Chapter XVII
"But wake up, Mother Bustard has ordered me and Truffle to wash and groom you, and there is a distinguished guest who needs you to receive you tonight. ”
As the lord of an island and the priest of recitation, everyone on the island is independent, and although no one serves the living, everyone respects it.
Yesterday, I agreed to do things for the bustard mother, playing the piano, calligraphy and painting, etc., which was a last resort. Now listening to the meaning of her words, as if she meant something else, Tao Muqing asked in horror: "Reception? Do you mean to let me serve others? This is what the bustard mother wants me to do?"
"You think ......"
Truffle was just about to scold angrily and gave Songhe a look to stop, Songhe said unhurriedly: "Miss Liuli is suspicious, the bustard mother has no other meaning, maybe the truffle is too wrong in her words to make you worry too much, the bustard mother just let you act according to the contract, and will not do anything else." ”
After listening to her explanation, Tao Muqing breathed a sigh of relief, and asked blankly: "Two sisters, can you tell me if I want to play the piano, paint, or sing?" But she is not proficient in the above three things.
Songhe shook his head: "I don't know about this, we were just ordered to wash and groom you, please come with me." ”
The lobby of the spring flower building at night, the red lanterns are hung high all around, the red silk cloth on the beam is draped down high, giving people an indescribable bewitchment of the body and mind, turning the corridor, it is several tortuous corridors leading to different courtyards and rooms, there is a red lantern hanging in front of each door, the red lantern is written in ink with the elegant name of each room, the style is also very different, some are elegant, there is a dream, some are quiet......
Suddenly, the atmosphere downstairs became lively, applause and laughter were like thunder, and with the excited eyes of the guests on the table, a woman in purple clothes and eyebrows, smiling and smiling, her gestures were soft and light, and she walked to the balcony gently.
"Now the new red card lilac girl in this building sings and dances for everyone. ”
As the words fell, the applause of the audience was thunderous, the lilac red lips were lightly opened to be a gentle singing, the slender hands were lightly raised to be graceful dancing, the cloud sleeves swayed lightly with the song, and the red silk ribbon fluttered on the hair, like a flower that had just sprouted and red swaying in the wind, it was very vivid, so beautiful that it was suffocating, so that people couldn't take their eyes off it when they saw it, and they were deeply attracted to the past.
Rao is Tao Muqing just passed by for a short time, and he was amazed by it and immersed in it for a long time.
I just looked around the Chunhua Building, I was unknown and unfamiliar with everything, and when I saw the restless excitement and the hot eyes of the man below, I remembered that the little brother Wu told himself that the world was sinister before he left.
Tao Muqing suddenly regretted it a little and wanted to retreat.
But when he thought that Shu Yang's whereabouts were still unknown, he still had to rely on the bustard's mother to help find someone, so he gritted his teeth and endured the discomfort and went to wash and comb with the two of them.
She didn't say a word until she saw Truffle pick up the blushing shirt.
Tao Muqing resisted and took a few steps back, pointed to her shirt and said in horror: "How can you wear such a light shirt!"
"Why not, this is the bustard's mother who made a special trip to choose it for you!"
Seeing that she was still hiding aside and would rather die than give in, Truffle was a little annoyed and scolded: "Mother Bustard is merciful, don't toast and don't eat and drink, I don't know what to do!"
Everyone on the island treated her politely, but her scolding made Tao Muqing's arrogance rise all of a sudden.
"I appreciate the kindness of the bustard's mother, but I will not wear such a shameful garment anyway!"
"You-"
Truffle's angry raised hand was stopped by the returning Songhe, looking at Tao Muqing, who was neither humble nor arrogant, she took out a silky and smooth cyan glass skirt from the cabinet next to her.
"Miss Liuli still has any objections?"
Tao Muqing met her smile, and her resistance slowly eased, and she nodded back with a smile.
While arranging her clothes, Songhe said, "Truffle forgot the bustard's mother's instructions for a while, and took the wrong clothes for the girl, and I hope you don't blame and take it to heart." As the words fell, a sharp afterglow swept the truffle's glance.
