Chapter 474: Chapter 443, Harmonious Home_1
In front of the Chuihua Gate, Madam Yan, the senior matriarch of the Yan Family, stretched her neck continuously, looking eagerly towards the main gate, unable to hide the urgency and anticipation on her face. Daohua, Yan Yihuan, Yan Yishuang, and Yan Yile stood respectfully on either side of the matriarch, waiting in a well-behaved manner.
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Soon, everyone saw Madam Li, the Sun Family, and the Wu Family accompany a beautiful woman and a gentle-looking young girl as they entered.
“Mother!”
At the sight of Madam Yan, Yan Siyu’s eyes immediately filled with tears. Letting go of Madam Li’s hand, she hurried towards her aged mother.
And Madam Yan, too tear-streaked, moved forward somewhat excitedly with quick steps.
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Daohua offered a supportive hand, but noticing that the elderly lady was steady on her feet, she did not intervene further, standing back to watch with a smile as her grandmother embraced the aunt she had never before met.
After watching for a while and feeling someone’s gaze upon her, Daohua looked up to see it was her aunt’s daughter and responded with a smile and a nod.
Yang Xiujun also paused briefly upon realizing that Daohua had noticed her scrutiny, but seeing her nod in a friendly and proper way, she too smiled and nodded in response.
As soon as she entered through the Chuihua Gate, her first attention was drawn to the cousin of the Yan Family standing beside her grandmother, dressed in a silver-red Kesi Silk jacket with white fox fur trims and a coral-red skirt embroidered with branch-folded plum blossoms.
Yang Xiujun’s eyes slightly dropped, hiding the astonishment within.
Sister Yiyi from her maternal uncle’s side was even more dazzling and lively than she had imagined, with a demeanor that did not fall short of the aristocratic ladies and daughters of knights from the high-ranking families in Beijing, whom the Yang Family could not match.
Over here, Madam Li along with the members of the Sun and Wu Families had already calmed down the weeping reunion of mother and daughter.
“Xiujun, come and pay your respects to your grandmother,” said Yan Siyu, wiping away her tears and beckoning to her daughter.
Yang Xiujun stepped forward, and when a maid placed the cushion properly, she knelt down at once, “Xiujun pays her respects to grandmother,” she said earnestly, kowtowing three times to Madam Yan.
Madam Yan bent over to help Yang Xiujun up, holding her hand with a smile, “Stand up, my child, let your grandmother have a good look at you.”
Yang Xiujun stood obediently with an appropriately measured smile on her face, allowing the senior matriarch and the other members of the Yan Residence to appraise her.
Seeing Daohua and the others standing behind without moving, Madam Li spoke with a smile, “What are you all doing standing there foolishly? Come and greet your aunt.”
Daohua immediately led Yan Yihuan and the other two to greet Yan Siyu, moving in unison to bow to her.
“We pay our respects to Aunt.”
Yan Siyu quickly helped the four girls up, scrutinizing them closely with her focus lingering on Daohua a few times before looking back at Madam Li and the other two women, “Sisters-in-law have indeed done a wonderful job teaching these girls. Just look at their poise and demeanor; they are in no way inferior to the daughters of high-ranking families in Beijing.”
At these words, Yan Yihuan, Yan Yishuang, and Yan Yile showed joy on their faces and secretly thought that their time spent learning etiquette and manners with Master Shen had not been in vain.
Daohua merely smiled politely, not taking the complimentary words to heart.
Yan Siyu watched the reactions of the four girls, somewhat surprised by Daohua’s composure and calmness.
Although her words may have been somewhat exaggerated, they were not false. From the initial impression, the upbringing of the four Yan Family girls truly was not inferior to that of the maidens from Beijing; in fact, it was even slightly better.
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