In the next few days, Lian Man'er's family became busy. It was not until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month that the Shen family sent someone to send an invitation, asking Lian Man'er's family to go to Chen Man's house to attend a banquet in the evening.

The servant who stayed to send the invitation talked for a while, and then he realized that Shen Liu had just returned from outside last night. At today's dinner, the Shen family also invited many relatives and friends and officials of the highest rank in the city. The Shen family naturally invited opera troupes and juggling troupes for the banquet. After the banquet, they arranged to watch the lanterns.

The Lantern Festival in Fucheng is the most lively day from the fourth day of the first lunar month to the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, and the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. On the Phoenix Tower of the Shen family, you can enjoy the lanterns in the entire Fucheng very well.

The dinner on the Lantern Festival and the subsequent lantern watching are the annual routines of the Shen family, and can be said to be a big deal. Therefore, even if he is very busy with military affairs outside, Shen Liu, who holds the actual power of the Shen family and is the next head of the Shen family, has to come back on this day.

He must show up at the banquet.

The servant who came to send the invitation left a sentence before leaving, saying that he would like to ask Lian Man'er's family to go earlier then.

In the evening, even Man'er's family was dressed neatly and came to Chenfu in a carriage. During the Spring Festival, every household in the city hung lanterns. Some bought them from shops, and some made them skillfully, which seemed to be shouting. It was the latest and most beautiful ones in which the lanterns were. Therefore, you don't need to go to the lantern market to see many lanterns competing for beauty.

As the color is getting late today, I am anxious to light the lanterns. Therefore, Lian Man'er has repeatedly lifted the curtains along the way and looked out. Today's weather is particularly cold. When Lian Man'er sat in the car, he can clearly see that the breath exhaled by pedestrians on the road instantly turns into white mist. However, no matter how cold the weather is, it does not affect people's enthusiasm for watching the lights and the festive atmosphere of the festival.

Lian Man'er's family set out from home in advance because of the servant's instructions. However, before they arrived at the Chen Man's mansion, there were more and more pedestrians on the way, with big girls and little wives in groups, and there were also couples holding several dolls in their arms.

Those who are naturally urging children, or are anxious and go out to see the lights early.

No one wants to miss this opportunity at the annual Lantern Festival.

"...It's more lively than the lantern festival in our county..." Lian Man'er put down the curtain of the car and said to Zhang with a smile.

"That's of course. This is the city of the city." Zhang also smiled, "It's too late this year. Your sister has a body, and it's not very convenient. Next year, we will take your sister to call your aunt Wu and come to the city to watch the lights... and your grandma, grandpa and the others... I remember when I was a child, you heard your grandma tell me that she and your grandpa came to the city once when they were young..."

The mother and daughter were talking, and as the voices outside became more and more lively, the carriage finally arrived in front of the house. They saw some horses tied to the horse tying stone outside the gate, and many managers and servants were wearing brand new clothes and waiting for the guests outside the gate.

The carriages of Zhang and Lian Man'er were outside the gate, and they separated from Lian Shouxin, Goro and Xiaoqi's carriages. The carriages of the masters went to Dongjiaomen, while Lian Man'er and Zhang's carriages were introduced into Xijiaomen.

At the Shen family's dinner, the male guests were arranged directly on the Phoenix Tower. The female guests' banquet was arranged in the warm cabinet of the West Garden. Lian Man's carriage entered the Xijiaomen, walked along the bluestone clamp for a while, and finally stopped in front of a hanging flower gate. Xiao Xi and Xiao Qing, who were following the service, got off the car first, then brought a footstool and asked Zhang and Lian Man'er to get off the car.

In this time, the Shen family's manager who was in charge of welcoming guests had already come forward with the little girls. While smiling, he helped Zhang and Lian Man'er's arms.

A little girl led the way in front, and another long pink face, with a wife wearing a crow-green cotton silk sack accompanied her, while Xiao Xi and Xiao Qing followed Zhang and Lian Man'er's clothes bags.

The lady in charge was very good at talking and spoke with Zhang all the way, and she responded to her. She claimed that her husband's surname was Wang, and she was served by the eldest wife of the Shen family.

Aunt Wang led Zhang and Lian Man'er into the West Garden, but did not go to the warm pavilion, but came to the front of an exquisite small courtyard.

Lian Man'er looked around and found that it was winter now, and only the pines and cypresses were still green. However, looking at the scenery around him, you can imagine how flowers and trees are everywhere around the yard during spring and summer.

"... A few days ago, the eldest lady was infected with some cold wind and it was difficult to meet guests, so she missed it with Mrs. Lian. The eldest lady was very concerned about the past two days. Fortunately, it has been better in the past two days... The banquet will take a while before the banquet begins. The eldest lady said she came over and rested for a while. She said that Mrs. Lian and Miss Lian were here, so she must come here to meet and talk." Aunt Wang explained.

