First Sight of Make-up (1)

A year old has passed in an instant.

As soon as the fire was extinguished on a hot day, the birthday of the seventh sister was in front of me. All the little ladies in Yuhang City are waiting for this day. Prepare a begging table to worship the weaver girl, catch Xi Bu Qiao, and thread the needle to beg Qiao. The women who have become wives also have one more kind of life. Gu Biao's granddaughters who had not yet left the cabinet went to Mu Qing's Yizhu Courtyard for the festival on the night of Qixi Festival. The servants and women were ready for their own spirits. A few days ago, Ah Liu gave a small peach wood box inlaid with silver, and the silver piece was engraved with flowing cloud patterns, which was very exquisite and cute, and now Mu Qingzheng was holding this small box, and the box was empty.

Ah Liu walked into the house with the fruit to be offered on the begging table, saw the empty peach wood box in Mu Qing's hand, as if he was startled by thunder, put down the fruit, walked quickly to her, and complained: "Why is there no joy in this box?" There is not a single spider silk, but it is going to be laughed at by the ladies of the Dalang family. Qi Niang is not pious and beggarly every year, so the needle girl is red...... Alas, Madame is often worried about how Qi Niang will marry in the future......"

These words are repeated almost every year on the birthday of the seventh sister, and she is anxious for Mu Qing from the bottom of her heart. She was four years older than Mu Qing, and when she was seven years old, she lost her parents and was sold out by her uncle's family into the Gu Mansion, so she accompanied the little lady, sleeping together, eating and drinking together, playing together, following the pen and ink, and also broke some words, taking care of the little lady properly. Although Mu Qing has an eldest mother and a second mother of the same age around him, they are separated by generations, and they have never been friendly, so they don't have much contact, and they are like sisters with Ah Liu.

Ah Liu chattered to her, but her soul had already drifted outside the house. Two days ago, I thought that I was going to Qiantang Lake on the night of Qixi to watch people put river lanterns, but my mother was afraid that there were many people on the street and didn't want to go out. So she pestered Yu Li to take her there, with a left voice of Senior Brother Yu, and a right voice of Senior Brother Yu, which was enough to please most of the day. Yu Li couldn't pester her, so he reluctantly agreed, so he also got the consent of his father and mother.

After the dinner at night, Ah Liu insisted that Mu clean his makeup and dress up, combed his hair in a hanging bun again, inserted a small jasper bead flower on each side of the bun, and carefully grated the bangs on his forehead. The little lady has bright eyes and beautiful eyebrows, and she doesn't need those swallow powder, but only hangs a pair of small jade pendants with the same color as the pearl flowers on her ears. changed into a plain white small-sleeved shirt, and tied a water-colored soft silk long skirt to the chest. Under Mu Qing's repeated opposition, he did not let Ah Liu hang the string of gorgeous and obstructive Yingluo between the items.

Who knew that as soon as he was dressed up here, Yu Li's scholar hurriedly came over, saying that his family Ah Lang had drunk more wine at the invitation of a friend, but he was still not awake at this time. So the matter of the river lantern can only be done.

Yizhu courtyard set up a begging table, for longan, red dates, hazel, peanuts, melon five, and a few kinds of melons and fruits, the plain silver plate in the case is placed hibiscus thousand days red and other flowers, burn incense, one should have. Not long after, two ten-year-old ladies Shi Shiran entered the courtyard. Mu Qing was lazy, and after worshipping the Weaver Girl at will, he sat under the porch and watched the fluttering fireflies in the courtyard. has his own Ah Liu with two little maids to greet the Gu family's eldest mother and second mother.

The aunt of the Gu family pursed the corners of her mouth, slowly moved to Mu Qing, opened the small wooden box containing Xi in her hand, glanced at the round and dense spider silk web in the box, and said with a sneer: "Qi Niang, where is your wedding box?" Open it up and let the nieces take a look, it must be the most delicate. ”

Ah Liu sighed in his heart, but saw Mu Qing straighten his back, tugged the drooping mustache behind his ear, and said with a bit of banter, "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint my nieces, there is nothing in my aunt's box." Catch that good joy and play, how can people bear it? What's more, it's not a coincidence that it's not one or two small joys, but in everyone's hearts. ”

"Bah, where are you from aunt, how do I remember that my father and uncle have no sisters, where did you come from?" Erniang, who was on the side, raised her willow eyebrows, stretched out a finger, and pointed at Mu Qing and said angrily.

