"......" Scarlet Moon put down the food box and went in response. It didn't take long to go back and forth, but she was a step slower, and when she went and returned, she pushed open the door to take a look. I saw Sheng Qiuxiao talking with Shen Yuan, and Scarlet Cloud on the side had just found something and was ready to wait for the two of them to tie paper lanterns.

Qiu Xiao heard the sound, turned his face to see Scarlet Moon, and said with a smile: "Sister Scarlet Moon is back, today in Zhongyuan, I am uninvited, I want to do it with Sister Yan and make some blessing lanterns." ”

"The girl has lifted up the slave and the maid." Scarlet Moon smiled and nodded, helped Scarlet Cloud untie the bamboo strips and tie the rope, took a small bamboo knife to cut the lamp paper, folded it and presented it to the two girls. A few girls sat around the small table outside and tied up paper lamps together. The mint oil smoked in the house is mixed with crushed dipterocarp, and then added to peony skin, wood fragrance, and lotus stamen, the taste is pungent, slightly bitter and sweet, clear the heart and calm the mind, and drive away the annoying insects.

"No, no, I won't do it." It's not that hard to tie up the lamp, it's just a lot of effort. Shen Yuan said that he wanted to do it himself, and after bending two bamboo strips, he shouted that his fingers hurt, put down the half-made lamp stand casually, clapped his hands and got up to go back to the inner room, and poured a cup of tea to moisten his throat.

I don't know if it's due to the season, and her sense of taste has become dull, she always feels that today's summer soup tastes a little strange, and the taste that should be sweet and sour is inexplicably bitter. The rich orchid tea entered the mouth, and the bitter feeling was dissipated a little.

"Miss, rest, this rough work is still for slaves and maids." Scarlet Moon smiled helplessly, reached out and took the half of the lampstand, and continued to fold it for her master. Shen Yuan took a look back, bent his good-looking eyebrows, and lightly tapped his chin: "Okay, that Miss Ben will be lazy today." When the tea was finished, she slowly walked up, turned around and went to the dressing table to take a silk flower fan, and waved it casually when passing by Bingjian, the slightest wisp of sweet and cool smell floated up, and floated back to the small table with the people.

Shen Yuan didn't know whose hand was so fast, but after a little more tea, there were already three or four small and delicate bamboo lamps on the table, which were no worse than those in Puzi on the street. She didn't make a sound to disturb the purity of these people who were concentrating on things, and quietly looked at it with her fan.

His two maids have always been skillful, but at this time, they are not as flexible as Sheng's. Shen Yuan looked at it for a while, pondered Qiu Xiao's technique, and couldn't help but ask: "It's a coincidence that you have never seen this method before, where did you learn it?" ”

Qiu Xiao raised his head when he heard the sound, and he still held a piece of bamboo in his hand, and he didn't delay in speaking: "When I was young, there were many people in the village who made bamboo utensils for money to make a living. She spoke to Shen Yuan, her eyes were very gentle, "Later, when I came here, when I was unhappy, I quietly cut some bamboo strips and made some small things to dissipate." Sheng Qiuxiao said lightly, with a shallow smile on his face, but Shen Yuan could taste a little taste, but he couldn't bear to say it. She paid attention to the afterglow to see, Qiu Xiao never looked at her hands, but her movements were not chaotic at all.

A pair of lampstands were formed, Qiu Xiao put it back on the table, and was about to take the lamp paper paste, but Shen Yuan took the first step: "This is not difficult, I'll come." Qiu Xiao raised his head in a voice, and happened to meet a pair of amber eyes, and the two of them looked at each other and cooperated quite tacitly.

"Madame has assigned you a maid, what is your name? Why don't you see you with it? Shen Yuan was curious.

"Her name is Xiaoju," Qiu Xiao said, "and she's only twelve years old, and I can't count on her to do anything." I'm also used to doing everything myself, and I don't feel comfortable when I suddenly ask someone else to do it. When I came to see my sister, I was afraid that she would be timid, so I told her to go to the street to buy some quiches and come back. ”

Shen Yuan couldn't help but wonder: "You are strange, don't you know how many people in this Cold Fragrance Pavilion wish there was a maid to serve them." ”

Before Qiu Xiao could answer, Scarlet Yunzui quickly grabbed a sentence: "It's not, just look at the top lady in front of you, and she beats and scolds the girl all day long." He sighed in style.

Shen Yuan glanced at her: "You talk a lot." Scarlet Cloud stuck out his tongue and lowered his head to continue to glue the lamp. Scarlet Moon reached out under the edge of the table and tapped her on the surface of her leg.

"Sister Sheng smiled." Leng Xiang Oiran turned her face sideways, her tone was light, and she didn't seem to care much about the so-called top lady, "Guanying is not sensible, and it makes people laugh when she says it, you just don't hear it, Mo is the same as her." ”

Sheng Qiuxiao bowed slightly, looked calm, and said generously: "That's nature, sister, don't worry, I've been here since I was a child, and I know that everyone has their own difficulties, and I don't like to gossip about others." ”

The answer was just right, and the cold fragrance Oiran blinked, very satisfied.

I don't know when I came back, I brought back fresh lotus roots and ducks, and asked them to be sent to the kitchen to make soup, which is said to "suppress" the yin qi at night. Dusk is approaching, and Leng Xiang Pavilion will not open tonight, and there are still lights everywhere. Sheng Qiuxiao didn't stay for dinner, and said that he would go back to the room to freshen up first, and then come back to travel together. Shen Yuan asked Scarlet Cloud to send it off, and he picked up the ice silk and glanced into the distance, the sky was sparsely flashing with a few stars, not at all like the night scene on Peacock Mountain in his childhood.

The little maid named Xiaoju next to Qiu Xiao bought back the quiches, got the instructions, and sent some to invite the Oiran master and servant to try them. White and soft pieces, padding the washed big lotus leaves in the porcelain plate, the taste of goat milk is very strong, sprinkled with some frosting, pepper and salt, the food is fresh and fragrant. At this time in previous years, Shen Yuan would also send the maid to buy some, but this year I don't know what is going on, I have a terrible appetite for a few days, and I don't think about anything to eat.

Xiao Ju waited for a long time this time, and only then did she wait for this freshness that had just come out of the pot, and it was warm when it was served, and she looked like she had an appetite. Shen Yuan grabbed a piece and wanted to taste it, but as soon as she got closer, a strong smell of goat's milk came to her nose, causing her to immediately put down her chopsticks: "I can't eat it, you can divide it." She wanted to vomit a little, so she hurriedly poured two sips of tea and forced it down.

Seeing this, the two maids couldn't be surprised, and came forward to help Shunqi, and the other hurriedly took the plate of quiches away. Shen Yuan found out quickly, retched a few times and was fine, and then remembered the summer soup in the afternoon, and then felt that something was wrong.

"Scarlet Moon, what did you put in the summer soup this afternoon?" She couldn't help frowning, and took Scarlet Moon's hand and asked carefully.

"Cool off soup? Today is osmanthus sour plum soup. Scarlet Moon didn't know what it meant, but she was also nervous, and carefully counted them one by one, "I put black plum, hawthorn, licorice, tangerine peel, dried osmanthus and snow flakes, and a few roselles." She leaned down and asked softly, "What's the matter, girl, is there something wrong with that soup?" ”