Chen's house

The girls in this big room have the concubine Chen Lin, the concubine Chen Lan, and the girls in the second room have the concubines Chen Shu and Chen Xian, according to the ranking Chen Lin, Chen Lan and Chen Shu, Chen Xian is the eldest lady, the second miss, the third miss and the fourth miss. It's just that this Chen Lin is the eldest daughter of the Chen Mansion, and her status is much higher than the other three. However, because Chen Lan has been raised in front of the old lady since she was a child, she is more noble than Chen Shu and Chen Xian. However, Chen Shu and Chen Xian are ten years old and nine years old, and they have a better relationship with Chen Lan.

On this day, the sisters were doing needlework here with Chen Lan, and Chen Lan smiled and said, "Sister and sister, have you heard of the embroidery skills of Su embroidery?" ”

Chen Lin shook his head and said: "I've heard of some but I'm not sure, I just said that the Su embroidery is meticulous and the color is elegant, and it is very popular with celebrities in Beijing." Don't we have a few Su embroidery horses, I saw that it was really elegant. It's just that the embroidery skills of Su embroidery are not passed on, so there are fewer things to see. ”

Chen Shu sat next to Chen Lan, looked at the patterns on Chen Lan's hands, and said that it was good-looking. "I see that the embroidery of the second sister is the best among us, although I have never seen the embroidery of the Su embroidery, but I think the embroidery of the second sister is also the best."

Chen Lan stretched out her hand and scratched Chen Shu, and said with a smile: "Third sister, don't talk about me, among our sisters, you are the only one who has the most aura in the painting, especially the landscape painting, it is better for you to draw a picture and come out and my sister will embroider it for you." ”

"Good sister, stop scratching." Chen Shu has been most afraid of itching and begging for mercy again and again, "What the second sister says is what it is, see if I don't draw a big one for you to embroider." ”

"You two, don't make trouble, I don't know what to do now, you said that we ate and played all day, and we didn't have any credit." Chen Lin smacked his sideburns and sighed.

"Big sister, it's up to you to say this, look at my sister, you can't live at home after you get married. When the time comes, I will be with my brother-in-law Qin Se and Ming, can I still not know what to do? Second sister, don't you say? Chen Shu has always been more lively, and when she heard Chen Lin say this, she teased her, which provoked Chen Lin to come over and tickle her.

A few sisters were making trouble, and the old lady in front of her, the big girl Cuckoo, came over and said with a smile: "A few young ladies, the old lady has a very good boudoir sister who is now coming to Beijing, and today I have a post to invite the old lady and a few young ladies to eat and watch the play!" ”

Chen Lin asked a few people with some doubts: "The old lady's sister?" Why haven't you heard of it? ”

Cuckoo replied: "Yes, even the old lady said that she hadn't seen her for decades. I heard that he came to Beijing with his grandson from outside the Guan. I just arrived yesterday, and today I will post to ask the old lady to talk about sisterhood. The old lady was very happy, so I asked the girls to go! ”

Chen Lin understood when he heard this, so he went back to his own yard to change his clothes and followed the old lady.

It turned out that the old lady's maiden sister's maiden name was Liu before she left the cabinet, and she never came back since she married outside the gate. This year, it is rare to return to Beijing with my grandson, and I was a very good friend with the old lady before, and now I will hurriedly go to meet the old sisters after settling down.

The Chen Mansion sent two carriages, the old lady and Chen Lin took one, and the remaining sisters took one.

Su Rili rarely came out, Chen Shu and Chen Xian couldn't sit still, to see the scenery outside, Chen Lan had to beckon the maid half rolled up the curtain, the gust of cold wind with a little cold, Chen Lan said: "You two be careful, don't freeze." ”

It's a colder day, and even if the sun comes out, the sun isn't thick. The horse's hooves were raised, with a little north wind, Chen Lan had always been a little afraid of the cold, so he didn't go to join in the fun. After walking for a while, I could hear the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, "I don't know whose caravan came in front of the second sister, there is a person wearing a red dashina, and he looks extremely dazzling." ”

Chen Shu turned her head and had to pull Chen Lan to take a look, and Chen Lan said, "Have you forgotten all the female virtues you learned in Su Rili?" As he spoke, he asked the maid to close the half-rolled orangutan felt curtain, but he was stunned by Chen Shu and looked out, the horse team looked unusually majestic in the cold wind, the horse's hooves were raised, splashing a little bit of silver flowers, but I didn't think it was snowing?

