Zhao Xin's eyes poked towards the door, and he just wanted to shake his head and refuse, but he heard the little guy next to him say: "Shizi, there are still a few hours left for dinner, and we big men can't go to the garden conservatory to flutter butterflies." ”

Hearing the garden conservatory, Zhao Xin's brows couldn't help but pick up.

He lowered his eyes and glanced at Hua Chen, who was a head shorter than himself but claimed to be a big man, and smiled a little contemptuously, "Since you said that you are a big man, then don't say that this world won't let you." ”

Hua Chen smiled calmly, "Go or chess?" You can pick whatever you want. ”

"Of course, Go is more elegant."

Hua Chen nodded and instructed the maid waiting in the room to wait for the chess game.

When the maids set up the chessboard on the chess table, Hua Chen and Zhao Xin sat opposite each other.

Because he knew that the rules of chess in this era were still white first, he did not hesitate to sit on the side with white chess pieces.

He is white, and Zhao Xin is black.

In the small leaf red sandalwood chess box, the texture of the cloud made of agate is as delicate as jade, the color is crystal and soft, Hua Chen reached out and took out a chess piece and landed on Tian Yuan in the center of the chessboard.

This was only the first placeholder, but he believed that white would be able to defeat black.

Zhao Xin also took a sunspot and did not hesitate to fall into chess.

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Hua Jin sent Ling Xiang to the Wang side of the long house to explain the progress of their second room in charge of affairs, and he took Bai Tao and Zhi Tao to the conservatory in the back garden.

The sisters are there, and although she doesn't like fluttering butterflies, she doesn't want to isolate herself in this home.

The garden is the easternmost side of the entire Zhangfu, and the path on the east side of the long house Taoyuxuan is the entrance and the only way.

Different from the bluestone road at home, this road is paved with cobblestones, and the slightly raised stones will feel slightly awkward when stepping on them, but walking back and forth, the body and mind are indescribably comfortable.

Hua Jin turned onto this cobblestone path, and saw Hua Cai, the fourth sister of the third room, wandering on the road, rubbing the soles of her feet back and forth on the stones.

She only had a close-fitting maid Zilian by her side, and when she saw Hua Jin appear, although her expression was a little embarrassed, she quickly showed a hearty smile.

"Fourth sister." Hua Jin stepped forward with a slight smile, "Fifth sister thinks that she is the only one who is not so keen on fluttering butterflies. He smiled again, "I didn't expect there to be another person who would rather step on a stone here than do that elegant thing." ”

Hua Cai looked at Hua Jin's bright smile, although it was a joke but a very sincere word, she had already put away her embarrassment, and she had forgotten what Liu had quietly told them: Don't get too close to the brothers and sisters in the second room, so as not to cause any unnecessary trouble.

Hua Cai felt that the sister in front of her was likable after having an illness, so she stepped forward and grabbed Hua Jin's hand, "Fifth sister, is this making fun of me?" ”

The Xungui family has always been distinct, but Hua Jin likes the hearty temperament of the fourth sister, and also held her hand back at this time, "Where is there teasing, isn't my sister also stepping on stones here?" What's more, the feeling of holding her hand is completely different from that of the seventh girl Hua Wei.

Hua Cai is the daughter of Aunt Jiang in the third room, Aunt Jiang is the daughter of the criminal minister, after being demoted to a slave, she was sold into slavery, and was later rewarded by Mrs. Tai to the third master as a concubine.

I heard that Aunt Jiang can do everything in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the Huacai in front of her is also the one that the girl in the family likes to read the most, and Hua Jin and her are also like-minded.

"Fifth sister, it's cold outside, you better go to the warm house quickly. But don't tell the third sister that you met me here. ”

"What about the fourth sister?"

Hua Cai smiled a little coquettishly, "Continue to step on the stones here for a while." ”

"Then I'll accompany the fourth sister to step on the stones." She is really not interested in the game of butterfly fluttering of famous ladies in this era.

Hua Cai didn't postpone it, "That's good! ”

Both girls put on their hands and walked along the gravel path.

Because this is the entrance to the garden, a lot of trees have been planted, and although there are no dense leaves, not enough trees to be planted very densely, and to block most of the wind, they are not cold.

Hua Jin and Hua Cai chatted a lot of books, and Hua Cai also promised to lend Hua Jin a few interesting books.

The two of them walked back and forth on this path for an hour unconsciously, and even the initial feeling of stepping on the pebbles turned into just the right amount of comfort.

Hua Jin looked up at the sky, "Fourth sister, it's just the right time to go to the warm house at this time." ”

Hua Cai smiled slyly, "It won't be rude and it won't stay long." ”

After reaching a tacit understanding, the two girls took their personal maids and walked into the depths of the garden.

In order to soak in the precious winter sunshine, the conservatory of Zhangfu was set up on the easternmost side of the garden.

Hua Jin and Hua Cai went all the way to the east, and before they saw the conservatory, they heard the laughter inside.

When you pass through the plum forest, you will see a conservatory surrounded by translucent cellophane, and a cluster of shadowy flowers inside.

Cellophane is still an extremely precious item in this era, not to mention that the flower conservatory that can accommodate more than a dozen female relatives in the house still uses double-layer cellophane.

There are three steps in front of the flower conservatory, all because the conservatory is built with high ceilings, and there is a heater buried in the ground, which is somewhat like modern geothermal heat.

"Fourth sister, please!"

"Fifth sister doesn't have to be polite!"

Hua Cai grabbed Hua Jin again, and the two of them stepped up the steps together.

There was already a waiting maid who pushed open the door of the flower conservatory, and the lingering fragrance came to her face.

Delicate flowers bloom in the middle of winter, and girls dressed more delicately than flowers have their own nets in their hands, laughing and playing in the flowers.

Hua Jin looked at the winter depression outside through cellophane, and felt that everything in front of him was so unreal.

"Fifth sister." Hua Wei, who had just netted a spotted butterfly in the flowers, raised the trophy in her hand, "Fifth sister, come and flutter the butterfly!" ”

Hua Wei and Hua Cai glanced at each other and walked towards the flowers.

It is not easy for the servants of the flower conservatory to serve these delicate varieties of flowers all day long, and it is better to enjoy these flowers than to flutter butterflies.

The third girl, Hua Fei, also smiled and said, "Two sisters, come over quickly." ”

The sixth girl, Hua Rui, has always liked to hide in the corner, and this time is no exception.

The most excited in this flower greenhouse are naturally the two youngest girls, Hua Wei and Hua Ting.

"Fourth sister and fifth sister come here!" Xiao Bahuating jumped to her feet and shouted, she hadn't grown into a girl yet, she was very cute.

Hua Cai smiled, "My sister is here." He walked over to Watin and took her hand.

Hua Jin looked around, "Didn't the eldest aunt and the third aunt come over?" ”

Hua Fei replied: "The eldest aunt took a look and went back to prepare for the sacrifice to the stove king." Mother accompanies grandmother to play sparrows in Chaohui Temple. ”

The third girl, Hua Fei, glanced behind Hua Jin, "Why didn't Mrs. Shizi come?" ”

"My sister said that she was not feeling well today, and she was afraid that she would not go to Chaohui Courtyard until the family banquet in the evening." Hua Jin remembered that he went to his sister's room in the morning, but was stopped by Qiu Tong and didn't even see anyone, and he had a faint bad premonition in his heart.