Chapter 28 Sister

Eleven Niang followed the eldest lady out of the carriage and found herself standing in front of a black and gray-tiled door with hanging flowers. The coachman who drove the horse, the guards who accompanied him, and the horses who pulled the carriage were all gone, only a few people wearing beautiful blue coats.

The lady in green robes was diligently stepping forward to say hello to the eldest lady.

Mother Tao deliberately introduced one of the tall, dark-skinned women in her thirties to the eldest wife: This woman belonged to the Li family and was responsible for driving the family car.

Mrs. Li, the eldest lady, smiled politely and nodded to the woman. Mrs. Xu had already taken her purse and came out to reward her.

Everyone smiled and took their bags and thanked the eldest lady for the reward. Mother Tao accompanied the eldest lady up the steps of the hanging flower door.

Wu Niang and Eleven Niang followed the eldest lady leisurely. They heard Mama Li who was accompanying them laugh and said: Our wife misses her in-laws every day. Yesterday, she got a letter saying that you are here. She ordered the slaves at noon.

Get the car ready

While they were talking, they had entered the hanging flower gate and saw three small oil trucks with green curtains parked in front of the one-character wall silhouette that were used to travel in the inner courtyard.

Let Mother Li worry about it, the eldest lady smiled and socialized with her for a few words, and then Mother Xu served her and got into the carriage parked at the front.

Two ladies, please get in the car too. Mother Tao looked at Wu Niang and Eleven Niang and smiled slightly, so that Madam would not be impatient.

Both Wu Niang and Eleven Niang smiled and nodded to Tao's mother, and then followed the eldest lady's example and got into the small oil truck.

Compared with the simplicity on the outside, the interior of the car is exquisitely decorated.

The carriage curtains are hung with embroidered ribbons embroidered with colorful glass beads into cloud patterns, bright red gold sachets are hung at the corners, and the beautiful blue brocade pillows and cushions are embroidered with moon-white plum blossoms.

Dongqing's eyes widened when she saw it, and she hugged the pillow in her arms: Miss, this is the master of folded stitch embroidery from Xianling Pavilion. Her former employer was so excited that she was speechless. Amber sitting next to her also had a flash of light on her face.

I was shocked that the embroidery produced by Xianling Pavilion using stacked needle embroidery was the same as the double-sided embroidery, which was hard to find. Unexpectedly, the Xu family actually used it to decorate the small oil truck with green curtains used for transportation.

Eleven Niang didn't take a second look.

She has always felt that anything that can be sold with money is not truly precious.

Since there were no outsiders, Eleven Niang opened a thin crack in the car curtain without any scruples and peeked out.

A stout woman led the tamed mule out, harnessed the cart quickly with her hands and feet, and then patted the mule's neck gently, and the mule walked smoothly around the wall and climbed onto a road with green pines and cypresses on both sides.

Green Brick Yong Road.

The carriage traveled for about two cups of tea, then turned left and entered a narrow road.

There are high pink walls on both sides. From Eleven Niang's perspective, it feels like there is no end.

After a while, she realized that every time the carriage traveled a certain distance, it would encounter a square bluestone lamppost standing against the wall.

She had read in a book that this kind of lamppost was usually used in royal palaces or squares because it required a large amount of pine oil to light it. Not only was pine oil expensive, but it was also very rare and not available.

Money can buy it. Even if it can be bought, it is still an amazing expense to use it year after year.

Did the Xu family really light these lampposts to make street lights at night?

Eleven Niang couldn't help but leaned forward, trying to see whether there were any traces of use on the lamp post.

"Miss, don't let the women following the car see you," Dongqing reminded her in a low voice.

In addition to the woman who is responsible for leading the mule in the Qingwei oil truck, there is also an older woman standing by the window to follow the car. This arrangement is originally to keep the people in the car busy. But everything has its advantages and disadvantages.

It is also easy for people following a car to find out whether the people in the car have raised the curtains and looked out.

Eleven Niang looked out the car window and saw the clearly visible red gold and tourmaline hairpin on the car's wife's head, and smiled and lowered the curtain.

Dongqing breathed a sigh of relief when she saw it.

Eleven Niang couldn’t help but laugh at her: A plum blossom pillow will shock you.

Miss, this is not the time to tell jokes. Dongqing said angrily, it’s not like you don’t know. The aunt is a treasure of the eldest wife. She is afraid of melting when she holds it in her mouth, and she is afraid of falling when she holds it in her hand. If you break it, you will be afraid of it.

My dear, Madam, she was about to speak but stopped.

I know Eleven Niang quickly promised that I just sit still and stay still.

Holly couldn't help but reveal a sweet smile.

She knew that as long as the lady promised, she would definitely do it

Eleven Niang looked at it but her heart ached.

People around her are very uneasy about this meeting with Yuanniang. Otherwise, why would they be so worried?

Thinking of this, she glanced at Amber who was sitting next to Holly. She hadn't spoken since she got in the car.

Amber's expression looked calm.

Maybe it's because when we are together, there are lengths and depths of feeling, so she doesn't worry about gains and losses like Dongqing does.

Eleven Niang smiled self-deprecatingly, and when she glanced out of the corner of her eyes, she saw the veil crumpled into a ball by amber.

The monotonous and cold sound of mule hooves made time suddenly lengthen.

I don't know how long it took, but the carriage turned to the left, and then stopped after about half a stick of incense.

We should have arrived at Yuanniang’s residence.

