Chapter 42 The Second New Year's Wine(1/2)
The next day, the Wang family invited New Year's wine.
The second grandmother Cao didn't go there and stayed in the mansion to prepare for the New Year wine in their mansion the next day. Since she got married, she has been handed over to her every year to arrange it.
The four female family members of the Li family, four cars behind, Li Mingshui, the Marquis of Chang'an, took Li Qingping and Li Qingning to the Wang family together.
Although Li Mingshui, the Marquis of Chang'an, took great responsibility and went out early and returned late every day, he still had to come here for the Wang family's New Year's Eve. Although he just went in to pay New Year's greetings to Wang Xiang, he hurried out and rushed to various places to inspect.
Li Qingning, Huo Wencan and others were all given a half-day vacation by the prince to come to drink the Wang family's New Year's wine.
Inside the Wang family's house, on the side of the female family, standing in the second gate to greet everyone was the Wang family's second grandmother Ming and the third grandmother Li Qingli.
The Wang family has a large population, but they all live in old houses in Jinling. The one who lives in the capital is Wang Xiang and his eldest son Wang Shao's family.
Wang Jijiu, Wang Shao, the eldest son of Wang Rui, the family was in office. The second son, Wang Jing and his wife, one son and one daughter, the third son, Wang Hang and his wife, and the young queen were all in the capital.
Seeing the car from Chang'an Marquis' Mansion coming in, the second grandmother Ming hurriedly signaled to the third grandmother Li Qingli. Ming went forward to tug the curtain, and Li Qingli helped Mrs. Chen get out of the car.
"I haven't seen the old lady for a while, and the old lady is getting better and better." The second grandma Ming first talked and greeted Mrs. Chen.
"I'm not worried." Since getting off the car, Mrs. Chen was obviously much more restrained than at her own home and at the Hejian County Prince's Mansion.
"The old lady is a lucky person. Let our third grandmother wait for the old lady to come in. Our ancestors were talking to you, and today we must talk to the old lady."
Ming looked at Mrs. Zhang again and said, "The 10-year-old lady brought her to her, and she put it on her elder sister that night. It was indeed much more stable. Thank you, Mrs.."
"What are you thanking for? They are all family." Mrs. Zhang and her second grandmother Ming smiled politely.
Li Qingrou has already stepped forward to pick up her second sister Li Qingli.
From childhood to adulthood, the older sister always taught her a lesson that she should be like this and not that. She and her second sister are protecting her, and she and her second sister are the best.
Li Ran stood outside, smiling at the group of people who were greeting warmly.
Ming's eyes swept over Li Ran, and was about to speak, when Mrs. Chen patted Li Qingrou away and smiled with Ming and said, "You are busy here and you can't live without people. We can just go in by ourselves, so you don't have to be polite to your family."
"That's true, not the first time I've come back. Both of you sisters-in-law are here and you can't get busy. We can just go in by ourselves."
Mrs. Zhang also smiled quickly, stretched out her hand to pull Li Qingrou, who was reluctant to let go of her second sister, and went into the second door together.
Ming clan hurriedly ordered a clever woman and led the four members of the Li family in.
Li Ran walked at the end and looked at the somewhat conspicuous restraint from Mrs. Chen who was in front to Li Qingrou who was holding Mrs. Zhang. After a moment, she looked away and looked around.
The long-lasting and long-lasting family of officials and scholars like the Wang family, such a strong reputation that is overwhelming, as well as the profound heritage that is revealed in every corner of the mansion, and the extremely humble arrogance that is filled with the air, do make people feel inferior.
The Wang family's mansion is also brand new, but it is new without any dazzling points.
The cold orchid in the rockery's rockery is still very young, but it is integrated with the rockery, as if it was born and grown from the rockery itself.
The same red columns and green tiles in the pavilions and pavilions reveal their thighs and are calm and composed.
Li Ran looked at the red columns and green tiles carefully. Does this feeling come from her preconceived impression of the Wang family, or is it different from the Chang'an Marquis Mansion?
It seems to be different.
