Wherever the carriage passes, you can feel the excitement of the festival.
When passing by the busy market, both sides were crowded with vendors selling fans, and there was a lot of traffic. The Xu family's carriage took a detour before barely arriving at the Ye Family Courtyard on time.
The Ye family is good at tea ceremony. Many tea merchants in Suzhou will send their children to the Ye family to learn tea ceremony. Xu Gulei studied tea ceremony at the Ye family for two years. His current attainments in tea art are closely related to this.
After everyone in the Xu family got off the carriage, they saw Mrs. Ye waiting at the hanging flower gate.
She had some powder on her slender face, and her hair was not like the usual two white jade hairpins in the Xu family. Instead, she had pearl jasper hairpins and hollow orchid hairpins. There were two inlaid inlaid hairpins on both sides of her bun. The gold comb with blue stones and the rare round and plump white pearls hanging on her ears complemented her look extremely well.
Today she wore something brighter than usual, wearing a camel-colored chrysanthemum-patterned collared jacket and a magenta six-piece long skirt.
Madam Ye usually wears simple clothes, but she has an outstanding temperament and does not look thin. But today, she dressed up and dressed up to truly reflect her elegant temperament.
Xu Nuo almost didn't recognize Madam Ye at first sight after getting off the carriage. She always had shiny skin and clear eyes. She usually looked like she was in her early thirties, but dressed like this, she looked like a lady in her mid-twenties.
The essence of the Ye family's tea ceremony is passed down from male to female. If a woman wants to learn it, she is not allowed to marry outside, but she can let a man get married.
Mrs. Ye is the second eldest sister in the Ye family. Her eldest sister did not learn tea ceremony and got married early. Because there was no new person in the family who could support the appearance, she learned the most essential part of the tea ceremony, so she never married.
In the past few years, the Ye family has trained several sons and daughters who are good at tea ceremony, so there is no need for her to support them. She came to the Xu family to teach tea ceremony. She was easy-going and cautious in her words and deeds.
Madam Ye and Mrs. Zhang saw the ceremony and led everyone in the Xu family in.
This villa does not have exquisite verandahs and buildings, but it does have a large horse farm. Men can compose lyrics, throw pots, shoot willows, and shoot bows here.
There are two simple pavilions next to the racecourse. From the pavilions, you can see the beautiful lotus flowers blooming in the pond not far away.
Separated by a pond of lotus flowers, and on the edge of the pond opposite the racecourse, is the flower hall of this villa. Women can chat, drink tea, and give each other round fans while admiring the flowers.
It is precisely because of the Ye family's horse farm and this pond of lotus that all the major families in Suzhou come to this courtyard every Dragon Boat Festival since the first day of the Lunar New Year.
On the way, several men from the Xu family went to the pavilion next to the racecourse to see the old man of the Ye family, while the female family members followed Madam Ye further inside. Just arrived at the flower hall.
What a coincidence is that the Wang family is also here.
As soon as Mrs. Ding saw Wang Ying, fire burst out of her eyes. She grabbed Ms. Lu and whispered, "They have done such shameless things, and yet they dare to come to the Ye Family Courtyard!"
She didn't know what happened between Wang Ying and Xu Guyu. The anger at this moment is entirely because of the Wang family's evil hand on the Xu family's tea. Moreover, Wang Ying used Xu Erniang to learn about the Xu family's situation, and Xu Erniang was punished again because of this incident. She even had to kneel in the ancestral hall for three days, which made her hate Wang Ying even more.
This matter is still being suppressed now. If there is a quarrel in the future and the Wang family reveals that Xu Erniang was an internal agent, it will be difficult for Mingzhou to explain it.
This time, Mrs. Ding asked Mrs. Lu to help prepare the Dragon Boat Festival sacrifices and things for her family, as well as gifts from the Xu family to other families. All of this is attributed to Lu. However, Madam Lu did not claim credit in front of Madam Zhang. Instead, Madam Zhang praised them for how well they got along with each other.
Thinking of this good thing about Lu, Ding got a little intimate with her. Otherwise, he would not even say a word of complaint to Mr. Lu on weekdays.
Mrs. Lu nodded after hearing this, smiled comfortingly at Mrs. Ding, and reminded: "First salute Mrs. Ye."
Ms. Lu didn't feel anything about the Wang family coming here, because Xu Gucheng told her at noon today that the matter had been resolved and there would be no more mistakes in the capital.
Although the Xu family has not yet gone to the Wang family to seek justice, the Wang family will definitely feel wronged when they meet the Xu family. Over at the racecourse, Mr. Wang might want to apologize to his uncle.
Now that they meet, the Wang family is the one who feels more uncomfortable.
The Xu family has been busy solving that matter in the past few days, so they didn't come to the Ye family courtyard. The Wang family must have been so worried about this matter that they postponed their visit until the last day of the Dragon Boat Festival.
Xunuo raised his eyes and glanced at Mrs. Ye as he followed Lu's salute. She is in her early fifties, and her face shape is somewhat similar to Madam Ye's. She has thin eyes and thin lips, but she is not as shy as Madam Ye, and there is a smile between her eyebrows and eyes.
"Are you Er Niang's new apprentice?" Madam Ye learned from Madam Ye that Xu Nuo had a mole under her eye, and recognized her when she entered the room.
Xu Nuo bowed again and responded with a smile: "The Sixth Lady of the Xu family pays homage to Madam Ye. Madam Ye accepted her as her disciple a few days ago. She has gained a lot, and I am very grateful."
