It's just that the liveliness of the begging festival soon diluted the sorrow in Shu'e's heart.

Soon there will be the queen mother, the emperor, the imperial concubine, the queen to reward the "Mohou Luo" statue, there are clay sculptures, there are also wood carvings, originally a Buddhist called "Mohou Luojia" God, also called the python god, is the temple god of the world. The queen mother rewarded Shu E with a foot in size, and the rest were only the size of a palm, and the statues were decorated with gold and jade beads, which were very delicate and gorgeous.

Fortunately, the weather was sunny on this day, although it was hot during the day, at night, the sky was full of stars, all of which were clearly visible. At a glance, there is only an inexplicable feeling left between the vast world and the world.

At the beginning of the dark, Lilac helped Shu E recomb her hair, and Shu E took out the pair of hairpins given to her by the third young master from the box and pinned them to her sideburns.

Lilac asked Shu'e what clothes to change again, Shu'e was slightly stunned, and saw that Lilac was wearing a new light water red silk skirt made this summer, with a lilac purple fine cotton floral collared undershirt, covered with a pink sleeveless cotton placket, and the collar of the undershirt and the gown were lilacs with purple silk threads embroidered by Lilac herself.

Shu E smiled and said, "Yes, it's strange that the people I saw today are all dressed up." ”

Lilac was opening the cabinet to help Shu'e find clothes, and said with a smile: "You are too plain to dress up, although the hairpins brought by the house are good, you can't only bring these two, always bring them." The above rewarded you so much, and I didn't see you bring it. ”

These words touched Shu E's heart again, Shu E only felt that her heart suddenly moved, as if she was hit by a heavy hammer, as if she was grabbed by the palm of her hand, not so clear and obvious pain, but a dull and misty shock. For days and days, my heart kept expecting, waiting, blessing, and thinking, as if they were all cut off by this sentence.

However, Shu E thought about Lilac's words carefully, but she couldn't think of why she felt like this.

Lilac poked her head out and asked, "How about wearing the same clothes that the queen bounced?" The material is good on the top, there are many people today, and it looks good when you wear it. ”

Shu E smiled and said: "As soon as I heard this, I said it, it was obviously a good thing, but it made you say it so stingy." There are so many clothes in the cupboard, why wear this one? After a pause, he said, "Let's wear the one I embroidered." ”

Lilac held the clothes and said, "It's really a hit." Shu E looked at Lilac and didn't understand what it meant. Lilac smiled: "Because of the clothes you embroidered, the total is like this." ”

The total is just like this, the same set that was worn in the bitter bamboo forest in Ouchi that day, or the set embroidered for the third young master's birthday. Shu E took the clothes with a smile and said angrily: "Sister Lilac! ”

Lilac reached out and stroked the bamboo leaves on the collar and said, "It's good, but it's a pity that it's still a little plain." ”

Shu E looked up at Lilac's bun and sighed softly, "Aren't you too...... After all, Huifeng has only been gone for three days. ”

Lilac's clothes are also bright, but there are only two sterling silver flat hairpins on the bun. Lilac said in a low voice: "Although I don't have any friendship with Hui Feng, I just sigh that she is pitiful. It can be regarded as helping you do your best. ”

Shu E said in a low voice: "It's hard for you." Just let everything run its course, don't let her ...... Look at the clues. The short pause in Shu E's words was because Shu E said Zihao, and suddenly her heart moved, remembering the butterfly wing tassel silver hairpin on Zihao's head.

Shu E was just shaking the silver hairpin in front of her, and she couldn't help but reach out and help the pearl hairpin on her head.

It's not the first time that Lilac has seen Shu E holding this pair of hairpins in a daze, and at this time, she saw Shu E reaching out and pressing the hairpin in a daze, stretched out her hand to light the candle, and sighed softly: "It's hard for you to tremble and worry so hard in the palace, except for the silver clothes sent a few times in the first half of the year, except for the young master's wedding, there is no news at all." ”

Shu E's heart was shocked again, and the strange feeling in her heart when she listened to Lilac's words became clearer and clearer. It turned out that the strange feeling in my heart was actually for this.

Ding Xiang said again: "Don't worry about it for nothing, didn't Gonggong Lin say it, the old man of the Cao family is in good spirits." Everything must be fine in the house, but it's hateful and has no conscience......"

Shu E shook her head lightly and said, "Xu is that there are no acquaintances in the palace, so he can't carry a message." Writing a letter to the family is to be reviewed. ”

Lilac stopped talking, sighed and walked away. When I walked to the door, I turned around and saw Shu Ewu holding her hairpin in a daze, and casually covered the door and whispered: "It's time to worship the Weaver Girl, let's change your clothes and come out early." ”

When Shu E came out for a while, she saw Gonggong Lin and they were busy bringing out pieces of exquisite food from the kitchen, all of which were placed on the stone table outside the door.

