Volume 5 Good and Well Path Absolute Dust 3, Uninvited Guest 3

When the eldest sister appeared in the Nian Mansion, Xia Xiaoman and Nian Liang had just agreed on the dress code for the banquet, and they were eating dim sum around a small round table.

Past experience has taught them that they should not expect to eat well at a feast. This time it's them doing the east again, and Nian Liang may be better there, but Xia Xiaoman is busy here and there, it's hard to say. What's more, this time the name is a feast, where people chant wine and poetry, and you eat and drink from the sea...... It is also a terrible scenery.

Nian Liangxian also slightly persuaded "Don't grieve yourself today because of scruples about being the master's family", but I also know that Manniang's heart is heavy, where is the scruple of the master's family, in the final analysis, it is the identity of the scruples, so I don't want to say more, it is better to let her eat more benefits at this time. Since he told her that day that he was going to have a banquet, she was not very comfortable, and he was worried about the Nian Shoutang and the banquet for her in the past few days. Bai Sheng mentioned the jewelry for a while, and in the end it touched her heart, with horizontal eyebrows on her face, and she couldn't tell how wronged she was in her heart.

Xia Xiaoman knew that wearing a crystal slipper was also a Cinderella, standing in the princess group, the more she dressed herself up on the Christmas tree, the more she looked like a clown. Relying on clothes to carry people is ridiculed, it is better to be restrained. In the end, it was an orthodox occasion, she was unhappy in the morning, and then she talked about it, or asked Nian Liang to be a staff officer, found new clothes with high-quality materials but no outstanding style and pattern, and chose a few jade jewelry with ordinary but fine and elegant workmanship, and wore it with him, wanting a shabby and unassuming effect.

He gave up his gold and silver, and his clothes looked ordinary, though they were decent. However, her mind was undoubtedly revealed, what could he say? Besides, even if he asked him what she should wear at this time, he was too worried to speak, so he only agreed.

Hearing that the eldest sister came over early, Nian Liang looked at the man who was busy messing around with dim sum and gargling with tea, and said with a smile: "Slow down." There's no rush. The eldest sister must be here to help, you can relax quickly. ”

Help? Xia Xiaoman swallowed the little peach crisp in his mouth. Rinse your mouth with your eyes down. I'm here to guide the work! Loose? Hey, hopefully it won't be any more troublesome. This banquet is troublesome enough, I hope that the eldest sister didn't come to find the ballast in advance, otherwise she would not be far from going away.

She called Fennel to help with her makeup, and took care of her and Nian Liang's clothes from beginning to end, and then the two went to the front hall to see Nian Nuo.

Sure enough, the eldest sister is here to guide the workplace. Moreover, this meeting begins with the criticism of clothes.

After the ceremony, Nian Nuo frowned and said to Nian: "This is the clothes at today's banquet?" It's not proper, this body looks thick, not refreshing, it's right to wear thicker inside to save the cold, but this outside, it's still light. This can make people's faces brighter. ”

The eldest sister always treated him as a child, and Nian Liang smiled and said, "Sister Lao is worried." It's just that it doesn't have to be changed. He just didn't say that his family and Manniang Qingying both felt that this looked stable.

If you don't change it, won't you delay looking at each other? Nian Nuo said with a smile: "Where is it, today is the first time in the mansion to invite a seat, and you are a master who is not in good spirits?!" Don't be lazy. Go and get it. ”

After that, she turned her head to look at Xia Xiaoman, but found that it was better than she imagined, and couldn't help nodding secretly, it seems that this cleverness is not all bad, at least save her own identity what to wear, so that she can also worry - if it is a good thing to wear gold and silver without worry, then she is annoyed and has nowhere to vent; And wearing tattered clothes can't be a bad thing, but it also cuts her face.

She looked up and down, but finally said something. Said: "Man Niang." It's a little lighter. These are the kind of narrow sleeves. Don't wear this white jade bracelet, even if you bring a jade one. Also pick the color - also with this dark bamboo pattern. ”

Xia Xiaoman lowered her eyebrows and answered "yes" smoothly, and she also sighed in her heart, when she heard her eldest sister pick Nian Liang, she was still worried that Yi would turn her head and give herself two bricks, she was smashing, but after this smashing, she didn't know what clothes to wear, but it was troublesome, and finally she and Nian Liang agreed ...... opinion, but fortunately, there were not many picks. She was blessed, and she went back to the room to change it in the same year.

