Chapter 9: Fun Facts
"Hey!" After Xiao Mi disappeared, Qi Changge sighed slowly, confiding in the momentary depression in his heart, and wondered why he had seen his brother and Mr. Qin in such a misleading scene!
Thinking like this, Qi Changge's face floated with a slight sorrow, he took a few steps back, sat back on the swing, and waved Qianqiu for a while, his eyes were a little dazed.
The sound of striding footsteps sounded at the gate of the courtyard, which woke up Qi Changge, whose eyes turned from dazed to vague at this time, and wandered out of the world.
A handsome young man walked in, with a jade crown on his head, a money belt at the end of the belt, a fine blue silk belt on his robe, and auspicious clouds embroidered on his clothes, also gold embroidery thread, with an elegant temperament, Qi Changge straightened his somewhat wrinkled dress, greeted him, and shouted obediently: "Brother." ”
Qi Yunting, just like Qi Changge did when he was a child, stroked Qi Changge's hair with his palm, and then took out a pack of hot pastries wrapped in oiled paper from his arms, handed it to Qi Changge, and said with a smile: "Fuji's new pastries, listening to passers-by, the flavor is acceptable." ”
"Thank you, brother!" Qi Changge held the oil paper bag in surprise, thanked Qi Yunting, Qi Changge, who liked to taste pastries, opened the oil paper bag, took out a pink diamond-shaped flower cake, and bit it lightly in his mouth.
The entrance is crispy, slightly sweet, and there is a faint floral fragrance after tasting, Qi Changge likes this taste very much, bends his eyebrows happily, praises, and says: "The flavor is good, brother try it!" ”
Qi Yunting likes to eat vegetarian food on weekdays, and he doesn't like to eat the sweet and greasy things that these women like to taste, but his sister invites him to taste them occasionally.
"Okay." Qi Yunting bent his lips, smiled lightly, took a piece of golden petal pastry from the oiled paper bag held by Qi Changge, sent it to his lips, and bit a small piece
Qi Changge is bored in the boudoir on weekdays, likes to taste pastries, and occasionally comes to the interest, and will also cook and learn to make pastries with the cook.
But most of them were still learning to play the piano and embroidery with the female gentleman, and after Qi Changge lowered his head and ate a few pastries, he raised his eyes and asked Qi Yunting curiously: "Brother, is the academy closed, how can you have time to go home today?" ”
Qi Yunting studied at the mountain temple college outside Huaishui on weekdays, and the mountain temple college had strict rules and regulations, and it was rare to return home, so Qi Changge had this question.
"Mr. today has something to do, so he has no class, so he will take a break." Qi Yunting patted Qi Changge's hair and said funny, a little unhappy, he finally stole half a day off, and had to buy cakes to give to this girl, but he also asked about the retreat.
Qi Changge took out a handkerchief from his sleeve coat, wiped his lips, wiped his hands, and then stroked the hair that was a little messy by Qi Yunting, and said to Qi Yunting with a little anger: "Brother, women are the ones who please themselves, don't mess with my hair, it will damage the posture." ”
"Sister, when you grow up, it's not as cute as it was when you were a child." Qi Yunting said a little melancholy, and said: "The female should marry, I don't know who can afford to marry you in the future." ”
Qi Changge smiled and said, "Brother, look at your melancholy look, my father never mentioned marriage, brother, why do you think I am married?" ”
When Qi Yunting heard this, he couldn't help but laugh, rubbed Qi Changge's forehead and hair sockets, and said happily: "My sister is my sister whether she marries or not." ”
With a "hmm", Qi Changge slapped away Qi Yuntingting's hand rubbing his head indiscriminately, glared at Qi Yunting and said, "Brother is too much, don't mess with my hair, damage my posture!" ”
"Good sister, don't be angry, my brother took you out to play, you should make amends, okay?" Qi Yunting was really angry when he saw Qi Changge, and begged for mercy!
As soon as Qi Changge heard that he could go out to play, when he was about to agree with a smile, he remembered Mr. Qin, who was waiting for his brother in the Qinglian Pavilion, and straightened his hair depressedly and said, "I'm not going, I still have to practice calligraphy." ”
Qi Yunting saw that his sister was talking about going to play in the last second, he was very happy, why couldn't he say it in the blink of an eye?
"It's a good sunny day and you don't swim, why do you spend time practicing calligraphy?" Qi Yunting asked puzzled.
Qi Changge lowered his eyes and pursed his lips, although the sunny light was good, it was not suitable for his brother and Mr. Qin, so as not to be embarrassed.
"Because I want to show my calligraphy and paintings at the late spring banquet in the second half of the year." Qi Changge replied with a little temperament to Qi Yunting.
"That's it, my brother will come back to take you to play when he goes back to Xiumu." Xu was aware of Qi Changge's unhappiness, and Qi Yunting hurriedly promised.
"Hmm." Qi Changge lowered his head and responded gloomily, and said without raising his eyes: "You go and play with Mr. Qin, I'm going to practice calligraphy." ”
"Sister, the twilight spring banquet is not interesting, it is nothing more than some talented and beautiful people, and why does my sister need to participate in these icing on the cake banquets." Qi Yunting couldn't bear to see his sister, who had always been quiet and smiling, so he was so depressed, and after he finished speaking, he looked at Qi Changge who was still depressed, and said: "Moreover, my sister is the first beauty who is famous in Huaishui, and there are many men who admire her, and you don't have to be like the boudoir lady next to her. ”
"Brother, what you said is too bold, and you are so blunt with me, my brother is too much!" Qi Changge was blushed by Qi Yunting's words, and stomped his feet in embarrassment, feeling shameless to face his brother, and then covered his face and ran into the house in small steps.
