Hidden golden branches

Chapter 34 Long House
  Seeing that Chen Rong was dressed up, Aunt Zhong came up and put her in a lotus-pink terry-coloured cloak. She respectfully asked, "Girl, do you want me to follow you to the Grand Master's Mansion next door?"

"No, it's raining outside and the roads are slippery. Mom, you'd better stay at home and live in peace." Chen Rong waved his hand in concern.

Seeing this, Grandma Zhong told Cuizhu and Yuzhu: "You take good care of the girl and don't let anyone rush you."

She was worried that Chen Rong would encounter the same bad things that happened in Yue Mansion again.

"Mother Zhong, please relax. If you encounter that blind thing again, see if I don't cut her!" Yu Zhu gritted her teeth, put one hand on her hips, and waved her palm with the other hand to make a cutting motion.

Aunt Zhong smiled and glared at Yu Zhu. She took the umbrella she had taken and placed it under the eaves at the door. She picked up a small jade bone powder umbrella, opened it and handed it to Chen Rong. She turned around and said, "Okay, okay, you are the only one who has it." ability."

The autumn rain is continuous, and there is a hint of coolness in the wind.

Chen Rong held a small jade-bone umbrella in one hand and held the hem of her skirt in the other hand as she walked ahead.

Followed by Cuizhu who was holding the carved red sandalwood jewelry box. Yu Zhu held up his little head and stood close to Cuizhu. He held up a 24-bone red oil-paper umbrella to cover Cui'er. The master and servant were brave. Yu went to Fuyi Hall.

"Rong'er, mother has already had breakfast. There is your favorite breakfast left in the kitchen for you. Go and eat quickly. Mother will wait for you to eat before we go next door together." Yun Man said hurriedly when she saw that Chen Rong was late.

"Okay!" Chen Rong walked over happily, coquettishly pulling Yun's snow cloud satin sleeves embroidered with dark cloud patterns and swinging them from side to side.

Yun Man glared at Chen Rong, pulled back her sleeves and flicked them, and urged, "Okay, go and have your breakfast!"

Chen Rong did not forget to wink her apricot eyes at Yun Man mischievously, walked in and sat on the red lacquer inlaid marble sandalwood chair. In the dining hall, a full table of her favorite breakfast had just been placed on the carved mahogany round table. There was a small bowl of rice porridge, a small bowl of wontons, roasted donkey meat, glutinous rice and shaomai, fried crispy golden pancakes and a cup of steaming goat milk.

There was also a light green salted duck egg cut in half, the oily yellow heart melted into the porridge and then gently stirred to combine. The chopsticks picked up a piece of crispy pancake and put it to the mouth.

Scoop up a wonton. The wonton is made of crab roe, pork and shrimp minced, mixed well and cooked in clear chicken soup. It is not as fresh as pure crab meat and crab roe, but it is delicate, crisp and tender, and has a unique flavor.

The goat milk uses a wonderful method to remove the fishy smell, and adds honey, making it smell fragrant and sweet.
  How could Chen Rong eat so much? He only moved a third of it and his belly was full of food.

He hurriedly called Cuizhu and Yuzhu and said, "Quick, come over and eat together to see the bride."

Cuizhu and Yuzhu originally went to the kitchen to have a separate meal. When Chen Rong called them to eat, they didn't hesitate and sat down to eat.

It can be seen that this is a common thing.

Chen Rong rinsed his mouth and washed his hands.

After sitting there and waiting for them to eat, they walked out of the dining hall together and followed Yun out of the house to the Changfang's house next door.

There were festive red lanterns hanging high at the door of the long house next door. Needless to say, today, the normally closed door was wide open.

Standing at the gate to welcome guests was the old butler Kang Bo.

When Kang Bo saw Yun Man coming with Chen Rong, his cloudy eyes lit up, and he hurriedly held up an umbrella and came forward: "I have met the second lady, the county master."

"Comber, you're welcome."

"Comber."

Yun Man and Chen Rong nodded to Kang Bo one after another.

