Chapter 19 Grip
Because of going to the courtyard of the second lady, Wisteria went back to the house to change into a silk shirt, combed her bun again, put the bracelet that the old man rewarded last time on her wrist, and followed Jiao Hong to Qinyuan.
This is the second time she has come to Qinyuan, the last time she came was directly into Zirui's house, and then she sat outside for a long time. This time, Jiao Hong was led to the door of the main house, told her to wait, and then lifted the bamboo curtain of Xiangfei and walked in alone, only to listen to the call of Sister Zirui, and after a while, Jiao Hong turned back and lifted the curtain to let her in.
Wisteria kept his head down, not daring to look around, only to feel a burst of fragrance coming to his face, like the fragrance of plum blossoms, good smell but not strong. Instead of stopping at the main hall, I went straight to the second room to the east. Wisteria really didn't have any research on these ancient ladies' boudoirs, but thought that they should go to the second ladies' living room. When I arrived at the door, I saw Zirui raise the curtain from the inside, and said with a smile:
"Second Miss, my sister-in-law is here."
Wisteria walked in and stood up, and under the instruction of Zirui, he knelt on the water-mill floor tiles, kowtowed, and said, "Slave and maid, please say hello to the second lady." ”
"Get up, listen to your sister say that you can tell a story, tell a story, and if you tell it well, you will be rewarded." I only heard a lazy voice coming from above my head.
"When I was a child, I heard a few stories from my father, and it was very interesting. The second lady can listen to the slave and maid talk about the blessing of the slave and maid. ”
Zirui was obviously very satisfied with Wisteria's reply, turned to the second lady and said, "The old lady said it, you have to drink the medicine well before you can tell it." ”
As she spoke, she motioned to a little girl to bring a pink and white porcelain bowl and serve the second lady to take medicine.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wisteria raised her eyes to look at the layout of the house. In front of me was a round table carved from the fine sandalwood, with different patterns carved on it. On the opposite side is the bed, and diagonally opposite the bed is a dressing table inlaid with tortoiseshell shells, which is very gorgeous. On the walls on either side of the dresser hung two embroidered silk silks, one embroidered with peony flowers; The other is embroidered with a lotus flower, and a dragonfly is lifelike and resting on it.
"Okay, I've finished drinking the medicine, call your sister over."
Zirui turned back to Wisteria and said, "Second Miss is recuperating, don't talk for too long, you know?" ”
"Yes, Wisteria knows."
The little girl next to her took an embroidery pier and put it next to the bed. The second lady pointed to the embroidered pier, "Sit down and speak, I will look up at you while you are standing." ”
Wisteria thanked him and sat on the embroidery pier, only then did he dare to raise his eyes to look at the second lady. This was the first time she had seen the second lady, with a childish face, a handful of jet-black hair tied behind her with only a handkerchief, and a moon-white undershirt. A pair of big eyes were also looking at Wisteria, and Wisteria hurriedly avoided the second lady's gaze.
Xie Fang chuckled and said to Zirui: "Your sister is so interesting, I don't dare to see it if you want to." ”
"Second Miss, don't blame, my sister has never been in the garden, and she is a little childish." Zirui hurriedly explained on the side.
"Oh, what are you talking about? I don't blame her, you should go to your grandmother's place, she should send someone to ask if she is late. I'll just call Mother Liu and Jiaohong here, and everyone else will go down. ”
Everyone retreated together, and Zirui glanced at Wisteria before going out, and Wisteria gave her a reassuring look.
"Okay, everyone is gone, you don't have to be tight. Tell me, what will you talk about? Xie Fang leaned back on the pillow and asked casually.
"The slave will tell the young lady a story about the monkey first." Knowing that this young lady likes small animals, she specially said so. Sure enough, Xie Fang straightened up and looked very interested when she heard what she said, "Monkey, what monkey?" But on this Qingming Mountain? ”
"The story of the monkey told by the slave is not from Qingming Mountain, it is the ...... on Huaguo Mountain" Wisteria's voice is very good, and the story is formed in her head, so it is effortless to tell, when it comes to the dialogue between the monkeys, she changes her tone to tell, making Xie Fang giggle, and even the nurse Liu and Jiao Hong, who are serving in the house, also laugh non-stop. Zirui, who came back from the old lady's courtyard, heard the laughter in the house, and a hanging heart came back.
Wisteria knew what it meant to put a long line to catch big fish, so she found a good time to stop at the most exciting time, stood up and saluted Xie Fang and said, "Sister has explained that the second lady is recuperating from her illness, and she can't talk for too long at a time, she can only talk for half an hour." ”
"Oh, no, no, you haven't told me how the monkey became a brother with the Bull Demon King, just finish this paragraph."
