The next day was the Wang family's New Year's wine.

The second grandmother Cao didn't go over, and stayed in the house to prepare the New Year's wine in their house the next day. This year's wine, since she got married, has been handed over to her every year.

The four daughters of the Li family, four cars behind, Li Mingshui, the Marquis of Chang'an, took Li Qingping and Li Qingning on horseback and arrived at the Wang family together.

Although Li Mingshui, the Marquis of Chang'an, has a heavy responsibility and goes out early and returns late every day, he still has to come to the Wang family's New Year's wine, although he just went in to pay a New Year's greeting to the king, and then hurriedly came out and hurriedly went to inspect everywhere.

Li Qingning, Huo Wencan and others were all given a half-day vacation by the prince to drink the Wang family's New Year's wine.

Inside the gate of the Wang family's mansion, on the side of the female dependents, standing in the second gate to greet everyone, it was the second grandmother of the Wang family, Ming, and the third grandmother Li Qingli.

The Wang family has a large population, but they all live in the old house in Jinling and live permanently in the capital, that is, Wang Xiang and his eldest son, Wang Saijiu, Wang Shao's family.

The eldest son of Wang Shao, the king of wine, is in office, the second son Wang Fu and his wife, a son and a daughter, the third son Wang Hang and his wife, and the young queen are all in the capital.

Seeing the car from the Marquis of Chang'an come in, the second grandmother Ming was busy signaling to the third grandmother Li Qingli, the Ming family stepped forward to open the curtain, and Li Qingli helped Mrs. Chen get out of the car.

"I haven't seen the old lady for a while, and the old lady's spirit is getting better and better." The second grandmother, Ming, first laughed with Mrs. Chen.

"I'm not a no-brainer." Since getting out of the car, Old Madam Chen has been obviously much more restrained than in her own house and in the Hejian County Palace.

"The old lady is a blessed person. Let our three grandmothers wait for the old lady to go in, our ancestors were still talking before, and we must talk to the old lady today. ”

Ming looked at Mrs. Zhang again and said with a smile: "The Baina clothes sent by Mrs. Qian'er were put on for the eldest sister that night, and it was really much more stable, thank you, Madame." ”

"Thank you for this, it's all family." Mrs. Zhang and Second Grandmother Ming smiled politely.

Li Qingrou had already stepped forward to hold the second sister Li Qingli.

From childhood to adulthood, the eldest sister always taught her that she should be like this and not like that, and it was the second sister who protected her, and she and the second sister were the most talkative.

Li Ran stood on the periphery, smiling at the group of people who greeted enthusiastically.

Ming's gaze swept over Li Ran, and just as he was about to speak, Old Madam Chen patted Li Qingrou away, and Ming's smiled: "You are busy here, and you can't do without people." We can just go in by ourselves, and our own family members don't have to be polite. ”

"That's the case, it's not the first time I've come back, you two are here, and you're still too busy, let's just go in by ourselves."

Mrs. Zhang also smiled busily, stretched out her hand and pulled Li Qingrou, who was reluctant to let go of her second sister, and went to the second door together.

The Ming family hurriedly ordered a clever woman and led the four members of the Li family in.

Li Ran walked at the end, looking at Mrs. Chen from the front, to Li Qingrou, who was holding Mrs. Zhang, that somewhat conspicuous restraint, for a moment, looked away, and looked around.

Like the Wang family, a long-lasting scholarly family, such a heavy and oppressive reputation, as well as the profound heritage that falls out of the corners of this mansion, and the extreme arrogance of humility that is even filled with the air, it really makes people feel inferior.

The mansion of the Wang family is also brand new, but there is nothing dazzling about the new one.

The orchid in the rockery is still very young, but it is integrated with the rockery, as if it was born and grown out of the rockery by itself.

The buildings and pavilions have the same red pillars and green tiles, but they are stable and calm.

Li Ran looked at those red pillars and green tiles carefully, did this feeling come from her preconceived impression of the Wang family, or were these red pillars and green tiles different from those of the Marquis of Chang'an?

