047 Folded plum
It's easy to stay up until the end of class, Chen Mintao not only didn't rush to go, but also pretended to be studious to go to Mr. Hui privately asked a few basic ways to play the guzheng pitch, Master Hui had an answer, and under Chen Mintao's intentional flattery, he also demonstrated a song on the spot, with Chen Mintao's skills, he couldn't hear the good or bad, but he only felt that every tune was ringing in the ears, tactfully undulating, running through the chest, full of aftertaste. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info
In ancient times, in addition to whistling, Chen Mintao had no chance to learn a musical instrument orthodoxically, the guzheng was the simplest and easiest to learn, and Chen Mintao felt extremely lucky to have such an enlightened person as the Chen family to open a boudoir to the ladies and invite a female teacher.
As soon as the class ended, Chen Minran and Chen Minke, who were more than four years old, were naturally impatient to wait for a nine-year-old little sister, not to mention that on such a special day today, the two of them had already taken their maids back to their respective mountains.
The noon sun shone through the window into Mr. Hui's study, and Chen Mintao was not blamed for delaying his meal, Mr. Hui stood peacefully behind Chen Mintao, who sat by the window, the strings and fingers were casting shadows on the body, Chen Mintao tried to play the music he had practiced several times, and Mr. Hui took the trouble to find fault and correct it.
After playing the piano, Chen Mintao sorted out his experience, and asked, "The student's fingering is still too young, and I always feel that the hook is not smooth." β
Mr. Hui smiled knowingly, "You have grown up very quickly, everyone started by practicing the basic skills hard, if you feel that you are not proficient, you can go back and play a few more times, and if you play more, you will naturally become proficient." β
"Mr. is taught," Chen Mintao was taught, and when he saw Mr. Hui sipping his teacup gently, he asked curiously, "Mr. Hui likes river black tea?" β
Stopping the action of drinking tea, Mr. Hui replied with a smile, "Fourth Miss Weicha, you asked this because I have a black tea set, right?" β
Chen Mintao scratched her nose with a naΓ―ve face, and did not take credit, "It was Cuiwen in my room who mentioned it to me, and she accidentally noticed it when she followed me to my boudoir school in the past," Although since Darui's mother was packed and sent back to Dongfu, the one who followed me out and walked around was replaced by Qiu Ju, "I recently divided a brick of Jiuyanghe black tea in my room, but I am afraid of bitterness and I am not used to drinking it, so I want to bring it to you, so as not to waste a piece of ingenuity of the tea maker." β
If a beard could grow on his chin, Mr. Hui would definitely be holding a goatee and laughing now, "What a piece of ingenuity, then for this piece of ingenuity, I have to reluctantly accept it!" β
Qiu Ju, who was accompanying her, handed the cloth bag she had brought with her early morning to the scholar who was waiting in Daohai Xuan.
Chen Mintao and Mr. Hui continued half a cup of tea before getting up to say goodbye, and when they returned to their Wutong House, they found that the sister-in-law on the needlework was already waiting in the outer hall, Cuiwen greeted Chen Mintao and whispered a few words beside Chen Mintao, Chen Mintao smiled and said hello to her sister-in-law.
The eldest lady nailed herself and Chen Minke to their respective yards all afternoon with a word of re-measuring in the morning, and Chen Minke insisted on sneaking out of the third room to her yard through the old lady's words, but she was passing by the long room?
"Please, Fourth Miss, the slave was pointed out to re-measure you, and the slave came out at noon, it's a little late at this time, you see......"
There is no grandfather clock in Chen Mintao's house, but he also knows that the sun is setting in the west now, and the sister-in-law should be pinching her own point from class.
Without dragging mud and water, Chen Mintao stretched out her hand and asked Cuiwen and Qiu Xiang to remove the hairpin ring on their bodies, so that it was convenient to measure the size, "Then bother sister-in-law." β
Cuiwen had already set up the screen, and the sister-in-law surrounded Chen Mintao up and down to compare the size, "The fourth lady was a lot taller than a year ago, and a year ago it was half a head shorter than the back of this chair, and now it is longer than the back of the chair!" β
His brows furrowed almost invisibly, and Chen Mintao dealt with it casually, "The feng shui in the house is okay." β
Sister-in-law Fang is an old man on the needlework in Xifu, with a straightforward temper, since Chen Mintao entered the house, she has been responsible for a variety of fabrics and spare parts in her yard, and every season she cuts new clothes for the little masters, and the size of the new clothes is also sent to the sister-in-law to come to Wutong Ju, over time, she is naturally familiar with Cuiwen and Qiu Ju and others, and the sister-in-law knows that Miss Chen Mintao is a master who talks well and well, so there are not too many taboos to speak.
"If you want to talk about feng shui, the feng shui of the fourth lady's yard is really top-notch, I glanced at the door today, a slip of plum blossoms bloomed pink and tender water, looking at the magenta from afar, the people who watched were all comfortable!" Sister-in-law.
With his arms raised in front of him, he was noncommittal to his sister-in-law's flattery, Chen Mintao looked sideways at his elongated reflection on the ground, is it really taller again?
Seeing the master slipping towards the shadow, Cuiwen took over the conversation in a timely manner, "If sister-in-law Fang likes it, when you leave, fold a few and take it away, when this plum blossom is in full bloom, I will ask the little girl to move a small stool for you to cushion your feet." β
As he spoke, he asked the third-class little girl in the outer courtyard to fetch the stool, and the sister-in-law said thank you, but she still couldn't stop talking about feng shui, and Cuiwen responded warmly.
