There is Room For the Poor Daughter

When the Yan family first arrived in Xingzhou, they were unfamiliar with the place of life. Whether it was for Yan Zhigao to carry out his work smoothly, or for the Yan family to gain a firm foothold in Xingzhou, hosting a banquet and entertaining all parties was unavoidable.

The banquet was the first time the Yan family showed up in Xingzhou City, and it was of great significance. Therefore, the Yan family was in full preparation, and even the old lady Yan participated in the preparation of the dishes on the day of the banquet.

Rice Garden.

Daohua stood in front of the flower shed, stroking his chin in his hand, frowning slightly, as if he was pondering something.

Ping Tong came over with the dress just made, just saw this scene, and immediately smiled: "What's the problem with big girl?"

Daohua saw that it was Pingtong, and sighed like a little adult: "Isn't there going to be a banquet? I was thinking, how should I entertain the young ladies who came on the day of the banquet?"

There is a division of labor up and down the Yan family. In the backyard, the mother and the second aunt are responsible for entertaining the ladies, the third aunt is responsible for taking care of the kitchen, and she is responsible for the young ladies who come over.

As for the outer courtyard, the adults are looked after by the cheap father, and the young masters and sons who come are received by her eldest brother.

Ping Tong smiled and asked, "Does the big girl have an idea?"

Seeing Pingtong's smile, Daohua turned her eyes: "Please also ask Sister Pingtong for advice!"

Ping Tong smiled and said, "How can a slave and maid instruct the eldest girl." Seeing Daohua's face collapsed, she smiled again, "However, Madam asked me to come over and tell the eldest girl about the boudoir when each family held a banquet. What will the lady do?"

Daohua's eyes lit up, and she immediately dragged Pingtong into the room: "Sister, please tell me what the ladies and girls will do during the banquet."

Ping Tong first handed over the dress to Wang Man'er, and then said with a smile: "Actually, during the banquet, the young ladies have limited things to play with, nothing more than enjoying flowers, drinking tea, chatting, and reciting poems."

"Ah? That's all!" Daohua was disappointed.

Pingtong nodded: "The big family attaches great importance to the reputation of the boudoir girl, and everyone will be very reserved when they go out as a guest. Therefore, the girl doesn't need to be nervous, just treat each other with courtesy on the day of the banquet."

Mrs. Li was worried that her daughter was nervous for the first time, so she specially asked Pingtong to come over to appease Daohua.

After a while, Pingtong left, and Wang Man'er saw Daohua still frowning and asked, "Miss, didn't Madam say that it is enough to treat each other with courtesy, what are you worried about?"

Daohua sighed: "How can it be so simple."

Where there are many women, right and wrong are indispensable. Even if it is just a group of teenage girls, she does not dare to be careless.

Fortunately, their family lived in a government office, and there was no rockery or pond, otherwise, her nerves would have to be tense from morning to night on the day of the banquet.

"It's impossible to enjoy flowers." She had already planted the climbing rose, and she also planted a lot of flowers in the flowerbed, but it was still a little early before it bloomed.

"It's okay to drink tea." But you can't drink tea all day!

"Recite poetry and do it right." Daohua shook her head. She didn't have the ability to write poetry in her past and present life. She just plagiarized others. She didn't remember a few words in her mind. Bar.

Daohua's face wrinkled: "I have to find something to do." If she is idle, a group of little girls gather together, and there must be a few who like to make trouble. When something goes wrong, her master's face will not look good.

After thinking about it, Daohua went to find the third uncle Yan Zhiqiang.

In the blink of an eye, the day of the banquet arrived.

Early in the morning, everyone in the Yan family got up and packed up, and then went to their own way.

As time passed, people began to arrive one after another.

Daohua followed behind Mrs. Li, smiling and welcoming the ladies and ladies into the door.

Mrs. Li first took the young ladies to visit Mrs. Yan, and then she took her to the main courtyard to talk after not staying for a long time.

