Chapter 301: Meet at the Lake(1/2)
The fifth aunt suffocated and said worriedly,
"This child...it's good to say anything outside, it's good to be at home for a thousand days, and it's hard to go out all the time. The old sayings are all said. He said this to be lying to me and feel at ease..."
As he said that, his eyes turned red, Silian hurriedly advised,
"Auntie, the Eighth Master is following the Prince outside. The Prince's identity is there. When you arrive at the local Shangguan's house, you will be greeted by a big gift. I think what the Eighth Master is telling the truth!"
After hearing this, the fifth aunt nodded and said,
"That's true..."
The two were reading a letter here, and Cui Qiao came to report it outside.
"Young Madam, the Madam has sent someone to call you over..."
Silian asked,
"What's the matter?"
Cui Qiao shook her head,
"I didn't say anything..."
Silian nodded,
"I'm back to my wife, I'll go later..."
This room read the letter from the fifth aunt, then changed her clothes, and then went to see Liu. Seeing her smile, Liu felt a little sincere. Now the more she looked at Si Lian, the more she liked her. She was born with a low profile. The wife of the concubine son is smart and has some skills, but she is low-key and does not force herself to stand up and does not care about other people's business. She helped me investigate Xiangling's case. As soon as the matter was finished, she hid in the yard and didn't care. Say more and even praise your own feelings!
"Mother-in-law!"
Silian stepped forward to salute, Liu nodded and asked her to sit down.
"I called you here today, there is something you want to do..."
Silian said busyly,
"My mother-in-law has something to do, please give me instructions..."
Liu Shidao,
"Tomorrow I will check the accounts in the mansion. Those who are in charge of the business are old-times. Your second sister-in-law can't impress them. I need to take action personally. But tomorrow I have made an appointment to see your third sister. , I planned to ask you and your second sister-in-law to accompany her to see..."
The third lady of the Mou family is Mou Xiuli, a illegitimate lady. This third lady is straightforward and generous, and has a moderate appearance. Now she is at the age of getting married. Liu has not been involved in her sons' affairs recently, but she is still in the affairs of her daughters. It's something to be managed.
Liu said with a smile,
"The family that you are looking at with your third sister is your father's family's family's family..."
As soon as she talked about her family friendship, Si Lian understood in her heart that Mou Bin was from a military family, and those who could have family friendship with the Mou family were naturally not of a high-ranking family. As expected, Liu said again.
"That family's surname is Gou. Now my son has asked your father to work in Beijing Weiying. He is a match for your third sister, but he has never seen anyone. Tomorrow, you will accompany your third sister to take a look. You are careful and have a good look in your eyes. , Help your third sister to palm the eyes, if you look good, then settle the marriage!"
Silian nodded and replied,
"The daughter-in-law follows the mother-in-law's instructions!"
Silian went back to her yard, and the fifth aunt was still waiting there. When she saw her coming back, she asked,
"What did she look for you?"
Si Lian talked about the matter of helping the third lady meet, and the fifth aunt frowned and told her,
"Don't let this happen. The Revenant family is here. You just want to accompany the guests. Whether the Gou family's young master is good or bad, it's not your turn to talk..."
Si Lian nodded. She knew that the fifth aunt was asking her, so she responded.
"My wife knows!"
The next morning, Silian got up early in the morning and asked the two girls to dress herself. Because it was midsummer, she had a pink gauze in her dress. She had been raising her in Mou Mansion for several months and had a much fair skin. Now that I wear pink, I will no longer look dark.
Silian is young and doesn't want to suppress the third lady's limelight, so she just asked the girls to tie a light bun and put a small silver hairpin in it. Then she went out. She saw her outside the gate when she was going to see her.
Before the carriage was met with Guan and Miss Three, I just stood there for a while and saw Guan and Mou Xiuli holding hands.
"Second sister-in-law, third sister!"
Silian went up to salute, and the two of them smiled and replied, Guan looked her up and down and said,
"How can the eighth daughter-in-law fight today
He is so simple, why don’t Lao Ba wear those good things you give you? It’s a pity to put them in vain!”
Silian smiled,
"It's too hot this day, so I'm really impatient to wear too much..."
While talking, the three of them arrived outside the gate, got on their own car, and headed to the upper reaches of the small river not far from the village.
The upper reaches of the river is the nameless small lake where the second young master of the Mou family "fished". Because the Mou family went out of the city to avoid the heat and the weather was hot, the Gou family took care of the third lady of the Mou family and went out of the city to make an appointment to meet at the lake.
