Madame nodded, sat in front of the dresser, Zi Yan took off the hair ornament on her head for Madame, and slowly combed Madame's hair one by one. Madame slowly closed her eyes and said softly: "These things are all for the Hou Ye, hey, the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, we don't want to cause trouble, but there are always some people who will not let us go." ”

Then Mrs. said: "Xiaoyu, I see that you are a loyal person during this time, and you have to be more careful about Heng'er's affairs in the future, if this time the toxicity is stronger, Heng'er will ...... him", speaking of this, Mrs.'s voice trembled slightly, "That's it, Xiaoyu, you go down first, I want to think about what to do next." ”

Xiaoyu returned to the warm pavilion in a daze, Qi Heng had stopped the diarrhea after taking the medicine, and now he was sleeping peacefully. Zi Yao and Duan's mother guarded Qi Heng without blinking their eyes. The little heron sat with her head down, not knowing what she was thinking.

Originally, it was Xiaoyu's turn to be on duty at night, so Xiaoyu asked Duan's mother to rest first, after all, Duan's mother was old, and after such a frightening toss, she was obviously out of spirits. Then he said to Zi Yao: "Sister Zi Yao, I and Sister Xiaolu will be on duty tonight, you go to rest, tomorrow morning, I will trouble you and Mother Duan to come over and watch the young master." ”。

Zi Yao thought for a while and said, "It's okay, I'll go back to Madame first, you have to take care of the young master's medicine, and if there is anything wrong with the young master at night, report it to Madame immediately." ”。

After Zi Yao left, Xiao Lu raised her head, and there was panic in her eyes that could not be hidden. "Little fish, is the little finch really dead?" , Xiaoyu nodded silently.

"Xiaoyu, I have always looked down on you, thinking that you are a wild girl in the countryside and don't understand anything, but this time you are calmer than us. If it weren't for you finding the finch, we. We're just afraid that there will be more bad luck. Speaking of this, Xiaolu's tears couldn't stop flowing.

Little Finch quickly took out a handkerchief and rubbed it for her. "Sister Xiaolu, don't cry, be seen by others carefully." , Listening to Xiao Yue's words, Xiao Lu's crying was even worse.

"Xiaoque, Xiaoque, she grew up with me since childhood, and both of us are married by our wives, and we have always been kind." , Xiaolu sobbed and said, "But I, I never thought that Xiaoque she, Xiaoque, she was so ruthless this time, even I was framed together... She didn't want to think about it, if the young master had three longs and two shorts, how could we, the girls who serve closely, survive."

After speaking, Xiaolu hugged Xiaoyu and cried: "If it wasn't Xiaoque who died this time, then maybe it was me who was lying there, I was scared when I thought of this, Xiaoyu, thanks to you this time", Xiaoyu gently patted Xiaolu's back and felt the heartfelt horror of the girl in front of her.

In this era when human life is like a mustard, how should she live step by step. At this moment, Xiaoyu made up her mind that she could no longer eat and wait for death to live with the flow, at least she had to work hard to let the nurse and the people who cared about her live well.

After crying for a while, Xiaolu embarrassedly raised her head from Xiaoyu's arms and said, "Xiaoyu, I used to be bad before, I shook my face to show you", before she finished speaking, Xiaoyu covered her mouth and said: "Sister Xiaolu, it used to be a joke, why are you still serious!" ”。

The little heron looked at the little fish and smiled with tears in her eyes. Although Xiaolu has a proud personality, but his nature is not bad, Xiaoyu would rather associate with this kind of person who has a face of joy, anger and sorrow, rather than a person like Xiaoque, who looks pure and harmless but stabs in the back more ruthlessly than anyone else. This time, you must have the heart of harming people, but you must still have the heart of preventing people.

After this turmoil, the two became much closer. Qi Heng woke up once in the middle of the night, drank some water in a daze, and fell asleep again.

Early the next morning, after the doctor came to see him, he said that the toxins were basically exhausted, and they only needed to take another pair of medicines, and it would be fine if the diet was lighter.

Qi Pan also followed, her eyes were swollen like a peach, and she asked Qi Heng to play treasure and make a face to tease her. Xiao Yu looked at this girl like Lin Daiyu, and thought to herself that this young lady was not in good health, she didn't like to eat or move, and her mood was not good, wouldn't this be worse. I remembered that the yoga she had practiced in her previous life was quite suitable for her, the amount of exercise was not large, but it was better than not moving at all. For the sake of Mrs. Zun's trust, Xiao Yu decided to find an opportunity to see if he could teach Qi Pan to do yoga.

After a few days, Qi Heng gradually recovered his health, and then he ran around again, as if to make up for the movement of not getting out of bed in the past few days. The house gradually regained its vitality, and seeing that the heavy sun was coming, everyone began to prepare for the festival.

In this era, festivals are highly valued. The Chung Yeung Festival first has the custom of ascending. Every household also has to prepare Chongyang cake, Chongyang cake is also known as flower cake, chrysanthemum cake, five-color cake, mainly made of glutinous rice plus chrysanthemum, red dates, peanuts and other dried fruits, like the Hou Mansion this kind of royal relatives often have to reward Chongyang cake in the palace.

In addition to climbing, there is a custom of appreciating chrysanthemums since the Chongyang calendar. Originally, the Hou Mansion held a chrysanthemum banquet every year in Chongyang, but due to Qi Heng's incident, Mrs. decided to stop feasting guests during the Chongyang Festival holiday because Mrs. Tom was infected with the wind and cold and no longer feasted guests, so she spent the festival at home with her own family.

