Colorful

Chapter 4 Living in the Shen Mansion (4)
"Isn't that right? Right now, the two of them are holding hands and talking about the past, and they even cried once before." Chunchan said.

"Then Miss Wu and I will go to the old lady first and recognize this lady." Ji Lan turned her head to Ji Cheng and said, "You follow this sister Chunchan to the side hall for a while, and when the old lady is free, then I will lead you to kowtow."

"Yes." Ji Cheng replied, and followed Chun Chan to the side hall to wait.

There is no one in the side hall at the moment, only the little girl who is in charge of serving tea is still leaning on the pillar and dozing off, just as her head fell, she woke up suddenly, opened her eyes and saw Chunchan coming in, and rushed to greet her: "Sister Chunchan."

"This is Miss Ji, the third wife's niece, take good care of me, I'll wait in front of the old lady." Chunchan turned back and said to Ji Cheng, "Miss, sit here for a while, and wait for the old lady to be free. I'll come to invite you."

"Thank you, sister." Ji Cheng nodded.

When the little girl serving tea saw Ji Cheng, she was stunned for a while, and then remembered to serve Ji Cheng tea after a while. She was young but very courageous, so she approached Ji Cheng and asked, "Miss Ji, what else do we have here?" There is fresh almond milk, made with milk, it tastes delicious, would you like a cup?"

Ji Cheng was about to refuse, but it was obvious that the little girl looked at him eagerly, so he turned to smile and said: "Okay, then I will trouble you, Miss."

Juan'er grinned, turned and retreated, and went to the tea room next to her.

"Okay, you're here to steal almond dew again. You haven't done much today, and you have to serve a lot of guests. I'll tell sister Xiuchun to go and see how she will deal with you later." Duan'er groaned behind Juan'er. Patted her on the shoulder.

Juan'er was so frightened that she turned her head and saw that it was Duan'er, then she patted her chest and let out a sigh of relief: "Which eye of yours saw me drink it secretly? Miss Ji wanted to drink it, so I'll pour it for her."

"Where is Miss Ji from? Don't bully me." Duan'er walked over to take a small cup of almond milk from Juan'er's hand, drank it in one gulp, and quickly wiped her mouth with a handkerchief.

"Sister Chunchan said she is the third wife's nephew." Juan'er said.

"Tch, where are the poor relatives who came here to play the autumn wind, haven't they even drank almond milk? They come to their homes eagerly to ask for it." Duan'er curled her lips and said.

"Don't look at people sideways. I think that Miss Ji is quite a nice person, and she is not a poor relative. Isn't the third lady's natal family a well-known businessman in Jindi? I think Miss Ji's style should be the third lady's own son. Nephew." Juan'er paused, covered her mouth with the back of her hand, leaned into Sain'er's ear and said, "You haven't seen that Miss Ji, she was born like a fairy."

"Tch, you ignorant little thing." Duan'er pushed Juan'er's forehead away with one finger, "What kind of fairy descended to earth? It would be nice to be half as tidy as Miss Su who is in the old lady's room right now." Ms. Su is the beautiful lady that is often sung in opera books."

Juan'er was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Although I have never met that Miss Su, Miss Ji is definitely not worse than her."

Duan'er is also a curious age, thirteen this year, only half a year older than Juan'er.

"Then I'll go with you to deliver almond dew, and see if that Miss Ji is really born so well. In the northwest, I heard that the loess is everywhere, what kind of watery characters can be born?" Duan'er thought in her heart. I don't believe Juan'er's words.

In this way, the beauty of Su Yun and Ji Cheng has become something for two young girls of similar age to compete with each other, just like fighting grass, you say the Aoxuemei in your hand is beautiful, but she says the Bingdilian in her hand More beautiful.

Juan'er and Duan'er entered the side hall one after the other, the former was holding almond dew, while the latter was holding a peach-shaped box filled with lacquer and golden landscape patterns, and put the things on the side of Ji Cheng's hand with lowered eyelids The black lacquered square table with marble inlaid heart did not make a sound, and the rules were learned very well.

Duan'er lifted the lid of the peach-shaped box, and there were seven small peach cups inside, each containing snacks such as dried apricots, almonds, persimmons, and walnuts. It's also like hibiscus, if it weren't for the cook who pays attention to others, I'm afraid she wouldn't have such patience to carve it.

