Chapter 8: Sisterhood
On that day, it was almost the end of the year, and I heard that Sun Gongzi was going to leave for Beijing, it turned out that he was a rich boy from the capital, and the Son of Heaven really made a generous hand at his feet, and he also left the silver before leaving, so that Rong's mother must not force the twilight girl to pick up guests, and her mother smiled happily, and naturally she was very agreeable. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Now that Sun Gongzi is gone, Miss Twilight Snow is also idle, but she rarely shows up all day long. I admired her talent, and among the girls in this building, she was a little less seductive and cheesy, so I asked Qiaohui to pass the word that I was going to visit her. It's just that she doesn't like to socialize with other girls in the past days, and at first I was worried that she would refuse, but when Qiaohui came back, she said that she listened to me, and she readily agreed, which surprised me a little. After the gentleman came over to finish the lesson, he finished grooming and changing his clothes, and then walked over. Because it wasn't night, there weren't many guests in the garden, and I occasionally saw a few people hugging the girl, and Qiaohui led me to bow my head and quietly turn sideways to avoid it.
The girls' quarters are different from those of our chicks, and they are all in the front yard, so that they can welcome the benefactors who come and go. The second floor where the twilight girl lived was a wing room on the inside, and she knocked lightly on the door, and a voice as crisp as a yellow oriole came out: "Which one?" "After Qiao Hui passed by, a clever girl came over and opened the door. The room is fresh and simple, not even the flowers have been placed, but there are many more calligraphy and painting books. She was painting on the bookcase in a white dress, and only then did she put down the paintbrush in her hand when she saw us. When I got closer, a wisp of fragrance seemed to float over, but it was not the usual vulgar and bright pink fragrance, it smelled good.
I bowed to her shallowly, "I'm sorry to disturb Sister Twilight Xue's Yaxing, Yuqin is late, and I hope my sister won't blame." ”
"Sister Yuqin is polite, and I will do these false courtesies. I've always heard my sister's name.,But I saw it today.。 Twilight looked at me with a light smile, stepped forward to help me, and took me to the bookcase to see her new paintings.
On the case is a new picture of a red-leaved bird, but the bird is standing on a branch, the other wings slightly spread as if it had just fallen, and the delicate beak pecks at the feathers on the partner's body, jumping on the paper, very vivid and lovely.
"Sister Twilight's paintings are so beautiful, and these finches are even more enviable." I covered my mouth and snickered.
"Sister Yuqin made fun of me, she just drew casually to pass the time. I heard that my sister was very good at studying, and even my husband was impressed. Twilight's face flushed slightly, but she casually complimented me.
"How can Yuqin compare with her sister, this painting is incomparable to ten thousand points and one another." I said again deliberately.
"My sister is still young, and she will definitely win her sister in the future." She smiled, as if she didn't understand the teasing in my words, and led me to sit down at the small table next to me, "We don't need to be polite, just talk together." ”
After the girl rushed to the tea, and put two plates of dim sum, she was sent out, and I asked Qiaohui to wait outside the door first. Only then did she take off her veil, and suddenly felt that she was no longer restrained, she was obviously very happy with my move, and the two of them were unconsciously close again, and chatted casually about their little daughter's preferences and thoughts, and they felt very close to each other, and they actually felt sorry for each other.
I have sisters and brothers since I was a child, but I grew up alone, I don't want to fall into this green building, I have already had Qiaohui to take care of me, and now she has a person who is very affectionate and sympathetic to me, I can't help but sigh in my heart, remembering my mother, but also feel that she is protecting me in the dark, I can't help but be a little sad, my eyes are red at the moment, as if I want to shed tears.
"Don't be too upset." She comforted me lightly, "Since we have all fallen here, don't be angry in the future, treat me as a sister, and we will take care of each other." ”
"Thank you sister for your love, my sister is above, please be worshiped by my sister!" When I heard this, I immediately left my seat and bowed to her. The two then replaced the wine with tea, and in this "Lixiangyuan", they became sisters with different surnames who supported each other and took care of each other. After the bow, she went to the pillow and took out a jade pendant carefully wrapped with a brocade handkerchief, the color of the jade pendant was green and transparent, carved into the shape of a half-moon shaped auspicious bird, and hung with a twisted red gold silk rope.
Her jade fingers gently stroked the jade pendant in her hand, hesitated for a moment, and then solemnly placed the pendant in the palm of my hand. This pendant is precious at a glance and carved in color, and it is very glossy, it must be because she often touches it, not to mention that there will be only one pendant of such a shape, which may have unusual significance to her. Naturally, I didn't dare to accept it.
Sure enough, she took one more from herself, and the two were close together, in the shape of a full moon. "This pendant is called a double crane pendant. It was made by my father to find someone to customize, the only pair in the world, and when I was 8 years old, I gave it to me and him when I made a marriage. She sighed slightly: "I can't use it now, just give it to my sister, as a testimony to our sisters, and my sister should not refuse." ”
The one in Twilight's mouth must have been her childhood sweetheart, a good friend for the two children. Now that the beauty is in the quagmire, the lover has become his daily guest. What about the grandson who is said to treat her very well? Could it be her sweetheart at that time?
I tentatively opened my mouth and asked, "I often hear that Sun Gongzi has always been affectionate to his sister, why didn't my sister give it to him?!" ”
A hint of melancholy suddenly flashed on her beautiful face, "Sister, you are still young, these sisters will tell you later." ”
I couldn't help but have some doubts in my heart, but seeing that she didn't want to speak, it was inconvenient to ask more.
In the blink of an eye, half a month passed, and in addition to receiving my husband's teaching and mother's inspection, I went to Twilight's room to play with her, sometimes just sitting quietly and watching her draw, and sometimes I also scribbled a few strokes together. She also told me how to make the sachet, it turned out that the refreshing fragrance that day was not incense powder rouge, but she specially asked her grandson to buy all kinds of petals from the outside, and then added medicinal materials such as grass root and Xinyi after drying, finely grinded, packed into the sachet embroidered by herself, and hung all kinds of flowers below, which can be worn on the waist, which is not only pure and smelly, but also can be used for beautiful decoration. Although ordinary sachets are also common, the fragrance is strong or the fragrance lasts for a short time, which is not as elegant and long as what she taught.
I admired her ingenuity, and she was so proud that she did not hesitate to teach me. I know that her family was originally a family of spices, and her ancestors have been engaged in the production and sale of spices in this Weishui area since then, and they can be regarded as a rich party, only because local officials colluded with profiteers to steal her family's ancestral incense formula, which led to the destruction of the family.
"What about the incense-making skills I left behind? I can only be trapped in this green building, laughing and surviving, hating to avenge my family, and I am afraid that the inheritance of my Liao family for several generations will be destroyed by my hands. Her face was resentful, and her white-clothed figure trembled slightly in excitement, and the flowers were wrapped around her fingers, making her inch white.
I hurriedly snatched her hand, took the ball of flowers and threw it away, and cautiously changed the topic: "Why should my sister give up on herself, I heard that Sun Gongzi will come back soon, he is a rich and noble family in the capital, and there are naturally many ways, since he cherishes his sister, he will take his sister's suffering to heart, and if he gets out of trouble in the future, he can always find a way to complain for your family." ”
Twilight wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and looked worried, "That being said, I also hope that he will come back soon." ”