Chongyang doesn't have to feast on guests, but it is a lot more relaxed, and I am fully preparing the Chongyang cakes to be sent to various families. The Chung Yeung Festival also has the custom of inserting dogwood, which has a strong fragrance, has the effect of repelling insects and dampness, chasing away wind and evil, and can eliminate food accumulation and cure cold and heat. Folks believe that the ninth day of the ninth month of September is also a day of evil, many disasters and difficulties, so during the Chung Yeung Festival, people like to wear dogwood to ward off evil spirits and seek good fortune.

Therefore, Xiaoyu and Xiaolu also need to sew the sachet containing dogwood chrysanthemums, fortunately, Xiaolu's needlework is good, Qi Heng's dogwood sachet is prepared by her, and Xiaoyu can make her own sachet. In the afternoon, Xiao Yu was holding a needle and thread and competing with the sachet. Because she has zero female worker foundation, Xiaolu taught her the simplest sachet.

You only need to embroider a chrysanthemum or dogwood pattern on a square cloth head, then fold the cloth diagonally into a triangle, then sew one side from the reverse side, turn it to the front, fill in the dogwood powder and chrysanthemum petals, and sew the remaining side, and sew the two corners to form a heart-shaped sachet.

According to Xiaolu, this is already the most untechnical and simple method. But for Xiaoyu, this sachet is simply killing her. Xiaolu had already chosen a piece of light green muslin for her, and then painted a dogwood pattern for her.

Originally, Xiaolu wanted her to embroider chrysanthemums, but Xiaoyu felt a chill in her heart when she thought of the meaning of chrysanthemums in her previous life. At Xiaoyu's strong request, Xiaolu painted a red dogwood with dark green branches and leaves for her, and at Xiaoyu's suggestion, she painted the shape of a Christmas wreath.

Xiaolu said curiously while drawing: "Xiaoyu, your strange trick idea is quite beautiful to draw." ”

Xiao Yu grinned and said, "Sister Xiaolu, it's not my idea that is good, it's that you draw well." ”

Xiao Lu smiled and flicked Xiao Yu's forehead, and said angrily: "You little hoof, when did your mouth become so sweet." ”。

The two of them buried their heads in embroidery until the evening, the little heron's sachet has been embroidered with two dogwoods, the fruit is bright red, the leaves are distinct, lifelike, the red of the dogwood alone uses four or five kinds of red, even the light and shadow changes are vividly reflected, at a glance, the dogwood three-dimensional fullness is like the real one.

"Wow, Sister Xiaolu, your embroidery is simply amazing." Xiaoyu exclaimed.

Xiaolu showed a proud look on her face: "My mother is good at this, I started pinching needles as soon as I was able to walk, don't worry, just become proficient." It's your mother's embroidery skills, why don't you know it at all. ”

Xiao Yu was stunned, thinking that this was really a lie and needed countless lies to cover up, so he hurriedly smiled and said: "I've been stupid since I was a child, and that's as good as my sister, you can show off your wisdom, and you can see everything." ”

Xiao Lu smiled and waved his hand and said, "Don't say these words, you can show me what you embroidered." ”

Xiaoyu twisted and took out the sachet that he had embroidered all afternoon, and Xiaolu "fluttered" when he saw it, laughing non-stop.

It turned out that behind Xiaoyu's embroidery cloth, the embroidery threads were pulled together like a mess. The length of the stitches on the front is short, dense and sparse, and some are crooked, and even tied into many dead knots, and there is no pattern at all. I only saw a mess of red threads on the embroidered cloth.

Xiaolu was about to laugh to the ground, but fortunately Qi Heng was not there, otherwise if he was laughed at by a five-year-old child, where would Xiaoyu's old face go.

Xiaoyu hated and itched her teeth on Xiaolu's body, and said while scratching: "Sister Xiaolu is not allowed to laugh, people haven't embroidered, you see that my fingers have been pierced with several needles." ”

"Okay, okay, I won't laugh at you." , Xiaolu begged for mercy while hiding, and finally couldn't hold back a laugh.

Then I took another piece of cloth and redrew it. "Xiaoyu, come and see, the thread should be worn short, not too long, too long and easy to knot when you pull it." "The stitches here should be of the same length and even, you first embroider the outline like this, and then embroider the inside evenly one stitch at a time." With the patiently and meticulous guidance of the little heron, the little fish seems to have mastered a little bit of the essentials.

The next day, Xiao Yu took the unfinished sachet and hid in a pavilion at the east end of the Hou Mansion to continue his work. The gazebo must have been abandoned for a while, and the grass outside the pavilion looked like it hadn't been pruned for a long time.

Xiaoyu hid in this remote corner because he didn't want to be ridiculed by others for his embroidery. After embroidering the outline, the embroidery is really smoother, at least it will not be embroidered outside the outline, and the stitches can be arranged as neatly as possible.

The little fish worked hard until the evening, and his neck felt like it was going to be broken, and his eyes were sore. Seeing that the embroidery was finally finished, Xiao Yu looked at the crooked stitches on the embroidery cloth, and there were still dense places that were sparsely pulled, but she was already very satisfied, at least it was no longer a mess, at least it was a garland. I can actually embroider myself, Xiaoyu stretched his waist and rubbed his sore neck.