Chapter 37 Invitation

Eleventh Lady listened to the words.

Xu Lingkuan, the fifth master of the Xu family, is only 18 years old this year. He served as the chief officer of the Imperial Army Tiance Camp and is a fourth-rank military officer. He married the legitimate daughter of Dingnan Marquis Sun Kang as his wife three years ago. In the words of the eldest wife, Xu Lingkuan is a ignorant boy who relies on his ancestor Yu Yin to only know how to fly eagles and horses.

Could it be that Mrs. Qiao is talking about Xu Lingkuan?

The lady smiled but refused to answer and led everyone into the flower hall.

There are earth dragons in the flower hall, which are as warm as spring. The table is placed in the western room of the flower hall, and the dishes and chopsticks have been laid out. The maids and mothers who serve are standing solemnly on the side.

The third lady warmly greeted everyone to sit down.

After you pushed me and let me go, the eldest wife, Mrs. Qiao, and the third wife, sat at a table.

Luo's big breasts, the sixth lady of the Qiao family, sat at a table.

Aunt Wen avoided outside the hall.

Some maids brought water to soak osmanthus to clean everyone's hands, put Junshan silver needles on the table for the grandma, and put Lushan clouds on the table for Luo Dama. Then the maids brought snacks, side dishes, hot dishes, hot dishes and hot pots in a row.

The third lady poured Jinhua wine for the eldest lady and the others.

The lady politely said to the eldest lady that she was a common occurrence, and should not dislike her in-laws, and then raised her glass to toast everyone.

The eldest wife and Mrs. Qiao responded.

The banquet officially began.

Although Eleventh Lady has a lot of dishes, no one is embarrassed to stare at the one who is helping with the dish next to her. She will definitely put up long chopsticks to pick them up, which will inevitably give people a greedy feeling, so everyone is eating the dishes in front of them in a regular manner.

As for the grandma, she said she was in poor health and accompanied her for a small cup. She put down the glass and stopped drinking. The third lady was accompanied by her. Although the grandma looked about the same age as the eldest lady, she was actually over 60 years old, so no one dared to persuade her. The eldest lady stared at Mrs. Qiao. After drinking a few glasses of wine, Mrs. Qiao was blushing, but the eldest lady still looked the same.

Unexpectedly, the eldest lady actually has a good amount of alcohol

Eleventh Lady sat aside and watched the show.

After a while, Mrs. Qiao was speechless.

Seeing that the situation was wrong, the grandma winked at the third lady. The third lady held the wine cup and wanted to serve Mrs. Qiao. The eldest lady didn't want to make trouble at the banquet at her in-laws, so she gave up.

After a meal, it was already the beginning, so everyone moved to the west to have tea.

Maybe because of drinking, Mrs. Qiao said a lot.

Those who can be your in-laws are blessed. If nothing else is said, just talk about the Sun family. If it weren’t for your mother-in-law, how could she live in the house for half a month and her mother’s house for half a month?

The lady laughed and saw that the eldest wife was confused and explained: The only daughter in Dingnan Hou was under her knees. She was as precious as a treasure. She could marry our family because she was attracted by our many sons. In the future, her daughters and sons-in-law would often go to her parents' house. I am also the one who raises children. I feel sorry for all parents in the world. So I let them live at home for half a month and go to Dingnan Hou Mansion in Hongdeng Hutong for the first half of the month. Both sides were looking for freshness. Unfortunately, you came here, it was the second half of the month, and they were still at Dingnan Hou Mansion. When they came back, they asked them to pay their respects to you.

Don't dare, don't dare. The eldest wife said hurriedly that the fifth wife was the lord of Danyang County by the late emperor. She has a noble status. How could she ask her to pay my respects to me

The sister of Dingnan Hou was the favorite concubine of the late emperor. She had a hollow knee. She often announced that Sun would come to the palace to accompany her. The late emperor also liked her and appointed her as the lord of Danyang County. She was the first to be in the family of these marquis, princes and nobles.

The wife of the in-laws is polite. Mrs. Qiao smiled and said, "The emperor has several poor relatives, let alone you and I will talk about it. Our princess is a first-class virtuous person. Since she married into the Xu family, she has never been called her county lord again. Relatives and friends have always been generous, and everyone likes it."

The eldest lady heard her speak more and more distorted, and she was angry, but she was not easy to be a guest at the Grandma's house and only sneered in her heart.

It's really a frog in the well, Yelang is arrogant. It has been more than a hundred years since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty. In his later years, Emperor Taizong had used King Zheng'an to rebel, kill, demote or seize titles. Most of his family's assets were merciless or sold. The remaining families were as trembling as dogs that were lost. Finally, during the period of Emperor Xiaozong, although several families had restored their titles, they were already frightened birds, but they were seeking their lives to be protected and they dared not make contributions to the court. Over the past hundred years, most of them were strong outside and work hard, relying on their ancestors' land and property to barely maintain daily use. How could they be better than those of these officials who had become famous? Not only did they have to buy land and shop, but they even took the money of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to sell the Duke of Cheng Guo who had not earned some money in the Northwest Army in those years, the Qiao family would have been just one of them. They even made a lot of talk in front of her.

The more she thought about her, the worse her face became.

The lady saw clearly, sighed in her heart, and stood up with a smile: Why not go and see the newly built stage to eat the food

The eldest lady knew that the wife was helping her, so she looked at the eldest lady gratefully and the group went to the newly built stage.

The stage is very small, with two rooms, pink walls and gray tiles, and the four corners of the eaves are raised high like flying swallows. The screen wall of the stage is painted with five-color paint, which is very gorgeous. Behind the stage is a row of seven rooms, three rooms on the left, and a hall on the right, and seven main rooms on the opposite side. A rolling shed is set up on the corridors.