Two large white bowls are filled with amber liquid, each of which contains a golden melon fruit, through which you can see that one melon skin is carved with the pattern of the Weaver Girl descending to earth, and the other is carved with the brocade of the heavenly grandson, and the clothes and figures are all lifelike.

The four delicate pastries are all made into the shape of the characters in the allusion or the shape of a new flower, which is very realistic. The shape of the flower is just like it, and the color of the flower is exactly the same as the real flower.

Four kinds of new melons and fruits, new lotus roots, lotus flowers, red lings, chicken heads, lined with white porcelain plates, elegant and fresh, but also scattered a faint refreshing fragrance.

Shu E still doesn't know most of it, although she has been in the palace for half a year, and she has seen a lot of food, but many of these seasonal seasons have never been seen.

Sure enough, Lilac smiled and said, "Father-in-law Lin, is this flower melon also carved by Xiao Wei Zi?" What kind of honey is soaked in the fruit? ”

Gonggong Lin hurriedly said: "Xiao Weizi has been practicing for many days. Doesn't the girl think that she has eaten too much melons these days? The honey used in this fruit is Coptis honey, which has a very special fragrance and is sweet but not greasy. Madame has been eating less recently, and it is better to use some coptis honey. ”

Shu E smiled gratefully, and Lilac asked again: "The color of this 'smiling girl' is excellent, but I don't know how to do it?" ”

"Needless to say, the color of the flowers is made of real flowers twisted into juice and noodles. Later, Mrs. will taste it, and it will be delicious. Lin Gonggong said.

Shu E nodded and said, "It's hard to bother Xiao Weizi. ”

For a while, Hua Fu took the incense candle, and Lin Gonggong stepped aside. Shu E led Hua Fu, Lilac and Zihao to burn incense in the open air under the starry sky. And because the Weaver Girl is the seventh daughter of the Emperor of Heaven, commonly known as the "Seventh Sister", the women worship the Weaver Girl seven times.

After worshipping, Mrs. Sun smiled and said: "Father-in-law Lin, tonight I will work hard for the two of you to take care of the house, Mrs. took us to visit the Qiqiao Building, but I don't know when I will be able to come back." ”

Gonggong Lin handed over a few small hand-held lanterns to Lilac and Zihao respectively, and said with a smile: "Madame, just please go." ”

[Note] The original sentence of the title is: Send a question about the hairpin head double white swallow, when will the pearl hall return. Li Shangyin's "Holy Maiden Temple": "The pine fence platform hall is covered by the orchid, and the dragon protects the Yao window and the phoenix covers. It is easy to get lost in the fog without quality, and it is not cold and has a five-baht coat; There must be Cui Luoshi in the world, and there is no Liu Wuwei in the sky? Send a question about the hairpin head double white swallow, when will each Chaozhu Pavilion return? ”

See "The Cave Record": "In the first year of Yuan Ding, the Ling Pavilion was raised, and there was a goddess who left the jade hairpin and the emperor, and the emperor gave Zhao Jieyu. To the Yuan Fengzhong, the palace people still see this hairpin, and they want to break it, and they will send a box to Mingdan, but they see Bai Yan flying in the sky. The harem people learned to make this hairpin, because of the name jade Yan hairpin. Yishan used this canon to imply that the female Taoist priest was born in the palace. To "When will each Chaozhu Pavilion return?" "The female Taoist priest has something to do, and he didn't see Yishan's visit, so he asked Haiyan to return to the date.

[Note] flower melon, the melon and fruit used in Qixi begging can also be varied. Or carve melons and fruits into strange flowers and birds, or emboss patterns on the surface of melon skins, called "flower melons". Song•Meng Yuanlao "Tokyo Menghualu•Eight•Qixi Festival": "And carved into a pattern with melon, called flower melon."

Qiaoguo: The most famous festival food of Tanabata. Qiaoguo is also known as "begging Qiaoguo". In "Tokyo Menghualu", it is "smiling girl" and "fruit food pattern", and the patterns include incense, Fang Sheng, etc. During the Song Dynasty, Qixi Qiaoguo was already sold on the streets.

If you buy a pound of Qiaoguo, there will also be a pair of dolls wearing battle armor, such as door gods, known as "fruit food generals". The method of Qiaoguo is: first put the white sugar in the pot and melt it into syrup, then mix it with flour and sesame seeds, mix it well and spread it on the case to defend it, and cut it into long squares with a knife after cooling. The skillful woman will also make a variety of patterns related to the legend of Tanabata.