The sixth lady of the Hou Mansion grew up with a small mouth and stared at Zhu Ping'an dumbfounded, as if she was frightened by a tiger cub that had just left its nest or a passing fat woodchuck.
Why are all country bumpkins so rude?
It's so scary. It scared the baby to death.
It wasn't until the Fifth Sister told the bumpkin to stop joking that the Sixth Miss of the Hou Mansion came back to her senses. It turned out to be a joke, but it was also very rude. The bumpkin was really rude, so rude. He treated the fifth brother-in-law of the bumpkin in front of him all over his body.
I don't have a good impression at all. Just thinking about the poor and arrogant fifth sister actually marrying such a country bumpkin fifth brother-in-law makes me feel a little excited.
A country bumpkin is a country bumpkin. Even if he wears the best clothes, he can't hide the smell of dirt all over his body.
The sixth lady of the Hou Mansion covered her mouth with her slender hands and rolled her eyes at Zhu Pingan with disgust and contempt.
Country bumpkins, despise them~~
After Zhu Ping'an listened to Li Shu's coquettish words, he slightly raised the corners of his lips, put away his casualness, stood up straight, leaned his upper body slightly forward, and looked at the sixth lady of the Hou Mansion who rolled her eyes at him.
The standard salute with raised hands and a smile on his face, as if he prefers the best young master:
"Zhu Ping'an of Xiahe Village has met the Sixth Miss. If my joking remarks just now are offensive, I hope that the Sixth Miss will understand them."
The sixth lady of the Hou Mansion, who was halfway rolling her eyes, once again opened her mouth.
What's the situation? Why did the country bumpkin suddenly turn into a polite young man? The man in front of me still has a bit of country bumpkin atmosphere. He has the feeling of "a humble gentleman, as gentle as jade".
This drastic change in the style of painting made the sixth lady of the Hou family, who was rolling her eyes, pause so hard that she even had cramps. She returned the gift in a hurry, and said in her mouth, "Brother-in-law, you are serious."
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Of course, except for the sixth lady of the Hou Mansion, there were also many people in front of the Hou Mansion who were surprised.
"Fifth sister, you must be exhausted from coming so far. Wouldn't it be better if we let the fifth sister and the others go into the house to rest for a while and reminisce about old times."
At this time, a soft female voice interrupted the temporary silence.
The speaker was the fourth lady of the Hou Mansion. She had a long string of beads hanging from her head. She was wearing a purple-ink embroidered mink cloak, a crimson palace silk jacket, and a white gauze skirt. It was embroidered with light-colored hibiscus and painted with green.
Water ripples.
She looks pretty good, but she feels sickly, just like Sister Lin in Dream of Red Mansions.
"Look at what the fourth sister said, it seems like we deliberately prevented the fifth sister from entering the house." Hearing this, the third young lady of the Hou Mansion had a delicate smile on her lips and glanced at the fourth young lady of the Hou Mansion.
"Ahem, I'm afraid Third Sister is thinking too much. Who in our family doesn't know that Third Sister is the most considerate of sisters." The Fourth Miss of the Hou Mansion looked at Third Miss weakly and explained.
"You don't think too much, you know it in your heart." The third lady of the Hou family raised her eyebrows. Her voice was a bit sharp.
"Okay, let's go into the house and let Fifth Sister rest."
The second young lady of the Hou family is the eldest daughter of the eldest family member. She is also the eldest among the unmarried girls in the Hou family, so her words are quite weighty. After she spoke, the third young lady and the fourth young lady stopped talking about the topic.
idea.
After standing in front of the Hou Mansion for so long, I can finally enter.
Zhu Ping'an followed everyone into the Hou Mansion from the corner door. After entering the Hou Mansion, he realized that the gate of the Hou Mansion was low-key. The inside of the Hou Mansion was even more magnificent, far better than what he saw at the door.
