Everyone entered the house, and the lady who greeted them wore a plain velvet embroidered jacket, with a moth head and eyebrows, and a rich appearance, but it was Qiao Chuan's wife Jiang, if you want to say this Jiang, Yi'er has seen it once before, this person is the young lady of Xichang Bofu, Jiang Xiutong, the youngest sister of Jiang Shuqing, Jiang Jufang's father, Jiang Shuqing, the son of Xichang Bo, when Yi'er followed Jiang Jufang back to Xichang Bofu, she happened to meet her out of the pavilion, Yi'er took a look from afar, and she didn't know which family Jiang Xiutong married at that time.

Of course, Yi'er just stood in the crowd and took such a look, Jiang Xiutong naturally didn't have any impression of her, in fact, Yi'er's appearance has changed a lot in recent years, it is estimated that it will be difficult for people who have met her to recognize her for a while, but this Mrs. Qiao is Jiang Xiutong, I am afraid that I will inevitably meet someone who is an old acquaintance of Xichang Bofu, Yi'er has been in Xichangbo Mansion for three years after all, but the master of Bofu has no impression of her, and the servant girl who had dealt with her at the beginning, I'm afraid I can still see a little bit.

Yi'er is not afraid of being recognized, but she doesn't have a good impression of Xichang Bofu, and she doesn't want to have anything to do with the people of Bofu now and even in the future.

Now that he has entered Qiao's Mansion, it stands to reason that he will first go to visit today's old birthday star and old lady Kong. Jiang Xiutong has been married into the Qiao family for six years, and she has not come out, even Qiao Chuanna's two-room concubine, her stomach has not moved, so the huge Qiao Mansion, but there are only a few masters, except for the old lady Kong in the inner courtyard, Jiang Xiutong is the only one who is a serious master, is to give the old lady a birthday like today, there are more guests at the door, Jiang Xiutong is so busy that her feet do not touch the ground, Yi'er and her party She only sent them to the second door, and even sued them again and again, and then the maid led everyone in, She hurried back to the Weeping Flower Gate to greet the other guests.

Qiao's house is divided into four large courtyards in spring, summer, autumn and winter, Qiao's old lady Kong lives in the Yishu courtyard in the autumn garden, the old lady worships the Buddha, the largest wing of the Yishu courtyard was changed into the Buddhist hall, there are many people who worship the birthday today, Kong simply let the next person directly introduce the guests into the Buddhist hall, and serve as a temporary hospitality place to entertain guests.

Kong is a kind-hearted old man, laughing and behaving in a easy-going manner, with a smile on his face at any time, and that smile Yi'er feels that it is a sincere smile from the bottom of her heart, without the slightest pretense, she laughs with all the ladies in the house, and from time to time makes a few jokes with childlike innocence, which causes the whole house to laugh and make a mess.

After seeing Kong in front of the courtesy, the male guest was led away by the maid, and the female guest stayed to talk to Kong, although Yi'er was not long after returning to Beijing, she was not stage frightened and boring, because as soon as she entered Yishu Courtyard, she saw a familiar figure.

Yun Yao was standing behind Qu's family, pulling a petite and cute young lady to talk about something, when she suddenly saw Yi'er, she was immediately overjoyed, and she ran towards Yi'er with the young lady, shouting loudly as she ran: "Sister Feiyu." ”

Yi'er greeted her with a smile, and Yun Yao complained: "Why did you come, Xiao Xi'er and I have been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Yi'er looked at the little girl who was almost dragged over by Yun Yao, and knew that this should be Zhong Xi, the daughter of Zhong Liwang of Dali Temple, with a somewhat round face, a little baby fat, but a pair of eyes that were surprisingly big, carved in pink and jade, very cute.

