Ming Xiaoyue pressed the sandalwood base with her fingertips, and gently smashed off a small piece of wood with a small file, holding her breath and concentrating, for fear that her hands would tremble and ruin the work that had been painstakingly worked for several days.

After waiting for a while, he looked up at Tang Guo's long hair that was braided casually: "I'll give you a hairpin." ”

"But you haven't even figured out the shape of the hairpin yet, and I'll get it for the Year of the Monkey." Tang Guo couldn't help but complain.

Ming Xiaoyue raised her eyes and glanced at her lightly: "The coming day is long, what are you anxious about?" ”

Tang Guonu mouthed, but he couldn't argue.

"I've heard that Xizhou rains every day in summer, is it true?"

Ming Xiaoyue nodded: "The rain comes quickly, and it retreats quickly, so it's best to bring an umbrella when you go out during the day in Xizhou." ”

"Then I'll give you an umbrella, you go back to Xizhou and stay by your side, rounding up, it is equivalent to me being by your side every day."

Tang Guo thought about it, he really didn't give him anything, but Ming Xiaoyue stuffed her with carefully boiled ointment every day, and also took all kinds of precious medicinal materials to let her boil medicinal food to nourish her body, she benefited a lot, although she also occasionally had bloodletting recently, but her face was ruddy every day, and she never had the previous dizziness.

In fact, she didn't quite understand that Sima Jin also sent a bunch of supplements in the palace, and made up for her every day, but it just didn't improve.

After leaving the palace, she was like a wild cabbage, growing freely, and a little supplement could make up for her nosebleed.

I don't know what the pattern is.

Ming Xiaoyue stopped her movements and watched her run to the main house and bring in an umbrella skeleton.

The umbrella in her hand had begun to take shape, Ming Xiaoyue looked surprised, and asked, "Can you make an oil-paper umbrella?" ”

"Naturally, I'm good at it." Tang Guo said proudly.

Ming Xiaoyue: "It is said that Jiangzhou is rainy in autumn and winter. ”

Tang Guo smiled: "Jiangzhou is rainy all year round, so there are countless umbrella makers in Jiangnan. Although my father is a Jiangzhou six-product promoter, but the ancestors are farmers, my uncle later engaged in business, learning umbrella-making skills from Jiangzhou Qin, I had nothing to do when I was a child, I loved to drill into his house, so I slowly stole the teacher. ”

"The process of making Jiangzhou Qin's umbrella is cumbersome, but the umbrella made is exquisite."

"This umbrella has to be taken care of from the beginning of the bamboo."

Ming Xiaoyue's eyes fluctuated with fine light, and she asked, "What is a number bamboo?" ”

"It's about choosing bamboo." Tang Guo put the tools on the table one by one, and took out a small section of very thick bamboo, "This bamboo material is the one I chose, and the umbrella stand uses this batch of bamboo materials." ”

Ming Xiaoyue took the bamboo: "Why do you choose such a thick one?" ”

"The bamboo is very particular, Jiangzhou veteran umbrella-making craftsmen, more than the selection of the West Liangshan bamboo sea of the deep mountains of Sumeru old bamboo, and must be more than four years, growing in the sunny slope of the Sumeru bamboo. Sumeru old bamboo is straight, thick, tough and elastic, and is the most favorite umbrella aggregate for famous umbrella makers in Jiangzhou. ”

Tang Guo knocked on the bamboo in his hand, and said regretfully: "It's a pity that this is in the capital, and it is rare to see Sumeru bamboo here, a few days ago I cut one from the bamboo forest I passed by last time, although it is not as good as Sumeru bamboo, but it is not bad." I remember that it was rainy in the early summer in Tofu, so I planned to make two umbrellas. One has been oiled, but not completely dried, this umbrella stand on the umbrella surface, painted with your favorite pattern, and then dried with tung oil can be used. ”

Tang Guo talked a lot with relish, and asked him instead: "What pattern do you like?" ”

Ming Xiaoyue put down the small file and wood, pulled her hands in front of her, and said in a low voice, "Your hand is injured again." ”

"Minor injuries." Tang Guo lowered his head and twisted his fingers that were pricked by a bamboo stick, bared his teeth and said, "What about the medicine you brought, apply a little to me." ”

Ming Xiaoyue sighed, took out the small porcelain bottle from the lining pocket in her sleeve, and smeared the ointment on her fingertips.

