Chapter 21: Flower Viewing Party (1)
The next morning, just after dawn, Pomegranate brought Xiaoju and Xiaotao to wake up Shen Xiaoxiao. Use the bath water that has been prepared to change clothes for Shen Xiaoxiao.
After eating breakfast and dressing up for Shen Xiaoxiao, Pomegranate hesitated when it came time to choose the head and face, and he couldn't settle down to see this and that, so he had to ask Shen Xiaoxiao for help.
Shen Xiaoxiao glanced at those heads, then pointed to a set of heads inlaid with lilac jade and said, "Just this set of heads, wait for me to change the freshly made set of blue clothes with Su embroidery dark patterns on the hem." ”
When Shen Xiaoxiao was dressed neatly, Pomegranate took two steps back and looked up at Shen Xiaoxiao, who was stunned, and asked stupidly, "Girl, are you a fairy?"
I saw that Shen Xiaoxiao looked like snow under the background of the twelve-piece lilac jade stone face, and the fluorescence of the faint purple jade actually made Shen Xiaoxiao feel hazy and like a fairy, so there is really no one to say that there is such a quality.
Everything was ready, and Shen Xiaoxiao took the pomegranate and the little peach to Shaohuayuan.
Jia Min was already dressed neatly, and when he saw Shen Xiaoxiao, his eyes lit up: "What a heavenly fairy has come down to earth!" said and beckoned Shen Xiaoxiao with his hand.
When Xiaoxiao arrived in front of him, Jia Min took Shen Xiaoxiao's hands, looked up and down carefully, and after reading it, he turned back to Mama Lin and said, "Mother Lin, you go to the warehouse and bring the pair of superb violet jade bracelets." ”
"Auntie doesn't need it, my head jewelry is enough. Shen Xiaoxiao hurriedly stopped it, joking that jade bracelet like that can be used as a family heirloom.
"Why? Look down on my aunt. I thought that my aunt only had that little bit of family background!" Jia Min deliberately lowered his face.
"How can it!Aunt~ Didn't I think the jade bracelet was too heavy and my wrists were affected!" Shen Xiaoxiao had no choice but to deal with it.
Waiting for Mama Lin to take the jade bracelet, Shen Xiaoxiao wore it invisibly a little more noble and stable.
At this time, a girl came to tell her that Lin Ruhai was already waiting at the gate of the Lin Mansion, so Jia Min took Shen Xiaoxiao straight to the gate of the mansion. Since eating Zhu Guo, Jia Min's body has really improved a lot, and his steps have been much brisker. In fact, Jia Min has rarely participated in such banquets in recent years.
When I arrived at the door, I saw two carriages parked at the door, and Lin Ruhai and the two young masters surnamed Long each led a horse and were standing at the door waiting.
After seeing Jia Min coming, Lin Ruhai greeted him. Shen Xiaoxiao saluted Lin Ruhai, and then the brothers surnamed Long who followed also saluted Jia Min, and finally when Shen Xiaoxiao and the brothers exchanged words, Long Qi's big voice sounded: "Sister Jia, you are so beautiful today! You are beautiful and can sing such beautiful songs, Sister Jia, you will be my daughter-in-law!"
"Long Qi, your skin is itchy, aren't you? Don't talk nonsense!" Long Si shouted.
Long Qi shrunk his neck, glanced at Long Si and said, "I'm sorry! I said it wrong, Sister Jia, you should be my fourth brother's daughter-in-law!"
"Long Qi, you still talk about it! Don't go to the flower viewing party. Long Si blushed when he was told about it.
Long Qi immediately gagged his mouth with his hand and signaled that he would not say anything.
Long Si had no choice but to bow to Shen Xiaoxiao and said, "The little brother offended the girl by talking nonsense, please forgive the girl and give the girl a gift." ”
Shen Xiaoxiao avoided half of his body and said with a smile: "It's okay, I should still be happy, isn't it?"
Long Si was stunned, this girl's reaction was not different from others, but what to do he liked better.
"Yes, that's it, my fair lady, how are you a gentleman!" Long Qi shouted.
Lin Ruhai and his wife stood on the side and watched, smiling, they were not ready to intervene in the children's play.
