Volume 3 A Thousand Poems of Autumn Colors 11, Lantern Festival (2)
The smell of the warm pavilion did not dissipate for a long time, as soon as the sweat fell, Nian Liang changed his clothes and went to the study, Qing Ying followed to serve, and Xia Xiaoman opened the doors and windows on the side of the warm pavilion to speed up the ventilation.
Cai Shu smelled the smell of medicine on the bedding, so he instructed a few little maids to take it and re-incense it on the smoker cage.
Xia Xiaoman turned around and saw it, hurriedly stopped, and said, "There is a medicinal smell, and then the incense is mixed again, and I can't point out any strange smell." Because he looked at the head outside the window, he said: "Look at the outside head is very good, and there is no wind, so it is better to take it out and dry it." β¦β¦ Speaking of which, I haven't been exposed to the quilt this winter, right? β
Because Fuze is inland, the climate is relatively dry, and the bedding is always used in the soup pot, the incense burner, etc., and I don't feel chΓ‘o when I fall asleep, so this problem was unconsciously ignored by Xia Xiaoman. Thinking about it at this time, not only did it involve health problems, but the smell of sunshine on the sun-dried quilt was also quite nostalgic, so she turned around and instructed Fennel: "The bedding in our room is also taken out to dry." β
Cai Shu hugged the futon and hesitated: "Although it is a chΕ«n, but there is no number nine yet, it is strange cold outside, and the quilt is drying at this time, and it must not be cold and hard?" β
"No, it won't." Xia Xiaoman said with a smile, "If you have a rΓ¬ head, you can dry it for an hour or two, and put it away when the rΓ¬ head is about to pass at noon." You'll know if you've sunned it. Besides, it's not a little bit of a diffuse. If it's too cold, just go back and take the smoker cage again. β
Cai Shu will be suspicious, holding the quilt out, standing in the yard, and worried, where can this quilt be dried? There are no low shrubs in the yard, and although there are a few flower stands, they have been arranged with various lanterns. For the master to enjoy at night, and then look at the thin shelves, not like the futon that can hold the bedding.
Xia Xiaoman followed out of the place, and stayed over there, and after touching around, there was really no place to dry. There are no shelves, and the branches of the trees are too tall to even have a place to pull a rope. I think of the benefits of the sun-dried futon. She was a little unwilling, and said in her heart. Seemingly. I had to make my own shelf, and simply took three sticks to make the whole stand. Pull a rope or a horizontal bamboo pole in the middle, it should be very strong to find a good angle, and there is no strong wind. After thinking about it, he asked Cai Shu: "Is there a bamboo pole in the kitchen or where?" Long sticks will also do. β
Cai Shu said: "Bamboo poles? Bamboo poles to dry clothes? There is no one in the kitchen, but there should be one on the pulp washing side. What does 姨nΗinΗi do? β
"Pulp washing over there......" Xia Xiaoman really hasn't walked over there, I don't know what kind of shelf is over there, if it's the kind I think, it's best to use it directly.
Xia Xiaoman described it to Cai Shu, and Cai Shu shook his head and said, "It's not like this." Although it is also a pole in the middle, the two piles are stone-based, and they are extremely heavy and cannot be moved. Aunt nΗinΗi wants to erect such a shelf and call the people on the wooden work to come over? β
Xia Xiaoman smiled: "You don't have to work hard. Then find a few poles. We can tie it up ourselves. Just let it dry for a while and put it away. Later, I'll call the carpenter to make a good one. β
She thought that she would have a house in the future. The first thing to do is to build a balcony. Anyway, there is glass, so I make that kind of floor-to-ceiling window, so that the room is full of sunshine, and then the top of the suspension quilt, set up a rocking chair at the bottom, she sits on the rocking chair and reads a book, and when she is tired of reading, she pounces on the warm and fragrant quilt and rubs it...... Hey, what a wonderful life
The process of DIY is inherently joyful, and seeing the results tends to be even happier.
Xia Xiaoman suddenly found that she was very DIY---- although she was just tying bamboo poles, she was quite slippery and happy. Or, is she better suited to physical work than mental work?
She also suspected that this was genetic, the instinct of this body, after all, the father of this body was a craftsman......
Thinking of the cheap dad who can open locks, curl bowls and act, Xia Xiaoman smiled and shook her head, she once thought that she would not think of him again, but now that she thinks about it, she feels that it is nothing, and she is completely relieved, but treats him as a joke, and she can make her own family happy from time to time.
At one o'clock, a few people set up five or six shelves, hung the bedding in the yard, and at a glance looked at the flowers, as if the chΕ«n day had come early.
Xia Xiaoman tilted his head and crossed his waist to take a look, he really felt a sense of accomplishment, although he ...... It doesn't match this elegant yard.
