Jianfang Garden is designed by a famous craftsman, a vacant land outside the garden gate is full of fish scales, both sides of the door are large light walls, bonsai are piled up, a stone carving above the garden gate, engraved with the word "Jianfang".

Meng Qingyun, Bai Xiuning, and Bai Xiuqing's carriages walked fast and arrived at the gate of the park first. Xu and Zhai's carriage seemed to be blocked, so the three sisters got out of the carriage and stood at the door waiting.

Bai Xiuqing pointed to the word "Jianfang" and said: "These two words are written by the famous calligrapher and painter Zhang Ze, who is now waiting for the edict in the Hanlin Academy in Bianjing. Li Xiaoqi is a student of this Zhang Zhizhao. ”

At this time, several more carriages came, and the mothers-in-law and the servants who followed the carriage shouted at the pedestrians to give way, all of them were arrogant, and the battle was very large, squeezing the pedestrians who had not yet entered the park, including Meng Qingyun and the Bai family sisters, to the side.

Then a group of warblers and Yanyan got out of the carriage, talking and laughing, and walked over as if no one was around.

A melon-faced girl in the center of the crowd, wearing a gorgeous woven gold dress, wearing a golden crown, and a slightly raised chin, enjoyed the compliments and hugs of her companions.

Walking to the gate of Jianfang Garden, the girl stopped and looked at the Bai Xiuqing sisters.

"Isn't this the girl of the Bai family? Why, you're here for the feast too? ”

Someone next to him asked, "Which Bai family?" ”

The girl chuckled and said, "Naturally, it's the rich Bai family." ”

"Oh! Isn't that a businessman? ”

"Let's go in quickly, and don't talk to such crude people."

"It's just, I don't want to get the smell of copper."

The girl promised her companions, and threw a contemptuous look at the Bai Xiuqing sisters, and then entered the garden comfortably surrounded by this group of girls.

Bai Xiuqing glared at their backs indignantly: "What are you proud of......?"

Meng Qingyun asked strangely, "Who is this person?" ”

Bai Xiuqing snorted: "Feng Zhenzhen, the daughter of the prefect of Jiangning, claims to be a noble family member of the official family, and has always looked down on us girls from the merchant family. The girls around her are all county officials, master books, and girls from the Cao family, and they all hate it very much. ”

The girls of the official family are inevitably a little arrogant, as it has been in ancient and modern times.

The carriage of the Xu family and the Zhai family finally came, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law got out of the carriage and came over to say to the three sisters: "I just gave way to the carriage of the Feng family, and I came a little late." ”

It turned out to make way for Feng Zhenzhen, and Bai Xiuqing had to complain fiercely in her heart.

Xu said: "Let's go in." ”

Entering the Jianfang Garden, the garden is really very well repaired, the flowers and trees are luxuriant, the pavilions and pavilions, ten steps and one scene, with the knowledge of Meng Qingyun and the two worlds, I am also very admired.

There were a lot of people in the park, but they just went around, either some low-ranking petty officials and their families, or some ordinary scholars or businessmen, and they didn't see any big people.

Zhai grabbed a maid casually and asked, it turned out that the main guests had gone to the polo field, including today's proprietor, Mrs. Li, who was also on the side of the polo field.

Xu said, "Let's go to the polo field too." ”

Bai Xiuqing grabbed Meng Qingyun and Bai Xiuning's hands, and walked ahead with great interest, while Xu and Zhai followed behind, passing through several flower and tree pavilions and reaching the polo field.

Eight people and eight riders on the polo field, divided into two teams, blue and red, galloping, swinging and hitting the ball, the game is in full swing.

There are more than a dozen colorful sheds on the sidelines, and the shed is full of friends, some talk, some cheer for the game, and the maids and women who serve and listen to the call shuttle back and forth, laughing and laughing, and it is very lively.

Since you are here, you naturally have to meet the master first.

Xu took Zhai and the three girls into the largest color shed in the middle.

There are arhat couches, rose chairs, palace stools, square tables and small coffee tables, various melons and fruits and teas, surrounded by many maids and women.

All the ladies here, the main seat is a graceful and luxurious woman, although she is a little older, but her face is ruddy, and her eyes are full of momentum, and she can see that she was a beauty when she was young, and she is today's host, Mrs. Li.

