Chapter 19: A Sleepy Dream (7)
Qiu Wei tidied up the thin blanket for her, stroked the hibiscus flowers on the blanket, and said, "Miss, before I left home, Qiao's mother told me that no one in the house is light. It doesn't matter if he's a master or a minion. The master has the difficulties of the master, and the slave has the difficulties of the slave. The first thing that is a slave is that you are not allowed to talk too much. There are some things, if you see it, you shouldn't see it......" she said, hearing the footsteps of Mama Zhang, "Mama Qiao has only had a wife in her eyes all her life, and when the wife is gone, there is only one young lady in her eyes." Miss, I only have you in my eyes. I don't care what happens to others. If she doesn't get in your way, she will live or die? He"
Jing Yi put the small sunhat on Qiu Wei's hand, and said lightly, "Remember to send it back." ”
Hearing this, Qiu Wei stood up, and at this time, Zhang's mother took Yue'er and came up with a big burden. Qiu Wei smiled when she saw it in a blink of an eye, and said, "Mother Zhang, do you mean to show off your family's background?" ”
Mother Zhang looked very happy, asked Yue'er to put the things on the table, opened them, and asked, "Young grandma, come and see, do you have anything you like?" ”
She showed it to Jingyi in the same way.
Yue'er and Qiu Wei curiously flipped from top to bottom, asking this and that silently, but Zhang's mother looked at Jing Yi - Jing Yi took a pair of mandarin duck water pattern pillowcases and looked at it. The water-red bottom, because of the years, the embroidery thread and silk are also a little faded, and when you hold it in your hand, it is astringent, but you can see that it is the best texture...... Her hand gently touched the delicate stitches.
Zhang's mother was asking Qiu Wei to help her shake off an embroidery, and on the ivory-white background, there was a tree of red plums in full bloom. The embroiderer's technique is at its peak, and at a cursory glance, I almost thought it was painted.
Jing Yi got down from the couch and carefully held it in her hand to admire, "My mother paints well, and the technique is second; This embroidery, but the painting is good, and the technique is good. ”
"When I first embroidered, I was going to make a bed net. But when you embroider it, you can put it aside. This shelving has been put on hold for all these years. The young grandmother likes it, so let's make it and use it. Zhang's mother said.
Jingyi shook the corner of the tent. This tent is like a calligraphy and painting, and there is a sense of money in the corner.
Very chic cursive writing with the word "Meiqin".
Somehow, when she read these two words, she felt inexplicably moved. Take a look at it from a distance, the whole tent is really like a picture scroll, the ink is dripping and lifelike...... "I love this, but how can I be willing to use it." She sighed.
The white lion burrowed into its skull, and she smiled and pulled it aside. Let Zhang's mother put away the account. Look at the other things, although they are all good, none of them have this tent to amaze her...... Zhang's mother also put down the embroidery of these two big burdens, and she waited for them to go down and continued to choose.
There's a baggage that's all for babies. It's brand new, but it's old. There is a pair of tiger head shoes, which are held in the hand, but they are the size of the palm of the hand, and they are very cute...... Jingyi glanced at the neatly folded red plum tent, and remembered that when her mother embroidered the picture of a hundred sons for her in the past, Qiao's mother joked that in the next year, her wife would have to make some small clothes...... She took the tiger head shoes in her hand and rubbed her eyes.
She leaned back on the couch and fell asleep......
It was almost dark, and Tao Xiang came back. Downstairs, I heard Qiu Wei say that the young lady didn't eat dinner, he went upstairs and pushed the door in, the bedroom was very dark, and the lights were not turned on.
He found where Jingyi was, and when he saw that she was asleep, he slowed down.
Jingyi woke up immediately.
In the dark shadow, Tao Xiang's appearance was not clear, only seeing him walking towards her, she felt her heartbeat suddenly accelerate, and Tao Xiang reached out and pulled the lamp rope on the small table, the glass lamp turned on, and the warm light shone on them, she let out a low "oh" and said, "You're back." She glanced at the horseshoe clock on the small table. Before she knew it, she had slept for an hour or two.
She was a little cramped and tucked the hair around her sideburns.
"Have you had dinner?" She said as she stood up.
Tao Xiang took off her clothes, she took them over and put them on the shelf. When I looked back and saw that his shirt was soaked, it was obvious that he was working hard, so I couldn't help frowning and wrung the towel to him.
"Nope." Tao Xiang unbuttoned his shirt and wiped his face. When I saw something falling on the ground, I bent down to pick it up, looked at it, and put it back on the table. There was a pile of silk products at hand, which seemed to be women's things, and he wanted to avoid them, but he saw a neatly stacked side of silk, embroidered with red plum blossoms.
Jingyi took a fan to fan him and asked, "It's all here...... What's for lunch? ”
"Didn't you eat either?" Tao Xiang said, picked up the silk, and flipped it over.