I don't know how the Buddha beads in my hand slipped down, lined with plain white fingers, just like red plums in the snow, delicate and dazzling. It's just that in the next moment, Chen Lan came back to his senses and rolled up the curtain, covering the scenery outside and isolating the cold wind from the curtain.

"Second sister, what is this doing? But second sister, why haven't I seen you wear this Buddha bead? It's very beautiful to look at. Chen Xian muttered, and the next moment she pulled Chen Lan's wrist and said that she wanted to see it clearly.

Chen Lan was pulled by her like this, and then she came back to her senses, looked at the Buddha beads in her hand, and said lightly: "It's just an ordinary Buddha bead, with a blessing for peace." "I don't want to talk about it deeply.

"What kind of ordinary Buddha beads are they? There is also a strange fragrance smelling, quiet and elegant, strange to smell good. Is the second sister unwilling to tell us, is it still a secret? Chen Shu frowned unsightly, sniffed, and smiled at Chen Lan.

"You, I don't know what it is, it's just a string of Buddhist beads, and the two of you have to ask for clarification, but you brought it with a good one." Chen Lan smiled, and pulled the Buddha bead into his sleeve to prevent Chen Shu and Chen Xian from seeing it. Chen Shu stuck out her tongue, grinned and didn't ask.

Chen Lan touched the place where the Buddha beads were, and stopped talking.

"Big brother, what's wrong with you? What do you look behind? Li Yu felt that the eldest brother was a little abnormal, so he asked out loud.

Li Sheng frowned and said lightly: "It's nothing, let's go." After a while, the people below rode up and whispered a few words in front of Li Sheng, Li Sheng nodded, and the man returned to his original position.

Li Sheng just remembered the marriage talisman that his mother asked for before, and when he thought about it, he loosened his eyebrows. Li Yu looked at Li Sheng for a moment, and thought to himself, could it be that my brother saw the girl in the carriage just now, and fell in love? Tsk, is this the legendary Iron Tree blossoming? When I go back, I have to ask my mother.

The group of horses did not sit still, and went out of the city in a mighty way.

Let's say that when the two old sisters who haven't seen each other for many years saw each other, they were in tears and relatively speechless. Mrs. Liu sighed: "I think when I left, my hair was still full of green silk, and now I am gray-haired." These days are really fast, and now our old sisters are full of children and grandchildren. ”

Mrs. Chen was also a little emotional, holding Mrs. Liu's hand and not letting go, and said with a smile: "Isn't it, since you married outside the Guan, I haven't seen you come back, and I can only communicate every year, and it's been decades." Mrs. Chen also missed her youth a little, "I didn't expect to see you again, and I will be content." As he spoke, his eyes turned red again, and he took a handkerchief to wipe his tears, "Look at me like this, I should be happy." ”

Mrs. Liu smiled and said, "You, this habit of crying still hasn't changed." Look at the jokes you can't make your granddaughters laugh. As he spoke, he looked at Chen Lin who was standing on the side, and said with a smile: "Look at your granddaughters, they are more beautiful than the other." How can it be like me, there are only a few grandchildren, five big and three thick, I should envy you. ”

Chen Lin and Chen Lan hurriedly stepped forward to visit, and Mrs. Liu took Chen Lan and Chen Lin's hands, looked at them carefully, praised them, and pulled Chen Shu and Chen Xian again, and asked what they liked when they were old, and said to Mrs. Chen after asking: "I said that you are an old woman, you are actually a granddaughter of these Peugeot, look at me, I don't know what to praise." On the one hand, someone had already sent a gift for the first meeting, two east pearls per person, two pairs of plum blossom-style purple gold bills, two strings of wrist incense beads, two gold and jade rings, and one fur, and the four of them were busy thanking them.

Mrs. Chen smiled and asked Mrs. Liu, "Are you here alone?" Or did you come with your grandchildren? ”

Mrs. Liu smiled and said, "Where are those people willing to accompany me, an old woman, to play crazy on the grassland!" Now I'm just thinking about you, an old sister, that's why I asked my grandson to bring me here. ”

"I didn't expect your grandson to be in Beijing, and if I had known, I should have had some contacts. It's a pity that my grandchildren are not at home, otherwise I would have brought them for you to see. Speaking of grandchildren, in addition to preferring some Chen Lan and her eldest grandson Chen Gui, Mrs. Chen's favorite is the youngest child in the second room, Chen Qiang, who is only six years old. The old people like to have children and grandchildren full of children and grandchildren, and enjoy the joy of family.