Wisteria didn't reply, but looked at Liu's mother a little embarrassed. Mother Liu picked up the tea and handed it to the second lady, and said in her mouth: "Second miss, the old lady made a special trip to tell the old lady about letting you listen to the story, and promised the old lady that you should not bother for too long, only once a day, and not more than half an hour." It's been more than half an hour now, and it can't be any longer. Besides, when listening to a story, you have to stop at just the right time, so that you can think about what the content will be next time, so that it can be interesting. ”
Xie Fang seemed to listen to this nurse's words very much, but she didn't shout anymore, but she was obviously extremely reluctant. "Besides, the wisteria girl has been talking for half an hour, why don't you let the family rest for a while and drink tea. Otherwise, my throat hurts, how will Ming'er talk about the next section. ”
"Okay, Jiaohong, you give her the Chuanbei paste that my sister-in-law gave me last time." Then he turned his head and said, "That, that, purple..."
"Slave wisteria."
"Yes, Wisteria, you go back and drink this, and don't spoil your throat. Ming'er still needs this hour, you know? ”
Wisteria responded in his mouth, and withdrew after saluting. Standing at the door of the main room, he exhaled slowly. said in my heart, it is really an evil feudal society, and people have told the story for more than an hour without even saliva, and they are dying of thirst.
"It's Wisteria, Sister Zirui told you to go to her room and sit down for a while, and she will be back soon."
"Oh, okay." Wisteria enters the house of the wister. As soon as I entered the room, I saw the man named Shuangqiao sitting on the edge of his bed, embroidering a handkerchief.
Wisteria gave Shuangqiao a blessing in a proper manner and said hello. Shuangqiao raised his eyes to look at her, and the work in his hands did not stop, only opened his mouth and hummed, and there was no more words.
Wisteria didn't bother to pay attention to her, and when she saw tea on the small table at the head of Zirui's bed, she poured a cup and drank it, poured another cup, and drank four bowls in one go. In fact, she usually doesn't like to drink tea, and she didn't like it in her previous life, she didn't like drinks or anything, just plain water. But when you get here, it's different, everyone drinks tea, and even the villagers have to buy a few taels of grass roots to drink.
Qiaoshuang seemed to be very surprised by her "cow drink", but she didn't speak, just showed a disdainful look.
After a while, Zirui opened the curtain and walked in, holding a small box in her hand, walked to Wisteria with a smile on her face, sat down next to her, handed her the box and said,
"Second Miss rewarded you, let's see if you like it?"
Wisteria opened the box under the expectant gaze of Zirui, and saw that it was a bracelet of fine gravel, and small stones of red, green, yellow, and blue were worn on it, which was also beautiful. "It's so beautiful, thank you Second Miss."
"You deserve it, I haven't laughed like this since the second lady was injured. Go back to your aunt, tomorrow will be the same time. ”
"The errand in the big kitchen ......"
"You don't have to worry about it, someone will go and talk to the Ma Wu family."
Wisteria took Xie Fangsheng's bracelet back to the flower garden, Yu's mother was even happier than herself, and touched Wisteria's face over and over again and said good child. Wisteria was also infected by her, revealing two dimples and laughing.
In this way, Wisteria went to Qinyuan every day to tell stories to the second lady. From half an hour in the morning on the first day, as the second lady's health got better and better, it was changed to half an hour in the morning and afternoon, and then even in the evening she had to talk for two quarters of an hour.
The old lady nodded again and again when she heard this, and said that it was rare for Sister Fang to do something serious. Seeing that the old lady was happy, Mrs. Shizi asked Baoping to reward a set of old clothes for Wisteria. said it was old, but Mrs. Shizi never got on it. The master gives his own clothes to his subordinates, whether they are old or new, whether they are big or small, it is a glorious honor. Since this dress was rewarded, Wisteria felt that the whole Qinyuan treated him a lot more politely.
Sister Fang stayed in the house to listen to Wisteria tell stories, and the most unhappy person was the little young master Brother Lang, usually there were no children in Zhuangzi, and the mother and girl around him could only take care of him and did not dare to run and play with him. After Sister Fang had an accident at the beginning, he heard his mother say that it was quiet for two days, and then he somehow knew that the second aunt was listening to stories every day, so he couldn't sit still and shouted to see the second aunt. The old lady didn't stand in the way, and called the nurse and the subordinates to take a good look, and a team of people came to Qinyuan in a hula.
When Brother Lang arrived, Wisteria got up to finish the story he was going to tell in the morning, and was ready to leave. Brother Lang is here to listen to her story, how can he let her go. Sister Fang didn't let Wisteria go, so she had to let Wisteria tell him one.
Wisteria is embarrassed now, and let's talk about this, it's too long, and I have to listen to a paragraph, if it's two people listening together, it's okay to say, but it's like a teacher taking a class, one year, one three years, the progress is different, and the same content has to be talked about twice, Wisteria suddenly felt that one head and two big.
But the master opened his mouth, how could he have a reason to refuse. Because Sister Fang had heard about it earlier, she sent them to the western room to speak. Looking at the child with a pair of big eyes in front of him, Wisteria suddenly thought of a good idea. Isn't there a lot of small stories about educating children about the way of Confucius and Mencius, why don't you tell the little master that, it won't be long, and it can still play an educational role, so as not to tell the wrong one and be trained.
So from this day on, Wisteria began a career of storytelling to two students.