The red paint on the pillars of the Chang'an Marquis Mansion is shining and shining, fearing that others don't know that it is a top-quality paint, it has just been painted.
The Wang family covered the red paint, pressed the light down, lowered their eyebrows and looked at each other, and was as modest as the servant girl in the Mansion.
This is a question of color saturation and purity, well, that is, aesthetics.
Li Ran studied and understood the importance of these red paint and green faces, which was very pleasant.
Turning over a rockery, the front suddenly became clear.
On the right, there is a large warmhouse with a stage opposite the large warmhouse.
It is a little distance from the large warmer pavilion. On the other side connected by a winding veranda, a slightly smaller warmer pavilion drags the small warmer pavilions around it and spreads along the lake.
Inside the big warmer pavilion and the small warmer pavilion, hairpins flashed, and outside, the girls and women came and went according to the route.
The old woman who led the way to the big warmhouse gave way to Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Zhang. On the side of the lake, an old woman rushed forward and respectfully walked forward to the warmhouse by the lake to Li Qingrou and Li Ran.
Just after turning to the lake and walking a few steps, Wang Jing saw him greeting him quickly and quickly, "Three Lady, Fourth Lady."
Li Ran fell behind Li Qingrou, smiling and bent her knees.
Li Qingrou is more reserved than when she held Mrs. Zhang just now.
Although her second sister married into the Wang family and their family was very close relatives, she was not close to the Wang family. I can’t tell why, she didn’t like the Wang family very much, especially this Wang Liu Madam.
Wang Jing turned sideways and asked Li Qingrou, "Miao Niang has arrived. As soon as he entered the door, he asked the third lady if she had arrived."
Wang Yin finished speaking, Sun Miaoniang, the third wife of the Sun family of Zhongyong Bo Mansion, was already holding her skirt and hurriedly came out of the warm room.
Li Qingrou speeded up, took off Wang Jing and Li Ran, and went to Sun Miaoniang to meet him.
Two or three steps away from Li Qingrou, Sun Miaoniang looked at Li Ran who was smiling at her with fear, stopped and subconsciously wanted to retreat.
Li Ran looked away, and Wang Shi also looked at the other people who were greeting from the warm pavilion.
Li Qingrou pulled Sun Miaoniang and went to Gao Guiying, the second wife of Zhongyi Bo Mansion who came out from behind. Next to Gao Guiying, Xie Pei, the second wife of the Xie family, came to Li Ran with a smile.
The little ladies from the families behind were chattering and welcoming the warm cabinet lively. It seemed that there was only a kind of harmony, but in fact, they had their own different intentions to form a large group and a few small groups and entered the warm cabinet.
"The fourth lady is a quiet person, and the second sister loves quiet and is afraid of quarrels. Today, I will entrust the fourth lady to the second sister and entrust the second sister to the fourth wife. Please take care of the second sister and ask the fourth wife to take care of the second sister, and ask the second sister to take care of the fourth wife."
Wang Shi pulled Li Ran and Xie Pei and sent them around a little more indented. He looked out at the scenery and looked inside at the corner with a great view, and said with a smile.
Li Ran was amazed and didn't see it normally. The sixth lady had to look up at her so exquisite and able to speak.
Wang is today's master's house, so he asked the little girl to come over and give her a few instructions, and then went to work hard.
Li Ran sat down and found that this position was really good. She closed the lake half outside in her eyes, and saw it almost invisible inside. She turned her head slightly and saw through a round flower window.
"The New Year's wine in the Wang family has always been lively." Xie Pei followed Li Ran's gaze and spoke slowly, "The Emperor also came when the New Year's wine that the Wang family had just moved to the capital. One year, the prince also came."
Li Ran raised her eyebrows slightly and smiled.
The Wang family had the imperial ranks of the previous dynasty and the prime ministers of the previous dynasty. They were the family of literati and officials in the old era. When they moved to the capital, the emperor and the prince must be extremely happy.
The emperor and the prince went to the mansion to have New Year's wine one or two trips. Should they add momentum to the Wang family or to the Xin Dynasty... it should be both. This is a win-win situation for the Wang family and the Xin Dynasty.
