The Yan family arrived in Xingzhou for the first time and were not familiar with the place. Whether it was to allow Yan Zhigao to carry out his work smoothly or for the Yan family to gain a foothold in Xingzhou, it was inevitable to hold a banquet and entertain all parties.

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The banquet was the first time that the Yan family showed up in Xingzhou City, and it was of great significance, so everyone in the Yan family was prepared. Even Mrs. Yan participated in the preparation of the dishes on the day of the banquet.

Daohuaxuan.

Daohua stood in front of the flower shed, clasping her chin with her hands and frowning slightly, as if she was thinking about something.

Pingtong came over with the newly made dress, happened to see this scene, and immediately smiled and said: "What problem did the big girl encounter?"

Seeing that it was Pingtong, Daohua sighed like a young adult: "Isn't there a banquet going to be held? I was thinking, how should I entertain the ladies who came on the day of the banquet?"

There is a division of labor in the Yan family. In the backyard, my mother and second aunt are responsible for entertaining the ladies of each family, and third aunt is responsible for taking care of the kitchen, and she is responsible for the young ladies who come over.

As for the outer courtyard, the adults will be looked after by Cheap Daddy, and her elder brother will be responsible for receiving the young masters who come.

Pingtong smiled and asked: "Does the big girl have an idea?"

Seeing Pingtong's smiling face, Daohua turned her eyes: "Please give me some advice from sister Pingtong!"

Pingtong smiled and said, "How can I, my slave, give you any advice on how to teach the eldest lady?" Seeing Daohua's face fall, she smiled again, "However, Madam asked me to come over and talk to the eldest lady about the boudoir when each family holds a banquet.

What will the lady do?"

Daohua's eyes lit up and she immediately pulled Pingtong into the house: "Sister, please tell me what the ladies will do during the banquet."

Pingtong first handed the dress to Wang Man'er, and then said with a smile: "Actually, during the banquet, the young ladies had limited things to do. They just enjoyed flowers, drank tea, chatted, and recited poems and composed poems."<

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"Ah? That's all!" Daohua was disappointed.

Pingtong nodded: "Rich families attach great importance to the reputation of women in their boudoir. Everyone will be very reserved when they go out to be guests. Therefore, girls don't need to be nervous. Just treat each other with courtesy on the day of the banquet."

Mrs. Li was worried that her daughter would be nervous when doing things for the first time, so she asked Pingtong to come over to comfort Daohua.

After a while, Pingtong left. Seeing Daohua, Wang Maner still looked sad and asked: "Girl, didn't Madam say that it's enough to treat each other with courtesy? What are you worried about?"

Daohua sighed: "How can it be so simple?"

Where there are many women, right and wrong are inevitable. Even if it is just a group of teenage girls, she would not dare to be careless at all.

Fortunately, their family lived in a government office and there were no rockeries or ponds. Otherwise, her nerves would have been stretched from morning to night on the day of the banquet.

"Viewing flowers is no longer an option." She has already planted the climbing roses, and she has also planted many flowers in the flowerbed, but it is still a little early for them to bloom.

"It's okay to drink tea." But you can't drink tea every day!

"Recite a poem to make a poem..." Daohua shook her head. In her past and present life, she had no ability to compose poems. Even if she plagiarized other people's poems, she didn't remember a few sentences in her mind. She couldn't speak to a group of little girls.

Let’s talk about the moonlight in front of the bed.

Daohua's face wrinkled: "I have to find something to do." If a group of little girls get together during their free time, there will inevitably be a few noisy ones. When trouble occurs, her master's face will not look good.

After thinking about it, Daohua ran off to find her third uncle, Yan Zhiqiang.

In the blink of an eye, the day of the banquet has arrived.

Early in the morning, everyone in the Yan family got up and packed up, and then everyone went about their own business.

At about six o'clock, people began to arrive one after another.

Daohua followed Mrs. Li, smiling and welcoming the ladies from each family in.

Mrs. Li first took the ladies from various families to visit Mrs. Yan, and then she didn't stay long before taking her to the main courtyard to talk.

