Chapter 211: The Xu Family
Pei Lao'an wanted to meet guests, and it was not suitable for Chen and others to stay here, so everyone got up and said goodbye.
Lao Anren thought for a while and said, "It's the first time I've seen the Huzhou martial arts, so it's better for you to go to the flower hall first." β
The main reason is that I am afraid that the people of the martial family will not bring enough meeting gifts, which will cause inconvenience to the female relatives of the martial family.
Everyone also knew it, and went to the flower hall at the back of the hall with a smile, leaving only the second wife of the Pei family to help Lao An entertain guests.
The third miss, the fourth miss and the fifth miss of the Pei family have not seen Yu Tang since noon yesterday, and they are naturally very happy to meet at this time, pulling Yu Tang and chirping: "The incense made by Ku'an Temple has been sent to Zhaoming Temple, and we went to see it last night." It will definitely be famous when the time comes. β
Because the things came with the carriage and horse of the Pei family's daughters, and the Buddha incense that was going to be given to Zhaoming Temple was put in the hands of the steward sent by the Pei family, Yu Tang didn't ask, but he didn't expect these little girls to run over last night to see.
She smiled and nodded.
Miss Pei Jiaer and Yu Tang were not very close, she and Miss Xu walked behind, looking like they wanted to talk to Miss Xu but didn't know what to say, which made Miss Xu secretly roll her eyes. However, for the sake of Yang Gongzi's face, she took the initiative to talk to the second lady: "Did you sleep well last night?" I felt the smell of sandalwood in the room, and I didn't fall asleep for most of the night, and finally I was so tired that I fell asleep in a daze. After speaking, he pointed to Miss Pei and Yu Tang who were walking in front of them: "I just heard what they said about Buddha incense, is there anyone in your family who is good at making this?" Is there any other smell of incense? Can you send me some? I've already asked people to buy incense, but Lin'an is so young, I don't know if I can buy a good smelling incense. β
Miss Pei Er knew what kind of family the Xu family was, so she naturally didn't want to offend Miss Xu. What's more, Miss Xu is going to marry into the Yin family, and she is also married to the only son of the Yin family, a nineteen-year-old young Jinshi...... She hurriedly said: "The one who is good at making incense is the fiancΓ©e of the elder brother of the long house, and you should also know the eldest daughter of the second room of the Gu family in Hangzhou." She whispered and told Miss Xu about their help in making Buddha incense in Ku'an Temple.
Miss Xu's eyes rolled when she heard this, and after the second miss finished speaking, she let out an "oh" and said, "I don't know this Miss Gu." However, I know Gu Chaoyang of the Gu family. What is the relationship between him and this Miss Gu? β
Miss Pei Er said, "She is Gu Chaoyang's sister. β
Miss Xu let out another "oh" and said, "If I'm not mistaken, is the wife of their family filling the house?" I just don't know which girl it is? β
What she doesn't have an impression of is definitely not from everyone's background, and she has heard that the wife in charge of the second room of the Gu family has a very small vision, her husband is not good at studying, and she also suppressed several younger brothers, and now there are no talents in the second room. If it weren't for Gu Chang, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been among the Jiangnan family a long time ago.
Miss Pei Er was very curious about how she could know Gu Chang.
Miss Xu said: "He and Yin Mingyuan are in the same department. β
Yin Mingyuan?!
Miss Xu's fiancΓ©.
Miss Pei Er looked at Miss Xu.
Miss Xu nodded, not a little embarrassed, and said generously: "I heard that Gu Chaoyang is only eight years old, and his appearance is better than Pan An, and when Yin Mingyuan went to participate in the poetry meeting, he asked him to take me to see it." It feels okay, it's not as good-looking as Yin Mingyuan, but it's more vigorous than Yin Mingyuan. β
Miss Pei Er has seen insolence, but she has never seen anything more arrogant than Miss Xu, and she didn't know how to answer for a while.
The fourth lady who was walking in front suddenly turned around, said "wow", and said, "Sister Xu is so powerful, she actually dares to participate in the poetry meeting of the scholars." β
Miss Xu waved her hand disapprovingly, and said, "Yin Mingyuan has been studying in our house since he was a child, so what's the big deal about me asking him to take me to a poetry party!" β
It's great to get your fiancΓ© to agree to take her a woman to a poetry party!
Several young ladies of the Pei family looked at her with admiration.
Yu Tang's attention was on the word "Yin", she looked at the several young ladies of the Pei family, thought for a while, pulled the third young lady, and said in a low voice: "What is the origin of the Xu family?" Who is that Yin Mingyuan? β
The third lady glanced at Miss Xu quickly, and saw that she was engrossed in talking to the other young ladies, and hurriedly whispered: "Miss Xu's great-grandfather was the prince and the secretary, and the great-grandfather and great-uncle were both the first assistants, and now the Xu family is in charge of his father, who is a scholar of Wuyingdian University and a scholar of the military department; There is an uncle who served as the political envoy of Shaanxi, and an uncle who served as the imperial historian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate before, and was transferred to the post of salt envoy of Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the spring of this year. Yin Mingyuan is her fiancΓ©, Shu Jishi, who is watching politics in the Criminal Department. β
Yu Tang figured it out after a while.
In other words, the old lady of the Li family and Mrs. Yang San are both girls from Miss Xu's future in-law's family.
No wonder she was so respectful to Mrs. Yang San.
Miss Pei San saw that Miss Xu was still talking to her sisters, and said quickly: "She is an old girl. Although Yin Mingyuan is very good at reading, his health is not good. The family affairs of the Xu and Yin families were determined by the older generation. I heard that Mrs. Xu was very dissatisfied, so she let out a message, saying that she had told Miss Xu's fortune, and that Miss Xu should not marry early, so she should keep her until she was twenty years old. The two have not yet married. β
Is this because he is afraid of Yin Mingyuan's early death?
