Chapter 10: The Banquet of the Flowers
Ning Yi and Yun Liu were a little surprised that they didn't have this situation last time, in less than a month, the Double Happiness Opera Troupe has made a name for itself in this Beijing city, and this boss is a capable person.
"Then won't we be able to watch the show today?" Yun Liu didn't feel anything, it was a pity for Ning Yi on the side.
"Forget it, since there are no seats, let's talk about it next time."
When the four of them were about to turn back, the shopkeeper who went out happened to come out and saw the four of Ning Yi, and shouted to a few people: "Miss, are you here to listen to the play today?" ”
Ning Yi had seen him and knew that this was the shopkeeper of the opera troupe, so he nodded politely with a smile, "Yes, Boss Qin's business is prosperous, but it's not a coincidence that he came, so he can only come again next time." ”
The shopkeeper hurriedly waved his hand: "Miss is broken, you are all holding it, if Miss wants to listen to the play, you don't have to wait for next time, your last seat has been reserved for you." ”
Ning Yi thought that her previous words were just polite, but looking at the excitement at the door of this double happy opera troupe now, listening to the meaning of the shopkeeper, she had always kept it for her.
"Two. Please inside. ”
Ning Yi and Yun Liu glanced at each other, and followed the shopkeeper into the garden.
The official wife who was standing and talking to Yun Liu just now was still accommodating with someone, so she saw the two of them enter the door, and hurriedly asked the apprentice at the door, "Eh, why did these two people go in?" ”
The guy had listened to the shopkeeper's orders, and he was sorry for his embarrassment: "These two are our Huai Ye's friends." ”
The shopkeeper sent the two of them to their positions and retreated, and after thinking about it, he sent someone to the outer city to deliver a message.
"What? Is something wrong? Qin Yunhuai stopped the pen in his hand and put it on the pen stand, and the landscape on the table already had a general appearance, and the green mountains and pines and cypresses contrasted with each other. He picked up the handkerchief beside him and wiped his hands.
"Master, the shopkeeper said that people have come to the garden today."
Qin Yunhuai had a pause in his hand, and after reacting to who he was talking about, he threw the handkerchief aside, put down the half-pulled cuffs, picked up the teacup in his hand, took a sip, and then spoke: "People are here, just entertain them well, what do you do in a hurry." ”
He put down his glass, picked up his pen and continued with the rest of his drawing, as if what he had just heard was nothing more than an inconsequential guest.
"That's what you said?"
"Yes."
The shopkeeper is completely confused, I can't figure out what this master means in his heart, when people don't come, the seat has been kept, why are people indifferent when they come?
Ning Yi didn't know what the shopkeeper was thinking, but he was addicted to this West Chamber.
"Lan Boudoir is deeply lonely, and she has no plan to spend her spring. Those who are expected to chant should sigh with pity. ”
"Do you think this Cui Yingying is really in love with Zhang Sheng?" She looked at the play on the stage, thoughtful.
Yun Liu ate a piece of cake, I don't know why she suddenly asked about this, her eyes looked at the stage, and the two of them complained to each other: "Why did you suddenly ask about this, when did you become as sentimental as those deep resentful women?" ”
Ning Yi was said by her to say this, and said with a smile: "I'm just curious, is there love at first sight in this world?" ”
Yun Liu has always ignored these things of love and love: "These are just some dramas that coax deep boudoir women, Yingying Biography You have also read it, drama is drama, reality is reality, how can it be mixed up." ”
According to Yun Liu's words, the love stories that are widely sung by poor scholars and young ladies are just to satisfy the fantasies of those incompetent men whose hearts are higher than the sky, and although she agrees to love freely, she sneers at this kind of love that has carried away her mind.
Ning Yi also understands what she means, that is, in the future, the right person will still be an important factor for most people to prioritize.
In the next few days, Yun Liu was busy and spinning, and Ning Yi didn't even see a shadow. I didn't see anyone until the final Huayang dinner.
At the banquet, Ning Yi's fourth sister-in-law Guerjia did not come, she didn't like and looked down on those foreign things like the current queen mother, the queen mother has been in the court for so many years, she knows that foreigners are not easy to mess with, so she can't get used to it, but she has to endure it, but in Guerjia's family, she doesn't have to think about it so much, she doesn't like it, she won't come.
Coming with Ning Yi is her second sister Ning Yu, who has been married a long time ago, Ning Yu is ten years older than her, and before she got married, she was like a mother to Ning Yi, even if she was married, she often sent people to ask about her life.
When they got out of the car, the waiter at the door of the hotel immediately stepped forward and led people to the banquet hall inside, and when they passed by the garden, Ning Yi saw many people chatting in twos and threes, both foreigners and Chinese.
This banquet hall is furnished by Yunliu, with a marble floor, and as soon as you enter the door, a screen of landscape figures blocks the scenery inside.
As soon as Ning Yi and Ning Yu entered the door, they heard the records in the hall, Wu Yu murmured, and the lingering singing voice like a drizzle in the south of the Yangtze River lingered in this hall.
The two of them bypassed the screen to see the scene in the hall clearly.
The guests who had already arrived first, in groups of three or five, stood together and talked. In the center of the hall, there are four long tables, on which there are a lot of foreign wine, Western food, cakes, in addition to Western snacks, there are also a lot of exquisite Chinese pastries and tea wine, Ning Yi saw a lot of common dim sum in the palace on this, and thought, Yun Liu really made this Chinese banquet worthy of the name, both Chinese and foreign.
Seeing this scene, Ning Yi asked Ning Yi next to him in a puzzled whisper: "This is the food?" Why don't you have a chair at the table? ”
Ning Yi said: "This is a popular way of eating for Westerners, saying that it is self-help, you can get it yourself if you want to eat, and there is a seat on the side, big sister, do you want to sit and rest for a while?" ”
Ning Yu was diagnosed with pregnancy three months ago, if it weren't for the doctor saying that the fetus was stable, Ning Yu insisted on coming to support Yun Liu, and she would have been stopped at home, Ning Yi came with her, and she also had the intention of taking care of her.
When Ning Yi came by car, she was a little tired, and she didn't say much, so she asked Ning Yi to help her to the rest area, and waved her hand: "You go around by yourself, I'll just stay here by myself." ”
Ning Yu's personality is not like Yun Liu's education and trendy thoughts, nor is it like Ning Yi's indifferent temperament cultivated since he was a child, but to put it mildly, Ning Yu is the most suitable person for the title of Manchu aunt and grandmother among the people Yun Liu has seen.
When she was a girl, she didn't admit defeat, and she dared to fight with those sons, even if she got married, she didn't change her fiery temperament. Fortunately, her eldest brother-in-law is a good person.
Ning Yi was driven away, but he didn't leave, he looked around the hall, and when he saw a certain place, his eyes lit up, and he turned back to Ning Yi: "Second sister, where do you see the second brother-in-law?" ”