Ordinary clear day

Chapter 131 Rose
Shuning had been here a few times before, and got to know Xinran again, and she was not as restrained as before. When she entered the room, she sat down generously and said, "Sister Xinran, quickly bring out the good tea and snacks. I only ate half a bowl of jujube porridge, and I’m almost starving to death.” Xin Ran smiled and said, “I knew you’d come, I’ve already prepared it, don’t you see what’s on the table?”

Shu Ning took a look, and sure enough there was a set of light green glass tea set in the middle of the table, and scented tea had already been brewed in that half-foot-high pot.She only recognized one of them as a rose, but she didn't know what the other was, so she asked Xinran.Xin Ran said: "That's apple blossoms. Make tea with these two kinds of flowers. It's the most suitable for girls to drink. I heard that it is good for the skin and blood. It's warm in the mouth now. Would you like to try it?"

Shu Ning took a small sip, and she really felt that the fragrance was refreshing, and the lingering fragrance of her teeth lingered, and said: "Take a sip of this, even the breath is fragrant. My sister is really kind." Looking at the flowers scattered in the pot, she felt really good. Pretty.Xin Ran smiled and said, "I'm afraid it's not the fragrance of your breath, but the fragrance of flowers in this room?"

Shuning heard the words and looked around the room, and sure enough, the vases were filled with fragrant roses, so she teased: "It can be seen that this is the bride's room, there are red roses everywhere." Xin Ran spat at her lightly, Blushing, she said: "What's the matter with roses? What does it have to do with the bride or something? It's just that the season is just right." Then Shu Ning remembered that there was no rose to represent love in ancient times, and she laughed it off.

She saw the cup in Xinran's hand, and saw that the tea was different from what she drank, so she asked what it was.Xin Ran was a little embarrassed and said: "I've been drinking this for the past few months, it's a bit different from yours..." Shu Ning walked over to take a look, only smelling a faint smell of medicine, she was a little surprised: "This is medicine Tea? Sister is sick?" Xin Ran hurriedly said, "No, this... is ginseng flower and Panax notoginseng tea, drinking it... can make people slim down..." After speaking, her face turned red again .

diet tea? ! ! !

Shuning hurriedly took a look at Xinran's figure, she was indeed thinner than when they met last time, and her chin was already pointed.Recalling the tragic examples that Hyundai has experienced and heard, she said hesitantly: "Will it be very hard? In fact, sister Xinran, you are not considered fat..."

At this time Yinping came in with a snack box, and said: "Miss Shu doesn't know, our girl was originally a slender person, but she suddenly started to gain weight last spring, and she gradually lost weight in winter. Drink more tea now, and in two months it will be almost the same as before."

Last spring...just before the draft, I wonder if it has anything to do with it?
After the silver screen receded, she glanced at Xinran and said: "What a coincidence, last spring, wasn't it just before the draft? Winter, I heard that it was the time when the decree of marriage came down, sister, don't say it's just a coincidence."

Xin Ran said with a faint smile, "Of course it's a coincidence."

Shu Ning stared at her, seeing that she was just smiling gently, she was discouraged first: "Forget it, what do I want to know about this? As long as you feel happy." She glanced at the snack box, Picked a rose cake to eat.Now she was really in the rose house, drinking rose tea and eating rose cakes. The little girl didn't know if she had heard the meaning of roses from someone, so she did it on purpose.

Seeing that she didn't ask any more questions, Xin Ran felt embarrassed instead. Seeing that there was no one around, she walked up to Shu Ning and sat down, and said softly: "You have always been tight-lipped, so it's okay to let you know, just don't tell me." Let me go." Shu Ning nodded quickly, and she said: "I am not good-looking, but I have a higher family background. I don't know what the people in the palace will think, so I made myself fat two months in advance, and waited for the draft. Because of my good family background, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will not give up halfway, but those women will not accept me into the palace when they see me. Yitai has already asked Prince Zhuang Fujin to greet the palace and propose marriage It went smoothly."

