Daily life of Xifeng in the Red Chamber

On the day of the banquet, Mrs. Zhang and Sister Feng made another round of inspections early on, ordering Mama Zhao and several maidservants to keep an eye on the situation.Seeing that everything was in order, Fang dressed up and stood at the second gate to welcome the guests.Fu Geer followed Wang Zisheng and waited at the gate.

As soon as the time arrived, there were guests.

From a distance, Sister Feng saw a middle-aged woman with slightly dark skin surrounded by a few maids. The woman looked quite simple, and she was leading an eight or nine-year-old girl beside her.

Sister Feng whispered, "This should be the wife of Sun Jianshi."

Mrs. Zhang nodded slightly, and greeted her with a smile all over her face: "I think it's Mrs. Sun's family? Forgive my blindness, if I make a mistake, don't blame me."

Mrs. Sun saluted and said with a smile: "I heard that Mr. Wang's wife is Jingzhong Shuyuan. I saw her today and she is really smart."

Mrs. Zhang hurriedly replied with a smile, "It's because I know Mrs. Sun has always been open-minded, so I dare to guess boldly."

Mrs. Sun said: "Hey, Madam praised me like this, I don't pretend anymore, I'm too tired to speak so politely, please don't praise me, I have thick skin."

Looking at his behavior, Zhang knew that he was a person of sincerity and nature, so he smiled and said: "To tell you the truth, I am impatient to talk like this. It's just the first time I've met someone, so at least I'm perfect outside."

Mrs. Sun laughed, but she really didn't pay attention to those extravagant things.He pulled the little girl beside him again: "This is my daughter, Sister Hui. Hurry up and greet Mrs. Zhang."

Sister Hui is busy saluting, and Sister Feng here is too busy to salute.

Zhang said: "What a good boy, better than my family."

Mrs. Sun said: "I don't think Ling Ai is a vulgar person. If you don't like it, I will take her to my house."

Sister Feng exchanged greetings with Sister Hui, and they continued in sequence. Sister Feng was a little longer, and Sister Hui rushed to call her elder sister.

Hearing the movement of carriages and horses outside, Mrs. Zhang hurriedly said, "I still need my sister to recommend it for me."

Mrs. Sun smiled and said, "Whatever this is, it's all on me."

Then Sister Hui and Sister Feng got together and introduced the girls she was with.

As the guests arrived one after another, Mrs. Zhang ordered someone to invite them to the garden to serve some fruit tea first, and apologized: "There are still a few ladies who haven't arrived, so we have to wait a little longer. Please don't blame the ladies."

It's not that they didn't come here for the first time, so they all said: "You are busy with your work, we will disperse by ourselves, there are so many people, are you still afraid that we will not be able to do it alone?"

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Mrs. Zhizhou hadn't seen her yet.Mrs. Sun said in a low voice: "This Mrs. Zhizhou is a concubine. I heard that she was just a girl from a squire's family. It's not that I'm mean, it's really this lady." Treating the daughter of the original wife is also very bad. The original wife is the dregs of Zhizhou before her fortune. The family is not good, and she has no children, so she is not very stubborn. Later, she got sick and made others feel better. Pity her girl , is also a good boy."

Sister Hui also said to Sister Feng: "If my sister is a good person, even if her life is hard, she doesn't often come out to play with us."

While speaking, Mrs. Zhizhou arrived.Mrs. Zhang saw that the visitor was full of pearls and emeralds, and her actions were quite coquettish. Seeing that she was not a friendly person, she hurriedly stepped forward to greet her, and said solemnly, "Greetings to Madam."

Then Mrs. Zhizhou showed a smiling face: "Madam, you are welcome, get up quickly."

Sister Feng also came up to say hello, and Mrs. Zhizhou took her by the hand and said, "What a beautiful child."

Mrs. Zhang said with a smile: "It's ridiculous, Madam please come inside."

Everyone inside also got up to say hello, and after talking about the cold and warm for a long time, they took their seats.

Then someone boasted: "Madam's dim sum is really good, and I ate several pieces of this one that I don't like much. I said that the dim sum is so delicious, and that dish can't be better, so I stopped her from eating it." Eat again!"

Everyone laughed.The girl blushed and pulled her mother's sleeve.

Mrs. Zhang said with a smile, "I'll bring some back when I go back. It's our own family recipe. If it tastes good, just send someone over."

The lady wanted to ask which family's dim sum it was, but she just heard that it was her own recipe.Unexpectedly, Mrs. Zhizhou said: "Since everyone likes it, why don't Mrs. Wang give us this prescription, so as to save us from going over and over again, as if we don't have it at home." Laughed a bit.

There was a sudden silence during the banquet, I knew that Mrs. Zhizhou was not very polite, who would have known that it would be so unreasonable, the prescription in her family is open to ask for it, if you don't give it, this is Shangfeng's wife, if you give it, it can't be someone else How many generations have been passed down in the family.It's really frustrating.

Mrs. Zhang said with a smile: "Ma'am, you shouldn't resign because of your love, but this prescription has been passed down from generation to generation. I dare not specialize in it, but I have a maintenance prescription. I can be the master, so I will give it to you. "

Since ancient times, women love to be pretty, and eating with one bite is no better than the prescriptions for beauty and beauty, but if you don't use it yourself, who doesn't have a daughter?So happy to thank you.

