silly wife

Chapter 22: Tasting Peach Blossoms, Chen's Banquet

The Peach Blossom Banquet in the Chen Mansion was mostly attended by famous nobles. Among them were noble women's wives and noble men's wives, but the number of men and wives was obviously not many, and three or five people surrounded one place, which seemed quite monotonous.

In front of the Chen residence, the Cui family's carriage stopped, and when the steward saw Cui Fu, he hurried up to greet him, and after a few compliments, Cui Nanguan opened the door and got out.

Cui Nanguan's fame is well-known in the capital, not to mention his talent and learning, but his outstanding and handsome appearance alone is enough to make many ladies from deep boudoirs fascinated, but this person just chose him. A male wife, rush to be someone else's concubine. Many people can think about it in their hearts, but they can't do it. After all, celebrities still need some face, but some people may not.

The owner of the Chen residence was named Chen Ye. Hearing the news of Cui Nanguan's arrival, he just came out to greet him when he saw another person coming out of the carriage. The facial features give people the illusion of being clear and elegant like a spring breeze. Compared with him, Cui Nanguan, who is standing beside him, wearing a long navy blue dress and a big cloak, is even more handsome and extraordinary.

"Third Master Cui, you are here." Chen Ye automatically skipped the people around Cui Nanguan, and went up to Cui Nanguan: "I received a reply earlier, and thought it was a wrong message from the servant. I saw you today, but I really called you!" People are pleasantly surprised, this heart has also been implemented, come, come, please come inside."

Cui Nanguan made a slight bow to him: "Master Chen has been waiting for a long time" and said, pulling at the ovary: "This is my wife"

Chen Ye was obviously taken aback.

When going out, it is not uncommon for people to introduce their husband and wife to outsiders.

Zifang didn't realize anything, and just bowed to Chen Ye.

Chen Ye came back to his senses and hurriedly led the two into the gate.

The peach blossom banquet organized by the Chen family today has a lot of people, but the male and female family members are divided into two sides, one by one appreciating flowers and discussing poems, it is so elegant, only to see Cui Nanguan coming, and they all hurriedly surrounded him, inadvertently, the ovary Instead, they were pushed out.

Seeing him like this, Chen Ye stepped forward to greet him: "Madam, why don't you go to the side garden to enjoy the flowers first?"

Zifang looked at Cui Nanguan who was surrounded by everyone, afraid that he would not be free for a while, so he nodded, and Chen Ye immediately ordered someone to take him to Pianyuan.

In the side garden, many ladies from the aristocratic circle gathered together to chat and laugh. The unmarried ladies were arranged by the Chen family to enjoy the flowers in the backyard. The five men gathered together, seeing their luxurious clothes and handsome faces, Zifang frowned, and decided to go to the side.

He didn't want to go forward, but several people over there saw him, and immediately looked at each other with curiosity.

"Who is that person over there? Why do you look so strange?" Someone was curious.

Some people were slightly disgusted: "With his appearance, he is so ordinary. I don't know who would like him? He would take him as his wife?"

One sentence attracts another person's easy-going.

Among the few people, a man with a thin body and a slightly pale complexion stared at the ovary for a while, then suddenly walked towards him.

"Hey, Qianzhi, where are you going?" Someone called him.

Song Qianzhi kept walking, and came straight to Zifang: "This young master"

"Huh?" Zifang looked back at him: "You called me?"

Song Qianzhi bowed to him: "I, Song Qianzhi, do not bother me, may I ask your son's name?" Following Song Qianzhi's question, several other people also surrounded him.

Zifang smiled faintly at him: "My lord, I don't dare to bear it. My surname is Zhang, and my first name is Zifang. You can call me Zifang."

Song Qianzhi nodded, pointed to the people around him to introduce Zifang, and then asked Zifang: "Judging from your accent, it doesn't seem like you are from the capital?"

Zifang nodded: "I am from Taohua Village in Qingzhou?"

On the side, Du Qing sneered: "It sounds like a country place"

Zifang glanced at him lightly.

Song Qianzhi said: "Peach Blossom Village? The name sounds good."

Zifang said: "Peach Blossom Village is famous for its peach blossoms. In April, the whole village is full of peach blossoms. When the wind blows, it can rain flowers. The scene is beautiful." Pointing to a peach tree beside him, he said: "This kind of peach tree is called Hansui in Taohua Village. It only blooms but does not bear fruit. It is the best variety for decorating the garden, but this kind of Hansui has a flowery heart. It's bitter, but the fragrance is strong." Ovary said, and stretched her head close to the petals, sniffing: "This plant is cold, the fragrance is slightly weak, and there is a slight sour smell, most likely because the roots are not maintained properly, and if they are sick, they will die. , probably won't survive *months"

Several people were stunned.