The eldest lady was busy saying yes, "Exactly, I forgot for a while that Qi Niang is the daughter of a concubine in Wu County's own family, it was my fault." ”

It's hard for these two people to get tired of it, and they are happy to stage such dramas again and again. Mu Qing was already unhappy because of Senior Brother Yu's no-show, and he was not in the mood to mess with them, so he slowly stood up, stretched out his hand to brush off Erniang's fingers, and chuckled: "Auntie doesn't have to blame herself, in the end, she has grown up with your generation, and since Auntie Fang claimed to be a niece, then I don't want to criticize the younger generation." You say, don't you? As he spoke, he walked out of the courtyard to himself, "Ah Liu, treat the two nieces for me." ”

Out of the Yizhu Courtyard, the autumn insects chirped lowly, the two pairs of fireflies flickered, and there was no human noise, but it was a rare silence at this time. Mu Qing walked around the house, followed the faint fragrance of osmanthus flowers, walked to a pavilion half built on a pond, leaned on the pavilion pillars obliquely, and hung his feet on the water surface. There is a path on the other side of the pavilion, and several precious osmanthus trees are planted next to the pavilion, and some osmanthus flowers are already yellow at this time. Mu Qing took a deep breath of the sweet wet air, looked up at the shining stars, and couldn't help but think of worshipping the Weaver Girl.

Mother and Ah Liu always asked her to pray to the Weaver Girl in her heart that she could marry a wishful man in the future. Xiao Niang is ** years old, and she doesn't know what it means to be a Ruyi Lang, at this time there is no one to be around, Mu Qing suddenly remembered what she prayed for to the Weaver Girl, and she had doubts in her heart. Ah Liu said that Ruyi Lang must have a good appearance, good talent, and a good family background. Mu Qing thought about it for a while, and secretly added in his heart, I should treat me like Daddy, Mother, and Senior Brother Yu.

Just as he was thinking wildly, a light breeze suddenly came from behind him, as if someone was standing behind him. Surprised, he hurriedly put away his feet swinging on the water, got up and looked back, and sure enough, under a thick osmanthus tree close to the pavilion, there was a person standing upright.

Although there are servants who come from time to time to sweep and prune the branches and leaves, but at this time the night is dark, not the time to work, and the one standing under the tree is definitely not a domestic servant. There are only bright and uncertain stars on the night of Qixi Festival, the moonlight is faint, and I can't see who it really is, but I feel that it is a tall and unfamiliar figure. Mu Qing was startled, his heart jumped suddenly, and he couldn't help but take a small step back.

The man also seemed to sense that Mu Qing was frightened, and hurriedly stepped forward, and smiled apologetically, "Don't be afraid." A certain Mr. Meng did not give up, and he only recently entered the door of Mr. Meng. I was shocked by the little lady, please forgive me. ”

Mu Qing breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and bowed in a proper manner, "It's okay." May I ask who Ah Lang is? ”

"In the Lower Duling, Du Ru Hui."

Duling? Mu Qing had a vague impression, which sounded familiar. But I don't know where to remember. only looked at his age, and called out crisply: "Mr. Du." "I don't know if it's better to say goodbye and bypass him, or whatever. Standing in the pavilion for a while, I was a little overwhelmed. fell in Du Ruhui's eyes, it was a delicate and twisted little daughter, which made him suddenly a little unbearable, accepted the rigor just now, leaned over and coaxed the child and said: "It's so late, why are you still stubborn in the courtyard?" Do you want me to call someone to take you back? ”

Mu Qing pursed his lips, "Today's Qixi Festival, my small courtyard is set up to worship the Weaver Girl Douqiao. ”

"It's the host, so it's time to guard it in your own courtyard. How did you get here? Du Ruhui pretended to suddenly realize, "Oh, it must be a coincidence, the sisters, sneaked out to hide from shame." ”

I thought that the little lady would be angry, but I didn't think that she just lifted the skirt casually, walked past him, went down to the path, and when she walked under the laurel tree, she looked back and smiled, "Qi Niang doesn't like women since she was a child, it's not a coincidence, so why bother fighting?" Originally, the case was set up for the sake of a scene. Mr. Du walked under the laurel tree on the night of Qixi Festival, but is it to worship the stars? Then he turned around and walked briskly away from the path.

