"The oriole is whispering in the shade of the green locust tree, and there is no one in the deep courtyard in the spring afternoon." On the spring afternoon, the entire backyard was quiet. Wei Changying was wearing a dark pea green embroidered camellia leaves, narrow sleeves, and a pair of trousers. The bust skirt is tied all the way to the armpits, and the pomegranate red silk ribbon is tied into a pair of concentric knots on the chest, leaving long tassels floating in the soft wind. She tied a single snail loosely, and there were no pearls in her hair, but there were several locust flowers on her temples that were as white as snow.
She was also chewing a bunch of notes in her mouth, staring at the pink-billed oriole not far away who was looking at her curiously, thinking, "These two lines of poems are probably about this moment?"
After finishing the food in her mouth, she looked around and selected a string of sophora flowers that was about to hang on her forehead. Then she raised her hand. Perhaps the oriole misunderstood that she was trying to catch it, so she screamed in surprise. It flapped its wings and flew away.
Seeing it fly away, Wei Changying, who had no intention of disturbing the oriole, suddenly felt depressed and lost interest in continuing to eat.
She stuffed the bunch of locust flowers she had picked into her sleeves, fell back, and lay down on the treetop on the branch she was sitting on, staring at the sky in a daze.
In fact, the sky cannot be seen.
This locust tree is a hundred years old, and the tree is covered with moss, but it still has lush branches and leaves, and it blooms lively every year. The light-colored white flowers suddenly bloomed with surging momentum, just like a tree in a storm; or like broken jade branches full of pearls, a dazzling array of flowers.
Although Wei Changying climbed to the middle of the tree crown in order to hide his eyes from others, when he lay down, he could only see the densely packed locust flowers, blooming so happily, so pure, bright and enthusiastically. Even traces of locust leaves are difficult to find.
Several strands even fell directly onto her face.
I picked all these bunches and put them into my sleeves together. I thought that after returning to the Shuangting Courtyard, Aunt Huang could smell the scent of locust flowers and guess that I was hiding here... This way, I would like to be in this tree tomorrow. It’s impossible to hide and be clean...
The aunt in charge is too shrewd, and it will be difficult for the young lady to do something less formal.
Today, she excused herself to take a nap. After dismissing others, she quietly opened the back window and slipped out... Afraid of the sound of her clogs, she put on a pair of silk shoes and walked along a gravel-covered path, causing the soles of her feet to be broken. The stone was so raw that it hurt.
However, I also knew that with Huang's shrewdness, it would be impossible for him to be hit again tomorrow.
Without the scent of locust flowers, Mrs. Huang would have sent people to guard the windows.
Thinking of this, Wei Changying felt a little headache.
But, in fact, Wei Changying didn't know what he was going to do when he sneaked out like this
She turned her face and looked sideways. From under the locust flowers, she could see a small half of the Ruiyu Hall, lined with rows of trees, surrounded by smoke and trees. From time to time, she could see purple swallows and orioles passing in and out. On the lake in the garden, you can vaguely see pieces of new lotus floating on the water... You can't see it, but you can imagine the scene of colorful dragonflies flying in the water...
—It’s late spring with dark green and sparse red colors, and it’s March.
Not only that, just a few days ago, Shen Zangfeng and his party had arrived in Fengzhou.
Because she came to pick up a bride, she did not live in Ruiyu Hall, but found another house to live in.
Yesterday, the departure date was set, just three days later.
Now everyone in Ruiyu Hall is busy, the elders and confidants are busy checking her dowry for the last time; the servants who have decided to dowry are busy saying goodbye to relatives who can't go with them; the small kitchen is busy stewing nourishing food for her in different ways. things…
Even several brothers were busy practicing their manners and conversation in order to greet the guests at the wedding banquet.
On the other hand, Wei Changying had little time to spare.
I was so free that I didn't know what to do - so much so that I could only sneak out when everyone was taking a nap, climb up to this century-old locust tree, and lie down among the locust flowers in a daze.
After being stunned for a long time, Wei Changying sat up in frustration. She felt that she was not suitable for this kind of person who was sad about spring and autumn. For example: it is really suitable for people who are sad about spring and autumn, whether it is about to get married, or just go out by yourself in the afternoon. The behavior that comes out, especially when facing the sophora flowers that are densely packed in all directions, as white as snow, fragrant, sweet and delicious, facing any one of them, you will enter a state of brilliance; if the three are complete, you will definitely have a spring of literary thoughts, not to mention eight out of ten poems. At least one or two good poems should come out.
