It is popular nowadays that from the first to the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, relatives and friends take turns treating guests to dinner. Not only relatives go around, but friends also treat each other to drinks.
For example, in a large and powerful household, these interpersonal relationships are even more involved, which creates a contradiction. It only lasts fifteen days. You come and I go back and forth, how can you stay busy?
So there is a new trick, which is to disperse.
For example, if you meet someone on the same day, go to the same house alone.
And this requires scheduling the date in advance to avoid being awkward and unable to get someone to go.
You are even more afraid of letting people think that you have gone to this house but not to that house, and there are some things that cannot be replaced by others. For example, some of Xie Yuncang's colleagues in the officialdom cannot be asked to go to their families.
There is another exception here, and that is among the girls who have not left the court.
First of all, it is not good for a girl to go out alone to meet guests. If there is a move between families, it would be inappropriate to send an unmarried girl to the house.
Secondly, if you go out to meet guests, even if your daughter's family doesn't take you there, it won't be a big hindrance.
Therefore, in the first month of the year, it is also popular for ladies from wealthy families to hold tea parties.
Over the years, the trend has become more and more popular, and the emphasis here has become more and more important.
For example, just like the treat between adults, the next post needs to be dedicated to the treat.
And here, there is a difference in family status.
For example, the guests of really high-ranking families such as Prince Huai's Palace, the Princess's Palace, or the British Duke's Palace, and Gao's Palace, these girls are particularly eye-catching.
When you really reach the upper class, what matters is a circle.
Now they are just girls playing around at the banquet. After a few years, they will be the daughters-in-law of various houses. What they hold in their hands are the connections and resources that can help their father and brother.
Therefore, the adults in the family are happy to see their daughter's family receiving invitations from girls with higher family status than their own.
The Gaofu family had no contact with the Xie family in the past. It was only in the past six months that they developed some closeness, which was limited to the inner house.
Now the eldest girl of the Gao family has personally sent an invitation to the three girls of the Xie family. Is there anyone in the Xie family who is unhappy?
Even Xie Yuncang acquiesced.
Xie Yuncang of the Gao family may still be waiting and watching, not wanting to get too close to him, but it is another matter for the daughters to go to the Gao family for a banquet. After all, no one will regard the girls' interactions as two families.
Moving around.
Before Xie Songhua could refuse, the old lady sent clothes and jewelry.
Shaoyaoyan smiled at Yan Yan, "The old lady said that the girl has always been in poor health and has not gone out for a walk during the New Year. She needs to dress up brighter now to suppress her illness. After the New Year, everything will be over.
Everything will be fine.”
Shaoyao came all the way holding a tray in a swaggering manner, and everyone in the house soon knew about it.
Xie Songhua also knew what the old lady meant. The prince had spread such rumors earlier, and she wanted Xie Songhua to go out and earn her face by herself.
But she is a half-assed lady, how can she earn face?
But if you want to refuse, there are only two ways, either to pretend to be sick or to have an accident.
Xie Songhua can think of it, but what happens after this?
The Xie family didn't want a useless daughter, she knew this when she first came to the Xie family.
It is important that Xie Yuncang's blood flows on her body, but it is not that important. The most important thing is that she must be like a daughter of the Xie family.
If she is dormant again because of the prince's affairs, then what was the purpose of all her previous efforts?
Yu Ruzhuo was a little surprised by her decision to participate, "Are you really planning to go? The battlefield between these boudoir women is no weaker than the sharp edges between men."
"There has to be a day when I go out to see the world. If I only stay in this house, wouldn't I be too unambitious?"
When the old lady heard that Xie Songhua came to inquire about the preferences and habits of the eldest girl of the Gao family, she actually smiled and said, "This is what a girl from my Xie family should be like, not taking the initiative to cause trouble, but not afraid of getting into trouble."
, that’s the most important thing.”
On the tenth day of the lunar month, Xie Songhua came out dressed in new clothes.
I saw that she was wearing a rose-purple gown, a goose-yellow horse-faced skirt underneath, a single snail bun, and a silk hairpin with tiny beaded tassels.
The silk ribbon made of beads has a gleaming pink color.
Originally, rose-purple clothes like this are the easiest to put on people, so if an ordinary lady wears this color, she would have to apply powder heavily.
But in this way, it will be a little more mature, so generally girls do not wear this, and most women wear it.
Fortunately, Xie Songhua's clothes were not a problem at all. A few months after she returned to Xie's family, some people said that she was basically white and could always recover.
Unexpectedly, after more than half a year, he turned out to be even whiter than Xie Sihua, who originally had the fairest skin.
He also has a pair of round eyes and a smooth forehead, decorated only with broken hair on the temples, which immediately complements his clothes.
When Xie Shuhua saw Xie Songhua at first glance, she was stunned and felt a little blocked for no reason.
Although she had always been unwilling to admit it, at this moment, she finally had to say that Xie Songhua was indeed born well.
Sitting together with Xie Sihua, the two sisters looked like spring flowers and autumn moon, but she, on the other hand, was downgraded in terms of appearance.
Xie Shuhua complained about the old lady in her heart again. In so many years, she had never given such good jewelry to herself. In the past, she often said that she was her most beloved granddaughter, which was just talk.
Three sisters were riding in the same carriage, but no one wanted to talk to the other.
Xie Sihua had always been proud, but now that he saw that the two of them seemed to have a bright future, he was even more unwilling to flatter them, so he just closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.
The alley at the back door of the Gao family has long been blocked by horse-drawn carriages.
I know that in such a lively season, the Gao family's banquet must not stop, and it is normal for the house to be crowded with guests every day.
After entering the second gate and following the maid who led the way, I realized how lively it was.
Xie Songhua also got a glimpse of what the inner chamber of the top nobles of this dynasty was like.
Although the maids and maids were constantly coming and going, upon closer inspection they were very orderly and not chaotic at all. Even when they saw guests they didn't know, they didn't show any indifference. The auspicious words were not stiff at all, and they made people feel at home.
feeling.
Going all the way to the flower hall arranged by Gao Ying, Xie Songhua actually heard the voices of three different opera troupes, which showed how prosperous it was.
The most terrible thing is that the Gao family's garden is really big, and there are more than one. It took a full two-quarters of an hour to walk from where we got off the carriage.
I don’t know how much reward was given out along the way, so Xie Songhua could only feel sad in his heart.
"Ah! Three sisters, four sisters, and seven sisters, are you here?"
Hearing a girl's voice, Xie Songhua quickly looked over and saw that it was Zhou Yu, the third girl from Zhou Wenyou's family whom he knew.
But obviously Zhou Yu was still familiar with Xie Shuhua and Xie Sihua, but he said hello to her and went to joke with the other two people.
She took the place of the master and welcomed them in. Xie Songhua was immediately stared at by all the warblers in the room.
"This must be the fourth girl of the Xie family! We have met your two sisters before, but this is the first time for the fourth girl!"
A girl came up to her with a smile, took Xie Songhua's arm and dragged her inside, "Everyone, come and see this beauty."