There were just some interesting stories in the booth, and the atmosphere was warm.

Xu took his daughter-in-law, daughter, and niece to greet him.

"The concubine is in the Xu family of the Bai family, I have seen my wife, and my wife is fine."

Mrs. Li said to Xu with a pleasant face: "Thank you for the light, these are all the daughters of your mansion, right?" ”

Xu introduced them one by one: "This is the wife of my eldest man, and her maiden name is Zhai." These are my two girls. This is my niece. ”

Zhai, Bai Xiuning, Bai Xiuqing, and Meng Qingyun visited Mrs. Li together.

Mrs. Li nodded with a smile and said to the Xu family: "I heard that your mother-in-law has already promised someone, which family is your son-in-law?" ”

Xu said: "It's Xiuning Qi's family." ”

Mrs. Li: "I don't know when to get married?" ”

Xu: "Because my sister-in-law just passed away last month, I need to do things next year." ”

Mrs. Li said "oh" twice, showing regret appropriately, and then said to Meng Qingyun: "This child was born in a good way. ”

The ladies next to her also praised: "It's really a rare beauty, we have never seen such a peugeot girl in She County." ”

Meng Qingyun was wearing a frost-colored narrow-sleeved shirt, a half-arm embroidered with white silver thread wrapped in branches, a lilac-colored long skirt tied underneath, and a shawl made of the same material as the half-arm. Compared with the girls who came to the banquet today, they couldn't be more plain. But her appearance is extremely bright, and wherever she is placed, it is an eye-catching existence.

Just now, Xu and his party came in, and everyone's eyes actually fell on her at first sight.

Mrs. Li said to Meng Qingyun: "Child, come here, let me take a closer look." ”

Meng Qingyun took two steps forward, and Mrs. Li reached out to grab her hand, first looking at her hand, and then her eyes followed her arm until she saw her face. The ladies next to him also looked at it.

Meng Qingyun stood there, downright and generous, although she didn't move or smile, she just gave people the feeling that this girl was calm and stable.

Mrs. Li's eyes naturally showed appreciation, and she said to Xu: "This is the child of your sister-in-law's family?" ”

Xu said: "Yes, the Yuan Niang of the Yaxi Meng family in Jinhua Mansion." Because her mother passed away and her father was an official outside, the old lady was afraid that the child would be bored, so she specially took her to live at home. ”

Mrs. Li nodded, looked back at Meng Qingyun, and said softly, "Good boy, don't be too sad." ”

Meng Qingyun replied.

Only then did Mrs. Li let go of her hand and said to the mother-in-law next to her, "Take the over." ”

The people who can sit with her in this shed are all the daughters of the officials' families, and the Xu family, as a merchant woman, can only go to other hospitality sheds, and the Li family is very well arranged, and their own mother-in-law leads the way.

Xu took his daughter-in-law and children to retire temporarily.

As soon as they walked on their front feet, the ladies in the shed on their back feet began to talk.

"Yaxi Meng's family, that's a scholarly family and an official family, right?"

"It's a serious family. It's just a pity that the mother of this Mengjia girl has just passed away, and I heard that her father also had an accident. ”

"What's going on?"

"Haven't you heard? The second official of the Meng family is the governor of Laizhou, and he resigned a few days ago and returned to his hometown, saying that he encountered a civil unrest in Yizhou and was pushed into Yishui by the chaotic people, and it has been almost a month, and the body has not been fished out. ”

"Oh yo, this girl is so pitiful, her parents are dead."

"Who says it's not, I'm afraid it's just a blessed person."

Xu Shi and the others walked away, but they didn't hear these words.

The group followed the mother-in-law to a colorful shed in the distance, which was four sheds away from Mrs. Li's colorful shed.

After entering the color shed, as soon as he sat down, Bai Xiuqing called out "bad luck".

Everyone looked at her suspiciously.

She pointed to the colorful shed next to her: "There are nasty people. ”

Everyone looked at it, and there were a bunch of young girls in the colorful shed next to them, young and beautiful, a group of female porridge, and among the crowd, there was Feng Zhenzhen who had humiliated them at the gate of Jianfang Garden.