Eleven Niang was thinking, and the mother-in-law who was following the car said in a gentle voice through the curtain of the car window: Miss in-law, we are here.

Amber acknowledged it, then opened the curtain, and saw that the woman following the car had put the footstool in place. She stepped on the footstool and got out of the car, then turned around and helped Eleven Niang get out of the car.

They stopped in front of a barbarian door with gravel-like steps. The tall stone lion was standing innocently beside the threshold. The eldest lady's slightly anxious figure disappeared through the door with the support of Xu Ma.

Eleven Niang was secretly surprised, and felt that she was making a fuss.

After all, mother and daughter haven't seen each other for more than ten years.

As soon as the thought flashed, she was already sweating down her back.

Since the longing is so strong, why Yuanniang didn't go to the second gate to greet her mother? It can be understood that her body is already so weak that if she goes to the second gate to greet her mother, there will be very bad consequences. So, she can't

Thinking of this, Eleven Niang's eyes fell on the rough steps.

It is cut diagonally under the eaves of the door. If the high threshold is lowered, the carriage can drive straight in from outside the door.

She saw Wu Niang entering the Manzi Gate with Ziwei and Ziyuan, so she calmed down and followed in with Dongqing and Amber.

Facing the hall is a corridor, with corridors leading to the corridor on the left and right. The courtyard is paved with bluestone tiles. At the door of the corridor and at the four corners of the corridor are maids wearing beautiful blue coats and green hats, all lowering their hands in a low voice and holding their breath.

Standing. When they saw Wu Niang and Eleven Niang, the maids bent their knees and performed the blessing ceremony.

Eleven Niang followed Wu Niang into the hall from the Chaoshou veranda on the right.

The west hall of the main hall is decorated with black furniture such as a long desk, a master's chair, and a coffee table, and is arranged as a place for entertaining guests. The middle and east sides are empty and empty.

After exiting the hall, they did not see the eldest lady and her group. They faced another courtyard. Facing them was a main house with five wing rooms, and three wing rooms with wing rooms on both sides, which were connected by a hand-curved veranda to form a long circular shape.

The courtyard is paved with a green brick crosswalk, and a small pine tree as tall as a person is planted in the four corners.

When I saw Wu Niang and Eleven Niang coming out of the hall, all the maids under the eaves of the main room wearing beautiful blue coats and green hats bent their knees to give them blessings.

Eleven Niang heard Wu Niang sigh softly and look very sad.

Are you feeling sorry for yourself or Yuan Niang?

Miss in-laws, Mother Tao may have noticed that they were not following her, so she turned back to look for them, stood in front of the penthouse of the main room and waved to them.

The two of them hurriedly walked past the Chaoshou Veranda on the right.

The madam lives in the courtyard at the back. Mother Tao explained to them with a smile, and then led them into the third courtyard through the dark corner door next to the wing room.

The third courtyard is the same as the second one. There are five main rooms with wing rooms and three wing rooms with wing rooms. The yard is also paved with a green brick crosswalk, but in the northwest corner is a rockery made of Taihu stones.

, there are several holly trees planted in the southeast corner. Compared with the coldness of the previous yard, this yard feels much more lively.

Wu Niang and Eleven Niang followed Mother Tao from the corridor on the right to the door of the main house. The little maid standing beside her had already raised the curtain affectionately. When she saw them approaching, she called her "Miss" with a smile on her face.

Both Wu Niang and Eleven Niang smiled and nodded at the little maid and entered the main room.

The floor is paved with gold bricks as smooth as a mirror, the ceiling is painted with bright colorful paintings, and palace lanterns with three or five ram's horns are hung. In the middle hall, there is a picture of Guanyin sitting down, and in the middle of the long table is a cloisonné enamel three-piece.

The smell of sandalwood is spreading out from the incense burner. On the left side of the long table is a foot-high rosewood suet jade Buddha hand, and on the right is a Ru kiln azure glazed flower goblet.

Eleven Niang couldn't help but be stunned.

Then look to the east. The floor-to-ceiling cover of red sandalwood is raised step by step, and a beautiful blue curtain is hung. In the center of the second room is a multi-border grid, and there are some copper enamel inlaid with sapphire flower baskets, blue and white porcelain plum vases, "Qi Longchun"

White stone bonsai green space set purple flower glass vase

Looking to the west, there are twelve rosewood fans inlaid with ivory flowers reflected in the glass. The four middle ones are open, and you can see a red sandalwood-edged five hundred Arhat screen with inlaid teeth that separates the west second room and the west room.

Eleven Niang couldn't help but hold her breath.

It's so luxurious

If it was just luxury, she wouldn't be surprised. The problem is, it was in sharp contrast to the simple blue bricks and gray tiles she saw along the way.

Especially the rosewood fan inlaid with ivory flowers reflected in the glass. There are red-gold peonies floating in the sapphire glass. The dazzling color is simply breathtaking.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but glance at Wu Niang.

Wu Niang still had a decent smile on her face, but the smile was a little forced; her posture was still upright, but the upright posture was a little stiff. It looked like she had suffered a small blow.

The chapter you are seeing is already the fourth draft of Zhizhi. No wonder some people say that you never know how long the author stayed between two lines, so please forgive me, sisters, there will be no more updates in the past few days. I hope it can

Summarizing the experience and lessons from the first two parts, I will try my best to write a work without too many flaws. Please understand Zhizhi’s decision. Thank you.

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