Chapter 108: Making Winter Clothes
Chapter One Hundred and Eight
After the eagle came back, Zhou Chong was indeed a lot more honest, and he didn't send those messy things to Shanniang again. But he didn't stop coming to the door as Shanniang thought. At least before he returned to Beijing, he still came to the fifth master from time to time to release the eagle together, drink tea, and chat, so that Shanniang was not sure for a while whether he had listened to her words in his ears.
But fortunately, this master couldn't stay in Meishan Town for long, and several letters came from the capital in a row, and finally urged the master back, and Shanniang was completely relieved.
And so, her days finally regained the tranquility she longed for. Every day, I only pick up flowers, make grass, take care of housework, chat with my wife, and make an appointment with three or five friends to go shopping together during my vacation, and my life is as quiet as when I just came back from the West Garden, except for one more thing than then - reading letters.
Shanniang used to like to read travelogues, and now Yuan Changqing's letter is simply a travelogue for her. And that Yuan Changqing is brilliant in writing, that is, when he meets a woodcutter on the road, he can make his wonderful pen write as fascinating as meeting a half-immortal. In addition, he is well-read and well-read, and every time he goes to a place, he can always introduce the cultural scenery and past anecdotes of this place to Shanniang, and every time he talks about it with emotion, it always makes Shanniang feel refreshed.
Yuan Changqing secretly wrote a letter to her, but he just kept it a secret. The old lady didn't know about it, but there was no one in Chunshen Garden who didn't know, but no one pointed it out. But the cool breeze that delivered the letter was a small house, and it was inconvenient to always run to the inner courtyard, so when Sanhe took out Yuan Changqing's letter from his sleeve, Shanniang couldn't help blushing for a while, and asked Sanhe quietly: "Where did it come from?" β
Sanhe also smiled quietly: "I saw that the cool breeze was spinning outside the second gate, so I reached out to help." And he said, "Does the girl have a letter to reply?" β
Shanniang was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help asking, "Can he receive it?" β
Speaking of which, in fact, Shanniang's curiosity is heavier than that of the white claw, but sometimes Yuan Changqing wrote half of the things in the previous letter, and in the latter letter, it was like forgetting, and he didn't mention the following, which made Shanniang feel uncomfortable for a while. Although she also thought about replying to ask about it, but in the end, thinking that he had no fixed place to live now, she replied, and she was afraid that he would not receive it, so she stopped that thought.
Sanhe smiled silently and said, "The cool breeze said, my uncle is looking forward to it." β
In a word, Shanniang's face was feverish again, but she pretended to turn her head away, pretending not to hear.
When there was no one in the evening, Shanniang opened the letter and read it carefully, and found that Yuan Changqing came again. So she finally couldn't help it, so she replied to Yuan Changqing with the first letter.
- And, if Shanniang had read "One Thousand and One Nights", I am afraid that it would be impossible for Yuan Changqing to be in this position.
Therefore, once a person loosens a gate and accidentally falls on the first dang, as long as he is not woken up, it is actually easy to fall into other similar dangles. When Yuan Changqing was discussing in the letter which one was more difficult, the winter in the south or the winter in the north, Shanniang suddenly thought that it was late autumn, and I was afraid that Yuan Changqing's family would never think of preparing winter clothes for him, so she asked him stupidly in the reply if there was a shortage of winter clothes...... Of course, in the next reply letter, Yuan Changqing thanked Shanniang for providing him with a complete set of sizes, including shoes, hats, clothes and socks......
At this time, no matter how stupid Shan Niang was, she knew that she had fallen into his trap. But at this time, she couldn't talk to him for a long time, because the guy was "crying" in the letter, and he had a cold due to the cold, and he was having a headache, coughing, and sneezing...... So, no matter how much she scolded him for his cunning in her heart, she couldn't bear not to prepare the winter clothes that should be prepared......
It's just that, according to custom, as his fiancΓ©e, she can only make him a sachet fan bag or something, a full set of clothes...... That's a bride's job! is to see that Yuan Changqing is pitiful, she doesn't care about his calculations, and is willing to prepare winter clothes for him, after all, she is embarrassed to let people know about it.