It turned out that the eldest wife of the Shen family wanted to meet them before the banquet. Naturally, Lian Man'er would not say anything, so she followed Aunt Wang into the yard.

There were not many houses in the yard, and there were also veranda around. Many girls stood at the door of the room to serve him. Seeing Aunt Wang bringing people in, someone would report to the room. Two clever little girls went down the steps to welcome him.

"The eldest lady asked the customer if he had arrived just now, but it happened to be here soon." A little girl said with a smile.

Lian Man'er and Zhang walked into the door surrounded by people. There was a main hall inside the door, with jade bonsai, celadon tea bottles, etc. placed on both sides in an orderly manner. In front of the door was a four-fan mahogany framed embroidered screen.

As soon as I entered the main hall, I heard the sound of the corner of the house. Lian Man'er looked at it accordingly and saw a bell behind the jade bonsai at the corner of the house. The clock was about three feet high, but the sound of the ding dong just now was telling the time.

In this era, more advanced clocks have been introduced from the ocean through business fleets, but it is still rare. Moreover, it is mainly large clocks and smaller pocket watches, which is even more rare. You have to buy them with gold. Most people can’t buy them even if they have gold.

Such a layout here shows that this is an important place for the Shen family. And the status of the Shen family is naturally not general.

The eldest wife of the Shen family should be the most senior and highest-ranking woman among the Shen family’s legitimate branches. It’s no wonder that all this is.

Lian Man'er was thinking this way, and a little girl raised the curtain of the east room and asked Zhang and Lian Man'er to go in.

It turned out that the eldest wife Shi Shi was in the east room.

The mother and daughter entered the east house. The layout inside the east house is the most common home arrangement in Liaodong Prefecture. The window is a kang, and beside the wall, there are four Taishi chairs placed in the middle. There are short tables in the middle, and vases, phlegm boxes and other items on the short table. The decorations inside the house are exquisitely decorated, but most of them are mainly in the colors of stone green, crow green, dark blue.

There was a low table on the kang, and there was a stone-green kesi backrest on both sides of the low table. The eldest wife Shi was sitting on the kang with a cup of ginseng tea in her hand and slowly savoring it.

When Zhang and Lian Man'er entered the house, they hurriedly possessed themselves to pay their respects to Shi. Shi had an imperial decree, and the rank was much higher than that of Zhang.

Seeing that Zhang and Lian Man'er had come, Shi quickly put down his cup, got up from the kang, and helped Zhang with one hand, so that Zhang and Lian Man'er would not have to be too polite.

"I have long thought about meeting you two, but I have missed them all... Sit down and talk." Shi said with a smile.

Zhang was asked to sit opposite Shi, Lian Man'er sat on the first chair under the kang next to Zhang's legs. Then a little girl came in one after another and brought fragrant tea and snacks.

Shi and Zhang spoke politely, and Lian Man'er couldn't help but look at Shi carefully.

Because Shi had just stood up, Lian Man'er found that this was a slim and quite tall woman. Even if Zhang was tall among women, she seemed to be a little shorter than Shi when she stood with Shi.

Shi's figure is actually nothing, what surprised Lian Man'er was her beauty.

The white skin of porcelain cannot see any flaws, and the face of the melon-shaped face as big as a palm is picturesque. This should be the character walking down in the painting, Lian Man'er thought. And for such a beauty, the most moving thing on her face is her eyes.

It was a pair of phoenix eyes, slightly raised the corners of his eyes, Lian Man'er was surprised to find that she seemed to have seen these eyes somewhere. Then, Lian Man'er laughed in her heart. How could she not remember that? Shen Qian and Xiaopang didn't have such eyes.

But Shen Xiaopang's eyes were even longer and narrower, not as bright as this pair.

Lian Man'er's heart moved slightly, and a thought passed through her heart, but there was no trace in a flash. Lian Man'er liked all beautiful things, including beauty. In this era, she claimed that she had seen many beauties.

Shen Liu, the first one who gave her a stunning feeling, also saw many of them later, including the daughters of the village households and the grandmothers of the wealthy households. If we include the relationship, Lian Zhier and Zhang are undoubtedly the most beautiful.

If it is not considered emotional, but only among women, Shi is undoubtedly the most beautiful woman Lian Man'er has ever seen.

Shi's age is only twenty years old, and at most she is in her early thirties, but she wears an old green kesi trouser, and her black hair is also combed with the popular bun among women in their forties and fifties in Xiafucheng.

Looking at Shi's clothes and dressing, and looking at the well-colored decorations in the room, Lian Man'er seemed to understand something.

At this time, the topic between Shi and Zhang had shifted from ordinary courtesy to Lian Man'er.

"Is this Man'er? What a handsome girl! No girl in our city is as big as hers?...I'm over ten years old?" Shi Shi said, and his eyes fell on Lian Man'er.

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