Kang Bo has been working in the Chen Mansion since he was a teenager. Now he is probably thirty or forty years old and it is time for him to go back and take care of himself.

It's just that Kang Bo is doing things in the long room, and Yun Man can't interfere with him.

The housekeeper, Nanny Ding, came over with a smile and led Yun Man and her daughter into the Qinghe Courtyard where the bride was to be married. In fact, mother and daughter could walk to Qinghe Courtyard with their eyes closed without Nanny Ding leading them.

In Qinghe Courtyard, in addition to Chen Fu, the second eldest daughter, and her two concubines, Chen Jing and Chen Yu, there are also the three-bedroom Fang family, the four-bedroom and five-bedroom family members Ding and Tu's sister-in-law who came from Zhuangzi in the suburbs. The three of them, together with their respective daughters, gathered in Chen Ying's dormitory to prepare for marriage.

Inside the house, old man Quan Fu put makeup on the bride's face and combed her hair.

As soon as Yun Man and her daughter came in, the eyes of everyone in the room lit up.

Yo, yo, these mother and daughter have rosy and shiny faces, they are well-dressed and rich.

You can tell at a glance that he is not on the same level as them.

Angry!

Both are Chen's daughter-in-law, why are they so different?
  Everyone in the room swallowed their mixed emotions and came over to say hello to Yun Man. Some called her: "Second sister-in-law," and some called her: "Second aunt."

There are also people who call Chen Rong "Third Sister" and call her "Third Sister".

Chen Rong also politely called people first: "Third aunt, fourth aunt, fifth aunt." Then he politely responded to the cousins: "Second sister, fourth sister, fifth sister."

Since Yun Man and Chen Rong arrived late, Granny Quan Fu had already put make-up on Chen Ying's face and combed her hair. Just wait for the groom to put the hijab on his head when he comes to pick him up, and Granny Xi helps the bride leave her yard and go to the main hall to say goodbye to her parents.

The bride-to-be, Chen Ying, was dressed in a bright red wedding dress, with a thick layer of white powder on her face, and a red rouge the size of an egg on her cheeks. At first glance, she looked very happy, just like a colorful face on a stage.

Chen Rong wanted to laugh a little when he saw it. Do all brides get married like this with big painted faces?

Isn’t it said that ‘a woman changes her eighteenth grade, and she changes even more when she gets on the sedan chair’?
  Will she become as ugly as Chen Ying?
  Alas--! If this is the case, it is better not to get married.
  At this time, Chen Ying was looking at Chen Rong, who had complex eyes, with red eyes and malicious eyes. Chen Rong couldn't ignore that look.

Tsk, if it weren’t for the auspicious day of your marriage, I wouldn’t care to look at the faces of you two sisters.

Okay, let’s give her the gift first.

Give her the gift of makeup as soon as possible. It will be a gift when she leaves, so that you don't have to look at each other here and get bored.

Mingzhu, the eldest maid in front of Yunman, opened the red lacquer box inlaid with mother-of-pearl in her hand. Everyone looked over and saw a pair of sparkling gold bracelets, no other jewelry, and a silver note lying inside.

However, no amount is more important than their courtesy.

For example, Mrs. Fang, who has three bedrooms, Ding, who has four and five bedrooms, and Tu's three sisters-in-law, the jewelry they add to their makeup is not worth two hundred taels of silver.

When Ren Yunshi made the move, the banknote alone was five hundred taels.

Coupled with this pair of obviously heavy gold bracelets, they were compared to the three sisters-in-law.

"Come on, second sister-in-law, let's go to the eldest sister-in-law's place to see if she needs any help. Let the two sisters talk quietly here!" After saying this, Mrs. Fang affectionately took Yun Man's arm and walked out.

Yun Man didn't want to go to Lu's place at first, but if he didn't want to go anymore, he would still have to pay for the scene. So he turned around and looked at Chen Rong, and was taken away by Fang's arm.

　Chen Rong: Look at the jealous looks in the eyes of my two cousins. Fortunately, the gift box I brought was not valuable.

　　Xiao Zi: Is it useful for them to be envious and jealous?

　　
  　
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