Mrs. Ruan said slowly, "I said, let you accompany me back to my mother's house for the chrysanthemum and flower banquet on September 28, can you agree?" ”

Ruan Mingyu: "......" his mother has always been able to grasp the essence of the problem.

Ruan Mingyu diligently sandwiched a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs for his mother, and said with a smile, "Can we change the topic." ”

Mrs. Ruan ate sweet and sour pork ribs and said kindly, "Okay, change the subject." His eyes glanced at Ruan Jinghong on the other side.

Old Man Ruan tacitly accepted his eyes, cleared his throat and said, "The shopkeeper Ruan has been busy lately, and he can't even spare time to go home for a light meal on the day of the Double Ninth Festival." ”

Ruan Mingyu: Didn't "......" say okay and change the subject?

Ruan Mingyu hurriedly sandwiched a piece of pork ribs for his father, and said with a smile on his face, "That day, I accompanied Lin Gongzi, who was a servant of the household department, to dinner, and later accompanied him to watch a scene in Chunmanyuan." ”

Ruan Jinghong put the ribs into his mouth, tasted them carefully, and said leisurely at him: "The son of the household servant, please go to the 'Hanlian Residence', it's too lazy." ”

Ruan Mingyu scooped the soup with his hand, and glanced at Ruan Shu and Ruan Mo who were standing at the door waiting.

Ruan Mo still had an iceberg face, expressionless. Ruan Shu's eyes looked at the carved flowers on the beam, and he didn't dare to look at the young master.

Ruan Mingyu grinded his teeth secretly and said with a smile: "The Lu cuisine in Hanlianju tastes authentic, and it is close to Chunmanyuan, so it is not troublesome to walk over after eating." ”

"Yes, it was the business boss's play that day, and it was inconvenient for the crowds on the road." Mrs. Ruan said, "It's just that the one who accompanied you to the play that day seemed to be a girl?" Could it be that when did Lin Shilang have a son-in-law? ”

Nguyen Minh Yu: "............"

He lamented in his heart that he couldn't even put his mother alone, let alone admit it in front of the combination of the two swords of his father and mother.

He took a sip of soup with a bowl before he put on an honest face and admitted, "That day, I went to Hanlianju and Chunmanyuan after accompanying Lin Gongzi. Seeing that his parents were still staring at him, he had to continue, "I went with Li Jingshan." ”

Mrs. Ruan put the bowl on the table and smiled, "Or the clerk you brought back?" What kind of strange woman is she, who can fascinate you? You can't look down on so many official ladies, so you have to choose a craftsman in the shop? ”

Seeing Ruan Mingyu's lips move, she stretched out her hand to stop her, and continued, "Even if you really marry into the family, is it to collect it in the inner house and give you private jewelry?" ”

"It's to make jewelry for the Treasure Hunt." Ruan Mingyu said seriously, "Her talent is not only that. In time, she can be the best jewelry master in Jingbao Pavilion. ”

"It's just wishful thinking, isn't it?" Ruan Jinghong said, "I heard that her grades in Tianqiaotang are not good, and whether she can survive the New Year is another matter." ”

Ruan Mingyu was stunned. He has been busy lately, and he has confidence in Li Jingshan, so when he saw her that day, he didn't think to ask her about her studies. He replied quietly, "It's only a little time since school started, how can you make a judgment so quickly." I have faith in her. ”

Mrs. Ruan turned the red gold bracelet on her wrist and said with a pun: "This thing looks like gold, whether it is real gold or gild, you have to refine it to know." ”

Ruan Mingyu listened harshly, but he couldn't refute it. I have to lament again, before I come back today, I really shouldn't have forgotten to check the yellow calendar.

He hurriedly finished his restless lunch, and then hurriedly got up to take his leave.

Mrs. Ruan watched this child run away like a fart, and couldn't help but complain to Master Ruan as if it were true or false, "It seems that if you force him twice, he won't even dare to go back to this house." ”

Old Man Ruan rinsed with a cup of tea, "Aren't you forcing him." ”

Madame Ruan smirked, "It's all of us." Okay. Our son has been spoiled since he was a child, and he is a more and more rebellious character, so it is better to follow him for a few months. Didn't the female craftsman say that the grades were not good? After the assessment before the Chinese New Year, he will be sent back to his hometown. The two of them are far away, and they will naturally fade. ”

Ruan Jinghong nodded, "Whatever you want." ”

Ruan Mingyu left the Ruan family's mansion here, and immediately went to Tianqiao Hall to find Li Jingshan, and turned back halfway through.

He had long seen that Li Jingshan's lack of manual skills was her great weakness. I didn't expect the gap to be so big. Now that I rushed to her, I couldn't provide any good ideas except for putting pressure on her. It's better to wait for the assessment at the end of September to come out, and then figure out a way. It's still too late anyway.

He wasn't too anxious, just thinking that if she couldn't finish this session, he would send her to the next training session. He could afford to wait anyway.

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The assessment at the end of September is an assessment that everyone in Tianqiaotang attaches great importance to themselves. Because it means a lot.

Shen Jian Jian said, "This is your first assessment when you enter the Tianqiao Pavilion. ”

Mr. Yan said: "This is an important judgment on your mastery of the art of tired silk for more than half of your practice. ”

Zhuang Runqing whispered: "I heard that the list of the first repatriation, since this first assessment, it has been set in private. ”

Therefore, on September 26, the day of the assessment, all the trainees were ready for battle.

Everyone's work plan has been arranged with tools and various types of gold wire. Just waiting for Mr. Yan to announce the exam questions.

"With the theme of 'Qiu Ju', make a tired silk headdress. At least eight kinds of tired silk processes should be used, and one point will be deducted for one less. Entries should be submitted by September 30. If the test is expired, the test will be abandoned, and the assessment will be zero. ”

Mr. Yan announced that after the exam question, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, this question is not difficult, and it is probably not a big problem to get a passing score.

