Yutai Bi

Chapter 36 First Look 1
Kong Qing stopped in her tracks, turned around and said, "Young Master Fang, please go back to the mansion. My master is so quiet, I don't want to be disturbed by others."

Fang Ming was stunned for a moment, thinking that he was just scratching if he looked around?His master is too ostentatious, right?His expression was a little displeased, he glanced at the ship, and was stunned again.

It was not past noon at this time, the sun was coming from the east, and the ships lined up on the pier were all bathed in a warm light.The ship was docked at the edge of the pier, deliberately distanced from other ships, and looked very eye-catching.A man walked out of the cabin, wearing a silver-white ramie deep coat, his figure was like ice and snow under the sunlight.

"Pile snow and cut frost. A piece of ramie costs ten taels of gold. I still don't have enough money." Fang Ming clicked his tongue enviously and shook his head.

Kong Qing boarded the boat, saw her master coming out of the cabin, and hurried forward to report to Cen's residence and his party in detail.

"She wants to entrust me with sewing?" the man smiled.

Kong Qing didn't speak, just waited quietly.

The man walked towards the bow of the boat, enjoying the comfort of the river wind, and said after a while, "Let her deliver it in person."

"Yes!"

"Third lady! Third lady!" Baicao entered the yard, lifted her skirt and ran upstairs.

Mrs. Xu glared at her: "Why are you in such a hurry? The third lady hasn't woken up from her nap yet, so I'll expose you if you quarrel with her!"

Baicao stuck out her tongue grinningly, grabbed Xu's arm and said excitedly: "Mom doesn't know, I saw a good show at the door."

Mrs. Xu was about to speak when Cen Sanniang's lazy voice came from upstairs: "Mom, Baicao is back?"

"Third lady! I'm back!"

Cen Sanniang wore a home-made short jacket with blue floral flowers on a white background, her long hair was loose, and she walked down the stairs slowly with a pair of thin-soled soft shoes.

"Third lady, I'll comb your hair." Mrs. Xu put down the needle and thread in her hand and went to get the comb and hair oil.

Cen Sanniang is most annoyed by using hair oil in summer, so she hastened to stop it: "I don't go out, my hair is too greasy in hot weather. Let Baicao braid my hair."

Mrs. Xu had no choice but to give up, and walked out muttering: "The door is not fastened, so it's better to come and see Zensheng..."

Cen Sanniang took a sip of the herbal tea that Baicao handed over, and said to Baicao with a smile, "What did Brother Jiu ask Ah Fu to ask you out?"

Baicao combed her hair carefully, thinking of the scene just now, she laughed tremblingly: "Mrs. Fan's visit today was received by Mrs. Fourth. The ninth brother played tricks and asked Ah Fu to take a lot of money and let the boy on the street be arrested." A sack of grasshoppers was quietly put into Mrs. Fan's sedan chair. Ninth Young Master hid in the alley with his servants. After a cup of tea, Mrs. Fan went out, and as soon as she got on the sedan chair, she...hahahaha!"

"Ouch! Bastard, you're tearing your hair!" Cen Sanniang said angrily, tilting her head while protecting her hair.

Baicao laughed so hard that she couldn't straighten up, she let go of her hands and burst out laughing.

Cen Sanniang braided her hair by herself, and couldn't help laughing when she thought of the situation: "Brother Jiu is not afraid of being caught, my cousin made his ass bloom!"

Baicao took Cen Sanniang's braid and tied it tightly with a hair tie, giggling and saying, "Master Ninth is so smart, he warned the servants not to laugh out loud, and covered his mouth by himself. Hearing Mrs. Fan yelling with her hands on her hips on the street, pull He ran away after seeing the servants. On the other hand, Ah Fu was very timid, and he was crying all the way, fearing that the old lady would find out that he had betrayed him. The ninth young master kicked his ass in anger and said, Is Mrs. Fan your master? If you don’t talk about Baicao, don’t tell me, young master, I’m going to report on myself? Pig’s brain! Ah Fu just stopped talking.”

Cen Sanniang felt warm in her heart: "What else did Brother Jiu say?"

Baicao tilted her head to imitate Cen Zhilin's appearance: "Master Jiu said, don't say 4 taels, even 40 taels don't want me to be called brother-in-law Fan Jieba!"

The smile on Cen Sanniang's face froze, and she murmured, "The Fan family is willing to offer a bride price of 4 taels of silver."

Baicao curled her lips unconvinced: "Young Master Nine is right, and the third lady is not unusual for a gift of 40 taels."

"I'm not rare, but some people are rare." Cen Sanniang sighed, seeing Baicao's almond-shaped eyes widen, she hurriedly told her, "You should walk around more these days to find out what's going on. Don't open your mouth and talk nonsense, do you hear me? "

Baicao's expression gradually became panicked: "Third lady, they...do they really want to promise you to the young master of the Fan family?"

"That's why I asked you to find out more. Remember, no matter what rumors come out of the mansion, you just listen and tell me when you come back, don't quarrel with others impulsively." Cen Sanniang made a serious face.

"My servant knows. I'm going now." Seeing that Cen Sanniang suppressed her smile, Baicao suppressed the fear and anger in her heart, and replied seriously.

At this time, Xu's voice came from the gate of the courtyard: "It's a big sun, why is Tian's mother here?"

