Strings of silk fish lamps are hung high, the whole flower hall is golden and red, the light is shining, Xu Jinshu is carefully dressed up, sitting on the flower platform, holding the piano and plucking the strings and singing.

Mo Yu Yuanyuan stayed behind the counter as usual, and sat beside Sheng Qiuxiao and Shen Yuan. Qiu Xiao danced at the end of the party, wearing a peach-colored plum blossom tunic shirt, sprinkled with gold phoenix tail skirt, a water-red placket long gown covered with a loose cover, fragrant powder and rouge fluttered out to make Feixia makeup, the clouds were towering, and the appearance was particularly delicate and beautiful; Shen Yuan changed his homely dress, wore a bun, decorated less beads, and deliberately sat in the corner.

Xu Jinshu is still playing the "Piano Pick". This kind of song is not very suitable in the Qinglou, but through her singing, it adds four or five points of sympathy. The pavilion owner's wife is well-informed, and she still can't help but praise from the bottom of her heart, this Xu Niangzi's voice is really enviable, and she is beautiful.

Qiu Xiao studied with the Xu family in the same house, and knew early on that she was good at singing, but she didn't show much publicity.

"What Madame said is very true, Sister Xu is indeed a rare wonderful person, but I have heard my mother mention it, and Miss's evaluation is also a must." The Sheng girl said a short sentence or two, which not only catered to the lord of Moyu Pavilion, but also flattered the little master's family.

Shen Yuan listened to the mention of himself, didn't say a word, just smiled, and stretched out his hand to playfully nod Qiu Xiao's forehead.

Mo Yu looked at the two girls' homes, her eyes were gentle, and finally fell on the slightly sallow face of her adopted daughter, and her tone was quite pitiful: "Your young lady is the most uneasy for me, if she has half of your health and liveliness, I will also burn high incense." ”

"Madame has Qiu'er, so she comes to hate me." Shen Yuanben held his forehead and closed his eyes, and when he heard this, he picked out his eyes, picked a walnut and held it in his hand, "I'm like it, the person I love must cherish it, and I want to play with it." Those who don't love just smash it, satisfy their appetite, and spit it, thinking that it takes a lot of effort to open it. ”

"This girl, her mouth is sloppy." Mo Yu pretended to be displeased, took the nutcracker, and put it in front of Shen Yuan with a "snap", "To put it bluntly, you can open this walnut by yourself, don't let these little ones serve you." ”

Qiu Xiao laughed with him, and reached out to get the clip: "How can I afford Miss Qiu'er, Mrs. said that Miss is weak, and I should do this kind of work like opening walnuts." ”

Shen Yuan blocked it, grabbed the clip and said with a smile: "I still prefer to do it myself, this little walnut skin is very crispy, and it will break when you clip it, don't get your skirt on it, it won't be clean." ”

The freshly beaten walnut skin is really thin and crispy, and the clip is concave and cracked with a slight squeeze, and if you take a closer look, it is not difficult to find that the fragment is as thin as paper, and if you are more powerful, you may open it with an empty hand.

Scarlet Cloud bowed over the small porcelain plate, and picked the broken walnuts by himself, removing the skin, leaving the crispy and crispy flesh.

The Oiran had apparently not found the right way, and many fine crumbs fell out of each opening. But she never tired of it, as if she was fiddling with a playful object. Mo Yu didn't care about her, Qiu Xiao couldn't see it, so she simply pulled up her cuffs and picked and chose with Scarlet Yue.

There was half a plate of walnut meat in the small jade white porcelain plate, Xu Jinshu finished the song early, and he didn't know where he went to thank him for his reward, and the sheng song in the hall was almost happy.

Shen Yuan finally put down the clip, patted his palms clean, and said a word to Mo Qiuxiao, going upstairs to talk to Sheng Qiuxiao. Qiu Xiao had already thanked the guests earlier, and the pavilion master's wife agreed happily, waving her hand and letting the master and servant go together.

