Chapter 36: The Old Lady of Qiao's Mansion
On the morning of the tenth day of the new year, Kang Yan got up early, had breakfast, and changed her clothes again, she was in the filial piety period, and it was not good to wear gold and silver, but in the end, it was the first time to visit Qiao's Mansion, and she was not good at dressing too casually, which made the owner feel that he did not respect others. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Changed into a goose yellow plain brocade folded branch orchid heart-neck cardigan top, the lower body wore an ivory white floor-length skirt, a pale pink brocade belt around the waist, the whole person looked fresh and elegant, a green silk was scattered and combed into a high bun, with a wooden hairpin to live, the wooden hairpin front of a light yellow freesia, the whole person looks fresh and comfortable.
Everyone in Daliang loves flowers, women especially love to bring flowers, if there is no flower decoration on the head when going out, the host will feel disrespected, Kang Yan is not good at bringing those red and purple flowers in the filial piety period, so he chose an elegant freesia flower in the state.
Instructed Xinghua to find a big wooden box, put the blue shadow under the moon in it and put it in, entered Qiao's mansion, and carried it all the way to their old lady's yard, which was too ostentatious, fortunately, this pot of flowers was only a medium-sized plant, otherwise where could it be fitted.
Everything was packed up and was about to go out, but Konka came, she looked at Kang Yan dressed beautifully, and asked with envy: "Sister, where are you going?" "
Kang Yan didn't have time to entertain her, so she nodded, "I'll go out for some business, and I'll talk to my sister when I come back." "
After that, without waiting for Konka's reaction, he went out and walked quickly, seeing Konka stomping his feet behind his back, and after a while, he called a little maid sent by Kang Yan to come over to serve him, "You go, follow and see, where did the second girl's car go?" Come back and tell me. "
There are only two girls in the Kang family's Kang Yan generation, she and Kang Jia, in order, they should be called Kang Jia eldest girl and Kang Yan second girl, but the descendants of the Kang family are used to calling Kang Yan girl, and they don't seem to have the intention of changing their words.
The little maid nodded in response, went out of the yard and went to find Zhao's mother, and then took a dime of silver rewarded by Zhao's mother and went out for a spin, and came back to tell Konka; "The girl's carriage went too fast to keep up."
The angry Konka scolded her for being useless.
Besides, Kang Yan is here, she only brought two girls, Qingmei and Xinghua, although Qingmei is still on Xiaojiu's side, but when Kang Yan goes out as a guest, Zhao's mother will still ask her to follow Kang Yan's side, the apricot blossoms are thick and leafy, Qingmei is clever and careful, with her here, Zhao's mother can rest assured.
Kang Yan's carriage stopped at the side gate of Qiao's mansion and handed over his prayer post, and a person like a housekeeper's mother came up to greet them and took them into the inner house.
Along the way, I saw that the inner courtyard of Qiao's house was planted with delicate and small flowers and trees, the flowers and plants were scattered, and the small yards were exposed between the flowers and trees, and the design of the whole house was exquisite and small, and Kang Yan, who saw it, nodded secretly, Qiao's prefect has only been in office for less than four months, and there is such a delicate house, which shows that the Qiao family is also good at management.
The housekeeper's mother stopped at the gate of a slightly larger courtyard, Kang Yan looked up and saw Qian's mother standing at the gate of the courtyard, knowing that it was Mrs. Qiao's yard.
"But I'm looking forward to the girl." Mother Qian stepped forward and warmly took Kang Yan's hand, "Since that day I came back and told the old lady that you had made today's appointment, and the old lady looked forward to it all day long, saying that the days passed too slowly." "
Kang Yan hurriedly responded with a smile: "Let the old lady care, but it's not mine." "
When I got to the main room while talking, a little girl opened the curtain and went in, and I vaguely heard the laughter of a young girl inside.
''Old lady, Miss Kang has arrived. Qian's mother shouted in.
Listening to the laughter inside, there was the sound of clothes chattering, Kang Yan took a deep breath and stepped in.
"The room was a little hotter, and the old lady took the girls to talk in the blue gauze cupboard in the west room." Mother Qian led the way, walking and saying.
Entering the west room, there was an old lady about the age of sixtieth sitting on the Taishi chair in front of her, wearing a fuchsia wide long skirt, the neckline and the hem of the placket were embroidered with delicate longevity flowers, a gray hair was tied into a round bun, with a peacock blue rich Ruyi golden hairpin, and there were four fingernail-sized pearls between the left buns, and a red longevity flower was inserted between each pearl, and the whole person looked rich but gentle.