When he saw that his brother came out with a change of clothes according to his own will, he looked more and more handsome, Nian Nuo was very happy in his heart, and he couldn't help but smile and nodded, and said, "This is what it looks like." "Then I asked about the set-up.

This Xia Xiaoman can be fully prepared, take out all the layout plans, talk about them one by one, listen to Nian Nuo, and take her to inspect the site with Qingying. After staying in the Ji Mansion, I went to worship Ji Zheng first, and Ji Qi and Ji Lingshu also went around together. Nian Nuo walked around and pointed out a few deficiencies, Xia Xiaoman asked Xiao Wei's sister-in-law to find someone and changed it according to the instructions.

At the end, he sat down and rested in the Liuyu Pavilion of Jifu, Nian Nuo looked at the long desk set up outside, and asked, "It's thought carefully, whose idea is it?" ”

The banquet of Jifu is divided into two tables, and the table of eight immortals placed in the Jicui Pavilion near the rockery is for the grandmothers who are not fond of poetry and do not like to compose poems. In the Liuzhen Pavilion by the artificial lake, according to the rules of Liuzhen, a few small couches are set up next to the canal, so that the young and literate "female poets" can play conveniently. However, in order to save space, the small table top is very narrow, and it is great to put two plates.

Xia Xiaoman thought of the buffet mode, so he set up a long table next to the table outside the pavilion to record poems, and set up a long table to set up a dining table, cold vegetables and fruit plates and snacks were added as you like, hot dishes and soups were replaced regularly, and the plates and bowls were all in the rattan box under the long case. It saves both space and trouble - it is wasteful and troublesome to collect boxes and divide dishes, but it is still clean and neat like this.

Nian Nuo also thought of the benefits, so he asked this question.

Xia Xiaoman saw that she couldn't tell whether she was praising or reprimanding from her face, so she began to pull the tiger skin banner and said with a smile: "Manniang hasn't gone through such a big scene, she thought about it a little nonsense, probably it was taught by her aunt." Miss Biao also came up with a lot of ideas, that - the idea of people stroking the piano behind the bamboo forest and hiding people only to show their voices is what Miss Cousin wants. ”

Nian Nuo listened to Ji Zheng's family. It's not good to make a vain evaluation, thinking that this woman doesn't have the ability to plan big things, so she only nodded and said: "After this time, you will also have a better memory, and in the future, your grandmother will pass the door, and it will be useful for your place." Seeing that Manniang still looked so deferential and should claim "yes", she didn't bother to say it, and turned her head to talk to Ji Lingshu. smiled: "In the end, Ling'er thinks elegantly." Today's poetry club Ling'er is going to take the lead again. ”

Ji Lingshu's eyes flashed with pride, but he said humbly: "Where can Lingshu compare to the sisters of my cousin's family." She suddenly remembered that the last time she was at Hu's house, she happened to hear someone mention Nian Nuo's old works. Then he smiled and said: "I have heard my cousin's "Huanshaxi", but it's a pity that my cousin doesn't do it again, otherwise who among us will have to be as clear as my cousin!" ”

"Don't listen to their jokes. Nian Nuo smiled faintly, but he sighed in his heart. In the past, I couldn't see through, and the feelings of children were always in love with poems and songs, and they were happy; Now that I have seen it through, those leisure and elegance will flow east with the clear water. Pick up the pen again, there is a good hand, but there is no good sentence, and there is no joy. Words reflect the heart, honesty is not deceiving, is this a joy or a sorrow?

She turned her words to others and said with a smile: "There are many young ladies of the Yuan family who can really compose poems ,—— many young ladies in today's children. The two young ladies of the Chen family, the Qu family, the Ma family, and the Shen family...... Yes, there is also the third lady of the Yue family, you have never seen her, she is quiet and does not often go everywhere. In response to my coming today, she is known for her talent and writes good articles, and you can learn from her. ”

Ji Lingshu was also happy when he heard it, and he couldn't stop saying that he would definitely ask for advice.

