Chapter Twenty-Three: Morning Rain
In fact, if it is placed in normal times, the warbler in the Cold Fragrance Pavilion is constantly crying, and Shen Yuan's pipa sound is unlikely to penetrate the layers of obstacles, through the brick and stone doors and windows, he just ran to the room to watch the warbler, and the blame can only be blamed on this gentle and comfortable morning rain, the entire environment inside and outside the Cold Fragrance Pavilion has become too quiet, and any sound is extremely clear.
The top lady beat the drum in her heart, desperately praying that Young Master Qi would not wake up, even if she woke up, it was best to be angry directly, disgusted that this nasty sound disturbed the good dream. Before she could figure out which god to worship, her Young Master Qi was already grunting, and patted her face half-asleep: "Don't make trouble with the beauty...... Wake up and play ......"
Her face immediately stiffened, and she didn't dare to attack, and she should be glad that the guest thought it was her, and bent her body and didn't dare to move, for fear that she would wake up and regenerate something.
Over the years, she hadn't heard the sound of the pipa upstairs, and she had longed for it, but it would only feel extremely harsh. Is that Oiran a demon? What's crazy in the morning...... Guanying gritted her silver teeth and the roots of her teeth hurt, and she was full of resentment and exuberant.
These dissatisfaction was not dispelled with the sound of the pipa, and after repeatedly confirming that Young Master Qi had fallen asleep again, Guan Ying quietly climbed out of bed, picked up the clothes, shoes and socks scattered all over the place, and temporarily turned his resentment towards the ink flower into mean to his maid, and as soon as he stepped out of his room, his face was full of shyness, and his face instantly became willow eyebrows and his face was red.
"Dead hooves! Still lazy here, let you fetch water early, what about the water? Lazybones! ”
"Cry what cry! With a gloomy face, get out of the ......"
When Scarlet Cloud returned, the farce was over, and everything was business as usual, and there was no trace. In the room, Scarlet Moon was combing Shen Yuan's hair, and the little maid had already sent hot water.
"What about the young lady combing her hair? The slave maid set the meal first, and the young lady drank two sips of ginger jujube tea before eating. ”
"Go to the window." Shen Yuan instructed.
By the time she had finished combing her hair, the couch table was full of colors. Among them, a basket of freshly cooked black rice cakes with snowflake sugar is next to a bowl of tender steamed egg custard, drizzled with green onion sesame oil, and a few drops of old vinegar; Hot yellow sugar osmanthus dumplings, green raw boiled cabbage heart, a small plate of crispy fried hemp balls with jujube paste, and a bowl of white and clean peanut cheese. At present, it is a sweet and sweet, stomach-warming brown sugar ginger jujube tea.
This sister-in-law He works in the back kitchen, Shen Yuan may not have tasted her cooking skills before, and she can't be said to be a veteran of cutting wheels, which is amazing. However, she kept an eye on it, put her mind into it, and took the initiative to seize a good opportunity, and her cooking skills were not bad, the right time and place were in one place, and she was in the eyes of the little pavilion master at once.
This meal was comfortable, Shen Yuan drank ginger jujube tea, and was slowly pulling a piece of soft black rice cake, when someone suddenly came to knock on the door, it was a little maid beside the pavilion master, called Shui Yun, who said that she was here to pass a word for the pavilion master.
"Madame said that she was really busy today, and she was afraid that she would forget it, so she specially called the slave maid to tell Miss not to eat that ice cream today, and wait for the weather to improve."
Shui Yun was young, but she spoke neatly, obediently and skillfully blessed Shen Yuanfu, and nodded to the two of them.
Shen Yuan nodded in response, and asked the pavilion master if he had used breakfast, Shui Yun replied that he was using it, so Shen Yuan asked Scarlet Yue to take another plate of chopsticks, and picked two pieces of a few dim sum each: "I am looking for a capable cook, the craftsmanship is not bad, please take it back, please taste it." Shui Yun respectfully accepted it, blessed and thanked him and retreated.
"Come, taste it too." Shen Yuan beckoned and stuffed each of the two maids with a small dumpling. It was originally made of fine soybean flour and fine cornmeal and chestnut flour together, sprinkled with sugar, mixed with warm water and sugar osmanthus and kneaded, steamed out fat and sweet.
The two maids thanked her happily and gathered around her like two squirrels for a snack. Sister-in-law He is indeed very good at speculation, with the blessing of those few drops of balsamic vinegar, a hot spoonful of egg custard is eaten, and the appetite is adjusted, and the cabbage sum is also refreshing. It's just that the plate of hemp ball is not good, the bean paste and date paste filling in it is sweet and greasy, Shen Yuan only took a bite and put it down.
"It's all the slave maid who was negligent, and she didn't pay attention to what she put in, and the slave and maid must carefully tell her that she is not allowed to do such a greasy thing again." Seeing that Shen Yuan's face was not good, Scarlet Cloud hurriedly got up and moved the plate of hemp to the side.
Shen Yuan didn't look up: "Well, if you have to say, the reward will also be given." ”
The rain kept falling, but fortunately, the sky was finally getting brighter, and the air was no longer so cold, and when the meal was finished, the rain was just a little lighter. Scarlet Moon stayed to clean up the mattress, Scarlet Cloud took the food box back, and saw a lot of people on the road, but there was no maid watching the warbler. Scarlet Cloud still felt strange, he was the person who was serving around the top brand, why didn't he even need to serve tea and water, and pass on food to Huanyi?
"Sister-in-law He, I did a good breakfast today, and I took these to eat tea, originally our young lady had another reward, but unfortunately the hemp ball was greasy, and it didn't lose Miss's appetite, so I couldn't eat a little more." Scarlet Cloud found a place to avoid people, quietly stuffed the reward, and told the whole set of words seamlessly.
"Those of us who are slaves and maids naturally hope that our master is good, if Sister-in-law He can serve a good lady, we will all benefit, if anything is bad...... We can always go over with a smile, but sister-in-law, you're afraid you won't be able to use it anymore. ”
These words were said without leakage, not only did they say it well, but also threw out the sweetness of the bright and sparkling, and also brushed Shen Yuan himself clean, which really did not insult the name of the big girl next to the Oiran. Sister-in-law He bent down to accept the reward, and only agreed to it one by one, and said again and again that she was careless, and she would be more careful in the future.
Scarlet nodded in satisfaction, held up the umbrella and went back to reply. Shen Yuan was eating fruit, and after hearing two praises from her, he picked another silver skewer and stuffed a crispy and sweet peach into her mouth.
This rain fell intermittently for three days, and the Leng Xiang Pavilion was also deserted for three days. On the morning of the fourth day, which was the day of Shen Yuan's birthday, it was finally completely clear, and the air was cool and sweet. The acacia trees in the front yard could not shelter from the rain, and the flowers all over the tree had fallen, and the slender leaves had also been knocked off a lot, and red, green, and green splashed all over the ground.
The two pots of lotus flowers are new after the rain, and the few flowers that originally bloomed should have failed, but they were washed by the rain and the business was full of business, and the sharp flower bones continued to emerge, but in another three or four days, two of them opened, which were bigger than the previous ones and more fragrant.
The day after the flowers bloomed, the ink mandarin duck got up early and wanted to enjoy the good scenery of the morning dew lotus, but the big green lotus leaves and the small bones that had just emerged in the jar, and the bare green lotus canopy, not a single petal was left, and the two big lotus canopies that had grown up were gone.