"Kang Yan greets the old lady, the old lady has always been in good health?" Kang Yeon stepped forward and bowed seriously.
Mrs. Qiao was also looking at Kang Yan, and when she saw that this girl was bright and pleasant, and her clothes were plain, she was a little happy in her heart, and hurriedly asked the maid to step forward to help Kang Yan, "No need to be polite, come forward, let me take a good look, this person is old, and his eyes are not good." "
Kang Yan stepped forward and took two steps, letting Mrs. Qiao take her hand and look at it, but said in her mouth: "The old lady looks energetic, where does she look old." "
Old Mrs. Qiao squinted her eyes and smiled while looking at Kang Yan: "This little mouth is really good at talking, good girl, good craftsmanship, I know that you are a smart and good girl as soon as I see you in love with the snow." As he spoke, he put a pair of emerald jade bracelets on Kang Yan's hand, "I am used to bringing this bracelet, you can take it and enjoy it." ‘
Kang Yan didn't shirk either, and said: "What the old lady gave must be good things, so I'm not welcome, and I will go for the old lady's good things." "
The old lady was a little happier when she saw that she spoke intimately and without losing manners, and obviously regarded her as an elder.
''Our old lady's things are always good things, and Miss Kang is really lucky today.'' A slightly shrill voice rang out.
After Kang Yan entered the house, she saw three girls of her age standing next to her, and she had to salute Mrs. Qiao when she entered the house, but the old lady had not introduced them yet, so she didn't want to ask first.
Hearing the voice at this moment, Kang Yan looked up, and it was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl who spoke, with a beautiful face, willow eyebrows curved like a crescent moon, a pair of narrow Danfeng eyes, the corners of the eyes were slightly raised, wearing a long skirt with a lotus lotus embroidered with folded branches, and the red brocade belt around her waist lined her waist without looking at it, and her Danfeng eyes staring at her at the moment were full of disdain and ridicule.
Old Mrs. Qiao frowned slightly, and shouted in a slightly stern voice: "Second girl, don't be rude." "
Turning his head to Kang Yeon, he smiled; ''These three are the granddaughters of the old body, the one on the left is the eldest Danyun, the middle is the second girl Danru, the two of them are older than you, and the one on the right is the third girl Danhua, who is the same age as you. "
The eldest Qiao Danyun is the eldest daughter of Qiao Zhifu, fifteen years old this year, with a melon seed face, a high nose bridge but not losing her delicate spirit, bright eyes reveal a faint sense of alienation, a long skirt embroidered with white daffodils and two symmetrical golden phoenixes on her head make her tall and beautiful.
Seeing Kang Yan stepping forward to give a salute, Jordan Yun smiled politely but not rudely, "Miss Kang is polite, I have heard of Miss Kang's name early." "
The second girl, Jordan, was like a perfunctory blessing, and snorted coldly in a low voice, unconcealing her disdain for Kang Yan.
Kang Yan was a little embarrassed, although she wanted to make friends with Qiao's daughter, it didn't mean that she had to keep her voice down, and Jordan's hostility made her feel a little aggrieved.
Just thinking about it, he felt a pair of warm hands holding him, "Grandmother said that Miss Kang is good at raising flowers, and I am also interested in flowers and plants on weekdays, so I just asked Miss Kang for advice." "
It is the third girl Jordan Hua, she is delicate and small, with curved eyebrows and eyes, a small cherry mouth, two white hosta flowers on her head, and a pink embroidered gauze from jasmine, which looks cowardly.
Kang Yan accepted her kindness and shook her hand back, "I only know a little bit about it, if the third girl doesn't dislike it, we can communicate." "
Jordan pursed his lips and muttered in a low voice: "It seems that there are only three sisters in the family who love flowers and are studious, and someone can't wait to show her studiousness, cut, hypocrisy, who doesn't know what you think in your heart." "
Jordan's face turned white, his small white teeth bit his lip tightly, his eyes were already covered with a layer of tears, his hands were tightly gripping the placket, looking like he wanted to refute but didn't dare.
It seems that the Qiao sisters are not harmonious with each other, Kang Yan secretly warned herself in her heart, don't accidentally get involved in the fight between their sisters, so she pretended not to hear the words between their sisters, turned around and motioned to Xinghua to bring the box containing the epiphany, "I know that the old lady loves flowers, I am idle at home, and I raised an epiphany that is just blooming, I brought it over today, the old lady will help me take a look, how am I raising?" "