"My grandson also came to Beijing earlier, he didn't like those things at home, that is, he did business in Beijing, and it was not easy to take care of an embroidery village, and now he said that there was business to discuss, and I didn't bother him. It's better to let him visit your house in two days, so that you can get to know those grandchildren who know you. Mrs. Liu smiled and said, "I heard my grandson say that your eldest grandson has become a lifter, and it seems that he can be a capable person." Don't you know that a few grandchildren in the family just don't like to study, they wander on the grassland all day long, and even my granddaughters are taken bad by their brothers! ”

"That's good, you're going to stay in Shangjing for a few days this time? Why don't you come and stay at my house for a few days, and we old sisters can have a good chat. Would you like to come to my house and meet my grandchildren? Listening to Mrs. Liu's words, she knew that her grandson was capable, and Mrs. Chen listened to her praise her eldest grandson, and she was also a little honored, so she proposed like this. She hasn't seen her in all these years, so it's good to have a long talk.

Mrs. Liu thought about it and agreed. affectionately took Mrs. Chen's hand to watch the play and eat wine.

Chen's house

"You said the old lady's sister is here? How come I've never heard of it? Situ asked He Tian's family suspiciously.

"I heard that it was from outside the Guan, it seems that her grandson runs an embroidery village in Shangjing, it seems to be called Linglong Embroidery Village, where the silk thread has always been good, one or two silver rolls. In addition to the jade embroidery village, this is the best in the exquisite embroidery village. He Tian's family replied.

"Oh, that's it. Naturally, I had heard that the owner of the embroidery shop was very powerful, but I didn't expect it to be the grandson of the old lady and sister. "This exquisite embroidery village and the jade embroidery village embroidery is unique, there is often the princes and nobles and even the palace embroidery work, but the owners of these two embroidery villages are extremely mysterious, but look at the power to know that it is not the ordinary people to open the embroidery village, but I did not expect that the owner of this exquisite embroidery village has such a background. Situ said: "What is the origin of this old lady's sister? ”

"I heard that my mother's surname is Liu, and I have been married to Guanwai for decades, and it is said that my husband's family is very powerful, but the others are not very clear." He Tian's family slandered what Situ was thinking in his heart, who would have thought that Situ would regret it in his heart, if the old sister came earlier, let her know that if Lin'er was married to the old lady's old sister's family, it would not be several times stronger than the son of the son of the country who was the priest of wine! This marriage must not be regretted, but she has never had such a daughter who is not. But thinking that she originally wanted to marry Chen Lan to the Situ family, it was a top help. And the trade-off is that you can know that even if you have a powerful position outside the gate, you can't compare to the prime minister of the dynasty! Situ narrowed his eyes, and couldn't think of any good ideas for a while. On the one hand, even if she wanted to do this, the old lady had to agree, not to mention that the old sister's bottom had not been clarified, and she couldn't jump to conclusions. It's just that Situ has one more choice in his heart, "By the way, I remember that our family also has a shop involved in the embroidery business, right?" ”

He Tianjia thought for a while and replied: "Yes, there is a shop that is engaged in the business of silk embroidery. It's just.."

"You go and bring the account books of that shop to me to see, this exquisite embroidery village can't be said to be the first in Beijing, even the second is not bad. In the past, we didn't know, but now we have some relatives, maybe there can be more inputs. Situ had a plan in a blink of an eye, and said.

"I'm going, ma'am." He Tian's family went to the order, thinking that the shop was just a small shop, and the reputation was not very good, no matter how he said it, how could he deal with the exquisite embroidery village. This lady can really say that even if the shop is run by the old lady's old sister and grandson. But where can this kinship be talked about, saying that they are old sisters, but they are not sisters. Besides, if people had become in this situation earlier, they would have come to the house sooner rather than later, how could they wait until today. Also, the income on the account is not very good, except for the Zhuangzi, there are few shops that make money. Hey, although the old lady holds the inner account and doesn't give it to Mrs., but Mrs. has a lot of money to deduct and greedy ink, which makes the account a little stretched. If it weren't for Mrs. Aunt's New Year's gift coming early, maybe this year wouldn't have been very good. But if that's the case, what will happen in the coming year? He Tian's family was a little worried, after all, it was a matter of glory. When I looked up, it was snowing.