Chapter 253: The Seal of Du Mei
"I said that what I sent, not words, but letters!" Chu Lin's tone was a little heavier, which was deeply chilling.
"Yes, yes." Seeing him say this, Ye Dan hurriedly nodded in agreement, and the sweat on his forehead shone in the candlelight.
"Let's go down." Chu Lin said in a light tone.
Ye Dan quietly retreated, and there was silence in the study.
Chu Lin sat alone, looking carefully at the folded piece of paper, due to the long folding, the plum character on the paper was divided into many pieces by the traces of folding, and a little bit seemed to be fixed. And because I have been in the purse for a long time, the edges of the paper are hairy.
He stroked the creases one by one, and he imagined Du Mei carrying this thin piece of paper in his purse, walking everywhere, as if he was with him, and when he thought of this, his heart suddenly became warm, and his eyes softened.
"Ji'an, grind!" Chu Lin shouted outside.
splashed ink and wrote more than ten words in one go, Zhao Ji'an felt that each one was perfect, but Chu Lin couldn't choose a good one. Seeing that the master's brows were furrowing deeper and deeper, Zhao Ji'an didn't dare to come out, so he only lowered his head and polished the ink.
"Ji'an, which one do you think is better?" Chu Lin wrote a few more and asked.
"This one...... This one is pretty good. Zhao Ji pretended to pick one of the more than a dozen.
"What kind of eyes are you looking at, the books you read are fed to the dogs? This is obviously crooked! Chu Lin was a little annoyed, thinking that he was perfunctory.
"And this one?" Zhao Ji'an glanced at Chu Lin tremblingly, and then pointed to another one.
"Forget it, you'd better go get my carving knife." Chu Lin waved his hand, he knew in his heart that this guy wouldn't pick things at all.
"Graver? Master, you have to engrave it yourself! Zhao Ji'an opened his mouth and said in surprise.
"What? Do you doubt my abilities? Chu Lin raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhao Ji'an, who was stunned.
"No, no, no, didn't you say that you won't touch the carving knife again?" Zhao Ji'an You remembered that Chu Lin was very obsessed with making seals, and one day, he suddenly asked Zhao Ji'an to collect all the things and never touch them again.
"At the beginning, I was just afraid that I would lose my mind with my plaything, but now I am just carving a seal for Mei'er, where is there such a fuss!" Chu Lin glared at him.
Zhao Ji'an had to go to the warehouse to get it, Chu Lin picked up the Qingtian stone and looked at it, through the light, the yellow and clear blank was almost transparent, like a gummy candy that could be eaten.
Zhao Ji'an brought a carving knife, and ordered the maid to come in and light more lamps, and after a while, the lamps were blazing, illuminating the study brightly.
"Go down and rest." Chu Lin opened the small baggage, and the carving knives inside were readily available, although they had not been used for many years, they were still extremely sharp.
"I'll wait outside." Zhao Ji'an saluted and went out.
This is a habit of playing small, Chu Lin doesn't care about him, and gets busy with himself.
The sky was dawning, the lights were burned out, and fine stone chips fell on the big case, and the "Seal of Du Mei" was reborn in Chu Lin's hands.
"Master, there is still an hour to come." Zhao Ji'an, who was outside the house, accompanied his master, he didn't sleep all night, he was cold, and even his voice was a little cold.
"Shower and change clothes." Chu Lin said lightly.
This seal is only beginning to take shape, still needs to be polished, he gently put down the carving knife, rubbed his shoulder, his eyes were bloodshot, but it was difficult to hide his joy, where he was engraving, it was clear that he was full of love poured into it.
Chu Lin went to the court to discuss matters as usual, and Ruyi went into the study to clean up, and saw the seal on the table at a glance.
"The Seal of Dume?" Wishful thinking, the heart is mixed.
Her noble lord, for this woman she didn't know, broke the vows and stayed up all night, just to carve a private seal by herself, who is this woman!
Ruyi bit her lip fiercely, she likes Chu Lin, she has liked it since she was a child, the Queen Mother intended to give her to Chu Lin as a concubine, but Chu Lin only trusted her like a sister, and only allowed her to be his housekeeper.
When Su Muyun married into the mansion in the name of a side concubine, she saw that Chu Lin was polite to her, but she never stayed in her room, and she also sympathized with Mrs. Su, thinking that Chu Lin had been so cold-hearted and cold-hearted all his life.
Who would have thought that what she saw today was like a sharp sword, which shattered her heart. It turns out that his heart is hot, and he will beat wildly for someone, and even do anything unbelievable. Ruyi has deep despair, but also a deep unwillingness!
Chu Lin went down to the early dynasty, and for the first time, he did not go to the Beijing camp, but returned to the Yanwang Mansion alone.
After a while, Chu Lin burst into tears: "Who moved the king's study!" ”
"It was the slave who went in and cleaned it just now." Ruyi seemed to have foreseen it, and when she heard his angry voice, she came out from the side and bowed.
"Didn't I say you don't need to clean the study?" Chu Lin twisted his eyebrows, but when he saw Ruyi coming out to answer, he still lowered his voice.
"The slave doesn't dare next time, and I hope the master will forgive the sin." Ruyi was about to kneel down and ask for guilt, but Chu Lin grabbed her.
"Go get busy, don't come into my study next time." Chu Lin waved his hand and turned around to go back to the house.
Ruyi stood in place, only to see the study door in front of her, slamming shut.
"What's going on?" When Su Muyun heard this, he helped the maid over and asked.