When the three of them were almost playing, Lin Ruhai said, "It's not too early, let's get ready to go!" As he spoke, he led Jia Min to the first carriage with luxurious decoration that was larger than the second carriage, and stretched out his hand to help Jia Min get into the car.
Seeing this, Shen Xiaoxiao also hurriedly followed the first car. The girls and grandmothers got into the second ordinary carriage.
Lin Ruhai and the three of them rode on horses to lead the way in front, Yangzhou City in the morning was very lively, so the horses were difficult to drive slowly in the crowd to the city gate. After leaving the city gate, the carriage sped up towards the northern suburbs.
Originally, the location of the flower viewing party was the mountain villa of Huang Zhifu in the northern suburbs. Because the prefect's wife loves peach blossoms very much, the prefect of Huang is planted with peach blossoms on the side of the mountain villa, and after growing up to March, the peach blossoms are in full bloom, and the smoke and haze are in full bloom at a glance, the falling flowers are colorful, and the peach fragrance is coming, and at this moment you will be intoxicated in this peach blossom forest.
The villa is named after the peach blossoms, so every March when the peach blossoms are in full bloom, Mrs. Huang will hold a flower viewing party, invite everyone to come to the village to enjoy the flowers, drink and write poems, and everyone can also perform their talents at the banquet to show their talents.
In the carriage, Shen Xiaoxiao was talking to Jia Min with his head down, and suddenly heard the sound of poetry outside: "The green waves are full of spring waves, and the rice seedlings are fertile." It was also snowed by the heron, and the smoke came into the picture screen to fly. It turned out that Long Si saw the rice fields full of eyes, and the natural beauty couldn't help but chant poetry.
"Hahaha, okay! Fourth Master, it's rare to have a chance to see such a scene!" Lin Ruhai asked with a smile.
"This trip to the south has made a lot of gains," Long Si sighed.
In the car, Jia Min whispered to Shen Xiaoxiao: "The identity of the guests living in the north courtyard this time is not ordinary. He pointed out again.
Shen Xiaoxiao nodded, signaling that she knew.
The car stopped for more than half an hour, and after waiting for a while, Lin Ruhai personally stepped forward to help Jia Min and Shen Xiaoxiao get out of the car.
After getting off the station, Ding Shen looked up at the villa, the villa was built according to the mountain, and the green hills behind were swirling with green smoke, and there was a charm of "connecting the aura of mountains and rivers, dyeing the brilliance of splendor".
It's a pity that the crowd at the gate of the villa broke the picturesque scene. The sharp-eyed little guy saw Lin Ruhai and his party shouting loudly: "Lord Lin is here." ”
Suddenly, the crowd on the road saluted Lin Ruhai, and Lin Ruhai also returned the salute one by one. At this time, a crowd of people from inside the door poured here, and it turned out that Huang Zhifu led everyone to greet Lin Ruhai.
Huang Zhifu, who had not yet approached, clasped his hands into fists and raised his chest and said loudly: "Lord Lin can come and give up, it is really brilliant!"
"There, thank you Lord Huang for your kind invitation!" Ruhai also replied with both fists clenched.
After approaching, Huang Zhifu saluted Jia Min again and said, "Madame has not participated in several years, it is really an unexpected joy to be here this time!"
"Thank you very much for your concern. Jia Min replied.
Huang Zhifu looked at the two brothers surnamed Long again and said, "I don't know, what do you call these two?"
Lin Ruhai hurriedly replied: "These two are Lin someone's nephews, and they knew that there was a flower viewing party this time, so Lin brought them to see the world." The elder brother of the two brothers is called Ryusi, and the younger brother is called Ryuqi. ”
After listening to Lin Ruhai's speech, the two Long brothers saluted to Huang Zhifu and said, "Long Si (Long Qi) has seen Lord Huang. ”
"Don't dare, don't dare. "How could the old fritter in the officialdom not see that Lin Ruhai had a faintly respectful attitude towards the brothers! So Huang Zhifu naturally dealt with it carefully, and looked at Shen Xiaoxiao again and said, "This is Miss Jia of Rongguo Mansion!
"Thank you Lord Huang for your praise, Yuan Chun will understand it. Shen Xiaoxiao smiled and saluted calmly.
"Oh, hahahaha! Funny, funny. Lord Lin, please. Saying that, Governor Huang made a gesture of invitation to Lin Ruhai.
Everyone followed into the villa.