Chapter 63: Dust Feast on (4K)
"Go and call Juan'er, I have something to talk to her." Zheng Suxin instructed her eldest maid Yu Gui, and asked another eldest maid, Bai Zhi: "Did the Ma Po from the embroidery room of Tiangong Institute send the clothes made by Juan'er?" β
Since the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty, the Wu family has been a top wealthy family, and now it has been inherited for a thousand years.
In terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, they all have their own set of rules.
The Wu family has always been in charge of the world's money and silver with the head of the household, and the heads of the family in the past generations have been stingy and have saved a fortune that rivals the country. The Wu family's Tiangong Institute is dedicated to making clothes and jewelry for the Wu family, as well as firing porcelain, making zuΓ² furniture, and building houses and courtyards. The craftsmen raised in the Tiangong Academy are only a little less than the craftsmen of the royal family, just a little worse.
Although Zheng Suxin is also from the Zheng family, one of the four major families, the Zheng family, which is handed down in beautiful literature, cannot be compared with the Wu family, which is known for its wealth.
When she first married into the Wu family, she was also taken aback by the wealth of the Wu family.
Of course, with the stingy nature of the previous heads of the Wu family, it is still difficult to raise offspring who spend a lot of money.
Zheng Suxin is cautious and can be diligent and thrifty, and Mr. Wu is very satisfied with her, and asked Mrs. Wu to transfer the power of presiding over the feed to Zheng Suxin very early.
After marrying into the Wu family for more than ten years, Zheng Suxin is now accustomed to this kind of quiet wealth and publicity hidden in her bones.
Yugui was ordered to invite Wu Chanjuan.
Bai Zhi took a step forward and said with a smile: "Back to Mrs., Mrs. Ma sent the clothes yesterday, and the slave was worried that there would be creases in the bag overnight." So it was hanging on the hanger over there yesterday. When the second girl came, the slave took the clothes and put them on for the second girl. β
Although Wu Chanjuan is the eldest daughter of Dafang. But Wu Chanying, the eldest daughter of the second room of the Wu family, is two years older than her. The old man and the old lady of the Wu family are still alive, and the four rooms are not separated. The children of the grandchildren are all ranked together.
Everyone in the family is used to calling Wu Chanjuan the second girl.
"Alright, you're more thoughtful than I thought." Zheng Suxin praised Bai Zhi with a smile, took the mouthwash tea and rinsed her mouth, and then went to the bathroom to make up her makeup. When she came out, Wu Chanjuan was already waiting in her room.
Wu Chanjuan sat on the high-backed soft chair in front of the window, with her hands on her cheeks, looking at the two water lilies raised with water on the windowsill.
The water lily was a faint misty purple, blooming timidly in the morning light, stretching its delicate petals. Weak and invincible, it seems that the morning sun has weight, pressing the lotus petals low, and trembling against the snow-capped spring water in the amethyst flowers.
The amethyst is crystal clear, and the spring water is clear, like a mirror, reflecting Wu Chanjuan's otherworldly appearance.
Looking at the front and back mirrors of the flowers, the flowers and surfaces are intertwined, which is such a beautiful scenery......
Especially her pair of pupils. So dark, so intense, two long rows of eyelashes as black as crow's wings, across the pale face. is like two shocking arcs, but it makes her eyes rounder and bigger, and her eyebrows and eyes are deeper.
This is her daughter. The daughter who was once blind and stupid......
Zheng Suxin showed a proud smile on her face, with the faint joy of "the family has a little girl who has just grown up".
"Mother. You're coming. Wu Chanjuan saw Zheng Suxin's reflection from the amethyst flower and walked over, and hurriedly turned around and smiled. Stood up.
Like Zheng Suxin, Wu Chanjuan is tall, and although she is only twelve years old, she is already a head taller than her fourteen-year-old cousin Wu Chanying.
Her face is already handsome, coupled with a pair of pupils, looking at the entire family of the Great Xia Dynasty, no woman can compare to her daughter!
Zheng Suxin smiled and stroked Wu Chanjuan's cheek and asked her, "Are you all ready?" β
Wu Chanjuan nodded, counting with her fingers, "Actually, there is nothing to prepare." The people who come here today have seen it before. Several brothers and sisters of the Zhou family, cousins and cousins of the Zheng family, and several sons and girls of the Shangshu family in the capital are not the first time they have met. β
Zheng Suxin smiled and said, "This is different. When I saw them before, you were a companion. See them today, you are the proprietor. And ......" Zheng Suxin looked left and right, and saw that no one was in front of her, and whispered to Wu Chanjuan: "The two ladies of the Zhou family and Princess Wei are coming over today, and even the Queen Mother is going to come out of the palace to our house for a banquet today." You must take advantage of this great opportunity. β
Wu Chanjuan is already twelve years old, and she also knows that her family is going to start proposing marriage to her.