Inside the house, the second-class maid Xiaoran was wiping the dusty items with a cloth towel, but there was no Xiaomi.
So Qi Changge put down the hand covering his face, tried his best to hide the shame on his face, and asked Xiaoran lightly: "What about Xiao Mi?" ”
"Sister Xiaomi went back to her room to rest, and she was on duty today." Xiao Ran looked at his nose and replied with his nose and mouth.
"Hmm." Qi Changge's lips and teeth responded, passing by the table, bypassing the screen, and walking into a room on the side.
There is the fragrance of ink scrolls in the study, and there is a simple rice paper, a brush, and an ink inkstone on the book table, and then there are two shelves full of books.
Qi Changge squatted on the soft futon stuffed with kapok, reached out and picked up the ink, poured a little ink into the good green jade inkstone, and grinded it lightly and heavily.
Spread out the rice paper, take the ballast made of rosewood and press it on the paper, hold the ink pen made of rabbit hair and green bamboo, the tip of the hair is stained with ink, and when I am writing, I have no mood and do not know what words to write.
There is a feeling that I can't put pen to paper, I want to stop writing but I don't want to waste pen and ink, I frown slightly, and I catch a glimpse of the blank scroll in the roll in the corner.
Suddenly, there was some interest, it was better to paint, so Qi Changge stopped the pen and ink next to the green jade inkstone, walked to Zailuo and took out a blank scroll at random, opened it and placed it next to the rice paper.
Qi Changge mixed a little green and dissolved it in the ink, dipped the pen in ink, and dotted it on the scroll.
From the sunny day to the sunset, the clouds are stained with twilight, and the picture scroll on the paper is the first time I saw it, the early spring rain, and the boy playing the piano cross-legged in the pavilion.
Qi Changge woke up suddenly, stopped his pen, put it in the inkstone, and wanted to scribble at will, but unconsciously painted the young man who played the piano.
It seems like nothing, and there is nothing, and there is always a feeling of nothingness.
Looking at the people painted on the scroll, the hair is still messy, and the unpainted crown and the long, narrow eyes are always so wild.
Qi Changge looked at these eyes, and the owner of these eyes, the young man who had briefly looked at each other for a second or two in the Huanlou, came to mind.
The hand unconsciously touched the narrow eyes on the picture scroll, and he didn't understand why he frequently thought of the young man who stroked the qin.
At this time, Xiao Mi walked in and said, "Miss, it's time to eat!" ", interrupting Qi Changge's thoughts.
Qi Changge came back to his senses from his chaotic thoughts, and his eyes restrained the panic that he couldn't figure out which young master, and nodded lightly: "Then let's go to dinner!" ”
As he spoke, Qi Changge rolled up the scroll, put it in the painting tube at will, and walked towards the small dining hall with a refreshing and appetizing meal on the table.
Qi Changge picked up the light silver chopsticks from the frame made of jade, first sandwiched a fried cucumber to taste the cold, and then ate an appetizing sour radish, ate some rice, sandwiched some rape with rice, and after eating, he also came to a bowl of bird's nest porridge to replenish qi and blood, and beautify the skin.
After finishing the meal, Xiao Mi accompanied Qi Changge to walk around the yard and eliminate food.
Xiao Mi chatted with Qi Changge about the gossip in the house, and Xiao Mi said: "Miss, the slave and a few little sisters chatted for a while in their spare time, and listened to interesting things, Miss, guess what it is?" ”
Xiao Mi's happy expression aroused Qi Changge's curiosity, and Qi Changge asked Xiao Mi curiously: "What's the interesting thing?" ”
"I don't know if Miss has heard of Miss Zhou?" Xiao Mi sold Guan Zi's question Qi Changge.
"Miss Zhou?" Qi Changge searched his brain, and there was no such person in his impression, so he shook his head and said, "No." ”
"The slave maid heard that the third lady of the Zhou family was happy for the sake of the late spring banquet, because of Xie Gongzi's words: The girl is very perfect, and it is not my son's preference." Xiao Mi said and stopped, blinked, and asked Qi Changge with a quirky smile: "Miss, do you guess how Miss Zhou will make Gongzi Xie fall in his eyes?" ”
"Hmm-" Qi Changge pondered for a while, and then asked Xiao Mi: "The son of the Xie family is the one, the son of Mingyu of the Xie family who only likes beautiful things in this life?" ”
"Yes, yes." Xiao Mi nodded back to Qi Changge, and asked Qi Changge excitedly: "Miss, guess how Miss Zhou is going to fight the attention of the son of the Zhou family at the late spring banquet?" ”
Qi Changge couldn't guess and muttered: "Well, it's probably to dress up more beautifully, or apply some better rouge gouache, should the woman be the one who pleases herself?" ”
Xiao Mi "is not either" denied Qi Changge's conjecture, and said with a smile: "That Miss Zhou's family was very happy because of the sentence of the Xie family's son: The girl is very complete, and the son of the non-son likes to stay on a clothing diet for a month, and she was hungry out of the willow waist, but her steps were vain and weak, and she said to herself: This is Chu Chu pitiful, but there are a lot of jokes. ”
After listening to Qi Changge, "hehe" chuckled and said, "Miss Zhou's family is also an interesting person." ”