Xiang and Rui'er hurriedly stood up and went out. The stalk stood up straight from the couch. Bill got up from his feet and stood on the edge of the couch. She heard the sound of clothes and shoes approaching, and the blue brocade curtain was lifted, and a long-bodied man with a column nose and hook walked in.

I saw that the man was wearing a ** Suzhou silk robe, a jade-colored armor waistcoat, a foundation and boots, a colorful luan silk around the waist, a silver heart and gold wrapped fragrant tea bag, a woven gold pine purse and a piece of pine and bamboo Sanyou white jade. His steps were steady and imposing, and when he entered the house, his eyes swept and fell on her.

Bier couldn't help but take a step back.

The terrier had already stood up from the couch and was about to give a salute, when Lian Zhenyun waved his hand, "You have a body, sit down." With a smile on the corner of his lips, he greeted Lian Zhenyun and sat down on the couch.

Lian Zhenyun swept the snow on the front of the couch, and Lianxiang hurriedly smiled: "This is specially sent by Mrs. Futai." Looking at Bi'er on the side, "This Bi'er girl is Madame's personal girl." ”

Bi'er walked to the couch and kowtowed to Lian Zhenyun, "Slave and maid please say hello to Uncle Lian." ”

Lian Zhenyun nodded, let her get up, Lianxiang smiled: "Master, the concubine was still Nahan, how did Mrs. Han start to call the girl, just asked, this girl was specially sent from Beijing by Qi Sanye." ”

Lian Zhenyun glanced at Bi'er a few times, "How is your uncle?" ”

"Back to Uncle Lian's words, Uncle Lian is fine, always thinking about Uncle Lian and Fourth Master Li, I just said that I still want to come and drink with the two of you."

Zhenyun smiled slightly and looked at Lianxiang, "Take two rulers to reward her." ”

Lianxiang hurriedly responded. Let the girl take the cloth. He said, "I just heard what Bi'er said." In two days, the lady will feast on the ladies of the various houses. The concubine originally planned to take Rui'er with her. But thinking that the stalk has a body. Rui'er couldn't get out. I just want to take Sister Gui there. Do you have something to do with her? ”

Lian Zhenyun frowned. "I didn't use her. You don't have to take her with you. You just go to yourself. ”

Bi'er only saw it now. Rui'er stood beside a beautiful woman with a red mole on her eyebrows. The clothes are as decent as Rui'er. knew that she was called Sister Gui's concubine. That Sister Gui'er was full of grievances. But he did not dare to speak. Just stared at her without a trace.

Lian Xiang saw that Lian Zhenyun seemed to have no food. gave Rui'er a look and told her to prepare for dinner. Bigger than the opportunity. Hurriedly retired. Lianxiang smiled: "Miss Bi'er went back and talked to Madame." There is a water port in this house that connects to the small Qinhuai River. The big boat hasn't been touched once. Lianxiang waited for her lady to come to the house. Let's go on a river tour and watch the scenery. ”

Biller responded. Half a leaf lifted the curtain to send her out. Get out of the yard. I could vaguely hear Lianxiang say, "Master." The concubine let people set the meal up......"

"I used some outside. Not very hungry. You order a cup of tea. I'll just have some refreshments......"

When Bi'er returned home, it was already a change, and Chen Yan still hadn't come back, so he only sent Xiaolian back to report the news, saying that he was with Mr. Zhou in Hongqiao Drunken Baiyuan with the officials of the river and the government to drink and feast, so that Qi Su Niang did not have to wait for him and rested earlier.

Bi'er told Qi Su Niang about the things in Lian Mansion, and gave Qi Su Niang the ruler and ornament that the uncle and aunt in Lian Mansion had rewarded, "The slave maid looked at that Aunt Lian as a fine person, but she was a little younger and not stable enough. However, even a few girls in the uncle's mansion have no foundation, they have given birth to children, and they have the dignity of Mrs. Futai, as long as Aunt Lian and Grandma sit in the side room, it is easy to suppress the inner house. Qi Su Niang knew that Bi'er knew much more about the affairs in the inner house than her, so she was also relieved and talked about the banquet for the officials of Yangzhou City.

Bi'er said with a smile: "Madam, in two days, Li'er will hold a banquet in the house, and Li'er will not be able to turn around alone, I am afraid that I will invite some tea and wine people and foreign blisters to help the kitchen come back." ”

Qi Su Niang nodded and smiled: "There will be no big banquets in the house from time to time, and there is no need to add food utensils for this matter, and ask the tea and wine people to bring the tea and wine utensils selected." The etiquette of advance and retreat at the banquet in Yangzhou, they also understand better, and the foreign blister chef still chooses Hangzhou. ”

Bi'er instructed Zhi'er to write it down, and said: "Is this table a five-bowl and eight-plate wishful banquet, or a six-six or six hot and sixty-six smooth banquets?" If the lady still wants to be better, add two roasted dishes, two dim sum, a sweet soup, a starter, a pot of soup and a fruit plate, and make 20 dishes to make a perfect feast? ”

Qi Su Niang felt a slight headache, only to feel that there were still ten fat pigs and twenty chickens in the countryside, and it was convenient to make a banquet with a pile of vegetables. Just make a 66 or 66 Shun banquet, count, there are always seventy or eighty people in each house, and it is better to invite more than less. ”

Bi'er said with a smile: "The official eunuch's family is indispensable, and there are also gentry and salt merchants' mansions, if you invite more, twenty seats will not be able to hold it, and less than one million family assets are nothing." Cheng, Wang, Zheng, and Ma, these salt merchants, are afraid of sharing a table with the rich family. ”

Qi Su Niang smiled: "It's this time after all, it's good to be wronged." I'm a newcomer, and I know who comes first and who comes after, but all the salt merchants who have donated fame in my family have been invited. After being silent for a long time, he sighed softly, "The terrier branch has followed the big boss for a few years, and finally came out......"

After being busy for a few days, hundreds of red stickers were sent to the new and old city of Yangzhou, and on August 29, the grandmothers and young ladies in the cities of Yangzhou sat in the sedan chair of the incense car, and the family members shouted with rattan sticks, and the little girl rode a small horse to protect the sedan chair, and the daughter-in-law sat in a small sedan chair to accompany her, all the way to the cigarette smoke and dust, and entered the back house of the government.

Or if there is a boat at home, they sit on the big three and three small painting boats, the curtains are hanging low, the daughter-in-law of the bow of the boat is standing up, the top of the boat is placed with incense, and the family members sit on the flat-headed boat to protect each other before and after, divide the waves, and go along the official river to the small wharf of the back house of the government.

The chairman sat on the government with his wife, the wife of the government judge, the wife of the salt department, the wife of the Cao Si Tongzhi, and the eight chief salt merchants.

In the peony alley by the Qinhuai River, please come to the famous Su Opera Shuangqing class, hold

Then, the banquet was withdrawn, and the fine fruit refreshments were put on the table, and Gao Jingong was invited to the Chengxi Church Venue to say a comment on "Five Beautiful Pictures", Fang Shannian said a comment on "Jade Dragonfly", and Zou Bixian said a comment on "The Legend of Feiji", and each time it was seven taels or three dollars. It was so lively for a whole day, and it didn't disperse until the second watch.

At the end of this day, she and the three girls were too tired to do it, and they had to settle the money of the tea and wine people and the cooks, rest for a few days, and recover some vitality.

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Yangzhou customs in the Yangzhou volume, borrowed from the "Yangzhou Painting Boat Record", was originally the story of the Qianlong period. There are other details borrowed from "Yangzhou Culture Series" (to be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, dianm, more chapters, support the author, support)