By Jia Xiuzhen

All the people arrived at Tsinghua Garden, only Sister Li Wanfeng was leading them, there was no supervision and restraint, and it was a new and unfamiliar place, even if they didn't do anything but sit around blowing the wind and drink tea, they were already full of interest.Yingchun was silent all the way, and now she was sitting by the fence near the water, the new early autumn wind blowing past her face with a bit of moisture, she wished she could stay here and not go back.

Daiyu greeted everyone to sit down, and pointed out the tea and fruits. Li Wan and Sister Feng laughed and said, "My dear sister, you should take a rest too. What are we going to do? If you are tired, why don't you go back to your ancestors?" Rip us."

The head of Rong also pulled Madam Xin to the side and whispered: "You let the girl just sit and enjoy herself, and we are the ones who take care of you. This time, the elders are not here, so there is no need to do so."

Nanny Xin also smiled and said: "Miss is careful, after all, she is still at her own home, she must act like a master. Don't worry, with the second grandma in the house, the girl will not be tired."

Everyone was sitting and talking by the water, and the head of Rong guessed that the time would be given to the table later.But there is no official seat, only single cases of old-winged wood of the same color are lined up in a fan shape, and armchairs with rattan cores of the same color are behind them. A small table about half a foot high was set up in front of it.

Because Daiyu repeatedly said that it was not a formal banquet, so there was no need to reserve a table, Daiyu took the main seat, and everyone else sat in the order of age, besides the personal waiters, there was another pink coat maid.Has Daiyu ever managed such a scene?Fortunately, they are all sisters from my own family, so I have to smile a few words.

Director Rong gave a signal from behind, and a girl carrying a food box came in. They were a pair, both in duck egg green shirts and white gauze skirts.They all went to put food boxes on the long table behind everyone, one took out the bowls and plates inside, the other lifted the covered bowls, and sang the names of the dishes and the hands of the waiters in pink standing behind each table. Here, and then put it on everyone's table, briefly explain the name of the dishes to the people at the table, and the person who prepares the dishes is still everyone's personal servant.

First serve five cold dishes, orange juice, lotus root, pickled bamboo shoots, fresh walnut kernels, water red water chestnut, pepper plum, rattan flower, two salty and sour, and three kinds of fruit pulp, one each of Yimuzi, cucumber, and white peach, It is packed in a glass pot, and it looks like it has been splashed with cold water first.

Then serve cold meat, pork ribs with plum sauce, cherry goose breast, pepper leaf fish cake, Huadiao shrimp, balsamic vinegar sting, green salt sheep cake, and a white dish with circle pattern.

After Leng Hun served the fruit wine, Sister Feng hurriedly said: "Don't worry about that, I'll taste it first. If you get drunk these days, I won't go back, even if I go back, I won't go back." I want to come out again."

Hearing this, Daiyu asked to pour a glass for Sister Feng first. Sister Feng saw that the wine was pale and sweet and fragrant, so she first decided that it was from her daughter's house, and took another sip. Slightly boozy.

The maid on the side said: "If you go back to grandma, this is made by mixing some kinds of glutinous rice with seasonal fresh fruits and seasonal flowers. It is specially prepared for female guests. It is called Nvnvjiao."

Sister Feng curled her lips in distaste and said, "Sure enough, it's the same as the sweet-scented osmanthus wine used to coax children. It's like honey water. It's done, you can pour it too. I don't know if you can get drunk with this stuff. belly."

Everyone responded with a smile, but Li Wan said to Daiyu: "We're fine, it's rare that Sister Feng took the time to come here today, if you only serve this honey-like wine, you might be disrespectful, so why don't you give it to her alone?" Change it."

Several people booed when they heard this. Sister Feng was never afraid of this, because she said with a smile: "I'm not afraid of changing wine, it's just that it tastes good. If it tastes bad, I don't drink it."

Daiyu smiled and turned to look at Manager Rong, who nodded slightly, and after a while took out another set of celadon wine sets, poured a glass for Sister Feng and said, "Second Grandma, this wine is called Qinglian Ertoufen. The best, it is strong in my daughter's wine, you try it?"

