Chapter 105: Housewarming
This gift really made Wang Xi like it very much.
She thanked and thanked, smiled and greeted Miss Bo Liu to sit down in the flower hall first, and beckoned Baizhu to serve refreshments to Miss Bo Liu, and then she returned to the door of the weeping flower to greet the other guests.
Miss Bo Liu drank tea and quietly looked at the furnishings around her.
The doors of the flower hall were wide open, and all of them were inlaid with painted glaze, which was shipped from overseas, and was only sold in the shops that sold foreign goods, and had to be ordered in advance.
The Bo family also has such a glazed flower hall, but it is in her grandmother's courtyard, and it is her father who honors her grandmother.
There is an ivory carved lotus double fish figure on the multi-treasure grid of the flower hall, the carving is exquisite, lifelike, the carp, shaking its head and tail, as if it has come to life, and wants to jump out of the water. The furniture is all wenge wood, the hanging tent is parrot green plain silk, and a few pots of Whelan are placed on the flower table.
Miss Bo Liu couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.
This season, there is still Whelan.
And there was something even more surprising to her.
There were ice cubes in the four corners of the flower hall, and there was a little maid standing there, fanning the wind with a big fan.
The breeze is gentle, and although it is morning, the scorching summer day is as cool as early autumn.
That's a lot of money.
Miss Bo Liu has heard that Princess Fuyang came to Yongcheng Hou's Mansion as a guest, and the people serving around her were so hot that she almost suffered from heat stroke.
The palace was talking about the people who served around Shi Zhu, but the small banquet of forty or fifty people couldn't hold it.
This ice may have also been transported by the Wang family.
Miss Bo Liu thought about it, and Miss Wu Er came over.
She is still dressed simply and generously. Dressed in a yellow-green striped Hangzhou silk gown, a white skirt with a high line, and two gardenia hairpins on double snail sideburns, the fragrance is fragrant, cool and pleasant.
Miss Bo Liu smiled: "There are gardenias in this season, could it be that this flower is raised by your family?" ”
Miss Wu Er smiled: "You also know, my second sister-in-law has no other hobbies, she just likes to raise some flowers and plants, I quietly picked them from her flower room, and I don't know how to arrange me when I go back!" ”
It's a joke, of course.
Who in the capital does not know that the Wu family's aunt and sister-in-law are harmonious and are envied by many people.
Miss Bo Liu really liked this gardenia, praised it for a long time, and asked Miss Wu Er for a pot to go to, and Wang Xi accompanied Miss Pan over.
It was the first time for Miss Pan to contact them, so she had to introduce them.
Fortunately, Miss Pan looked quiet and delicate, but her actions were quite orderly, but after a few words, she quietly had a common topic with several young ladies, which made the atmosphere lively.
Lu Ling shouted to go to Wang Xi's courtyard to have a look. She said, "When I came just now, I saw you set up a swing in the yard, and we went there to sit and talk." ”
Miss Bo Liu took the Xiangfei bamboo fan and fanned the wind, and said with a smile: "I won't go." It's too hot outside. ”
Lu Ling pouted.
A little maid came in to tell her that the fifth lady from the Xiangyang Hou Mansion had come over.
Miss Wu Er was surprised and asked Wang Xi: "You also invited the young lady from the Xiangyang Hou Mansion?" ”
The second monk Wang Xi was puzzled, and said blankly: "I didn't send a post to the Xiangyang Hou Mansion!" Could it be mistaken? ”
The capital is actually quite small, at least at some levels, it is always those families who come and go, and the daughters of the Yongcheng Houfu and the Xiangyang Houfu have a gap, even Miss Wu Er, who doesn't like to be troublesome, knows about it, let alone other people.
Miss Bo Liu was always fearless, and said with a smile: "Those who come are all guests." What's more, today is Miss Wang's housewarming, she is willing to come over to congratulate, can we still turn people away? If she's coming, she'll come! ”
Wang Xi also thought so, in order not to be rude, he also asked Baizhu to greet people.
Wang Xi, the fifth lady of the Xiangyang Hou Mansion, knew each other, and the first time they met was in Yunju Temple, and the second time they met at the birthday banquet of the eldest princess of Baoqing.
Wang Xi remembered that she was a fair-skinned round face, with a cinnabar mole on the corner of her mouth, and a pear vortex with a smile, a girl about her age, she was quite impressed.
She greeted the fifth lady of the Xiangyang Hou Mansion in front of the flower hall.
The fifth lady of the Xiangyang Hou Mansion wore a Qianhu green woven bamboo branch pattern Hangzhou silk gown, a hosta with bamboo patterns, and the congratulatory gift to Wang Xi was a set of four treasures of the study room contained in a red lacquer box with entwined branches and flowers. ”
Reach out and don't hit the smiley person. With such politeness, Wang Xi couldn't lose his courtesy, smiled back, and said: "I'm not very familiar with the sisters in the house, and I don't know who is at home and who is not at home for a while, so I didn't dare to make a rash post. Fifth Miss, don't be polite to me. ”
The rule of the Xiangyang Hou Mansion is quite strict, and she believes that the fifth lady of the Xiangyang Hou Mansion would not have been able to congratulate her, the cousin of the Yongcheng Hou Mansion, on the housewarming without the nod of their wife, but I don't know if the wife of the Yongcheng Hou Mansion knew in advance?
But regardless of whether the lady of the Hou Mansion of Yongcheng knows it or not, the fifth lady of the Hou Mansion of Xiangyang should also know about it.
The fifth lady of the Xiangyang Hou Mansion was very close to Wang Xi, and said with a smile: "Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, we should move around from time to time, and we are like sisters." My girlfriend's name is a single 'show', I know that you are younger than Chang Ke, I am three months older than Chang Ke, if you don't dislike it, it would be better to call me 'Fifth Sister'. After speaking, he pursed his lips and smiled at Wang Xi.
