on the bed at night, Ping'er saw this and said to Chunlan, "You look at the girl, she is really lazy, and she has only been working for a day, and she will let me serve her in a few days." A-Ning heard Ping'er saying again, but he really didn't have the strength to refute, and soon went to see Zhou Gong.
A-Ning is busy like a little spinning top all day long, A-Ning needs to serve food in the front yard, A-Ning has to hurry up and hand it to the maid in charge, and A-Ning has to wash clothes in the backyard, and A-Ning has to hurry over. A-Ning's current identity is not worthy of serving in the master's house, and he is mainly busy with some rough work in the house. Ah Ning feels that he is also very good now, he is clumsy and does not need to go to the master's house to serve, and he will not make a mistake, although the third prince looks like an immortal, but Ah Ning is still very scared after seeing it, and always feels that the third prince's eyes are bottomless, and in front of the third young master, Ah Ning will always be ashamed of himself.
The fourth young master doesn't have the appearance of a son, he brings some girls from Hualou to spend the night in the house, and I heard Sister Chunlan say that the fourth young master has a good temper and doesn't punish the maids, but when he gets drunk, he loves to tease the girls, and it's not enough for the fourth young master to stuff his teeth. The fifth lady's temper is very domineering and difficult to get along with, thinking of this, A-Ning feels that she is very good now, A-Ning is very easy to satisfy, after the Spring Festival family banquet, each maid can also receive two dollars of silver, enough for A-Niang's medicine money for half a year, A-Ning actually thinks about it, the happier she becomes, and almost rubs out the spark-washed clothes.
--I only know that the victory is suddenly forgotten in the cold, and the spring breeze and sunset are shining. In a blink of an eye, the beginning of spring has arrived, and the Spring Festival family banquet is about to be held, the lord and the ladies and ladies have also returned from the capital, A-Ning and the maids and servants in the house are at the door at dawn to welcome the ladies back, A-Ning stood in the corner, and saw the old man Shen and the ladies who got off the carriage, the lord has been an official for decades, and he has a non-angry and self-authoritative demeanor, although he is old, but the body is not blessed, the high nose bridge, and the aura that has been precipitated for a long time for the official and the sharp eyes like an eagle, When he was young, he was definitely a first-class appearance.
Mrs. is the aunt of the son of heaven, with royal majesty, Mrs. today wore a long azure dress, although the appearance is not as enchanting as the fifth wife next to her, but very dignified and majestic, although she is old, but the skin is very smooth without a trace of wrinkles, and you can't see the real age at all.
Then the second lady and the eldest young master and the sixth young lady in the house got out of the car, although the appearance of the eldest young master is not as heavenly as the third young master, and it is not as demonic as the fourth young master. But because of the long-term discipline, she also has an aura of not being angry and arrogant, and her appearance is also very handsome. Although Miss Six is young now, her demeanor is quite a bit coquettish of her mother, and she will be a beauty in two years.
The third young master and the fourth young master and their entourage greeted Shen Xiang's return at the door, A-Ning only saw a back of the third young master, the third young master stood like a crane, and after Shen Xiang got out of the car, he walked like the third young master, the third young master put his hands together and bowed his head slightly to greet Shen Xiang, "Welcome my father and mother back to the house," Shen Xiang saw this and hurriedly helped the third young master "Since the last Spring Festival family banquet, the wind is now more and more upright, and there is your mother's temperament between your eyebrows," mentioning the second lady, Shen Xiang's eyes were a little dark. The third young master glanced at the eldest lady out of the corner of his eyes when he heard his mother, with a hint of resentment in his eyes, and his eyes flashed and then returned to his previous alienated state. Shen Xiang then asked, "Why isn't the fourth young master here to greet you," the third young master replied, "The fourth brother was unwell yesterday and couldn't greet his father and mother today." ”
"I'm afraid that I'm going to miss the fireworks and willows again, and I'm drunk like mud, it's really an indisputable thing, and the Shen family's face has made him lose it." Shen Xiang said angrily. Ah Ning didn't care about the overt and secret disputes between them, only to hear that the name of the third young master was Tingfeng, Shen Tingfeng.
Shen Xiang and his entourage had a long journey, and immediately entered the house after greetings. These days, A-Ning and their subordinates have set up a very spring-like atmosphere in the house, Shen Mansion is different from other mansions, the most special place is that there is a hill in the backyard, and there are two springs on the mountain, just in spring, the spring water on the mountain will continue to flow down, flowing into the pond of Shen Mansion, Shen Mansion has built a lot of pavilions and rockeries according to the hill and spring water, planted with peach blossoms and bamboo, the scenery is elegant and natural, and it is especially suitable for the guests to do the music of flowing water when welcoming spring.
Although it is a family banquet, there will be many court officials who will come to participate in the banquet, firstly, in order to celebrate the joy of welcoming the spring, and Shen Xiang has a lot of old friends and protégés in the court, they will take advantage of the Spring Festival family banquet to come and congratulate Shen Xiang, these two sons and young ladies in the house have also reached the year of crowning and and harmony, all of them are dragons and phoenixes among the people, especially the eldest son of the mansion or the eldest son of the mansion, and he will inherit Shen Xiang's position in the future, and these people also came to marry the Shen family.