Chapter Thirty-six Going out to a banquet
Chen Muke had an official and went to the post according to the time stipulated by the Ministry of Personnel. Tao had decided not to follow his past. There were sufficient reasons. "Tanzhou Prefecture is the provincial capital, and it is not easy to find a big house and the price is high. If we live in the government office, we will definitely not be able to open the store. The most important thing is that Sister Bi'er's affairs cannot be hidden. After thinking about it, the master will take Amber. Amber is given by the old lady, and it must be excellent. I feel at ease if she serves the master."
This was thoughtful, and Chen Muke felt it was reasonable. He took Amber, the two mothers who served her, four maids and six Changs, and went to Tanzhou Prefecture. Tao was like sending away the plague god, folding his hands together and chanting the Buddha in a low voice. Tanzhou Prefecture was not far from Lutai County, saying that it was not close, and it was not very convenient to come back, which would save Chen Muke from listening to the wind and rain, and going to the yard to find her mother and son and others.
As for whether the father-son relationship between Chen Muke and Shen Bomi brothers will be weaker when they are so far apart, Tao doesn't care at all. Living together may not be as deep as they have. It would be better to be far away, so as to avoid being led to the affectionate Chen Muke's two precious sons.
Chen Muke was similar to a stranger to Chen Danxia. He was at home and had no difference. He lived his life as usual. Of course, it was still different. If he had filial piety, he could go to other people's houses to have social activities. Furthermore, the fifth-rank official was in Jindu, which was nothing. He was still a favorite to be favored by him in the local area. In just a few days, Dow received more than ten invitations.
Others can refuse invitations, but the county magistrate’s wife cannot be rejected. The current county magistrate’s surname is Zheng, and he has a relationship with his mother Chen’s mother’s family. His wife Yu is the distant cousin of Cao, the wife of the crown prince of the Xiangqing Hou Mansion.
March is shining brightly, which is a good time to enjoy flowers. The big families in the city will take advantage of this time to celebrate the flowers and invite guests to contact each other. Early in the morning, Chen Danxia was awakened by the Fu Pozi and Hu Jiao.
"Miss, it's raining today, it's quite warm, and I'm just right to go out." Hu Jiao put up the curtain and said with a smile.
Chen Danxia yawned with his mouth.
The little maids came in with toiletries, Hu Jiao helped her wash and put on the prepared skirt jacket. The pink-bottomed jacket embroidered with apricot blossoms, paired with a gray squirrel-haired shoulder jacket, and a beige brocade folded skirt underneath. Chen Danxia was already snow-white, and when she wore this clothes, she looked more delicate and cute, with pink and jade-carved.
Chen Danxia's head was very thick when she was born. Tao once used a secret recipe to give her good care. It was black and black, and there was also a lot of it. Chen Danxia was very satisfied with this. Her head was black but sparse in her previous life, and she tied her braid, like a rat's tail.
However, she was too young to be suitable for those girls' buns, so she could only tie the buns of flowers. A circle of pink pearls as big as a thumb on the buns were wrapped around the buns, which were long hanging on the chest. She carefully braided into three delicate braids, and tied a small silver bell to the ends of the braids.
The Fu Po opened the decorative box and took out the silver longevity lock. On one side, he was engraved with five bats to hold his longevity, and on the silver collar, the port of the collar was bent into a resounding shape, with auspicious patterns and Buddhist scriptures.
Mrs. Fu put the longevity lock on Chen Danxia, and asked the little girl to serve her and put on a small sheepskin boots decorated with pearls, and put on a cloak with big red feather brocade embroidered with phoenix branches. She said with satisfaction: "The girl is the best."
Chen Danxia smiled. If she had such troubles every day, she would not be able to stand it. Fortunately, she was so grand that she was just visiting her. She dressed up properly. Chen Danxia went out of the house to Tao's room, and Tao was also dressed up. She wore a straight brocade robe with big red peony embroidered peony flowers, a high bun, and a golden phoenix hairpin in the middle. The ruby fell between her eyebrows, and three pairs of peony-headed hairpins were inserted on both sides. She was dressed up dignified and graceful and decent.
