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The next morning.
Nan Baoyi got dressed up and got on the carriage heading to Xia Mansion.
The three sisters were all there, and the carriage was very lively.
Nan Baozhu was eating candy cake, and for some reason he mentioned Nan Baorong's marriage again: "Zhang Yuanwang looks like a dog, but in fact he is really unreliable. If you ask me, it is a big deal for my eldest sister to break off the engagement with him. It¡¯s a very correct thing.¡±
Nan Baoyi was full of curiosity.
After my cousin helped my eldest sister last time, he was busy going to Jiangnan to do business.
Now half a year has passed, and I don¡¯t know how the two of them are progressing. It¡¯s really worrying.
She tentatively asked: "My eldest sister is getting hairpins this year, so she should be ready to get married. Do you have someone you like?"
Nan Baorong grabbed her handkerchief in embarrassment, "You two are little girls, how can you talk about getting married? It's against women's ethics for us to talk about this"
"My mother said that women's conduct is only for others to see. How can gaining a good reputation be as important as making yourself comfortable?" Nan Baozhu said plausibly, "Sister, you are not young at all, it's time to look after others!"
Nan Baoyi couldn't help laughing.
The second aunt was born in a escort agency and has a bold personality. Naturally, she does not think that women's ethics is a good thing.
Perhaps this idea was unconventional, but she secretly felt that her second aunt was right!
She smiled and said: "Sister, my cousin is also considered a young talent, and there are many girls who covet him. You have to hurry up!"
Nan Baorong was stunned.
At first, her ears were just red, and gradually her face turned red.
She lowered her head, like a shy water lily that couldn't stand the cool breeze.
Nan Baoyi looked at it, secretly happy.
If a girl blushes when she hears a boy's name, then she must like that boy very much.
Big sister and cousin, there is a drama!
The carriage stopped outside Xia Mansion.
The second aunt came out of another carriage and greeted them: "The Xia Mansion is hosting a banquet, and there are people everywhere. You must follow me closely, and you are not allowed to run around, let alone cause trouble."
The three of them responded.
Nan Baoyi stepped into the threshold and quietly looked around.
Xia Mansion is spacious and luxurious, with courtyard verandas, pavilions, gardens and flowing water, everything is exquisite.
Every few steps they would meet their business partners. The second aunt greeted them in front, and they would obediently greet each other with the little girl next to them.
Finally, I walked to the flower hall where the female family members were. Before I even entered, I heard laughter coming from inside:
"I have long heard that Miss Nan Yan is very charming and a rare beauty in Shu County. When I saw her today, it turned out to be true! Even if she stands with the three legitimate daughters of the Nan family, I am afraid that Miss Nan Yan is even better! I don't know. Did the girl propose marriage? I love being a matchmaker most in my life, and I have several rich men waiting to pull the strings!"
Nan Baoyi raised his eyebrows.
She looked at her second aunt, whose face was gloomy and obviously angry.
She knew that the daughters of their Nanfu family had not gone out to socialize very much in recent years, but Nan Yan, on the other hand, did not find it too shabby to go around drinking and feasting as a foreigner of the Nanfu family.
The world regards thinness as beauty, and the most admirable is a thin and beautiful woman with a poem in her belly.
Nan Yan is beautiful and frail, and her gentle manner of speaking can attract a lot of favor.
Therefore, many people in Shu County only know that the concubine of Nanfu is outstanding in beauty and talent, but they think that the legitimate daughter of Nanfu is stupid, dull and smells like copper.
Nan Yan¡¯s delicate voice came out:
"Marriage is a major matter, but it is the words of the matchmaker ordered by the parents. Yan'er dare not discuss it on his own. Thank you aunt for your kindness!"
Nan Baoyi is funny.
Nan Yan¡¯s eyes are high!
If the aunt who was holding the string introduced her to a young master like Cheng Deyu, she would probably have held the handkerchief and answered innocently: "Auntie, please discuss it with my mother. Yan'er doesn't dare to say anything." .
But everyone in the hall praised Nan Yan for being knowledgeable and sensible.
Some people even regretted that she did not have a good identity, otherwise she would have been the one to get engaged to the Cheng family.
Second Aunt stepped into the threshold and said loudly: "I didn't know that you are so concerned about my Nan family's affairs?"
The discussion immediately died down.
Those present were all relatives who were related to the Xia family, as well as some wealthy merchants, many of whom had never seen the legitimate daughter of Nanfu.
They looked at the three sisters carefully.
The eldest child is dignified and elegant like a delicate flower shining in the water, the second child is round and round like Taizhen of the Tang Dynasty, and the third child is the most wonderful. The little girl in her golden age is delicate but not charming, gorgeous but not vulgar, like a delicate hibiscus with dew in the sunset. At a glance, my eyes are like water.
Comparing it with Nan Yan, she is very beautiful, but she reveals the meticulous craftsmanship and charm, but lacks the innocence and elegance of a girl.
She knows people¡¯s hearts well and naturally understands what these people¡¯s eyes mean.
Jealousy flashed in her eyes, and she whispered to Xia Qingqing: "We have to find a chance to ask Nan Baoyi where your cousin has gone."
Xia Qingqing nodded, stood up and said: "It's boring here, Nan Baoyi, let me take you to the back garden to play. Now is the season when hibiscus flowers bloom. My father spent a lot of money to buy a precious hibiscus. Let's go and enjoy it." "
Jinguan City is also known as "Furong City".
It is said that during the Later Shu Dynasty, Emperor Meng Chang was fond of hibiscus flowers and ordered his people to plant hibiscus trees on the city walls. When the flowers bloomed, Jinguan City forty miles was beautifully decorated, so it was known as the "Hibiscus City".
Later, during the golden autumn season, it became a custom here to enjoy the hibiscus.
Nan Baoyi and other young girls followed Xia Qingqing to the back garden.
There is a sandalwood flower stand in the center of the garden, and a sterling silver flowerpot is placed on the flower stand. As expected, a hibiscus half as tall as a person is planted in the flowerpot.
The hibiscus flower is as big as the mouth of a bowl, with petals overlapping and pure white.
"This is called the Silver Silk Hibiscus. My father spent five thousand taels of silver to buy it. There is no such thing anywhere else!" Xia Qingqing glanced at Nan Baoyi proudly, "Does your family have such a valuable hibiscus?"
As we all know, the Nan family is not good at writing, and they don¡¯t even know how to appreciate exotic flowers and plants. They are very vulgar!
While everyone was waiting to see the joke, Nan Baoyi sneered: "Such bowl-shaped hibiscus flowers are indeed rarebut bowl-shaped gardenias and peonies are everywhere! Miss Xia, are you afraid? He was tricked by the gardener!¡±
¡°You¡ª¡ª¡± Xia Qingqing was angry, ¡°People like you are not worthy of admiring famous flowers!¡±
Nan Baoyi made a face at her.
After admiring the silver hibiscus, the girls went to play with their friend's handkerchief in twos and threes. Nan Baorong was fragile, so Nan Baozhu helped her to rest in a building far away.
Nan Baoyi knew that Xia Qingqing and Nan Yan had something to ask her.
So she walked slowly to a remote alley of wisteria flowers.
Before walking too far, Xia Qingqing¡¯s voice came from behind:
"Nan Baoyi, stop!"
Nan Baoyi turned around and asked, "Do you have a problem with me?"
Xia Qingqing gritted her teeth: "Have you seen my cousin?!"
"cousin?"
"Xia Bowen, the one with the pustules on his face!"
Nan Baoyi was at a loss, "I am a well-educated and well-educated lady who abides by the rules. How can I go to see my foreigner?" (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com