Sister Feng smiled and took a sip, the taste was much clearer than the sweet one just now, the head taste was not strong, but after swallowing for a moment, the aroma of lotus flower wine diffused from her throat, and there was even a hint of hotness meaning.

Then he motioned to Ping'er to take the wine, and said with a smile: "After all, it's the clever man of the Lin family who has been looking for a wine that suits my temper in a short time. Well, I'll use this."

Li Wan smiled and said to Ping'er: "Look carefully, there are no tigers in the mountains today, if your grandma drinks too much, we won't be able to explain it."

For a while, they all poured wine, toasted and laughed.The hot dishes at the banquet are on the table, such as three white rice, straw mushroom tender chicken, and silk duck duck are at the right time. After every five dishes, sweet and sour cold dishes are served on the plate.As soon as Director Rong made a move, a few people came over to the small stage in front of him, quickly set them up, and immediately set up an extremely thin silk curtain, which turned out to be a shadow puppet show.But it is a name that has never been heard outside. It is called "Seven Fairies Outwit Sun Dasheng".

Aside from their skillful hands, the performers were extremely funny when they spoke. The sisters had never seen this before, and they were all overjoyed.

After two consecutive shadow puppet shows, the curtain was withdrawn, and everyone's eyes lit up, and they saw two small boats swinging from the far end of the lake. After a while, a flute sound came across the water.I heard that people are sometimes in the flowers and sometimes playing in the clear water. In a blink of an eye, the fallen leaves form arrays and finally the jackdaws and thin snow. The four seasons pass by, only in the breath.

Yingchun couldn't help a smile from her lips, and praised: "Good song, good scene." Just now during the shadow puppet show, everyone was chatting and laughing, and the sound of the flute was heard again, and now they came back to their senses Everyone applauded.

As soon as the sound of the flute was low, the sound of the qin came back again, the pipa also entered for a while, and the sound of the flute entered again, but it was a warm and peaceful meaning, as if there were whispers and chuckles in it, just urging people to drink.

All the items removed from everyone's case were placed on the long table at the back, and new dishes were served at the moment, and there was a small gray pottery charcoal stove with small grates on it. For the long ebony chopsticks, I picked up slices of mushrooms from a long plate on one side and put them on.There is no trace of smoke from the charcoal fire, and all kinds of indescribable and indescribable fresh scents of grilled mushrooms permeate the water pavilion.Or sprinkle with green salt, or spread with ghee, and sprinkle a little bit of fragrant leaves, the mouth is full of flavor, especially the two kinds of pine mushrooms and chicken fir.This taste is so silky and bamboo, when the early autumn wind blows, I feel that my clothes are fluttering and I have forgotten tonight and what eve.

Xichun was happy, but felt that Ruhua was getting in the way, so she frowned and said, "Okay, okay, it's such a big case, is there anything I can't reach? Don't poke here, go down quickly, where are you guys?" There is also a banquet, so I am happy to go, and there will be no such place when I go back."

Entering the painting, he looked at the maid of the Lin family who was steadily holding the chopsticks and flipping the roasted mushrooms, pursed her lips and said, "Who will serve the girl after I leave, and wait for the nanny to come over later and take care of me."

Xichun immediately became anxious: "You wait and wait, do you know what these things are in front of you? You don't understand, so hurry up, hurry up, don't you see that my sister-in-law has already let Suyun Biyue and the others go away. You It's as if I'm so unreasonable. Say, do you just want to blacken my face, girl. "

Entering the painting, seeing Xichun like this, he had no choice but to bow his head and salute, and left resentfully.Xichun still didn't forget to tell her: "Persuade my nanny to have a drink or two more, just say that we don't need anyone to wait on us here, we are watching a play, don't bother us, you understand?"

Ruhua hurriedly turned around and nodded, then left.Just now Ying'er let Baochai go, now behind her is Wen Xing.Raising his hand to pick up another piece of fungus, Baochai was a little dazed, and accidentally touched the case with his elbow, and couldn't help frowning.Wen Xing hurriedly said: "Girl? Did you touch your hand again?"