Shu Ning had heard before that this Yitai was Xinran's fiancé, the second son of Prince Zhuang's younger brother, Bowenguonuo, the former king of Hui County, but the county prince of Bowenguonuo was dismissed a few years ago , Yitai himself is just a small fourth-class guard now.

But Shuning was surprised by another thing: "You and that Yitai knew each other before?" Xin Ran pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Your sisters also know each other. They used to play together when they were young. If you are also in Beijing When you grow up, you will also recognize it."

It turned out that the two were in free love.Shu Ning had previously lamented that such a good girl would follow the imperial decree to marry an unknown clan child, and felt wronged for her, so she was just worrying blindly.But seeing her good friend marry the person she likes, she is also happy for her.

After she was happy, Shu Ning put her mind on those scented teas, remembering that when she came back last time, she was gladly entertained with another kind of tea, she seemed to be very proficient in this aspect.She directly asked Xinran for scented tea recipes, and readily agreed, but with other conditions: "The recipe of the pumpkin pie with grape wolfberry and glutinous rice filling you mentioned last time, and the recipe of steamed plum fruit, all are listed for you. I sent it, as well as the recipe for Cantonese brine, dozens of egg recipes, rib dishes..."

"Stop, stop!" Shuning hurriedly interrupted her, "According to what you said, it seems that I am at a disadvantage?" Xin Ran chuckled: "Then do you agree or not?" She had no choice but to agree to those scented teas, but: "When I visit you, you have to cook for me yourself." She smiled happily: "Yes."

While talking and laughing, Yinping came in and said, "What are you girls saying are you so happy? The ladies at the front asked you to go." After saying that, she glanced at Xinran with a smile in her eyes.Shu Ning was about to ask what was the matter, but was dragged away by Xin Ran.

Outside, Mrs. Fu Cha's family was talking to the housekeeper, while Mrs. Tong sat drinking tea, but Suyun disappeared.The two girls bowed to the elders, then returned to sit down beside their respective mothers.

Mrs. Fu Cha's family sent the butler away, then handed a piece of paper to Tong Shi, and said with a smile: "Here are some dowries they just prepared, you can help me to see, is there anything wrong with it? "Tong Shi humbly said a few words, but still smiled and took it. In fact, she also meant to observe and learn from it.Shu Ning turned sideways and took a few glances at her mother's hand.

The list stated that there were twenty bolts of fine silk of various colors, twenty bolts of satin of various colors, twenty bolts of flower satin, twenty bolts of brocade, twelve bolts of cloud brocade, twelve bolts of Sichuan brocade, twelve bolts of silk yarn of various colors, Twelve pieces of fleece, twelve boxes of gold and silver jewelry, six boxes of pearl and gem jewelry, as well as antiques, calligraphy and paintings, books, stationery, jade, porcelain, precious medicinal materials and spices, and various daily utensils, etc., and finally a dowry Sanjin's courtyard is located in Maojiawan area.

Shu Ning secretly took a deep breath, seeing this Fucha's family on weekdays, although he was very particular about the details of life, he didn't seem to be so rich.Mrs. Tong was still smiling, and said to Mrs. Fucha's family: "I have opened my eyes. So there are so many tricks?" The wife of Fucha's family just waved her hand: "What is this? There are other bits and pieces As for things, I’m just a girl, so naturally I can’t wrong her. Besides, her in-law’s family, although it’s a clan, has long since lost its rank, and the family has a large population. We should marry more things to make life easier for our daughter and son-in-law, right? ?”

Mrs. Tong nodded in agreement, and said again: "If that's the case, I have something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not." Mrs. Fu Cha's family hurriedly asked what it was, and she said, "Since you said that your in-laws are not in a good situation, why are you talking about it?" Don't you add some land property to the dowry? Although there are many things on this list, they are all dead things. Having land property will also benefit the young couple, even if it is to add some money."

