155. Beggar
Go to school in the morning, Yan Qi and Yan Jiu Young Master are almost late, there is no other reason, Qixi Festival, Beijing opened a begging market, selling all Qixi begging supplies, from the beginning of July to open the market, the closer to the festival, the more lively, the traffic, urban and rural residents near and far into the city to catch the market, the streets and alleys near the market are crowded, the children of the Yan family still go out a moment early, are almost blocked on the road.
Although Qixi Festival is a festival that is valued by the ancients, but the academy refuses to take a holiday on this day, because today's various activities are mostly concentrated in the evening, what worship Kui Xing Weaver Girl, Lan Ye Dou Qiao, divination under the moon, so it is still necessary to attend classes during the day, the difference is that the Embroidery Institute will hold a "Qixi Race Meeting" in the afternoon, the content is some Qiao competition, so that the girls have fun, after all, the most important thing about Qixi is a festival that belongs to women.
So as soon as the class started in the afternoon, Mr. Zhai Changqi came to some people: then who and who, go to a certain hall to participate in the ligation Qiaogu competition, and who and that who, go to a certain pavilion to participate in the window flower cutting competition, then who and that who, go to a certain Xuan to participate in the food carving competition, and finally that who and that who, go to a certain building to participate in the needle begging competition. Come on, everyone, let's fight for a few more firsts in our class, and then we will have to calculate the total score - huh? Add credits? This is not the case. Is there a reward for first place? Well, there will probably be a dozen spiders for you to take home and try to use them...... Okay, okay, don't talk nonsense, let's go!
The nineteen students in the class were all blasted out by Mr. Qi and went to the arranged competition venue. Yan Qi and Lu Lotus participated in the color thread needle piercing competition, Lu Lotus's female red is the best in the class, and it is natural to thread the needle or something, but Yan Qi's strength is that his eyes are accurate and his hands are steady, and Mr. Qi is on a double insurance.
The needle competition is located in Xiucui Building, each class out of two contestants also have to be a hundred or ten students, the sound of the warbler swallow squeezed a full layer, the content of the competition is to use colorful silk to wear nine tail needles, nine thin silver needles are lined up in a row to tie on the cork support, the contestants have to hold the color line to pass through the pinholes of the nine needles, the fastest wins.
So 100 or so people draw lots first, divided into ten groups, each group takes the first three to enter the next round, the next round of 30 people is divided into six groups, the first two to enter the third round, the third round of twelve people into four groups, take the first place in each group to enter the semi-finals, the semi-finals are two-by-two, the winner enters the finals, and then determines the final leader.
Although Yan Qi's female red is average, she can't stand this eye and hand steady, the small pinhole can be seen clearly, the hand holding the thread does not tremble, and the thread is strung from the first pinhole to the last pinhole in one go, without any pause in the middle, it is as smooth as a glass bead sliding through silk.
easily passed the battle, Yan Qi entered the final round, and the opponent who competed with her for the top spot was Lu Rong.
The two of them each held a wooden support with a needle, stood facing each other, and looked at each other under the attention of hundreds of contestants who were eliminated by them. The onlookers also stared at the hands of these two people, Lu Lotus's fingers were delicate and flexible, Yan Qi's fingers were slender and steady, both hands were very good-looking, and the movements of the two hands were even more beautiful, nine needles, almost all the stringing was completed between a few breaths, and the speed difference between the two people was just a millimeter, but the sharp-eyed referee still divided a superior, and pointed at Lu Lotus: "This one wins!"
Everyone clapped their hands in congratulatory congratulations, and Lu Rong bowed a little shyly, and really got the prize of the competition - a fine plain satin, specially used for embroidery, which will be sent directly to the winner's classroom by the college's miscellaneous ding.
In addition to the prizes, the winners of the Qixi Festival will also have an enviable benefit, that is, the names of the champions and the projects they won will be announced on the announcement screen outside the gate of the college, and all the students of the two colleges will see it, which has an excellent publicity effect on the spread of the girls' talents and clever names, which can add some weight to the future marriage.
Yan Qi and Lu Lotus went back to Ling Han Xiangshe together, and basically there was nothing to do after the game, so the two of them walked all the way unhurriedly, the silver laurel tree in the academy was blooming its first stubble, and the white flowers were like fat and jade, and they smelled a sweet fragrance from a distance, and the two of them sat under the tree, chatting while enjoying the flowers.
"It's boring for you to let me do this. Lu Rong glanced at Yan Qi with a sneer.
"Next time, you can let me do it with archery. "Yan Qidao.
Lu Rong smiled, patted Yan Qi lightly on the shoulder, and didn't say more, and Wu Yue and the others grew up together, and they couldn't be more familiar with each other's character and way of thinking, Yan Qi let her do this, of course, not to despise her, but to give her a chance to "make headlines", the name was announced on the announcement screen of the academy, and it would always get into the eyes of those who cared, and there were many students in the Jinyuan who were right, in case of the future......