She suddenly thought that if Miss Fengya saw this, she would definitely criticize it wildly. Thinking of Ji Lingshu's young age but the appearance of an old pedant, she couldn't help laughing, and before she had laughed enough, she remembered that there was still a picky guy sitting in the study, with his pickiness about the house on Wanxiang Street...... Seeing the yard like this, you won't run wild, right?!
Xia Xiaoman couldn't laugh anymore, scratched his head, and said in his heart, Amitabha, you have to stay in the study honestly, it's best to wait for noon to be collected here and come out again......
Before she finished reciting the Buddha, she heard the sound of the study door being opened, she turned around and saw ,---- Nian Liang standing at the door of the study, obviously stunned, and the green cherry blossoms on the side knocked on it were also stunned, and hurriedly took the first step to laugh and said to Xia Xiaoman: "Aunt nΗinΗi This is ......"
Xia Xiaoman walked over and said, "It's full of medicinal smell, take it out and dry it." As he spoke, he looked at Nian Liang's expression, and wondered what he was going to do with her.
Nian Liang was stunned for a long time, but he suddenly smiled, shook his head and said, "It's more lively than watching the lanterns." β
Xia Xiaoman breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It's really messy, but just take advantage of the good noon sun, bask for a while, and clean it up in a while." β
Nian forgiveness: "It's too messy. But it doesn't hurt, let's let it dry, it's good that the smell of medicine is gone. Thinking of the smell of medicine in the room, he sighed again: "I didn't feel what the smell of medicine used to be, but now I can't stand it for a moment." β
Xia Xiaoman said in his heart, you have been smelling medicine for a long time, and your sense of smell is not sensitive, but you heard Qing Ying laughing on the side: "Master used to be sick and didn't realize it, but now he thinks of medicine, but it's better." β
Xia Xiaoman rolled his eyes in his heart, grinning reluctantly and smirking.
As she was talking, the little maid outside came over and said, "The old lady sent Granny Zhou to come over to see the master." β
Xia Xiaoman remembered that the wolf grandmother shrank her neck, and hurriedly asked Nian Liang: "Do you want to go back and lie down?" β
Nian forgive did not say a word. Pointing to the bedding that filled the yard.
Xia Xiaoman looked embarrassed, he couldn't pretend to be sick like this, so he said, "Yes, mine is not." Pack up ...... now."
Qing Ying hurriedly said: "Aunt nΗinΗi doesn't have to be busy, it's not just these few pieces, there are also futons in the box, take them out and use them." β
Nian Liang smiled and stopped them. "No, you don't have to. Didn't the doctor come too? Grandmother also knows the land, so she shouldn't come to ask. The windows are still open, right? Let's not go back yet. Tell Granny Zhou to the study. β
Xia Xiaoman glanced at Qing Ying. Aoakura's eyes signaled that she was okay. Xia Xiaoman nodded slightly, and helped Nian Liang into the study.
Granny Zhou entered the hospital and saw the shelves of bedding. frowned, stayed in the study, greeted Nian Liang with a salute, and said first: "What does the sixth master think of his body?" The old lady has been thinking about it and sent the old slave to take a look. β
Nian Liang smiled: "There is Granny Lao." Sweating, feverish, this will be fine. When I had lunch, I went to my grandmother to say goodbye. β
Granny Zhou hurriedly said: "The sixth master is about to leave, and it will not be easy for the wind and cold to be good." If you go out and get cold again, how can you get it? The old lady also said that the sixth master should not move around and be good at giving birth, the sixth master is about to pass, and the old lady will definitely blame the old slave for being stupid and saying the wrong thing. β
Nian Liang smiled: "Mother-in-law is serious. Then I will respect my grandmother's meaning, and I will not go. As he spoke, he turned to Qing Ying and said, "Qing Ying, then you will go to Songhe Hall in the morning." Tell my grandmother that I'm fine. Tired grandmother is suspenseful, and it is even unfilial. Pray for grandmother's forgiveness ......"
Xia Xiaoman lowered his head tightly, the corners of his mouth twitched, and sure enough, he did a full set of plays, as if it was really like that.
Granny Zhou waited for him to finish speaking, and also turned to Qingying, but her calm face began to attack: "The girl is careless, how can you sit in the study?" You should lie down more! What's going on with those out there? On a cold day, why are the bedding left outside? β
Qing Ying said with a smile: "Ye has also been lying down for a long time, so he is bored, so he came to sit here." The futon was put out to dry because of the smell......"
