Chapter 13 Exchanges of Courtesy
After realizing this, Gu Zheng couldn't help but smile gratefully at Mrs. Tai, who saw her chin slightly, and signaled with her eyes that Gu Zheng didn't have to be too nervous and restrained.
After the gift was ready, the six girls and a young master from Cen Mansion walked to Gu Liniang's side in order according to the ranking, and respectfully kowtowed to Gu Liniang's aunt. Although Gu Liniang felt a little uncomfortable, she didn't make any mistakes under Zisu's reminder, but when she gave a meeting gift, Gu Liniang's face always flashed with a painful look, and she seemed to want to carry all the treasures on the tray into her arms.
After the girls saw Gu Liniang, the eldest Cen Yuanniang took the lead in front of Gu Zheng, gently took Gu Zheng's hand, and said softly: "Sister Gu, I am the oldest among the sisters, you can call me 'big sister' like all sisters in the future." ”
Cen Yuanniang said and handed Gu Zheng a colorful purse embroidered with a cat fluttering butterflies and very delicate workmanship, which was a gift to Gu Zheng for the first time.
This Cen Yuanniang has always spoken softly and softly, and her attitude is also kind, which makes Gu Zheng feel very cordial, as if she is gossiping with the big sister next door.
Therefore, although Gu Zheng saw Cen Yuanniang for the first time, he did not reject her at all, and immediately happily called her "big sister", and picked a pair of golden silk lantern earrings from the tray and gave them back to Cen Yuanniang: "Big sister also knows that I am borrowing flowers to offer Buddha and taking my grandmother's things to do favors, I hope my sister will not be surprised and disgusted." ”
"Grandmother's things are too late for my baby, how can I dislike them? Today, I also borrowed my sister's light, and my sister and I had the opportunity to get my grandmother's baby. Cen Yuanniang said and smiled at Gu Zheng gently, then carefully took the pair of earrings and solemnly instructed the little maid to put them away.
Mrs. Tai, who was reclining on the Luohan bed, happened to listen to her words, so she smiled and said: "Since Yuan Niang said that she took advantage of me, then this advantage can't be taken away by you in vain, and you can take your cousin to recognize a few other girls......"
Cen Yuanniang curtled her knees and said "yes", and then took on the responsibility of the eldest sister, and led Gu Zheng to a little girl who wore a light green silver embroidered bamboo grass pattern and a lake blue flower skirt, and held a book and sat on the embroidery pier, and introduced: "Sister Gu, this is your second sister, your second sister is the most fond of reading and the most knowledgeable among our sisters, if you don't understand anything in the future, you can ask her for advice." ”
Gu Zheng knew that this Cen Erniang was Mrs. Luo's biological daughter, so as soon as Cen Yuanniang finished introducing her, she politely stepped forward to greet Cen Erniang: "Second sister, please take care of it in the future." ”
Unexpectedly, Cen Erniang's concubine was much more arrogant than Cen Yuanniang's concubine, I saw that she first glanced at Gu Zheng with an arrogant and unreasonable face, and then didn't even bother to say a polite word to Gu Zheng, she just took an ivory horn pen holder from the maid's hand and threw it into Gu Zheng's hand, which was considered to be a coping matter.
Cen Yuanniang was afraid that Gu Zheng would feel embarrassed, so she stretched out her hand and pointed to the tray held by the tortoiseshell, and thoughtfully suggested: "I look at this pair of cloisonné inlaid green agate earrings, which match the clothes worn by the second sister today, why don't you give this pair of earrings back to the second sister Gu sister?" ”
Gu Zheng knew that Cen Yuanniang was kind enough to relieve herself, so naturally she would not take away her kindness, so she took the pair of cloisonné inlaid green agate earrings and generously sent them to Cen Erniang.
It's just that although Gu Zheng accepted Cen Yuanniang's proposal, when he spoke again, his tone was a little more understated, not as polite as before: "Coincidentally, this pair of cloisonné inlaid green agate earrings is the least favorite of these things, and now I use it to give it back to the second sister and send it to the person who is suitable for it, but it is not a waste of this pair of earrings." ”
Although Gu Zheng's words seem to be decent and good, smart people can immediately hear the counterattack contained in these few words——— If you Cen Erniang don't take me in your eyes, then I naturally won't take you to heart, I don't like these earrings and I don't want to give them to you, but I didn't give them to you to please you!"
Cen Yuanniang didn't seem to expect that Gu Zheng, who had always been smiling, would put on such an attitude in the face of Cen Erniang's contempt, and was stunned for a while, not knowing how to answer; However, after listening to Gu Zheng's words that were neither arrogant nor humble, and not to be outdone, Cen Erniang unexpectedly took her eyes off the page and glanced at Gu Zheng meaningfully.
In fact, the pair of cloisonne inlaid green agate earrings are just an ordinary piece of jewelry in Cen Erniang's eyes, which is not enough for her to treat her differently. But Cen Erniang couldn't say that Mrs. Tai's things were bad, so although she didn't bother to reach out to take the pair of cloisonné inlaid green agate earrings, she motioned to the maid next to her to take it with her eyes, and then looked down at the book without looking at Gu Zheng much.