Even this peach-shaped box is very unique and rare. It cannot be made by ordinary craftsmen. It may not be possible to buy it if you have money in the market. The cover is painted and gold-painted. Crane Yannian is very suitable for the occasion.Ji Cheng thought to himself, these noble families may not have a few 10 taels of silver in their hands, but all the wealth is reflected in these food and clothing expenses. No wonder the family can maintain their dignity for many years by relying on pawns.

After putting down their things, Juan'er and Duan'er backed out silently with their eyes downcast, and waited to leave the side hall. You pushed me, and I pushed you to sit on the porch bench in the veranda.

"How about it, did you see it?" Juan'er asked Duan'er impatiently.

Duan'er smiled and said: "I think, this Miss Ji and that Miss Su should switch positions. Miss Ji is graceful and slender, with fair and tender skin, she is more like a daughter from a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. If she is not tall and tall, I really can't tell it's our daughter's house in the north. As for Miss Su, she is bright and generous, but she has the temperament of Beidi rouge, but her figure is a little short."

Juan'er had never seen that Miss Su, so she had no idea, so she just followed up and asked: "Then tell me, is it Miss Ji or your Miss Su who is prettier?"

Duan'er touched her chin: "It's really hard to say, each flower is different, I think Miss Ji is more like... Oh, I can't say it, but Miss Su looks like a peony flower at first glance."

"Oh, why can't Miss Ji say it?" Juan'er asked after her.

Duan'er said in embarrassment: "It's really hard to say." Although she learned a few words from the big girl Yun Jin, but if asked to describe Ji Cheng with words, she really doesn't know how to describe him.

"Then what kind of flower do you think Miss Ji looks like? A lotus?" Juan'er asked resolutely.

"Like, not like." Duan'er said, "Miss Ji has a bit of the purity of a lotus flower, but she is a little more enchanting."

"What enchantment?" Juan'er didn't understand, "Miss Ji doesn't look like a frivolous person."

"Oh, I didn't say that Miss Ji was frivolous, I just said her, oh, I can't say it, I just think that this Miss Ji makes you want to see her again, and you can't help but want to peek at her " Satin said.

"Yes, yes, yes." Juan'er seemed to have found a bosom friend, "I've been spying on her just now."

At the end of the discussion, the two girls didn't use any flowers to compare Ji Cheng to the consensus above. After all, she seems to be more lively than flowers, and no flower can sum her up.

Let's say that Ji Cheng sat in the side hall for a while, casually looked at the surrounding furnishings, and drank up the almond milk. It was indeed as the little girl said, very sweet and delicious, and the mouth was smooth and smooth. She also took a sip of the hibiscus cake, which was very fragrant with fresh flowers in it.

The most wonderful thing is that these things are all made very delicately, unlike Ji's, which only stays in the pursuit of taste, delicious food is the most important thing, as long as they look passable, they are all to be eaten anyway.People here seem to pay more attention to appearance.

At the end, Ji Cheng picked up the teacup and looked around, and the little girl Juan'er came over with a small carved lacquer bowl. Ji Cheng thanked him, rinsed his mouth with tea, spit it into the small carved lacquer bowl next to him, and took it out of his sleeve. I took a small piece of peppermint pill out of my purse and put it in my mouth.

Just after finishing these things, the girl Chunchan walked in: "Miss Ji, the old lady asked about you, please follow me."

Ji Cheng straightened his clothes, and when he entered the main hall of Ruiying Hall, there were already half a room full of people sitting or standing, and on a short couch in the middle sat an old lady wearing a sauce-red floor embroidered gown for celebrating the birthday of the Eight Immortals. Wearing a brown dark pattern on the forehead, with a big piece of Hetian jade inlaid in the middle of the thumb, silver threads are already showing in the hair, but the spirit is very hale and hearty.Mrs. Shen has a silver moon face, which is both kind and kind.

There was an old lady sitting next to Mrs. Shen, wearing a gown with a grain harvest pattern that has only become fashionable in the south in the past two years. She is probably the old lady who came from Suzhou in the south. She is almost covered with silver hair.

Ji Lan is currently sitting on the third chair from the left of the old lady. In front of her is a round-faced lady in her forties. The brocade gown with purple ground and three patterns is embroidered with bats, longevity peaches and coins, so it is called three patterns.That hand was wearing an emerald ring, and Ji Cheng could tell at a glance that the quality of the emerald was very shimmering and rare. In the past ten years or so, it has been difficult to find such a fine-quality emerald. But the jadeite of Ji Lan's ring yesterday did not seem to have this watery quality.

