(4) Pick hairpins
The remnant sun shines through the gaps in the clouds, shedding a blurry light.
Liu Siqi changed into a clean dress in the mirror and went to Yulin Hall with the maid Qiushui.
Yulin Hall is the Fu family's meeting place, built luxuriously and magnificently, not to mention how magnificent the unicorn carved with gold on the wall is, the gorgeous carpet laid on the ground, is as bright and dazzling as a brocade, facing this large and bright hall, she does not feel that the Fu family is full of luxury, this degree of wealth is really amazing.
Entering the room with Qiushui, she looked around the room.
On the central lacquered gold chair, there is a middle-aged man with a tea cup in his hand, the man was born with a round head and a round head, a round waist and thick shoulders, and his belly has also become a "general's belly" in middle age, but judging from the outline of his facial features, he is not a beautiful man when he is young, but he must be a man with a lofty and graceful demeanor.
This person should be Fu Qianyi's father, Fu Yuanshan.
Liu Siqi turned his eyes and looked at Fu Yuanshan's left side, and on his left side, there was a woman in her forties.
The woman's posture was ordinary, with a round face and thick eyebrows, a disgusted face, and a small purple birthmark on the lower part of her right cheek, and her eyes showed a fierce energy, which made people shudder.
Although she looks average, she is not ambiguous at all, her head is an exaggerated hairpin bun, and in addition to bright flowers, her hair bun is also full of all kinds of precious jewelry, and she looks like she wants to hide the lack of face with gold ornaments all over her body.
Liu Siqi's gaze swept over the birthmark on her cheek, she should be Fu Yuanshan's original wife Jiang Wanyi, Lu Qi once said that the eldest lady had a birthmark on her face.
It is said that in the early years, the Fu and Jiang families would marry, partly because the Fu family wanted to rely on the wealth of the Jiang family to save the Fu family who was in financial crisis at that time, Fu Yuanshan had to marry her under the persecution of his parents.
Liu Siqi thought about this, and then moved her gaze to the face of another middle-aged woman sitting next to Jiang Wanyi.
This middle-aged woman was born beautiful and enchanting, purple cliff pinched flower emerald pattern shirt is luxurious and generous, twisted gold and silver silk lingzhi pattern long skirt is soft and elegant, although her clothes are not as golden and shining as Cui Wanyi, but every one of her accessories is used just right, far more eye-catching than Jiang Wanyi next to her, coupled with her graceful bearing, the momentum not only threw Jiang Wanyi a hundred and eight thousand miles.
This woman should be Fu Yuanshan's second wife, Luo Xiuyun.
Of course, Luo Xiuyun is not an ordinary character, her brother is a petty official in Beijing, once when Qin Shixiu went to his mansion to deliver goods, Luo Xiuyun inadvertently bumped into him, fell in love with him at first sight, and insisted on marrying him.
Fu Yuanshan initially refused because he already had a wife, but Luo Xiuyun said that he would marry him even if he was a concubine. Under the guidance of Luo Xiuyun's brother, he finally agreed to gather her as a concubine.
After marrying Luo Xiuyun, this wife and concubine were jealous of the open and dark struggle, and the fight was in full swing, until Fu Yuanshan brought back the concubine Zhao Xiaolian from Kyoto, and the two realized that Fu Yuanshan was in love with Zhao Xiaolian, so they turned the spearhead and joined forces to deal with Zhao Xiaolian.
It is precisely because of this that these two people will hate and hate themselves as Zhao Xiaolian's daughter.
These are all told to her by Lu Qi on the way to Mohu Lake in the afternoon, she really didn't expect that such a wealthy family in ancient times would really be like the TV show, full of food every day, and a drama of intrigue was staged when there was nothing to do.
With a flicker of her gaze, she met two different looks.