Gu Zheng didn't say much after putting her attitude out, she only quietly remembered Cen Erniang's attitude towards her, and decided to have less contact with Cen Erniang in the future, so as not to be bored——— she can be polite and polite to others, but she will never grovel and rush to please others.
At this time, Cen Yuanniang also came back to her senses, and hurriedly led Gu Zheng to meet the twin sisters Cen Sanniang and Cen Siniang, who were also born by Mrs. Luo, and were only two years younger than Cen Erniang.
Because they are also the daughters of the Cen family and rare twins, the attitude of the twins is even more arrogant than Cen Erniang——— Cen Sanniang looked Gu Zheng up and down with her eyes, but after looking at it, there was obvious contempt and contempt on her face, and her attitude was also very arrogant when she exchanged gifts with Gu Zheng, and even she was very domineering, without waiting for Gu Zheng to pick out the gifts that were given back to her, she chose a pair of golden silk beauties from the tray to cover her ears, and snatched the things without asking Gu Zheng.
Cen Siniang, who was exactly the same as Cen Sanniang, also looked down on Gu Zheng very much, Gu Zheng greeted her politely, but she didn't even look at Gu Zheng, she only cared about whispering with the maid behind her, and when she exchanged gifts with each other, it was also done by the maid for her, and it seemed that Gu Zheng was deliberately treated as air from beginning to end...... It wasn't until Gu Zheng turned around to confess to Cen Wuniang that Cen Siniang looked at Gu Zheng with a few squinted eyes quietly.
When I met Gu Zheng for the first time, it was not good to have any big conflicts with several girls of the Cen family, so when people were enthusiastic about her, she would also respond enthusiastically, and if people were not enthusiastic about her, she also regarded them as air and treated each other with the same attitude, and did not take everyone's attitude to heart——— for Gu Zheng, she only needed to care about the attitude of Mrs. Tai, the big boss.
Let's not mention how arrogant the attitude of the three concubines of the Cen family is, but it is said that the fifth-ranked Cen Wuniang is from Aunt Zhao, perhaps because she is a concubine, her temperament is much better than that of Cen Erniang and the twins......
I saw that Cen Wuniang took the initiative to step forward when she saw Gu Zheng coming, held Gu Zheng's arm affectionately, and said good things for the three sisters in a well-behaved and sensible manner: "Sister Gu, don't bother the three sisters in front of you, they are actually cold-hearted and warm-hearted people who treat people very well, and my sister will know after getting along with them for a long time." ”
After Cen Wuniang finished saying good things for the three sisters in front of her, she smiled softly at Gu Zheng and introduced herself: "I am the fifth among the sisters, I am a few months older than Sister Gu, and my sister can call me 'Fifth Sister', or she can directly call me by my nickname 'Auntie'." ”
The second word of the name of the children of the Cen family is fixed with the word "Qi", and the last word of the woman is from the side of the word "female", so the full name of this Cen Wuniang is "Cen Qirao", and her close peers and girlfriends will affectionately call her "Auntie" on weekdays.
This Cen Wuniang is just meeting Gu Zheng for the first time today, so she took the initiative to inform her nickname and hinted that Gu Zheng could call her nickname affectionately, and the intention of showing favor was obvious...... And since Cen Wuniang took the initiative to show favor to Gu Zheng, how could Gu Zheng, who had just arrived, refuse?
Judging from the current situation, Gu Zheng will live in Cen Mansion for a long time in the future, and if he doesn't get along with all the girls in Cen Mansion, it will be a little bad.
Therefore, as soon as Gu Zheng heard Cen Wuniang's words, he immediately replied kindly: "That's good, anyway, we are the same age, but the difference in months is just a few months, so I will call you Auntie in the future...... By the way, you can call me 'Ah Zheng' or you can call me 'Wanwan'. ”
This "bend" is the nickname that Mrs. Tai personally gave Gu Zheng, and the words are stacked together to call and listen more intimately, so Cen Wuniang immediately called Gu Zheng affectionately, "Bend", and very generously sent a golden jade fish hairpin to Gu Zheng, and Gu Zheng gave her a pair of gold box gem buckles in return.
After the two exchanged gifts, Cen Wuniang asked with a concerned face, and after asking, she also invited Gu Zheng to play with her in Xiaoxiang Garden, where she lived, and the two were like good sisters at first sight and had endless words......
And when Cen Wuniang showed favor to Gu Zheng, Cen Sanniang and Cen Siniang on the side snorted coldly with disdain, obviously feeling very disdainful of Cen Wuniang's behavior. However, Cen Erniang has been engrossed in looking down at the book, without any statement, and seems to not care about the trivial things happening around her at all.
After seeing Cen Wuniang, Cen Wuniang was very enthusiastic to replace Cen Yuanniang, pointing to the very petite little girl sitting next to her and introduced: "She is the last sister in line among our sisters, and she is smaller than the squirrel I raised on weekdays, and she hides in her aunt's house every day and refuses to come out for a single step, not to mention often playing with us!" You can call her 'Sixth Sister' or 'Awan'. ”