(Let Jingping out
Xu Pingqi seemed to know what Xu Nuo was thinking, and explained: "Dad said that when things happen, you should remain calm, be cautious in your words and actions, and observe more. Don't let others see through your mind at a glance."
After Xu Nuo heard this, she forced a smile. Xu Gucheng had always told her that she should have a true nature, do things without restraint, and say whatever she wanted, but not keep her words in her heart.
I didn't expect that Xu Pingqi's teachings were completely different. Is it just because Xu Pingqi was a man?
However, could Xu Gucheng's daily teachings alone create Xu Pingqi's current calm and mature character?
Thinking of this, Xu Nuo felt a little heavy in his heart. He quickly changed the topic, touched the colorful rope on his wrist and said, "You shouldn't be looking for me just to tell me this."
"I would like to ask Sixth Sister to help me." Xu Pingqi bowed, very cautiously.
Xu Nuo originally asked casually, but he didn't expect Xu Pingqi to really have something to say. He hurriedly turned aside to avoid his greeting and said with a smile: "Why are you meeting me outside? If you want me to do anything, just say it."
Xu Pingqi straightened up, with a rare expression that a young man should have on his face. He looked into Xu Nuo's eyes and asked, "I wonder if Sixth Sister will be available around the tenth day of May?"
He asked cautiously, stopping after finishing a short sentence, looking at Xu Nuo's face, waiting for her answer.
Xu Nuo thought about it, and realized that the school had the Dragon Boat Festival holiday these days, and there would be no rest on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year. However, when the time came, he could tell Mrs. Ye that it would be okay to leave early, so he said, "I have time."
She answered, but Xu Pingqi did not express his position. She couldn't help but feel anxious, thinking that no matter what you say, I will agree.
"Several classmates from school are coming to our home that day, and mother said she would host a banquet in the outer courtyard to entertain them. But they want to invite Sixth Sister over and watch your portrait." Although Xu Pingqi spoke slowly, he spoke clearly. The sound is smooth and not annoying.
"Okay. Then you can find a boy to go to the tea room to carry my tea set." Xu Nuo did not expect that Xu Pingqi would entertain friends at home and invite her to order tea. She was a little surprised, but also very happy at the same time.
He came to ask her six days in advance. He must have just learned that his classmate had this idea and came to ask her opinion in advance. It's better to be prepared.
It is rare to have such thoughts at such a young age.
Xu Pingqi readily agreed. Xu Pingqi's eyes shone slightly, and he looked relieved. He couldn't help but say a few more words: "Ye Fifteen and several people heard that Six Sisters made a portrait during the Qingming tea fight. I insist on inviting you. , I pushed them in every possible way but they just refused. But Sixth Sister, don’t worry, I will prepare a screen when the time comes and I won’t let them..."
Before Xu Pingqi finished speaking, Xu Nuo waved his hand and said: "Okay, it's settled. It's busy outside these days, so you can go out and play. The sixth grade school has started, but there is no chance."
Xu Pingqi saluted and left, his back as straight as a pine tree.
Wait for Xu Pingqi to leave. Xunuo called Chuntang over: "What day is the tenth day of May?"
Chuntang glanced at Xu Nuo, with a hint of darkness flashing in her eyes, and then said with a smile: "It's Erlangjun's birthday. Madam, remember to prepare a gift when the time comes." She originally planned to come over to the Dragon Boat Festival to talk to Madam again, but she didn't expect Erlangjun to show up. I will come to see my wife.
Xu Nuo suddenly realized that no wonder Xu Pingqi wanted to invite friends to Xu's house. Lu also held a special banquet to entertain them.
What gift should she prepare?
We don’t have much contact with him on weekdays, so I don’t know what he likes.
Seeing Xu Nuo frowned. Chuntang reminded: "Madam, maybe you can send the chess records to Mr. Erlang."
"Like playing chess?" Xu Nuo stopped and looked at Chuntang thoughtfully. He asked in a somewhat harsh tone: "You were in Yingcheng Academy in the past. Do you know why Erlang's temperament is like this now?"
