Chapter 111: Fame (3)
It is precisely because of this that Sister Kite grinded the second lady's consent and rushed with the sisters in the family.
Originally, Sister-in-law Rong was also coming, but something happened in the temporary house, and she was the housewife who was tripped up, so she gave up. Sister-in-law Rong personally sent the three sisters to the 'gate' of the mansion, and told the eldest sister to take care of the younger sisters, and then watched the carriage drive out of the British mansion.
The three sisters came late, it was already noon at this time, and the little maid who greeted the distinguished guests at the mouth of the alley had already returned, Chu Lian thought that at this time, the British Mansion would not come.
Without guidance, the two carriages of the British government arrived directly in front of the main 'gate' of Guilinju.
Before he got out of the carriage, the family outside whispered to the side of the carriage: "A few young ladies, the 'door' of Guilinju has been blocked. ”
Sister Kite's face, which was still full of sarcasm just now, sank, opened the curtain slightly, and looked towards the inconspicuous 'door' of Guilinju.
I only saw that the small 'gate' of Guilinju was full of people, and there was a long queue outside, occupying the already narrow alley.
How could such a remote restaurant have so many diners!
Sister Su was also strange, she instructed the family to go to the 'gate' of Guilinju to ask.
After a while, the family returned.
The family's face was full of doubt, "Miss Hui, those people are all here to eat in Linju." ”
"What!" Sister Kite couldn't help but exclaim, her fuss made Sister Su glare at her.
Sister Su thought for a while, took out two 'fine' invitations from her cuffs and handed them to the family, "You go and 'hand' these two invitations to the shopkeeper in Guilin Juzhong, and tell him that we are here to find Jinyi Township." ”
The man immediately took the order and went.
After a short time, the family took Steward Qin and a 'shrewd' grandmother to the carriage.
Steward Qin personally ordered someone to lead the carriage of the British Mansion to the back 'door', and entered the backyard where the 'female' guests were entertained, and was led by Mama Zhong to one of the small courtyards.
Mama Zhong asked the maids who were waiting in the yard to 'serve' a few young ladies from the British Mansion to sit down, and then stood next to her and said respectfully: "A few young ladies, please wait, our three 'milk' and 'milk' will come in a while." ”
Sister Fu looked at Mama Zhong, her eyes rolled, and she didn't make a sound.
Sister Su thanked her.
Sister Kite snorted, "What, we are guests today, does the sixth sister still want us to wait?"
As soon as she spoke, Sister Su frowned, and Mama Zhong was stunned, pursed her lips and apologized, "A few young ladies are the guests of our three 'milks' and 'milk', and it was the old slave who was negligent and didn't invite the three 'milks' and 'milk' as soon as possible." ”
Sister Kite's face changed, and she glared at Mama Zhong fiercely, she never thought that this old woman not only didn't know how to advance or retreat, but also dared to defend Chu Lian at such a time, but she was just a cheap maid who sold her body, and she dared to talk back to her?
Sister Kite was used to being arrogant in the British Mansion, and she was about to scold Mama Zhong immediately, but before she could say anything, she was stopped by Sister Su and Sister Fu.
This time, Sister Fu'er, who likes to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, actually stopped her, and she immediately glared angrily at the sisters at home.
Mama Zhong didn't eat Sister Kite's set, she blessed the three young ladies slightly, and said to herself: "The old slave went down to personally prepare refreshments for a few young ladies, and a few young ladies please take care of themselves." ”
Sister Kite stared at the back of Mama Zhong who disappeared at the entrance of the courtyard, her face flushed with anger, "Fifth sister, ninth sister, look! Is this the sixth sister's hospitality, and you still don't allow me to be angry?"
Sister Su and Sister Fu are not stupid, where would they really admit that Chu Lian was not.
Sister Su'er's face was pale, and she frowned: "Seventh sister, you are enough! This is not the second-room courtyard of the British Mansion, you can stop in moderation!"
Sister Fu'er lifted her 'lips', "That's it, lest we also lose face!"
Sister Kite entered the Guilin Residence and looked at this novel arrangement in a bad mood, and now she was counted down by the two sisters, and her face immediately turned red, but now no one supported her, after the last incident in Jinshixuan, she also learned to be obedient, pinched the handkerchief and endured it without replying.
But today she just came to see the jokes to find fault, didn't giving up like this make Chu Lian proud?
She glanced at the big girl who followed behind her, and the maid hurriedly came out with a food box from behind.
After a while, a maid in the small courtyard brought freshly fried tea.
Tea water fog hit, there is a very special sweet and bitter taste, although the British government is declining, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, they have been served since childhood, this loose tea in northern Fujian they can distinguish it by sniffing.
Although sencha was popular in the Dawu Dynasty, the tea source is also divided into several categories, and the loose tea of Northern Fujian is one of the major branches, and the loose tea is divided into ordinary and excellent, but if it is not a person who loves tea, it is not so easy to distinguish its quality.
The three girls in the British Mansion can only distinguish the types of sencha, no matter how many they are, there are very few 'fine' ones, if they are replaced by the previous Chu Lian, maybe they can be separated.
Sister Kite 'smoking' her nose and rolled her eyes, "The sixth sister has opened a restaurant, how can you be stingy and use Beimin loose tea to entertain our sisters?"
