Cousin girl's salted fish life

Chapter 47
By the time Huilan returned to her room, it was almost time to declare, the sky was overcast, Huilan was wearing a big fur cloak, and holding a hand stove was not cold at all.

She took Narcissus and Liu Ya and accompanied the Fifth Lady and Seventh Lady who returned to Fushouju for a while, and then walked slowly back to Qing'an Hall after parting ways.

Qingguo beside Huilan is already 18 years old, and after the new year, she basically doesn't go out with Huilan.She was approaching her age, she had already made a marriage arrangement, and she was going to get married before Huilan moved to another house after her birthday.

The imperial court encouraged marriage and childbearing, and men over 20 and women over 18 were fined if they failed to marry.

Hui Lan felt that this policy was quite humane, and the age limit was also appropriate.Of course, only for the policy itself, it would be better if she could not get married and not be fined.

Last year, there was a filial piety in the grandfather's family, and the father and son have all recovered.My grandfather went to Beijing to become a member of the Ministry of Rites, Wailang, from the fourth rank; the eldest uncle was the closest to home, serving as the county magistrate in Gaoling, and was the sixth rank; the second uncle was the farthest away from her, and was the seventh rank household Cao in Wuwei County, Liangzhou.

The grandfather brought two cousins ​​and one cousin in Beijing, not only for the convenience of the cousins' scientific examinations, but also for the sake of the marriage of the grandchildren.The eldest cousin of the uncle's family is 15 years old, and the second cousin of the second uncle's family is 14 years old.There is also the second cousin of the uncle’s family who is only 13 years old this year. Because of the death of his grandmother, the two aunts each took their youngest son and daughter with their husbands and have already learned to be directors of the family.

My grandfather was a serious literati, afraid that people would say that he was clinging to her, so after he came to Beijing, he only let his cousins ​​come and visit her.The old lady knew about his family's situation, so she didn't care, and asked her aunt and uncle to take Hui Lan to visit her grandfather.

Seeing that Hui Lan and her grandfather's family got along well, Ren's grandfather's family had a tacit understanding and took her to live there for two days every two months to get along with each other.

She went out of filial piety today, of course her grandfather's family knew about it, and they also asked the juniors to accompany her to the grave to pay homage, and sent a letter saying that she would be picked up to live there for two days tomorrow.

When it comes to the two cousins, we have to mention the library in the mansion. The books inside are the dowry of the old lady.After such a long time, Hui Lan has already figured out the entanglement between the old lady and her natal family.

At that time, it was the old man of the Gu family who requested the imperial decree to marry the youngest granddaughter of the Li family as his eldest granddaughter-in-law, and also the wife of the eldest son of the Zhen Guo government.I don't know how the old man begged, and I don't know what the old emperor's mentality is, but he really agreed.Two old enemies who had been at odds for most of their lives were tied together and became relatives-in-law.

However, Marquis Wenyuan is not a vegetarian, and the Li family can't resist the decree, and they can't really love each other. The civil and military leaders joined forces to seek death.So with ten miles of red makeup and a full set of book rubbings, he married his first-in-law granddaughter out of the family, which almost severed the relationship.

The old man knew what was in his heart, and he owed the Li family again. Since then, he has given in a lot, and he also fully supports the eldest grandson's daughter-in-law, and he didn't say a word about the relationship between the two families.

Except for the death of her grandfather, grandmother, father, and mother, the old lady never went to the gate of Marquis Wenyuan's mansion.Even for funerals, I never brought my husband and children with me.

Tsk tsk tsk, Hui Lan called him a good guy.Her dog is indeed not a human being, but old man, you are a real dog, forcing her to leave her family for the sake of her family.You don't give up too much, old emperor. It's not too much to say that you are an accomplice.Is there no good girl in the whole capital anymore, so I just have to stare at the old enemy's house and grab it?
Ami Tofu, for the sake of her uncle and cousins, Hui Lan tried her best to omit ten thousand and one greetings.

Closer to home, the collection of books of Wen Yuanhou, the first civil servant of the Great Qin Dynasty, is of course vast.The two cousins ​​were born in literati, so of course they love books.After coming and going, I heard about the collection of books in the mansion, so of course I couldn't help but ask to borrow them.The old lady readily borrowed it. Storytelling books are for people to read, and it would be a waste to leave them on the shelves.

Because of this, my grandfather also admired the old lady and told her to live a good life with the old lady.

Hui Lan herself also liked the old lady, so of course she readily agreed.

After returning to Qing'an Hall, her aunt was not there, so Hui Lan went back to her small courtyard on her own.Her place is small, and there is no warm pavilion, but it is not cold at all.