Chun Tang saluted, lowered his head, and whispered: "Er Langjun grew up with my wife. Although he was not as naughty as the other Langjuns when they were young, he had a lively temper and laughed at everyone he saw, but he was not what he is now. Such a calm look."
Xu Nuo heard something in Chun Tang's words, took her into the house, and said in a deep voice: "What's going on?"
"When Erlangjun was five years old, he was a third-class maid, and he was serving beside Erlangjun's wet nurse. At that time, the fourth lady was nine years old, and had just moved from Yingcheng Yuan to Yilian Pavilion and started living on her own. Erlangjun has been growing up since he was a child. I had a good time with the fourth lady, but I was not used to the fact that there was one less person in Yingcheng Courtyard, so I often went to Yilian Courtyard."
Having said this, Chuntang glanced at Xunuo and saw her calm expression before continuing: "One day Erlangjun went to play with the Fourth Lady and fell asleep in Yilian Pavilion on the way. The nurse searched for a long time but couldn't find him, thinking he was back. Went to Yingcheng Courtyard, but didn't see him. It was more than an hour before he was sent back by Miss Zijuan from Yilian Pavilion. Erlangjun's eyes were straight at that time, as if he was frightened by something. He even shouted when he fell asleep that night. Pain and blood. The wet nurse was so frightened that she stayed awake for several nights and guarded Erlangjun. Later, Erlangjun's temper gradually became less lively than in the past and became calmer..."
After Chuntang finished speaking, she took a deep breath. The nanny felt something was wrong about what happened back then, but she didn't know what happened, so she specifically asked her not to tell anyone about it. She saw that Mr. Erlang was not injured and did not have nightmares afterwards, so she didn't say a word.
But seeing Erlangjun's increasingly calm temperament, the traces of that incident became deeper and deeper in her heart.
After making the promise clear, he let Chuntang go out.
Xu Qian had violent tendencies and liked to abuse others. Xu Pingqi was most likely to have nightmares when he saw Xu Qian getting angry and how she abused others.
It was just a fright that would have prevented Xu Pingqi from becoming what he is now. Xu Qian probably threatened him again later.
Xunuo clenched her hands tightly, took a deep breath, and called Qiyue into the house, asking her to always pay attention to the situation at Yilian Courtyard.
Xu Qian cannot be allowed to cause trouble on the last days of the Dragon Boat Festival.
Whether in the Song Dynasty or in modern times, the Dragon Boat Festival is an extremely important festival.
The Dragon Boat Festival in the Song Dynasty started on the first day of the fifth lunar month, with the first day of the lunar month being Duanyi and the second day being Duan Er, until the festival atmosphere reached its peak on the Dragon Boat Festival.
Because there was a problem with the tea sent to Bianjing by the Xu family, the festive atmosphere was a little dull. Because many people came to visit on the fifth day of the lunar month, it became lively.
On the morning of the fifth day of the lunar month, both Ding and Lu got up early to dress up and wait to receive visitors.
Xu Guyu dressed up and went to visit the heads of several big families in Suzhou with the prepared gifts as he did the previous few days.
Xu Gucheng is taking a rest today and is not allowed to visit him. But he got up earlier than everyone else and worked on the Xu family's previous matter.
Xu Nuo was also woken up by Chun Tang early, and he first took a bath in well water according to custom, with wormwood added to the water, and then changed his clothes.
Get dressed up. She wore a light green round-neck short jacket and a moon-white eight-piece long skirt. On her head she wore a newly made gold head mask and hairpin talisman to ward off evil spirits, two small pearls hung on her ears, and around her waist she wore a colorful thread purse that she had made a lot of effort to weave.
Before breakfast, she and Chun Tang Qiyue happily tied a hundred ropes on their arms, wore pictures of the Five Poisons, and put mugwort in the vase. He also put the Heavenly Master Talisman on the doors and windows.
Zhang's family has guests visiting today, so they won't get together as a family for breakfast, so I promise they won't go hungry.
After all the etiquette and customs were completed, she had the opportunity to sit down and have breakfast. I ate half a bowl of plain noodles first, and then a plate of sweets. After eating three more rice dumplings, I put down my chopsticks.