Just when Shanniang was worried about how to hide people's eyes and ears and quietly prepare winter clothes for Yuan Changqing, it happened that the second day after receiving the letter coincided with the rest day, and You Hui Zhao Xianger happened to come to ask her to go to Heng Tianxiang to see the new fabrics of the season. This is simply drowsiness meets a pillow, Shanniang has no refusal to agree, and hurriedly responds.
The next day, she packed up and was about to go out, and was standing there with Wufu putting on a big wool cloak for her, when she suddenly heard Lu'an, who was squatting at her feet and trimming the hem of the cloak, whispered in a suppressed voice: "Uncle hasn't heard from me for a long time." β
Since Sanhe sent a letter to Liang Breeze, she has become a special messenger on Shanniang's side. The people in Chunshen Garden didn't know this hidden situation, but when they saw that the cool breeze no longer came to deliver the letter, they all thought that Yuan Changqing had not come to the letter for a long time.
Among the several maids, Lu'an was the most quiet and silent, Shanniang didn't expect that she was the first person to ask this question, and couldn't help but look down at her in surprise.
Like this life, Lu'an in his previous life was also so introverted and shy. In the previous life, Shanniang felt that with her cowardly temperament, even if she got married, she was afraid that she would be bullied by her husband's family like the nurse, so she asked Lu'an if she was willing to stay and wait for Yuan Changqing. At that time, Lu'an only bowed her head cowardly and said nothing, and Shanniang thought she was willing. Unexpectedly, her stupid move not only angered Yuan Changqing, but also harmed Lu'an's life. Until she died, Yuan Changqing never touched Lu'an, but asked Lu'an to take on the title of "concubine". At that time, she was both stubborn and arrogant, and even her children knew that Lu'an was still innocent, but she was holding Lu'an to accompany her because of her own selfishness......
Because of the debt of the previous life, Shanniang was particularly soft-hearted to Lu'an in this life. It was precisely for this reason that Xu made Lu'an boldly look up at Shanniang and asked her again: "Isn't the girl worried?" β
"Worried about what?"
"Uncle." Lu'an said, "My uncle went out alone, and I used to send a letter to the girl on a fixed date, but now I haven't had a letter for so long, so the girl is not worried about what happened to my uncle?" β
Shanniang was silent, she was embarrassed to tell everyone, in fact, they were still communicating normally, so she smiled and said, "Don't worry, he's fine." As she spoke, she glanced at Sanhe.
Lu'an wanted to say something more, but Sanhe, who received Shanniang's eyes, hurriedly pulled her up, and shook his head at Wufu who opened his mouth to answer, so Wufu had to shut up.
Although the two of them no longer discussed this topic in front of Shanniang, but behind their backs, Wufu still couldn't help muttering to Sanhe: "Don't let my uncle see that our girl didn't give a word back, this is angry, so he didn't write again, right?" β
Although Sanhe knew the inside story, she was a cautious temperament, so she glanced at Wufu and said, "Are you going out to enjoy the mountains and rivers as your uncle?" I heard that I had to go to many places that were not connected to the postal route, but it was inconvenient, so I didn't hear from him. β
Lu An twisted his fingers on the side and said, "I think...... It seems like...... Our girl...... I didn't take my uncle to heart......"
"Yes, yes!" Wufu also chimed in: "I think so too! β
Lu'an is young, there are some things she doesn't know, but Wufu is a big girl, Shanniang and Yuan Changqing's little things, she can be said to have seen the whole process, including Shanniang's reluctance at the beginning, and later forced - except for Yuan Changqing's several times to climb the wall in the middle of the night, so she has actually been holding Qu for Shanniang in her heart, and she feels that her girl's family affair is very unwilling.
Sanhe didn't know what Wufu was thinking, and when he heard the harmony of these two people, he immediately wrinkled his eyebrows and said in a low voice: "What do you know?" It's all nonsense here! But she didn't want to leak Shanniang's secret, so she had to cover up for Shanniang and said: "Don't look at our girl who seems to love everything in front of people, in fact, she really cares about things, and the girl refuses to let people know a penny!" Besides, no matter how the girl says it, she is her daughter's family, but she remembers her uncle in her heart, can she still shout so much that the whole world knows about it?! β
When Shanniang came out of the courtyard of his wife, she saw Sanhe teaching Wufu and Liu'an there.
