Like last time, Aunt Ji greeted Yu Tang at the second gate, and accompanied her all the way to Lao An's courtyard.
On the way, she whispered to Yu Tang: "The first wife and the second wife came to say hello to the old An, and I have to wrong Miss Yu to wait in the Nuan Pavilion."
The younger generation came to show their filial piety, of course she shouldn't get involved, Mrs. Ji was polite and put it so tactfully.
Yu Tang was thinking about meeting the eldest wife when she came to Pei's house, thinking about the rumors when Pei Yan just took over the Pei's house, she not only responded with a smile, but also changed the subject like avoiding suspicion: "Ms. Ji, tomorrow is the Double Ninth Festival. Why haven't there been chrysanthemums in the house?"
The Double Ninth Festival is the time when chrysanthemums bloom best. People in Jiangnan love flowers. Even if they are in a family, they have to raise two chrysanthemums. Even if a single ink chrysanthemum comes out or a few mountains of chrysanthemums are piled up, it is too embarrassing to say that the festival is coming.
Who knows that this sentence should not be said.
A flash of embarrassment flashed across Mrs. Ji's expression, and said: "It's not that our third master doesn't like these flowers. After the old master left, Lao An was unhappy, and he didn't have the mood to appreciate flowers and grow grass. Those of us who are servants are not good at making our own decisions."
The villain in Yu Tang wiped his sweat, and hurriedly said: "It's true. When my mother was unwell two years ago, our family was not in the mood for the holidays. The horseshoe cakes, snowflake cakes, etc. Dim sum is bought from the market.”
I don't know where this sentence hit Aunt Ji's heart, and Aunt Ji said with emotion: "Who said it wasn't. Since our old man went west with a crane, Lao An suddenly seemed to have collapsed. In the past, he liked beautiful people so much. The master of Jinlou wanted to live at home all year round and make jewelry for the old man. This year, he didn’t even make a piece of clothing, let alone make jewelry. It was the old man’s anniversary a few days ago, The second master persuaded Lao An for a day, and Lao An's spirit gradually improved." At this point, she looked at the little maid who was leading the way, and lowered her voice to remind Yu Tang, "I will wait for you When you meet Lao An, just make her happy, if you can make her make jewelry and clothes, there will be no one in the whole house who will not be grateful to you."
Yu Tang blinked his eyes.
It's not that the lover's family has taken a fancy to her peanut cakes, but they want to find someone who can make Lao An laugh!
It sounds like the second master is really filial as the rumors say. But where did Pei Yan go? Why didn't he persuade Lao An
The whole family is grateful to her, so will the eldest wife also be grateful to her
Yu Tang sat down in Nuan Pavilion, and met another acquaintance—Lei Zhi.
She stood up happily and said, "Do you remember me?"
Li Zhi smiled at her, and said, "I saw you when you came last time, but I was on duty in the tea room that day, so I didn't have the nerve to say hello to you."
Yu Tang saw that she was dressed in a neat cyan hang silk bijia, holding a red lacquered and silver painted tray in the shape of a begonia flower, full of energy, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to come to Lao An's side too."
Li Zhi smiled and said: "I have been here for almost a year, and I am still learning the rules. No, I saw you coming, so I found an excuse to come here."
The two were chatting happily, and Yu Tang knew a lot about Pei's residence.
For example, Lao An is not a person who likes to set rules for his daughter-in-law. It turned out that when the old man was there, the two wives followed her husband in office. The second wife would just come over to say hello on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year. The reason why the eldest wife and second wife came here today is because the Double Ninth Festival is coming soon, but the old man suddenly said that the festival is not over, and he is going to live in the temple for two days. No matter how much the second master tried to persuade him, he couldn't persuade him, so he asked the second wife to accompany him to serve the old An, but the old An didn't agree.
Then the old An promised to see her
Yu Tang was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "When will Lao An leave?"
Lei Zhi said: "Leave early tomorrow morning to Zhaoming Temple." After finishing speaking, he pursed his lips and smiled, "Otherwise, why would it be my turn to pour tea for you? Busy packing the boxes!"
Yu Tang felt that he came at the wrong time.
Who would have thought that as soon as this thought came up, a festive and well-behaved maidservant with a round face came in, smiled and saluted her, and said, "Miss Yu, Lao An knew you were here, let me Please go there!"
Lei Zhi introduced to Yu Tang: "This is the sister Pearl in the old Ann's house."
This little girl looked younger than Li Zhi, either she was born with an immature face, or she was the first-class servant girl next to Lao An, and elder sister was a respectful title.
However, the name Pearl suits this little girl very well, she is indeed round and gentle.
Yu Tang followed her with "Sister Pearl".
Pearl was so frightened that she took half a step back, she didn't even dare, and said with a blushing face, "This is a joke, Miss Yu must not take it seriously, or Aunt Chen will punish me."
Yu Tang couldn't figure out the depth of the old Ann's room, so he didn't say anything more, smiled and said a few joking words, and then followed Pearl to the old Ann's room.
