The Zhang family went out early in the morning, the ox cart drove slowly on the post road in the suburbs, at this time the morning fog has not yet dissipated, the green smoke curls in the Zhuangzi in the distance, the wheat waves rise and fall in the wind, and the hard-working farmers bend down to work in the fields in the morning light, sweating like rain.

Zhang Yuqing put down the curtain, the torrent of the world, it is not easy to gain a firm foothold. The people work hard for a year, but even food and clothing are extravagant.

Mother Liu was talking to Zhang Yuqing about the etiquette of meeting people, telling her not to run around, and implicitly reminding her to behave well, maybe she was taken by a lady and asked to go home as a daughter-in-law.

Zhang Yuqing smiled, "Mom made fun of me again, how could those ladies take a fancy to me?" ”

Not to mention that she has been living abroad for more than ten years, she is not a lady in the hearts of the world at all, not to mention, the Zhang family has not recognized her identity to the outside world now, which lady took a blind eye to her and hired her home to be a daughter-in-law for her son?

Mother Liu smiled: "Girl, just behave well, and talk about it later if you can't succeed!" ”

Zhang Yuqing smiled and said: "Mom gave me a thorough understanding and asked me to come to the banquet, is it the meaning of the lady, or the meaning of the old lady?" ”

"The old lady doesn't say it, she loves the girl in her heart, and shows the girl the way, as for whether it succeeds or not, it depends on the girl's creation!" Liu's mother smiled.

Zhang Yuqing looked grateful, "Then I really want to thank the old lady." ”

She, a cheap grandmother, may have a little bit of a calf licking affection for her that has been transferred from Zhang Zuoming, but it is really not much. really treats her as a granddaughter, why don't you personally pick a good family affair for her, and let her go to the banquet to hit the luck? Waiting for someone else to pick and choose?

When the sun was up, the ox cart arrived at the Beijing suburb courtyard where the banquet was held.

According to Liu's mother's popular science, this courtyard is the private residence of a favored minister during the period of Emperor Huai, and later the change of Luerwei, the current emperor led the troops to kill the driver in the capital, but unfortunately it was a step late, Emperor Huai, the prince's grandson and a group of ministers who failed to escape from the capital have died under the knife of Hu Ren.

After the capital was resettled, the house changed hands and is now the property of the Zheng Guogong Mansion.

After following Mrs. Zhang into the courtyard, Zhang Yuqing was almost blinded by this splendid courtyard. Pavilions, pavilions, rockeries, carved beams and paintings, and exquisite ornaments that can be seen everywhere show the owner's moat.

Mrs. Zhang looked back at Zhang Yuqing and just glanced at her, then lowered her eyes and followed her honestly, and then snorted with satisfaction.

Entering the courtyard, Mrs. Zhang took Zhang Yuying and Zhang Yuqing, and came forward to greet the ladies who arrived early.

After the ladies praised Zhang Yuying's talent, beauty and intelligence, their eyes turned to Zhang Yuqing next to her.

Zhang Yuqing's eyes were clear, her expression was calm, and she let them look at it.

Mrs. Tozhang's handkerchief is blessed, and the ladies all know that the Zhang family has recognized a vulgar country clay leg as an adopted daughter, and they thought that she was a girl who couldn't be on the stage, but she knew that she was such a delicate and lovely girl. Even if he was wearing ill-fitting old clothes, standing next to the jeweled Zhang Yuying was not inferior.

Zhang Yuqing had just recovered from a serious illness, and her face was still a little pale, but instead of affecting the color, it added a bit of fragile beauty to her, and weakened the arrogance in her dark eyes like ink jade.

"This girl is really lovely!" Mrs. Youli took the lead in laughing and praising Zhang Yuqing, and even Mrs. Zhang received a lot of praise, praising her for raising girls, and the girls of the Zhang family were all like flowers.

