Chapter 257: Stirring up trouble
Behind the government of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there are houses for the families of officials to live in, and they are separated from the yamen by a wall.
This arrangement is to save officials the time spent on the road when going to the yamen office, the second is to ensure the safety of their families, and the third is to prevent officials from buying houses to avoid bribery by the rich gentry.
Of course, living in the backyard of the government is a status symbol.
The Bai family arrived neither early nor late, so they didn't attract much attention.
The old lady sent someone to wait at the door, and when she saw the Bai family, she led them to the backyard to talk, and the guests who came with her did not dare to join in the fun even though their eyes were hot.
"The old lady is much healthier, just keep it up. It is a medicine that is poisonous, and the decoction for health can be temporarily stopped for a few days. After Bai Ling greeted the old lady, he consciously went to check the pulse.
"You girl, you will check the pulse first when you meet, but it looks like the old body specially invited you to come over to check the pulse." The old lady was in a good mood and smiled at Bai Ling's forehead.
She has been taking medicine for half her life, and she heard that it can be stopped for a few days, how can the old lady not be happy?
"I'm a doctor, it's an instinctive reaction. If the old lady thinks it's inappropriate, she just pretends that she didn't hear anything just now, anyway, it's okay to take a few more pairs of medicine to nourish the body. Bai Ling pouted, looking 'aggrieved'.
"Madame Bai, look, this girl is still wronged in front of the old body, she is really an unspeakable girl." The old lady said disgust, but she didn't let go of Bai Ling's hand, and her eyes were also kind to the younger ones.
"The old lady, don't be deceived by this girl, she doesn't know how to write the word grievance, this is to make the old lady happy." As a mother-in-law, the Bailiu family understands her daughter.
Originally, I was worried that the official wife would not get along well, but the old lady's kind attitude made the Bailiu family forget to be restrained, and the chat was much more casual.
"Mother, you just sold your daughter like this, is it really good?" Bai Ling looked at Bai Liu's helplessly, but there was a smile in his eyes.
This is also one of the reasons why Bai Ling deliberately teased the old lady, so that his family could relax in order to truly integrate into the banquet.
"Look, this girl doesn't even sell her mother's face, can she still suffer a loss?" Bai Liu smiled.
The group chatted for a while, and Mrs. Ouyang came to invite the old lady to attend the banquet, and the Bai family followed, but the mood was completely different from before.
Although Mrs. Ouyang was holding the shelf slightly, she was much calmer than in front of others, at least she didn't put too much pressure on people.
The flower viewing banquet is naturally set up in the garden.
This side is a gathering of women's relatives, and the male guests are entertained by the prefect, on the front yard.
Unlike the women who enjoy the flowers and compose poems, the men talk better at the wine table, Bai Sanshu is the object of care, and there are many people who have a relationship with him, and they are very harmonious on the surface.
"Master Bai is really blessed, his daughters are more capable than one another, which makes us envious!"
"Yes, I heard that several of Master Bai's daughters haven't decided to marry yet, so I'm about to discuss marriage, right?"
"Those girls in my family, when they say it, they are not afraid of the jokes of the masters, they are all people who have ideas, even their fathers and mothers can't be the masters. When the children are older, they all have their own abilities, and the fathers and mothers are all left to them. Bai Sanshu responded with a smile.
"That being said, but since ancient times, major marriage events have been the words of the parents and the matchmaker, how can this kind of thing be taught privately."
"We don't have so many rules in our farmhouse, and the big things in the girls' lives can only be achieved by nodding their heads." Bai Sanshu just doesn't spit out.
Everyone chatted and chatted, and the topic always revolved around the Bai Ling sisters, although Bai Sanshu was honored, he always played Tai Chi.
After all, he often comes into contact with businesses, and although Bai Sanshu is a little difficult to deal with, it also makes people have to re-examine the Bai family.
Is this really just an ordinary farmer?
In the garden.
After Mrs. Ouyang's opening remarks, the banquet officially began.
There are few poems and talent shows, the Bai family didn't plan to show up, and they were quiet spectators, but some people couldn't see them low-key.
"I often hear the sisters say that the daughters of the Bai family are all talented people, today's flower viewing banquet, can you ask the sisters of the Bai family to show you this?"
A fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl smiled and groaned, with the face of a sister next door who was ignorant of the world, making it impossible to see her true thoughts.
"Sisters, don't get me wrong, I just often hear about the differences of a few sisters, so I want to see the demeanor of the sisters, if the sisters don't want to, Bento Yan'er didn't say."
The prefect's face changed slightly, and her slanted eyes swept towards Mrs. Tongzhi on the side.
Zidongcheng is the prefect is the number one, and the same knowledge is the second in command, and the prefect is flowing, and the same knowledge rarely changes, that is, the prefect also has to sell some face.
Mrs. Tongzhi didn't see Mrs. Ouyang's eyes, and said gently: "This flower-viewing banquet is a banquet for young people to communicate, we can only take a look, I really miss the past." ”
A few ladies with vision did not dare to respond, offending the prefect's wife or the same lady would be unlucky, let's look at the situation again.
There were a few ladies who didn't notice that Mrs. Ouyang's face was not good, but they smiled and responded to Mrs. Tongzhi's words, this one could not be offended, and he had to be flattered.
On the Bai family's side, the sisters' faces sank.
Don't get me wrong, but let them understand that this is deliberate, and want them to be embarrassed.
"Let this young lady down, the Bai family was born in a farmer's family, but if you young ladies have been trained by Mr. since childhood, they are proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting."
Bai Ling opened his mouth generously, not minding his background at all, but it made some people's expressions laugh.
Mrs. Ouyang saw that Bai Ling was not affected, and her face was slightly better-looking, after all, what she valued most was Bai Ling, and the Bai family was just taking care of her.
It was the old lady who raised the corners of her lips when she heard this, and there was a look of approval in her eyes for Bai Ling.
"As the young lady said just now, today is the flower viewing banquet, although our sisters are participating for the first time, and we have not prepared in advance, but we don't want to blow the interest of everyone, it is better for the sisters to touch the piano, and our sisters will sing a song, so as to express the gratitude of Mrs. Ouyang for the invitation."
Bai Ling got up, came to the woman who had performed the piano before, and said politely:
"Can I borrow Miss's piano?"
“…… OK. The girl in pink was stunned for a moment, then gestured to the maidservant.
There are not a few ladies who perform, but the piano of the girl in pink is the most ordinary, and the place where she sits is also slightly off, which shows that the status of the family is not high.
"Thank you, Miss, this card is Bai Ling's gratitude, and you can enjoy a seven-fold VIP treatment in Hua Xiangrong." After Bai Ling asked the maid to take the piano, he handed out a gold card and said kindly.
The girl in pink obviously didn't expect that borrowing the piano would have such a benefit, and when she reacted, the gold card was already in her hand, and I don't know how many people were envious, jealous and hateful.
Hua wants to accommodate a limited number of gold cards, and the owner enjoys special services, as well as unlimited purchases and discounts, which is now the existence that Zidongcheng is competing for.