Lu Rong sighed, even if the bad things at home disgusted their mother and son, even their two friends had to worry about it everywhere......
"Actually, I don't think it's a bad thing to marry Lu Lian early," Yan Qi said while raising his head to look at Osmanthus, "Isn't it quieter to have fewer demons at home?"
"......" Lu Rong lowered her eyelids, staring at the fine and dense snow-white petals laid under her feet, and spoke in a slightly hoarse voice for a while, "Aunt Xu...... It's back to body. β
Pregnant again. If you send one away, there will be another one, and if it is a son, it will be even more difficult for her.
This kind of thing of spoiling a concubine and killing his wife will be impeached by the imperial history, but what good will Lu Rong's father do to her if he is impeached? Not to mention that although her father is a bastard, he is not a fool, and no matter how much he spoils this concubine, he will not spoil everyone outside, Lu Rong is willing to tell Yan Qi Wuyue about the ugliness of the family, not because he knows that these two people are tight-mouthed, although Wu Yue is short-tempered, he will never confide half a word if he should not say to others.
Therefore, the grievances of Lu Rong's mother and daughter are all wronged at home, and they can't be outsiders, and outsiders won't understand what kind of aggrieved and disgusting life their mother and daughter live.
"What does Auntie think now?" Yan Qi asked.
"Live behind closed doors," Lu Rong shook her head helplessly, "Except for the first fifteenth day of the new year, my father never goes to the room, and Mama Liu persuaded my mother to endure it for a while, and first think about getting pregnant with a boy, but ...... There are only two days a month when couples share a bed......"
Lu Lotus is not good to talk about the latter words, but Yan Qi understands that if the first and fifteenth years of the first and fifteenth years of the new year do not coincide with the woman's ovulation period, which monkey year does he want to have a child.
"My mother has already been cold-hearted, just waiting for a few years when I am old enough to get married......" Lu Rong said, and her eyes turned red.
Yan Qi didn't know what to do. A deep boudoir woman like the mother and daughter of the Lu family has to point to the men in the family from head to toe to live, even if the concubine is not as good as the wife, but if the wife does not get the respect and support of the male master, where can she suppress the arrogant concubine? Lu Rong's family is also not powerful, she only has one uncle, who died of illness a few years ago, and her grandfather died early, leaving only a grandmother, who saw through the red dust in the morning, and practiced at home, so as not to let people come to disturb her, how could Mrs. Lu use those troubles in her marriage to block her widowed mother?
The mother's family has no power, her husband is not a thing, and she only has a daughter under her knees, how can Mrs. Lu's life not be difficult?
Listening to the meaning of Lu Rong's words, when she marries in the future, I am afraid that Mrs. Lu will follow in her grandmother's footsteps and ignore mundane affairs.
"Xiao Qi," Lu Rong took a deep breath, trying to put aside what she didn't want to think deeply about, "Have you ever thought about what your future will be?"
"I've thought about it," Yan Qi replied briskly, "travel the mountains and rivers, and travel all over the world." β
Lu Lotus was amused by her and laughed: "You are talking nonsense again, not to mention whether the family will let you go out, and no matter where you come from, I only ask you - don't you want to get married?"
"Wouldn't it be nice to marry someone who can travel with me. "Yan Qidao.
Lu Rong was amused: "Men still have to make contributions to the glory of their ancestors, who has the kung fu to accompany you to the mountains and rivers?"
"Wouldn't it be nice to marry an idle cloud and wild crane. "Yan Qidao.
ββ¦β¦ Will the family allow you to marry such a person?" Lu Rong couldn't cry or laugh.
"It's up to him to convince my family. β
"What if you can't be convinced?"
"Then change it, it's a little bigger. β
"......" Knowing that Yan Qi was making her happy, Lu Rong sighed with a smile and didn't say anything more.
Returned to Linghan Xiangshe, reported the results to Mr. Qi, and then sat in the classroom and waited for the other classmates to come back, and when everyone arrived, Mr. Qi sent each person a small purse with exquisite embroidery, which was made by the academy, which was a gift to these little girls, and then gave a few words to let everyone disperse and go home early for the holiday.
The happy thing is that the girls don't have to participate in club training today, five, six, seven or three happily walked to the gate together, discussing whether to take the opportunity to go shopping, before they arrived at the gate, they heard the constant exclamations from outside the door, and the door was crowded, as if they were watching something.
Wu Yue was the most curious, and hurriedly dragged Yan Qilu Lotus Root out, and saw a group of people surrounding the square where the parking was outside the door, Wu Yue stepped forward to push aside the crowd, and squeezed Yan Qilu Lotus into the inner circle, and couldn't help but cry out in surprise: "Oh my Godβthere are so many moon flowers!"
