Chapter 359: Visiting Mrs. Zhang
"When you broke into Miss Wang's room and reached out to grab her, you should have thought of today's result!" Xiaoman directly shook his leg and kicked Qian Juan away, with a look of disgust: "Get out!" ”
After speaking, Pearl stepped forward to support Xiaoman, and the two of them turned around and left with the small guys.
After walking out of the door, Xiao Man turned around and instructed the guards at the door: "Be sure to take strict care, no one can escape!" ”
"Yes!"
Because they only informed these embroiderers of their imminent fate today, Xiao Man was worried that they would desperately flee or follow Zhao Fen's example, so he specially added more manpower to ensure that they could follow Huali back to Shangjing one by one.
After preparing all this, Xiao Man sat on the soft collapse in the bedroom and breathed a long sigh of relief, looked at the pearl who was pounding his hair behind him, and said helplessly: "Isn't it just to visit Mrs. Zhang?" Why do you have to change your hairstyle and clothes? ”
"Madam, this is etiquette, when you were in Beijing in the past, you had a good relationship with Mrs. Wei, of course you don't have to pay attention to these, but now that you are in Canglan, you are the county lord, of course you should pay attention when you go out to visit." Pearl explained earnestly while rubbing her hair.
Xiao Man was a little helpless, but the craftsmanship of the pearl was very good, and the speed was very fast, so he didn't let Xiao Man wait too long to change to a more dignified bun than before, and then simply inserted gold jewelry, Xiao Man's whole person suddenly became different.
Of course, the hair was changed, and this too simple clothes could no longer be worn, and considering that the weather was a little cold today, Pearl specially took out a thicker water-red cotton robe from the box.
This cotton robe is also from the Manrou Ready-to-Wear Workshop, but Xiaoman dislikes the color too brightly and has not worn it much.
"It doesn't seem like a thing to wear red when you go out, right?" Xiao Man scratched her head, she didn't know much about this, all these years, it was Pearl who had been choosing clothes and jewelry for her.
Pearl explained: "It's okay, Madame is younger than Madame Zhang, it's okay to wear this, and besides, it's not red, Madame doesn't have to worry." ”
As long as they changed their clothes according to Pearl's wishes, and it happened that the carriage was also ready, and the two of them got into the carriage and drove directly to the mansion where Master Zhang lived.
The two families are not far away, and after arriving at Zhang's mansion, Pearl got off the carriage and handed over the prayer post, and the little girl trotted into the mansion.
After a while, Mrs. Zhang and her followers came out to greet her, and Xiao Man in the carriage was a little flattered, so he hurriedly got out of the carriage.
After going up the steps, Xiao Man found that it was not only Mrs. Zhang, her entourage, and the maid who came out to greet her, but also a mother and daughter standing behind her, and the mother looked extremely imaginary with Mrs. Zhang, and was about the same age, about sisters and so on.
"I've seen the county lord."
The crowd saluted, Xiao Man helped Mrs. Zhang weakly, smiled and greeted, Mrs. Zhang introduced the mother and daughter behind Xiao Man, and sure enough, as Xiao Man guessed, she and Mrs. Zhang were biological sisters.
And this young and beautiful girl, of course, is Mrs. Zhang's niece, who is still in the boudoir, and came to her aunt's house with her mother today.
"I've seen the county lord, my name is Zhou Xiaoxiao, just call me Xiaoxiao." The little girl gave Xiao Man a salute, showing a pair of cute little tiger teeth, and introduced herself with a smile.
Zhou Xiaoxiao's appearance is not yet out of the cabinet, but she has a kind of glamour and demeanor that does not belong to this age, and the other party is very cute when she smiles.
Such a beautiful girl, let alone a man, even Xiaoman couldn't help but look at it twice, and spoke softly, for fear of scaring the other party.
The three of them talked and laughed for a while, and then Mrs. Zhang led them into the inner courtyard and went to the flower hall.
Xu is just the three of them were talking here, the teacups and other gadgets had not been confiscated, although Xiaoman was not very old, but her status was there, and she was not good at refusing to make it difficult for Mrs. Zhang, so she had to be in the right position.
The three people in the hall lined up in turn, and after the next person served hot tea, Xiao Man took a sip, feeling a little embarrassed.
I wanted to talk to Mrs. Zhang, so I asked the other party if I wanted to learn embroidery, so I could arrange it as soon as possible, but now that her sister and niece are here, Xiaoman is embarrassed to say it.
Looking at Xiaoman's unnatural appearance, Mrs. Zhang's sister, that is, Mrs. Zhou, took the lead in saying: "I have long heard that the county lord is both beautiful and intelligent, and when I see it today, it is really extraordinary. ”
"Yes, yes, I've heard of the county lord's name for a long time, but I've never been able to see it. Today, I came with my mother to visit my aunt, but I didn't want to meet the county lord by such a coincidence, but it was really fate. Zhou Xiaoxiao also echoed.
Listening to the mother and daughter who spared no effort to praise, Xiaoman became more and more uncomfortable, she smiled a little stiffly, said a few words modestly, and did not speak again.