It seems to be different.

The red paint on the pillars of the Chang'an Marquis Mansion is shining and shining, lest others not know that it is a high-quality lacquer, and it has just been painted.

The red paint of the Wang family, covering the light, holding it bright, low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, humble and like this servant girl in the house.

It's a question of saturation and purity of color, well, that is, of aesthetics.

Li Ran studied and understood the exquisiteness of these red paint and green faces, and was very happy.

Turning a rockery, the front suddenly opened up.

On the right, according to a hill built artificially, there is a big warm pavilion, and a stage is set up opposite the big warm pavilion.

There is some distance from the big warm pavilion, and on the other side connected by a zigzag verandah, a slightly smaller warm pavilion drags the small warm pavilions scattered around it, and distributes along the lake.

In the small pavilion of the big warm pavilion and the small warm pavilion, the hairpin ring flashes, and outside, the girl and the woman come and go according to the line.

The mother-in-law who led the way at the front went to the big warm pavilion to let Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Zhang, and on the side of the lake, there was already a mother-in-law who hurriedly stepped forward and respectfully went to the warm pavilion by the lake to let Li Qingrou and Li Ran.

As soon as he turned to the lake and walked a few steps, he saw Wang Ji coming out briskly and hurriedly, "Three ladies, four ladies." ”

Li Ran fell behind Li Qingrou and bent her knees with a smile.

Li Qingrou was even more restrained than when she held Mrs. Zhang just now.

Although her second sister married into the Wang family, their family and the Wang family are very close relatives, but she is not close to the Wang family, I can't say why, she doesn't like the Wang family very much, especially this Wang Liuniang.

Wang Ji leaned sideways and asked Li Qingrou, "Miao Niang has arrived, as soon as she enters the door, she will ask the third lady if she has arrived." ”

Wang Ji's voice fell, and Sun Miaoniang, the third mother of the Sun family in the Zhongyong Uncle's Mansion, was already carrying her skirt and hurriedly came out of the warm pavilion.

Li Qingrou quickened her pace, got rid of Wang Ji and Li Ran, and went to Sun Miaoniang to catch up.

Two or three steps away from Li Qingrou, Sun Miaoniang looked at Li Ran, who was looking at her with a smile, with fear in her eyes, paused, and subconsciously wanted to retreat.

Li Ran looked away, and Wang Ji also staggered his gaze and looked at the other people who came out of the warm pavilion.

Li Qingrou pulled Sun Miaoniang and went to Gao Guiying, the second lady of Zhongyi Bofu, who came out from behind, and next to Gao Guiying, Xie Pei, the second lady of the Xie family, greeted Li Ran with a smile.

Then the little ladies in the back are chattering, lively and lively inside and outside the warm pavilion, it seems that there is only a group of harmony, in fact, each has a large group and a few small groups, into the warm pavilion.

"The fourth lady is a good quiet, the second sister also loves to be quiet and afraid of quarrels, today I will entrust the fourth lady to the second sister, entrust the second sister to the fourth lady, please take care of the second sister, please take care of the second sister, please take care of the fourth lady."

Wang Ji pulled Li Ran and Xie Pei, sent them to a slightly recessed place, looked out at the excellent scenery, looked inside at the corner with an excellent view, and said with a smile.

Li Ran was amazed, she usually didn't see it, the sixth lady was so exquisite, she could speak, she had to look up.

Wang Ji is the master of today's house, and he called the little girl to come over and ask a few words, and then hurried to get busy.

Li Ran sat down, only to find that this position was really well chosen, half of the lake outside was under his eyes, almost unobstructed inside, slightly sideways, through a round flower window, you could also see the stage outside.

"The Wang family's New Year's wine has always been lively." Xie Pei followed Li Ran's gaze for a while, and whispered in a slow voice, "The emperor also came to the New Year's wine of the year when the Wang family first moved to the capital, and one year, the prince also came over. ”

Li Ran's eyebrows raised slightly when she heard this, and she laughed.