At this hour, the clothes are fragrant and the sideburns are shadowed. Upstairs, Shen Yuan suddenly turned around, and pulled his arm close to Qiu Xiao: "It's a mess outside, I have a headache when I hear it, do you have any good tea soup in the house, invite me to eat one?" ”

The cold fragrance Oiran has never been so intimate with people, Sheng Qiu Xiaoda was stunned, but he came back to his senses for a moment, and he was not embarrassed at all: "Miss has a face, even if you don't have it, you have to have it." ”

Sheng Qiuxiao's room is not cramped, and a warm pavilion can be opened inside, and a large bronze mirror stands on the side of the eight-treasure makeup table, reflecting the whole room.

"Woo! You are ......" Shen Yuan was defenseless, and coldly saw the figure on the opposite side, and his feet were almost twisted. Qiu Xiao's eyes were quick, he held it firmly, and when he raised his eyes, he understood why, and beckoned Xiao Ju to pull a piece of green tweed and cover the bronze mirror tightly.

The candles were not lit much, and without the help of the mirror, the light in the room dimmed a lot. Xiao Ju turned around to set up candles and light fires, and was called by the Oiran lady as soon as she got started: "That's it, I'll talk to your sister, no need to add a lamp." Go down and make a good pot of tea. Scarlet Moon, you go with her. ”

Scarlet Moon answered, put down what she was doing, and led Xiaoju out of the door. The first time Shen Yuan came to the Midautumn Xiao room, she didn't treat herself as an outsider at all, and she set up a low table and embroidered mattress in the warm pavilion, so she went over to sit by herself. Qiu Xiao went to the dressing table, first removed a cluster of tired silk peonies on the sideburns, picked up the earrings, and when he came back, he brought over a small hand stove with a dark apricot yellow flower cover: "It's burned early." You go and sit across from you, close to the charcoal fire, and get warmer. ”

Shen Yuan took the hand stove, got up and changed to a low table, and sure enough, there was a fire roasting, and the embroidered mattress on the ground was much warmer. Looking carefully, except for the conspicuous standing large bronze mirror, the furnishings in the Qiu Xiao room are simple and elegant, but there is no out-of-the-ordinary arrangement.

After looking around, Shen Yuan's gaze stopped at the small square table in front of him, the bare board surface, there was no extra carving and carving, and the lacquer surface was quite smooth and smooth. She couldn't help but speculate, according to the current cold incense pavilion, Sheng Qiuxiao should be the first proud person, how can it be used as well as the previous warbler?

"What is Miss looking at? Is my house so shabby that I can't see it? Qiu Xiao seemed to sense Oiran's thoughts, and she opened her mouth first, and her subordinates pushed a plate of dried apricots and invited her to taste them.

Oiran held the hand stove, raised his eyes to look at each other, and his eyes fell on Qiu Xiao's face: "You learned from me?" What a mouth. I look very good in this house, where is it shabby. ”

The honey-yellow amber dried apricots are covered with layers of hoarfrost, which looks good. Shen Yuan signed one, the rich apricot flavor spread between his teeth, the frosting was thin and sweet, with a little cool sourness.

"It's just that mirror," Shen Yuan paused, leading Qiu Xiao to look towards the bronze mirror, "This kind of object is not like anything else, you should cover it up when you don't usually shine on it." I won't say much, you understand it yourself. Oiran's voice was not as confident as before, as if he was afraid.

The so-called many words, it's not that Shen Yuan doesn't want to say it, it's just that in the middle of the night, she knows that she really doesn't have half of the way on her body, although she doesn't believe that there are really ghosts and gods, there is no need to fright herself.

Seeing this, Qiu Xiao knew in his heart, and changed to the opposite side in three or two steps, the embroidered mattress was spacious, and the two women happened to be able to sit together, which was much warmer. The two of them were side by side, close together, Shen Yuan was smaller than Qiu Xiao, and he was tightly protected.

"So, is my sister still afraid?" Qiu Xiao turned her face half sideways and smiled smartly, "Don't talk about this at night, what is my sister coming to my house for?" ”