Mrs. Fucha's family hurriedly said: "You and I thought about going together. I was planning to buy a small farm for my daughter. Ten hectares of land would be enough, but I'm still looking for it. I heard that the farmland in Fangshan Well, if you buy it from there, I will entrust your family to take care of it in the future." Tong said with a smile: "It's natural."

Just as she was talking, Suyun came back, and it turned out that she had gone back to Earl's Mansion to fetch the jade wares under Tong's order.The wife of the Fucha family chose the jade boat in the end, implying that her son-in-law would have a smooth future. When she saw the real thing, she kept praising the quality of the jade and the craftsmanship, but Tong just laughed and said nothing.

On the way back, when Shuning saw her mother always looking at her and smiling, she felt a little creepy and asked, "What's Er Niang laughing at?"

"It's nothing, it's just that I heard Mrs. Fucha's family say that their family has been preparing for their daughter's dowry for several years, and I realized that I was so careless. I only thought about the things your brother will use when he gets married, but forgot Your share." Tong sighed softly, "Others can be bought temporarily, but the antique calligraphy, paintings, medicinal materials and spices really have to be purchased a few years in advance, so it doesn't mean that if you have money, you can buy them for sure. something that arrived."

Shuning had a headache: "Emiang, it's still early, what are you worrying about?"

"It's not early at all." Tong retorted, "It's time to do these things. While I'm buying jewelry for you in the future, pay more attention to good shop craftsmen." She stretched out her hand and touched Cuo's daughter She smiled on her pink face and said, "Sure enough, it is much clearer. It seems that the rose water and skin care lotion are really effective. We must continue. I heard that drinking goat milk is also good, and it can make people grow taller. When we go back , let people buy sheep, and drink a bowl every morning and evening.”

Shu Ning hasn't drank this stuff for several years, it's fine that she couldn't make up her own mind when she was a child, but now she has to endure the smell, she has a frown when she thinks about it.

Back at Earl's Mansion, Mrs. Tong led her daughter back to Huaiyuan, walked to the fork in the road, but saw a few little girls running towards Zhuyuan, stopped and frowned.Watching the words and expressions of the second Wang's family, they shouted loudly: "Presumptuous! Didn't you see the third wife here? Are there any rules?!"

Those little girls found out that Mrs. Tong and his party had just found out, they were startled, they hurried over and knelt down, and said: "I really didn't see the third wife here, please forgive us." After cursing a few words, when Tong Shi coughed lightly, he stopped and backed away.

Mrs. Tong asked, "What are you going to do in such a hurry?" Those little girls looked at me and I at you, and only one of them who was more courageous replied, "Back to Mrs. Third, we... heard that Aunt Chen and Aunt Cuiping got into a fight, so...then rushed to try to break it up."

Afraid to watch the excitement?Tong's brows were frowned. That Cuiping, who was always calm, and Aunt Chen, who was always meek and cowardly, would actually fight?
She asked: "What's the fight for? Where's the eldest lady?" The girl said, "The eldest lady took the second girl back to her mother's house. I heard that she won't be back until noon." Tong sighed and turned her head Said to her daughter: "You go back first, I want to go and have a look." Shuning agreed.She knew that in the absence of her aunt and fourth aunt, her mother was the only one who could suppress the situation. After all, the two sisters-in-law were not good at interfering in the disputes between the elders and concubines.

Tong's went for quite a long time.Shuning went back to her room, changed her clothes, practiced calligraphy for a while, felt that she was very hungry, and sent Suxin to check on her mother before she came back.When they returned home this time, only their elder brother Duan Ning accompanied them, while Zhang Bao and Xian Ning stayed in Fangshan.Duanning went out today, so only her mother and daughter had lunch together.

It was not until the end of time that Tong Shi came back.Shuning hurriedly poured her a cup of warm tea, and helped her change the bottom of the flower pot, and put on comfortable flat embroidered shoes.Suyun's servant, Tong Shi, changed into a cooler robe, and gave her a wet towel sprinkled with toilet water for her to wipe her hands and face.