... And after she had been thinking about it for so long, she only came up with a few sentences, which were written by someone else.
"It's better to pick more and bring them back. Asking Aunt Huang to make sophora flower cake for me is the right thing to do!" Wei Changying thought very pragmatically, "Although eating sophora peanuts makes your mouth full of flavor, it will make you tired after eating too much... Well, steam some more , with Fufang drink. Why did I forget to bring a bottle of Fufang drink?”
The narrow sleeves of the short jacket obviously couldn't hold so much. Wei Changying looked around and held up the skirt - the twelve-piece skirt was extremely wide. It was more than enough to pull up part of it to hold some locust flowers, but it was a headache to hold up the skirt for a while. Go down…
It only took Wei Changying a few breaths to solve this problem. She stuffed the skirt of her skirt into the lace on her chest to try to secure it, and she felt relieved immediately. Well, it turns out that it is easier to do such a thing. Grandma usually praises herself for being smart, which is absolutely true. Reciting poems and writing poems is all false!
After picking all the locust flowers on the nearby branches, my skirt was already heavy. Wei Changying breathed a sigh of relief and looked under the tree. To be on the safe side, he decided to rest for a while and wait until his strength recovered before continuing.
Taking advantage of this situation, she held the locust flower with her skirt in one hand, leaving her free hand to pick out the debris and leaves inside. While I was picking it up, suddenly an inconspicuous little thing bumped into the trunk of a tree not far away.
Wei Changying glanced at it casually and said that it fell from the top of the tree. He didn't take it seriously and continued to select locust flowers.
She didn't want to look away until another small thing crashed nearby.
Wei Changying couldn't help but raise his head and looked at the top of the tree in confusion.
However, even though she had picked all the locust flowers around her, the areas above her that were out of reach were still lush and green, and she couldn't tell if something was falling somewhere.
The third time, a small stone directly hit the branch beside Wei Changying, and she realized that the stone actually came from... under the tree? !
She was so frightened that she lowered her head and saw that she almost didn't fall!
I saw the person under the tree wearing an azure straight train and a golden crown on his head. His brows were sharp and heroic. Isn't that...
Shen Zangfeng? !
—How do I explain it? ?
Wei Changying was completely petrified at this moment!
She stared blankly at her fiancé under the tree, thinking: Is it still too late to pretend to be one of her cousins
In the midst of trepidation, Shen Zangfeng raised his head and said something very quickly. But maybe he was worried that this was the backyard and was worried about being heard, so he kept his voice very low. So young... Well, Wei Changying continued to look at him blankly, at a loss...
Shen Zangfeng asked twice more, but he didn't know whether he found that she couldn't hear or thought she had agreed, so he actually lifted up the corners of his robe and tucked it into the jade belt around his waist. Then, under the gaze of the guard captain Ying, who was dumbfounded and sitting on pins and needles, almost jumping down to escape, he jumped up neatly, walked several steps in mid-air, touched the trunk of the locust tree three times to use force, performed a somersault in the air, and landed just right. On the branch beside Wei Changying.
Could it be that he thought I was very unruly and wanted to come up and beat me? Wei Changying looked at him warily.
Shen Zangfeng seemed to feel that it was presumptuous of him to sneak into the backyard to see his fiancée. Wei Changying stared at him, his face turned red, and he moved his eyes slightly to the locust flower next to him, and he was speechless for a moment.
The two were in a stalemate for a long time, but Shen Zangfeng spoke first. He coughed lightly, looked at the bunch of Sophora japonica flowers and whispered, "Want to eat Sophora japonica dumplings or Sophora japonica cakes?"
"No, let Aunt Huang make sophora flower cake and steam it to eat." Wei Changying subconsciously said.
After saying this, the two fell into silence.
... After another moment, Wei Changying clenched his fists, took a breath, straightened his face, and said coldly, "Why are you here!?"
Well, as a lady of the house, it is wrong for me to sneak out of the boudoir and climb a tree, but what is the point of you, a young lady of the house, running into the backyard privately before you have picked me up
Well, since I was wrong, I must also give the other party a reason...
Clear embarrassment flashed across Shen Zang's face, his eyes wandered, and he coughed softly: "I just walked over there and saw you sitting motionless up there. I thought you encountered some difficulties and didn't want to announce it, so I came to take a look."
Wei Changying looked in the direction of his finger and asked suspiciously: "Going to find Changfeng?"
"No, well, we still need the road over there."
Seeing that the topic had changed, Wei Changying made up his mind. When he saw the direction he was pointing clearly, he couldn't help but said in surprise: "There... are you going?"
