Chapter 2: The Feast of Catching the Wind and Washing the Dust (I)

However, it was said that in front of the Chengfu Mansion, all kinds of BMW incense cars stopped, and the old men and young masters with different temperaments and ages, and the ladies and ladies who were dressed noblely, were notified by the roll call of the master of ceremonies in front of the door, and the steward's arrangement was introduced by the maid and the maid, and they went to the front and back yards in a soft sedan car.

When the people from the Xiao family entered the door, they saw a fourteen or fifteen-year-old Xuanqing robe boy who got out of the car first.

The young man didn't seem to be used to such a gaze, frowned, and helped down an old lady with gray hair from the carriage, handed it to the big maid next to him, and said, "Grandmother is old, you should pay more attention to the side."

The old lady grabbed the young man's hand, "Brother Heng'er will go to the backyard with me, it's the first time you have participated in such a banquet, and my grandmother is not at ease." ”

The master of ceremonies in front of the door has already received the maid's post, and loudly reported the arrival of the old lady and the second son of Xuanzhou Xiaofu.

Xiao Hengwei knew that his grandmother was awkward, so he had to say to the little servant who led the way to Cheng Fu: "I'll go and ask Mrs. Cheng to say goodbye first and then go back to the front yard, please let people pass it on."

It stands to reason that this is not in accordance with the rules, but the person in front of him is a distinguished guest of the Cheng family, and he can't be offended, so the little guy has to go to the inner courtyard to spread the word.

The old Fengjun of the Cheng family has been gone for more than 20 years, and most of the sons and daughters-in-law are in the capital.

Listening to the mother-in-law on the second door, Mrs. Cheng was slightly surprised, so she made arrangements without hurry, and personally went to the second door to greet her.

When I got to the second gate, I saw the two grandparents and grandchildren coming over in a soft sedan chair, and this was the first time Mrs. Cheng had seen the Xiao family.

"Old Madam Xiao, it's been hard all the way, please come in quickly," Mrs. Cheng hurriedly greeted her, and a maid behind her stepped forward to help, "You are here, please bear with me if you don't take care of the place." ”

Mrs. Xiao got out of the soft sedan chair, took the young man's hand with one hand, and then said to Mrs. Cheng: "It's too polite, the old body is just here to join in the fun, so you don't need to be so polite."

Xiao Hengwei just saw a group of women here on the soft sedan chair, one of them was wearing a light green full-breasted skirt, covered with a woman with light pink half-arms wrapped in flower branches, the momentum was extraordinary, at this time, he saw that the woman's eyebrows were clear, her breasts were half exposed, and her skin was delicate.

After Mrs. Cheng and Mrs. Xiao greeted each other, she personally led people into the second gate, walked through the verandah, and went to the living room in the backyard.

Entering the living room, some people who knew Mrs. Xiao stepped forward to greet them, and it was lively again, so they sat down.

Mrs. Xiao has been honored all her life, and she is also a first-class person, and she is also the grandmother level of Mrs. Cheng according to her age, so she sits at the top.

It's just that after Mrs. Xiao came in, several unmarried female relatives and female guests of the Cheng family here avoided hiding in the side room next to them - this is the inner courtyard, and all male guests over the age of ten should have a banquet in the outer courtyard.

Mrs. Xiao naturally saw the difference, laughed once, lovingly took the young man's hand, and introduced to the people present: "This is my grandson, born deficient since childhood, my wife holds it in her hand and mouth, I am afraid that there is a good one, he has never left me since he was a child, I am a little uneasy, so I brought him in, and when I see the ladies, let him go out to play."

Xiao Hengwei immediately greeted Mrs. Cheng, and then stood behind Mrs. Xiao again.

The women present were all shocked when they heard the words, they sat still if they were qualitative, and they looked left and right at almost qualitatively, and some women whispered.

"It seems that which rumors are true, the discord between the Xiao family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has reached the point of tension, and the old lady even took away her son, so it can be seen that Mrs. Xiao is not as cruel and jealous as the rumors."

