There was a clanging sound inside, and after a while, Jin Yi personally opened the door.

She was covered with a blue plain silk dress on the outside of her clothes, with a thick veil covering her nose and mouth, and her eyebrows and eyes looked at Jinru with a smile, because the veil was a little tight, her voice was a little urn-like, "The smell here is too big, Qiaowei is making masks, don't come in." It's not good to smell too much, you wait for me outside for a while. ”

With that, he closed the door again.

After a while, Jin Yi opened the door and came out, the silk clothes and veils on his body had been removed, and he stroked the fine layer of dust on his sleeves with his hand and walked out.

Jin Ru was extremely curious, looked into the room behind her, and said, "I want to go in and have a look." ”

"Wait for Qiaowei to clean up the inside, the window will open to let in the smell, and you will go in again."

Jin Xuan rarely goes out these days, and only accompanies the two of her at home. After listening to Jin Yi's words, he asked her, "Qiao Wei's face is a little yellow, is it because she hurt her body by doing this?" ”

Jin Yi nodded, her expression a little gloomy.

"Then don't do it, just buy some jewelry outside." Jinru asked puzzled.

"She doesn't do much of that now. Thinking that it will be the Festival of Lights in two days, let's make some masks to wear, she mixed some color oil, and you can paint it yourself when the time comes, okay? Jin Yi said to her with a smile.

Jinru clapped her hands and applauded, her face full of interest.

When Qiao Wei was in the Qingrong Marquis Mansion before, she made a dagger for Xiaolou in private, because there were many people in Fu Jinxuan, and the progress was slow. came here, and worked overnight in the past few days to be considered ready. The carving at the handshake was engraved by Jinyi, so it was done in this room.

She thought about it for a few days, if Xiaolou came back on the fifteenth, she was afraid that she would still have to see him. Thinking that he had never given him anything, after all, he had helped him a lot after returning to Beijing, no matter what the future holds, it was better to take advantage of the New Year's opportunity to give him a gift.

Although she has not learned much skill, she is excellent at carving. After all, after practicing martial arts for several years, her wrist strength is calm, and if there is a need to carve Qiaowei's tools, she often does it herself.

After completing the carving on the dagger, Jin Yi took the remaining half of the purple smoke warm jade, and planned to cut a jade buckle and make it into a belt for him.

After the workshop was cleaned up and all the windows around were open, Jin Xuan and Jin Ru followed her into the house, and saw a dazzling array of various tools on the table, many of which looked strange, I don't know what they were for, Qiao Wei explained them one by one.

"This is for polishing jade,...... This is the ,...... of cutting iron. Careful, very sharp ......"

Jin Xuan watched it with relish, and from time to time he had to pick it up in his hand and look at it. He now works in the Ministry of Industry, and he has also been to the Ordnance Department to see the manufacture of ordnance, and many tools are recognized. After watching it for a long time, he smiled and said to Qiao Wei: "Miss Qiao Wei is interested in going to the workshop of the Ministry of Industry in the future." ”

Qiao Wei's teacher, Wei Lan, used to be a craftsman in the workshop, and when she heard his words, she thought of her master in Huayin Mountain, and she felt a little worried in her heart.

There were still many bottles and cans on the shelves on the side, and Jin Ru wanted to take them, but Jin Yi stopped her, "There's something that burns blues paint, it's poisonous." ”

Jin Ru was startled, took two steps back and looked at her, Jin Yi smiled and nodded to her, "That's why this room is locked on weekdays." ”

Jinru looked at the things in the room, there was some fascination in her eyes, and asked her, "Shang Xiutang, what is it like?" ”

Jin Yi recalled the long-term cold valley in Huayin Mountain, the black and towering lintel, and the five big characters of "weaving technology, medicine and food" were written on the plaque. In the deep and lonely lobby, many women in thin green clothes walked silently like ghosts.

The women there never laughed and played, and either listened to the teacher's lectures every day, or buried themselves in hard practice. The most years of women's youth were spent here, and those skills were mastered exquisitely, and some were selected to enter the palace by the people sent by the palace attendants, but most of them could only stay in Shangxiu Hall for the rest of their lives.

Except for a very small number of nobles who have entered the palace, they have a better life, and they can go out of the palace to marry when they are old, and most of them are just living in obscurity in a corner of the long and deep palace.

In addition to the relatives who were relegated to the crime in the family, some families with difficult families will also send their daughters to Shangxiutang. When they are older, they may be picked up by their families, and those who have nowhere to go can stay and teach.

Jin Yi smiled faintly, "There are all women with hard lives, working hard, but there is no future." ”

Jin Xuan looked at her, there was a faint compassion in her eyes, and her face was as calm as an ancient well. His heart was a little sour, she was no longer the happy little girl she used to be, and there were many secrets hidden in her heart, hidden under a quiet smile. I was still powerless to help her, so I could only watch her walk alone in agony.

Jin Yi noticed his low feelings, wiped a gentle smile on his lips, and said to Jin Ru, "Let's go make masks." ”

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, men and women in the city can go out to play according to custom. The women of the noble family covered their faces with masks because they were afraid of their boudoirs. At first, the masks were made of light wood, but some people still found it clumsy, so they began to make it of thin metal or hard leather.

Qiao Wei specially made several gold leaf masks in the past two days, delicate and delicate, and the corners of the eyes and forehead were decorated with Hua Yu.

The next people put a plan in the incense pavilion, and several people sat around the desk, depicted it with colored oil and gold powder, and began to make zuò lanterns.

The skeleton is woven with bamboo strips, and various patterns are painted on Goryeo paper, such as flowers, birds, insects and fish, and ink landscapes. Jin Xuan helped draw on the side, Jin Yi and Qiao Wei pasted the paper on it, and there was a small oil box at the bottom, filled with pine resin, and ignited it to fly into the air.

I folded a lot of lotus lanterns with wax paper, and put them on the Qingxi River that night.

The housekeeper Qin Shun personally came over to reply, saying that the grandfather of the Zhongyi Mansion sent some lanterns, saying that they were for Miss Ru to enjoy. To take a look at the lamp, there are eight immortals across the sea of the rotation lamp, as well as begonia lanterns, plum blossom lamps, all kinds, all of which are novel styles of craftsmanship.

Jinru blushed, sat on the side and fiddled with the plum blossom lamp, and did not speak, the smile on her lips was very warm.

All day long, everyone had a lot of fun.

Jin Ru saw that Jin Yi didn't have many clothes with her this time, so she excused herself and wanted to buy a few clothes, so she took her to the clothes shop in the street.

The neon dress shop is the largest clothing shop in the city, which contains silk satin, Shu brocade, crepe, and flash satin...... The clothes made of various colors are dazzling, and the embroidery on the clothes is exquisite and unique, and it is most frequented by the city's ladies.

Jin Yi and Jin Ru came in lightly, not wanting to attract attention, so they were taken by the guy to the second floor to choose clothes. I chose a good time to come, and then the big bags were carried by the guys, and I went downstairs to load them in the car.

Jin Yi and the others were coming down from the upper floor, preparing to leave. Outside the gate, on three or four richly decorated horses, several delicate women in riding clothes were getting off their horses, wearing long soft boots embroidered with gold patterns, and walked into the store with great energy.

The luxurious and bright riding lady suddenly attracted passers-by to look sideways, and those people seemed to be accustomed to seeing each other, and they laughed and talked with a calm expression.

The current person is Wang Zichen, the eldest lady of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, and in addition to Huan Yuanyuan, the third lady of the Huan Mansion, there are two more people, but Jin Yi doesn't recognize them.