Today, she only took Sanhe out of the door, and after getting into the carriage, she asked Sanhe: "What were you talking about just now?" β
Sanhe thought about it, then learned the words of Lu'an Wufu to Shanniang, and said with a smile: "Otherwise, don't hide it, the girl will misunderstand the girl." β
Shanniang blushed and said, "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding." He also warned Sanhe, "Don't tell anyone to go!" β
Sanhe looked at Shanniang, teased her, and said: "I usually look at the girl with a vigorous and resolute appearance, but I can't imagine that there is such a time to twist!" β
said that Shanniang was annoyed, and she was about to screw her, and the two played around for a while.
In the evening, when Shanniang came back with a large bag and a small bag, it was already dark. Because she was not good at needlework, and she didn't want the people in the needlework room to know that she was preparing winter clothes for Yuan Changqing, she asked Sanhe, who was very good at needlework, for help. Sanhe couldn't help but smile and responded, and helped her secretly hide the clothes prepared for Yuan Changqing, and the two of them pretended to be peaceful in the world and returned to Chunshen Garden.
Shopping has always been a very tiring thing, not to mention that Shanniang not only bought Yuan Changqing's clothes, but also prepared all the clothes for the family's change of seasons by the way. Because it was already late when she came back, she threw all the clothes she bought to Li's mother to clean up, she called Lu'an to beat her legs for her, and she leaned on the soft couch to read the newly bought travelogue.
Mother Li counted the fabrics, then came in and smiled at Shanniang: "The old lady and the second master have all the materials, which one is for the uncle?" β
Shanniang stared at the book for a moment, then looked up pretending to be dazed and asked, "What?" β
How did Mother Li know that she was hiding a cat there, but when she really forgot, she sighed and said: "Although it stands to reason that the girl has not been married yet, she shouldn't worry about this for her uncle, but the girl doesn't know the situation of her uncle's family, she is not close over there, and I am afraid that she is not so thoughtful about her aunt." The girl doesn't care about her uncle here, I'm afraid no one will care about him anymore. β
Shanniang lowered her eyes and glanced at the book in her hand again, looked up and smiled: "The nurse didn't mention it, but I forgot it." As he spoke, he sat up and shouted Sanhe to come in, glanced at her, and said, "You go to the sewing room to find out what good material there is, and then ask Liangfeng for the size of his master, and call the people in the sewing room to help ......."
"Ouch!" Mother Li paused when she heard this, stepped forward and snatched the book in her hand, poked her finger at Shanniang's head and said, "That's my uncle!" It's not an irrelevant person, girl, serve a snack! It's that you forgot to pick up the material for your uncle, so you should do it yourself when it comes to cutting, how can you ask someone on needlework to do it?! Anyway, that's the girl's intention, so what does it mean to ask someone else to do it?! β
Shanniang raised her hand and touched her head, couldn't help but glance at Sanhe, who was bowing her head and holding back a smile, and muttered with a red face: "It's not that the nurse doesn't know, where can I get my hand with needle and thread." It's a blessing that I didn't sew the cuffs......"
The nurse poked her finger again, and said, "Ming'er has to work hard for the girl." And he said, "The girl in the clothes can't do it, socks are always fine, but don't be lazy anymore!" β
Taking advantage of the nurse's inattention, Shanniang quickly stuck out her tongue at Sanhe and made a grimace. Unexpectedly, what I thought I was going to do behind people's backs was moved to people so openly.
Wufu came in from the outside and said with a smile: "The girl's hand is really, let's say it's stupid, even the Western clock can be repaired, let's say it's clever, it's not good at all on the needle and thread." β
Sanhe said with a smile: "If you want me to tell me, the girl is all used to by her mother." I remember that when the girl was learning needlework when she was a child, she was pricked in the finger by a needle, and her mother was so distressed that she was not allowed to touch the needle anymore, and it was strange that the girl's needlework could be good! β
Shanniang bent down and picked up the oranges on the small table next to the couch and smashed them at Sanhe Wufu, and scolded with a smile: "One by one, the sky has turned upside down, and even I laughed at it!" β
Mother Li smiled: "It's not what girls are used to!" β