Seeing that the old lady had left, she breathed a sigh of relief. There was nothing she could do. She was an old woman from a peasant family, and she couldn't find anything in common with a group of official wives.

"The eldest daughter-in-law is attentive!" At this time, he did not forget to take care of her feelings.

Mrs. Yan thought of Daohua, and said to Sun Ma: "That girl Daohua saw this kind of banquet for the first time, and she was the host. You go and see, if she wants to help, you stay there. ."

She is of high rank and age, so she can just say a few words when she sees someone, but Daohua, as the daughter of Yan's family, has to be busy with the young ladies who have been photographed before and after.

main courtyard.

In the living room, several well-dressed ladies were drinking tea and chatting. Seeing how easy they were to chat and laugh, they clearly knew each other early in the morning.

When they started, several little girls chatted together, laughing incessantly. Not far away, Yan Yihuan, Yan Yishuang, and Yan Yile sat alone, looking a little embarrassed, as if they couldn't get into the conversation of the group of girls.

Daohua and Mrs. Li saw this scene when they came in with the wife and young lady of the court.

Mrs. Li glanced at Daohua with a worried expression. Among the girls who came today was the granddaughter of the former chief assistant of the cabinet.

Daohua noticed Mrs. Li's gaze, smiled, and walked over with the young lady who passed the sentence.

As soon as Mrs. Li saw Daohua passed by, she called out to all the girls, sisters and sisters, and was relieved in her heart, and then she took Mrs. Tongjian to talk to the ladies who came before.

Zhou Jingwan, the youngest daughter of the head of the Zhou family of the Zhongding family in Xingzhou, and the youngest granddaughter of Zhou Zhengyao, the former chief supporter of the cabinet, is inevitably arrogant because she is favored.

The Zhou family inquired about the situation of the Yan family early in the morning, and knew that the eldest girl of the Yan family had grown up in the country since she was a child.

Originally, Zhou Jingwan thought that the eldest girl of the Yan family must be vulgar, but after seeing it, she realized that her appearance is not inferior to everyone's daughters.

Zhou Jingwan glanced at Daohua's rosy and fair face, and when she thought of her dull complexion, she felt a little uncomfortable. After thinking about it, she said, "Miss Yan, it's boring to be idle, why don't we all come together to write poetry?"

Appearance is inborn, but knowledge is acquired. She does not believe that a person who grew up in the countryside can recite poetry and write right.

Daohua hasn't spoken yet, and Yan Yishuang, who has been sitting on the side and has been unable to speak, immediately agrees: "This is good, everyone's poetry, not only to pass the time, but also to get acquainted with the sisters as soon as possible."

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Jingwan and other little girls all looked at Yan Yishuang, with a faint look of contempt between their brows.

"Humph!"

Zhou Jingwan snorted coldly and ignored Yan Yishuang, but sneered and looked at Daohua: "Your Yan family's rules are really good."

The family of a big family has always been a circle of direct daughters and a circle of concubine daughters. Concubine daughters want to enter the circle of direct daughters, either they are very good, or there are no direct daughters in the family.

In both cases, Yan Yishuang did not account for it. They ignored her before, but this person had no eyesight at all, so he insisted on leaning in front of them, which was really disgusting.

The smile on Daohua's face did not change, as if she didn't understand Zhou Jingwan's words, she would not let this little girl take the lead, and said with a smile: "My sisters, the main courtyard is too noisy, and the adults are watching, why don't you go to me? The yard, so we can have some fun.”

Hearing this, the little girls were a little moved.

They are still children, and there is no child who does not like to play or make trouble, but in front of adults, it is inevitable that they will be restrained.

Zhou Jingwan also didn't want to stay under her mother's eyes, but her attitude was not very good just now, and she couldn't save face for a while.

Daohua looked at the expressions of the little girls and knew that they were all led by Zhou Jingwan, so she smiled and took her arm, waved to the others, and left the room together.