On weekdays, Chu Lin is not in the house, only Su Muyun and Ruyi are at home, Su Muyun has a soft temperament and treats his subordinates very leniently, so he is not good at managing all things in the house, so although there is a female protagonist in the house, he is still in charge of Ruyi, because he is not favored by Chu Lin, the two of them cherish each other, but they can get along harmoniously.
"It's nothing, it's that I didn't do it well." Ruyi lowered her eyelids and looked at the flowers on the hem of her skirt.
"Ye is just angry for a while, you always grew up together. I boiled lotus seed soup and gave him some later. Su Muyun was kind and comforting.
She is sometimes a little envious, and Chu Lin will show some true temperament to her, even if it is angry. Instead of always being polite and detached like she did to her, she knew that he was looking at the brotherhood with her brother Su Motian, so she reluctantly gave her some smiles.
Su Muyun has received the education of three from four virtues since she was a child, and the gentleness and generosity of everyone's ladies make her unable to do things such as crying, making trouble, and hanging herself, not to mention that she is the only concubine in this mansion, and her status is respected, who is she messing with, and what is she messing with?
It has been eight months since she married into the Yan Wangfu, and the Yan King is respectful and courteous to her, and her parents and brothers are happy for her, how can she tell them that she is still a girl?
The two women had their own hearts and minds, and they had nothing to say, so they went their separate ways.
How did Chu Lin know about the turmoil in his backyard, he only carefully polished the seal letter, as if he saw Du Mei smiling in front of him.
When it was time for lunch, Ruyi deliberately prepared some more dishes that Chu Lin liked to eat, but unexpectedly, he rode Moyun and went to the Beijing patrol camp without looking back. Su Muyun felt sad and choked in front of a table of dishes, she drank two mouthfuls of soup, and then went back to her room happily.
Ye Dan returned to Luomei Xuan, he didn't care about resting at all, business was booming these days, he had just finished reconciling with Lin An, and Deng came to tell him that the silk thread and cotton wool were running out, and he should go further
Batch goods, the last time Du Mei cut the clothing has also been completed, if you don't keep up in time, I'm afraid it will be out of stock.
Silk thread and cotton wool are easy to do, and you can buy it directly in the account room with the silver, but this tailor must be Du Mei, but Du Mei has been full of granges recently, and I am afraid that I will not be free to come to Jiangling City for a while.
"Lao Lin, are your relatives still working on the dock?" Ye Dan thought that Du Mei had asked him like this, and he just helped to ask at this time.
"Yes, they are doing a good job on the dock, and recently brought their wives and children to the family, and the expenses in the imperial city are huge, and they are afraid that they will have to work day and night again." Lin An shook his head and said.
"What did they do before?" Ye Dan then asked.
"They are all farmers, helping people in the countryside to farm, doing odd jobs in their spare time, and a year's harvest is enough for the family to eat. Now they feel that as long as they can eat enough here, they don't want to go back. Lin An said.
"Carrying a big bag on the dock is heavy physical work, and your brother is not young, so his body and bones are important." Ye Dan sighed and said.
"The poor are all poor, in order to eat a full meal, where do they think so far!" Lin An also knew it very well in his heart, but he didn't have a better way.
"If there are people recruited from the grange near Gangneung City, I wonder if they are willing to go? That's the old business. Ye Dan asked tentatively.
"This ...... They drag their families with their mouths, which grange raises idlers? Lin An sighed.
"Let's put it this way, Du Mei has recently been enthroned, and the emperor has rewarded her with a hundred-acre grange, and she intends to hire your brothers to farm." At this point, Ye Dan said it directly.
"Really? Miss Du has been made an official! Good people have good rewards, Amitabha, Amitabha. Deng happily clasped his hands together and kept chanting the Buddha.
"This ...... When Miss Du left, she didn't know that their family was coming, and the old and young had to eat. Lin An was in a dilemma. Of course, he wants his brothers to go to Du Mei to work, but he can't lead a group of old people and children to pit Du Mei.
"I'll go back in the afternoon, I'll tell Meizi the news, and listen to what she decides." Ye Dan is not easy to call the shots for Du Mei.
"Hey, thank her for me, and think about us." Lin An said gratefully.
"Sister-in-law Deng, you buy some according to Du Mei's original purchase, I'll see if she can take the time to come in the near future." Ye Dan turned his head to Deng Shi and said.
"Got it." Deng should be down.
"Shopkeeper, there is a military master looking for you outside." The janitor ran up and said.
"Just come." Ye Dan estimated that Zhao Ji'an was coming.
"It's good to be retired." In front of Luomei Xuan's door, Zhao Ji'an said thoughtlessly, and stuffed a small bag into Ye Dan's hand.
"Thank you." Ye Dan pinched his hand, and knew that it was a seal letter, so he made a salute.
"Go back early, don't delay." Zhao Ji'an turned on his horse expressionlessly, said this, and left without looking back.
Ye Dan didn't dare to delay, explained a few words to Lin An and his wife, and rode back to Sheshan Town.
One person rode briskly to the end, Ye Dan set off in the afternoon, and returned to Yunshang Embroidery Village when he arrived. After a hasty supper, he rested, and his wind and cold were not good, and he hurried for a few hours, and the fever regained during the night.
Ye Qing was busy inviting Zhong Yu to come to see a doctor, decocting medicine and boiling soup, and tossing for half a night. When Du Mei came, Ye Dan had just drunk a bowl of medicinal juice.
"What's wrong with you? Wasn't it okay that day? Du Mei asked in surprise.