He told in a deep voice: "Don't do these hand-hurting jobs in the future." ”

Tang Guo pinched his cheek absently and looked at his not very happy face.

"Why do you like to be angry so much?"

Ming Xiaoyue shook her hand away, turned her head and said, "If you save some trouble, I naturally won't be angry." ”

"Then you don't want this umbrella?" Tang Guo asked with a smile.

Ming Xiaoyue had a cold face and snorted coldly: "If you want to, why not?" Since you said that this umbrella is ready to be given to me, you can't go back on it. ”

"Tsk, then why do you look disgusted?"

Tang Guo liked to tease him, and couldn't help but scratch the tip of his nose with his index finger.

"Master Ming, if you like it, you like it, and I'm very happy to say it."

Ming Xiaoyue was too lazy to talk nonsense with the cheeky her, but the roots of her ears still couldn't help but flush, and her eyelids moved slightly, like a withered leaf butterfly parked in the golden ginkgo forest.

"Make an umbrella."

Tang Guo pulled away, saw him quietly breathe a sigh of relief, and suddenly leaned over and pressed his lips against the tip of his nose.

Ming Xiaoyue's breathing was suddenly suffocated, her pupils constricted slightly, and the hand on the table couldn't help but clench it, and it took great restraint to suppress the subconscious reaction of her body.

The two looked at each other tightly, Tang Guo quietly held his hand, and his soft lips slowly slid down.

She slowly closed her eyes, deepening the kiss with a faint scent of cedar.

Ming Xiaoyue's heart seemed to have stopped beating, and after coming back to her senses again, she reached out and encircled her in her arms, lowered her head and pressed her fiercely.

"You're the first." He was breathing unsteadily, gritted his teeth and gasped.

Tang Guo hooked a strand of his hair, squinted and smiled: "Well, I came first." ”

Taking advantage of his unpreparedness, Tang Guo stared at what she had been thinking about for a long time, reached out and pulled him on the placket of the placket, and suddenly kissed his sensitive Adam's apple lightly.

Like a fire, it will be on fire in a moment.

His eyes seemed to be bubbling with two silent nether fires, unconsciously grasping her wrist.

"May I?" He asked in a hoarse voice.

Tang Guo saw that his face was full of red glow, and pillowed his head on his shoulder, and a string of laughter like silver bells came out.

"Of course...... No! ”

Tang Guo got out of his arms and rubbed his plain and cold face: "There is a well in the courtyard, and it's not cold this day, you really can't bear to take a shower." ”

Ming Xiaoyue looked at her faintly, did not speak, and finally put the tip of her tongue against her teeth to calm down the surging anger.

Sure enough!

But I still like it.

**

After coming back from the courtyard, Ming Xiaoyue stood at the door and silently looked at Tang Guo who lowered his head with an umbrella.

The light in the room is not very bright, in fact, it is very hurtful to do delicate work at night, in fact, he doesn't want her to toss like this.

But she won't listen to herself.

At this hour on weekdays, he had already left, and she yawned and drove him away.

But tonight was different.

She is very energetic, burying her head in making an umbrella, it seems that she will never stop if she does not do a good job of the umbrella surface, the pattern is painted, and the tung oil is on it.

She rarely has such a persistent time, and most of the time she is lazy.

Exactly, why?

Tang Guo gently touched the bamboo skewer with his fingertips, there were still some raw edges, and he gently sharpened it with a tool.

I don't want him to be pierced by these fine burrs when he uses it, so every inch must be carefully repaired.

She turned her head to look at the pear hairpin on the table that had begun to take shape, the five pear blossoms were actually carved with great charm, but the process of Ming Xiaoyue's carving was different from others.

Others are grinding out the shape first, and then carving finely, he is the first to carve the hairpin, and finally slowly polish the hairpin bone.

Even so, he did a very good job.

"Do you like it?"

Ming Xiaoyue leaned against the door and softly disturbed the distracted Tang Guo.

Tang Guo picked up the carved wood, and when he lowered his eyes, there was a faint regret in his eyes.

"I like it."

It's a pity that before she leaves, this hairpin shouldn't be able to do well.