Travel through the farmhouse leisurely

Chapter 361 Inner House Social (1)
Then, he sat down by himself, embroidered with a handkerchief in his hand, and didn't dare to raise his head again to take a look at Lu Haojie.

And Lu Haojie is no better than Lin Xiaoxi, it is also the first time he has experienced this kind of relationship between men and women, he has no experience at all, and he can't think of how to relieve the awkward atmosphere.

He kept his head buried in eating the watermelon, and occasionally raised his eyes to the girl across from him, taking a few glances, Lin Xiaoxi pretended not to see his movements, and only focused on his veil.

But in fact, she has almost pricked her own finger several times. Although looking at the needle and thread in her hand, she went up and down without stopping, but if someone who knows embroidery can tell at a glance that she has actually embroidered Dozens of stitches were wrong.

The two sat there with their own thoughts, without speaking aloud, and the room was silent for a while, until Lu Haojie unknowingly ate a large bowl full of watermelon and grapes, and he got up to leave.

After he left, Lin Xiaoxi looked at the empty melon and fruit bowl on the table, and after a moment of surprise, he couldn't help laughing.

"Miss, I sneaked a few glances inside just now, why didn't you speak?" Hong Zhu came out from the room and asked.

Lin Xiaoxi replied: "I don't know what to say, how should I say it?"

"Miss, I just saw that Mr. Lu secretly watched you several times. He must really want to talk to Miss, but Miss, you are only embroidering handkerchiefs." Hong Zhu said with a smile.

Hearing this, Lin Xiaoxi picked up the obviously embroidered handkerchief in front of her, and couldn't help blushing. She was really embroidering handkerchiefs, she didn't know where her thoughts had gone...

Since Lu Haojie came out of Lin Xiaoxi's boudoir, he was also touching his bulging belly, his mind fluttering all the way, even though he just looked at her quietly, he still felt very satisfied...

In a blink of an eye, it was July [-]th, and Chen Xuewen had also returned for a while. The newly admitted Jinshi of their class had only had a two-month vacation. letter of appointment.

Chen Xuewen is this year's Xinke Tanhua. The previous champions, second places, and Tanhuas were all appointed by the emperor himself, while Lu Haojie's appointment was arranged at the discretion of the Ministry of Officials. The left and right are just seven-rank magistrates. It depends on whether the counties and towns that are released are rich or barren.

However, according to Chen Xuewen, generally speaking, for Jinshi within the first grade of the examination, the places arranged by the official department to be sent out will not be too bad. There is no such thing as an official performance evaluation for the appointment of new Jinshi like them. This time the ranking of the exam is high or low.

Therefore, the two of them have to set off to return to the capital in the past few days. Chen Xuewen will take up his post directly and report to the Imperial Academy, while Lu Haojie will return to the capital to wait for the official documents.

Although, the two of them were leaving in a few days, but they still didn't have much time. They stayed at home with their families and so on. They left early and returned late every day, and they never stopped socializing.

He only cared about telling them that he was going to leave in three days, and he didn't even have time to pack his luggage. He had to pack it up by himself, and Li Shi and Widow Zheng had to take care of it for them.

Moreover, since Lin Xiaoxi and Lu Haojie got engaged, whoever made the news, now almost the entire Anping Town knows that the Lin family has a pair of sons-in-law who are officials.

It turned out that Lin Xiaoqiao's family was a respectable family in the town, but that was because their family had produced two talented people before, and because of the reputation of Lin's Bamboo Tube Rice.

However, among the rich and rich squires in the town, their family can only be regarded as a rising family. Even if they are supported by a pair of scholars, they still lack the foundation and heritage of aristocratic families. Therefore, Those sects that claim to be "big families" are not very sincerely willing, and the most people who associate with them are politely giving some gifts during the festivals.

Now, those big families may have heard the news, and after they came to inquire about the news, they began to try to get closer to the Lin family. Recently, Lin Xiaoqiao's family has received various invitations more frequently.

These families are all big families in Anping Town, and they took the initiative to send invitations. The Lin family can't be too big, and they always shirk away.

However, Li's belly is getting bigger and bigger, so she can't worry about these trivial matters, so these things can only fall on Lin Xiaoqiao and sisters.

However, the two of them had never been in contact with such matters, and in the end they could only go to Widow Zheng for advice, only to realize that these inner house matters were all very knowledgeable, even if they wrote a reply post or something, they were all very particular.

Not to mention inviting people to the door, the details here are even more particular, that is, to choose the date for inviting people to the door, and you have to carefully look at the almanac, and you can't choose an unlucky day.

There is also the preparation of the banquet on the day when the guests come to the door, ranging from the regulation of the table for the guests, to the tea and snacks for the guests, all must be carefully prepared, so that the guests cannot be disappointed.

That being the case, it is necessary to send someone in advance to the house of the guest who is about to visit, to inquire carefully about the owner's preferences in various details, and after inquiring clearly, he will then customize the menu based on these information, In short, we want the guests to come and leave happily, without leaving any shock in their hearts, otherwise it will not sound good when it is spread out.

In addition, there are three or two things to be prepared, entertainment activities after dinner, but these are basically prepared for the female relatives, so most of them call people in from outside to sing a small opera or something.

That being the case, it is necessary to select a theater troupe in advance, and negotiate with the troupe master, in case someone else invites them over, and that would be a big shame.

But this kind of small opera singing activities are mostly prepared but not needed, because after all, only those who are close to each other will leave guests to listen to the opera after dinner, so as to show the closeness of the two families.

These seemingly trivial but not simple inner house affairs made Lin Xiaoqiao and sisters more and more tongue-tied as they listened to them. They had never imagined that there were so many twists and turns here.

Widow Zheng used to run the business in the inner house, so she is familiar with these things. She originally planned to teach Lin Xiaoqiao and Ji about these things in a year before.

Now, Lin Xiaoxi has been promised to Lu Haojie again, and she will also be the official wife in the future. Therefore, Widow Zheng has put a lot of thought into teaching the two of them to take care of the house and human affairs.

Before the teaching, Widow Zheng explained to the two sisters that they would not be able to do without these things in their lives in the future. Therefore, Lin Xiaoqiao and the two sisters also studied very hard.

Two days ago, I received invitations from a family surnamed Cao in the town. Today is the day when I returned the invitations and invited them to come over as guests. Lin Xiaoqiao also sent someone early to find out about this family. As for the details of the family background, it is said that this family surnamed Cao is a branch of a large family in the capital, but it is only heard that it is a branch of a concubine.

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