Moonflowers, moonflowers as red as blood, you can also call it roses, on Valentine's Day in that life, the girls all over the street held such roses.
A large number of red roses, thousands of them, formed a large fragrant and dazzling red carpet outside the gate of the Splendid Academy, forming a distinct visual conflict with the solemn and elegant Academy.
"Who is it? Who got so many flowers here?"
"What is this trying to do?Who is so weird?!"
Everyone was asking each other questions.
Wu Yue was also curious, pointing to those flowers and asking Yan Qi and Lu Lotus: "These flowers seem to have been deliberately placed in this shape, is there any meaning?"
Lu Rong shook his head and said that he had never seen this shape.
Yan Qi didn't speak, although only she could answer Wu Yue's question.
It's a heart.
As expected, there are about nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine of these flowers.
A flamboyant confession, but only she can understand it.
"I won't go shopping today, I have to wait for Xiao Jiu. Yan Qi said goodbye to Wu Yue and Lu Rong at the door, and went to the parking lot to find his carriage.
opened the door and went in, closed the door with his backhand, and the person who was leaning lazily on the seat raised his eyebrows and smiled at her: "Appointment?"
"Get out of here. "Yan Qidao.
The man laughed: "I remember that the last words you said to me in my previous life were not like this, do you need me to help you remember?"
"The past life is over, don't dwell on it anymore. "Yan Qidao.
"Hello Miss Yan, my friend Tu Mi, it's nice to meet you, how about making friends?" Tu Mi smiled and stretched out his hand and made an invitation to shake hands. Since we don't talk about the past life, let's talk about this life.
"I said I don't want to have anything to do with you anymore. Yan Qi turned a blind eye to the hand that was stretched out in front of him.
"Miss, the past life is over, don't dwell on it anymore. Tu Mi leaned over and held Yan Qi's hand, raised his face and stared at her with bright eyes, "In this life, each other is a blank slate, how about putting pen to paper again?"
"I can forget that you once tore this piece of paper, but I won't forget that you are a person who will tear it apart at any time. Yan Qi looked at him lightly.
Tu Mi stared at Yan Qi for a while, then suddenly laughed, let go of Yan Qi's hand, but stood up and stretched out his arms to support the wall of the car behind her, lowered his head and stared into her dark eyes: "Asukia, you haven't forgotten anything, you know? You thought you had let go a long time ago, but in fact, you didn't even notice itβ You still hate me, especially hate, and I am very pleased with this, because there will be no unforgettable love without bitter hatred, if you refuse to do it again with me, then I will make you hate me more, so hated that even if you are reincarnated for ten more lifetimes, you will not be able to forget me, how about it?"
"If you're bored to this point," Yan Qi looked at the familiar soul under the unfamiliar face in front of him, "Why don't we fight to the death." β
Tu Mi stretched out the tip of his tongue and licked the corners of his mouth and chuckled: "Girl, compared to archery, you were not my opponent in my previous life, and you should not be lucky in this life - what kind of internal strength and mental method of the ancients, I have been practicing for more than ten years." If you decide to live or die, you will definitely die. β
"You can try. Yan Qi's words were unwavering.
Tu Mi laughed twice, withdrew his hand propped up on the wall of the car, but pinched Yan Qi's face: "Don't be hairy, I'm kidding." I didn't have a chance to talk to you more last time we met, no matter what, the two of us are also fellow countrymen, and the only thing we have in common in this world is each other, so why bother to be tense as soon as we meet? Asuka, how are you doing here?"
"It's not about you. β
"Don't be willful girl," Tu Mi smiled and tilted his head to look out the window, "You were reincarnated as an official, and I became an official, the official circle in Kyoto said that it was not small, and it was not big to say that it was big, you and I will always meet again, the relationship between this official and the official is complicated, you are in this circle, you can never have nothing to do with me, unless you ......" Speaking of this, Tu Mi turned his face back, his eyes staring into Yan Qi's eyes with a slight mockery," Unless you spend most of your life in the mountains and forests like in your previous life, then you will indeed never see me again, and when you die, I can go and collect your body again. How, do you want to repeat the mistakes of the past?"
Before Yan Qi could speak, the voice of the coachman Ge Hei saluting Young Master Yan Jiu suddenly sounded outside the car, and Yan Qi raised his hand and pointed to the window: "Leave." β
Tu Mi hooked his lips and smiled, lowered his head and said in Yan Qi's ear: "I prefer the last sentence you said to me in your previous life - 'Don't leave'." β
Then a gust of wind came out of the window.
Yan Qicai sat down on the seat, Young Master Yan Jiu had already opened the carriage door and came in, his eyebrows raised slightly, and he slowly asked her, "Are you so poor that you have to pick up flowers from the ground and wear them?"
Yan Qi raised his hand and touched a rose on his hair, picked it off and held it in his hand, the blood red was dazzling.