happy event

Chapter 121 Doubt
Mrs. Yang saw several ladies turned their heads to look at the sky outside the door from time to time, and guessed that everyone wanted to go out for a walk, so she pretended to raise her hand to wipe her mouth, but she "accidentally" knocked over half of the mug. Tea.

The servant girl of the Yang family quickly took the handkerchief and went forward to help the master wipe the tea, shouting, "Oh, Madam, this jade belt silk dress is the most afraid of tea, if you don't wash it quickly, it may leave a mark on it."

Mrs. Yang waved her hands as if she didn't care, and said angrily, "It's not a big deal what you yelling, just wait until you get home and deal with it."

Dong Rong is the host, how can she let the guests wear wet skirts, so she stood up and smiled, "Have you brought a change of clothes, Mrs. If you have, why don't you go into the inner room and change the skirts. We have nothing else in the mountains, but spring water Use it casually, wash and dry it now, and it will be clean when you go back."

Mrs. Yang seemed to be hesitant, but finally nodded and said, "Then I'll be rude, and I'll borrow your living room."

"Master, why are you being polite to me? I'll gossip with the wives, and you just take care of yourself." As she spoke, Wen Niang stepped forward and led Mrs. Yang's mother, daughter, and maid into the Dongci room.

Dong Rong waved her hands and asked Si Lian to change several new dim sums, and at the end, while talking with the wives, she did not forget to introduce the recipes and ingredients of the dim sum to the two ladies.It can be said that he is good at dancing with long sleeves and covers every aspect.

Those wives accompanied their husbands to live in the academy for a long time, and they were more or less tainted with the nobility of literati. Although they treated Dong Rong well, they were not very close.Now seeing that she is no worse than the headed lady of a rich family, even more straightforward and shrewd, so she put away her contempt and talked about some trivial matters with the intention of probing.

In her previous life, Dong Rong had read books for more than ten years, and later struggled to survive in society. Not to mention being proficient in everything, at least she had a higher vision than these women who were trapped in small courtyards all day long. So after a while, the wives were so fooled that they couldn't tell the east, west, south, north.

In the Dongci room, Mrs. Yang had already changed her clothes, and now she was using an excuse to ask her daughter to help her re-tie her hair and sit for a while, but she was carefully looking at the furnishings in the room in private, and she didn't expect to take a look around. She was very surprised.Judging from the news she asked people to inquire, the Dong family is just a declining scholar family with a good reputation, but they are actually living very poorly.

The Dong family siblings are not the biological sons of Mrs. Dong's family, even if they are not treated harshly, they will never be favored.This can be seen from the fact that Dong Ping dropped out of school because of Shu Xiu, not to mention the gossip accusing Mrs. Dong of selling her eldest daughter to a fool to be his wife.

But now it seems that the life of the eldest daughter of the Dong family is really good.The pillows and cushions on the kang were made of high-quality silk and satin, and the teacups on the kang table were also made of sweet white porcelain. What surprised her most was that the rouge and gouache brought by the maid came from a time-honored brand in Kyoto. Silly and self-consciously ashamed of his daughter-in-law, so he devotes all his family's efforts to provide his daughter-in-law with a good life?
The more Mrs. Yang thought about it, the more puzzled she became, she gave the maid a wink by stroking her temples, and then walked out with her daughter.

Everyone was gossiping for a long time at the moment, and when they saw her coming out, they were a little impatient and continued to sit.So Mrs. Sun was the first to joke, "Sister Yang is finally done dressing up, we can go out and enjoy the flowers."

Mrs. Yang gave her a reproachful look, and replied, "You are short-tempered, and you are used to making fun of me on weekdays. Sister Rong, you have strong alcohol here, and I will pour her a few more glasses to vent my anger later."

Dong Rong hurriedly joked, and said angrily, "Oh, my teacher said this a long time ago, did I also send personnel into the city to buy some good wine? Now the family prepares all the fruit wine I brewed myself in autumn, I'm afraid Mrs. Sun won't get drunk after drinking a pot."

"Okay, this time I have Sister Rong's help, so I'll let you go." Mrs. Yang made a haughty look, and walked out angrily.Everyone laughed so loudly that they all followed her out of the gate and strolled into the fruit forest.

It was the beginning of April at this time, and most of the peach tree branches were full of unbloomed flower buds, and even those flowers that opened first were only half-bloomed, not yet in full bloom.But just like an unmarried woman in her [-]th year, it is this shy and half-covered appearance that is the most exciting.

A group of women stopped and walked, pulling a branch from time to time to smell the fragrance, and the three young ladies were much more lively now.Dong Rong saw that they occasionally picked up fallen petals and wrapped them in handkerchiefs, so she asked Si Lian who was following behind to bring three small straw baskets.

The three little girls received it and saw that the basket was woven so exquisitely that even the handle was carved with peach patterns. They liked it very much and thanked them repeatedly.

Dong Rong smiled and said, "It's just a small object made by the family. If the younger sisters like it, they can take it home and make it a plaything."

She walked with the crowd for a while, and turned to the outside of the pavilion halfway up the mountain under the pretext of changing clothes.At this time, several gentlemen were very excited about poetry, and they were shaking their heads in front of the peach blossoms in the mountain, shaking their gorgeous words out of their stomachs.

Dong Rong asked Xizi who was close to her in a low voice, "Is everything ready?"

