Two days before Shangyuan Festival.
The weather is getting warmer, the snow in the yard is gradually melting, and the jade stamens in front of the door are emerging, and spring is coming.
Jin Lu stood behind the screen of the rosewood wood-inlaid painting seat and called, "Miss, are you all right?"
After a while, a delicate and sweet voice came from behind the screen: "Wait, it's still not good."
Wei Luo didn't like to be served by someone when she was taking a bath, she always sent out both Jin Lu and Bai Lan, and washed slowly by herself. She was standing in front of the bathtub at the moment, looking at the peach red embroidered gold peony pattern bellyband in her hand, she tried to put it on several times but failed to put it on.
Not because I can't wear it, but because it hurts.
She is now at the age when a little girl begins to develop, her chest is sore and sore, and she will hiss if she touches it lightly.
If she wasn't going to visit her fourth aunt today, she wouldn't even want to wear a bellyband.
It's not that this kind of thing hasn't happened, these days when she doesn't go out, she only wears a light shirt in the green gauze closet.
It's just that she was the only one in the Bisha closet, and there were at most two maidservants, Jin Lu and Bai Lan, so she couldn't dress like this when she went to see her fourth aunt.
Jin Lu called out again, and she frowned displeasedly, so she had to endure the discomfort and put on her apron, and then asked Jin Lu to come in to help her get dressed.
Jin Lu walked in from behind the screen with her head down, not daring to look at her body too much for fear of becoming addicted, so she carefully picked up her clothes. Even so, when she waited on her to get dressed, she still inevitably touched that white and flawless skin, with icy muscles and bones, exquisite and translucent, seducing people to linger and forget to return.
Wei Luo changed into a concubine-colored goose-colored goose jacket with a pair of reed flowers on it, with a moon-white lake skirt underneath, and a cherry-colored Su embroidered peony-patterned skirt, and then walked out of the room. The weather outside is clear and the sky is blue. Originally, she was not used to taking a bath in broad daylight, but she had a dream last night and woke up covered in sweat. She felt uncomfortable, so she took a quick bath in the morning.
Bai Lan led the way with a food box. She has been with Wei Luo for four or five years, and now she is very comfortable with the affairs of the family. She is no longer the girl who restrained her hands and feet when she first came to the British government, was cautious in everything she did, and was always cautious and apprehensive.
Arriving at Sifang Plum Garden, as soon as they walked to the door, before they could make a sound, a small figure leaped over from behind the door, put his arms around Wei Luo's waist, and shouted joyfully, "Fourth Sister!"
Wei Luo tried to push the little guy away, but although he was small, he had a lot of strength, so he hugged her tightly and couldn't move her for a long time. "Wei Changmi, how do you know I'm here?"
It is precisely because she has seen Wei Changmi's grown-up appearance in the future that Ah Luo really can't accept his affection for her, and always involuntarily substitutes his grown-up face. Thinking about that unrestrained, ruffian Wei Changmi hugging himself like this, he shivered.
Wei Changmi raised his head, showing a clear and handsome face, and said with a smile on his face, "Fourth Sister has fragrance on her body, I can smell it as soon as you come."
Wei Luo poked him on the forehead, he knew how to say nice things to make girls happy at such a young age, no wonder he became flirtatious when he grew up. Although she is fragrant, it is definitely not as exaggerated as he said. She just dripped two drops of rose dew prepared by Han's when she took a bath. After taking a bath, there will be a faint fragrance on her body, which can only be smelled when she is close. He must have heard footsteps before he knew she was coming.
"Chang Mi, you are messing around with the fourth sister again." Qin Shi held a small enamel hand stove in his hand, and wore a cloak with agarwood-colored dark flowers, four seasons, begonias and grapes, and smiled while sitting on the iron wood arhat bed.
Only then did Chang Mi let go of Wei Luo, returned to the Arhat bed and sat on the footsteps, cupped her cheeks and said, "I didn't mess around, I just said that because I like Fourth Sister."
Wei Luo glanced at him, didn't say anything, took the red sandalwood food box from Bai Lan's hand and put it on the red lacquer mother-of-pearl table, "Yesterday Chang Hong went to the street to help me buy Yuhelou dim sum, I think fourth aunt also likes it , I’ll ask him to bring one for you.” He opened the food box, and there were four small plates of exquisite pastries, including red bean milk rolls, jujube paste yam cakes, lotus root powder osmanthus cakes and rouge cold cakes. Yuhelou's dim sum is famous for these four items. Although the ingredients are very ordinary, the taste is excellent.
Qin shi took a piece of rouge cold cake, which was ice cold in the mouth, and eating this in winter made people feel refreshed. However, when you eat it, the milky and fruity taste quickly melts in your mouth and permeates the mouth, which is quite delicious. While feeding Chang Mi a piece, she said with emotion: "Chang Hong really cares about you. The two of you have a deep love for siblings, which is enviable, but..." She stopped in the middle of the sentence, and she looked at Chang Mi. Showing mixed emotions.
Wei Luo knew what she wanted to say, she and Chang Hong had a good relationship, on the contrary, Wei Zheng and Wei Changmi had a bad relationship.
As soon as Wei Changmi saw Wei Zheng, he subconsciously rejected her, and was neither affectionate nor affectionate towards her. Wei Zheng got angry when he saw him like this, and didn't look good towards him. The relationship between the siblings is deteriorating day by day, until now, it has reached the point of ignoring each other.
Wei Luo felt that there was nothing wrong with this. Wei Changmi was raised under the door of the fourth house, and had been adopted by his fourth aunt as a son years ago. It is normal for him not to get close to Wei Zheng. After all, he has never been with Wei Zheng before, and lives with his fourth aunt and Wei Changxian's three brothers every day. It goes without saying which one is closer and which is farther.
