Lin Wanwan left the county government office with Xiao Chong's calligraphy in her hand, a sunshade hat on her head, and a smile on her lips.
Wine was delivered, matters were discussed, and today's mission was successfully completed.
When she got home, Lin Wanwan took off her curtain hat, took the moist gauze face towel handed over by Hong Yan, and wiped the sweat from her face and neck. The cool feeling penetrated her pores, and she felt extremely comfortable.
The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the summer in Datang is really terrible. If there were no guests at home, Lin Wanwan would really like to hide away in modern times and blow on the air conditioner.
Because of the time difference between the two worlds, the days are extremely long for Lin Wanwan, and she does not realize that time flies by as others say.
Soon after she entered the penthouse where the ice sculptures and fans were placed, Xiao Yixun, Xiao Xianghua, and Xiao Ronghua all came over.
In the summer, the ladies had nothing to do, just chill in the cool air and chat to pass the time.
"Cousin Wanwan, this fan and ice sculpture are really good items, very suitable for summer." Xiao Ronghua wiped the sweat on his forehead with silk silk and quickly moved to the fan to blow some air.
Lin Wanwan said casually: "It's really useful. Because of the West Lake, Qiantang is probably hotter than Luan County in summer, right? When you go back, you can bring a fan for my grandma. She is old and can't afford the heat.
It will be more comfortable with this fan.”
Xiao Xianghua was embroidering a picture in his hand and said with a smile: "That's good. With your filial piety, Sister Wanwan, grandma will definitely be happy."
"That's right!" Xiao Ronghua also quickly agreed.
After a few people chatted in the side room for a while, they began to do their own business, whether playing the piano, embroidering, or reading, without disturbing each other.
The person in the ear room who is responsible for shaking the fan handle is naturally everyone's personal maid.
Currently it is being rocked by Hong Yan. After the three noble ladies of the Xiao family came in, Xiao Yixun's mute maid A Li silently stepped forward to take over Hong Yan's job.
The maids had a tacit understanding and took turns fanning the fans for the masters, so that they were not too tired and the masters could always enjoy the cool breeze.
Xiao Yixun was the smallest person in this room, and everyone else had at least two maids.
Because Xiao Yixun ran away from home, she naturally didn't have that many people to serve her, but she didn't care too much.
Last time when Sun Chuyao hired someone to replenish the manpower in the mansion, Lin Wanwan originally planned to point out a new person to Xiao Yixun, but was rejected. She looked down on the eleven or twelve-year-old girl who had not been trained outside.
Xiao Yixun is a person who would rather be lacking than being indiscriminate. Even though the people under her are all incompetent, they all have special skills and are better than normal people.
Lin Wanwan naturally followed her.
To be honest, according to Lin Wanwan's values, having a maid to serve her is considered good. In modern times, even wealthy families mostly only hire one nanny.
With a combination of a housekeeper, a cook, a gardener and a bodyguard, it must be a truly wealthy family with a mine at home. There are few such families in China.
That is to say, the nobles of the Tang Dynasty had all kinds of rules and ostentation, and liked to keep a lot of slaves. Then they turned an originally simple home into a mess of factions and chaos.
Lin Wanwan goes her own way and doesn't want to buy too many slaves at home. As it is now, it's a perfect match for her.
Huanong, who was Lin Wanwan's personal maid at the beginning, still serves as her exclusive cook. She is definitely a good maid who can work in the hall and in the kitchen.
As the manpower in the house increased, two cooks were naturally hired to take care of the kitchen. They were mainly responsible for cooking for the servants in the house, while Huanong still cooked the food for Lin Wanwan and the guests in the house.
Under normal circumstances, Xiao Yixun liked to be around Lin Wanwan as long as there were not many outsiders at home.
Xiao Yixun did not communicate and chat with Lin Wanwan. She would either hold her face while watching Lin Wanwan read medical books, practice acupuncture, and practice piano, or she would also read medical books herself.
Seeing her interest, Lin Wanwan naturally shared her medical books without hesitation.
Since ancient times, poison doctors have not been separated into different families. In fact, Xiao Yixun is no worse than Lin Wanwan in taking pulse and using traditional Chinese medicine.
Now that I live close to the county government office, Chen Liang, a doctor in the county government office, is often invited to give Lin Wanwan lectures on acupuncture. Whenever this happens, Xiao Yixun also follows along to learn acupuncture.
It's just that she never asked or said anything, and Lin Wanwan didn't know how much she had learned.
At this time, Lin Wanwan was sitting in front of the harp and practicing the piano, while Xiao Yixun was sitting cross-legged next to him, listening to music and reading medical books.
A group of girls were enjoying themselves when Lin Wanwan's third cousin Xiao Jingkun opened the bamboo curtain and walked in: "Sisters, today I received a letter from my wife, saying that Mrs. Lu got a new cold baby from Xiao Mansion in Chang'an.
Melon, there will be a cold melon feast in three days.
Let's set off back to Qiantang tomorrow so that we can catch the banquet. Madam Lu specially invited us."
Xiao Xianghua immediately expressed his position: "Didn't we eat enough cold melons at Cousin Wanwan's house? Why rush back just for a cold melon? It's a rare trip, and I still want to stay here to talk to Cousin Wanwan.
Woolen cloth."
Xiao Ronghua lowered his head and said softly: "Rong Hua, I will let my brother make the decision."
Xiao Jingkun looked at his biological sister with satisfaction, praised her, and then said to Xiao Xianghua: "It's been a while since cousin Wanwan came into the house to drink. Haven't you had enough?
Now you are at the age where you want to socialize and move around more, how could you miss the opportunity to show up at a large banquet in Qiantang just for fun, you are so ignorant, cousin Wanwan, don't you think so?"
Now that she was mentioned, Lin Wanwan stopped plucking the strings and said to Xiao Jingkun: "What my cousin said is that there are few adults in my house and it is very deserted. I hope that the two sisters can stay with me for a few more days."
And me."
Xiao Jingkun shook his head in disapproval and said: "The family has sent a letter, which means that they want us to go back as soon as possible. I think we should leave as soon as possible. If my cousin feels deserted, she might as well go to Qiantang with us."
Lin Wanwan looked at Xiao Xianghua and said, "Sister Xianghua, what do you say? Would you like to stay a little longer? I have finished all the things in Xiaoxi Town here, and I plan to take you all back to the countryside to spend the summer in a seaside manor tomorrow.
It's close to the sea and it's not as hot as the city. When the tide goes out at the end of the month, I can take you to experience the fun of catching the sea."
Xiao Xianghua said happily: "Catching the sea? It sounds like fun. I am willing to go to the countryside with cousin Wanwan and stay for two more days."
It was rare to travel far away. There was no supervision from the elders above and no worries from worldly matters. Xiao Xianghua didn't want to leave even after he came.
What's the fun in those banquets? It's just displaying yourself like a commodity in front of the mistresses of various houses. It's really not interesting at all.
Anyway, it is not her turn to choose the important matter of marriage, whether her parents order a matchmaker or not. She just waits for her parents to arrange it.
In this case, why does she still attend so many banquets and social events?