They chatted lively, Xia Xiaoman stood behind Nian Nuo, bored staring at the patterns on the low couch brocade mat, and went through the process of today's banquet over and over again in his heart, what dishes were served when, and what position was in place. How to switch the piano. Sift through again and again to see if there are any loopholes. She felt as if she had obsessive-compulsive disorder, like she was before a big exam. I'm always afraid of falling behind.

Inadvertently looked at Ji Qi's gaze, although she sat down, she couldn't speak, so she could only sit stupidly and accompany her, looking at Xia Xiaoman, her eyes were also full of helplessness. The two looked at each other and smiled bitterly, and then they both looked away.

I heard Ji Lingshu say that this person is just a rough text, and the couplets are estimated to be ,...... Can you connect poems? Well, no one is better than her. Xia Xiaoman quietly twisted her neck, she is willing to be the Minister of Logistics today-Ji Lingshu did temporarily crammed to make up lessons with her, but she didn't have the patience to memorize it, and again, it was not something to memorize. Writing poetry is not a jigsaw puzzle, and couplet poems require quick thinking, just like her, the poetry of the ancients is not completely plagiarized, or hide it clumsily, don't make do with it. To be honest, she doesn't like to make do, she is really afraid that the banquet will be full of sadness and sadness, moaning inexplicably, and overflowing with sour water, which will make her depressed.

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was chaotic and irritable before, and when she began to greet guests, she became more down-to-earth, hung up her professional mask, pretended to be Mona Lisa with everyone, and greeted all eyes "strongly".

In fact, there were a lot of curious and inquisitive eyes, and half of the female guests were much more interested in the second grandmother of the Nianfu than in the Nianfu Garden Banquet.

Most of the locals in Meizhou's social circle know that Nian Liuye has a second-room grandmother who takes care of housework, but no one has ever seen her attend any banquets - one side has never seen her, but it is common for Nian Liuye's relatives, aunts, sisters-in-law, and cousins. According to the rules, the status of the second room is not completely undeniable, and besides, if it comes to being able to run the family, it should be a decent one, so many people think that the beautiful cousin is the future grandmother of the sixth year, and because of this floor, the second room is not allowed to come out.

But someone said that the Hu family's eldest * grandmother was looking for a family affair with her brother in Meizhou!

The speakers speak conclusively, and the listeners have their own thoughts.

Those gossip women who have no women to be married in the family deduce from this - this second-room grandmother must not be able to take it, and the sixth master does not like to bring it out, so this kind of person probably came to the banquet with the purpose of verifying the accuracy of this guess, pretending to enjoy the scenery, but in fact, looking at people.

And those who have a female first-grown up in the family, many of their minds are lively. Needless to say, there are relatives like the Hu family and the Wang family in Meizhou, and I heard that the largest pharmacy in Meizhou, Nianshoutang, is called the sixth master, and there is a big Zhuangzi in the countryside, and the income is considerable. The fly in the ointment is that the sixth master's body seems to be ...... But look at the crutches can walk. It's not wasteful. From the perspective of this comprehensive condition, the sixth master of the year is still very advantageous compared to the marriageable young man in Meizhou City.

However, there is still one thing in the end, in the end, there is a second room in the head, and it is still a housekeeper. So these people came here to see how the second room was, if it was a bad place, then the daughter was afraid that the mind would turn around - if they didn't have to let their daughter come, they would be pressed by a side room. And the second room is not like an ordinary concubine, so she will be sent away. Once you have a son, you can't say anything about it in the future.

At this point, no matter what kind of thoughts they had, they all got a satisfactory answer.

The sixth master of the year has an ordinary appearance, a soft smile, a good temper, and a degree of advance and retreat, and a concubine who is honest and responsible.

The gossip girls don't need to say it, they can verify the conclusion with only their appearance, and they are all secretly proud that they are smart and guessed correctly; And if you want to propose marriage, you are also satisfied, such a concubine is the dream of all the heads of the house. How to be dissatisfied.

How does Xia Xiaoman know the thoughts of these people! And at first, she didn't realize the essence of this banquet, she only regarded herself as a milestone in the housekeeping work, and Yu Nian's family was just a scene of courtesy. Even if she noticed that someone was observing her overtly or covertly, she only thought it was curiosity—she inevitably had to look at it when they first met, didn't she also look at the guests.