One is from Luo Xiuyun's daughter Fu Caiyi, she is wearing a rose and purple colorful flower gauze skirt, glaring at her viciously, and the other is the beautiful sister who appeared last in the morning, Jiang Wanyi's daughter Fu Qingyi, she is still holding an embroidered fan, looking at her from behind the fan.
"Qianyi, my good daughter!" Fu Yuanshan saw Liu Siqi standing at the door, and suddenly got up from the chair.
"Daddy. Liu Siqi stepped forward and bowed to Fu Yuanshan.
This is also what Lu Qi taught her, and she had to salute when she saw Fu Yuanshan.
Fu Yuanshan had already strode to her side, looked her face up and down, and frowned, "Qianyi, why have you lost a lot of weight?"
"Of course I miss my father. ”
These words made Fu Yuanshan happy and distressed, holding her hand and reluctant to let go, "Among the children in the family, you are the most well-behaved and sensible, and you know how to feel distressed, I know that you are worried about your father, but you also have to pay attention to your body, otherwise your father will not be able to let go of you in Kyoto." ”
"Daddy, during the time you're gone, everything is fine in the light clothes, you don't have to worry. Liu Siqi replied decently.
"Come, sit down and talk slowly!"
Fu Yuanshan pulled her to sit down on the chair vacated on the right, turned his head and ordered the maid to serve tea.
The family gathered around the table to talk and recount what happened after the farewell, and the atmosphere became very lively.
Fu Qingyi was still sitting beside Jiang Wanyi, shaking the embroidered fan in her hand, looking dignified and elegant, Liu Siqi unconsciously remembered that Lu Qi said that her sister is not a fuel-efficient lamp, but it really doesn't look like it on the outside, just like an ordinary aristocratic daughter, if it is really according to what she said, it is a hidden character,
As for Fu Caiyi, who had beaten her, she had already rushed to Fu Yuanshan's side, lying coquettish beside him, plus the two graceful ladies interjected a few words from time to time, a happy and beautiful scene.
This reminds Liu Siqi of her modern parents, who died suddenly in an accident, and her parents must not be able to bear this blow, especially her father, who was already suffering from a very serious kidney disease, and I don't know if it will aggravate his condition after learning his bad news.
When she thought about it, she was even more on pins and needles.
But there is no way to be anxious now, only to wait for the man in the abandoned mansion to wake up, maybe she can know if the thing at hand is a medium that she can travel back to.
Her thoughts drifted to the unconscious man, and she didn't know what was going on with him now, had he woken up, and wanted to go over and take a look.
"Qianyi, what are you thinking, so engrossed?" Fu Yuanshan's voice sounded in his ears.
Liu Siqi came back to her senses and smiled, "It's nothing, I'm just thinking about how many days my father will stay when he comes back this time?"
"Three or four days, the jade shop in Kyoto is inseparable, and it is currently handed over to Lao Cai to help take care of it, and he said that he will go back in three or four days. ”
"Leave the ...... so soon," Liu Siqi made a reluctant expression.
"Daddy will come back to see you often. When Fu Yuanshan said this, he touched her hair lovingly, then looked at Fu Caiyi who was snuggled up to him, and sighed softly, "By the way, Dad came from Xudu this time and brought you a gift." ”
Before Chen Siqi could speak, Fu Caiyi had already rushed to ask happily: "Dad, what kind of gift is it?"
Fu Yuanshan made a gesture, and a little girl in blue walked in with a brocade box.
The brocade box is dark green, made of soft satin, and shimmers with a silky light.
At Fu Yuanshan's signal, the blue-clothed little mustache opened the lid of the box.
Inside the box, are three pieces of colorful hostas.
These three hostas are all gorgeous, one is a four-butterfly pendant pearl hosta, one is a plum blossom entwined branch spit cui hosta, and one is a flying phoenix Chengxiang pearl hosta, these three pieces of jewelry are extremely luxurious, and the shape is also unique and unique.