So they went their separate ways.

Li Jingshan quickly drew a sketch, which was a blooming double-petaled chrysanthemum and flower. Layers of filaments are spirally wound into slender petals, and then the petals are fixed together to make chrysanthemums and flowers in full bloom, and beeswax and topaz are embedded in the middle to make flowers and stamens. Then two leaves were made of jadeite embedded with the filigree process to make a hairpin flower.

Li Jingshan knew that her craftsmanship was still not good, so she made a spring-like petal with a spiral, just to imitate the elasticity and sex of a real flower, and the walking petals would tremble slightly with her footsteps, like a real flower.

She thought about it for a moment and embedded a small cricket in the emerald leaf. She took the golden chrysanthemum and flower, and finally smiled with satisfaction.

The finished jewellery is left overnight to allow it to dissipate the heat accumulated during processing, and the cooled gold jewellery takes on its most natural color, a process called awakening. Finally, put on the pins and hairpins and you're done.

Li Jingshan put the chrysanthemum and flower headdress into the wide-eyed bamboo box, raised her head and looked around.

The work case next to her is Yue Qingzi's. The girl was sweating profusely and making a chiba chrysanthemum. Chiba chrysanthemum is a unique decoration in opera makeup, because of the complexity of petals, ordinary jewelry is not commonly used such a style.

Although Yue Qingzi did not have the assessment pressure of their regular students, he practiced hard. This girl's fingers, which were originally as delicate as shallots, have also been ground out of layers of thin calluses after more than half a month. And the jewelry she makes is all elements related to opera.

Li Jingshan's mind flashed the figure of Shang Yuyi in the Spring Garden. Could it be that this girl came to Jingbao Pavilion to learn art, and it was also for him?

The works of the assessment are not allowed to be passed on to each other. Therefore, after Li Jingshan finished her handiwork, she didn't want to stay in the workshop for too long, so she had to nod and smile at her, and left the heavenly workshop.

It wasn't until the moonlit treetops that Yue Qingzi came back tired, rubbing his red fingertips as he walked—although the gold thread was soft and soft, under the long-term pinching and twisting, the flesh and blood could not stand it.

She walked to Youlan Garden, and happened to see Li Jingshan sitting in front of the house after washing her hair, and Meng Shu holding an ebony comb to grate her hair.

"The pattern of your grate comb is so beautiful," Meng Shu looked at the comb in his hand and asked, "The ebony is inlaid with white silver silk and coiled into a magpie spring pattern, did you make it yourself?" ”

"Yes. At that time, I just started to practice panhua, and my skills were very poor. The master asked me to use a utensil as a base and pull the shape on it. Because of the base bracket, the shape is much more neat, and it is also easy to control the wrist. Li Jingshan explained to Meng Shu in her mouth, but her eyes glanced at Yue who walked slowly and smiled lightly.

"That's a good point." Meng Shu nodded, "Pattern modeling is easier than utensils modeling. It's just that the expressiveness of pattern modeling is much worse than that of utensils, and it is generally used for utensils decoration, and is rarely used for jewelry. ”

"Why not?" Li Jingshan took the grate comb, "The flat square and grate comb in the jewelry can be used in this way." If it is an opera headdress, it can also be added to the back beam and ear digging. ”

She nodded to Yue Qingzi, who had already walked in front of her, and said, "If you are afraid of the monotony of jewelry, add some embellishments in addition to the shape, such as wrapping a convex and raised butterfly, etc., which just reflects the theme of 'butterfly love flowers'." ”

Yue Qingzi was not stupid, and slowly listened to the doorway, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and his steps became more and more cheerful. She took two steps into her room, then suddenly turned back and asked, "What time is it?" The Lingering Garden didn't close so quickly, did it? ”

"There's no hurry. There is still an hour and a half before the door closes. Li Jingshan replied with a smile.

"Got it!" Yue Qingzi took three steps and made two steps and walked out, straight to the Tiangongfang. When I arrived at the gate of the Lingering Garden, I suddenly paused, looked back and smiled: "Two sisters, thank you!" ”

Seeing her go away, Meng Shu stuffed the wooden comb in her hand into Li Jingshan's hand, and said lightly: "You like to be nosy, and you pull me to accompany you to act." Dry your hair and watch out for the wind. He turned and went straight into the house.

Li Jingshan looked at her arrogant back, smiled and said loudly: "I thank you for Qingzi!" ”

A laughing snort came from the room, "Who wants you to thank you?" ”

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Li Jingshan was busy coping with the first assessment of Tianqiao Hall, and Ruan Mingyu finally failed to escape her mother's order, and on September 28, she accompanied her to the Chen family to attend the chrysanthemum banquet held by the Chen family's housemother.

Since more than 20 years ago, Mrs. Ruan's wife Chen Jinxiu married into the Ruan family, it was Chen Qixing of the Chen family's third room who took over the business of the silk village, and Mrs. Chen also presided over the Chen family's middle feed. Today's chrysanthemum and flower banquet is a social event hosted by Mrs. Chen aimed at making friends and gathering feelings.

Ruan Mingyu usually participates in such social banquets, except that the male guests are in the outer hall and the female guests are in the inner courtyard, eating, drinking, and playing games. At the same time, the relationships that should be pulled, the contacts that should be made, and the matters that should be discussed were naturally completed in this atmosphere.

Therefore, such social banquets are prevalent in the capital, whether it is a traditional solar festival or a specific day such as a birthday, it is a time to hold a banquet.

If there are many young men and women among the invited guests, the host will also arrange an interactive session for the male and female guests to invite each other to meet each other in the garden.

— like today.