Volume I: Ancient. Dream Frontier Chapter 26 Shangyuan Festival
The time that flies by, with the pace of the spring breeze, comes and goes.
Today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the east has just revealed a trace of white light, the streets and alleys of Chang'an City are full of people early, there are lantern makers, there are lantern riddles, there are lantern sellers, all kinds of lanterns gather together, the whole Chang'an City has become a world of lanterns.
The Su family in Tongren Lane has also become a kingdom of lanterns under the dress of ingenious maids.
Before he woke up, he was pulled up by Youlan, and asked with half-squinted eyes, "What are you doing?" I'm sleeping. ”
"Girl, it's time to get up, today is the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, the second girl, the third girl is preparing to make lanterns!" Youlan said urgently.
"Oops! I won't, I can't stretch my hands straight on such a cold day, what should I do? Promise said to Youlan with a complaint.
"Girl, the second girl will teach you." Youlan said inspiringly promised.
"Okay, okay, okay, can't I get up!" Promise said in the case that he couldn't earn Youlan, admitting defeat.
Xu Yu got up in Youlan, put on his cloak first, walked to the dresser and sat down, and then he heard the sound of Mama Qiu climbing the stairs without hurry.
"Oh, the girl is awake! What a coincidence, Mama Ji made a Lantern Festival, and I served some to the girl. Mama Qiu said to the promise as if to invite merit.
"Isn't the Lantern Festival eaten at night? Mama Ji, why did this happen. Xu asked with some doubts.
"Oh! This season, Mama tried her hand first, and I thought it was good, so I gave it to the girl, and served it some. Mama Qiu was a little unconfident, and lowered her voice and said.
"Got it, come and comb the girl's hair!" Youlan looked at Mama Qiu, who was stunned, and hurriedly shouted.
"Ouch, my old slave doesn't have any eyesight, the girl is not strange, not strange." Mama Qiu stepped forward, picked up the comb, and said softly.
After a while, after Xu promised to freshen up, he sat at the table, and saw Mama Qiu put out the breakfast in the food box in the same way.
"Hmmm! Lantern Festival, steamed buns, oil cakes, two side dishes, egg custard, and porridge. How did you eat so well for a few days? Xu Promise asked Mama Qiu suspiciously.
"Oops! Girl, Madame specially instructed the kitchen to give you a change of food. Mama Qiu said with a smile.
"Why?" Xu asked puzzled.
"Girl, the old lady looks at you, I have been depressed for the past few days, and I am afraid that you have wronged yourself, so I will let the kitchen make something good for you to eat." Youlan explained.
"Hmmm! Let's eat! As he spoke, he picked up the spoon and drank the porridge, thinking that it was good to eat it every day.
Half an hour later, she promised to go to Mrs. Su's courtyard, she seemed to be very afraid of the cold, and as usual, she wrapped herself tightly. Walking, like a penguin, slowly moving forward.
"Girl, your hand stove." Mama Qiu shouted from behind.
"You go and get it, don't let Mama Qiu come over, it's too cold." Xu Promise half-turned his head to Youlan and said.
Youlan nodded and turned back, then took the hand stove, ran back, and said, "To the girl." ”
"You're not cold!" Xu Yue looked at Youlan's panting and panting, and the red on her face didn't know if she was tired, frozen, or rouge, and her nose seemed to be dyed with rouge.
"Girl, the slave is not cold." Youlan said with a smile.
Xu Promise listened to her words, but he didn't believe it, and he didn't feel that the pace was too big, and the speed slowly increased.
After a while, the two of them came to the inner courtyard, and promised to give a gentle salute to the maid guarding the door, and the little maid quickly helped Promise open the door curtain, and said, "Cousin, please." ”
Xu Promise smiled slightly, and after Youlan helped Promise untie his cloak and cotton hat, Promise nodded to them, and was helped into the house by Youlan, but found that there was no one, and when he heard the laughter, he found that the mother and son were in the middle room.
"Auntie, two sisters, well." Xu Promise watched as the three of them, mother and son, were gathered around the table, making lanterns, and Shi Li said.
"Hey! Okay, come here, come on, look at you, the lantern basket painted by the third sister. Hehe! Mrs. Su smiled and leaned back and said to the promise.
"Mother." Su Qi hurriedly put the drawing paper and put it up with her hands, and said shyly and angrily.
"Put your clothes on this chair!" Xu Yue watched Youlan holding the cloak, and while seeing that the cloaks of the two sisters of the Su family were placed on the chairs, she ordered Youlan.
Youlan nodded obediently, put her clothes on the chair, and then followed the promise and helped her to the side room.
As soon as Xu Yu walked to the table and wanted to say something, he heard that someone came from outside the house, Mrs. Su tidied up her clothes, got up and walked to the Luohan bed, and the maid behind her put down the curtain that separated the side.
After Mrs. Su sat down, she said to the door, "Come in!" ”
"Minion, please Madame!"
"Steward Shen, what's the matter, you need to come so early." Mrs. Su asked in a flat tone.
"Madam, the lord is in the court, and he ordered the little servant to come back and tell him. He said that he wanted his wife to prepare some warm clothes and food. Steward Shen bowed his head and bent down respectfully.