The third lady smiled and said: The fifth master's idea. In summer, I hung a curtain on the eaves of the rolling shed, fanning the wind while listening to the play. The breeze is gentle, which can relieve the summer heat. In winter, you can hang a plywood curtain, either hanging or rolling, and then raise a fire plate, roast sweet potato beans, play and play, and be free and easy.

Luo Daniel praised repeatedly: It was really a wonderful idea.

Everyone also said it was OK.

Wu Niang looked envious, Miss Qiao Liu smiled faintly, while Eleventh Niang looked at the furnishings around her carefully.

The doors and windows are covered with colorful gold, or flowers, birds and beasts, or hundreds of babies, or bodhisattvas. It is very different from the commonly used patterns such as the five bats holding their birthdays or the five sons passing the imperial examination. It is solemn in the excitement. It can be seen that it took a lot of effort.

The lady laughed: I don’t know how much effort it took to make this stage. As she said that, she pointed to the seven wing rooms behind the stage: If you built this row, you would directly lead to the garden. Then she pointed to the hall and demolished Xiao Si’s study room halfway. Fortunately, he had a good temper, but if he met the old marquis, he would have to have a meal.

Mrs. Qiao said oh, and her eyes turned: Then if you start a show here, why don’t you argue with Mr. Hou?

What a quarrel, the lady laughed and said, "It's been long since I moved." Xiao Wu moved when she got married, and moved to Banyuepan in the back garden. Otherwise, she would not dare to build a big project here with Xiao Wu's courage.

Everyone laughed.

The lady simply led them into the hall.

There is a small yard inside, with only three main rooms facing south and north. It has gray tiles, pink walls, black painted floor-to-ceiling columns, and white lattice window paper. There are a few Taihu stones in the courtyard, a few bamboo branches planted on the left, and a few banana plants planted on the right, which are quiet and elegant.

The eldest lady praised the good place.

No. The lady smiled and looked at the third lady. If the mistress hadn't stopped her, she said that if there was a distinguished guest, she could come here to rest. Xiaowu would have demolished her long ago.

The third lady covered her mouth and smiled: Our master looked at the marquis's face and then came out to stop him.

Everyone smiled and left the yard, left the stage, and went to a corridor made of bluestone. On the left side of the corridor was a window wall, built with a round, square or crabapple-shaped window. You can see the green clear springs and strange stones in the garden. Along the way, there was a feeling of Jiangnan gardens with one window and one view.

Mrs. Qiao smiled and said: The Fifth Master has spent a lot of effort, and even this wall has been changed.

The lady laughed and pointed to the few green branches that stretched out from the pink wall not far to the right: That was Lao Wu’s residence.

Eleventh Lady looked at a five-level staircase, where two or three little maids who had no head left were throwing sandbags.

Seeing the grandma coming over, they all stepped forward to salute the grandma. A fifty-year-old woman wearing lilac-colored, white-faced and bearded beside the grandma took candy from her purse and gave it to the little maid. The little maids all ran away with a smile. The grandma pointed to a pink wall in front: It was Yuanniang's yard.

The bamboo shoots are exposed on the wall.

The third lady smiled and pointed at Fanyuan at the end of the corridor: Where can I live

Behind the Grandma's house is a flower hall, next to the flower hall is Xu Lingkuan, next to Xu Lingkuan is Xu Lingyi, and then there is Xu Lingning's family. There should be a widowed sister-in-law in the Xu family, I don't know where to live.

Eleventh Lady thought. After walking through Yuanniang's yard, she saw a three main doors on the window wall, and there were side doors on the left and right. The main door and the side door on the left were closed, and the side door on the right were opened. The two mothers were sitting on the spring stool in front of the door and talking. When they saw the lady, they immediately ran over to pay their respects.

The lady said a few words to the two women in a kind manner, and the third lady smiled and said: After walking for a while, it is better to go into the house to have a cup of tea.

The lady looked at the eldest lady. The lady was afraid that the lady would be tired, so she replied with a smile: OK

They followed the fan tank that the third lady just pointed to, and went south to the third lady's residence.

The third lady's residence is five rooms and four entrances, which is larger than the Luo family's house in Gongxian Hutong. The pink walls and gray tiles, black painted Ruyi doors, the downward seat is divided into a study and a flower hall, and the hall is penetrated. When entering the hall, the cross-blue stone corridor, banana trees are planted, and a flower rack is built. The three main rooms are equipped with ear rooms, and the circumference is connected to the east and west wing rooms are connected to the Xu family's grandson Xu Siqin and Xu Sijian. The third place is Xu Lingning and his wife, and magnolia trees and pine and cypress are planted in the yard. The fourth place is the back room.

They drank tea in the main hall where the third lady lived.

The clear and bright light golden tea soup, and the green leaves are decorated with wisps of fragrant osmanthus fragrance.

Eleventh Lady was slightly stunned.

Take a sip.

The unique tomato fragrance of Longjing and the sweetness of osmanthus are intertwined, which is mellow and sweet, leaving a fragrance on the lips and teeth.

It is osmanthus flower tea.

Although the taste is unique, she doesn't like it.

Eleventh Lady likes tea and tea with their own nature, and there are other things mixed in between, and always feels that the original purity is missing.

She thought, someone praised: What a good tea

Eleventh Lady looked in the voice and was Miss Qiao's sixth.

This is the new flower tea released by Lingxiulou this year. She narrowed her eyes slightly and her expression was satisfied.

The third lady smiled and said: My sister is really a gentleman. However, this is not the tea from Lingxiulou, but the second sister-in-law personally picked the flowers of the century-old osmanthus trees in the garden last autumn.

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