Du Qing murmured: "How do you know? Don't talk nonsense."

Zifang glanced at him, then pointed to another peach tree: "This tree is called Yupan. It has large diameter flowers and white leaves. It is also called Beauty Face. This kind of flower is beautiful, but it is basically nothing. Smell, if you don’t believe me, smell it and see it”

Du Qing didn't believe it, he really leaned forward to sniff it vigorously, it really didn't smell at all, not only him, several people beside him also leaned forward and sniffed vigorously.

On the one hand, the ladies looked at the behavior of the few people here, and couldn't help but be suspicious of what they were doing, and they were all curious to know what was going on when they got closer.

So when Cui Nanguan followed the crowd and came to the side garden surrounded by Chen Ye, Zifang had already introduced to everyone the aliases and qualities of all the peach blossoms in the garden, and even pointed out which one was defective. When she came out, when the lady who didn't believe it saw the embarrassment on Mrs. Chen's face, she couldn't help but believe it.Only the ovary was still a little ignorant, and Madam Chen gave her a sharp eye.

Cui Nanguan saw the ovary in the crowd at a glance, and immediately approached him: "What's wrong?"

"I seem to have gotten into trouble?" Zifang said a little embarrassed.

Cui Nanguan raised his eyes and saw that everyone looked at him, as if their eyeballs were about to fall out of shock, he didn't care, he just asked Zifang: "What did you do?"

Zifang frowned: "I just told them about the aliases and varieties of these peach trees."

Choi Nam-gwan said: 'It's nothing, it doesn't matter'

The ovary let out an oh, and stopped talking.

He was quiet, but everyone's eyes were broken.

That's right, Cui Nanguan took a man's wife more than half a year ago, but who knew that this man's wife would be so ugly! ! !Du Qing was even more surprised, he never thought that someone as famous as Cui Nanguan would be the husband of someone like Zifang who looks plain! ! !

Chen Ye coughed, quickly interrupted the embarrassment of the audience, and called everyone to take their seats.

The banquet is set in the lobby, and there are six tables in total, three tables for female relatives and three tables for male relatives, separated by a screen in the middle, you can hear the voice but not see the appearance of each other, and the ovaries, because they are male and female, do not share with others. They were at the same table, but he and Song Qianzhi were at the same table again.

At the banquet, everyone chatted freely and clinked glasses from time to time, but Zifang was not very interested in the food here. Song Qianzhi saw that he didn't move his chopsticks very much, and asked him, "Not to your liking?"

"I'm not too hungry" Ovary just smiled.

On the opposite side, Zhang Nan said: "Actually, the things in the Chen Mansion are pretty good, why don't you try them out?"

Zifang frowned slightly, looked at the petals placed on the dinner plate, and said: "Actually, this three-year-old friend is better for making wine, but it's a pity for cooking."

Song Qian was taken aback, then laughed: "I heard that this wine is also made from plum blossoms, why don't you try it too?"

Ovary glanced at him and nodded.When she took a sip from the wine glass, Zifang's whole face wrinkled together: "It's so spicy!"

Everyone at the table laughed.

Du Qing disliked him even more: "Look at you, an imposing man can't even drink a little wine"

Zifang looked up at him: "The wine is spicy and tasteless, pungent but not pure, bad review!" The voice was slightly higher, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Song Qianzhi covered his mouth and coughed lightly, which seemed unnatural.Du Qing teased him on purpose: "Do you dislike such a good wine?"

Ovary didn't know the truth, and after being kind for a long time, she suddenly said: "The peach blossoms that bloom in March, and the dew in April, take five taels of dregs to ferment, bury them in the ground three feet, and pick them up again in March next year. The aroma of wine will enter your throat! Top grade!"

Du Qing said with a smile: "From what you've heard, it seems that you will?"

Ovary shook her head: "Yes, but not stuffed"

"Why?"

Zifangdao sighed and said nothing.

Cui Nanguan looked at him quietly for a moment, then raised his glass and drank it in one gulp.

As Zifang said, the wine is spicy and tasteless, pungent and impure.

A peach blossom feast made Zifang meet a few friends, and at the same time spread rumors that the peach blossom banquet in the Chen family was a shoddy one, but those Zifangs didn’t know about it, and when he returned, his eyes were full of peach blossoms. Cui Nanguan simply asked Chen Ye for some.

On the carriage, Zifang was holding a handful of bright red peach blossoms in his arms, his eyes were full of smiles.

Seeing him like this, Cui Nan couldn't help stretching out his hand to gently brush his chin, Zifang blushed, turned his head, and hid his face in the plum blossoms, Cui Nan watched with a smile in his eyes, and there was a smile in his mind. For some reason, a sentence rang out suddenly.

People are prettier than flowers.

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