"It's, what's going on." After hearing this, Mrs. Su suddenly got up in fright and asked tremblingly.
"Oh! Mrs. Mo Danxin, it was the King of Wei who handed it in this morning, and the "Kuodi Zhi" he had worked so hard to make over the years, His Majesty praised it again and again after reading it. The lord is also curious, so he is waiting in the court to watch this "Kuodizhi"! Steward Shen explained again.
When Mrs. Su heard this, she sat down slowly, and then slowly put down her heart that had mentioned her throat and eyes. In the side room behind the curtain, Xu Yu looked at the Su family sisters, and also sat slowly on the stool, and then exhaled.
"Quick, go, take the master's hand stove and cloak and cotton hat with the thickest." Su Fu slowed down and instructed the maids beside him, Cuiyu and Cuiyun.
"Yes, ma'am." Jade Shili responded.
After a while, Cuiyu took out thick clothes from the inside, and Cuiyun took out the hand stove from the inner room, and in the carbon brazier in the middle of the hall, he took tweezers and sandwiched the red charcoal blocks, put them into the hand stove, and then covered the hand stove brocade cover.
They took their things and walked to Steward Shen to stand, Steward Shen bowed and said, "Old slave, let's go, please rest assured." Steward Shen said, and led Cuiyu, and Cuiyun and the two walked out of the house.
"Hey, you said that this Steward Shen didn't finish talking once, it scared me to death!" Suki stroked her chest and complained.
"It's because you guys were too anxious to hear what he said, Steward Shen asked for something to be sent to the court, not to other places." Xu Promise explained.
"Yes! You are not in a hurry, we are in a hurry, that is our father. Su Qi said in a strange way.
"You, I'm just explaining, what do you mean by that?" Xu asked suspiciously.
"It's not interesting!" After Suki finished speaking, her face turned to the side.
"Alright, alright. Don't argue. Su Rou explained.
"Hmph, I'll go back to my room." Suki got up angrily, packed her things and left.
"Hey! Don't you do that? Su Rou pulled Su Qi and said.
"What's the matter, it's awkward." Mrs. Su lifted the curtain and walked in, looking at the three of them silent, and asked.
"No ,......。" Before Su Rou could finish speaking, Su Qi interrupted and said, "You ask her?" With that, he ran out.
Su Rou looked at the promise embarrassedly, and then looked at Mrs. Su and didn't know what to do.
"This girl, No'er! Don't worry. Mrs. Su said comfortingly.
"Auntie, I'm also a little tired, so I'll go back first." Promise said to Mrs. Su.
"Okay, let's go back and rest! Later, you will go and put out the lanterns together. Oh! You can take this and go back and do it! Mrs. Su gently handed the thing to Xu Promise and said with a smile.
Youlan took the things, promised to give a gift, and then went to the hall, Youlan helped put on the cloak and hat, and the master and servant walked out.
"What's wrong with them?" Mrs. Su asked Su Rou suspiciously.
"It's nothing, just now, Steward Shen came, and my sister and I were shocked when we heard what he said. The eldest grandson sister said that we were in a hurry and heard what he said wrong. My sister got angry. Su Rou explained.
"Alas! I've listened to the fork, don't talk about you, promise this girl is a little, hey, go back and see your sister! After Mrs. Su said half a word, she let Su Rou go back.
"Yes, don't think too much about it, mother." Su Rou said with a salute.
Walking on the way back to Qingfeng Pavilion, the more Xu Yu thought about it, the more he felt that what he said was wrong, so he asked Youlan and said, "Youlan, do you think what I said just now was too ruthless?" ”
"Girl, it's a little, I thought it was just now, the master had an accident." Youlan explained.
"Yes! I just didn't think that I was a member of the Su family, how could I worry about my uncle being in trouble! Xu Promise looked up at the sky and said with a sigh.
After a while, as soon as I walked into Qingfeng Pavilion, I heard Mama Qiu's voice coming out of the house: ""Oops! The girl is back, quick, brushing the snow off her body. ”
"Mama Qiu, will you put up a lantern basket? This night to use. Xu asked with a sad face.
"Oops! It's not easy, my wife, when I was a girl at home. Mama Qiu said with a smile.
"Then there's Lao Qiu's mother." Xu Promise also said with a smile on his face.
"What's so tiring about this, the girl is polite." As she spoke, Mama Qiu took the things from Youlan's hand, and didn't even untie the promised cloak, and Youlan raised her hand to help Promise untie the cloak and hat.
"Let's go upstairs and do it! Warm upstairs. Xu Promise said to Youlan and Qiu's mother.
The three of them went upstairs, and as soon as they sat down, they heard Qiu's mother say: "Girl, you wait for a while, I'll add some carbon, and I'll start working for a while, but I forgot to add carbon, the house is cold, and it's not good if I suffer from the wind and cold." ”
"Okay, I'll try to do it with Youlan first." Xu Promise nodded with a smile and said.
After Qiu's mother heard the promise, she picked up the carbon frame that she put aside, gently lifted it downstairs, and went to the kitchen to get the carbon.
"Girl, I won't, I haven't done it at home." Youlan said timidly to the promise.
"Then let's wait, wait for Mother Qiu to come back, let's do it! I haven't done it either. Promise smiled and reassured.