The Wang family has the emperor of the previous dynasty, the prime minister of the former dynasty, and is the home of the literati leaders and eunuch leaders of the old era, and when they move to the capital, the emperor and the crown prince must be extremely happy.

The emperor and the crown prince went to the palace for a New Year's wine or two, whether it added momentum to the Wang family or added prestige to the new dynasty...... It should be both, which is a win-win situation for the Wang family and the new dynasty.

"Every year on Shangsi Day, my uncle will also invite Taixue students to the Wang family to enjoy the Spring Festival in the Zhuangzi outside the city."

After a pause, Xie Pei hesitated and asked, "Do you know Shangsi Day?" Facing Li Ran's gaze, Xie Pei hurriedly explained: "It was my cousin who told me that you didn't understand much, and I was reckless." ”

"What is Kamitsu Day?" Li Ran asked with a smile.

"Shangsi Day is ......" Xie Pei breathed a sigh of relief, "How to say it, Shangsi Japan should be the day of the first day of March, now, the day of Shangsi is the third day of the first month of March."

Shangsi day is very lively, like our home, will go to the suburbs, generally in whose Zhuangzi, there must be a stream, not too wide, not too narrow, the water flow is not too fast, not too slow, put chickens in the stream, put dates, everyone has to catch a food.

Like my uncle, they are just flowing in the water, putting the wine glass in the water, and picking up what they want to drink, but after drinking the wine, they either write poems, or couplets, or they have to solve the problem, which is very interesting. ”

"Can you keep the wine glass steady in the water?" Li Ran also felt very interesting when she heard Xie Pei speak.

"No!" Xie Pei didn't know two words, and replied very happily, "That cup was specially made, that is, it was used on the day of Shangsi, and when it was put in the water, it was very stable, and the cup we usually use will definitely not work."

When I was a child, I didn't understand, I looked at it all the same, I took a cup I usually use and put it in the water, and it sank, and then I put another one, and it sank again, and then I cried. ”

Xie Pei said that he couldn't stop laughing.

Li Ran was listening to Xie Pei's interesting words, there was a sudden commotion in the warm pavilion, one by one the little ladies carried their skirts, and scrambled to squeeze in front of the window near the lake, a few legs and feet were late, and they couldn't squeeze to the window, so they simply ran out of the warm pavilion.

"What's wrong?" Li Ran was surprised, and Xie Pei was also inexplicable.

Without waiting for the two of them to figure out what was going on, Huo Wenlin, the eldest lady of Huo, took the lead, followed by the two little ladies of the Luguo Mansion, and several other little ladies that Li Ran couldn't recognize, and rushed over to Li Ran and Xie Pei together.

If you want to look at the lake, this large warm pavilion pavilion can be counted as Li Ran and Xie Pei, the window occupied by Li Ran and Xie Pei has the widest view and the clearest view.

"Excuse me the fourth lady, and the second lady, it's really ...... You can't see anything outside, hey! It's coming, it's coming! ”

Huo Wenlin was a little out of breath when she ran, and hurriedly confessed, then pointed outside, and exclaimed in a suppressed voice.

Li Ran hurriedly looked at the lake.

On the wooden plank road by the lake, two young men talked and walked slowly.

The man near the lake was very tall, a silver-white silk cloak, without a hat, a golden crown and hair, a side face carved like white jade, and occasionally turned his face to look at the man next to him, that face, that turn of the head, made people feel suffocated.

Li Ran stared at the man in white and took a slight breath.

No wonder this large number of little ladies all turned into brain-dead fans in an instant, and they really can't help but be brain-dead.

This is a beauty in her bones, but the yin qi is too heavy, and this coldness comes out of the bones...... Well, it's beautiful to the extreme, not to mention the cold, it's ghostly, it can add luster and color!

Li Ran, like the little ladies in the warm pavilion, held her breath and watched the man slowly walk across the plank road without blinking, disappearing behind a rockery.

The sound of exhalation, panting, sighing, and inhaling in the warm pavilion sounded together, and then there was a hula la, and everyone returned to their places, and the chirp in the warm pavilion was at least two octaves higher than just now.