God will bring out the big house and the third room of the Zhou family, and they all have sons. Dafang's wife, Feng, rarely goes out as a guest, and this is the first time in the world. Wu Yunji, the wife of the third room, is the eldest aunt and grandmother of their Wu family, and Wu Chanjuan's aunt. Wu Yunji is the youngest daughter of Mrs. Wu, married to the youngest son of the old man of Shenjiang Mansion Zhou, and is a good parent. She gave birth to three sons in a row, and suddenly compared the eldest daughter-in-law of the eldest house, Feng.
And because Zhou Huaixuan, the eldest son of the eldest son of the Changfang, had been sick and weak before, everyone put the hope of Chengjue on Zhou Huaili, the eldest son of the third room, and no one thought that Zhou Huaixuan, the eldest son of the Changfang, would actually have a day when he would be sick and go to the battlefield!
"In short, you have to treat everyone well, so that everyone can feel at home, and your mission for today will be completed." Zheng Suxin told Wu Chanjuan for the last time.
"Got it, mother. How many times have you said it these days! Wu Chanjuan said angrily, "I'm not a child anymore, so you can relax." β
"You also know that you are not a child anymore, so remember not to be willful anymore!" Zheng Suxin raised her voice to warn Wu Chanjuan.
When Wu Chanjuan beat Sheng Siyan in Wangjia Village, Zheng Suxin has been talking to Wu Chanjuan's ears all these years, not wanting her to develop such an arrogant and domineering character.
Wu Chanjuan also regretted it over the years. Her temperament is actually very easy-going, and she is not a person who can't stand the provocation of others.
But only that Sheng Siyan, even if she didn't deliberately provoke her, she couldn't wait to slap the other party a few times!
Over the years, she has gradually calmed down under her mother's ear, and even if she sees Sheng Siyan again, she can deal with it calmly.
"Mother. Today is a dust feast for Sheng Guogong, and everyone must be revolving around Sheng Guogong's wife and daughter. Mother, just relax. I'll treat them well. Wu Chanjuan said with a smile.
Zheng Suxin secretly thought, as long as Sheng Siyan didn't come. Her daughter is still able to cope with such a scene.
It's just that if the Wang family refuses to let go of such an opportunity, what if they really come with Sheng Siyan?
That Sheng Siyan seems to be eleven years old, and he is also the age to say goodbye.
Zheng Suxin frowned, but in a blink of an eye, she saw Wu Chanjuan coming to the window, lowering her head and sniffing the water lilies.
Sheng Siyan, a little girl who grew up in the countryside. Even if he comes today, he is destined to be his daughter's foil.
Zheng Suxin got up with a smile and asked Wu Chanjuan to go back first.
The feasts of the Great Xia Dynasty were all held after dark.
But the guests came to the door before dark.
Generally, when the guests come one after another, they first have to go to the middle hall to sit down, talk about gossip, and wait until it gets dark before officially entering the table.
The Queen Mother promised to go out of the palace to attend the dust washing feast, but she would not eat outside, so she would only go over to sit before dark, and then go back to the palace.
Because everyone knows that the Queen Mother is also going to the Duke of Wu's mansion. Therefore, the guests arrived very early.
Before the time came, except for the Queen Mother, all the guests who took the post arrived.
Mrs. Wu spoke with Mrs. Zhou, Wang, Princess Wei and Zheng Suxin's stepmother Kang in the middle hall. Because these five people are of the same rank, according to the dignity and humility. Sit together.
Wang, Mrs. Zhou, Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Kang are all duchesses of the country, and they are the same product. Princess Wei is also a genuine product.
General Zhou's wife, Feng, is the second rank of Zheng Erpin, one level lower than the four of them. But among other female dependents, she is the tallest. But because of her concubine, Wu is the youngest daughter of Mrs. Wu. When the family was returning to their parents' house, Feng took the initiative to give up the first position of Mrs. Wu's head to Wu to sit. He sat in the first position under the step-room Kang of Old Man Zheng, and the two of them had similar temperaments, and they were more in love than others, so they could also talk.
Princess Wei looked at the ladies in the room, and asked Zheng Suxin, who was standing aside, with a smile, "Zheng Yiren, where is your girl and boy?" Why don't you call out to meet people? β
Zheng Suxin said with a smile: "The four girls in our family have rarely come out to meet people. There are a lot of guests today, so I arranged for them to run an errand and talk to the sisters and sisters who came today in the small peach dock in the back garden. There are also some boys, who are not very old anyway, and they are sent away together. β
The men and women of the Great Xia Dynasty were not very strict, and there was no Cheng dΓΉ who could not sit on the same mat until he was seven years old.
Mrs. Wu on the side also smiled: "I'm old, so I love to be quiet." Those little girls chirped together, like a hundred larks, although they called beautifully, but their ears could not stand it! β
Everyone in the middle hall laughed.
Wang sat next to Princess Wei and didn't talk much, just smiled faintly, not dazzling.
