Chapter 78, Reception
"Second sister, should we follow?"
Looking at Daohua and others who had already walked out of the yard, Yan Yile glanced at Yan Yishuang with red eyes, and looked at Yan Yihan hesitantly.
Yan Yihan felt a little hesitant when she thought of Zhou Jingwan and the others ignoring them, but then she remembered her mother's instructions a few days ago, asking her and Yile to make good friends with these young ladies from official families, so she said with a stiff upper lip, "With so many people, Big Sister will definitely be overwhelmed. We have to go over and help."
Yan Yile likes the hustle and bustle, and also wants to meet those young ladies who are dressed more elegantly than them. Upon hearing this, she immediately smiled and nodded, and pulled Yan Yihan to chase after them.
Yan Yihuan did not forget to pull Yan Yishuang, who was standing beside her, and seeing her red eyes, she consoled her, "Third sister, we're having a banquet at home. It's not good for others to see you like this."
Yan Yile took over the conversation: "That's right, Third Sister, you have to change your habit of crying all the time."
As soon as these words were spoken, more tears welled up in Yan Yi's eyes. She was about to cry and looked extremely pitiful.
Yan Yihan had a headache and glared at Yan Yile.
Yan Yile curled her lips. When she was in Linyi County, her eldest uncle was the most powerful. Even though her third sister was a concubine's daughter, most of the young ladies who came to visit her would gather around her.
Now, in Xingzhou City, there are many people who are more powerful than my uncle. These young ladies don’t take my third sister seriously at all, but my third sister has no self-awareness and insists on getting closer.
Yesterday, the eldest aunt repeatedly reminded us to follow the eldest sister's arrangements for receiving the young ladies from various families today, but the third sister insisted on being in the spotlight. Now, she has been rejected!
Seeing tears welling up in Yan Yi's eyes, Yan Yihan was afraid that she would cry in the main courtyard, so she hurriedly grabbed one of them in each hand and quickly walked out of the courtyard.
In the living room, the ladies of each family watched the interaction between the little girls, and naturally they also noticed Yan Yishuang who seemed to be bullied.
Madam Li was extremely angry. She had made so many preparations to prevent the other families in Xingzhou from looking down on the Yan family, but she didn't expect that all of them would be ruined by Yan Yishuang.
That girl behaved so petty and unpresentable. Who knows how these wives of officials would laugh at her and the Yan family behind their backs.
"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you ladies!" Mrs. Li's smile seemed a little forced.
The ladies of each family shook their heads casually, indicating that they didn't care. Then the wife of the Tongzhi stepped forward to liven up the atmosphere, and soon everyone started talking about other topics.
Rice Flower Pavilion.
Daohua brought the little girls into the yard and led them directly to the corridor of the flower shed.
At this moment, although the climbing rose has not yet bloomed, the green vines have already covered the flower trellis, and the green vines hanging down from the gaps in the trellis are also quite interesting.
"Sister Yan, your flower shed is well built, and the vines on it are growing beautifully."
Qian Bilan, the daughter of the Tongzhi family, was a flower lover. When she saw the flower shed, she couldn't help but come over to take a look.
"The flower shed has just been completed. Right now, you can only see some green leaves. When the roses bloom, the scenery will be beautiful." Daohua said as she led the girls to the long table in the corridor. "When the flowers bloom, I will send you a message and invite you all to come and enjoy the flowers."
Qian Bilan clapped her hands in approval and looked at Daohua with a smile: "That's great! I'm really looking forward to it."
Her father was a Tongzhi, and Miss Yan's father was her father's immediate superior. Before she left, her parents had given her detailed instructions, asking her to get along well with Miss Yan.
Daohua smiled and said, "I'll definitely treat you."
Zhou Jingwan felt ignored and walked towards the long table in the corridor with some dissatisfaction. She picked up the rattan hand-held flower basket on the long table and said disdainfully, "Why did you bring us here? To weave baskets?"
Daohua walked quickly to the table, picked up the exquisite little flower basket, and said with a smile: "Of course not, it's too troublesome to weave a flower basket. Let's arrange the flowers." After that, she waved to Wang Maner who was waiting on the side.