"Who's that?" Li Ran glanced at Nuan Ge, who was talking excitedly everywhere, and subconsciously asked in a suppressed voice.

"Yes," Xie Pei paused, his voice low, "The taller one over there is General Xie, close to this side, his legs and feet are a little ...... It's my second cousin. ”

Li Ran was stunned, she didn't notice that there was another ...... Uh, yes, yes, there's another one, what's the leg and foot? Uh, she didn't see it......

That's General Xie?

"General Xie is not you...... Cousin? Li Ran sorted out the relationship and couldn't believe it.

She had seen General Xie, and that night, the one who followed the tiger was not General Xie?

Later, she asked Zhou E, and Zhou E said that it was General Xie.

But what you saw that day...... She was stupid by the tiger that day, and only saw the white tiger.

“…… The second cousin fell off the horse, and was trampled on the calf by the horse's hooves, and one leg was wasted, at that time, the second cousin and the second cousin were only interested in the two families, and there was a fixed relationship, and the second cousin refused to make a marriage again, the second cousin said, but a broken leg, what is the tightness?

I like my second cousin very much, and my second cousin is very good. ”

Li Ran was in a trance at Xie Pei's ding-dong words, picked up a cup of tea, and slowly sipped it.

"The sixth lady said, your second cousin already has a son and a daughter, how old is your second cousin?" Li Ran took a sip of half a cup of tea and chatted with Xie Pei.

"It's been the twenty-eighth year of the year, it's either the New Year, or this year, the year has passed." Xie Pei raised his hand to cover his mouth and laughed.

"General Naxie...... General Xie is your cousin? A grandfather's kind? ”

Li Ran actually wanted to ask Xie Pei why she was so angry about General Xie, as if everyone she had ever met, when it came to Xie Ze, it was General Xie.

"Well, General Xie is my eldest brother, and he is the same age as my second cousin." Xie Pei's voice fell, obviously unwilling to say more about this topic.

Li Ran heard Xie Pei's reluctance, suppressed the doubts on his belly, and changed the topic, "Your second cousin has a bad leg, can you still re-enter the official ranks?" To become an official, you must be good everywhere? ”

"It doesn't seem to have been said that you have to be good everywhere, but when you try to record your name, if you see something bad, you won't be recorded, Enyin...... I don't know yet, I don't think I've heard of anything like this.

The second cousin didn't want to join the government, and the Wang family built a academy in the capital, called the White Crane Academy, which is also the clan of the Wang family, and the second cousin is the mountain chief.

The second cousin is very knowledgeable, Weng Weng often goes to the White Crane Academy to give lectures, and after class, he sits with the second cousin and talks, often saying that he is very late, and he can't go back in time, so he rests in the academy. ”

Xie Pei's tone became pleasant again.

……………………

As the sun sets, the lively garden quiets down.

In the big warm pavilion leaning against the hill, Mrs. An leaned on a low couch, her expression was calm and tired, and she listened to her daughter-in-law Mrs. Xie's words.

“…… Aze ate lunch before leaving, the second brother has been with him, my aunt wanted to meet him, handed over the words, he didn't reply......"

Mrs. Xie's throat choked suddenly, her aunt's longing for this eldest grandson, the deep hope that she knew was hopeless, and the heavy sadness and disappointment made her heart ache unbearably when she thought about it.

"Ugh." Mrs. An patted Mrs. Xie lightly, wanting to say something, but she only sighed.

"I'm nothing, my aunt is nothing, it's not a year or two, it's been fine.

Ngapoi had been talking with the girl, and the sixth sister said that she had been paying attention, and Ngapoi had been very happy, and when she left, she saw her wife and began to chatter non-stop, saying how good the girl was.

The girl looked very happy, too. Mrs. Xie took a light breath and continued to get down to business.

"That child is the temper of the An family, she is not afraid of knives and guns when she is hard, and she looks very much like her grandmother." Mrs. An's voice was extremely low.

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