Ji Cheng thought, this is probably the second wife Huang who was born as the prostitute of the Hou family in Ji Lan's mouth.The last time Ji Cheng came to Shen's residence for a short stay, this Mrs. Huang was ill, so she didn't see her.

There was also a row of people sitting on the right side of Mrs. Shen, all girls from the younger generation, and Shen Cui was among them.

And No. 1 on the right is a girl who looks very petite and exquisite, but she is born so bright that people can't take their eyes away when they see it. They sigh that there are such beautiful women in the world. If the fat is thick, the waist is like a restraint, she is really as beautiful as the moth-eyed Zhuang Jiang in the "Book of Songs".

Of course, Ji Cheng just glanced over these people quickly, and didn't have much time to look at them.

"From the third family, this is your niece, girl Cheng, right?" Mrs. Shen said to Ji Cheng with a smile, "Come closer and let me see, I'm old and useless, my eyes are blurry. "

Ji Cheng stepped forward in response, let the old lady hold her hand, stood beside the old lady, and said, "Ah Cheng pays respects to the old ancestor."

"Okay, okay." The old lady patted the back of Ji Cheng's hand, her eyes curled up with a smile.Mrs. Shen was very strict with her three sons when she was young, but she loved her grandchildren very much when she was old, especially girls, whether they belonged to her or not.

"Just now, my ancestor said that he is too old to remember things. I see that your old man has a better memory than our young people. It was three years ago when Ah Cheng came back, so I saw you later." As an old man, it's hard for you to remember this girl's name." Ji Lan said with a smile.

The old lady smiled and said: "I can't remember anything else, but this girl was born really well, and I remembered it at a glance. At that time, I thought that this girl would grow up and wonder how tidy she should be. Now that I see you, It's even better than I imagined, look how delicate it looks! If it weren't for the tall body, it would be more like southerners than us southerners. Then I will ask you, why don't you see Cheng girl in my house again Come on, but you said she went back to Jindi, and I sighed for a while."

"That's right. This time Ah Cheng came to celebrate your old man's birthday, so I specially kept her here for a long time. You can watch as long as you want, old ancestor. No one in the family knows that your old man likes beautiful girls the most. ?” Ji Lan laughed.

"That's right, the old lady just wished she could gather all the beautiful girls in the capital to live in our house." Mrs. Huang also answered from the side, and everyone laughed.

"A mother-in-law and daughter-in-law for decades, or do you know me." The old lady laughed herself, "When I see them, I think of me when I was young, and there were times when I was like a flower."

Everyone laughed.

At this time, a girl had already put the futon in front of the old lady, Ji Cheng took two steps, lifted the hem of her skirt slightly and knelt down, saying: "Ah Cheng pays homage to the old ancestor, wishing the old ancestor a blessing like the East China Sea, and a longer life than Nanshan, laughing Keep your mouth open, and the family will enjoy it forever."

"Okay, okay." Yun Jin, a girl who looked about eighteen or so beside the old lady, handed a red envelope to the old lady, and the old lady handed it to Ji Cheng herself.

Ji Cheng thanked her, and the old lady took her hand and asked a few more words, and then asked her to salute that old Mrs. Su who came from the south.

Mrs. Su gave Ji Cheng a box of twelve glazed hairpins as a gift, and then took her hand and said to Mrs. Shen next to her, "You are so good, you can compare with our sister Yun." Mrs. Su She was telling the truth, until now, she had only seen that Ji Cheng's appearance was comparable to Su Yun's, but Su Yun's stature was not as tall as Ji Cheng's. Although she was exquisite and delicate, she was not as eye-catching as Ji Cheng.

"I see that both are equally good." The old lady laughed.

Then Ji Cheng greeted Huang again.

"Since you are a permanent resident, our grandparents and grandchildren will have plenty of time to talk in the future. You should get to know your sisters first, so that you can get close to them in the future. Don't stay here for the younger generation, let's all go to the back and hug the mansion." The old man said Mrs.

Ji Cheng responded, and Su Yun on the right and the girls from the Shen family all stood up and went to Baoxia together.

(End of this chapter)