"That's the same." Jingyi told him about the day. Tao Xiang listened and nodded. Jingyi saw that he was a little absent-minded, and when she saw that the money on the Hongmei picture seemed to be out of her mind, she said, "It was Mama Zhang who brought it up." ”
Tao Xiang's eyebrows moved, and he said, "I think so." She didn't say anything? ”
"Nope. How? Jingyi asked.
"This is my mother's name." Tao Xiang put the red plum picture down.
Jingyi's eyes widened, and the movement of shaking the fan stopped.
Tao Xiao calmly glanced at Hongmeitu again, and said softly, "Take it." She didn't have much left. ”
Jingyi didn't make a sound, and Tao Xiang calmly made her heart tremble. Her hand holding the fan reached over to him, and the moment before it touched him, he turned around without a trace.
"Why don't we eat it first?" Tao Xiang suggested.
Jingyi asked, "Go to grandma?" ”
Tao Xiang said: "I haven't bothered to stay with my grandmother for a while when I come back." ”
Jing Yi thought that this was indeed the case. It's rare for him to be free tonight, so he might as well go to the old lady's place and have a meal with him. She nodded, waited quietly for him to wash and change, and followed him downstairs.
Tao Xiang was wearing a long shirt, which was a little different from his usual appearance.
Jingyi listened to his instructions to Zhang's mother, and the dinner sent by the kitchen in the house was used by Zhang's mother. When Ma Xingjian came out, they wanted to follow, and he waved his hand and said no, "At home." ”
He didn't say a word, and they stopped.
He didn't walk fast, and Jingyi just happened to be able to keep up with him.
"What are you doing in the kitchenette?" Out of the gate of Langyuan, he asked.
"I'm usually alone...... What's more, the main meals in the house are all together. Whatever you want to eat occasionally, Zhang's mother can also deal with it. She whispered. She really didn't want to spend more manpower and material resources. "When you are alone, you can make a sip of your son wherever you want."
Tao Xiang didn't speak again.
Jing Yi didn't know if she answered like this, if Tao Xiang felt that something was wrong. He listened, looked at her for a while, and didn't say anything......
Mrs. Tao was very happy when she saw the two of them suddenly come, and asked Jin Xuan to tell the kitchen to add two more dishes, and only said, "Brother Xiao has a big appetite." ”
Tao Xiang smiled.
Jingyi sat beside Tao Xiang, watching him smile, she couldn't help but be a little stunned, and suddenly felt more relieved. From the moment he saw his mother's relics, his calm made her feel uneasy...... She looked at him like this, and Tao Xiang also looked at her, he was talking to his grandmother.
Jingyi stared intently, only to know that Tao Xiang was telling her grandmother to call a cook to go to them. In a hurry, she reached out and tugged at his sleeve. He paused, grabbed her hand with his backhand and held it.
Jingyi's face was hot.
Even though it was under the table, the large tablecloth hung down, and the grandmother might not be able to see it. But many of the people who were waiting on the side, although they were like face-to-face people, could not make sure that no one would notice them...... She pumped her hand, but she couldn't move.
Tao Xiang didn't show the slightest abnormality, and said to his grandmother as usual: "...... Sometimes I want to eat something at night, and I have to go out to get it, which is very ......troublesome."
Old Madam Tao smiled and nodded, and only said: "Always tell Jingyi, it is better to have a small kitchen, Jingyi said that it is not needed-Jingyi, I will pick a cook for you to call Ming'er." There are so many people here that I don't need it for a while. ”
Jingyi wanted to open her mouth, but Tao Xiao said slowly: "Thank you, grandma." ”
Old Madam Tao waved her hand.
That's it.
The dishes came up one by one. Mostly vegetarian. Jingyi knew that the old lady had always eaten lightly at night. The two extra dishes were meaty, and it was clearly for them.
"You young people, you should not eat too vegetarian." The old lady said with a smile, seeing that Jingyi had not moved the chopsticks, she picked up the chopsticks and signaled to Jingyi.
Tao Xiang let go of Jingyi's hand at this time.
Jing Yi moved her numb hand slightly under the table before taking the chopsticks.
The dinner table was quiet.
But after the old lady drank some soup and ate a little noodles, she stopped moving. She smiled and asked this, asked that, and Tao Xiang answered them one by one. Jingyi lowered her head and drank the soup, listening to Tao Xiang and her grandmother gossiping......
Coming out of his grandmother's place, Tao Xiang did not go directly to the courtyard of the two of them, but walked along the stone path. Jing Yi knew that he was going in the wrong direction, but she only hesitated, followed him, and walked around and around to the courtyard where she had never been.
Jingyi Suri has no leisure to wander around the house. Every day, I go to ask for peace, and I only pick up the nearest path. There are many places in the house that she has never set foot in at all.
They walked through the rose shelves, and further inside were large patches of roses.
Large, under the moonlight, the opening is enchanting and beautiful.