Cen Sanniang turned and went upstairs helplessly: "I said that I slept upstairs and changed my clothes. Bring a bowl of herbal tea to Mama Tian and ask her to rest."

Cen Sanniang went upstairs to change clothes, and Tian's mother's voice came from downstairs: "The little brother from the capital came again and left a message. The old lady asked me to tell Sanniangzi."

Cen Sanniang was overjoyed, changed her clothes and went downstairs.

There were six pairs of shoes on the corseted round table.The thousand-ply sole has fine stitches.Snow-white uppers, black satin uppers are embroidered with cirrus patterns, bats and other patterns with the same color embroidery thread.Cen Sanniang looked at each pair carefully, and said with satisfaction: "Mom and Baicao's needlework are very good. Anyway, I also helped to glue the soles. It is reasonable to say that I did it. I will do it myself tomorrow." Just send it."

Mrs. Xu was a little worried: "I will listen to Mama Tian, ​​and the old lady asked her to go with you."

Cen Sanniang put down her shoes and smiled: "It just so happens that I don't know the details of that person, and I can rest assured that I have a dignified old mother by my cousin's side."

The sedan chair was carried out of the city unsteadily.

Kong Qing walked on one side of the sedan chair, Tian's mother was supposed to walk on the other side of the sedan chair.She got the old lady's advice, and deliberately walked to Kong Qing's side: "Didn't your master live in the posthouse in the city?"

Kong Qing explained gently: "My master sailed through Longzhou, so he lived on the boat temporarily."

Mother Tian stopped asking.With a smile on his face all the time, Tuan turned around and explained to Cen Sanniang in the sedan chair: "Sanniang, we are going to meet guests on the boat at the pier outside the south of the city."

It seemed that she was asking for Cen Sanniang just now.

Cen Sanniang's voice came from the sedan chair, with a trace of apology: "Thank you for your hard work, Mom."

At Mama Tian's age, following the sedan chair all the way from the city to the pier outside the south of the city was indeed hard work.During the Dragon Boat Festival, the whole family went to watch the dragon boat race at the south of the city wharf, and Mama Tian accompanied her in a small sedan chair with green curtains.

Tian's mother likes Cen Sanniang the most, she is considerate of Zhili.She was thinking secretly, trying to say as many good things as possible to the third lady in front of the old lady.

When they arrived at the pier, Baicao helped Cen Sanniang get off the sedan chair, and glanced at Mama Tian.The package containing six pairs of shoes should have been held by Baicao, but Mama Tian held it firmly in her hands.

"Third lady, be careful where you step." Baicao helped Cen Sanniang slowly walk up the steps.

Need to be careful?Cen Sanniang lowered her head, looking delicate.The boarding board is not like the other ships that are only made of two or three boards, it is just a small staircase.There are also carved railings at both ends, covered with gorilla felt.This made her even more uneasy.If it wasn't for a wealthy family who was traveling on a boat, how could they be so particular about it.

After boarding the boat, Kong Qing led her into the cabin: "Third Lady, take a rest, the villain will report to the master."

The cabins are spacious and richly decorated.

Cen Sanniang took a look and sat in the guest seat.Mother Tian and Baicao stood beside her with their hands down.

As soon as he sat down, a maid served tea and left with a blessing.

Seeing that there were only three masters and servants in the cabin, Baicao whispered, "Third lady, she is wearing a crepe skirt."

"Don't talk." It was a covered bowl of tea, Cen Sanniang lifted the tea cover, froze for a moment, flicked the tea foam slowly, and swallowed.

The hot air covered the astonishment in her eyes.

The crepe skirts worn by the maids had peonies.This kind of crepe material has different thickness of warp and weft threads when weaving, which makes the fabric have a concave and convex feeling.The finest crepe will bring the pattern on the fabric to life.As the maid walked, the peonies on the skirt seemed to be blooming.

Even the maids are more luxurious than the clothes she wears.

Cen Sanniang wore a narrow-sleeved undergarment with rose-red floral flowers sprinkled all over the white ground, tied into a high-waisted sky-blue silk skirt, with an apricot-colored shawl wrapped around her arm.She combed her bun and wore a pair of gold earplugs.She didn't put in the emerald green butterfly hairpin sent by the mysterious nobleman, nor did she have any other hairpins. She tied her hair with a pink brocade ribbon, and there was a row of tassels under the brocade ribbon, with pearls the size of rice grains hanging down.When she lowered her head, the pearls of the brocade belt fell on her cheeks.When going out, Mrs. Cen looked at her and praised her demure and gentleness.

Waited for a stick of incense.After taking a sip of the tea on the desk, she didn't touch it again, and Cen Sanniang fell into meditation like an old monk.

Kong Qing finally came: "I asked San Niangzi to wait for a long time. San Niangzi, please follow me."

Cen Sanniang stood up, slowly following behind Kong Qing.

The cabin has only one floor, surrounded by fences, and a white curtain is set up.Kong Qing stood on the stairs and bowed: "Please, Third Lady."

Cen Sanniang went up the steps and stopped in front of the tent.The floor was covered with a thick floral carpet, and the river wind blew up the gauze curtains, revealing a finely carved iceberg.She blinked in surprise, and wanted to laugh a little.

Turning his head, he saw Mama Tian and Baicao being stopped by Kong Qing under the stairs.Cen Sanniang took a deep breath, lowered her head and walked in.

(End of this chapter)