"That's not necessarily, maybe Lord Xiao is filial and sent his son to accompany the old mother, Mrs. Xiao is sixty now, right?"

"But no, I heard that the second young master Xiao followed Mrs. Xiao to Xuanzhou just after the end of the week, so it can be seen that the rumors are not necessarily true."

"Then you don't know, I heard from the nobles in the capital, the mother of the Xiao family is ruthless, and she can kill her son with her own hands for the sake of status, so this thing is the one who sent her son here in order to please someone."

The person who was there and someone understood it, but this statement was a bit out of line, and the main owner of the person was here, how could he say these unobtrusive words, it was really heartless, so as soon as the words came out, no one was answering around.

Mrs. Cheng also heard the discussion below, but she could only pretend not to hear it, "The old lady has a spring of grass, we have to envy it." "Let the maid make tea again, "This is the Longjing before the Ming Dynasty, I heard that the old lady likes this lotus heart, there is just a little bit in the house, the old lady can taste it." ”

The old lady nodded with a smile, lowered her head and tasted it, praised the good tea, and then said, "Brother Heng, if you see all the ladies, go to the front yard."

Xiao Hengwei obediently walked to the middle of the hall, saluted the ladies around him, and then strode out.

Old Madam Xiao retracted her gaze and said to Mrs. Cheng: "Madame, go and get busy, you don't need to accompany me, I feel a few years younger when I watch you talk and chat."

Today's feast, although there were only a few close relatives and friends and a few prominent figures in Xuanzhou, they were also very busy, Mrs. Cheng was not talking, and asked the maid to wait, so she went to the kitchen to look at the menu.

As soon as the tea was done, a little maid came to report, saying that she had set up a stage in Baoxia and invited all the ladies and ladies to go to the play, so a group of people Hulala moved to Baoxia.

In front of Cheng's house, the last group of guests were being received, the master of ceremonies was singing, the maids were performing their duties, and the steward was secretly taking a breath, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw an old monk in a robe, standing under the weeping willows not far away, looking at this side.

The Cheng family was originally a family of benevolence, and the minions under them were also raised to be kind and charitable, especially on a day like today, it was even more generous. The steward walked in front of the monk in a familiar way, and he found that the monk had a pair of bright eyes.

"The master is polite, there is a banquet in the house today and it is inconvenient to invite the master in, here is a little meaning of my master, it is sesame oil money." The steward handed over a plain purse.

The master was indifferent, a pair of deep eyes moved from the black and gold plaque of Chengfu to the face of the steward, twisted his beard with one hand, smiled, and walked away, and then the chanting words floated in: The reincarnation of the world, the marriage party, everything has a certain number, and it cannot be said.

"This monk." The steward muttered, took the money, and saw a small group coming to look for someone, so he left the matter alone.

Chengfu's hugging summer is similar to other big households, built on the lakeside, the summer breeze is breezy, cool as promised, and accompanied by a faint fragrance of the lily.

Mrs. Xiao was not worried about her grandson, so she sent someone to visit her, and then ordered a song "Wu Pen" under the persuasion of everyone, which tells the story of Liu Shichang, a satin merchant in Nanyang, who was killed overnight, and the ghost asked someone to redress her grievances.

Since Mrs. Xiao came to Xuanzhou Mansion, she rarely went out, and there were almost no wives who were familiar with her, so as soon as she didn't finish watching the play, the old lady began to nap, and she didn't know what to do.

The whispering made the old lady sober up, and apologized with a smile: "People are useless when they are old, and they can still take a nap when they watch the play!"

Immediately, someone laughed and said: "The old lady is worrying about it, we people can't even think of it, and besides, the old lady doesn't look old at all!" Laughing, someone ordered tracks such as "Red Lady" and "The Legend of the White Snake".

Mrs. Cheng listened to the report, so she came over and invited everyone to sit at the table, while asking people to change the tea and soup for Mrs. Xiao, before walking to the porch, she saw a steward in the outer courtyard and the mother-in-law on the second door talking, and then the mother-in-law came over to this side.

Because there were too many guests in the house today, the two went to the ear room next to them to talk.