Baochai shook her head, not wanting to say more, Xiangyun saw it nearby and asked, "What's the matter, Sister Bao? Where did you touch?"

Wen Xing was a few years younger than Ying'er, and she was most concerned about her own girl, so she hurriedly said to Xiangyun, "Miss woke up the night before yesterday and hurt her arm while pouring tea, and she seems to be rubbing against her again."

Xiang Yun wondered: "Did you get hurt by pouring water at night? What are you slaves doing, you slept to death last night?"

Baochai couldn't stop her, so she said, "It's not their business."

Wen Xing said: "Young lady doesn't want us to wait in front of you at night, and she didn't light the lamp, that's how we met."

Xiangyun frowned and said: "Sister Bao, you are so good, you can learn what Sister Lin does. If you don't light the lights at night and you don't have a waiter by your side, you will be scared to death. How dare you sleep?"

Just as she was talking, Ying'er came in from the outside, glanced at Wen Xing and said, "Go and eat, I'll take care of you."

Baochai said with a smile: "Even the fourth younger sister doesn't keep anyone around, I might as well be as good as her. You all go to Song Fan Song Fan, come out anyway. We don't need to wait here."

Ying'er glanced at Baochai's face, bowed her head respectfully, and went with Wen Xing.Xiangyun also forgot what he said just now, and just happened to set up a new gadget on the front desk, and was led away for a while, but didn't ask any more questions.

This time, the pattern was changed, and there was a thick circle of paper on the top, all tied with beef tendon rope.Several little girls stood still, one untied the first and the other tied ropes, and the pieces of paper were turned over, and there were simple colored patterns on them, and it seemed to the human eye that the person was walking around.

The little girls said their lines along with the animation, and I don't know which one wrote it. In response to the narrow words, Sister Feng's origin is the most humorous, and she laughed loudly at this time.Links are interesting.There are eight rolls of paper on the top and bottom on one board, and when the board is finished turning it over, there are also sixteen rolls on the other side.Putting it all together, it's a bragging joke, and it's even more funny when paired with the words that the pattern looks like the little girls.

Daiyu couldn't help laughing when she saw it, and Baochai said with emotion: "We just watched and laughed for so long. I don't know how long it takes for people to paint. It's really not easy."

Daiyu said: "That's true. I just asked. There are more than ten thousand paintings in total, and they took a whole month to complete."

Xiangyun really had another thought: "Sister Lin, this is so interesting, if the story of Journey to the West just now was made like this, it would be so good."

Li Wan said with a smile: "Yun'er, don't talk nonsense, be careful that Sun Dasheng is looking for you! Journey to the West didn't say at all that this great sage fell so badly at the hands of Seven Fairies."

He also came up to perform a few small plays, and at this time the banquet has been withdrawn and the food is served.There are six kinds of dishes such as water shield and meat crisps to accompany the porridge, and six pastries such as crab horns, plum siu mai, and vegetarian sausages. There are only eight dishes and four sauce dishes to accompany the rice. Each person chooses according to his preference. Porridge or rice is slightly used.The table was withdrawn again, and another tea and fruit were placed.

It's okay for others, Sister Feng has been doing good things for a while, but she still can't show half of her daily life. Today, even the bones are loose. I can't help but drink a few more cups while talking and laughing with my sisters. Now I feel Her hair was a little heavy, but fortunately the Lin family had arranged a resting place in Tsinghua Garden early in the morning, and Ping'er and Feng'er quickly helped her to rest.

Daiyu asked the rest again, Xiangyun smiled and said: "It's so easy to ask the ancestors to agree to come, how can it be used for sleepiness. I want to go shopping, I haven't seen Sister Lin's house yet." Everyone nodded, and after drinking tea, Daiyu led her colleagues to Xiulou.

