Chapter 63: Blessing
The cats ran away, Song Mian took the handkerchief and covered his hands, he felt rude, his hands were not broken, and he returned the handkerchief to Shi Gui, the price of cloth in Jinling is much more expensive than that of Tianshui Town, this is Shi Gui spent thirty dollars to pull a foot of cloth, cut five or six square plain cloths, locked the edge and didn't have time to embroider things, if it was stained with blood, she really didn't want to come back, but it didn't work if the thing fell into his hands, so she took it back and smiled.
Song Mian was also sorry: "It has a very good temper on weekdays, but I didn't expect it to be fierce today." The tanuki touched it as he wanted, and when he was happy to touch it, he turned over his belly.
Song Mian apologized, but Shi Gui smiled: "It's pregnant with a kitten, and I'm a living person, how can you follow me, if Young Master Tang meets it again next time, take it back, this is a good thing, it's not in the way." ”
In addition to believing in Buddhism, Mrs. Song did not do less to give porridge, rice, oil and lamps, and when it came to the Buddhist Festival, the people in the house also followed a place to get a reward, or add vegetables or get money, there is always a reward.
When the koi fish in the pond gave birth to a pool of small fish, the girls had to make fun of the old lady, and the old lady was very happy, and told the people who looked down to take care of the hospital, and whether it was true or not, they could always take advantage of it.
Song Mian is familiar with reading, and his mind is also there, but this is not tactful, he only frowned when he heard Shi Gui say this, such a wild cat, I don't know how many people have to be killed in the countryside in a year, and people can't eat enough, not to mention cats, mice steal things to eat at night, wild cats also steal things to eat, there are those who grab and peel their skin to eat meat, and there are those who are killed and hung up to warn, how can anyone hear that the cat wants to give birth to cubs and give them back.
Shi Gui couldn't stay for a long time, Su Chen called her outside, and Shi Gui raised his index finger at Song Mian and made a silent movement, and responded crisply: "I'm here." Like a cat, she slipped out with a short waist, and Song Mian watched her go out quietly and laughed softly.
He came to the Song family, and he didn't look at it coldly, although he didn't say it in front of him, how could he not feel that this girl was a good girl, neither nostrils facing the sky, nor a slave and maid, and lived a humane life.
Song Mian rolled the book into his sleeve, went out from the side, went back to the room and took the steamed buns wrapped in oiled paper, put them in the bookbag, and prepared to go to school to study, the servant was still lazy at the bottom of the steps, he carried the bookbag and nodded: "I went." ”
The servant was already used to it, and he didn't follow, he laughed at the corners of his mouth, and he didn't stand up to send it, he just shook his hand, and flattered him: "Young Master Tang is easy to go." ”
Shi Gui handed over this basket of flowers, Su Chen stared at this idea osmanthus and sighed, these are really not enough, Shi Gui took the basket and asked: "Girl steamed flower dew, how many osmanthus flowers do you have to make?"
As soon as the words on the table were removed, it seemed that she was a person in the secluded fence, and Su Chen didn't deal with it, so she said casually: "There must be a basket to be enough." ”
There is only a small bottle of flower dew when a basket of osmanthus is steamed, and now there is not even a basket, and nothing can be steamed.
There are flower gardens in the city, in addition to being used for people to play, but also picking flowers to carry to the street to sell, large families want these many flowers, and can not plant everything in the yard, buy outside waiting for the flowers to be decorated, it is also a common thing.
Ye doesn't like flowers, only one is inserted in the bottle in the room, dark purple hydrangea, three branches and one bottle, inserted in the white jade gall bottle, which is the only bright color in the house. ”
Su Chen shook his head: "Don't I know that there are flower gardens everywhere in Yangzhou, but the girl refuses to use the things picked from outside, who knows whose hands it is." ”
Ye Wenxin is so particular, even the person who picks the flowers has to be picky, then it can't be, Shi Gui pursed his lips and thought again: "The flower dew is not done, but the flower cake can be made." ”
Su Chen sighed slightly and shook his head, Ye Wenxin didn't know that the flowering season had passed at this time, and someone came out to pick flowers, but he was angry in his heart, so he wanted to find something to do.
Shi Guidu looked at Su Chen's face and tone, and his heart was vigilant, it seems that the errand in this secluded grate is not easy to do, Zong Ye Wenxin turned out to be a gentle lady, and she also changed her temper at this time.
A few girls picked up the collected osmanthus flowers, poured them into the bamboo basket, and sent the half-basket osmanthus flowers, Ye Wenxin took it back with a glance: "This half is not new, the flowers are blooming, and there is a fragrance, throw it away." ”
From morning to noon, I was busy all morning, and I picked it up cleanly for half a basket of osmanthus flowers, and there was not a single branch or leaf in it.
Su Chen also smiled and agreed: "I also saw that the flowers in the yard were not fat, and when the plum blossoms bloomed, I would take the steamed flower dew." Ye Wenxin held the scroll in his hand, and he didn't know whether he heard it or not, he supported his head with one hand, and put two jade bracelets on his snow-white wrist, and when his wrist moved, there was a jade sound, and he tilted his head slightly: "Who knows what will happen then." ”
Su Chen didn't dare to speak anymore, but Qiong Ying stepped forward with a hard face, and asked with a smile: "Do you want to eat tea, the spring water just delivered, or use the snow water in the urn." ”
Shi Gui was busy all morning, but he had just gotten up when he arrived at Ye Wenxin, with a lot of hair scattered, a book in his hand, he hadn't turned a page for a long time, his eyes looked at the bed tent in a daze, and when he heard Qiong Ying speak, it took a long time to answer, and his eyes were closed, and he agreed.