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By the way, the Mou family's village was very good. It was backed by the forest and faced the river. The carriage slowly drove along the river on the avenue, moving up little by little, and about half of it through the green forests with sea of shade.
In an hour, the carriage stopped.
"Mrs., the place has arrived..."
Silian helped Wang's mother get out of the carriage and looked around. She saw the carriage parked by a small lake surrounded by bamboo forests. A road paved with gravel winding forward to the lakeside, at the end of the road.
There is a bamboo hut, which is silly inside, and it seems that the Sun family has arrived!
Guan and Mou Xiuli also got out of the car and saw the figure in the hut. Guan smiled slightly. Even though Mou Xiuli was generous on weekdays, she was a little shy and dared not move forward. Guan came over and pulled her.
his hand smiled,
"Sister three, don't be nervous. Just think that you are here to travel around. If you are a good person, take a few more glances. If you are a bad person, don't look at him!"
Mou Xiuli nodded and looked back at Silian. Silian smiled slightly at her.
"I have lived in the village for a long time, but I didn't expect that there is such a small lake not far from the village. If I had known it, I would have come and have taken a look!"
Last year, she stayed in Mou Biao's village. Although she followed him around, Mou Biao's village was downstream of the river, and they mostly went downstream to play, and they had never been to the upstream.
Mou Xiuli smiled,
"We come here every year to play in this place. There was no road before. Later, we paid for the money to build roads, built thatched pavilions, bamboo houses and so on, and sent them.
People come here to clean just to have a place to escape the summer and see the scenery…”
Shuntian Prefecture is located in the north, and is a city with lack of ground water. There are not many water systems on the ground. Most of the places that can be connected into lakes have been designated as royal royals. Not to mention ordinary people, they are ordinary court officials.
There are also villages where there are few lakes.
Therefore, most wealthy families in the capital built ponds at home to divert water. It is rare to share such a small lake with several nearby families like the Mou family!
Silian smiled when she heard this,
"Then I need to take a good look today..."
The three of them talked and slowly passed. When the people in the bamboo house saw it, someone came out first, but it was a woman who seemed to be of age from Guan. She smiled when she saw Guan from afar.
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"I heard my aunt say you were coming yesterday, so I spontaneously volunteered to come over and see. Since you got married, we have never had time to meet!"
After hearing what she said, the two of them clearly knew each other, Guan smiled,
"As soon as I heard that it was Gou family, I wondered if you would come, but I didn't expect... you are really here!"
The two walked up to each other and smiled, looking very familiar. They turned around and introduced each other to each other. Guan said to the two with a smile.
"This is the sister of the Qi family, whose boudoir is Wanying, and she is my friend of the boudoir for many years. Her mother and Aunt Gou are sisters of the same mother... She is now married to the third son of the Minister of Personnel.
, call her sister!"
Silian and Mou Xiuli stepped forward and said that Sister Qi was good. Qi Wanying smiled.
"That's Zi Han's sister, that's my sister. Call me Sister Wanying!"
The two of them quickly changed their words. Qi Wanying looked at the third lady with a more graceful smile. She turned around and introduced a man following her to the three of them. The man followed her as she stepped out of the bamboo house.
When people greet each other, they always stood behind and smiled without saying a word. They only came out to salute when they introduced them.
"This is my cousin Gou Yun!"
"
Hello, Mrs. Second Young Master, Third Young Master!”
Si Lian looked at this person up and down. She had a slender figure and handsome eyebrows. She didn't look like a military family at all, but she looked like a gentle scholar. Nowadays, women love handsome gentle men. Mu Xiuli would like it, right?
Thinking of the Silian's eyes watching, she saw Mou Xiuli's eyes shining at Gou Yun, and Gou Yun also looked back with a smile. Among the five people present, three of them were experienced. When they saw this scene,
Then I didn't know that there was a way to do this, so I covered my mouth and smiled. Guan said,
"Why not sit in front of the bamboo house?"
Qi Wanying looked at the two people who were only looking at each other, and smiled and pushed her cousin.
"Lao Liu, this lake forest is the territory of Mou Mansion. If you are not familiar with the place you first came here, why would you ask the third lady to take you around?"
Gou Yun came to her senses, her face turned red, and she hurriedly bowed to Mou Xiuli,
To be continued...