Chapter 137 The social journey of the Tang Dynasty ladies
There were so many people crowded together to eat today, it was extremely lively, and the old lady looked very happy. Normally, Xiao Mansion would not gather together like this, but would instead deliver meals from the kitchen to each room. Today was also to make Lin Wanwan recognize her.
People, that's why they came together in such numbers.
During breakfast, Lin Wanwan met the three daughters of her uncle's family. The eldest daughter was Xiao Xianghua, a legitimate daughter. Although she was only sixteen years old, she was very dignified and quiet. The two fifteen-year-old sisters, who were born from a concubine, were a pair of beautiful and agile twins.
, respectively called Xiao Shulian and Xiao Liwei.
The second uncle's family has a legitimate daughter, Xiao Ronghua, and her two brothers-in-law, Xiao Guangqin and Xiao Haolin, all in their teens.
Coupled with the two sisters-in-law from the first bedroom and one sister-in-law from the second bedroom, Lin Wanwan's main social circle in the Xiao family will basically be complete from now on.
None of the three married cousins and two uncles showed up, each with their own busy schedules.
After the meal, we had a basic understanding of each other's situation - of course, there was indispensable inquiring beforehand.
Because she was tired from the journey, Lin Wanwan carried little Qingyu to the house assigned to her by her aunt Yuan. Of course she brought Huanong, Yunshang, Kunlun and the little girl Rongrong together, and now there are more
A swan goose given by Xiao’s mother.
In addition, Yuan also paired Lin Wanwan with the rough lady who cleaned the yard, the maid who ran errands, and a few general servants who ran errands.
After entering the house, Lin Wanwan held Xiao Qingyu and looked around, while Yun Shang asked Hongyan and Huanong to pack the boxes together. Although they were guests, they would stay for more than a month at least. When Yun Shang was tidying up the room, she tried her best to follow Lin Wanwan's daily routine.
Here comes the habit.
When Lin Wanwan returned to her room after visiting her place, she found that the place had quietly changed.
Lin Wanwan praised: "Yun Shang, where did you get these red plums? They are quite beautiful."
Yun Shang smiled and replied: "There are flowers growing in the flower bed under the porch, so I went to cut a few branches. My wife loves to play with flowers and plants most of the time. How could I not take care of them?"
"Well, it's not bad, it's pretty good-looking." Lin Wanwan walked to the vase with plum blossoms and admired it for a while.
It has to be said that people who can embroider have excellent aesthetics, and their flower arrangements are pleasing to the eye. They are not just cut and played randomly. In their own homes, the flowers are usually arranged by Yunshang.
While I was admiring the flowers, laughter came from the path in front of the door. I saw the twins Xiao Shulian and Xiao Liwei who had just seen them at breakfast coming here with their maid.
"Cousin Wanwan, have your things been sorted? We came to talk to you."
Lin Wanwan smiled and replied: "That's almost it. You two cousins can sit wherever you like."
The two twins took off their shoes and stepped on the floor with a smile, and walked to Lin Wanwan with a smile. The older one, Xiao Shulian, said: "Cousin Wanwan, you smell so good, what kind of fragrance do you smell?"
"Maybe it's the scent of soap." Lin Wanwan said casually.
In fact, for today's meeting, she specially made a moisturizing mask last night. When she got up this morning, she put on a hydrating nude makeup and sprayed Dark Musk White Musk. It would be strange if it didn't smell so good.
"It's almost the same, but it's much easier to use than soap locust." Lin Wanwan had already thought about it. She would use cosmetics to deal with her cousins. There are basically no girls who don't love these.
So he said to Yun Shang: "Yun Shang, go and get the dressing box for me!"
"Here."
After a while, a small dressing box made of solid wood was taken out from the big box and placed on the small desk in the room.
Under the curious eyes of the twin sisters, Lin Wanwan opened the dressing box and took out two small wooden boxes, i Honey Beauty Soap.
Lin Wanwan handed a box to each of the twin sisters and said with a smile: "My cousins are here just in time. The small gifts prepared for you are about to be sent to all the sisters. This thing is called honey cleansing soap. It is refined from hundred flower nectar.
After lathering, apply evenly on the face, gently massage in circular motions and then wash off to moisturize and nourish the skin. Sisters, take it back and try it out.”
Her two cousins had long been stunned by her rhetoric: "Cousin Wanwan, you said this is made of flower nectar?"
Lin Wanwan nodded and affirmed again.
The twins looked at each other, seeing joy and surprise in each other's eyes.
In the early days of Zhenguan, most of the sugar circulating on the market was coarse sugar, which was simply boiling sugar cane juice into syrup and then cooling and crystallizing it to make sugar cubes. A small amount of imported sugar also began to be available in the shops of the Hu people in Chang'an.
But the quantity is very small.
Therefore, before sucrose was fully popularized, honey was an extremely precious product in the Tang Dynasty. It was one of the royal tributes and was deeply loved by the royal family and nobles.
Now Lin Wanwan actually told them that this cleansing soap was actually made of honey. How could they not be shocked by Lin Wanwan's generosity?
After Lin Wanwan asked Hongyan to bring water and taught them how to use the foaming net and honey soap, the twin cousins touched their smooth faces after washing and were already happy that their cousins were longer than their cousins.
It was too easy to deal with the girl. Lin Wanwan smiled and sent the two of them out happily, and then said to Hongyan: "Hongyan, you know the way. Hold the box and take me to visit my sisters-in-law."
Hong Yanfu saluted and said: "Here."
Seeing that Lin Wanwan was leaving, little Qingyu hurriedly dropped the toys in her hands and ran over: "Mother, where are you going? I want to go with you."
Lin Wanwan said: "Okay, let's go together then."
The mother and daughter held hands, wearing cloaks, followed by Yun Shang, and Hongyan led the way. They visited everyone in the first and second houses in turn. The gift she prepared for the elders was a jar of unpacked honey.
, i Honey Beauty Soap, and what I gave to my cousins was an elegantly packaged horn wolf cent pen.
In modern times, she only spent a few hundred yuan each on these things, but in the Tang Dynasty, they were a real gift.
Everyone had a new understanding of this lady who came from the countryside. It seemed that although Lin Wanwan lived in the countryside, she lived a very happy life, and the casual greeting gifts were so luxurious.
After a round of visits, Lin Wanwan had almost gotten to know all the men and women in the family. There was also an eldest cousin whom she didn't see because he went out, but it didn't matter. Anyway, her main social partners were her cousins and sisters-in-law, who were famous in the Tang Dynasty.
them.
When walking back, Hongyan hesitated to speak. Lin Wanwan looked at her and said, "What's wrong? If you have anything to say, just say it."
Hongyan glanced at the depths of the bamboo forest to the west and said: "There is also a young lady living in the house. She is a descendant of the Xiao family's imperial uncle's family. She has been living here for more than three months. However, she looks a little special.
, and has a rather withdrawn personality, I wonder if your wife is going to visit?"