After a lot of fuss, Mrs. Tong was drinking tea and enjoying her daughter's massage service, before she sighed and said, "Your big sister is really pitiful, why did she have such a mother?" Shuning was startled, hurriedly Asked what was going on, Tong told her what happened just now.

It turned out that after Nala and Wanning left the house this morning, Cuiping and Aunt Chen had an argument and quarreled for some reason, and Na Cuiping satirized a few words, which involved Fangning's marriage.

Nalashi and Wanning were not around, so it was difficult for the two young mistresses to intervene, so in the end Fangning came out to persuade Aunt Chen.Aunt Chen felt ashamed and refused to give up. She also accused Fang Ning of not living up to her expectations and causing her to be bullied.Seeing Fangning coming to persuade Cuiping, Cuiping had already planned to stop, but Aunt Chen would not let her go, so the two quarreled again.Fangning was wronged and ran back to her room crying.The two aunts kept arguing until Mrs. Tong came, and then they stopped.

Mrs. Tong sighed to her daughter: "Your elder sister has a miserable life. It's just that the daughter of a concubine is not favored. That's what happened back then. She lived a few years of cold life and saw that she had some hope. My biological mother has ruined her like this, and I feel wronged for her."

Shu Ning bit her lips, and said: "I remember that year when we returned to Beijing from Fengtian, Aunt Chen was not like this, how could she become so powerful?" Tong Shi said: "Isn't it? Aunt Chen was very gentle when she was young Heshun, ever since your eldest sister had an accident and was sent away that year, she has been crying all the time. I don’t know when it has become like this. You and your eldest sister have always been on good terms. Go to Look at her, let her look away."

Shuning agreed.The maids brought food, but the mother and daughter sat and ate without mentioning each other.

In the afternoon Shu Ning went to visit Fang Ning, and saw her sitting by the window alone, staring at a bottle of half-shed white roses in a daze, with tears in her eyes.Shu Ning felt sad, so she walked over to sit with her silently.After a while, Fang Ning turned around, forced a smile, and asked: "Have you heard about it?" Shu Ning nodded, and said softly: "Don't think too much, it's important to relax yourself." Ning smiled wryly: "Otherwise, what else can I do? I really want to go back to Baoding now, or go to Shuiyue Nunnery. Although the life is a bit bitter, it is really quiet."

Shuning opened her mouth, but she still didn't say anything, she just sat silently with Fang Jing, until the maid came to urge her to go back in the evening, and then she left.

Shuning walked all the way with a very heavy heart.Fang Ning had already relaxed her mood, and gradually became stronger again. She was able to speak out her thoughts boldly in the face of major marriage matters. She did not expect that her biological mother would give her a heavy blow and make her depressed again.

Walking to a bush of yellow roses, Shu Ning suddenly stopped.Just now Fang Ning said that she wanted to go back to Baoding or Shuiyue Temple, but in fact she just wanted to leave this depressing place, right?So……

Shu Ning walked quickly back to Huaiyuan, took her mother's hand and asked: "Emiang, big sister, this is not an option, why don't we invite her back to Fangshan Bieyuan for a while?"

Mrs. Tong was stunned, and said: "Will she agree?" Shuning hurriedly said: "She just said she wanted to go back to Baoding or Shuiyue Nunnery, so why not go back to Fangshan with us. I'll be bored in this mansion all day long." , how could there be a happy day? It's better to live in another environment, maybe you can be happier."

Tong thought about it and thought it was feasible.She watched the nieces with cold eyes. Fang Ning's temperament was low-key and calm, but she was a good girl, and she couldn't bear to watch this poor child get depressed.So she smiled and said to her daughter, "I'll ask your eldest aunt at night. If she agrees, let's invite your eldest sister back."

Shuning was overjoyed.

(End of this chapter)