"My father-in-law likes to be quiet, and he is afraid that he will not have time to see me in three days, so he asked me to go back to Leyiyuan today." Shen Zangfeng coughed lightly for the third time, "I saw you when I came out."
So it turns out that his father summoned this boy just now? Why didn't anyone tell me... Wei Changying was silent for a moment, then asked with ulterior motives: "What time was it when you saw me?"
"About a moment ago." After saying these words, Shen Zangfeng seemed to be more relaxed and whispered, "My servant sent me to the second door, and I came back after he left."
After a quick calculation, he determined that he must have taken a "shortcut" to climb over a wall on the way back, so he could be so fast - well, counting, it seems that he climbed over at least... five walls? We also have to bypass the few guards in the middle and the servants who happen to pass by...
Wei Changying was suddenly a little worried about her own strength - no, she didn't think she might not be able to beat her. What she was worried about was that her fiancé ran so fast. If she wanted to beat him in the future, he would run away quickly and she would not be able to catch up. ,This is how to do
She was about to further inquire about the enemy's situation, but before she opened her mouth, Shen Zangfeng asked: "Do you want to go on?"
Go down? Of course I have to go down. If you hadn't come here, I would have already... wait!
Wei Changying suddenly understood something. She looked at Shen Zangfeng with a strange look on her face and said, "You... you think the difficulty I encountered that I can't talk about publicly is that... I just can't get down?"
The two of them are very close now. Wei Changying is already gorgeous. In this bright March, the word "bright and incomparable" seems to have been specially coined for her. Shen Zangfeng seemed to be staring intently at Sophora japonica, but he glanced at her secretly from the corner of his eyes. He noticed that she seemed annoyed and said hurriedly: "How could that be? I think you may be tired."
This is true. The question is, why do I think this guy thinks he is making a good excuse for me
"In the yard where we live in the future, there is a century-old sycamore tree. The fourth sister loved to climb and play on it since she was a child." Seeing that she didn't speak, Shen Zangfeng said kindly, "I was the one who brought her down every time."
Wei Changying heard it: his future sister-in-law, the fourth young lady of the Shen family, could not get down every time she climbed up the sycamore tree... Shen Zangfeng had made it a habit to rescue his sister-in-law. As soon as he saw himself sitting on the tree, he thought Like his sister, he fell into the dilemma of climbing a tree and being unable to get down...
The question is, am I your sister
Simply... you simply underestimate me!
Wei Changying was furious!
I just want to rest for a while. Am I weak enough that I need your help? ?
You can't even get down from the tree, how can I beat you into obedience in the future? Uh, okay, for the sake of the inconvenience that I have now, I won't hit you... But no matter what, I have to show you my strength! Lest you think that I am weak and can be bullied and defeated with just one hand!
With the strategic purpose of using force to intimidate, Captain Ying narrowed his eyes and lightly patted a branch as thick as a human leg with his hand - only to hear a crackling sound immediately coming from the wood, and cracks appeared quickly!
She said proudly: "Look..." Did you see it? I am very cruel! If you have any ideas in the future that you shouldn't make, think about this branch first! How could someone as cruel as me need your rescue!
Unexpectedly, before she finished speaking, her whole body suddenly sank. Unexpectedly, the guard commander Ying turned pale and instinctively screamed! I didn't know what was happening, but suddenly my arm tightened, and my whole body was pulled up with force!
"Ouch!?" She was pulled headlong into Shen Zangfeng's chest. She was so frightened that she felt her waist tighten again, but she was hugged tightly by him, and a strong masculine aura rushed towards her face. It was the first time since the age of seven that Wei Changying had such close contact with an adult man. He was horrified! She grabbed his arm and pushed him away. He was so anxious that he almost cried, "What are you doing? What do you want to do!?"
"... The branch you are sitting on," because something happened suddenly, Wei Changying was leaning closely on Shen Zangfeng. You could clearly feel that he couldn't help but take a deep breath. He didn't know whether it was to suppress laughter or to Calm your mind and listen to him say word by word in a tone and intonation that you are trying to suppress every time you hear it, "... hit, break, stop!"
Note that the delicious snow-white food is actually acacia... It was only introduced to China in 1877. But I checked Sophora japonica and found that the first tree is as beautiful as it, and the second tree is as delicious as it. When I think about it, it’s just empty talk anyway! Then, I got hungry halfway through writing this chapter. Yes, Chang Ying decided to give up the sadness of spring and autumn and pick more locust flowers to make some serious food... (To be continued)