On the day that Wei Changmi adopted Qin, Du rushed from the ginkgo garden to the ancestral hall, holding him heartbroken and refused to die. Wei Changmi shivered in her arms, struggling to call Qin Shi "mother". This phrase "mother" was a big blow to Mrs. Du, because every time Mrs. Du saw him, he never called her "mother", and only called her Mrs. Wei along with Wei Luo. Later, Wei Kun asked someone to take her back, she was devastated, she looked at Wei Changmi with empty eyes, as if a piece of flesh had been gouged out alive, her chest was dripping with blood, leaving only helplessness and despair.
It's normal when you think about it, Qin Shi did everything a mother should do except that she never gave birth to Chang Mi, she loved and cared for him very much. And what about Du Shi? what did she do Every time she saw Chang Mi, she would only cry, cry and complain, cry and speak ill of Qin Shi and Wei Luo, and in the end Chang Mi was so frightened that she cried along with her.
It is not an exaggeration for Wei Changmi to call Qin's mother, but not her mother.
Now when Wei Changmi heard Qin's words, he pouted his lips unhappily, swallowed a piece of rouge cold cake, and rushed to say: "I have a good relationship with my fourth sister, no worse than Brother Chang Hong."
Qin couldn't help laughing, stroked his hair and asked, "There are so many older sisters in the house, why do you only like fourth older sister?"
Wei Changmi answered in a dignified way: "Because fourth sister is the prettiest."
With a "thud" sound, Qin Shi nodded helplessly on his forehead, "You..."
Knowing the difference between beauty and ugliness at such a young age, it is really worrying when you grow up.
Coming out of Sifang, on the way back, I happened to meet Wei Jian and Wei Zheng.
Ever since the third wife hurt her once when she was six years old, Wei Chang has been lukewarm towards Liu Shi. In addition, there was a problem with Liu's natal family. A few years ago, Liu Changqing's official position as a salt transport envoy was removed. Mrs. Liu has always been depressed and her natal family has been in decline. Seeing that Wei Jian has reached the age of marriage, she starts to worry about the issue of dowry. Every time at this time, she can't help but think of the boxes of jewelry and dowry she gave to Wei Luo, and her heartache cannot be increased. She told Wei Jian these things, so that now when Wei Jian saw Wei Luo, the expression on his face would become very uncomfortable.
The two girls in the distance are slender and slender. Wei Jian is wearing a honey-heeled Luo shirt, a white Luo embroidered skirt under it, and an aloes-colored satin cape covered with golden makeup. The dress is a little monotonous. In contrast, Wei Zheng next to her is much brighter, wearing a pair of red satin jacket with precious pattern, a green skirt with gold pins embroidered on the skirt, red and green on her skirt. On the body, instead of looking vulgar, it highlights a kind of pretty beauty. She is more delicate and lively than Wei Jian, and her eyes are also sharp. She unceremoniously looked at Wei Luo who was opposite, without calling out "fourth sister" or saying hello, she pulled Wei Jian around and left.
Wei Luo watched them go away, the contempt flashed in his eyes, and he continued walking.
Back in Pine Garden, Wei Kun and Wei Changhong were discussing the Lantern Festival in the main room. Every time this time comes, Shengjing City will be busier than New Year’s Eve. Lanterns are hung in front of every house in the streets, and thousands of river lanterns are floating on the Qujiang River in the city, like the Milky Way on the ground, beautiful and bright. Wei Kun thought that the children had been restrained for a year, so he deliberately let them go to the street to be lively, so he discussed the arrangements for that night with Chang Hong.
Wei Luo walked into the main room, and immediately saw the young man sitting on the iron wood armchair. He was dressed in a straight skirt with a snow-blue persimmon stalk pattern, with a slender figure and handsome features. When he lowered his head and listened carefully to Wei Kun's words, his thick long eyelashes cast a circle of shadows on his cheeks, covering the look in his eyes. He raised his head when he heard the voice, and when he saw her, his eyes became soft and kind, "Ah Luo."
Wei Luo stepped forward and sat on the chair beside him, "What were you talking about just now?"
Wei Kun picked up the ink-colored bell, took a sip of Emeifeng, and said slowly, "The next day will be the Lantern Festival, and I won't have time, so I told Chang Hong that I want Song Hui to take you outside."
Wei Luo was taken aback for a moment, then smiled, "Brother Song Hui is busy with the exam, isn't he? Is he free?"
Song Hui took the Huiyuan examination the year before, and was preparing to take the Jinshi examination in the past two years. He spent most of the year reading at home, and Wei Luo hadn't seen him for a long time.
Wei Kun nodded and said: "I asked him in advance, and he said that he was free that day."
Wei Kun has his own selfish intentions in this move. As her daughter grows bigger, her marriage with Song Hui should also be settled. It would be great if the marriage can be settled before Song Hui's exam. Because he knew that by virtue of Song Hui's talent, he would definitely be among the top three in the imperial examination. Emperor Chongzhen valued talented people. If he could stand out in the palace examination, his career in the future would be limitless.
Wei Luo said "oh" in a lingering tone, "I'll listen to daddy."
Chang Hong pursed his lower lip in displeasure, but didn't say anything. He has never waited to see Song Hui, and he still does so for so many years, and he doesn't know how Song Hui offended him, and made him hate it to such an extent.
As soon as the words finished, Wei Zheng was standing at the door with a subtle expression on his face, "Daddy, I'm going too."