The atmosphere in the room cooled down for a while, and Mrs. Zhang hurriedly said when she saw this: "By the way, county lord, didn't you say last time that you wanted to teach me embroidery?" Is this what you're here for? ”
Hearing that the other party took the initiative to mention this, Xiao Man couldn't help but show joy on his face, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, I just want to ask Mrs. Zhang today, when do you have time, and I can make time as soon as possible." ”
"County Lord," Mrs. Zhang stood up suddenly, and said with some apologies: "I am indeed very interested in Donglan's embroidery, but I still have a lot of things to do now, and I may not be able to find you during this time." ”
Speaking of this, Mrs. Zhou on the side also got up, "Speaking of which, it's all my fault, if it weren't for me getting rid of my sister to help Xiaoxiao find a suitable husband, my sister wouldn't have turned down the county lord's invitation." ”
As she spoke, Mrs. Zhou took a few steps forward, saluted Xiao Man, and explained with a slight bow: "County Lord, my sister didn't mean to refuse the County Lord, she was really busy and couldn't get out, so she could only ...... We also hope that you will be considerate. ”
Speaking of which, isn't Mrs. Zhang Zhou Xiaoxiao's aunt? How to choose a son-in-law, this kind of thing has to let her help solve it, Zhou Xiaoxiao is so good-looking, it stands to reason that there should be no shortage of people who like it.
Looking at the clothes of Mrs. Zhou and Zhou Xiaoxiao this time, it can also be inferred that the Zhou family should be a big family, at least they don't want to go up and down with Zhangfu, such a girl with family background and appearance still has to worry about marriage? So much so that you have to labor your aunt?
Xiao Man frowned, even though she was puzzled, but it was not suitable to ask directly, so she specially considered it in her heart and changed it to a more tactful statement: "Xiaoxiao is so beautiful, probably she can't pick it, right?" It's okay to let Mrs. Zhang help take a look, of course I won't say anything. ”
After speaking, Xiao Man looked at the faces of everyone in the hall, trying to see something from it.
But before she could see the reason, Mrs. Zhou covered her lips and smiled, "County Lord, you are laughing, Xiaoxiao is not a middle-aged person, how did it come to the point of random selection?" Don't be too appreciative of the county lord, otherwise Xiaoxiao will believe it. ”
Xiao Man smiled slightly and didn't say anything.
She thought to herself: If Mrs. Zhang doesn't come to study, then she won't lose anything, but she just feels a little lost, after all, she finally found someone who can speak in Bei'an City.
Thinking of this, Xiao Man wanted to get up and say goodbye, who would have thought that Mrs. Zhang in the hall spoke again.
"The county lord really thinks too highly of Xiaoxiao, if you are not afraid of your jokes, if it weren't for Xiaoxiao's age and no one came to the door to propose, her mother would not have come to trouble me." Compared with Mrs. Zhou, Mrs. Zhang was much more sincere, and directly said her real difficulties.
Hearing this, Xiao Man couldn't help but sit down again and frowned, "Mrs. Zhang, aren't you joking?" Xiaoxiao is so beautiful, is there anyone who can't look down on her? Could it be that the good men in Bei'an City are blind? ”
To put it mildly, if Xiaoman was a man, he would want to marry a woman like Zhou Xiaoxiao.
Hearing this, Zhou Xiaoxiao covered her lips and smiled, her cheeks flushed slightly, "What the county lord said is too serious, I am already a good person, this girl from such a good family in Bei'an City is more beautiful and gentle than me, and her family background is much better, and it is normal for others to look down on me." ”
Xiaoman has been in Bei'an City for a while, although she has been running around and working weekdays, she has still seen a lot of girls, but in comparison, Zhou Xiaoxiao is definitely the best-looking, cutest, and most comfortable girl she has ever seen.
Such a girl has to say that she is a middle-aged person, Xiaoman really can't understand the aesthetics of Bei'an City more and more, is the aesthetics of Canglan and Donglan really so bad?
Just when Xiaoman began to doubt herself, Mrs. Zhou said with a smile: "County Lord, you are well-informed, and you have a lot of contact with people on weekdays, if there is a suitable one, please help Xiaoxiao pay attention to it, after all, she is not young." ”
Xiao Man was about to nod his head in agreement, but he didn't want Mrs. Zhang to interject and lead the topic to the other side: "County Lord, I'm really guilty for bothering you to run today, I should have sent someone to tell you earlier." ”
"Mrs. Zhang is polite." Xiao Man smiled slightly, and said: "I chatted with you for a while last time, I feel that I am very close to you, and I came to visit today, even if you don't have time to come to the county lord's mansion to learn embroidery in the future, we can still come and go, you must not worry about these little things." ”
"The county lord is magnanimous." Mrs. Zhang saluted and then sat down.
Seeing that there was nothing to do with him, Xiao Man got up with interest, "Since Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Zhou still have something to discuss, then I'll go first." ”
The group sent Xiaoman away, and saw the carriage disappear around the corner, and Mrs. Zhou, who was standing at her husband's door, sighed suddenly, "Okay, sister, what are you doing driving the county lord away?" ”
She also wanted the county lord to pay attention to a suitable man for Zhou Xiaoxiao, but fortunately, before the county lord could speak, he was intercepted by his sister, causing the county lord to fail to agree in person.