"On the Shangsi day of each year, my uncle would invite students from the Imperial Academy to visit the village outside the city to enjoy the spring festival."
After pausing, Xie Pei asked hesitantly, "Do you know the day of Shangsi?" Facing Li Ran's gaze, Xie Pei hurriedly explained, "It was my cousin who told me that you don't know much, but I was reckless."
"What is Shangsi Day?" Li Ran asked with a smile.
"Shangsi day is..." Xie Pei breathed a sigh of relief, "How to say, Shangsi Japan should be on the day of Si in early March. Now, after Shangsi day, it will be the third day of March.
The Sunday of Shangsi was very lively. Like our family, we would go to the suburbs. Generally, we were in a village where there was a stream, not too wide or too narrow, and the water flow was not too fast or too slow. Put chickens and dates into the stream, and everyone had to eat it.
Like my uncle and others, they are Qushui Liushang. They put the wine glass in the water and picked up whatever they want. However, after drinking, they either write poems, couplets, or solve the topic. It's very interesting."
"Can you put the wine glass in the water? Can you put it in a steady state?" Li Ran also found it very interesting when she heard Xie Pei's words.
"No!" Xie Pei didn't know how to answer, and he answered very happily. "The cups were made on the day of Shangsi. They were put in the water. They were very stable. The cups we usually use would definitely not work.
When I was a kid, I didn't understand it. I looked almost the same. I took a cup I usually use and put it in the water. It sank, put another one, and it sank again. Later I cried."
Xie Pei said so that he kept laughing.
Li Ran was listening to Xie Pei's words interestingly. Suddenly there was a commotion in the warm room. The little ladies were holding their skirts and rushing to the window near the lake. A few of them were too late and could not squeeze into the window, so they simply ran out of the warm room.
"What happened?" Li Ran was surprised, and Xie Pei was puzzled.
Before the two of them could figure out what was going on, Huo Madam Huo Wenlin took the lead and followed the two young ladies of Duke Lu's mansion and several other young ladies who Li Ran could not recognize, and rushed towards Li Ran and Xie Pei.
When it comes to looking at the lakeside, this large warm pavilion is the widest view of the window that Li Ran and Xie Pei occupy, and the clearest view is visible to the window.
"I've disturbed the fourth lady, and the second lady, it's really... I can't see anything outside, hey! Here comes!"
Huo Wenlin was a little gasping for a while, and hurriedly explained, then pointed outside, exclaimed in a voice.
Li Ran hurriedly looked at the lakeside.
On the wooden plank road by the lake, two young men were talking and walking slowly.
The man near the lake was very tall. He was a silver-white silk cloak without a hairpin and a golden crown. His side face was carved from white jade. When he occasionally turned to look at the man next to him, his face and the style of his head turned made people feel like he was about to suffocate.
Li Ran stared at the man in white and sniffed gently.
No wonder these many little ladies instantly turned into brainless fans, and they really have to be brainless.
This is a beauty who is beautiful in her bones, but the yin energy is too heavy, and this coldness that penetrates the bones... Well, it is extremely beautiful. Not to mention coldness, even ghost energy can add luster and color!
Like the little ladies in the warm pavilion, Li Ran held her breath and watched the man slowly walk across the wooden plank road without blinking, disappearing behind a rockery.
The exhalation, gasps, sighs, inhalation, and then there were whirring sounds. Everyone returned to various places, and the chirping sounds in the warmer were at least two octaves higher than before.
"Who is that?" Li Ran glanced at the warm chalet, which was full of excitement everywhere, and asked subconsciously with her voice.
"Yes," Xie Pei paused, his voice low, "The tall one over there is General Xie. He is close to this side, his legs and feet are a little... it is my second cousin."
Li Ran was stunned. She didn't notice that there was another one... uh, yes, there was another one, what's the legs and feet? uh, she didn't see...
That's General Xie?
"Isn't General Xie your cousin?" Li Ran sorted out the relationship and couldn't believe it.
She had met General Xie. That night, wasn’t General Xie the one who followed the tiger?
Later she asked Zhou E, and Zhou E said it was General Xie.
To be continued...