At this time, Zhong Lu also tilted his head and stared at Yi'er, and said, "You are the flying kite sister in Xiao Yao'er's mouth, you are so good-looking, no wonder Xiao Yao'er hangs you on her lips all day long." ”

Yi'er said: "You are Zhong Xi, I have heard Yao'er mention you a long time ago, you are good-looking, can I call you Xiao Xi'er like Yao'er?" ”

Zhong Xi thought about it, rolled his big eyes, and said: "My parents and relatives, and people like Xiao Yao'er who have played with me since childhood can call me Xiao Lu'er, if you also want to call me Xiao Lu'er, then so be it, I still have a brother, called Zhong Zhixia, or you marry my brother and become my sister-in-law, you can naturally call me Xiao Lu'er!" ”

As soon as Yun Yao heard this, she stopped doing it, and without waiting for Yi'er to speak, she said, "Xiao Xi'er, do you want to be shameless?" You think that only you have a brother, and I have it, and my fifth brother knew Sister Fei Kite earlier than me, and if you want to marry Sister Fei Kite, you should also marry my fifth brother and be my sister-in-law. ”

Zhong Xi glared at Yun Yao, and without speaking, he looked at Yi'er.

Speaking of so many ladies and ladies in the house, although they are in groups of three or five looking for acquaintances to talk, Zhong Xi and Yun Yao did not lower their voices at all when they spoke, because many people heard it, the three of them were all young ladies who had not left the cabinet, and they were married as soon as they opened their mouths.

Yi'er smiled and said: "You two little girls like to worry about it, you want me to be your sister-in-law, have you asked your brother what he means?" ”

In fact, Zhong Xi didn't know that saying such things on such an occasion would definitely attract people's eyes, but she was used to fooling around on weekdays, and she was one of the few wild girls who were famous in the capital, where did she care about other people's opinions? I heard Yun Yao always praise Yi'er before, saying how good she is, this time, she had the idea of giving it a try, she deliberately said this, if Yi'er is the same as other ladies and ladies, or hides with a red face, or reprimands her sternly, then she can naturally judge that Yi'er is no different from those pretentious young ladies.

Zhong Xi didn't expect that Yi'er was not annoyed at all, and said such a funny thing generously, and she immediately had a good impression of Yi'er.

At this time, a lady and Qu Shi hurriedly walked up and grabbed Zhong Xi and Yun Yao respectively to reprimand.

Li brought Yi'er forward to greet people, that lady is Zhong Xi's mother Mrs. Zhong Wen, Wen is from the four Qingliu families of Hebei Wen, the family is a scholarly family, she herself is demure and gentle, knows books and etiquette, how could she ever want to give birth to a daughter but is very like her father, who has no shape, I can't help but have a headache.

After some fighting, Wen confessed to Li, and Li smiled and said: "Children's family, talking about making trouble is the right shape, does Madame still expect them to sit quietly like us old women who have become mothers and have broken hearts?" ”

Qu said: "Mrs. Du's words are reasonable, so I said, Sister Wen, don't be too restrained about Xiao Lu'er." ”

Zhong Xi stepped forward and grabbed Yi'er's arm and said, "My daughter is playing tricks with Sister Fei Kite, and my mother will scold my daughter indiscriminately, is it true that my mother doesn't like her daughter to be close to Sister Fei Kite?" ”

Wen Shi was annoyed, and knocked on Zhong Xi's forehead, and said, "You dead girl, even your mother dare to arrange it, why don't I like you to be close to Miss Du?" Look at Miss Du, who is about the same age as you, if you can have a quiet look in someone's house, your mother and I will be Amitabha! ”

Zhong Xi grinned and said, "So, my daughter is going to get close to Sister Feiyu, and I can learn how many layers of my sister will come back, so that my mother can recite your Amitabha!" After speaking, he pulled Yi'er with one hand and Yun Yao with the other and ran outside.

Wen Shi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "What are you going to do?" ”

Zhong Xi didn't look back, and said loudly: "It's stuffy in this house, let's go out rowing and play!" ”

Wen shook his head helplessly, and Li said: "Let them go, there are maids following, and they won't be able to make trouble." ”

There is also a lake in the summer garden of Qiaofu, named Nanhu, the lake is very large, more than twice as big as the Furong Lake of Qingxiang Houfu, a lake island is built in the middle of the lake, mostly piled up with rockery and strange stones, the scenery is beautiful, there is a slight reputation in the whole capital, and there are even good deeds, the ten views of the Beijing division are summarized, and the island in the center of the South Lake is among them.

When the three of them arrived at the Nanhu ferry, there were a lot of young ladies and maids gathered here, obviously waiting for the boat to visit the Nanhu Lake.

Yi'er didn't want to go when she saw a lot of people, but Zhong Xi Yunyao's interest was very high, and she couldn't spoil their interest, so she accompanied the two to wait for the boat.