The people of Meizhou are open, and the boudoir lady is not all weak and can't help it, and many of them are crisp and crisp, especially the merchant lady. Especially looks sharp, long-sleeved, and good at dancing. But in the final analysis, the children of rich and noble families have an inexplicable sense of pride, arrogance in their bones, and no sense of closeness. However, Xia Xiaoman received much less disdain than he imagined, but he was blessed by his eldest sister.

After the poem title, rhyme, and format are all posted. The eldest lady of the Shen family, who had been the most active before, smiled and asked the master to start the first three sentences. Although Nian Nuo is the chief accompaniment, it is not the "master's house", and the next post is the Nian family, although the two governments are jointly organized, Ji Lingshu is not the "master's house", which is Xia Xiaoman. Speaking of Wing Chun's sentences are simple, she also knows some, if you start with only one sentence, Sister Feng said "the north wind is tight overnight", she can say "the sunrise river flowers are red and the fire is hot", ah say "three or two peach blossoms outside the bamboo", realistic and freehand, but there is no complicated and fancy rhetoric. Sounds normal. is also considered to be her identity, and she doesn't care who is connected below. But let her say three words. It is the rhyme of "Seven Yangs" again...... She didn't know what words were under the rhyme of this yang character, it was an impossible task at all.

Xia Xiaoman showed a big smile, and didn't answer, just waiting for Ji Lingshu to save the scene - she blocked the poems that she had said to her early in the morning. I thought that she would open her mouth crisply and smash down the opponent in three sentences, but it was the eldest sister who didn't want to come out to shoot the bricks. Nian Nuo smiled faintly: "She is not good at doing it, Mo recklessly said a sentence without leaving a blank space for future generations, but it is difficult to continue, or Ling'er should start properly." ”

The Hu family's eldest * grandmother spoke, and it was such words, who could refute it, Xia Xiaoman smiled at Miss Shen, and politely said that he didn't dare to show ugliness.

Miss Shen was extremely embarrassed, so she had to reluctantly smile and said, "Aunt Xia is too modest." ”

Ji Lingshu raised his lamp to break the deadlock, smiled like a flower, and played a round sweetly, saying that he was anxious to start with a poem, and asked everyone if it was about to start. Those ladies who can dismantle the stage, they all responded with a smile, and just said quickly.

The lotus cup poured wine, the lotus leaf was held down the canal, and the sour water overflowed.

Xia Xiaoman was extremely glad that he had eaten dim sum before, otherwise he would have been too sour to eat at this time. If this poem is written, she can still ponder the deep meaning of the words and sentences when she looks at the words, and when she says this, she connects it quickly, and the beauties on this table all have the talent to overwhelm Li Qingzhao, and nine of the ten poems are half of the stream of consciousness, and she can hear that it is called a month of hazy birds......

Therefore, when her ears were filled with sour water, she got up and confessed, saying that she was afraid that her subordinates would do something inappropriate, so she would go to the Jicui Pavilion to support her, and hurriedly escaped from the sour water tank. She felt that secular topics were more suitable for her.

One time less, Nian Liang and Ji Shushu came to Jifu Jicui Pavilion to toast, and Xia Xiaoman tasted the taste of this banquet.

Nian Yu is both the master of the family and the young, and according to the rules, he must come to toast with the elders and ladies. When he appeared, all the eyes of the Obasans who were originally embarrassed by Xia Xiaoman's eyes were shifted, and they all focused on the new year.

There is no need to mention the appearance of the year. He did have a better face after changing his clothes, and he really had a good memory, and everyone who had seen him remembered it, and the information of all the people he had invited was already in his head, so that although he did not say much, every word of concern could hit the point. The husband asked the husband proudly, and the son asked the son proudly. The words were gentle and flattering, so it was easy to capture Obasan's heart. In addition, there is a wooden Ji Songshu by his side, which shows him more and more.

There were a few ladies who showed a little enthusiasm, praised the garden, praised the wine and food, and praised the knowledge, and there were also those who followed Ji Zheng's family to call him Liulang, and even half-jokingly asked him to point out the girls over there to compose poems. ——The people of Meizhou are open, and many families are in contact with each other. This is not unruly, but it is close enough.