There was a hint of a smile on the corner of Mrs. Zhang's mouth, and she joked: "I can't deserve you to praise it like this!" If I continue to boast about it, the little girl's family doesn't know how thick the sky is, and I really think I'm amazing! ”

Zhang Yuqing bowed her head and said nothing, pretending not to hear.

A maid came to invite Zhang Yuying, saying that the ladies in their poetry club were writing poems in a pavilion not far away, and invited her to come over.

Zhang Yuying looked enthusiastic and asked Zhang Yuqing, "Do you want to go together?" ”

"Nope." Zhang Yuqing shook her head.

Mrs. Zhang smiled: "She doesn't understand that, what are you taking her to do?" There you go! ”

Zhang Yuying left, and Mrs. Zhang told Zhang Yuqing to sit in the flower hall and not go out, so she followed a few ladies to other places to make friends.

A delicately dressed and wealthy girl rolled her eyes disdainfully in the direction Zhang Yuying was going, not caring at all that Zhang Yuqing was still there, and pouted: "It's just the daughter of a seven-grade sesame official!" ”

The girl next to her laughed and said, "You can't say that! When others asked who she was, she didn't say that she was the daughter of the seven-rank sesame official, but that she was the granddaughter of the late Governor Zhang! ”

"The ancestor has been dead for so many years, and it is worth taking it out! Break down! The girl pouted disdainfully, "What a fourth lady in the capital, give yourself a name, so shameless!" It seems that except for the four of them, the ladies in the capital are not qualified to meet people! ”

Zhang Yuqing was embarrassed to hear this, got up and went out, and just walked to the door, a richly dressed lady pulled a girl and walked towards her, looked at her in disbelief, and asked tentatively: "Who are you from the Zhang family?" ”

Zhang Yuqing looked at the lady hesitantly.

"My mother's surname is Huang, and my husband's surname is Luo." The lady introduced herself.

Zhang Yuqing saluted, "I've seen Mrs. Luo." ”

Mrs. Luo looked at Zhang Yuqing, the more she looked at it, the more frightened she became, she couldn't help but hold Zhang Yuqing's hand, and said excitedly: "My mother and the father of the eldest lady of the Zhang family are sisters and brothers, I grew up with Ruxue, I see you look like her......"

Zhang Yuqing heard her mention her deceased mother, and her heart ached, and she whispered: "My father's name is Zhang Zuoming, and my mother is An Ruxue." As for my relationship with the Zhang family, I ...... I don't know. ”

The Zhang family has never officially admitted that she is the eldest girl of the Zhang family. The subordinates of the Zhang family shouted the big girl, and it was Zhang Yuying who shouted.

Mrs. Luo's tears fell, and she choked up: "I know, I know!" As soon as I saw you, I could see that your eyebrows and eyes looked like your mother! ”

The girl next to Mrs. Luo took out a handkerchief to wipe Mrs. Luo's face, and reminded: "Mother, it's not good for people to see it!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Mrs. Luo laughed and pulled Zhang Yuqing to an uninhabited water pavilion.

Zhang Yuqing had the opportunity to take a closer look at Mrs. Luo, who was in her thirties, with a slightly thin body, a face like a full moon, a pair of eyes full of smiles, a full set of red gold on her head, and the clothes on her body were all new and fine satin, graceful and luxurious. The girl beside Mrs. Luo was fifteen or sixteen years old, with bright eyes, wearing a diamond collar and a peach-pink silk skirt, grinning at her, with bright eyes and bright teeth, lively and pretty.

"When did you return to Zhang's house?" Mrs. Luo held Zhang Yuqing's hand and asked distressedly.

Zhang Yuqing said simply, and Mrs. Luo couldn't help but sigh a few times.

"According to the relationship, you should call me a cousin." Mrs. Luo said, "When I married your cousin's family in Yangzhou, your mother Ruxue stayed in the capital, who could have thought that the separation when I got married turned out to be a farewell!" The catastrophe of the Luerwei Rebellion caused the rest of the An family to suffer. ”

Mrs. Luo was angry when she mentioned the Zhang family, "The Zhang family is used to having no conscience, if there were still people in the An family, they would have found you back!" You don't know how much your mother loves you, and most of the letters to me are about you......"