Xizi pointed to the box at her feet and said with a smile, "Don't worry Ma'am, I just went to pick it up from Aunt Wen."

Dong Rong nodded, and finally waved to her younger brother who was looking at her.Dong Ping understood, and said while the gentlemen were resting, "Gentlemen, please sit down for a while, my sister is here to salute the gentlemen."

Hearing this, the gentlemen straightened their clothes and sat upright, looking out of the pavilion with kind smiles on their faces.Dong Ping, the eldest sister, they had all met on the first day of the academy, and at the time they felt that this woman was a bit vulgar and pungent.But later, Dong Pingfan made filial offerings such as snacks and tea, and heard every word about the Dong family's trifles from other students, which made everyone admire this woman.

If it were an ordinary woman who was half-sold and half-married to a foolish farmer by her stepmother, at least she would be too busy to take care of herself, but Dong Ping, the eldest sister, was rare and strong. Not only did she earn money for her younger brother to study, she even lived her life It was so windy.

Although they didn't know how much money the Cao family had, after entering the orchard for half a day, anyone could see how ingenious the layout of the orchard was.As long as the door is open to welcome guests, not to mention making a lot of money, at least it is enough for Dong Ping to go to Beijing for scientific research.

From this point of view, the Dong parents and daughters are worthy of their high regard.

Dong Rong didn't know that in just a short moment, several gentlemen had already thought so much in their hearts.She walked into the pavilion with her head half down, performed a great gift for a younger generation to meet an elder, and finally said respectfully, "Several gentlemen have come to the humble house, and the young lady has not greeted you from afar. I hope you are not surprised."

Mr. Yang raised his hand to support him, and said with a smile, "Juncheng is our disciple, and you are his eldest sister. You are not an outsider, so don't be so polite."

When Dong Rong heard this, she raised her head with a playful smile, and said cheerfully, "Mr. Xie doesn't blame me, so I will be more informal. Farm women in the countryside are used to being undisciplined. I am afraid that the gentlemen will make mistakes. Last night, I dreamed Everyone here is practicing salute."

She was eighteen or nineteen years old, about the same as the daughters of the gentlemen's family, and she spoke so lively that the gentlemen felt close to her almost immediately.Everyone laughed and said, "You are the host, how can you be intimidated by the guests? Feel free to do whatever you want, but we would like to thank you for the invitation. With such a beautiful view, all the mundane things in the world are forgotten."

Dong Rong came forward with a smile and raised her hand to pour tea for the gentlemen, then smiled again, "Since we are in the orchard, viewing flowers is one of the things, and fruit tasting is also a must. I brought some rare fruits over here , Gentlemen, if you don’t dislike it, try it.”

After finishing speaking, she turned around and signaled Xizi to open the food box, then took out a plate of big red apples and put them on the table.Mr. Yang didn't care either, he smiled and stretched out his hand to pick one up, but he didn't want to stretch his arm halfway but exclaimed, "What is this!"

The other gentlemen heard the sound and looked over in unison, but they were also dumbfounded in shock.In the end, it was Mr. Yang who had a keen mind, and when he looked up at the Dong family siblings, his expression darkened, "Is this orchard called Four Seasons Garden?"

Before Dong Rong could answer, several other gentlemen also asked one after another, "This fruit has writing on it, is that... the auspicious fruit?"

"Isn't the auspicious fruit dedicated to the royal family? This..."

Dong Ping saw that the faces of several gentlemen were not good, so he wanted to go forward and explain a few words.Dong Rong stretched out her hand to stop him, and then smiled again, "Gentlemen guessed right, the name of my orchard is Four Seasons Garden. Last autumn, when the sky favored me, many fruit trees grew miraculously. The fruit of the handwriting. I happened to hear about the fiftieth birthday of the current emperor, so I asked the steward to go to Beijing to offer it. I didn’t want the emperor to be wise and wise, so I pointed out the reason why the auspiciousness came from Qingxian, just like the phoenix is ​​not a thousand-year-old phoenix tree. Because of the prosperity of Bailu Academy's style of writing, the aura in Qingxian County is overflowing, so it will come here, and the Four Seasons Garden is completely lucky.

Originally, I heard that everyone in the academy was curious about the origin of the auspicious fruits, so Brother Ping wanted to tell the gentlemen.But there must be tiredness under the reputation, the little girl feared that he would indulge in false fame because of this matter, and would not be able to concentrate on studying, so she decided to stop him. It was really not intentional to deceive the gentlemen, and I ask the gentlemen to forgive the little girl for being too cautious. "

After hearing this, several gentlemen looked at each other, and the anger in their hearts because of the disciple's concealment dissipated a lot.

When the plaque was just delivered to the academy, everyone in the academy was overjoyed. If they knew that the fruit was presented by Dong Ping's family, they might praise him to heaven.For a young student with an undecided temperament, there are indeed only disadvantages and no advantages.The elder sister acted cautiously, and it was understandable to hide this matter for the sake of her younger brother's studies.

In addition, Dong Rong kept saying that the orchard borrowed the aura of the academy to obtain the auspicious fruit, but in fact, several people knew in their hearts that it was the academy who borrowed the light of the auspicious fruit to re-enter the eyes of the royal family.

In this way, the Academy has benefited, and it has added brilliance to its face, and it would be a little unreasonable for everyone to hold on to the disciple's small mistakes.

(End of this chapter)