Granny Zhou's face was not only cloudy and sunny, but even more sunny, and said sharply: "This is the girl's." The sixth master was already infected with the wind and cold, and this quilt was soaked in the cold, and then he covered it with the master, wouldn't he be even sicker? How could the girl be so confused! β
"Mother-in-law." Nian Liang interrupted her, the smile on his face disappeared, and said, "I asked them to take it out to dry." β
Granny Zhou paused, her face softened slightly, and she smiled and forgave Nian: "The sixth master is young, I don't know how cold this is." This is no joke, so it's better to be careful. Saying that, he looked at Qing Sakura like a knife again, and said, "Girl, can you write it down?" The sixth master's body is expensive, and the girl should think more about it! β
Xia Xiaoman frowned, cursed in his heart, and because he didn't want Qing Ying to suffer on his behalf, he thought about lukewarmly replying to the previous two sentences. Before she could speak, Qing Ying over there was already the first step ahead and said with a smile on her face, thanking Granny Zhou for her teachings. Although Nian Liang did not speak, he frowned when he heard the words.
Fortunately, Granny Zhou knew that she would accept it when she saw it, and when she saw that Nian Liang's face was not safe, she said a few words such as the sixth master to take care of his body, and got up to leave.
After she left, Xia Xiaoman apologized to Qing Ying: "I was the bedding I dried, so you have to take it for me......"
Qing Ying hurriedly smiled and said, "Where did the words of Aunt nΗinΗi come from, you can torture the slave." It's nothing, Granny Zhou has always had a lot of cΔo heart, and she is always afraid that the slaves and maids will not take good care of her......"
Nian Liang waved his hand and said, "Neither of you is at fault. Hmph, this group of old slaves is the most hateful. β
Qing Ying sighed helplessly and persuaded, "Why do you bother to be angry?!" She is an elderly mother-in-law, and the old lady's companion is rude in her words, but she can ...... Is it for the good of you? β
Nian Liang sneered and said, "She is a good heart. That rΓ¬ ......" unconsciously remembered the matter of the rΓ¬ Qinghuai, and his heart was churning again, he took a few deep breaths and forced it down, frowned for a long time and did not mention it again, only said: "Qingying, it's almost noon, let's go and pass the meal." β
After noon, he collected the futon, covered it on the smoker cage and put it on the bed, Xia Xiaoman did after-sales service research to Nian Liang, who was ready to take a break, and asked: "How about this sun-dried quilt?" β
Nian Liang smiled: "It seems to be lighter, but I didn't realize it." β
Xia Xiaoman rolled his eyes and helped him tuck the corners. "Then try again for a while." β
However, the experience was not successful, Xia Xiaoman settled him, and before he left the house, there were people coming and going outside: "The old lady sent someone to ask if the master is resting, if not, please go to the Songhe Hall." β
"Why didn't the old lady take a break?!" Xia Xiaoman looked at Nian Liang and said, "How are we going back?" Said you fell asleep? β
Nian Liang shook his head and said, "Help me up." Change. β
Xia Xiaoman helped him and said, "Then why don't you stop by to report the safety of the old lady?" Although the green cherry blossoms have passed just now. But you're going to the old lady......"
Nian forgave a sigh. "I can save it." β
The year is gone, and the lamp has not returned. Because I sent someone halfway to say that dinner was served at the old lady's side. Xia Xiaoman ate dinner by himself, and then saw that the lanterns in the courtyard were lit, and then took fennel cardamom out to enjoy the lanterns,---- he couldn't go out to enjoy the lanterns, but he enjoyed them at home, which meant good.
Most of these lamps were bought by Xiao Wei's housekeeper from the peach lotus chrysanthemum lantern shop on Cui Shenjun Street, and they were really very thin, and the flowers were lifelike. Xia Xiaoman looked at it carefully, and everyone liked it. There were some tricks she didn't know, so she asked Fennel, and Fennel introduced them to her one by one. Xia Xiaoman smiled and said that he asked Fennel to make up a joke, which happened to be called "Newspaper Flower Name".
Listening to Fennel introduce a lantern named Thousand Petal Lotus, Xia Xiaoman was counting how many petals there were. I haven't counted to ten yet. I heard the little maid outside shouting that the master was back.
Xia Xiaoman, who saw that it was difficult to go out to greet him, greeted him, dressed thickly. Holding a hand stove again, he looked at a gorgeous lantern on the flower shelf, and asked her, "Appreciate the lantern?" β
Xia Xiaoman handed the hand stove to Fennel, came over and picked him up in his wheelchair and pushed him to the warm pavilion, and said, "Hmm." It's nothing, just look at the lights. β
Nian Liang said in a sullen voice: "Sixteen, let's go out and see." After a pause, he said, "Ming'er also has a lamp at home, and there will be a lamp on the side of Mingluan Tower." β
Xia Xiao said in his heart, I'll talk about it when I go out. No one disrupted the plan, then Amitabha Buddha, God bless, thank Allah, Allah. As for the lamp at home, she followed the leader and waited, how could she take a good look at it? It's better to look at these lights of Changshengju.