Before entering the house, Qingguo came out to greet her, "The girl is back." Hui Lan nodded at her, and the little girl drew up a thick velvet curtain.Qingguo took the stove from Huilan's hand and pulled Huilan into the house.Taking off the cloak with earmuffs, Hui Lan was dressed in a begonia red home-made jacket and skirt, and felt her arms and legs were at ease.Stretching her arms and shaking her head, Hui Lan paced to the top and sat down.Dressed warmly, her whole body was hot when she walked.

"You guys have been following for a day, go back and rest and get ready for dinner." Hui Lan waved her hand and sent Narcissus and Liu Ya back.

The two bowed to leave, and Qingguo was busy making arrangements.Ask Tourmaline to change Huilan's shoes, ask Pearl to bring hot water to wash her face and wash her hands, Jade brings hot tea, and Biyu breaks the snacks.

Huilan didn't bother to lament the extravagance and corruption, and asked Qingguo if there was anything going on today.

"The girl's salute has been prepared. My in-laws are going to ripen it at home, and the things are also cheap. In addition, in the afternoon, Miss Liu's cousin sent someone to deliver a box to the girl, and my wife asked me to put it in the room." Qing Guo twisted the handkerchief. The son said briskly.

Miss Liu Jiabiao is the niece of the eldest lady's sister's family, only one month younger than Huilan.She originally followed her father to work abroad, and only came back the year before last.She is the only legitimate daughter in this generation of the family, so she is naturally pampered in every possible way.He is not arrogant or self-willed, when he came to pay New Year's greetings to his aunt, he hit it off with Hui Lan.

There's no way, no matter how frightened Hui Lan is, looking at a chubby and cute little girl who is as passionate about food as she is is going to break her mark.

The two struck up a conversation because of a white sugar wishful cake, and they hit each other since then.Miss Liu Biao's boudoir name is Wenqing, she left Beijing when she was young, and she has eaten all the delicious food in the counties and counties near her father, so she has her own opinions.

Although Hui Lan lacks practical experience, she has a lot of theoretical knowledge.Moreover, she was not allowed to go out in observance of filial piety, so she dedicated her rest and leisure time to food.Of course, it is not impossible for her to do it, and it is impossible for her to starve to death.Through Girl Tourmaline, Huilan can often start a small stove and ask Tourmaline's mother to help her research new snacks.

Relying on the theoretical knowledge of foodies, she has also innovated some food, and Tourmaline's mother has also won several awards.This time, the whole family knew that Miss Hui knew how to eat and liked to eat.Some admired Tourmaline's mother, and some flattered Mrs. Li, who was in charge of the kitchen. The cooks in the kitchen were very cooperative with Huilan.

Relying on this convenience, Huilan has never been short of fresh food.He ate her from a bean sprouts to a small radish, ruddy and plump, so Mrs. Li didn't restrain her much.

Qingguo cleaned up Huilan and followed her into the bedroom.

On the iron wood round table covered with table mats, there was a black lacquered wooden box with carved patterns and gold painting the size of an adult's palm.

Hui Lan sat at the table with great interest, opened the box, and faced a small flower note.Hui Lan admired Yishui's lower case characters.Although Wen Qing was pampered, she did not relax her education, her handwriting was very good, much better than Hui Lan's.

The general idea is to give her a little gadget for her to wear and play.In addition, she has the same goal as Si Niangzi, and asked her to go outing in the countryside during the Shangsi Festival.

Hui Lan shook her head with a smile. The two of them were cousins, both lively and active.Fold the flower note and put it aside, uncover the thin flannelette that separates it, and two rows of four pairs of thumb-sized four-color crystal carved hairpins are placed opposite each other.Garnet roses, Tianhe stone camellias, hibiscus peach blossoms, moonstone chrysanthemums.The carvings are exquisite, the petals are compact, and the buds are ready to be released, which is lifelike.The middle finger-long hairpin body and the flowers are clearly carved from a single piece of material, exquisite and translucent, lined with light, full of brilliance, and placed staggered on the flannel.

Hui Lan picked up one and looked at it again and again, admiring and loving it.It's really exquisite and luxurious, the so-called low-key luxury.Don't look at this small crystal hairpin, its value is not inferior to that of a gold hairpin of the same size.

"It's so pretty, Miss Qing is thinking about her." Qing Guo couldn't help boasting.

Hui Lan nodded, this was a gift from Wen Qingnian to the girl in the family.At that time, Hui Lan was not yet out of filial piety, so she replaced it with a pair of exquisite silver-studded pearl row combs.Unexpectedly, she still remembered it, and sent it here today when Huilan was out of mourning, of course Huilan liked it.

She put away the crystal hairpin and put the green fruit on the dressing table.This is the one for spring, just in time to use.

"It's getting late today, let's deliver the letter to my grandparents tomorrow when she arrives at her grandparent's house." Hui Lan made up her mind.

　Thanks for the generosity of October Kiss
　　
　
(End of this chapter)