When Mrs. Yan saw the person leaving, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief. There was nothing she could do about it. She was an old peasant woman, and she really couldn't find anything in common with a group of official ladies.

"The boss's wife is very attentive!" At this time, he did not forget to take care of her feelings.

Mrs. Yan thought of Daohua and said to Sun Ma: "That girl Daohua has seen this kind of banquet for the first time. She is still the host. Go and have a look. If she wants to help, you can stay there."

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She is senior and older, so she can just say a few words to someone she meets, but as the eldest daughter of the Yan family, Daohua has to take care of the young ladies she sees, so she must be very busy.

Main courtyard.

In the living room, several ladies in gorgeous clothes were drinking tea and chatting. Judging from the way they talked and laughed freely, it was obvious that they had known each other for a long time.

As they started, several little girls gathered together, chattering and laughing. Not far away, Yan Yihuan, Yan Yishuang, and Yan Yile were sitting alone, looking a little embarrassed, as if they couldn't get into the conversation of these girls.

Go.

When Daohua and Mrs. Li came in with the wife and young lady of the Tongpan family, they saw this scene.

Mrs. Li glanced at Daohua and looked a little worried. Among the girls who came today was the granddaughter of the former chief minister of the cabinet. I heard that she had a bad temper. She was worried that her daughter wouldn't be able to cope with it.

Daohua noticed Mrs. Li's gaze, smiled, pulled the young lady from the Tongpan family and walked over.

As soon as Mrs. Li saw Daohua passing by, she started calling out to the girls and sisters from each family. She breathed a sigh of relief, and then she took Mrs. Tongpan to talk to the ladies who came before.

Zhou Jingwan, the youngest daughter of the head of the Zhou family of the Zhongding family in Xingzhou, and the favorite granddaughter of Zhou Zhengyao, the former chief minister of the cabinet. Because she is favored, she is inevitably arrogant. At this moment, facing the master Daohua, she looks arrogant.

The Zhou family had inquired about the situation of the Yan family early in the morning and knew that the eldest daughter of the Yan family had grown up in the countryside.

Initially, Zhou Jingwan thought that the eldest daughter of the Yan family must be vulgar, but after seeing her, she realized that her appearance and bearing were not inferior to other girls. If her clothes weren't simpler and more ordinary, she would almost be as good as the ladies of the capital.<

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Zhou Jingwan took a look at Daohua's rosy and fair face. Thinking of her dull complexion, she suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. She thought about it and said, "Miss Yan, it's boring to have nothing to do. Why don't we all come together to connect poems?"

Appearance is innate, but knowledge is learned. She doesn't believe that a person who grew up in the countryside can recite poems and write poems.

Daohua hadn't spoken yet, but Yan Yishuang, who was sitting beside her and couldn't get a word in, immediately agreed: "This is great. Let's write poems together. It not only kills the time, but also allows us to get to know each other as quickly as possible."

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Jingwan and other little girls looked at Yan Yishuang one after another, with a vague look of contempt on their brows.

"Humph!"

Zhou Jingwan snorted coldly and ignored Yan Yishuang. Instead, she looked at Daohua with a sneer: "The rules of your Yan family are really good."

In a wealthy family, there has always been a circle for the legitimate daughters and another for the concubines. If a concubine wants to enter the circle of the legitimate daughters, she must either be very good or there is no legitimate daughter in the family.

In both cases, Yan Yishuang didn't take advantage of her. They had ignored her before, but this person actually had no discernment at all and insisted on getting in front of them. Such behavior was really disdainful.

The smile on Daohua's face did not change, as if she did not understand Zhou Jingwan's words. She would not let this little girl take over the spotlight, and said with a smile: "Sisters, the main courtyard is too noisy, and there are adults watching, why don't you go to me

Let’s go to the yard, so we can have more fun.”

Hearing this, the little girls were a little moved.

We are all still children, and there are no children who don’t like to play and make noise. However, when in the presence of adults, they will inevitably be restrained.

Zhou Jingwan didn't want to stay under her mother's nose, but her attitude was not very good just now, and she was a little embarrassed for a while.
Chapter completed!