Let's go and see Daiyu's embroidery room on the second floor, walk west from the front corridor to the west building, the stone railing is just right for you to lean on, and you can see a long bridge outside the small lake of Tsinghua Garden connecting with a larger water surface. Several pavilions can be faintly seen. Behind the garden, there is a pile of mountains as a screen, with horizontal pines and slanting plums, just forming the pattern of Tsinghua Garden with mountains behind and water facing.In winter, the northern mountains block the cold wind, and in summer, the south wind rides on the water, which is ingenious.

There is a small room with a corridor to the west of the building. Push the door and enter. There are carved windows on three sides. There are bookshelves, tables and chairs inside. There is also a large table on which ink can be splashed.Tanchun looked around and said enviously, "Sister Lin, what a study."

Daiyu also laughed and said, "The second elder sister also said that she likes it just now, and I like this place the most."

Xiangyun asked: "When I went downstairs just now, I saw that there are towers on both sides, but they are the same?"

Daiyu nodded and said, "It's the same, there is another room if the building is staggered, and that room is used as an envoy of the warm pavilion."

Xiangyun insisted on going over to look again. The building was the same as this place, except that the terrain at the other end was slightly lower, and there was a small water pavilion under the house where the warm pavilion made extended to the water, but there was no water pavilion at the west end.Naturally, it was another compliment.

Director Rong originally planned to get off the boat and soft sedan chair for them to visit the garden, but he didn't think that after just visiting Daiyu's yard, they all rested and enjoyed the ingenious gadgets that had been prepared in the front hall early in the morning.Naturally, Sister Feng had someone arrange the gifts for the Jia family, and Baochai was also prepared. Seeing that everyone liked these things, Daiyu asked Rong Rong to choose a few gifts in return.

Li Wan and Sister Feng took this pile of baby lumps and went out. They didn't dare to take any more dinner. They only had one more snack and then went back home.Daiyu and Li Wan took another two steps back, and before they left, they ordered Madam Xin to reward a group of servants according to the old rules of the Lin family's banquets, and she would not be rewarded if she was alone in charge of affairs. Daiyu remembered that Lin Ruhai's letter mentioned Rongzhang For the words of "just like the elders", I only thanked him once solemnly and did not mention anything else, and the manager Rong accepted it calmly with a smile.

Back at Jia's mansion, Mother Jia naturally stopped to ask questions, no matter the others, Xiangyun wished to make up a book about all this back and forth, and Xichun would help out from time to time, it was even more lively than seeing it.

After Xiangyun finished speaking, he felt overwhelmed: "Sister Lin's house is like that, I'm afraid I won't be used to living here."

Lin Daiyu smiled and said: "I just went back here, and I haven't lived here for a day, how did I change my habit? Besides, no matter how big the house is, it's just a house. There's my grandmother here."

Jiamu hugged her with a smile and said, "Today, you are going to be the host to treat guests and set up a banquet. How about it? Isn't it tiring?"

Daiyu laughed and said, "I really didn't put much effort into it, but I arrived one and a half steps earlier than everyone else, and everything was arranged by the housekeepers at home. Even so, I was quite tired. Now I really admire Sister Feng from the bottom of my heart, I don’t know a lot of things every day, and I can’t see the hardships and fatigue in ordinary times, it’s really light weight.”

Sister Feng waved her hand at the side and said: "Okay, okay, today I have finished what the old lady told me, and I have drunk the wine that Sister Lin persuaded, but now it is not that it is light, but it is a bit top-heavy."

Jia Mu scolded with a smile: "Let you take your sisters for a stroll, okay, you can pour mourning soup first! She also said that after finishing what I told you, if it wasn't for your usual sake, This time it should be fined!"

Just talking and joking, Sister Feng has accumulated several important things in the short time since she left the house, so the daughter-in-law in charge came here.Sister Feng looked at Jia's mother pitifully and said, "Look, fortunately, I just took the time to drink two cups. If I didn't come here, I wouldn't even have time to drink!"

Although this remark caused Jia Mu to laugh and scold at the time, two days later, Yuanyang took two old ginseng and a box of bird's nest and sent them to Sister Feng's yard quietly.