After measuring a stick of incense, Chen Mintao pretended to cover her mouth with her hand and yawned gently, and her sister-in-law turned to the topic, she has a goddaughter named Liu Yan, who is fourteen years old this year, and is honest, she used to work in the tearoom of the third lady, and she made good tea, and she didn't say anything about needlework, and now she is leading a second-class person in Aunt Ping's courtyard, and she is in charge of bedding.
Aunt Ping's yard is naturally good, but this girl is in harmony with the feng shui of Aunt Ping's yard, so she wants to move it out, but it happens that the second class in Chen Mintao's yard in Manxi Mansion has not been filled, so she dragged her sister-in-law, the godmother, to come over and ask, maybe move to Wutong Residence?
Halfway through hearing it, Cuiwen understood the general meaning, maintained a slightly upturned arc of the corners of his mouth, and hung up a sub-standard diplomatic rhetoric, "Sister-in-law Fang, Cuiwen has written down this matter, you often come and go to our Wutong Residence, and you also know that our young lady is kind and kind-hearted, not an abusive person, Cuiwen also knows that Sister-in-law Fang is hearty and a very kind person, and the godgirl you recognize must not be wrong." β
Sister-in-law Fang nodded again and again, Chen Mintao took the opportunity to slide away from Sister-in-law Fang's palm, sat on the low couch, and was not in a hurry to use tea, supporting her head with her hands leisurely, concentrating on watching the Cuiwen performance.
"However," Cuiwen really changed his next sentence, "Sister-in-law, you also know that the personnel in the house are in the hands of the above masters, and the second-class maids move the yard equally, although there is a precedent for this matter, but it is not that our young lady can handle the matter with a word, and the master above has to nod." β
Cui Wen did not directly refuse the sister-in-law Fang, but gave her a peace of mind pill, respond first, and then talk about it later, it is a typical I will use words to make you dizzy, so that you think that I should do it, but also pave the premise that good things are difficult to achieve, anyway, the fault is not mine, it is the fault of others, you can't do it.
exchanged a satisfied look with Cuiwen, Chen Mintao stretched her back and was ready to watch the tea to send off the guests, but who knew that the next sentence of the sister-in-law made the two of them freeze in place, "Miss Cuiwen doesn't say, your sister-in-law I also know, I guess you also heard that last month the personnel was under the management of the third room, my goddaughter used to work in the third room, and I also know a few housekeeper mothers, no, I have already handed the word to the top, the top means that the fourth miss is happy or not, if the fourth miss thinks it's okay, this matter is easier to say!" β
I didn't expect to wait here, Cuiwen's face froze on her face, a little stammered, this sister-in-law didn't say anything at first, just waited for Cuiwen to finish her words and then come to block her, this is prepared, no matter whether the sister-in-law's goddaughter is round or flat, because she can't even mix in Aunt Ping's yard, and now I'm afraid that the fourth lady will have to admit it.
After the sister-in-law finished speaking, she looked down at the fourth lady on the low couch.
With her hands folded on her legs, Chen Mintao met her sister-in-law's tentative gaze and smiled, "Sister-in-law's goddaughter can make plum blossom sauce?" β
After asking such a question, the sister-in-law hurriedly replied, "Yes, yes, this little girl in our house has been taught when she first entered the house, Liu Yanyuan has worked in the pantry, and she is full of these flowers and fruit jams!" Fourth Miss rest assured, my goddaughter is not my wife's boast, her appearance is absolutely passable, and she also has work under her hands, and she dares to introduce you to not fragrant and smelly! β
After a few more pleasantries, Chen Mintao saw that it was almost over, and raised the teacup, "Thank you, sister-in-law, for remembering me, Cuiwen." β
Chen Mintao's eyes pointed at Cuiwen, the latter understood what it meant, and stepped forward to give the sister-in-law a reward, and the sister-in-law also knew that it was time to leave, since the matter had been done, she would not stay longer, rolled up her sleeves and knelt down sincerely to kowtow to Chen Mintao and left.
As soon as the sister-in-law left with her front foot, Chen Minke came to Wutong Ju with her back foot, "The fourth sister's yard is so beautiful, and this plum blossom is just the right color!" No wonder the four sisters don't like to walk around my yard, dare to appreciate the scenery in their own yard, and are reluctant to move! β
After eating a word of praise, you have to be stabbed, Chen Mintao knew that Chen Minke was afraid that she was not willing to come to Wutong Juqian to make friends with herself, the orphan girl and the fourth sister in the second room, so she was twisted in her heart, not only to praise you, but she couldn't control her tongue to find fault.
Chen Mintao only couldn't hear the thorn in the second lady Chen Minke's words, "Second sister looks good, just fold a few and go." β
Chen Minke sighed in her heart, when she came, she was running into the sister-in-law who was on the needle and thread leaving, and she was also holding a plum branch in her hand, this is to compare herself with a minion!
Chen Mintao didn't let Chen Minke get off the stage too much, "But these trees in my yard are not the best, just some small saplings with no climate, but they account for a large number of trees, and they show a little interest from a distance. β
There are several layers of meaning hidden in the tactful passage, the plum trees in my yard can be seen and folded, but if you want to transplant the plant, please ask another master, the plum tree in the long house is good, you have the ability to move it to the long house!
I didn't expect to run into a soft nail as soon as I came, Chen Minke couldn't help but look at his strange fourth sister again, there was no sister in Xifu, there was such a strong mother-in-law as the old lady in front of her, and the concubines in the house regarded pregnancy as death, not to mention the family tree, and even gave a name to the countryside to be sent to Zhuangzi in the countryside, for so many years, none of them came back.
His eyes wandered around Chen Mintao's room, with a little pickiness and a little surprise, Chen Minke turned sideways and sat opposite the low couch that Chen Mintao had let go, and neither of the two of them was polite, "The fourth sister is really a wonderful person!" β