Truffle's face turned pale for a moment, and she hurriedly took over, "It's Truffle who is reckless and rude, please forgive Miss Liuli." ”
Forgiving people and forgiving people, my mother often says that harmony is precious, and in the future, as a reciter and the owner of the island, we must also uphold the way of gentleness, and we can't be reasonable and aggressive, and when I saw her sincerely apologize, I put away my resistance.
"As I have said, I am not unreasonable. Tao Muqing smiled and walked through the dress prepared by Songhe, and followed them to another luxurious room.
There is a red lantern hanging at the door of the room, which reads - Liulijian three words.
Tao Muqing now understands that the words on the original red lantern are not only the nickname of the room, but also the name of the person who uses the corresponding wing.
As soon as he entered the wing room, Tao Muqing frowned slightly, the red sandalwood carved wooden round table, behind the round table is a plain yarn screen, there is a hanging warm yellow glass lamp hanging on the top, the four walls of the carved jade lamp, the purple pearl curtain, the agarwood stepping bed, the soft smoke tent of autumn fragrance hanging next to the bed, the tent is embroidered with pearl purple orchids, and there are incense pillows on the couch closely, covered with ice and silk, and stacked with cloud silk brocade cloth.
The three characters of this glazed stream are really incompatible with the layout inside.
When Tao Muqing was secretly thinking, Songhe lit the incense burner, and gradually a stream of orchid incense spread in the room, she didn't like the layout of the room and this aroma, everything in the room made her feel dizzy and upset, and she couldn't calm down.
"In the future, this glass stream will be your wing, and you can sit behind this screen later, and we will go out first." ”
Alone in this strange and uncomfortable aroma?
"Excuse me......" Tao Muqing eagerly grabbed Songhe's hand and said timidly: "Can you stay with me?"
Songhe looked down at the hands, pushed lightly, and soothed her emotions: "Please don't embarrass me, don't panic, we'll wait at the door." ”
As the door closed, the room was silent, and the quiet passage of time made Tao Muqing even more uneasy, and the hand holding the corner of his clothes became more and more white.
"Shuyang...... Where are you, I'm so scared......" She habitually called Shu Yang's name, trying to calm her restless heart.
At this time, the silence was broken by a sudden creak of the door, Tao Muqing immediately tightened the corner of his clothes, looked nervously through the screen with two pairs of black eyes, and vaguely saw a shy man with a big round belly swaying in.
The man is about 30 years old, holding a jade fan, wearing a jade ring, a blue silk dress, a fat head and a big face, and a jade block around his waist, which is milky white with yellow marble color.
It seems that this man likes jade very much, Tao Muqing guessed.
The man sat on the stool with a bang, shook the jade fan, and said to himself: "Isn't this the house of the former red-card Zilan girl? ”
Girl Zilan? Tao Muqing suddenly remembered a figure in his mind, could it be the girl who came to talk to him a few days ago?
The last time I saw her, she was wearing a dress embroidered with purple orchids, and if this man really said, it was very likely that this house was hers in such a layout.
What does he mean when he says that people are gone?
The man stretched his neck in the direction of the screen, squinted his eyes and looked at it carefully, and finally said tastelessly: "Your name is Liuli, right? ”
Originally, the recitation was just a casual remark, but I didn't expect that someone would really recite poems and songs for the guests who came to have fun?
The man was stunned for an instant, and said weakly: "I said Liuli girl, you are really interesting, it is simply a clear stream in the Chunhua Building, and you really recited it!"
Didn't he say that he could recite? It just so happened that this was his most proficient, Tao Muqing stopped reciting and glanced at the screen.
"Okay, you go ahead and leave me alone. Seeing that she was silent, the man waved his hand helplessly.
One person recites and one person entertains himself and plays with his jade fan, occasionally bored, he gets up to appreciate the jade wall lamp, touches the ornaments in the room, and is very boring.
In the next few days, Tao Muqing received him, and they were all exactly the same scene.
In this way, he is not bored, and Tao Muqing also feels bored and tired.