Du Ruhui couldn't help but laugh softly at her small water-colored back. All kinds of boredom and pain in the past few months, I don't know whether they have been washed away by this innocent innocence or by the lingering sweet fragrance of cinnamon. He stood idly in front of the pond for a while, did he worship Kuixing? A cold snort on his lips couldn't stop.

Mu Qing returned to Yizhu Courtyard, the two mothers of the Gu family had dispersed boringly, and the table case had been removed. When Aliu saw her return, he hurriedly welcomed her into the house, chattering and waiting for the wash. Mu Qing had been thinking about the person she had seen by the pond, until Ah Liu put down the curtain on the bed and removed the lamp and candle, she suddenly remembered that that person may have been in the middle of the summer last year, and Du Keming mentioned by Yu Shinan when he visited, did he really come to vote for Daddy? At that time, he thought of him as the six-armed man, but it turned out to be a handsome weak-crowned young man, thinking of this, Mu Qing couldn't help but secretly stretched out his little tongue.

The next day, Mu Qing had breakfast from Mrs. Lu, laughed and laughed, and went to the study. Gu Biao's way of teaching her is quite interesting, after Tong Mengyangzheng's Four Books and Five Classics, she does not specialize in reading books such as "Female Commandments" and "Biography of Lienu" that teach women to be virtuous and virtuous, and she is not limited to what she reads. When teaching with students on weekdays, she listens on the side, often knowing nothing about it, and after class, she pesters other brothers to inquire about it, and every half a month, Gu Biao personally asks and solves doubts.

The early autumn was cool, and the class was set up in a cool pavilion built on the east side of the house against the halfway waist of Jingshan. Because the pavilion is in a high place, looking from top to bottom, the green mountains and beautiful waters, the waterways and ditches, the small bridges and flowing water in the alleys and alleys, are vivid. The doors on all sides of the pavilion are fully open, and there are a few low cases in the pavilion, and a few brothers sit in twos and twos, and sit on the ground at will.

Mu Qing entered the cool pavilion, Gu Biao had not yet arrived, she tilted her head and smiled at Yu Li, who was sitting in the middle of the seat, she had said hello, she picked up a low case and sat down, looked up at the strange figure sitting on the left hand side in front of her, it was the one she met last night, who was overlooking the scenery outside the pavilion stupidly, and now she changed into a light bean green silk pattern regular clothes, which was different from the strict courtesy when I first met under the laurel tree last night, and also different from the banter in the pavilion, there was a kind of charm that people couldn't say.

After staying for a while, Gu Biao had already entered the pavilion and began to teach the cutting chapter of "Wu Tao" in "Liutao". The chapter is not difficult to understand, after the lecture, even Mu Qing did not feel that there was any obscurity, but everyone had only one question. In the war, he told in detail all kinds of insidious strategies, and even the means of harming the country and the people, if they were all gone, wouldn't they all become that treacherous and despicable villain? Why does a great Confucian like Mr. Gu teach this?

Puzzled, Gu Biao said leisurely: "Do you know, why did I teach you these conspiracy methods? ”

Several brothers looked at each other speechlessly, and Mu Qing also looked at Gu Biao in a daze. Du Ruhui, who suddenly saw the case on the left side, stood up and bowed to Gu Biao, "What the teacher taught is not a conspiracy method, but a way to recognize the conspiracy and deal with it." Conspiracy, although it is used by traitors and immoral people, can also be used by Ming monarchs and virtuous ministers, so as to destroy the withered and decayed, and benefit the common people in the world. ”

A sentence made Gu Biao feel indignant in his heart, he admired Gao Xiaoji's vision, and it was a pity that he lost such a talent for the heavenly family, listening to his devastating remarks, and shocked the Duling Du family, who had been an official eunuch for generations, in this generation, there was such a backbone, no wonder it provoked Yixing Gong to be furious, and even his grandson did not recognize it.

Mu Qing, who was sitting in front of the desk, suddenly came back to his senses, looked up at him with wide eyes and looked up at him fixedly, something seemed to move involuntarily in his heart, and his heart seemed to be filled with something scorching. For a short moment, he couldn't catch the movement, and then disappeared again. Since then, the little daughter's heart has changed, I can't figure it out, I can't hold it, I don't know where to start when I see it on weekdays, and my heart is in turmoil.

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