The pear vortex was deeper.
Wang Xi was spoiled and grew up, although the elders often told her that "you don't have to worry too much about life and death", but she is not a person who casually calls people "sister", not to mention that the Xiangyang Houfu is too snobbish and likes to calculate, she doesn't like it from the bottom of her heart, and it is even more impossible to call the young lady of the Xiangyang Houfu "sister".
She smiled: "That's good." I got to know several sisters at this time. If my sister doesn't dislike it, I'll call you 'Miss Xie Wu', right? Lest I get too heavy with the other sisters, and everyone doesn't know who I'm shouting! ”
After Wang Xi finished speaking, he also affectionately took Miss Wu's arm and said, "The weather is too hot, come into the house to rest, and drink a few sips of bayberry soup to relieve the heat." ”
Miss Xie Wu knew that this was rejected, but Wang Xi said that she was so enthusiastic, even if she was a little unhappy in her heart, it was not easy to have a seizure, so she had to endure this breath, and she had to enter the flower hall with Wang Xi with a smile.
The cool air in the flower hall was blowing in the face.
She immediately reacted that there was a lot of winter ice in the house. It's just that she saw Miss Bo Liu when she entered the door, and before she had time to look, she hurriedly shouted "Sixth Sister" affectionately, and stepped forward to greet Miss Bo Liu.
Miss Xie Wu's lobby sister is Miss Bo Liu's sister-in-law, the two families are in-laws, and weddings and funerals are common and very familiar.
Miss Bo Liu returned the salute and said with a smile: "I was still telling Second Sister Wu just now that the Xiangyang Hou Mansion is the most exquisite for you, and in our generation, if there is anything that your wife likes to support you to come forward to socialize." I just don't know if you're going home today with a gift, or if you're going to spend more time here? If you play more, you can have more company when we drink. ”
Miss Xie Wu originally just wanted to give a gift, and she would leave after talking to Wang Xi, but when she heard the words, she would definitely have to change her mind, she smiled and said, "I will definitely accompany the sixth sister and the second sister to drink." ”
As he spoke, he saluted the rest of the room.
Miss Xie Wu said the same thing as Miss Bo Liu, she was very good at talking, and she was also very familiar with other people, and after a while, everyone was talking and laughing, as if they had also invited her over as a guest.
Chang Ke was very emotional, and quietly said to Wang Xi: "If only I had her as powerful!" ”
Wang Xi smiled and comforted her: "Ambition is not in old age, and there are not many words." ”
Chang Ke laughed, was immediately appeased, and talked to Miss Wu Er.
Wang Xi saw that everyone was resting without sweat, so he invited everyone to take a walk in the garden: "Since you have moved to a new house, why should I ask you to take a look." Then we had lunch in the gazebo by the lake, where the green trees turned, and at noon, it was refreshing to look at. ”
Lu Ling wanted to speak and stopped.
She thinks it's better to have a flower hall, and it's cool to put the ice on it.
But this year, the winter ice in the capital is tense, just like Wang Xi, don't look at it just in the morning, and it has only been placed for less than half an hour, but it is very rare.
No matter how cool the gazebo is, it can't compare to the flower hall.
But she didn't want to embarrass Wang Xi, so she didn't say anything, and stood up with everyone.
The others were silent.
Needless to say, Wang Xi's yard is a garden that has been repaired by everyone who has invited Jiangnan Zhiyuan to repair it, not to mention the lush flowers and trees, one step at a time, the small bridge and flowing water, the winding path is secluded, walking in the garden, making people feel like they are in the south of the Yangtze River, which is very rare in a place with little water in the capital.
Miss Bo Liu quipped: "No wonder we want to come to the garden, such a garden really shouldn't be hidden." He also pointed to the stone bench next to the Taihu Lake rockery, and said: "In winter, sitting here should just see those two old plum trees, right?" I think you'll have to invite us over again in the winter. ”
Chang Ke hadn't paid attention to it before, thinking that the long room and the second room were all fighting the idea of this courtyard, so he felt that Wang Xi didn't need to repair this courtyard so well.
Wang Xi doesn't do it if he doesn't do it, and he has to do his best.
In case she does live in winter, she will have to watch even the plum blossoms, and she will have to be restless day and night.
"Okay!" She readily agreed, and pointed to a few osmanthus trees not far away, "It is the golden osmanthus and silver osmanthus that I transplanted from the south of the Yangtze River, I don't have to wait until winter, I will invite everyone to play in autumn, drink osmanthus wine, eat osmanthus cakes, and reward gold and silver osmanthus." ”
Lu Ling clapped her hands and said, "Sister Wang must not forget." ”
Miss Wu Er smiled: "Don't worry, even if she forgets, you won't forget." ”
Everyone laughed.
When she arrived at the pavilion for lunch, Lu Ling found that there was also ice in the pavilion, and a few curtains of Xiangfei bamboo were hung.
"It's cool here, too!" She was the first to lie on the beauty's lean, looked at the red or white water lilies and asked Wang Xi, "Are there any fish in it?" ”
"I raised koi fish." Wang Xi responded and asked Baizhu to get fish food for Lu Ling, "You play for a while, and we'll have a banquet right away." ”
Lu Ling nodded again and again, and sprinkled fish food to attract all kinds of koi.
Miss Wu Er couldn't help but come forward to watch.
Only Miss Xie Wu quietly walked to Miss Bo Liu's side and laughed in a low voice: "Sixth sister, I heard that Cousin Yue sent something to Miss Wang." Is it true? ”