Mrs. Zhizhou has grown older in recent years, and her figure has lost shape after giving birth. Zhizhou treats her much worse than before, so she is very happy, and no longer cares about snacks.

When the food arrived, everyone was full of praise, and Mama Liu's special dishes were praised and praised again and again.

After dinner, all the ladies went out to watch a play, and Sister Feng took the girls to Xuanyi Pavilion.

Just when the flowers are blooming and the willows are green, the girl named Zhishu from the Tongju family said: "It's boring to sit around. I think the flowers and plants in this yard are quite beautiful. Why don't we also learn from those literati's flower appreciation poems."

Those who are good at poetry and books are busy, and those who are not good at poetry and books are unwilling.

Sister Feng said with a smile: "Guanglian poetry can't show the talents of all sisters. In my opinion, we will use flowers as the theme. The group of poems, paintings and inscriptions are willing to embroider. Here I am There are also materials. If there is any sister who is not feeling well today, please come and be a referee for us to help everyone."

When everyone thought about what they were good at anyway, they all said this was good, it was lively and interesting.There are those who are mediocre and pretend to be uncomfortable, just help grind the ink and light incense, and wait for the final referee.

The people separated in groups of three or five, and the poets chattered about the rhyme, the painters tinkled and prepared the paint... and the girls and women followed, although they didn't understand very well, they also quacked.For a while, the courtyard was very lively.

Rao, Sister Feng had already prepared, so she couldn't help being taken aback.He sighed in his heart: "The lady of the capital is Zhenjing, so it can be seen that the person who said this is a man, and there are not many women in the family. I must have never seen such a scene."

Mrs. Sun, the mother of Sister Hui's son, has a carefree temper, and she doesn't take piano, chess, calligraphy and painting as the most important things when teaching her daughter.Sister Hui followed Sister Feng and watched her do things.Seeing that she is only one year older than me, but can manage so many strangers, she can't help but sigh: "It's strange that my mother always says that I can't do anything. My sister is only one year older than me, but she can take care of everything." !"

Sister Feng said with a smile: "This is because I practiced every day in the first few days. You don't know, I was so nervous last night that I couldn't sleep."

Sister Hui said: "That elder sister is also very good. When I first came here, I was just playing around with my mother. My mother didn't dare to ask me to greet the guests by myself, for fear that I would make a noise with the guests." mouth giggling.

Someone over there shouted: "Master, don't just whisper to Sister Hui, but also talk to us."

Sister Feng took Sister Hui over to talk for a while, then greeted everyone and served iced fruit juice, which was placed in a transparent glass with water drops hanging on the wall, making it cool to watch.

Sister Hui said, "That's good. It's not like my family has no fruit to eat, but I didn't expect this. I will ask someone to make it when I go back."

Sister Shu took a sip slowly: "This glass is good, but it is rare to see such a fineness in Shengzhou."

Sister Feng said with a smile: "I'm willing to take it out because you came here. Otherwise, no one will make it. I brought a few when I came here, and everyone will take it back later."

Everyone laughed: "Eating and taking it makes people feel embarrassed."

"What's the matter? Tomorrow, I will also go to your house to eat and drink, but I will come back after eating twice."

The crowd laughed.

When the incense was burned out, everyone got their poems and paintings, so they gathered together to comment.Sister Shu always felt that her poems were better than others, so she rushed to say: "Look at mine first, maybe you have caught everyone's attention?"

Everyone looked at it and saw that it was a five-character quatrain chanting peony, and it was quite meaningful to read. They all said: "This is excellent. After a few more years of experience, my sister will be Li Yi'an again."

Sister Shu then smiled reservedly: "It's nothing more than mediocre, I don't have any inspiration today."

Everyone knew her temperament, ignored her, and went to see others.

Sister Feng has read quite a few poems and books over the years, and it's okay to criticize other people's poems, but she can't do it herself.He just laughed and listened to other people's comments.Sister Shu refused to accept it, pulled Sister Feng and said, "You are the host today, so tell me, how about my poem?"

In Sister Feng's opinion, that poem is just a pile of rhetoric, not very spiritual, not as good as her sister's poem, which is simple but catchy.It's just that it's inconvenient for her to tell the truth, so she said: "You ask me, it's better to ask about the reality of the south wall! I'm really limited in this, and I don't even understand a rhyme."

Sister Shu showed a subtle expression, with some contentment in the corners of her eyes and brows.

Sister Feng was not as knowledgeable as her, but Ping'er was very angry, but the master didn't speak, so she had to turn her head and not look at her.

Although Sister Hui is small, she is clever.Quickly came up to interrupt and said: "I see that the painting over there is well painted, and the flowers look like real ones."

Everyone praised: "Exactly, lifelike."

Wei Shu didn't quite agree, she held her head up slightly, and said loudly: "This fine brushwork is the easiest and the most vulgar one. Really, everyone is freehand."

The painting girl blushed with anger, embarrassed to refute her, but also extremely embarrassed.

Sister Feng hurriedly said: "Sister Zhishu's realm is beyond the reach of us ordinary people. Presumably it must be a family background. We learned to play the piano and paint, and we were just to pass the world away. How can it be compared to my sister's infatuation?" So what about specialized research?

Let me see, this painting is very good. It is easy to get started with fine brushwork, but it is also difficult to paint well. One look at this sister is extremely talented. "