The Xu family is really tough!
The little man in Yu Tang's heart wiped the sweat from his forehead, glanced behind him quickly, and continued to gossip with the third lady: "Then won't the Yin family say anything?" β
Miss Pei San pursed her lips and smiled, "Yin Mingyuan likes Miss Xu, and she won't marry." β
"Ahh Yu Tang exclaimed, subconsciously suppressed his voice, and couldn't help but glance behind him again.
This time, she didn't have the good luck she used to be, and she was in line with Miss Xu's eyes.
Yu Tang smiled at Miss Xu weakly.
Miss Xu's eyes rolled, and she left a few Miss Pei and walked over quickly, grabbed Yu Tang's arm, and said with a smile: "Did my sister ask someone about me?" I don't like the sandalwood fragrance in the temple, so my sister gave me a few sticks of other flavors! β
Yu Tang smiled at her embarrassedly and said, "I don't like incense, I like incense." Why don't I give you half a bottle of perfume first? I only brought one bottle with me when I went out this time. β
This fragrance is still a gift that Yu Wen and Master Wu brought to her when they went to Ningbo last time.
It is said to be a rose fragrance, and it smells good.
But the fragrance must be sealed well, otherwise it will soon be unfragrant.
Fortunately, they only lived in the temple for three or five days, otherwise even if she sent her half a bottle of perfume, it is estimated that there would be no bottle.
Miss Xu smiled: "Oh, I finally met someone who likes Xianglu as much as I do." I'll get it from you after lunch. β
Yu Tang felt that her expression didn't look like she was going to get the fragrance, but as if she was going to explore the secret......
However, since she agreed, even if Miss Xu went to her to explore the secret, Yu Tang could only accept her head-on.
The crowd quickly sat down in the flower hall.
Several young ladies of the Pei family were busy with their filial piety in front of their respective grandmothers.
The fifth lady followed Yu Tang.
Mrs. Yang San sat next to Yi Lao'an, talking about the old days with Yi Lao'an, listening to that tone, the elders in the family seemed to have been colleagues with Yi Lao'an.
Miss Xu looked left and right, and also followed Miss Five and Yu Tang to stand together.
She asked Miss Five, "When is lunch at your house?" β
The fifth lady shook her head and said, "I don't know either." β
Miss Xu looked helpless, and asked again: "Then when does your family usually have lunch?" β
Miss Wu said: "There is a quarter of an hour difference between noon. β
Miss Xu nodded with satisfaction, took out a golden pocket watch from her pocket, opened it with a "snap", looked at it, and said with some love: "There is still an hour left." β
Yu Tang and Miss Five's eyes were glued to Miss Xu's pocket watch, and Miss Five even said, "Is this a pocket watch?" It's beautiful. β
Miss Xu bowed slightly, stretched out her hand and said, "Do you want to take a look?" β
The fifth lady hurriedly shook her head and said, "My father also has a piece." It's just that I've never seen anything so small. β
Yu Tang had seen Li Duan use it in his previous life, and like Miss Five, he had never seen such a small one.
Miss Xu said disapprerovingly: "I was specially ordered by someone, and I walked quite accurately." β
The fifth lady said, "Are you hungry?" Why don't I ask Ah Shan to bring you some snacks? β
"No need." Miss Xu sighed, very bored, and wilted, "I'm not hungry, I just want to know when we can disperse." I want to go to Sister Yu to see what kind of fragrance she has brought. β
You might as well say that you are impatient with such gatherings!
Yu Tang and Miss Five both gave her a roll of their eyes.
She grinned and asked Miss Five, "Is your lobby brother here?" Do you know where to stay? β
The fifth lady said: "Not only my eldest cousin has arrived, but my second cousin and my younger brother have also come." Of course, they live in the outer courtyard! But where to stay I didn't ask. What are you doing? Do you want me to ask a steward? β
Miss Xu whispered to them: "The Yang family blew your lobby brother into the sky, saying that he is even more talented than your third uncle, I want to see what he looks like." β
The fifth young lady was stunned for a moment, and muttered, "More talented than my third uncle?" β
Why does this sound so awkward?
Yu Tang thought of those things in his previous life, and felt that the Yang family was building momentum for Pei Tong.
In her previous life, she didn't know who Pei Tong married, but he was married in the capital. There have been great changes in this life, I don't know if Pei Tong will still follow the old path of his previous life.
Seeing this, Miss Xu asked Miss Fifth again: "Then do you know when your third uncle comes to greet Pei Lao'an every day?" β
Miss Fifth was puzzled: "What are you asking about this?" β
Miss Xu said disapprerovingly: "I'll just ask." β
Yu Tang glanced at Miss Xu.
Miss Xu smiled and said to Yu Tang and Miss Five: "When I came over just now, I saw a pomegranate tree outside, why don't we go pick pomegranates?" β
Fifth Miss and Yu Tang looked at the room full of female dependents and shook their heads in unison.
Miss Xu decided to go on her own.
Yu Tang felt that the current Zhaoming Temple was very complicated, so he grabbed Miss Xu and said, "When the incompetent master prays for us, do we also have to write our names and birthdays as usual?" What if someone flips? β
The eight characters of the birthday are related to the future fortune, and they will not tell others, especially girls.
Miss Xu was distracted and hurriedly said: "In the past, when we were in Hongluo Temple, we would also write, but it had to be packed in a big red envelope, and it had to be sealed in a special way and packed in a sealed box. Rest assured, no one will know. β
"That's good!" Yu Tang seemed to be relieved, and continued to ask Miss Xu about the prayer meeting.
Miss Xu talked about her experience endlessly, and did not mention the matter of going out.