Nian Liang looked at the lamp and said, "Push me over and take a look." β
He was really depressed now, because it was not pleasant to talk to the old lady.
The old lady meant that the marriage alliance with the Lu family was an old alliance, which should have ended when Miss Lu San passed away, but because the Lu family and the Nian family were friendly at that time, they said it again and again, so the old lady verbally said that he would wait for Miss Lu Si and Lu to talk about it again, and he did not have a marriage letter, so he wanted to withdraw from his family, and he also had to wait for Miss Lu Si and the Lu family to come back to the old matter again. His promise has been promised, and the Nian family cannot break its promise.
In fact, the old lady didn't care very much about that promise, and he was not only worried about the future of his children and grandchildren, but also about the messy relationship in the court, but also because the old lady said a word to him at noon. ---- old lady said: "Although the Lu family is inconsiderate, Miss Lu Si is worthy of Liulang from her family to her character. If you miss this kind of marriage, with the body of Rokuro, where can you find such a good match? β
I'm afraid that everyone in the Gyeonggi officialdom knows about the health of the young man, where is the young lady who is quite a family willing to deal with him? The old lady is also afraid that it will be difficult to find a good match if Miss Lu Si is missed. However, these words can't be said to Nian Forgiveness, he himself is not in good health, how can he not be angry, and it hurts his heart to mention it like this. The old lady had no choice but to use the excuse next to appease Nian Liang.
Although Nian Liang didn't know what his grandfather was thinking, he did clearly know that the Lu family couldn't retreat from this family matter for the time being, so he could only hope that the Lu family would automatically come out of the family if they felt that they were terminally ill. However, if the Lu family can repeat, there must be a plan; If you don't get what you want, how can you let it go? So he also felt that this hope was a little slimmer.
Nian Liang looked at the lanterns, one by one, there were old things, and there were new lands this year, so he casually commented on them.
The moon is bright and the stars are scarce.
The lanterns are shining.
In the quiet night, Nian Liang's voice was a little cold, but because his mood slowly improved, the meaning was more cheerful, and it was a little pleasant to listen to. Slowly, my own family also melted into this scene, and my mood became better and better.
And this is the situation----
Xia Xiaoman was in no mood to appreciate it at all, she only felt ...... I've been pushing a wheelchair and I'm frozen!!
When the wheelchair stopped, she didn't listen carefully to what Nian Liang said, but was busy taking the hand stove from Fennel's hand and covering it for a while, thinking only that she should add a cotton sleeve to the handle of the wheelchair, as long as a sleeve, thick, so that when you push the wheelchair, your hand can reach in, which is very warm......
This is the essential difference between realists and romantics.
Before the realist could push the wheelchair-mounted Romantic into the house, another Romantic appeared. ---- Ji Lingshu sent someone to ask if he had a break in the New Year, saying that he went out to enjoy the lanterns today, brought a few back, and wanted to send two New Year's Certificates.
Nian forgave the request, and after a while, Ji Lingshu came in with a smile on his face.
She was dressed in a blue satin fox cloak, her fluffy collar made her baby face smaller and smaller, her cheeks were red from the cold, and she was still cold, but she looked elated.
She came in and saluted Nian Liang, asked Fuxing Lanyue to bring two lanterns over, and said with a smile: "People often say that all good things in the world gather in Gyeonggi, and Lingshu Yuan didn't believe it, so he said that this lamp, because of the good state paper, also has a few good lights, but now when I see Gyeonggi Lantern Street, I know that the real one can't be compared." The paper is good, the work is clever, and the thought in this is even more rare. The spiritual book didn't dare to be beautiful, so I brought two lamps for my cousin to appreciate. Cousin, can you see this lamp? β
The two are eight pictures of the marquee, one is painted with characters, the other is painted with flowers and birds, the lamp is beautiful, the painting is also very fine, the key is that each has a seven-word poem, but it is two lantern riddles.
Nian Liang was also numb to her test, smiled, pondered for a while, pointed to the lamp and said, "It's not difficult to guess that it's a plum blossom." This is quite innovative, but it is said that the gentleman is in the right position? β
Ji Lingshu's eyes were bright, and he said with a smile: "My cousin is so knowledgeable!" The spiritual book was obeyed. Exactly. This eldest brother and ninth brother also guessed for a while before they were hit! β
Nian Liang smiled: "It's really hard to guess." But with mine? Thank you cousin first. β
Ji Lingshu said with a smile: "But it is the spirit book that borrows flowers to offer the Buddha, and I dare not take this thank you alone,--- although it is the lamp selected by the spirit book, it is actually the money of the Seventh Brothers' Association." β
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