Ancient Chinese buildings usually have two proper nouns, one is called "Jian" and the other is called "Jin". The one that opens horizontally is called "Jian", the one with three, five and seven rooms is called "Jin" and the one that extends longitudinally to the back is called "Jin".
One enters, two enters, and three enters. In fact, in the capital, especially in the inner city, there are strict regulations on mansion buildings. What kind of official positions are three, what are five, what are seven, and they are all strange.
Count three, five, seven, ninety-one...
However, over time, the rules have been ignored. As long as they are not near the palace, no one cares about them.
For example, the Linhuai Marquis Mansion is very large in size, with courtyards in and out, rows of buildings, steep ridges and cornices, carved beams and painted buildings, ceremonial gates, penthouses, halls, and rockery pavilions. Although Zhu Ping'an has a good memory, he can't tell.
There were as many buildings as there were in the Linhuai Marquis Mansion in the Qing Dynasty.
Once Hou Men enters, it is as deep as the sea. The literal meaning of this sentence is also feasible. There are too many buildings, just like the sea.
The Marquis Mansion was not only large, but the life inside was also extremely luxurious. It had carved beams and painted buildings, verandahs running through the mountains on both sides, and wing rooms. There were birds, flowers, and various kinds of koi carp swimming around. There were servants, old ladies, and maids coming and going all the time. There were probably hundreds of people there.
After entering the Hou Mansion, we walked for a long time before arriving at the guest room. This is the place arranged by the Hou Mansion for Zhu Pingan. This is still the front yard. The guest room arranged for Zhu Pingan is a small courtyard.
Li Shu directed the accompanying maids to place the daily necessities, pens, inks, paper and inkstones that had been prepared for Zhu Ping'an in advance in the guest room. The Ming Dynasty was quite particular. Without a marriage, the fiancé could only be treated as a guest and lived in the front room.
Please do not set foot in the backyard at will.
Li Shu watched the maid arrange Zhu Pingan's guest room before getting up and leaving. Zhu Pingan sent them to the hanging flower door, stopped, and watched them leave.
The hanging flower gate of the Hou Mansion is dignified and gorgeous, and extremely exquisite. From the outside, it looks like an extremely gorgeous gatehouse with a brick and wood structure.
Because the eaves column does not fall to the ground and hangs under the eaves, it is called a vertical column. There is a hanging bead under it, which is usually painted in the form of petals, so it is called the hanging flower door.
The hanging flower gate is the door inside the courtyard of ancient Han folk residential buildings. It is a very particular door in the courtyard. It is the dividing line and the only passage between the front yard of the inner house and the outer house. The front yard and the inner yard are separated by the hanging flower gate and the courtyard wall. The outer yard is mostly used for
The inner courtyard is where guests are received, and the inner courtyard is where the family lives and lives. Outsiders are generally not allowed to come in and out at will. Even the male servants of the family must comply with this rule.
In ancient times, people often said that the main door cannot go out and the second door does not step forward. The second door refers to the hanging flower gate.
"If anything happens, send someone to call me."
Zhu Ping'an still knew these rules, so he stopped in front of the Chuihua Gate, said a few words to Li Shu, and then watched them leave.
Without entering the inner courtyard, the bumpkin actually understood this, which disappointed the ladies in the Hou family who were waiting to see his joke.
Li Shu and others entered the hanging flower door and continued walking along the hand-painted corridor inside. In the middle was the hallway. The hallway is also what people often call the courtyard. A barrier made of fine marble was placed in front of the door. On the marble was carved
A poem by Li Bai is placed in the middle of the courtyard.
Because of this marble cover, Zhu Ping'an could not see behind, and only saw Li Shu and others disappearing in the blink of an eye.
If the hanging flower door is the first barrier in the inner courtyard, then this marble screen is the second barrier, and I believe there will be a third barrier.
However, Zhu Pingan was not interested in exploring. After watching Li Shu and others disappear into the backyard, he returned to his guest room. To be continued