Xia Xiaoman squinted his eyes and quietly swept the expressions of the ladies on the table by raising his hand to meet Ji Zheng's cloth vegetables, and hooked the corners of his mouth. The blind date of the Shangsi Festival, the riverside house is the same. Hey, she's really blunt, she didn't even notice it before, it's a female boss competing for a post. My heart twisted slightly. MD, if she said it earlier, she wouldn't have spent so much time thinking about the banquet - anyway, people are coming for people, regardless of the banquet.

It's not in vain. Let's learn. What about the long memory - she remembered what the eldest sister said before, "In the future, your grandmother will still have a place to use you when she enters the door", and the corners of her mouth on the other side were also hooked, but the smile was without warmth.

Female boss. In fact, she started to do psychological construction a long time ago. She believes that only by not caring can she not be harmed, and she always leaves herself a way out of ten. I don't know if it's too much indifference, even if Miss Lu Si's marriage is approaching before, even if she herself thinks about getting Ji Lingshu to the top, in her subconscious, this female boss's sense of existence has always been quite weak, like a distant and vague shadow - the sense of crisis has always been there, but it has never been strong.

This time, she really felt that the female boss was already standing outside the door. It's like you can get in with your feet.

This feeling suddenly made her uncomfortable. She denied that this was a psychological change brought about by the change in their physical relationship, insisting that she treated the problem as she had in the first place before the feast - the big exam. I feel like I'm not prepared enough.

Perhaps, it will be good if you come, no, you will be calm down when the banquet is opened.

It's just an exam.

She said to herself.

The ebony silver-covered chopsticks firmly clamped the smooth vegetable stem, and put it into the cloth vegetable plate in Ji Zheng's hand with a smile, but the corner of his eye couldn't help but glance at Nian Liang who was standing at the end of the seat.

Nian Liang listened to the lady's words, but still smiled softly and respectfully, politely agreed, and made up the cup of Chinese tea - he had always replaced it with tea because of taking medicine and avoiding wine, and went to Liuyu Pavilion to toast. I don't know what I said, after a while, the swallow turned to the warbler and cried, and the sound of the piano in the bamboo forest also changed its tune, and his Qingyue voice sounded, not a comment, but an improvised poem.

Jicui Pavilion and Liuyu Pavilion are a stone's throw away, but the word "understand" pushes her out a light year. He was applauded, and she only recognized one fact - she had known that she and they were not on the same planet, and now it seemed that there might be more than one galaxy behind.

Is this the difference between silicon-based and carbon-based organisms? She rubbed her ears, and he would marry a stream-of-consciousness poetess, and then she would see the sky and listen to their husbands sing and talk alien words. MD, there's enough to be depressed. Can she transform a simple little Tang monk, can she transform a female boss? Or......

Until Nian Liang and them evacuated, Oubasang on the Jicui Pavilion was still praising Ji Zheng's New Year's Forgiveness, and few people mentioned Ji Zheng's book, and they simply forgot which one was Ji Zheng's own son.

She suddenly wanted to laugh, but where did she dare, she had to control the curvature of her face, which was really hard. Fortunately, when I raised my eyes, I saw the weeping flower gate not far away. Receiving her gaze, Cai Shu couldn't help but nod her head and motioned for her to come over. She excused herself to urge the kitchen to confess, turned around, entered the weeping flower door and turned aside.

Cai Shu saw the salute and said in a low voice: "Second grandmother, the master asked the slave maid to bring a message to you, 'Dou Xuyuan took the Hou family's post. The Hou family thought they couldn't come. However, you also have a number here, if Mrs. Hou comes back later, don't forget what I told you yesterday. ’”

This time the banquet did not post to the Dou family, but Hou Lianxiao is the prefect after all, and it is impossible to cross him, and Hu Yuanshen and his wife also invited him, and they can also make him understand the severity. According to Nian Liang and Mr. Fang's analysis, Hou Lianxiao may not be able to come, and it is very likely that Mrs. Hou will come, so Xia Xiaoman will have to adapt to the situation, so he repeatedly told Xia Xiaoman to pay attention to his words, and the lines were correct several times. Now, although Dou Xuyuan has used the post of the Hou family, with the name of Mrs. Hou's prefect, the porter still dares to stop him from entering!

Xia Xiaoman nodded and said, "Got it." You go back and tell him, I can't forget this, and if Mrs. Hou enters the door from this side, I will tell him. ”

She thought of the words "internal and external troubles". Then it was rejected again. Her internal worries and his external troubles each occupy one head...