Zongzi in the Song Dynasty were made with wild rice leaves. In addition to glutinous rice, they were also made with dates, pine nuts, chestnuts, walnuts, ginger cinnamon, and musk. There were many varieties. Xu Nuo ate one stuffed with red dates, chestnuts and walnuts and pine nuts this morning.
The memory of Xu Liuniang's Dragon Boat Festival when she was wandering with Jingping suddenly came to her mind.
Every year on the morning of the Dragon Boat Festival, Jing Ping is neatly dressed, his usual white robe and black boots.
Fetch water for Xu Liuniang and let her wash up, then put a hundred ropes, a map of the five poisons, and a purse on her, and then take her and a penny of iron money to find a gambling house.
Come out in half an hour. Taking the money they won, they went to a street restaurant to order a table of food, and the two of them ate happily.
At noon, Jingping would go to the street to buy three rice dumplings stuffed with red dates. One for him and two for Xu Liuniang.
With the remaining money, he would go to a clothing store to buy a new set of clothes for Xu Liuniang. If there was any leftover, he would buy himself a pair of the most ordinary boots.
I wonder if that person who is as clean and thorough as a clear spring will buy three rice dumplings stuffed with red dates today?
Promise to finish breakfast. He took the round fan that he had prepared and went to Langyuan Hall to say hello.
Her female worker is not good at painting the round fans. I drew a lot these days and finally picked out six. To mother, Zhang, Ding, Zhong, Sanniang and Wuniang respectively.
After entering the main room, I unexpectedly saw Xu Qian, who was sitting next to Lu with a low eyebrow. There were several round fans in front of her. They were all very delicate. She had obviously been preparing for a long time.
When she saw Xu Qian, her eyes immediately changed and she turned to look at Qiyue. Qiyue shook her head and said she didn't know.
"Fourth sister came early today, why didn't you sit next to grandma?" Xu Nuo looked around Xu Qian and found that she was a little thinner, and her chin was as pointed as an awl, giving her a pitiful feeling.
Lu seemed to feel Xu Nuo's unhappiness and explained: "Your grandmother hasn't seen Siniang for a few days. She met the grandma next to Siniang this morning. She thought that many people have never had fun with her. Today is the last day of the Dragon Boat Festival. I just urged her to come here, do you think this outfit is suitable?"
Lu could vaguely sense Xu Nuo's hostility towards Xu Qian, and deliberately brought her together in the hope that the relationship between the two could be eased.
But she didn't expect that her explanation would be so harsh in Xu Qian's ears. Mother actually explained to Xu Nuo that in just a few months, Xu Nuo's status in her mother's heart had already been higher than hers?
Xu Nuo glanced at Xu Qian, who was wearing a white undershirt and a blue skirt, and said, "Very good. I have the temperament of the fourth sister." The temperament of Bai Lianhua.
Xu Qian nodded slightly, as if there was no displeasure in her heart, and said with a smile: "Thank you Liu Niang, your dress is also very good."
At noon, Xu Guyu and Xu Gucheng rushed back one after another, and the family had lunch together.
The sacrifices and food were placed in red boxes, served with tea and wine, and laid out outside the gate. After lunch, everyone in the Xu family performed sacrifices together.
At the end of the day, everyone in the Xu family took a car to the Ye family's villa in the south.
The Dragon Boat Festival is the birth day of horses. The horses pulling carts are decorated with saddles and bridles of rare treasures, and the horses' manes and tails are decorated with colorful colors, which is very beautiful.
Wherever the carriage passes, you can feel the excitement of the festival. When passing by the busy market, there were vendors selling fans on both sides, and there was a lot of traffic. The Xu family took a detour and finally arrived at the other courtyard on time.
This villa does not have exquisite verandahs and buildings, but there is a large horse farm, where the men throw pots, shoot willows, and shoot bows, while the women chat in the flower hall, drink tea, and give each other round fans. (To be continued)
ps: Because I was looking up information and writing for more than three hours, the school had a power outage. Embarrassing~r655
