Chapter 43: Gardenia

It is not surprising that the warbler is noisy, but there is another new thing in the pavilion. There was a scholar, it is said that he is still a showman, and he has to see the wife of the pavilion owner, and he wants to redeem himself for a dancing girl named Lu Niang. Mo Yuyuan saw a lot of so-called mutual affection, and only let him prepare enough money to speak again.

When Shen Yuan heard this, he just snorted coldly. What a coincidence, she has seen a lot of tribulations, if everything can be fulfilled as long as she begs and begs, there will be no uneasy talk in the world.

The sideburns of the gardenia were a little loose, and she reached out to pick them off, turning them around her fingertips. The petals are like white jade, the ends are almost transparent, and the heart is slightly green, trembling with pollen. Shen Yuan looked at it carefully, and was about to return the hairpin to the hairpin, but somehow he suddenly became disgusted, and for no reason he was upset, and threw it out casually.

With a "snap", the flower that was still blooming between the fingers fell to the ground and became an unsightly vulgar thing. The beauty on the couch didn't look at it again, and frowned unabashedly. The two maids were shocked, and they didn't have time to react. Scarlet Cloud got closer, carefully moved over, squatted down to pick up the flower, and carefully moved it out of the door, throwing it away.

"Miss?" Scarlet Moon tentatively spoke, stopped the needlework for the time being, and served tea to the master. Her master's temper is a little strange, but it is the first time that his face has changed so suddenly. She was obedient, and quietly picked the gardenia on her head, but she didn't touch the moldy head again.

Shen Yuan took the teacup and put it down. "Put it away." With a muffled command, her chin nodded to the pipa on her side, and she would not be in the mood to practice the piano. Scarlet Moon didn't say anything more, and continued to embroider white cranes after cleaning up. Although the weather is good, it is still in the summer, and the weather is dry, and the people are dry, which is not unusual.

Lunch was very simple, Shen Yuan took a nap early and afternoon, hugging in the futon without making a sound. She didn't hate the gardenia, and she didn't want to lose her temper with her maid, but she couldn't bear the noise outside. Xu has been recuperating for a long time, and people have become lazy, and suddenly accept too much external noise, and they can't adapt to it......

It shouldn't be like this, she thought. There was still a string of tourmaline beads hanging at the head of the bed, and she reached out to play with it twice, holding it in the palm of her hand, which was cool and moist, and the peach color was bright and dripping, and the palm of her hand became more and more snow-white. She looked at it and smiled, let go of her hand, closed her eyes and fell asleep on her side.

Scarlet Moon stayed in the room, came to check it lightly, and fanned her for a while. Shen Yuan gradually slept peacefully, but he didn't notice it. There was an occasional sound of footsteps on the porch outside, and it was the people below who went to look for the mandarin ducks, all for the appearance of the Sheng girl tonight. At this time, no one pays attention to how the warbler is watching, and the girl in this building is like a flower on a tree, stubble after stubble, and there will never be a lonely time for empty branches.

When I woke up, it was already afternoon. Dreamless sleep always makes people feel at ease, Shen Yuan's state of mind is much better, and he called Scarlet Moon to re-break and comb his hair. Fine spice and sesame leaves are decocted in water, with black soap mulberry leaf paste, washed out of a black hair shiny and soft, and then slides out of the fingertips as soon as you grab it, like freshly woven satin. The hair is too slippery, but it is not good to comb the bun, with some osmanthus pine into a small Qing'e, decorated with a slender red gold tassel, the coral beads inlaid at the end are as thin as millet rice, not expensive but fine.

"Let's go get another flower." Shen Yuan commanded. Scarlet Moon didn't ask much, just did it. A fresh gardenia bloomed again in his hair, and Shen Yuan felt that it looked better than in the morning. The two undereyes of the Oiran in the diamond mirror were blue, so they had to cover it up with makeup powder. She knew it was okay, she would come from Syracuse later, and it was too dark for him to see clearly.

Women are the ones who please themselves, right? Shen Yuan didn't know what the other party was thinking, but she didn't want to think deeply about it for the time being. The makeup powder is mixed with the finely ground peony stamens, which has its own fragrant and refreshing fragrance, and the color is not unusual and jerky.

There was no movement all day long, Shen Yuan was reading the papers by the window, and the sound of silk and bamboo faintly came from the backyard. Scarlet Cloud went to the kitchen early and led the people to prepare snacks. The white crane in the scarlet moon is about to call it a day, and the two wishful auspicious clouds are connected to the crane head and tail, just forming a circle.

The front is quiet, but the side courtyard is lively. Qiu Xiao was in the Qin Pavilion, not yet dressed in a simple lotus lotus shirt, and his hair was tied up. She seems to be the lead dancer, surrounded by a group of young dancers, practicing a "Guan Ju". The weather was hot, and Bingjian was not very useful, and everyone had a thin layer of sweat, and their pink faces were flushed. Qiu Xiao is very serious, her clothes are fluttering, her eyes are shining, and her gestures are charming.

The master who taught the dance said that all dancers must have affection in their eyes, so that they will not be deliberately stiff, so that they will not become vulgar things that only know how to invite pets in this small building. When he was young, Qiu Xiao bowed his head obediently, agreed politely, drove away the sluggishness and numbness of his body, and deliberately made himself smile and seemed to be affectionate. Until one day, the lady of the pavilion suddenly arrived and announced that she would be the next leader.

What was it like? Sheng Qiuxiao squinted his eyes, raised his hand to cover his forehead, and looked at the half-round sunset in the sky through the window lattice, his eyes faintly began to be sour, and the tears turned in his eyes several times, and finally did not fall. She put down her hand, rubbed her eyes vigorously, clenched her water sleeves, crushed her toes, turned back, and danced again.

The sky gradually darkened, and the lights began to be lit in the pavilion, and someone came in front of him, urging Qiu Xiao to go back to dress and change clothes. The evening wind finally mixed in a little coolness, blowing away the dreary summer heat that enveloped the body. Dressing up, changing clothes, and then dancing on stage, left and right? Thinking like this, Qiu Xiao laughed at himself a little. However, she knew that this path had been decided, and that it would be sad and sad when it came to nothing. Out of the side courtyard, she seemed to hear the voice of the scarlet moon, and she looked up, and it was the Oiran master and servant who came to her.

"Miss is well." Qiu Xiao greeted him, and humility blessed him. She didn't know what the ink girl was doing at this time, and she wouldn't be looking for herself. The other party looks in a good mood, and the clothes and accessories are more delicate than usual, a shallow Luoying powder, and the face is not depicted with the flower, so he knows that his face is clear and graceful.

"Go ahead." Shen Yuan didn't talk to Sheng Qiuxiao much, nodded and smiled at her, and then led the maid to the back garden. Qiu Xiaomu was sent for a moment, and was urged to hurry back to the building. She couldn't guess where the Oiran was going, but just by looking at the smile in those eyes, she could tell that eight or nine were not far from ten.

The three places where the master and servant went were still the pavilions of the autumn and the flute, and a large porcelain plate with a shallow bottom was placed in the center, and water was placed for gardenias. Smoked with mint leaves and peilan, it is clean and refreshing. Sister-in-law He was busy with the front today, and Scarlet Cloud led the little girl on the stove to do it herself, and set up a table in a group, everything had to be pleased, and the usefulness of food became secondary.