Six out of the plain dust two in and out of the tea set incense burner, the incense bucket is actually a jasper carved top of the red sandalwood as a lid, take it out timidly and show it to Ye Wenxin, but she is lazy, and she can't even raise her voice: "How can the heart word incense be matched with plum blossom snow water, don't light the incense today, take my silver silk ice bud group tea." ”。
Since she agreed, these girls each breathed a sigh of relief, and really called Feng's mother to come, and they couldn't eat and walked around, so Su Chen took a group of tea as she said.
Lanxi Village produces tea, Shi Gui knows some, as soon as the tea is taken out, it is only the size of a moon cake, and all it is the white tea heart, four catties of young leaves and one catty of tea, not to mention that this is only a tea heart, a small tea stove, slender Xiangfei bamboo bones hexagonal small tea fan, six out of the tea stove out, with a small tea fan under his arm, to make tea under the corridor.
Firewood is pine branches, water is snow water, Liuchu moved the stove to the side of the bamboo path, holding a tea fan and slowly fanning the wind, Shi Gui put down the work in his hand and went to Liuchu: "I'll take care of my sister." ”
Liuyu looked at her: "Have you ever made tea?" Seeing Shi Gui shaking his head, thinking that the people in the house were indeed not enough, he really had to teach one to replace the errand, not to mention that Shi Gui had decocted medicine, and the two were not much different: "This job is exquisite, but it is not the same as decoction, you just look carefully." ”
In addition to boiling water, you also have to pound the tea, the tea ball is divided into a small piece, and the jade pestle and jade bowl are pounded into powder: "This tea is light, if you change the side, you don't have to pound it." ”
Shi Gui remembered it in his heart, and took over the hand to fan the stove for a moment, and he looked relieved when he saw that she was learning quickly, and her expression was relieved, if this was a clumsy person, the work would not be all on them, Ye Wenxin had such a big temper before, and this girl was waiting in it, and she knew in her heart that she would show her face in front of the girl in the future, and when she became more and more kind, she taught her how to make tea hand in hand, and when the tea smell came out, Shi Gui knew what the fragrance of the non-musk deer was.
Ye's sent another box of snowflake crisp butterfly rolls, and Qiong Ying took this out as tea, baked it as light as a cicada, and put it on a glass plate.
Ye Wenxin ate tea in the middle, only one piece of a plate of snowflake crisp was moved, and the rest was all rewarded to the next person, Shi Gui got two pieces, baked thin and transparent, snow-white, sprinkled with plum candy on the top, as soon as the tongue touched the sugar powder, the crisp at the bottom melted.
A room full of girls thought she was angry, but they didn't dare to say anything about entering the palace at this time, Yuxu had a face these days, and went back and forth to Ye Wenxin several times, Ye Wenxin just didn't see it, and ordered six out: "You go and ask, my aunt is up, I'll go to her to ask for peace." ”
Shi Gui smiled when he heard this: "It's not a coincidence at this time, the wife and the old lady are going to the East Temple to do business." "The Winter Clothes Festival is usually to light a lamp for Song Siyuan to burn the cold clothes, the cotton clothes that have been melted away are still made by the Ye family himself, before Shi Gui came to the secluded fence, Yulan prepared the green cloud silk of the dark eight immortals.
Ye Wenxin easily made up her mind, she knew that something was wrong, and the letter given by Aunt Su became more and more afraid to show it in front of people, and a few girls in the house couldn't do it, let alone Mother Feng.
Su Gu is her mother's confidant, she grew up in a small place, like her and Rui Ye, Rui Ye failed to follow, Su Gu had a white face, saying that she made a skirt for her, and the letter was sent to her along with the skirt, she was reluctant, hugged Su Gu and couldn't stop crying, Su Gu called the girl in her mouth, looked like she was crying, but put it on her ear, and told her that she must send things to her aunt, what is written on it, what is it about?
"How long is my aunt going, when will I come back?" Do you want to uncover the letter, you must know what your mother entrusted to your aunt, Ye Wenxin inherited the court training, no matter what she thought in her heart, but she couldn't fault what she said and did, if it wasn't for this incident, she wouldn't have thought about stealing her mother's letter.
She was hesitating, so she was bold, but she couldn't fall into the eyes of people, and looked at Shi Gui and had a plan: "This tea doesn't seem to be a six-out craft." ”
Liuchu laughed: "The girl's tongue is good, she cooked it today." ”
Ye Wenxin took another sip: "I can learn this errand, you said last time that you wanted to read and write?"
Shi Gui was dumbfounded, glared at Ye Wenxin, several girls looked at her, Ye Wenxin's hand held the cup, and looked at her, the hot tea was smoking, her eyes seemed to be hidden in the fog, so that people couldn't understand whether she was telling the truth or making fun of people.
Shi Gui turned his heart sideways, and when it was a big deal, he made fun of it, nodded and said: "I want to be literate, but I'm afraid of other people's jokes." "Since she arrived in this place, she wanted to be literate, first a peasant girl, and then a little girl, saying that she wanted to be literate is undoubtedly a fool's dream, and now she is asked, and she can't let it go in vain, regardless of whether it is an opportunity or not!
"It's a good thing to learn from learning, how can anyone laugh at it, except for the fact that I didn't come to Ruiye, no one in my room can turn the book for me, and I'm idle left and right, you worship me as a master, and I also open a secluded women's school, you are my first disciple. The more he talked, the more he laughed, put down the teacup and slapped his face: "That's it, Yuxu, go get the constitution." ”