After receiving the instructions, Wang Maner immediately picked up the bouquets of colorful flowers that had been prepared long ago and walked over.
"What kind of flowers are these? They are so beautiful!" Qian Bilan rushed over.
The other little girls also came over.
Daohua smiled and said, "They are all wild flowers." It is April now, and many wild flowers are blooming in the mountains. In order to help her pick these wild flowers, Uncle San has been running to the mountains outside the city many times in recent days.
Of course, she also added a lot of wild flowers picked from the space.
Zhou Jingwan curled her lips: "Are you just going to get rid of us with some wild flowers?" Although she looked disgusted, she couldn't help but flip through the books with her hands.
Her family also cultivated a lot of flowers, but those flowers were relatively precious and were her grandfather's favorites. They could only be looked at but not touched. If she touched them, her grandfather would glare at her.
Although these were just some wild flowers, each one was bright and beautiful. At first glance, they were no worse than those raised by her grandfather.
Daohua ignored Zhou Jingwan's insincere words and said to the others, "I know everyone has ornamental flowers at home, but those flowers are too expensive and not suitable for us to practice. These wild flowers may not be very good, but they can only be found in the mountains. Arranging them into flower baskets and placing them in the room would also be quite interesting."
Qian Bilan nodded repeatedly: "This is a good idea."
All the little girls loved flowers and plants, and they all nodded in agreement.
Daohua continued, "How about this? Let's learn how to arrange flowers in the morning, and then in the afternoon we'll use our flower baskets to compete and see whose flower basket is the most beautiful."
Seeing Daohua looking at her, as if asking for her opinion, Zhou Jingwan nodded proudly: "Okay, anyway, we are tired of playing with poems and so on. This time we will listen to you and play flower arrangement."
After saying that, she excitedly discussed with her familiar sisters how to match flowers and colors.
The speed of the face change was so fast that Daohua was amazed.
The other little girls were also eager to try and reached out to the wild flowers on the table. They picked up the flower baskets with great interest and began to gesture, thinking about how to assemble the flower baskets to make them more beautiful.
Seeing that all the little girls' attention was drawn away, Daohua finally breathed a sigh of relief. When she turned around, she saw Yan Yihan and the other two stepping into the yard.
"Big sister!"
Daohua looked at the three of them, and her gaze stopped at Yan Yishuang, whose eyes were still a little red. She frowned and said, "What are you doing? You look like someone has bullied you."
Yan Yishuang bit her lip and said nothing.
Daohua rubbed her forehead. She really didn't want to talk to the thoughtful and delicate little girl. She quickly looked at Yan Yihan and said, "Second sister, if you want to play with the flower baskets, just go ahead. But you have to keep an eye on the third and fourth sisters."
Yan Yishuang and Yan Yile both like to show off, and she doesn't want to ruin the flower arranging activity that she had worked so hard to prepare.
Yan Yihan nodded hurriedly: "Big sister, I will."
Daohua looked at the three of them again and said, "I'm going to make some tea. You guys just be careful." After saying that, she turned around and went back to the room.
In the room, Wang Maner had already brewed a pot of jasmine tea.
Daohua: "Take this pot of tea and the plates of jujube paste cakes and pea yellow on the table to your elder brother and let him use them to entertain the guests."
"Okay!" Wang Maner picked up the teapot and pastries and left.
As soon as she left, Daohua personally brewed a pot of jasmine tea and brought it to the little girls in the corridor.
Zhou Jingwan: "What kind of tea is this? It smells so good!"
Daohua was refilling the tea for the customer and said with a smile, "It's just ordinary jasmine tea."
Zhou Jingwan: "Really? But it tastes better than the tea at home."
Daohua looked at her with a smile and said, "If you like it, I'll make some for you later." Then, she looked at the other girls and said, "The same goes for you. If you like it, I'll make some for you too."
Qian Bilan smiled and said, "Thank you very much. We won't be polite then!"
At the same time, in the outer courtyard.
Seeing the young masters from various families very satisfied with the tea and cakes, Yan Wenxiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and chatted with everyone more freely.
(End of this chapter)
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