Seeing that he was in good spirits, Lao An sat on the Arhat bed and waved to Yu Tang: "Bring me to see, what silk flowers you brought over here."
The eldest wife, the second wife, and others all left, and the teacup and fruit plate in the room were taken down, but a few embroidered piers were still surrounding Luohan's bed, and I don't know if they didn't have time to take them away or put them there on purpose.
Yu Tang smiled and went forward to salute the old An, and sat down on the embroidered pier closest to the old An under the gesture of the little maid, and handed the box in his hand to Pearl.
Pearl opened the box and presented the silk flowers inside to Old An.
The old man's eyes lit up.
On the big red velvet blanket are two camellias, two chrysanthemums, two hostas, and two magnolias, the size of a wine cup. They are made of Zhang velvet, which makes people feel warm in this season. It is easy to misunderstand that it is a real flower without knowing it in advance.
"This is really..." Old An took a camellia flower into his hand and held it carefully, and said, "The last time I saw the twin lotus on your head, I thought it was very good. I didn't expect these flowers to be better. You How did you do it?"
Yu Tang smiled and said: "Actually, the ones sold outside are not worse than mine. It's just that the ones sold outside are specialized in this. I just use it to pass the time. If I can do it as well as others, Lao An feels that I It’s amazing, but in fact everyone is pretty much the same.”
The old man nodded, but suddenly let out a "huh", touched the petals of the camellia with his fingers for a while, and then looked at Yu Tang.
This time, she looked at Yu Tang with a little more serious eyes, which shocked Yu Tang a lot, and stammered: "Why, what's the matter?"
The old man smiled when he heard the words.
That smile seemed to melt the ice and snow, and the atmosphere around her became warmer.
"Your silk flower is well done." She smiled, and the smile flowed from the bottom of her eyes, instead of staying lightly on the corners of her lips like the last time she came here, "I only felt like a real flower before, but just now I just discovered that the Zhang velvet you use to make silk flowers is shorter than ordinary Zhang velvet, so it looks dense, and the petals look like real flowers, with thickness, smoothness and luster. How did you do it? Use scissors Re-trimmed? Or is there some other way?"
she asked with great interest.
But Yu Tang suddenly became excited, and suddenly felt like "give pink to a beautiful lady".
"You found it!" she laughed, "When I made silk flowers before, I always wanted to make something different, either making dewdrops on the petals or stopping a dragonfly or something, or nailing glass Beads are used as eyes, but later, I feel more and more difficult to be "true". How do flowers bloom at noon, how do flowers bloom in the morning, and how do flowers bloom at night... I When making camellias, I bought the best zhang velvet, and tried to cut their velvet short... But if I cut it too short, sometimes the bottom of the fabric would be exposed... When I went to Suzhou last time, I I specifically asked the guys at the silk and satin shop... I ordered a piece of cloth from them... It's a bit expensive, but the silk flowers made are said to be good, as real... Like the two flowers in your hand, they are camellias that bloom at noon. If it is at night, the petals need to be curled a little more... I am still thinking about whether to wear it with flowers in the morning, noon and evening."
"You're right. To make silk flowers, you have to make fake ones!" Old An said happily, "Then your hosta flowers bloom at night, and chrysanthemums bloom in the morning?"
"Yeah, yum, yum." Yu Tang's eyes turned into crescent moons with a smile, "I think if Lao An sees guests at night, I can change them."
Lao'an was a clan wife, and the women in the clan would come to her whenever they had something to do, so it didn't matter whether it was morning or evening.
"You little girl, you are really ingenious." Old An praised, turned around and ordered Pearl to put away all the flowers, and said to Yu Tang, "I'm going to stay at Zhaoming Temple for a few days tomorrow, when I come back, I'm going to make some winter clothes, and you can come and help me see when the time comes."
Does this mean she is qualified
Yu Tang found it interesting, and said, "I don't know much about the tailoring of clothes."
The old man chuckled, and said: "You can make such silk flowers, which shows that you are talented. Then you can just pick whatever is beautiful. I will post a post for your family when the time comes."
If this matter can make Lao An happy, she is willing to do it.
Yu Tang answered the old An's skills in making silk flowers, and politely refused the old An's meal on the pretext of going home to prepare for the Double Ninth Festival family banquet, and then got up to leave.
It was still Mrs. Ji who sent her out, but they met Ah Ming on the way.
"Miss Yu, I've been waiting for you for a long time." He smiled and ran to Yu Tang, "Our third master invites you to drink tea in the gazebo."
Now the wind is blowing on my body, it's a bit cold, shouldn't I go to the Nuan Pavilion to drink tea
Yu Tang slandered in his heart, but didn't say it out loud, and followed Ah Ming to the gazebo.
The pavilion she went to this time was not the pavilion by the stream that she went to last time, but a pavilion built in a small valley called "Ticha".
Yu Tang asked Ah Ming in a low voice: "How many gazebos are there in your house?"
Ah Ming stretched out her fingers and counted for a while, then said: "There should be seventeen. But it's not necessarily true. I just counted the ones I remember, and there may be some missing."
Well, she doesn't have any at home.