Chapter 389: A Little Banquet by the Lake
After Huiya returned to Zhao's mansion, after only three days, she sent someone to send some things to Cui'er.
Cui'er opened the bag to see, only to see a stack of flower notes inside, the color and appearance of the flower notes are different, but each one is very delicate, which makes Cui'er feel that she can't put it down.
What's more interesting is that this flower note Huiya has made two kinds of fragrance and non-fragrance, compared to the fragrance of the one, Cui'er prefers the one without fragrance, because if you put it with tea, the fragrance will be more messy.
With this flower note, coupled with Cui'er's flower tea, and specially prepared snacks, it is very good to entertain some sisters or friends.
Cui'er immediately decided to hold a small banquet in the name of flower appreciation, and when she opened her house that day, she promised Mrs. Wenxiu and asked Mrs. Wenxiu to come to the house to give her a taste of the rest of the flower tea. I also came to take the opportunity to find out if I could participate in the selection of imperial businessmen in the name of the Dingguo Mansion, and take advantage of the momentum of the Dingguo Mansion.
Because Cui'er didn't feast on a big scale, she just invited Mrs. Wenxiu, Mrs. Hu and Mrs. Qu, plus the young lady in their house, there was nothing special about this time. wrote a post and sent it to several people's homes, made an appointment, and received their replies agreeing to come, and it was done.
This little banquet was about three days later, and Cui'er began to look around at home for the past two days to see where the place for this banquet was better.
Cui'er hugged the babbling Lantern Festival. The maid-in-law led the soft and small bag, and the family slowly walked through the hall of the main courtyard and walked towards the back garden. The sun shines just right in early summer. The trees on both sides of the hall are stretching their tender green leaves, and there are many flowers in bloom, a fresh and pleasant atmosphere.
"Mother, butterfly!" Soft is an anxious child, and she has long been impatient to follow behind Cui'er, running around on her short legs, when a tender yellow butterfly flew from a distance. Let the soft eyes widen in surprise.
"Oh, it's a vegetable butterfly!" Cui'er saw the little yellowish butterfly. He smiled and said, "Look, it still has black edges on its wings, is it pretty?" ”
"Beautiful!" Soft and small packet two. Clapping his little hands and cheering, he ran after the butterfly, jumping up as he ran, as if trying to catch the butterfly. The round little body with a naughty appearance makes Cui'er look like a butterfly kitten.
"You two be careful, don't hurt yourself." Cui'er watched the maids and daughters-in-law follow closely behind the children, and relaxed slightly, but she couldn't help but instruct herself, and she also walked forward with them with the Lantern Festival.
Unknowingly. I walked to the small lake in the back garden. Now the peach blossoms on the other side of the lake have long been gone, leaving a large green leaf, and the jasmine, yueji, and hibiscus in the flower garden are gone. But it bloomed brilliantly.
Tingting's lotus leaves show a small tip, although it is not fully stretched, but it has a unique charm. With a cool breeze blowing on the lake, Cui'er actually felt that this lake was a very good place to hold a banquet.
"It would be nice if the place for this banquet was by the lake." Cui'er muttered as she looked around at the small lake in her house. The water of the lake is clear and turquoise. There are lotus and stones in the lake, and there are flowers and trees by the lake. There is also a small pavilion, although the scenery is not excellent, but it is also a bit wild in it.
"What Madame said is that the scenery on this lake is very beautiful, and it makes people happy to look at it, if you have a banquet here, not to mention it, Miss Huiya and Miss Yuehua will definitely be happy." Xiangmo stayed by Cui'er's side and said with a smile on her face.
"That's what I thought too." Cui'er turned her head to look at Xiangmo, seeing that her face was pink and tender, more rounded than before, and said with a smile, "You are also pregnant now, just let them do the things at home, you can rest more, the first three months are the critical time, don't be careless." ”
"Ma'am, I'm fine." As Xiang Mo spoke, her face gradually flushed, showing that she was very happy about her pregnancy.
"You have to pay more attention to everything, I didn't treat you as a girl before, you, take good care of your body." Cui'er smiled and pulled Xiangmo to sit in the pavilion, looking at the scenery while talking to Xiangmo about intimate words, this time passed very quickly.
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Three days later, Mrs. Wen Xiu, who received the invitation, took her eldest daughter Yueshu, her second daughter Yuexian, as well as Yuehua and Chenguang, and arrived at Lianfu early. Cui'er also invited Mrs. Hu and Mrs. Qu, and both ladies also brought their daughters and young sons with them.
Because they were not outsiders, after Cui'er greeted the ladies and ladies of each family at the second gate, she did not politely let them go to the house to drink tea, and dragged them to her own garden.
"I've long heard that the garden in this Lian Mansion is beautiful, but unfortunately I haven't had the opportunity to visit it before, and today with Mrs. Yang's face, we have to take a good turn, Sister Danzhu, don't you say?" Mrs. Hu looked at the garden with a smile, only felt that it was much more beautiful than her own home, and had the heart to flatter Cui'er as the master, so she said to Mrs. Qu half jokingly and half seriously.
