Chapter 46: Birthday (Part II)
A few days later.
Zhang's Mansion, which has always been dead and silent, has finally ushered in this time of singing and dancing day and night, not to mention that all the big families in Suzhou City came to celebrate their birthdays, only this Zhangfu is left and right, and there are hundreds of people. Looking at the crowd coming in and out, it was so lively for a while.
In this Zhang Mansion, the happiest thing is not the birthday star of the eldest lady, but the group of people who join in the fun. On weekdays, most of those maids and ladies are plain faces, but today they have begun to apply powder to their lips, and their clothes are also graceful, and they are not afraid that those tiring things will stain the hem of their clothes.
In fact, everyone has their own little Jiujiu in their hearts, this time period is a gathering of famous families in the entire Suzhou City, if any son falls in love with an unknown maid in this Zhang Mansion, even if he marries home to be a concubine, he will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life. Therefore, those young girls, who don't want to dress themselves up in a glamorous and glamorous way? This is a rare opportunity, and they should take advantage of it.
However, but the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds, so who is this 'strange bird'?
That's right! Except for Xiaoliu and Xuan'er, there is no third one in the entire Zhang Mansion. Don't talk about dressing yourself up beautifully, have you ever seen someone who makes himself ugly? Xiao Liu didn't say it first, the baby's fat face and the little fat posture, Brother Gongzi and so on, all retreated. The key is Xuan'er, originally Xuan'er felt that there was nothing to do, and she could live her life as she should, but Xiaoliu felt that it shouldn't be like this.
Just because Xiaoliu saw Zhang Ji and Zhang Ji's diligence day by day, the blind man knew that he had thoughts about Xuan'er, but Xuan'er pretended to be stupid, every time she met Zhang Ji, Xuan'er asked Xiaoliu to go up and send him away. After many times, Xiaoliu also ended up boring. With the first Zhang Yu, Xiaoliu was afraid that he would meet a second such brain-dead, so for some reason Xuan'er deliberately pretended to be ugly.
How ugly and tidy, there are large and small black spots on the skin that can be broken by this blow, and Xuan'er doesn't think there is anything, she feels a little funny. The hair was frizzy again, and I tied it casually, with a big red flower, and my lips were painted red, and the finishing touch was the big black mole on the left cheek. After dressing up, this is completely a crazy woman, if Diao Gen has a big pipe, she can be a 'domineering' matchmaker.
Xuan'er looked at herself in the bronze mirror, and her smile trembled, but Xiao Liu on the side was extremely serious, patted Xuan'er's little brain, and hinted that she shouldn't be like this, to be like her, calm, calm!
"Let's go, it's time to get to work, or we don't know that the subordinate is going to speak ill of us behind our backs, and it's not good to be caught by someone else in pigtails." Xiaoliu stood up, moved his muscles and bones, and urged Xuan'er to hurry out.
"Okay! Xuan'er straightened the big red flower on her head, and this bird's nest-like hairstyle didn't seem to be able to fix this beautiful flower.
Xuan'er held Xiaoliu, carried the skirt, and walked out together. Their job today is to receive people who come to celebrate their birthdays, to serve tea and water, to guide the route, and so on. Because of the particularity of today's work, Xiao Liu took a lot of effort to help Xuan'er comb a peerless dress. If it was to work in the back hall instead, she would not be too lazy to do so many things.
The two hurriedly walked through the courtyard, through the West Chamber, and then through a few long corridors, and finally came to the gate of Zhang's Mansion. Zhang Ji was obviously stunned for a moment when he saw Xuan'er, but he didn't say anything, just urged them to stand in line quickly.
Zhang Yu asked the maid and the maid to stand on both sides of the gate, waiting for someone to come to congratulate the birthday, and a male maid and a maid were responsible for serving tea and water to each family, and leading them in to congratulate Mrs. Zhang on her birthday.
Zhang Xuan stood at the entrance of Zhang's mansion, and the housekeeper Zhang Yu was beside him.
"Ouyang Gongzi, it's been a long time, haha!" Zhang Xuan clasped his hands into fists and waved at Ouyang Gongzi who came to congratulate him on his birthday, expressing his welcome.
"Congratulations! Congratulations! I wish Ling Zhengfu is like the East China Sea, and Shoubi Nanshan!" Ouyang Gongzi said hexily.
After Zhang Xuan and Ouyang Gongzi exchanged a few polite words, they were led in by Zhang Yu, passed through the gate, and then were introduced by the male maid and the maidservant, one left and one right, and took him to congratulate Mrs. Zhang on her birthday.
With the first one, there is a second person who comes to congratulate the birthday, relatives and friends, wealthy nobles, and people continue to pour into Zhangfu. The subordinates in Zhang's mansion were very busy, and Zhang Xuan was also talking to different people with dry mouths. But on this festive day, Zhang Xuan can be regarded as having fun in the midst of hardship, and he is willing.