Geng Xingshuang and Zhu Yan went to Mingshang Pavilion as usual to see how the stewards and clerks in the shop were celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival. Early this morning, both the uncle's house and the Zhenguogong's house sent rice dumplings, and the steward even went out of his way to A reward was given.
When Geng Xingshuang and Zhu Yan arrived, they found that the shop was mostly empty, including the waiters and the goods inside.
"Everyone has gone to eat. I didn't expect that there would be people coming to buy clothes this morning. Many of them saw other people's nice clothes on the Luxun River and asked about them and came here to buy them."
Banjuan was busy calculating accounts, and now only she, Wen's mother, and one or two clerks were guarding the shop.
"I didn't expect that the dragon boat race would attract a lot of business to our shop."
Geng Xingshuang looked at the pile of orders in Ban Juan's hand and said to her: "I'll tell you some news that I don't know whether it's good or bad. We have also received many orders for summer clothes here, which are requested by the nobles in the palace. "
Banjuan was shocked at first, but he didn't expect that the clothes in the shop would be spread to the palace. Then he thought that the fifth and sixth princesses had come on the first day of opening and ordered the clothes, and he felt relieved again.
Mother Wen is much calmer than Banjuan.
"Looking at what the girl said, this is naturally a good thing. The finished products produced by the tailors and embroiderers have to go through several rounds of inspections. They may not be as exquisite as the materials used in the palace, but the clothes must be fine. Don't worry, two girls. .”
Zhu Yan smiled and said: "There are two mothers with long eyes, so I can rest assured. There is no need to rush these orders. They can be completed within a month. What I told them was forty days."
Hearing what Zhu Yan said, Wen's mother felt more at ease. She had plenty of time, and even if she did it a little slower, there would definitely be no problems.
After staying in the shop for a while, Geng Xingshuang returned to the uncle's house. He went to see his mother first and found that her father was not at home again. Geng Xingshuang started to murmur in her heart.
"Going out with Third Uncle again?"
Ruan was a little angry, "No, you're back. Even if he went to watch the dragon boat race and had lunch outside, it's time to come back. If he doesn't come back home at night, look at me..."
Ruan wanted to say something cruel, but when she saw her daughter looking at her, waiting for her next words, she coughed lightly and said, "Forget it, I see you are tired, go back to the house and have a rest."
Geng Xingshuang wanted to say that she was not tired, but... forget it, go back and take a nap.
When I woke up, it was already sunset.
On the night of the Dragon Boat Festival, because the three sons of the family were not at home, there was no family dinner. Yes, Geng Wen had already sent a letter back, saying that something had happened to Zhuangzi, and he and Geng Yan wanted to deal with it together, so There is no time to go back to the house. Geng Cheng said early in the morning that he will not be in the house all day today, so everyone still eats his own food.
I heard that in the main courtyard, Mrs. Bo scolded Uncle An Ping and his three sons because after watching the dragon boat race in the morning, Uncle An Ping did not go back home. Instead, he took his bodyguard Liang Ben and went there with some old friends. Drinking, according to previous years' experience, every time Geng Xun drinks with his old friends during the Dragon Boat Festival, he can drink until midnight, because there is no curfew on the Dragon Boat Festival night, so he can come back whenever he wants.
In Qingcui Courtyard and Wutong Courtyard, Mrs. Ruan and Mrs. Jiang also scolded their husbands. Mrs. Ruan scolded in her heart, while Mrs. Jiang scolded aloud.
But in Yinghe Courtyard, Mrs. Yao was used to it, and Aunt Peng, mother and son were even more relieved.
Dinner was served by the three bedrooms together. Everyone drank some realgar wine and ate seasonal fruits, rice dumplings and mung bean cakes after dinner.
It was considered a good Dragon Boat Festival. Geng Xingshuang and Geng Xingchen discussed and sent some rice dumplings and mung bean cakes to Geng Xingyu in their names.
"How's it going? Is fourth sister okay?"
Jinbao was eager to give it a try, but for the safety of the fat girl, Geng Xingshuang asked her not to go to Yinghe Courtyard in the past two days.
"The yard was deserted. The fifth girl was not as emotional as yesterday, but she seemed to have been drained. When the slaves went there, although she was veiled, her eyes were dull and she didn't look at them at all. A look at the slaves."
Hua Lian sighed, she saw the malignant sores on the fifth girl's face yesterday. It was really terrible. No wonder the fifth girl became like this. In addition, the second master was like that. The fifth girl... I don't know who he is in the future. what's the situation.
She, a maid, sympathizes with her.
"Have you met the second aunt, third sister and fourth sister?"
Geng Xingchen asked. She was now very curious about the situation of the second room.
Hua Liang shook his head, "No, the second wife didn't see us and asked us to go directly to the side courtyard."
As for the fact that Geng Xingshuang and Geng Xingchen only sent food to Geng Xingyu but not to Geng Xingbing, there seemed to be no problem.
However, Geng Xingshuang didn't care about Yao's and Geng Xingbing's attitudes. She was thinking about what happened at night now, and she didn't know if Zhan Pei Wujuan and the others were going well.
At night, lights are flickering on the Heron River bank. Some people are walking and playing, while others are sitting around drinking wine and enjoying the night view. Although there are already mosquitoes at this time, bringing mosquito repellent sachets does not affect anything.
Geng Cheng was the one drinking, but he was not in the mood to enjoy the scenery.
"So, my master's happy event won't be possible tomorrow?"
Liu Shou, the second young master Liu, raised his head and took a sip of wine and said casually.
"Second Young Master, this is my negligence. My daughter has always been raised delicately. This year, the weather got hotter earlier than usual. My daughter couldn't adapt to it for a while. She developed some heat rash on her face. She should be fine in a few days. I looked at the almanac and found that May 22nd is also an auspicious day..."
In fact, there was an auspicious day in the middle, but Geng Cheng was worried that Geng Xingyu's face would not heal that quickly, so he chose a farther day to be on the safe side.
"Oh...but how did I hear that your family hired more than a dozen doctors yesterday? Could it be that those doctors couldn't cure Miss Geng Wu?"
Liu Shouyi was not that easy to talk to.
Geng Cheng's face froze slightly. He didn't expect that the second young master Liu knew so clearly about the affairs of the uncle's house. He looked at Liu Shoujun next to him.
Although Liu Shoujun was only a relative of Liu Shilang's family, he had a good relationship with Liu Shouyi since childhood. After receiving Geng Cheng's look, he raised his wine cup and advised: "Actually, Master Geng doesn't need to ask for a doctor. It's just because tomorrow is It was the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, and the rash would not go away for a while. Master Geng was anxious to delay the second brother's good life, so he invited more than ten doctors in a row, hoping to make the fourth girl recover as soon as possible. However, no matter how good the doctors were, the disease would be It takes a while to fully recover. Isn’t there a saying that says, sickness comes and goes like a thread?"
"Yes, yes, good things come in hard times, Shouichi, why are you so anxious? Wait a little longer, maybe it will be more fun then!"
Someone else persuaded with a smile.
(End of chapter)