"That's nature, I think the flowers in this garden are blooming so well, even if Sister Fengmei doesn't say it, I have to stay here for a good day!" Mrs. Qu replied with a smile, and the dimples on her face smiled obviously.
"You two monkeys, don't scare the kids." Mrs. Wen Xiu looked at the girls who followed them, none of them knew what to say, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Today, Cui'er is the host, and you have to listen to her for any rules!" ”
"Where do you dare to mention any rules, we sisters are kind, and we are here to have fun today!" Cui'er was not annoyed when she looked at them jokingly.
Cui'er picked a palm-sized double-petaled pink hibiscus from a tree next to her, pinched it in her hand and looked at it. Turning his head, he put it on the head of Yueshu, who was closest to him, "Look at the moving blooming of this flower, but it is not as delicate as our Yueshu Yuexian." Mrs. Wenxiu is so blessed! ”
"Aunt Cui......" Yueshu was teased by Cui'er, a little blush appeared on her white face, and the fresh hibiscus flowers set off the pink little face, which looked more and more moving.
"Look, look, I'm shy......" Cui'er looked at Yueshu like this, knowing that she was relieved a lot about what happened to Merlin at the beginning. Or maybe you are more at ease with your own family, so that you can show the delicate state of your little daughter at the flower viewing banquet. I felt a little comforted in my heart.
"Aunt Cui, don't make fun of Sister Yueshu, let's hurry up and give us a taste of your newly made flower tea, after drinking it last time. I've been thinking about it all the time! Huiya followed behind Cui'er and the others, watching her good sister Yueshu's face flush from being teased, and she was busy talking out to solve the siege, which also led the topic to the highlight of the day.
"Flower tea? What is that? Sister Cui'er, you are not kind, you know that I love tea the most, and you don't come to me with new tea! Mrs. Hu said angrily to Cui'er when she heard this, but she accidentally didn't hold it back, and laughed, "Quickly take out the delicious food and drink." Or see how I clean you up! ”
"Okay, let's make amends to my sisters first, and let's move to the pavilion by the lake. Can my sister cook tea for you? Cui'er pointed to the pavilion not far away and said.
"That's good, let's go!" Since Mrs. Wenxiu drank the jasmine tea on the day of the opening of the teahouse, she felt that this tea was more appetizing than any tribute tea she drank on weekdays, and she inevitably gave the tea leaves she brought home to her mother-in-law and grandmother-in-law to taste.
And Mrs. Shizi and Duchess Dingguo also felt good after drinking it, and took some tea from Mrs. Wenxiu and went back to drink it slowly. Mrs. Wen Xiu originally took less than two catties of flower tea from Cui'er, and she was divided between her mother-in-law and grandmother-in-law. I didn't have anything left, only a few times. Mrs. Rao is Mrs. Wenxiu saved and drank again, but she drank it all in two days.
Mrs. Wenxiu drank all the flower tea, and was embarrassed to go directly to Cui'er to ask for it, after all, she had just taken a big bag back, so she asked her mother-in-law to go to Biye Piaoxiang Building to buy flower tea. How do you know that I was told that the flower tea of the Biye Piaoxiang Building was used to entertain distinguished guests, and it was not sold, so I had to return home.
Mrs. Wen Xiu has been thinking about the jasmine tea in her heart, and now she is very excited when she hears that there is a new flower tea, and even her face, which has always been moody, has a slight look of excitement.
When Cui'er saw Mrs. Wenxiu's expression, she didn't know what she was thinking, and while happily leading them to the pavilion, she couldn't help but be a little glad that she had been rushing to make flower tea with black wood and charcoal these days.
Nowadays, Cui'er's flower tea reserves are hundreds of catties, although they can't meet the needs of takeout in the teahouse, but they are more than enough to prepare a big banquet or give it to someone as a gift.
In this sparkling lakeside pavilion, a group of four ladies sat down, and the ladies from each family next to them also sat together, tasting all kinds of flower tea prepared by Cui'er.
Jasmine tea with rich fragrance and bright white color, peach blossom tea with pink and sweet beauty, luscious and fragrant rose tea, fresh and elegant acacia tea, as well as osmanthus tea, clove tea, magnolia tea...... After seeing and tasting this kind of flower tea, although the tea loved by each lady is different, they all unanimously feel that Cui'er's flower tea is extremely wonderful.
"It's really beautiful and delicious, much better than the bitter and astringent tea leaves on weekdays!" What Mrs. Wen Xiu said was heartfelt, and Mrs. Hu and Mrs. Qu next to her also echoed it.
"Mrs. Wen Xiu thinks that this tea, if she goes to choose the imperial merchant, will she have a chance?" Cui'er looked at them very enthusiastically, and felt that it was difficult to hide her intentions. After she added water to the three ladies, although she was still a little apprehensive in her heart, she still asked softly.
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