The girls from the Xue family watched their friends leave, and when they saw a carriage parked at the side door, they immediately attracted interest. The maid was busy urging them to leave and avoid them.

They hid behind the flower window and covered their faces with kesi flower balls, revealing their curious eyes.

The servant handed over the invitation, and the concierge sent a person to the Liuxian Pavilion.

When the girls looked at that direction, they immediately understood.

"Counting the time, it's time for her to entertain guests."

"Hehe, I heard that she hired a cook herself, but according to her monthly bill, even if she invites someone, I'm afraid there is no material to do it."

"No, I heard from Hongling that she invited the cook to the bunch of flowers and was at a loss. What decent food can some flowers make? Later, she added money and bought the materials. The materials were not too much. The mandarin fish could barely catch their eyes, but it was just that big, and it was a bit difficult to make a big dish." She gestured as she covered her mouth and laughed secretly, gloating.

This "she" refers to Miss Six. He had never heard of this person more than ten years ago. But one day, their grandfather and their father brought back a country girl, saying that she had been weak since childhood and grew up in the countryside. Now she has just passed the disaster and took her home. She asked them to respect their sisters and treat them with courtesy. The first day after they returned, they changed their rankings. The sixteenth and below girls came out of nowhere and extended their rankings for more than ten years, and taught them how to convince them.

At this time, the literary banquet, poetry and painting meeting, the family did not allow her to show up, so why were they not satisfied? When they heard that although she was not showing up in poetry and painting, she had permission to entertain her friends in Liuxian Pavilion and allow her to invite the cook. They didn't care about it, but they expressed envy of it deep in their hearts.

The five girls who were not yet married watched coldly: "After all, they are from our family. They make others laugh and feel proud. My Xue family girl has reached such a narrow mind? Then what is the difference between you and the village woman?"

After she said that, she turned around and left, and the remaining girls felt their faces burning.

The youngest twelve girl was in the rebellious period, and her grandparents' eyes suddenly turned to Xue Liu. She felt that she had become a little cabbage whose father did not love her mother, but did not care for her grandparents. She was at a loss and hated Xue Liu's soft and weak appearance. Not only did the fifth sister not listen to her words, but she wanted to see Xue Liu's embarrassment now, and she couldn't listen to her sisters' advice and stop her: "Hmph, I have to go and see!"

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Liuxian Pavilion.

The indoor flower utensils are clustered with green branches, with many small leaves, and scattered small pearls are dotted among the numerous green leaves. They cannot be placed in a slender bottle like night combination to watch, but when the wind blows, the room is filled with fragrance.

The maid attracts guests.

She stepped into the room and unbuttoned the hood and handed it to the maid. Under her smooth forehead, there was a little plum blossom makeup, which was particularly cute. When others saw her, they would be attracted by the little plum blossoms, and would not pay attention to her earlobes that were slightly longer than ordinary people.

As soon as Miss Xue Liu saw someone, she met him, held the hands of the visitor, and called intimately: "Chengxin."

"Mianzhi."

"It's great all the way, will the sunlight be too fierce?" Xue Nianzhi brought Liu Chengxin to the couch and asked.

Liu Chengxin shook her head with a smile. "I heard that when you were taken back to the Xue family, I didn't really believe it. Is there anything I didn't get used to?"

"It's like a dream." Xue Nianzhi smiled softly.

Luping brought tea and pastries. Liu Chengxin picked up the cup, her nose wings twitched, and her eyebrows stretched out, exclaiming: "It's so elegant. Is it soaking the aroma in the unopened lotus?"

Look at the lotus crispy in the dark porcelain plate, which is small and exquisite. You have to be bolder and you can eat it in one bite. When she saw it, she couldn't put it down and picked it up and tasted it. It was fragrant and crispy. The layers of crispy crust were crispy in her mouth, and finally the taste of lotus glutinous rice.

Fortunately, it is not big and I am holding it with a handkerchief and not afraid of falling. Otherwise, the crust will be broken, which will be inelegant.

"Yes, this is made by the cook I specially invited."

After eating snacks, they began to talk about poetry and painting.

Liu Chengxin brought a few scrolls, and after they cleaned their hands, they took them to the desk to appreciate them.

Xue Nianzhi came from Nanxun, and Liu Chengxin lived in the capital for a long time. Their encounter began in childhood. By chance, they had the same hobbies and appreciated each other. After that, they communicated letters and expressed their feelings on paper for several years. Until Xue Nianzhi was taken to the capital and became Miss Xue Liu. He took advantage of the poetry and painting party and a small banquet to invite Liu Chengxin and invited her. When they grew up, the two girls met for the first time. They were so intimate that they surpassed the barriers between time and space, and they fell in love at first sight.

"Hey, Miss Twelve, we are entertaining guests."

"What, I can't come to visit my sister as a sister? Get out of here!"

There was a commotion outside the Liuxian Pavilion. Xue Shier stepped in with great strides, turned his head left and right and quickly locked the person she was looking for. Lu Ping hurriedly followed her, like a quail with her neck shrinking, and like a defeated rooster, not daring to look up.

"Twelve Sister, are you in trouble?" Xue Nianzhi asked.

Xue Shier's eyes fell on Liu Chengxin's eyebrows and earlobes, and then quickly swept over her clothes, and had already recognized the identity of the person, and thought to himself that Xue Liu had the luck to know Liu Chengxin from the Liu family in Hedong.

"It turned out to be Sister Chengxin. I'll take a look at Sister Six's guests." Xue Shier looked innocent and charming, "I want to listen to what you are talking about."

"It's good that you don't feel bored." Xue Nianzhi raised his eyebrows and did not drive her away, asking her to keep it. He continued to appreciate it with Liu Chengxin, and was interested in lying in poetry together, leaving Xue Shier alone.

It was dinner time and it was not getting dark yet.

When Xue Shier saw the sky, he became excited and encouraged Liu Chengxin to stay for dinner. Her sixth sister specially invited the cook to cook.

Xue Nianzhi smiled and whispered to Luping: "Luping, go and see if you're ready."

"Girl, it's ready and you can serve the food at any time."

"Let's arrange it." After she finished her explanation, she told Liu Chengxin that the dinner was ready, and she finished it first and then looked at the painting. She glanced at Xue Shier. Xue Shier looked back at her obediently and innocently. Xue Nianzhi said again: "Sister Twelve is planning to leave for dinner, too?"

"It's better to obey your orders than respect. Thank you for your hospitality!" Xue Shier smiled and showed his tiger teeth, as if he was a demonstration.

The cold pickled rice root of the appetizer is glutinous rice.

The ripe rice is stuffed with lotus root holes, sliced ​​and placed neatly, poured with rose braised, sweet and non-stick to the teeth, and it is very palatable after being chilled.

The second dish was served while they were eating.

This is a dish that is elegant and pleasant.

It attracted the attention of those present as soon as it was brought up.

In the jade-white bowl, a white lotus pod floats on the clear soup. The lotus pod is embedded with a few green lotus seeds, and lotus leaves are dotted next to it, just like transplanting and planting the lotus pods in the pond in the bowl.

"Is this a bowl of lotus?" Xue Shier was stunned and felt for a moment that he had gone to the wrong place. It should not appear at the dining table, but at the desk of the literati and poets.
Chapter completed!