Manxue Pavilion is elegant, only a magnolia blooms against the wall. The ground is covered with small wild chrysanthemums that can be seen everywhere, and most of them are white, and at first glance it looks like a layer of snow has fallen.

When Cheng Xueyan entered the door, she heard the monophony of a guzheng wafting in the light aroma with a hint of loneliness.

It was Cheng Xueman's personal maid Miaotong who saw them first, hurriedly greeted them and bowed her knees, and then personally carried Cheng Xueyan into the door.

The little girl who was leaning on the door and taking a nap saw someone coming, so she hurriedly went in to report.

So when Cheng Xueyan entered the door, the tea cup with blue and white branches was brewed and rested on the pear flower table, and Cheng Xueman also moved out from behind the guzheng and was about to bow his knees.

Cheng Xueyan hurriedly held on.

Although these were ordinary and necessary etiquette, she could not stand the enthusiasm.

"Sister, please take a seat."

Cheng Xueman is wearing a homely bud yellow light shirt today, with a lake blue crepe skirt, and only a white magnolia is obliquely inserted in the bun, and the whole person responds to the lightness of this Manxue Pavilion. Although it is plain, compared to Cheng Xueyan's green dress and green skirt, which only has a pale silver foil bead flower, it is already very springy.

Cheng Xueyan couldn't help but sigh for her dress, thinking that she must give Bitong an image design lesson when she goes back.

"There are few people here here, and there is no good tea, I just hope that Sister Longjing will eat well before the rain."

Is it modesty or ostentatious?

But seeing Cheng Xueman's faint smile, Cheng Xueyan chose the former. After all, Cheng Mansion is different from ordinary people, and even she, a person from a modern city, has some things that she has not enjoyed.

Over there, Miaotong had already sent the two little girls who were waiting away, and she took Bitong's arm and said affectionately: "Why does my sister have time to come to see me today?" ”

Outside the door, only Bitong's half-sentence "You will think about ......" was silent.

Cheng Xueman took the lid of the cup and gently plucked the floating tea in the cup: "What's the matter with my sister's visit?" ”

After Qin Gulan's refusal, Cheng Xueyan's self-confidence was greatly reduced, although Bitong repeatedly said that the second girl was very good and easy to talk to, she was still a little hesitant before speaking.

She looked out the window and asked, intentionally or unintentionally, "Why are there so many wild chrysanthemums planted in your yard?" ”

"Since people are plain, there is no need to decorate them with flowers."

Cheng Xueman's faint voice came from his ears.

Cheng Xueyan suddenly felt that this question caused unhappiness.

"Sister has something to say, what else do you and my sister have to worry about?"

Cheng Xueman didn't mind.

In my impression, she has always been taciturn, but today she is so sincere, it would be hypocritical if she turned around again.

"You were also present when the Furong Hall was discussing a few days ago, and I must have known that Mrs. later allowed me to practice in the Tingyin Building on the day of the beginning of the summer, and the girls of the Guan Ju Hall decided whether they could add singing skills to their teaching......

Cheng Xueman nodded: "Speaking of which, my sister's day was really impressive......

Cheng Xueyan's face changed, thinking that she would be as sneering as Qin Gulan, but she didn't want Cheng Xueman to praise sincerely: "My sister has always been polite in everything, and that day made Mr. Du speechless......

Speaking of this, there was a faint hint of joy on her face: "And my sister is not forceful to be reasonable, just when it comes to their hearts, Mrs. just can't agree or not." Alas, what is a woman asking for, nothing more than wishing to be a single-minded person, and the white head is not separated......"

In the end, the tone was already slightly sad.

Cheng Xueyan saw that she was starting to worry about this matter at a young age, and couldn't help but feel a little more sympathetic.

"My sister is also here today to ask my sister for this matter......"

This is how the distance between people is narrowed.

"Sister, but it doesn't hurt to say, between you and me, you don't have to talk about the word 'ask'."

"I prepared a piece, but I was unaccompanied......"

"Sister wants me to accompani?"

"If my sister is embarrassed......"

"What's the problem?" Cheng Xueman smiled brightly, which actually added a bit of brilliance to her ordinary face: "Thanks to my sister for not disliking my sister's clumsy skills, my sister is willing to add icing on the cake to my sister's performance......"

Speaking of this, he smiled embarrassedly: "How is it the icing on the cake, as long as it is harmless, my sister will be at ease." ”

This made Cheng Xueyan unable to feel at ease, and she didn't know what to say.

"But I don't know what song my sister wants to sing, I might as well sing it to my sister first, and my sister can practice when she is free, so as not to embarrass her sister that day."

"My sister bothered so much, but my sister was disrespectful."

Even so, it's still a little embarrassing to sing like this.

Cheng Xueyan got up and stood in front of the window, looking at the swaying wild chrysanthemums in the courtyard hugging the arrogant magnolia trees, and there were catkins flying around and passing by in the wind, just like snow drifting.

"Snowflakes are falling, how many attachments are floating; Snowflakes fly, how many love relationships have been flown up. Lotus flowers bloom in the middle of the snow. How much hope, how many wishes, silently waiting for a lover, but I hope that the affection will never change. Snowflakes are flying, flying all over the sky......"

There are strings that sound intermittently, like broken snow falling sporadically, and then smoothly and coherently, as if heavy snow is blowing. The catkins in the courtyard seem to be induced and rolled with the wind, and the small wild chrysanthemums all over the ground are also like microwave ripples, holding a few purple or blue flowers, like lotus blooming......

