Yutai Bi

Chapter 16 Two Tigers Fight
Cen Sanniang smiled happily: "When brother Jiu gets fifteen red circles, I'll make him a schoolbag myself."

Liu Niang and Qi Niang also changed their tone, expressing that they would do needlework for Brother Jiu.

Taking advantage of Brother Jiu's topic, everyone chatted happily.

Not long after, Mother Tian came out from the main room and respectfully invited everyone in.

The three old ladies love tea.After waking up early, I like to make a cup of tea and rest for a while before serving breakfast.

When everyone entered the room, the three old ladies were sitting beside the bamboo couch and roasting tea cakes with bamboo clips.

The three old ladies are sixty years old, their hair is not yet completely white, and it is neatly tied into a nest of silk at the back of their heads. They are held in place by long white jade hairpins with phoenix heads, and they wear a pair of earplugs inlaid with gold and jade.Solemn and elegant.

Waited for everyone to come in and salute.The old lady beckoned to Cen Sanniang: "Sanniang, come and share tea for grandma."

"Yes." Cen Sanniang obediently replied.He stepped forward and stood by, waited for the old lady to make tea, and after distributing the tea into tea cups, she brought the tea to the eldest lady and the fourth lady.The younger generation cannot eat the first pot of tea made by the old lady.

After delivering the tea, she knelt and sat in front of the bamboo couch, neatly packing the tea sets.

The third old lady's tea set is a complete set of Xing kiln fine white porcelain, which the second master respects.Lu Yu's "Tea Classic" once commented: "Xing porcelain is like silver, and Yue porcelain is like jade." "Xing porcelain is like snow, and Yue porcelain is like ice."High-quality goods are not easy to come by, and the old lady has always loved them like treasures.Cen Sanniang was afraid that she might accidentally break one of them, so she became more careful.

When she cleaned up, washed her hands and stood beside the old lady, she realized that the eldest lady and the fourth lady had already started fighting.

"...Sister-in-law's outfit today makes me look like a village woman. Mother, please lend me that ruby ​​headdress for my daughter-in-law to wear at the Dragon Boat Festival tomorrow!"

The fourth lady is thin and small, her face is no bigger than a palm.He has thick black hair, so he likes to comb the spirit snake bun very much. The twisted curls of hair fall back. On one side of the bun, there is a golden bow with long tassels and a few gold inlaid pearls. , people have to worry that the Fourth Madam will jingle and fall down if the fourth lady uses too much force.

The eldest lady is wearing a rose red sleeve jacket with orange trim.Wearing a high peony bun, wearing a headband inlaid with soybean-sized pearls in the front, with a branch of golden Guanyin in the middle, and a few golden hearts in the shape of apricot flowers the size of wine cups on the back.There is a golden step rock in the shape of a precious tree inserted on the side.A gold collar is hung around the neck, and a white jade pendant is hung with a network of colorful tassels.There are jade double rings on the belt around the waist, and gold bracelets on the wrists, as gorgeous as pomegranates in full bloom in May.

Compared with the eldest lady, the fourth lady's attire looks extremely shabby.

Although the eldest lady didn't want to hide her wealth, she didn't want to be used by the fourth lady to attack her. She waved the peony fan with an ivory handle and said with a smile: "The fourth younger siblings still lack head jewelry? I heard that someone offered 1 taels of silver to buy a piece of jewelry for the fourth younger brother." It’s only thrush. When the fourth brother bought it, he paid 3000 taels of silver in the public office, but he didn’t expect to make 7000 taels of silver. After paying back the money from the public office, 7000 taels of silver is enough for the younger siblings to do whatever they want. gone."

The fourth lady's face suddenly flushed red.Four years ago, the master bought a thrush and borrowed money from the public to make an IOU, and the lady would take it out every time he came back.It is impossible for the fourth lady to use her private house to fill the hole of the fourth master, so the grievances in her heart flooded her chest like a tide: "If you want my husband to sell his bird, it is better to kill him! I can be like a sister-in-law there, You can take two or two taels of gold to make a branch of Guanyin and wear it for distraction. This walk was rewarded by my mother when I passed the door. Tomorrow, all the dignified women in the city will go to the south of the city to watch the dragon boat race. Naturally, my sister-in-law will not worry, but I just I can ask my mother to borrow a hood to save face."

(End of this chapter)