Zhang Yuqing listened to Mrs. Luo's babbling about her mother, An's, and couldn't help but whisper: "My mother must be a very gentle person, right?" ”

One sentence almost made Mrs. Luo cry again, the motherless child is pitiful!

"Don't cry! When my cousin sees you crying, I can't help but be sad again! The girl next to Mrs. Luo shook Mrs. Luo's arm and said.

Mrs. Luo cried and laughed angrily, patted the girl's arm, and said to Zhang Yuqing: "This is my daughter, named Danxia, nearly a year older than you." ”

"Cousin." Zhang Yuqing stood up and saluted.

Luo Danxia playfully replied.

"Your cousin, like a leather monkey all day long, I can have half of your calm and sensible, I will be content!" Mrs. Luo smiled and shook her head.

Luo Danxia glared and said, "Don't speak ill of me in front of your cousin!" ”

"My cousin is lively and cute, and she makes people happy at a glance." Zhang Yuqing said sincerely.

She looked at Luo Danxia who was intimately nestled in Mrs. Luo's arms, and she couldn't help but envy in her heart, only under the love and protection of her parents could she raise such a lively appearance as Luo Danxia.

"Your cousin-in-law is from Yangzhou, he was admitted to the Jinshi and became an official that year, and he has experienced several places before and after, and he has finally settled down in Wu County in recent years. It's also fate, my mother's relatives have a happy event, and I took my children to Beijing, otherwise, how could I have the opportunity to see you, and I would have been wrong in this life! Mrs. Luo sighed.

Luo Danxia said with a smile: "My brother didn't come today, the next time you come to my house to play, you can see him!" But he's just a nerd, and it's not interesting to see him! ”

Mrs. Luo helplessly clicked on Luo Danxia's head, "Speaking ill of your brother behind your back, it is in vain that he loves you so much!" ”

A lady beckoned Mrs. Luo out, saying that she was leading her to meet a few ladies, and Mrs. Luo told Luo Danxia to stay with Zhang Yuqing and not to run around, so she got up and left.

Zhang Yuqing felt strange in her heart, seeing that some ladies had girls around them, and some of them let the girls play by themselves, and asked curiously: "Doesn't my cousin take you to meet someone?" ”

Luo Danxia covered her mouth and smiled: "I have decided to kiss!" ”

Zhang Yuqing was still a little dazed.

"I've been married, so I don't need to look at each other, those who were pulled out by my wife to meet people are not married." Luo Danxia explained, "You see, Mrs. Zhang doesn't have to take Zhang Yuying to see each other everywhere. ”

Zhang Yuqing asked, "Do you know Zhang Yuying?" ”

Luo Danxia pursed her lips, her face was not very good-looking, "The fourth lady of the capital, she can write poetry and write, she is so famous, who doesn't know her?" I've been in the capital for half a month, and I can really hear her everywhere! ”

Zhang Yuqing knew that this cousin must be neither good at writing poetry nor calligraphy, and she is famous for her talent.

Luo Danxia pursed her lips, turned her head to the other side, and suddenly pulled Zhang Yuqing excitedly, "Hey, look at it!" ”

Zhang Yuqing looked over and saw that not far away, two sons were facing each other two steps apart, one of them was in a dark brocade robe, with a cold face, and it was Lu Wei who had only met a few days ago.

Luo Danxia pulled Zhang Yuqing to hide behind the curtain of the water pavilion and quietly looked at the two sons.

"It's so pretty, isn't it?" Luo Danxia said with a red face.

Zhang Yuqing couldn't tell for a while whether her cousin praised Lu Wei for being good-looking, or praised the son opposite Lu Wei for his red lips and white teeth and delicate face, or whether he praised the two men for being handsome and good-looking, so he said vaguely: "Also, it's okay!" ”