Unconsciously, the singing has stopped, and the last bit of the piano note has gradually faded away, but there is a lingering sound that lingers for a long time.

There are still flying flakes dancing in front of her, but Cheng Xueyan just looks at the unknown distance and loses her mind for a long time.

There was a barely audible sobbing from behind him.

She turned around, but was shocked to see tears in Cheng Xueman's eyes.

Seeing Cheng Xueyan looking at herself, she hurriedly grabbed the handkerchief and wiped her tears: "My sister was rude for a while, which made my sister smile." ”

Cheng Xueyan is just strange, although the song can touch people's hearts, it is rare to see people moved to such an extent. She suddenly remembered that one night, the sound of the piano was accompanied by the sound of the flute......

As soon as his mind moved, he saw Cheng Xueman with red eyes and said in a dumb voice: "This song is so good, sister, don't worry, I will definitely practice hard." If my sister can really impress everyone and become the first Mr. Singer in Dijing...... Sister, can you teach me to sing? ”

Cheng Xueyan looked at her eyes that were extraordinarily bright because of the infiltration of tears, and said solemnly: "Definitely!" ”

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The beginning of summer was soon here.

Yanran Pavilion has been in a state of preparation since the morning, but the specific time is set for the evening.

Because this day is not just a solar term as modern people think, Cheng Zhunhuai, as an important minister of the imperial court, held a summer ceremony in the southern suburbs with the saint early in the morning, it is said that a group of people should wear red clothes, in line with the meaning of the summer god Red Emperor, Shun Feng Hou Xing reward, happy and celebrated.

Cheng Xueyan thought about that magnificent scene for a short time, but she regretted that she could not experience a series of customs in ancient times easily.

But the house was full of excitement.

Each house and courtyard was busy cooking new tea, and then with the fresh fruits, and also carved the fruit into various patterns, decorated with gold leaf, beautiful and delicate as the ginseng fruit in myths and legends, and with fragrant flowers, it was contained in painted bottles and plates, comparable to handicrafts, and then given to relatives or neighbors, called Qijia tea.

Yanran Pavilion received the tea fruit sent by Tang Fanrou and Cheng Xueman, which was supposed to be a return gift, but Cheng Xueyan participated for the first time and didn't know how to operate, so the excitement disappeared after a while.

It's easy to finish busy, and someone tells them to go out.

Cheng Xueyan only said that she was busy with the evening performance and didn't want to travel, but Bitong had to pull her: "Girl, you have to go this time." ”

"Let's rest first, I'm busy at night."

"It's not bad for this time, Madame is waiting in Huanlin Garden. Then the girl just sat down on the scales and came back......"

"Sitting on the scale?"

"Girl can't even forget this, right?" Bi Tong exclaimed: "Every day of the beginning of summer, I have to weigh a person with a big scale, and then weigh it again on the day of the beginning of autumn to test whether the girl is thin or fat this summer." ”

Cheng Xueyan didn't know what the meaning of this was, but it sounded quite interesting, so she went with great interest.

Huanlin Garden is already very lively, the master and maids are all dressed up in flowers, full of pearls and greenery, and the trees and flowers are compared.

Cheng Xueyan glanced at her green clothes and green skirts that had not changed for thousands of years, and sighed.

After returning from Manxue Pavilion that day, she set up a shelf to give Bi Tong an image design class, which can be regarded as a rehearsal for her upcoming teaching career, and also tested whether Bi Tong is color blind by asking the color of the flowers in the garden...... Everything works!

Unexpectedly, as soon as she mentioned it, Bi Tong made a fuss look.

"Girl, although the slave maid is a girl who serves tea, but when Bing Tong is there, every time she combs the girl's hair and chooses clothes, the slave and maid are also watching from the sidelines, and she won't understand. As for why the girl asked why she always dressed up so disgraced with so many clothes in the closet, it was because ......"

She borrowed a short pause to organize the language a little: "The girl is different now than before, the girl stays at home like this, if she dresses outstandingly, it will attract gossip......

"People say 'there are many rights and wrongs in front of the widow', so Gu Sangongzi is not dead...... Cheng Xueyan is in a hurry, isn't this rule going to suffocate her to death?

"What's the difference between this death and not death, the girl is not alone......" Bi Tong was slightly speechless, and hurriedly changed her words: "This is more troublesome to live than to die." Originally, when the girl returned home, outsiders would inevitably have a lot of suspicions, and if the girl didn't pay attention to it, the suspicion would be against the girl......"

"Go your own way and let others say go."

In a hurry, the famous quotes popped out.

Bi Tong was smart enough to immediately understand: "The girl can't think like that." Does the girl want to stay here for the rest of her life? I always have to find someone, and I guess it won't be long before a matchmaker comes to the door. So the girl should be patient first, and when she gets married, she can't wear beautiful clothes? ”

It doesn't make sense with Bitong, not to mention what outsiders think, if she dares to wear some slightly brightly colored clothes, even if she takes a goose yellow handkerchief, Bitong will be sad at this level.

PS: I was surprised to see the reward system...... Since it involves silver, I don't want to force it, of course it's better (snicker), vain me......

I am very happy to see many friends reading this book today, and I sincerely thank the editor for his recommendation and the support of friends O(∩_∩)O~