Chapter 114: The Bai Family's Daughters
By the time the carriage arrived at the Bai family's mansion, Qin Mingyue and Gu Wen had become very close friends. At least that's what Gu Wen himself thinks.
Qin Mingyue looked at the Bai family's mansion full of Baifeng ethnic characteristics, and was very interested. The Bai family's mansion is actually very different from the wooden building that ordinary Baifeng people have lived in for generations. This mansion is a fusion of the style of the Han people's mansion and some of the traditional ethnic culture of the Baifeng people.
In total, it is divided into three roads and five entrances, and there is a small garden at the back. Outside the house are densely populated with the people of the Baifeng clan, it can be said that all the Baifeng clansmen in the entire Dujiang City live here, and the big mansion of the head of the Bai family is surrounded by the clansmen, which also seems safer.
The carriage entered directly into the second gate before stopping, and Bai Weixian had already brought his wife to greet him at the door. Behind Madam Bai stood some ladies of the Bai family wearing the gorgeous clothes of the Baifeng clan, and there were also some maids wearing ordinary Baifeng ethnic costumes.
Bai Weixian and a group of female dependents gave Qin Mingyue a big gift.
Qin Mingyue smiled slightly and said, "I disturbed the Bai family today, there was already something wrong, where can I let you be so restrained?" Don't be polite today. Just because I'm here to hang out. I'm especially curious about the lives of you Baifeng people. It's just an experience. ”
"The head of the family should still have something to do, and the young master is also very tired this morning. Get busy, all of you. I'll have a light meal with the ladies of the Bai family, take a rest, and appreciate the strange flowers and plants grown by Sister Wen. ”
Bai Weixian and Mrs. Bai heard Qin Mingyue call their eldest daughter-in-law Sister Wen, and they immediately smiled on their faces.
Bai Weixian could only retire with his son. Before leaving, he repeatedly told his wife to be sure to entertain Qin Mingyue.
When they left, Mrs. Bai Bai Mao hurriedly invited Qin Mingyue to enter the main hall of the second gate and sit down. She brought a group of female dependents to introduce Qin Mingyue to know. Mrs. Bai said: "Cheap concubine Bai Mao, this is the second daughter-in-law Bai Fang, the third daughter-in-law Xiao Bai Mao, the fourth daughter-in-law Bai Cong, this is the little girl Bai Jinluan, Platinum Ying, Platinum Finch This is our wife in the second room, Bai Xie. These two are Bai Xie's daughters, Bai Yuezhao, Bai Yueling. Qin Mingyue nodded, she knew that the female dependents of the second room were actually the family members of Daomen Gaoshi Baishui. Qin Mingyue asked the maid Dongqu who followed to take it out from the carriage and distribute the pre-prepared meeting gift.
For Mrs. Bai is a pair of mutton fat jade Ruyi, a small silk table screen, and a pair of red luan pattern boxes. To the wife of the second room of the Bai family, Bai Xie is also a gift. However, Ruyi was replaced with a gold-inlaid jade Ruyi. Each of the four daughters-in-law of the Bai family, including Gu Wen, gave a pair of red gold silk hairpins produced by the brocade building, and each of them had a pair of ruyi boxes with red flower and bird patterns. For the five ladies of the Bai family, they are all red gold twisted silk bracelets and a pair of mutton fat white hostas.
Many female relatives of the Bai family thanked them in batches. The Bai family also offered gifts. After Madame Bai presented the gifts, because there were too many gifts, she just presented a gift list. Qin Mingyue didn't even look at it, and the gift list was directly put away by Dongqu. Second Mrs. Bai also offered a small number of gifts from her own room. It's just a gift list. Winter songs are also put away.
After such a delay, Qin Mingyue also drank all the tea. With Qin Mingyue's identity, she naturally doesn't care about the fact that her dependents give her a gift and give her a gift. The women who handed out gifts, accepted gifts, and even asked the salute to get up were all well-trained winter songs around them. Qin Mingyue didn't even need to nod his head. She just thought while drinking the tea, this tea tasted good, fragrant. The tea in Ba Province made her very satisfied, and it seems that she can ask someone to buy more tea from Ba Province in the future.
At this time, Mrs. Bai Bai said respectfully to Qin Mingyue: "It's not early. Our Bai family has prepared some crude meals, which have been placed in the drip building in the garden. The terrain is open, and there are already some flowers and plants that our family has cultivated on all sides. It is convenient for the lady to enjoy while eating. I don't know if Miss wants to move over now? ”
Qin Mingyue stood up and said, "Okay, let's go." Before, the head of the Bai family told me that there is a flower in your family that is in the season of flowers, and its name is cherry blossoms, and I would like to see it. ”
Madame Bai hurriedly followed along, and as she walked, she said as a guide: "This cherry blossom is indeed a specialty of Ba Province. Nowhere else. Even in my province, there are not many that can be kept in flower beds. It mostly grows in the deep mountains and old forests. is a medicinal herb. This is also thanks to my eldest daughter-in-law, Ah Wen, who is ingenious and has brought this flower to life. ”
"Today, we have placed all the cherry blossoms in front of the Dishui Building, please enjoy it."
Qin Mingyue nodded, and while walking with Madam Bai, she asked, "That's good, I'll take a look today." I've seen the graphics of this herb in medical books before, and I haven't really seen this really flowering plant. Madam, are these three young ladies all born to you? How many ladies are there in your big house? ”
Mrs. Bai hurriedly said: "Only one of these three little girls is my own child, that is, Bai Jinluan, and the other two are from the concubine of our family master." Don't hide it from Miss Mingyue, there are seven of my Bai family's eldest sisters, and four of them have already married. One of these four married was born of a cheap concubine, married to the Huang family, one of the eight families, and is now the young lady of the Huang family. Listening to this tone, it can be seen that Mrs. Bai is very satisfied with her eldest daughter.
Qin Mingyue turned her head to Second Lady Bai and said, "How many sons and daughters do you have in your family?" How many of your own are there? ”
The second lady of the Bai family hurriedly said: "Miss Qiyu, my family has a total of three sons and two daughters. Two of the three sons are married. There is also a son, born to a concubine, who is still young. Two daughters, the eldest daughter Bai Yuezhao is from me. The second daughter was born of a concubine. ”
Although the second lady of the Bai family is only the wife of the second room, her husband is a master of the Daomen, so she does not need to call herself a concubine in front of Qin Mingyue.
Qin Mingyue said with a smile: "I look at Miss Yuezhao is very beautiful, and the rules are good, I don't know if Xu Ren is there?" ”
The second lady of the Bai family hurriedly said: "The marriage has been decided, and our master personally gave the eight characters." It is the Li family of the Han family in the east of the city. ”
Qin Mingyue chatted with the two ladies of the Bai family while enjoying the scenery of the Bai family. The walk was not slow, and after a while, he arrived at the back garden of the Bai family. Although the place here is not as big as the famous garden, it is the early summer season, the weather is fine, the grass and trees are Fusu, and the scenery is good.