Wuwang reminds book friends to rest their eyes
The wind blew especially violently that night, and in the second half of the night, it began to rain heavily.
The raindrops hitting the window lattices and the plantains in the yard sounded miserable.
Shu Huan's sleep has always been good, he belongs to the kind of person who can fall asleep quickly with his head on the pillow, but tonight I don't know if it's because the rain is too loud, or because the porcelain pillow under his head is too hard, anyway, he can't sleep comfortably , Tossing and turning all night, when the sky was light, I couldn't lie down anymore, quietly turned over and got out of bed, and pushed open the window.
A gust of fresh air filled with moisture immediately rushed towards his face, half of the sleepless fatigue was swept away.
Shu Huan rested his chin on his arm, lying on the window sill, looking at the lotus vat under the eaves.
Raindrops dripped down the eaves and splashed into the tank from time to time, startling a few red carp to swim around.
It was interesting to watch, and suddenly felt a heavy weight on her shoulders, turned her head to see that it was Gu Xiran who got up, took an outer dress and draped it over her shoulders.
"Where did you go last night?"
Shu Huan looked away: "I didn't go anywhere, I just walked around the garden
. "
Gu Xiran frowned slightly, and suddenly pulled her sleeve and sniffed lightly: "What fragrance?"
Shu Huan laughed, pulled back his sleeves and said, "I don't understand those fragrances. You ask me, how do I know? It's probably the incense that Yun Yan burned last night. It smells so sweet, but I also I don’t know the name of that incense.”
"Yunyan?" Gu Xiran raised his eyebrows, but stopped talking, just went to the incense burner to look, shook his head and said, "It's not this incense."
Shu Huan was slightly surprised, took two deep breaths, and suddenly remembered that this is the fragrance of Yingge Green Qinan, cool and elegant, and cannot be covered by other fragrances, no wonder there is an allusion called Shenshui dyeing clothes!
After the two of them had spoken a few words, a servant girl came in and interrupted them. After washing up, Shu Huan went to the old lady to pay her respects in the rain.
This is an unbreakable rule, let alone rain, even if it is snowing and a knife, you have to go. However, the artistic conception of walking slowly with an oiled paper umbrella in the rain is very classical and graceful, but without rain clogs, the embroidered shoes are not comfortable to cover the feet after being wet by water.
Probably the old matriarch is used to her arriving early and leaving early. Recently, Gu Xiran hasn't seen any sickness from her side. Thinking that this granddaughter-in-law is not too unlucky, she just turned a blind eye to her and closed her eyes. One eye was not as demanding as before, so she came out of the Songhe Hall after paying her respects and accompanying the old lady to finish her breakfast.
Surprisingly, just as I walked to the door, the third girl, Gu Xuan, stopped me. She handed over a pair of shoes timidly, and said in a low voice, "Tomorrow is my second brother's birthday. I think he is recovering from illness, so it's probably not pleasant. If I bother you, I will trouble my second sister-in-law to bring this shoe to him, it is my kindness."
Shu Huan took the shoes and took a look, and saw that the stitches on them were fine and well-proportioned. Although she didn't understand female workers, she could tell that they were made with care, so she couldn't help thanking Gu Xiran, and said with a smile: "If you have free time tomorrow, you can come and sit down." Now, your second brother is getting bored of recuperating from his illness, and he can feel better if he has someone to talk to with him."
Gu Xuan bowed her head in response, and then became speechless.
It could be seen that the little girl was shy and silent, so Shu Huan didn't pull her to talk, and went straight to Shengmei Pavilion after saying goodbye.
Back in the courtyard, holding the pair of shoes and explaining to Gu Xiran, Shu Huan entered Aunt Yun's west chamber for the first time. She also has no choice. Since she was a child, only her parents celebrated her birthday. She has not arranged for anyone's birthday. How to celebrate it, she has to ask Aunt Yun, lest she doesn't know any complicated rules of the Gu family. did something bad
.
Aunt Yun looked leisurely, and said with a smile: "Second Mistress doesn't need to worry about this matter. Usually, on this day, the old matriarch will enjoy a banquet and send some things from each room, but everyone knows Second Master is sick and likes to be quiet, most of them don't come to the door, they just come, and they just accompany Second Master to eat a few chopsticks dishes, sit for a while and then leave, let the maids prepare some good tea to treat guests later."
It seemed like nothing happened to her.
Shu Huan answered and knew that she was about to go out, but she was stopped by Aunt Yun again, she hesitated and said, "Second Mistress, please stay, Yanniang has something to say."
"What's up?"
Aunt Yun looked at the maid Xiangqian beside her.
Xiangqian tactfully said that she was going to pour tea, and went out. Liang Chenmei, who followed Shu Huan, also knew the rules, and avoided going out, and even closed the door for them.
Shu Huan was not used to this posture, it was so mysterious, it always felt like a conspiracy, which made her vigilant.
Aunt Yun was not in a hurry to speak, and asked her to sit first, added incense to the incense burner, and then poured tea with her own hands, then hesitantly pulled out a sachet from her sleeve and put it on the table, gently pushed it In front of her.
"What is this?" Shu Huan frowned in confusion, picked up the sachet and said, "You want to give Second Master a birthday gift?"
The words came out of her mouth, but she herself didn't feel like it.
The sachet is embroidered with patterns of mandarin ducks playing in water. The embroidery is very fine, but the material is obviously rough. It seems to be made of cheap red coarse cloth. Aunt Yun would never give this kind of thing to Gu Xiran. , It is impossible to pass her hand.
Regarding her reaction, Aunt Yun was also a little puzzled, and said in a low voice: "Second Mistress, look again, you really don't recognize this thing?"
This is strange, should she recognize it
Shu Huan impatiently played riddles with her, put the sachet on the table and said: "I've never seen it before."
Aunt Yun didn't say a word, she just shifted her gaze to her face.
Aunt Yun has never done this kind of behavior. She usually avoids Shu Huan's eyes and tries not to meet his eyes. Therefore, Shu Huan is even more surprised: "If you have something to say, just click
. "
Only then did Aunt Yun lower her gaze, and said with a slight smile: "Then Second Grandma, please forgive me for being rude."
She said, picked up the sachet, and said lightly: "I sent someone to buy the sachet for five taels of silver from a young scholar, and this scholar happened to be the one before you got married. your neighbor, the one who taught you how to read..."
Speaking of this, she paused, raised her eyes to look at Shu Huan: "So, what did Second Mistress remember?"
Mandarin ducks playing with water pattern sachet, young scholar, close neighbor, word recognition...
All these clues were strung together, even if Shu Huan was stupid, he could guess the origin of this sachet.
It must have been embroidered by the original owner. I don't know if she wanted to express her love or gratitude. She gave such an ambiguous thing to the scholar. Maybe it was given before she got married. No wonder Aunt Yun is so rude. Received.
The problem is that it was such a coincidence!
She said that an old pedant taught her how to read, and suddenly a young scholar appeared who received the original owner's embroidered sachet.
Fake
No, Aunt Yun doesn't know that she is not the original owner, so what's the use of bluffing her with lies
What made her even more depressed was Huiyun!
When she said that she had learned to read words with the old scholar, she only told Hui Yun alone, and she didn't know whether the walls had ears, or Hui Yun said it unintentionally or intentionally...
Still pondering, Aunt Yun said: "Second Mistress, remember? This is a sachet embroidered by you yourself. You must recognize it. Besides, it was my wife who told me that you have studied calligraphy with that scholar for two years. …”
This is meant to threaten her!
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