On the second day, the rain was dripping.

The maid of Cixuan Hall, Lu Qiao, came to invite, saying that a relative had come to visit, and asked Shen Qiutan to change her clothes and go to meet the guest.

Hongdou held up an umbrella, Bai Zhi took a light moon-white cloak and put it on Shen Qiutan, Shen Qiutan thought while walking, at this time, could it be that Wang's mother's family has entered Beijing? Also, Lao Yang's grounding is indefinite, and now that the grounding has been lifted?

When she got closer, there was laughter in Cixuan Hall, and Lao Yang's hearty laughter was particularly loud, and it seemed that she was in a good mood.

Shen Qiutan just stood at the door a little, and saw two girls waiting for Shen Qiumei's appointment, Shen Qiutan looked at it from a distance, and only felt that this fifth sister had become more and more shy and charming recently.

This month's nineteenth is Shen Qiumei's fifteenth birthday, and it is also her big day, and a fifteen-year-old woman who has reached the age of fifteen in Daning can be allowed to get married.

"Ninth sister, why haven't you gone in yet?"

Shen Qiutan smiled: "It looks like a fifth sister, so I'll wait here." "Anyway, I don't have anyone I want to see when I go in.

Shen Qiumei took Shen Qiutan's hand, and the two of them carried an umbrella together and walked into Cixuan Hall together.

"Come on, Wu Niang, Jiu Niang, come and meet your two aunts and grandmothers!" Old Yang greeted warmly, and he didn't change his face when he saw Shen Qiutan, as if all the previous interactions with Shen Qiutan were just illusions, so you can imagine how happy he was in his heart.

Shen Qiutan and Shen Qiumei saw that there were two old ladies beside the old Yang family, who were much older than the old Yang family, one was wearing a purple skirt and a jade bracelet with a sparkling water on his hand, and his wrist was much brighter; One was wearing an amber dress, with the same thin eyebrows and long eyes as Lao Yang, but he looked more than ten years older than Lao Yang.

"Meet the two aunts and grandmothers!"

"Hurry up, hurry up!"

The old woman in the purple skirt hurriedly told the two of them to get up, and praised them: "It's still my sister who can train people, you granddaughters, you are really a Lingxiu who competes one by one!" ”

"The second sister praised, the children and grandchildren are all debts, and my little demon stars can stop a little when it rains, this is still big, it turns out that I can't wait to roll in the mud when it rains!" Old Yang said modestly.

It turned out that this was the eldest sister of the old Yang family, who married to the Xie family in Xuancheng when she was far away, but she didn't think that people would reach old age, her husband died, and she followed her children and grandchildren back to the capital. And the other one wearing amber clothes is the second sister of the old Yang family, who was also married to the Gyeonggi Xu family back then, and she was fine in the past, and she often walked around with the old Yang family.

There were also two young girls sitting beside them, one named Xie Chunfang and the other named Xie Chunfei, and they had a fight with Shen Qiutan; This is not counting, after the meeting, I have to thank the elders for the meeting gift; After this pass, plus Shen Qiutong and Shen Qiujian, and the maids and daughters who serve these old ladies and girls, a Cixuantang is about to be unable to fit it.

Xu is sisters reunited, and the grounding was lifted, the old Yang family was in a particularly comfortable mood, and when he saw a room of people crowded next to each other, he smiled and said: "Wu Niang, Liu Niang, you two are the oldest, take your sisters out to relax quickly, don't get bored here." ”

Shen Qiumei and Shen Qiutong agreed.

But where can you go on this rainy day?

Shen Qiumei is a concubine, and now she is crowded with her aunt, and the place where she lives is not as good as the courtyard of Qingfeng Garden, but Lao Yang named her, she can't take her sisters out in the rain anymore, but where can she go?

"Fifth sister, my eldest brother got out of school a few days ago and brought me back two pots of lotus, this morning, it seems to be about to open, why don't you go to my place to have a cup of tea first, and also take a look at that bowl of lotus?" Seeing the entanglement on Shen Qiumei's face, Shen Qiutong could easily guess the worry in her heart.

Shen Qiumei said gratefully: "In this way, I will disturb my sister." ”

Shen Qiutong affectionately took Xie Chunfang's hand and said to Shen Qiumei: "My sister, what's polite." ”

So, Shen Qiumei carefully supported Shen Qiujian, Shen Qiutong pulled Xie Chunfang, Shen Qiutan and Xie Chunfei fell last, and several people were surrounded by maids and walked towards Yunxiu Pavilion behind Jinchun Hall.

Shen Qiumei didn't dare to go fast, others didn't know, but their own family knew that Shen Qiujin's legs looked normal now, but if it was a little faster, it would be high and low, making people see that she was a cripple.

At the beginning, several girls, including Shen Qiumei, despised being with Shen Qiujin and Shen Qiuqi, but Shen Qiujin's personality changed greatly, and the original arrogance was suddenly reined in, coupled with her increasingly thin posture and well-behaved and supple appearance, it would only make people feel pitiful.

"Sister, this dress is really beautiful, is it a fashionable style in Beijing? This material is also good, but is it a point more expensive than Shu brocade? Among these people, Shen Qiumei, who is about to turn fifteen, is the largest; Shen Qiutong and Xie Chunfang are generally old, both fourteen years old; And Shen Qiujin and Xie Chunfei are the same age, and they will be fourteen years old; Shen Qiutan, who is only eleven years old, is the youngest, but the best-dressed.

"This ...... Maybe. Shen Qiutan only felt that this material was the most inconspicuous light apricot color, and Mrs. Tang gave the most, so she asked Bai Zhi to cut the clothes, but I didn't expect that there would be this source.

Xie Chunfei saw that she didn't want to say more, but felt that the Shen family was extremely rich.

The Xie family relied on farming to study the heirloom, and went to his grandfather to start doing business, but it seemed that he had not found the right way for many years, and then his grandfather went, and his father thought of bringing his grandmother and his family to the capital to find business opportunities. None of them had heard the Shen family's comments in Beijing, and even if they did, they wouldn't care.

No matter how poor the Shen family is, it is also an official eunuch family, they are just small merchants, and no matter how bad their reputation is, they are also high in the Xie family.

The oil-paper umbrellas were next to each other, and the rain soaked the girls' embroidered shoes, but they also arrived at Yunxiu Pavilion.

Shen Qiutan's eldest maid brushed the winter and welcomed the spring together, waiting for the girls to take off their cloaks, collect the oil-paper umbrellas, and pour hot tea from Lixia and Autumn.

A few people drank hot water, and then they felt warmer.

"These are the two pots of lotus! It's really good to raise! Xie Chunfei was more lively than her sister, and she had already gone to the two pots of lotus by herself.

Shen Qiutong smiled and nodded.

I saw that in the celadon round bowl with a height of one foot and two feet wide, a small lotus leaf stretched out, and the lotus leaves were clustered with three or five crimson pink buds, which were small, delicate and lovely.

"Big cousin is so nice! Don't forget to find this flower for Sister Tong! Xie Chunfei exclaimed.