"My little Jiuer is getting better." Tao looked at her daughter, then happily leaned over and kissed her little face.
"Mom is the most beautiful." Chen Dan praised. Tao was twenty-seven or eight years old, and his most charming age, and he had a charming attitude in every move. Unfortunately, Chen Muke was blind and could not see it, so he pampered those vulgar fans.
"Have you eaten the candy steamed milk crispy? His mouth is so sweet." Dow asked with a joking smile.
"It's sweet if you don't eat." Chen Danxia smiled.
At this time, the brothers Shen Bomi came to pay their respects. Seeing Chen Danxia, who was different from usual, Shen Boyu exclaimed: "Sister, you are better today than usual."
Chen Danxia pouted unhappily, "What does third brother mean is that I don't look good in normal times?"
Shen Bomi pulled away his brother who could not speak, squatted in front of Shen Danxia, and smiled and said, "My sister is always beautiful, and the best one is my sister, no one can compare to it."
Shen Baiyu also knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he quickly agreed. My sister was the most beautiful and the most beautiful. She said a lot of good things, which made Chen Danxia laugh.
While talking, Chen Danhui's sisters came. Chen Danhui was still young and was not suitable for going out. The three of them also wore new clothes, with rose-red jackets and dark blue long skirts embroidered with folded branches. The styles were the same, but the embroidery on them were different, including elm-leaf plum, rose and hydrangea. A silver-chain jade pendant was worn on their necks, and the jade quality was also different. Chen Danhui's jade was the distant jade, and Chen Danhui's rapid jade was the last.
The three sisters invited the legitimate mother and the legitimate brothers. The legitimate wife was different. The three of them had to give Chen Danxia a gift. Chen Danxia gave the two legitimate sisters a half gift. When everyone arrived, Tao asked him to go to court for food. After the meal quietly, the maids brought mint water to them, and let them rinse their mouths and go out with a breath, which would make people laugh.
After the Shen Bomi brothers sent their mother and sisters into the carriage, they turned around and saw a light blue corner of their clothes flashing by at the door of the Cheng family.
Tao took the carriage with his four daughters and quickly arrived at the county yard courtyard. Zheng Yu personally went to the Chuanhuamen to greet him, and shouted enthusiastically: "Sister Tao, long time no see you." His tone was intimate, as if he was a friend he had been with for many years, but in fact, this was the first time the two met.
"Mrs. Zheng is polite." Mrs. Tao said politely. The matter between the Chen Zhao family has not yet been clearly understood.
Zheng Yu's pupils slightly shrank, and his smile did not change. He led the Tao mother and daughter to see the old lady Zheng. Some wives and grandmothers had already sat in the hall. Seeing Tao come in, they stood up one after another. The wife of the fifth-rank co-education cannot be offended by them.
"Shen Tao has met an old lady and pays homage to the old lady. The old lady is blessed." Tao led his four daughters to bow and salute.
Old Mrs. Zheng held her hands and said, "Mrs. Chen San, please don't be too polite, please get up and sit down."
Tao stood up and sat down. The Shen sisters stood obediently behind her, and there were a few little girls standing behind some wives and grandmas.
"Mrs. Chen, this is my sister Yun." A wife interrupted.
As soon as this said, it attracted a lot of echoes, and everyone wanted to take the opportunity to show their faces in front of Tao. Tao was unwilling to do something that would scatter the enemy, and said with a smile: "All of them are good kids, there is no need to be so much polite. Tomorrow, I will ask everyone to enjoy the flowers in my post, but don't shirk it."
After hearing this, the ladies and grandmothers were not in a hurry to let the girl come out, and they all said that they would definitely go to the appointment at that time. A glimmer of Mrs. Zheng's eyes flashed. Mrs. Chen was not as rude as Mrs. Chen said.
The maid brought tea, and the old lady Zheng glanced at the girl of the Shen family and immediately locked on Shen Danxia. The four of them had different colors and different outfits. She had already told everyone that her status was different from the other three.
Chapter completed!