The maid who came to bring the tea was suddenly red with shame, and she lowered her head and didn't dare to reply.
Sister Kite looked at the girl's trembling fingers, and her mood was finally better, she turned her head and instructed her big girl behind her, "Go to sencha." ”
The maid beside her suddenly had a 'color' on her face, and slowly took out a small ceramic jar of 'fine' from the package, and deliberately displayed the small ceramic jar in front of Sister Su and Sister Fu.
Sister Su frowned, she recognized at a glance that this was a can of Zhengshan's small tea cakes, top-notch sencha, every year the old British duke can only drag the relationship to get two cans, last year the old lady rewarded a can to the second room, I didn't expect this tea to be in the hands of Sister Kite.
How did Sister Su know that Sister Kite had prepared more than this for Chu Lian's face today, and this pot of tea was not begged for by her, but stolen from her father's study.
Sister Fu'er also had surprise in her eyes, she pursed her lips and remained silent.
"Sister Kite, ...... you" Sister Su opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, she was interrupted by Sister Kite.
"What's the matter, Fifth Sister, people don't entertain well, don't you want me to prepare it myself?"
Where is this because others are not well entertained, it is clear that you are picking bones in your 'chicken' eggs and deliberately finding fault!
The big girl twisted her body to find the maid waiting in the yard to find the tea set, but the other one opened the food box, and without waiting for Mama Zhong to come back, she carefully brought out the same 'fine' dim sum in the food box and put it on the table.
This time, not only Sister Su, but even Sister Fu looked at Sister Kite with strange eyes.
Dim sum at a glance is De'an Building, lotus 'flower' plate bottom, is the highest recognized dim sum platter in Shengjing high society, of course, this price is not cheap, a small box will cost more than ten taels of silver.
None of their sisters have ten taels of silver a month in the house!
This time, Sister Kite really made a lot of money.
Sister Kite met the strange eyes of Sister Su and Sister Fu, raised the corners of her mouth, and smiled happily.
"What are you all doing in a daze, eat, this dim sum is from De'an Building, and we don't have many times when we can eat it in the house on weekdays. ”
Sister Su'er's face became serious, and she warned Sister Kite: "Seventh sister, remember that we are here to congratulate today, but there is no other purpose. ”
Sister Kite reached out and twisted a piece of osmanthus 'flower' cake, "Where does the fifth sister want to go, I haven't done anything, right?"
Chu Lian was accompanying Mrs. Yang and the county lord of Duanjia in the courtyard of Kunjia, when she was sent by Steward Qin to inform her that her sisters were coming.
Lord Duanjia immediately rolled his eyes when he heard this, "What are they doing here?"
Chu Lian smiled and didn't say anything, she knew that the county lord of Duanjia didn't like the girls of the British Mansion, and Mrs. Yang was not a person who liked to socialize, so she asked the county lord of Duanjia to take care of Mrs. Yang, and she went to her mother's sister to take a look.
Chu Lian met Mama Zhong on the way to Sister Su'er's yard.
Mama Zhong paused, but still told Chu Lian about the situation in the courtyard.
Chu Lian looked at the maid carrying the snack box behind Mama Zhong and smiled, "Although others are not rare, but our etiquette is indispensable, Mama will bring someone to serve snacks." ”
Although Mama Zhong disdains the girls of the British Mansion in her heart, since Chu Lian has given such orders, she will not disobey them.
She blessed Chu Lian with her body, and led the two little girls to follow behind Chu Lian.
Chu Lian was satisfied, although He Saburo left three subordinates to take care of her, but all three of them were useful.
When Chu Lian entered the courtyard, a little maid went in to tell him.
When I entered the 'flower' hall in the small courtyard, I saw that several sisters of my mother's family stood up to greet her, but Sister Kite deliberately stood back a little and deliberately 'exposed' the situation on the table for her to see.
Chu Lian glanced at it, pouted in his heart, and knew that Sister Kite was going to have a moth again. If it weren't for the faces of the two in-laws, she really didn't want to post to the British government.
Before Sister Su could speak, Sister Kite curled the corners of her mouth and said sarcastically: "Sixth Sister is really busy, my sisters can be left aside, I don't know what kind of distinguished guest Sister Sixth Sister was just receiving?"
Chu Lian's 'friendship' with the Wei Wangfu, they know more or less, in the eyes of Sister Kite, Chu Lian's title of Xiangjun was obtained because of his closeness to the county lord of Duanjia.
How could she not be jealous.
Obviously, before she got married, she was still the one who was pressed under her all day long, but when she turned around and married into Jing'anbo's Mansion, she became 'mixed'. Her angry teeth were about to crush.
Chu Lian stretched out his hand to invite a few sisters to sit down, and said with a warm smile: "I just accompanied Mrs. Yang and Lord Duanjia, and neglected the fifth sister, the seventh sister and the ninth sister, but Mrs. Yang doesn't like to contact the living, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to help the seventh sister's request." ”
As soon as Chu Lian said this, Sister Kite's face suddenly darkened.
She never thought that Chu Lian would refuse her when she opened the 'door' like this.
But at this time, she couldn't pull Chu Lian to ask to see Mrs. Yang and Duanjia County Lord, she could only endure it, she lowered her eyebrows and looked at the snacks on the table, snorted coldly in her heart, and raised the corners of her mouth viciously.