Princess Wei said: "Duchess Sheng Guo hasn't seen the second girl of the Wu family yet, right?" She was born with heavy eyes, and she is said to be a saint! β
Zheng Suxin hurriedly said: "Princess Wei has won the award." Her child's family, where does she understand this? I'm a mother, as long as she can live a peaceful life, I'll be satisfied! β
Just as she was talking happily, the mother-in-law outside quickly rushed in and reported: "The Queen Mother Niangyi has arrived!" β
The people in the room all stood up suddenly.
Led by Princess Wei, Mrs. Zhou, Mrs. Wu, Wang and Kang followed, and then other ladies ordered them to go outside the door.
Seeing that the Empress Dowager's Yijia had arrived at the gate of the courtyard, everyone knelt down in the courtyard on the spot, and a group of people were pressed on the ground.
Lady Yao, who followed the Queen Mother, hurriedly smiled and said, "Everyone, please get up." β
She spoke on behalf of the Queen Mother, and the people in the courtyard said, "Obey Yi's will!" Then they all got up and welcomed the Queen Mother to the middle hall.
The Queen Mother looked up at the middle hall of the Wu family and said with emotion: "The mourning family still came here forty years ago, but I didn't expect that this place has not changed at all!" β
Before Zheng Suxin had time to say a few witty words, Lady Yao had already rushed to say: "Queen Mother, don't you know who Old Man Wu is?" Asking Old Man Wu to spend money to repair the house is probably more difficult than asking Old Man Zheng to write a book and novel! β
Everyone thought about the appearance of Old Man Wu and Old Man Zheng, and they all laughed non-stop.
"Wu Guogong has been in charge of the treasury for so many years, just like the Pixiu in front of the treasury, he only enters and does not leave!" The Queen Mother smiled happily. She has been in power for so many years, and the Great Xia Dynasty has been in good weather and the treasury is abundant, which is no worse than when Emperor Xia Ming was in power.
"It's all the blessing of the Queen Mother. Our lord is just doing his part. Old Madam Wu said very humbly.
The group came to the hall and sat down.
This time, of course, it was the Queen Mother who sat in the first place.
She had a good impression of the Wang family, beckoned her to come over, gave her a brocade pier, sat next to the Queen Mother, took her hand and asked her, "How are you doing lately?" I see you've lost a lot of weight compared to last time, but you're too busy with family affairs? Do you want to send someone to help you? β
Wang said with a smile: "The courtiers have been in the countryside for so many years, and they are indeed a little lacking in mental strength, so they are hanging day and night, for fear of embarrassing our grandfather." Fortunately, there are only a few of us in the family now, and it is easy to take care of it. When there are more people in the future, the courtiers can't take care of it, even if the queen mother doesn't say it, the courtiers have to be shy and ask the queen mother to give a few proper people to help! β
These words quietly blocked the temptation of the Queen Mother's gift, but did not say it all at once, but left room for turnaround, and reminded the Queen Mother that the Sheng family is now scarce, and the Queen Mother, who was originally ordered to kill the Sheng family, is naturally embarrassed to mention the matter of giving people again.
Zheng Suxin heard clearly from the sidelines, and couldn't help but glance at Wang quickly. - How can a country woman be so exquisite? She's looking away......
The Queen Mother smiled when she heard this, nodded and said, "The mourning family is also worried that you are tired." If you can handle it, you can work harder. Then he turned his head and asked Zheng Suxin: "Zheng Yiren, where is your daughter?" Our Great Xia Dynasty is the first person with heavy pupils, but he is a living treasure! β
Zheng Suxin smiled and said: "She is young and frizzy, and the courtiers are worried that she will offend people without knowing how to offend people, so she will let her entertain her sisters and brothers who are about the same age as her in the back garden." Since the queen mother wanted to see her, the courtiers went to let her come over. β
The Queen Mother saw Princess Wei standing next to her in a blink of an eye, and asked her with a smile: "Zhi'er is also here?" Let's call over and let the mourning family see. During the Chinese New Year last year, Zhi'er heard that it was chickenpox, but now it's all fine, right? β
Princess Wei hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, it's been good for a long time, but I'm worried that it will be over, so I locked it up at home for a few more months." Now the doctor said that there would be no danger of passing people, so he let him come out to see people. β
As he spoke, the maids outside had already gathered a group of sons and ladies who were less than fifteen years old.
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The first is 4,000 words. There are two watches in the afternoon. By the way, I would like to ask for pink tickets and recommended tickets. Everybody sweep the ticket warehouse and see the guaranteed pink with wood and leakage.
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PS: Thank you for the peace charm you gave yesterday. In addition, this article is empty, this Great Xia Dynasty is not the Xia Dynasty of Xia Shang Zhou, don't get confused~~~ There are four major families that have been inherited for thousands of years, and they have always been top wealthy families, and it is not an exaggeration to take out 10 million taels of silver~~ There will be a change in the afternoon. I almost deleted it with one click just now, it's really dangerous!!