Mrs. Zhang sat next to Mrs. Ye. Seeing that Xu Nuo was dressed appropriately today, her face was more open than before, and she had the appearance that a child of the Xu family should have. She nodded with satisfaction and said to Mrs. Ye: "This child is good at tea ceremony." She does have some talent, but fortunately she has someone like Madam Ye who is good at tea ceremony to teach her, so as not to delay her."
What people feel when listening to these words is: My granddaughter is a genius, no matter who teaches her, it is your daughter's blessing to teach my granddaughter.
Mrs. Ye smiled, said nothing, raised her hand to let Xu Nuo stand up and sit down.
Xu Nuo attended Mrs. Ding's birthday party when her reputation was not good. No one except Hu Ling took the initiative to pay attention to her. There were whispers everywhere she passed, and the eyes of those people were full of vigilance. Now when she attends banquets, this situation never happens again, and Mrs. Zhang always shows her off.
After Xu Nuo sat down, he looked around calmly and found that the people from the second room of the Ding family had also arrived. Sitting in the third seat opposite was Mrs. Ding Er and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old woman.
Seeing the people from the Ding family, Xu Nuo subconsciously looked around and saw Xu Qian suddenly stood up and took the most exquisite embroidered round fan over and gave it to the lady of the Ding family.
The Ding family's wife immediately beamed with joy and praised Xu Qian's outstanding workmanship.
Wang Muyu was originally sitting next to Wang Ying. She didn't like Xu Qian, so when Xu Qian walked away, she came over to Xu Nuo and said, "Would you like to go to the racecourse and have a look?" Today Song Jiao was invited to play ball, and she wanted to have a look.
Xu Nuo glanced at her and thought, at this time when the Xu family and the Wang family were at war with each other, what did Wang Muyu mean by this, was he deliberately subduing her?
He glanced at the Ding family again and saw that Wang Ying had also gone over to talk to the Ding family to confirm the Wang family's intentions, and then returned to Wang Muyu: "I'm a little tired and don't want to go."
"Then let's go to the pond. I smelled the pleasant fragrance of lotus when I passed by there just now." Wang Muyu asked with a smile. She only found out what happened at home this morning. Her grandmother specially arranged for her to not be arrogant when she came into contact with Xu Liuniang. , it would be better to lower your posture and be more humble.
Her father was bewitched by her eldest aunt to do such a stupid thing, and she couldn't get involved, but she would definitely try her best to make arrangements for her grandmother, at least not to cause the Wang family to suffer too much because of this matter.
Xunuo turned her head and looked at the lotus through the window. Before she could speak, she heard someone say: "The lotus is better today than yesterday. Why don't you go out to enjoy the lotus and write lyrics?"
As soon as this person finished speaking, someone responded: "It rained heavily on the night of the second grade of junior high school, and the flowers bloom best on the third grade of junior high school. Unfortunately, my master said that day that the ground at the racecourse was wet, and it had to dry out for two days. .”
Suddenly a group of women started talking about going out to enjoy the flowers by the pond.
A group of people went to the pavilion next to the racecourse. In the racecourse, a group of young men were riding horses to perform bows. The scene was very lively.
The women forgot to watch the flowers and write lyrics for a moment, and instead watched the competition. After the competition was over, someone mentioned that Xu Qian's piano skills were the best among young women, and asked her to play the piano.
Xu Qian declined because her wrist was injured, and then said: "Liu Niang has been studying piano with her mother recently, and her piano skills have improved a lot. Why not let her play a piece."
Someone asked Xu Qian to play music just now, but they just wanted to hear the lady's piano music that Lu taught her. It would be the same if it were Xu Nuo.
Chuntang glanced at Xu Qian with a smile on her face, feeling a little unhappy, and then glanced at Xu Nuo with worry. My wife has only been learning the piano for three months. If she plays in front of many ladies who are good at playing the piano, she will probably be looked down upon.
He was calm enough to promise, and went through the memorized chess score in his mind. When the maid came up to carry the piano, he calmly sat down and played the piano.
As the ten fingers moved, the very rhythmic sound of the piano came out, like mountain water, like the tinkling of spring water, graceful and continuous, with lingering lingering sound, which made people's eyes light up. The pavilion suddenly became quiet, and the originally noisy racecourse was also a little quieter. .
None of the people sitting here have heard this piece before, and they are both novel and impressed by the artistic conception in the piece.
Everyone listened carefully and looked at Xu Nuo with a little more admiration.
The smile on Xu Qian's face faded as soon as the first sound of promise came out.
After finishing the song, her face became very ugly.
Mrs. Ye also had more admiration in her eyes and asked: "Mrs. Xu Liu, what is the name of the piece you are playing? I don't know who composed it. Can you make a copy for me?"
Xu Nuo is so young that no one would think that such a melodious and melodious piece that makes people feel like they have been wandering around for three days was composed by her.
Xu Nuo stood up and saluted, walked over from behind the piano, and replied with a smile: "Liu Niang doesn't know who wrote the lyrics or the name of the music, but I just found this piece of music written on one of the pieces of paper when I was looking through the chess records a few days ago. , I thought it was exquisite so I showed off my shame here. If Madam Ye wants it, Liu Niang can make a copy for Madam after she returns to Xu Mansion."
Xu Nuo's piano skills are average. If he plays a piece that everyone knows, there will definitely be flaws. But when you play a piece that no one has heard before, even if there are flaws, no one else will notice. So she played the music that Xu Liuniang had seen when she was looking at Jingping chess records when she was a child.
Her piano skills are average, but Jing Ping's music is quite outstanding. She just tried her best to play it, but she could only play two points of charm. But just these two points of charm were enough to shock everyone.
She answered the question in a ladylike manner. Mrs. Zhang was very satisfied and nodded her head.
She likes anyone who can make Mrs. Zhang look good. (To be continued)
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