Hidden golden branches

When Chen Rong woke up, it was already snowing outside.

When I came back last night, light snowflakes started to fall in the sky.

Chen Rong raised the pillow, pulled up the quilt, and lay lazily on the bed, not wanting to get up yet.

Unknowingly, Chen Rong raised his eyes and looked out the glass window. The snow stopped and the sun came out.

It really lives up to the old saying: After snow comes sunshine.

Cuizhu had already looked outside the bedroom twice and saw Chen Rong raising her body and leaning on the bed to take a nap, so she didn't ask her to get up. Instead, she gently lowered the door curtain.

Chen Rongzheng was lazily sleeping in the warm bed without thinking about it. He suddenly remembered that yesterday Yue Wanshu said that he would make an appointment with Sun Yuting to go to Deyi Building to drink tea and listen to some songs today?

Thinking of this, I was so excited that I hurriedly rang the bells on the bedposts of the three-screen huanghuali bed framed with green marble hearts and the merlot pattern carved on it.

As soon as the bell rang, Cuizhu opened the thick jacquard silk curtain embroidered with peony patterns and walked in.

Yu Zhusheng, who followed closely, said: "Miss, please get up quickly and take a look. The snow outside is illuminated by the sun and is shining brightly!"

"Really?" Chen Rong suddenly became interested.

Aunt Zhong brought Zhui'er and several maids in with hot water in copper basins to help Chen Rong wash up.

Chen Rong told Aunt Zhong: "Mommy, please go to Fuyi Hall and tell your mother that I am going shopping with Wanshu today and will not be back in time for lunch."

After hearing this, Aunt Zhong nodded in agreement: "Hey, I'll go right away, old slave." After saying that, she was about to turn around and leave, then turned back and warned: "It just snowed today, and the road is slippery. Miss, please be careful when going out." Just go slower."

Chen Rong nodded: "Okay, thank you for reminding me."

"Hey, I should do it, I should." Madam Zhong said as she walked out and asked the boy to go to the front yard to report to the madam.

After Chen Rong dressed up, she had breakfast in Jinxiu Courtyard. Cuizhu had already gone to the front yard to tell Songlin and asked him to go to the stable to bring the horse out and put it in the carriage. The lady was going to the street.

Lao Li usually drives, but today it's snowing and the road is slippery. After all, Song Lin has martial arts skills. If something goes wrong along the way, he can turn the situation around.

There is a teahouse in Pingkangfang called "Deyilou". One time Yue Aoting came back early in the evening and brought Yue Wanshu the chestnut cake, small elephant-eye steamed buns and Tongxinshengtang meat jerky. Yue Wanshu couldn't forget it after eating it. She came out of the palace last night When I got home, I got up early to book a private room.

Don't underestimate this teahouse. In addition to hot dishes and soups, there is also no shortage of pastries, tea, various kinds of preserved melon seeds and fresh fruits, braised vegetables and wine.

It is a gathering place for literati to drink and write poems, and it is also a place for boudoir friends to relax.

Therefore, Deyilou is full of guests. If you don’t make a reservation in advance, it’s hard to find a private room, let alone a private room?
Sun Yuting received a letter from her friend Yue Wanshu early in the morning. She immediately put on her clothes for going out and asked her mother, Mrs. Madam, for instructions, then went out and got on the carriage and went straight to Deyilou.

The one who came late was Chen Rong. When she came in, the actors on the high stage downstairs were already playing and singing.

Sun Yuting was stunned when she saw Chen Rong. Ever since that day when Zhang Xiuxi met Chen Rong when she was having a miscarriage, Chen Rong left before she could even talk to her. I haven't seen her for several months, and I miss her very much.

If her third brother hadn't broken off the engagement, it would have been rare for her and Chen Rong not to see each other for two days.

Meeting each other now is awkward and unfamiliar.
Sun Yuting's eyes were slightly red, and she stepped forward to greet Chen Rong: "My little daughter has met the Lord of Jiahe County."

Now my identity is completely different from that of Chen Rong and Yue Wanshu.

Since the third brother broke off the engagement, the power of the family has plummeted. His father retired due to illness and stayed at home in a lonely and unhappy place. The third brother was suspended from his job because he offended the emperor.

The two older brothers were not very promising. The eldest brother, who was not very promising, originally expected his son to study hard and hoped to give up his title of heirloom to his son as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, if the family loses its title, how can there be an heir apparent in Pingbohou Mansion? I can only call him son.
Now, Sun Yuting has reached the age of discussing marriage.

Families with high status were afraid of offending the Chen family, so they were unwilling to marry into the Ping Bohou Mansion.

Mrs. Sun looked down upon people of low status.

Nowadays, Sun Yuting's marriage is not a good one, which worries Sun Yuting's grandmother, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Sun Yuting has a good temper, but she is not in a hurry about marriage.

If I were to marry a weak-looking woman who liked to be pretentious like my third brother, wouldn't I be marrying an inhumane person and suffer a lifetime of pain?

She couldn't see her two friends Chen Rong and Yue Wanshu, and she rarely attended banquets. Even if they go to attend banquets, they are only for the female relatives of officials below the fourth rank who are not worthy of being on the stage.

Chen Rong was at a loss for a moment, and said with a blushing face: "Ahem, Tingting, I haven't seen you for many days, why are you separated from me?"

I remember that Sun Yuting was a good best friend who would rather offend her brother Sun Yi than help her.

Yue Wanshu hurriedly tried to smooth things over and said, "Tingting, no matter what time it is or what our status is, the three of us will always be good friends."

Sun Yuting was not a narrow-minded person. After hearing this, she felt that her little family was angry. She said to Chen Rong and Yue Wanshu: "Rong Rong, Wanshu, don't be angry, it's all my fault. Hey, Wanshu, please order." Is there any food? I got up early today and haven’t had breakfast yet.”

When Yue Wanshu heard Sun Yuting's petulant complaints, she hurriedly smiled and said, "Ahem, you're all blaming me." Then she called out, "Waiter, serve some tea!"

"Here you come, guest officer!"

The waiter agreed, quickly came over and bowed and asked: "What would you like to order, the distinguished guests?"

Yue Wanshu then said a lot about the food: "First come An pomegranate, Hu Tau, Ping Po, then chestnut cake, elephant eye steamed buns, hazelnut pine sugar cake, hazelnut double glutinous cake and Tongxin knotted preserved meat, shepherd's purse spring rolls."

The waiter couldn't help but be surprised. This lady was very familiar with his store! He even knows the fruits that come in from outside the store.

Sun Yuting pulled Yue Wanshu's sleeve and whispered: "Wanshu, did you order too much? You can't eat it."

Chen Rong smiled slightly and said: "It's okay. If you can't eat, there will be Cuizhu and Zicuckoo!"

After Chen Rong finished speaking, he ordered the waiter: "In addition to the fruit wine, arrange a larger dining table according to the ones just ordered for the servants outside to eat."

The waiter nodded his head and said, "Okay!"

The waiter exited because he thought to himself: These three nobles seem to have good family backgrounds and good intentions. It is a blessing for the servants to follow such a master.

So the waiter went down to arrange a dining table for Cuizhu and the others, and also arranged food for the driver who was driving the three of them.

Two charcoal pots were burning in the elegant hall, which was warm. Chen Rong placed the small hand stove on the nanmu tea table beside it.

So the three of them sat down around the round nanmu dining table. Yue Wanshu not only ordered a table full of dishes, but also ordered fruit wine and fruit pulp.

Three best friends who have had the same temperament and family background since childhood finally got together in Deyilou.