Fu Yuanshan called his three daughters with a smile, and pointed to the interior of the box with a smile and said: "These three hostas are gifts that my father specially brought back for you from the Mingyue Building in Xu Du, and you pick them yourself." ”
"Mingyue Tower's?" Fu Caiyi screamed excitedly, almost dancing happily, "Is it the hairpin of Mingyue Tower, which is famous all over the world?"
It is said that the hostas in this building are carved from the best mutton fat white jade, and every hosta in the building is unique in this world, that is to say, there will be no duplicate. Daddy is so hearted!" Fu Qingyi also approached the brocade box unhurriedly and began to examine the three hostas.
Liu Siqi didn't know how Fu Qianyi did it before, and when she was hesitating whether to go up and pick it up, Fu Caiyi had already looked at the three hairpins, and she picked out the flying phoenix Chengxiang pearl hosta from them, and shouted happily: "I like this, I want this!"
Liu Siqi glanced at the remaining two hairpins in the box, and was immediately attracted by the two exquisite hairpins, she was looking at it, and suddenly heard Fu Qingyi's voice ringing in her ears, "Sister Qianyi, you should pick first!"
Liu Siqi was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect Fu Qingyi to let herself pick first.
Fu Qingyi smiled softly, "You are a younger sister, of course I have to pick you first." ”
Liu Siqi looked at the girl in front of her, and became more and more suspicious of Lu Qi's words, the sister named Tsing Yi in front of her was really good, and she knew that she could not help but have a good impression of her if she was younger than her first.
She said to Fu Qingyi: "Sister, you should pick first!"
Fu Yuanshan looked at the two daughters who were pushing each other at the table, and couldn't help but laugh heartily, "Okay, you two don't push, Qianyi, you can choose first." ”
Liu Siqi couldn't push it back, she reached out and picked up the plum twisted branch and spit jade hosta, "I want this one." ”
Among the three hostas, if she likes the most, it should be this plum hairpin, its elegant pattern, warm jade color, and simple style, it really makes her like it the more she looks at it.
Fu Qingyi then took out the remaining four-butterfly pendant bead hosta and put it in his hand to play.
The three of them each admired their hairpins, and they looked like they couldn't put it down.
However, then something happened that no one expected.
Cold-
A hand stretched out from the side and snatched the hairpin from Chen Siqi's hand.
Liu Siqi was startled, and looked at it, it turned out that Fu Caiyi snatched the hairpin in her hand, she saw Liu Siqi looking at her, and immediately pretended to have a stupid expression, "I thought how beautiful this hairpin was, no matter how much I looked at the style, it was not as good-looking as my Feifeng Chengxiang, okay, don't look at me with that kind of eyes, I will give it back to you!"
In fact, Liu Siqi didn't use any eyes, but there was a trace of doubt in his expression.
"Okay, you're done!" Fu Caiyi handed the hosta to her.
At the moment when the hairpin was about to approach Chen Siqi's finger, Fu Caiyi suddenly pretended to miss.
Smack-
A crisp sound of jade shattering passed through the air.
The hosta fell to the ground and cracked into several pieces.
All of them froze.
After a moment of shock, Fu Yuanshan couldn't help but reproach Fu Caiyi, "You kid, why are you so careless?"
"My hand slipped!" Fu Caiyi said nonchalantly.
Fu Yuanshan is not a fool, nor is he blind, he naturally saw that Fu Caiyi was intentional at all, he couldn't help but count: "Caiyi, this hairpin is one for each of your three sisters, why did you deliberately break your sister's hairpin?"
"Who said I did it on purpose?" Fu Caiyi cried out unhappily, "It's her who didn't catch it, blame me for something." ”
"Then what are you doing robbing her hairpin?"
"I'm just looking at it, is it wrong to look at it!" Fu Caiyi's tone was very impulsive.
"What kind of attitude do you have!" Fu Yuanshan's face turned cloudy.
I saw my father's face become stern. She cried out as if she was stimulated: "Dad, I am also your daughter, why do you only look at her and not me every time? It's just that you drop a hosta, you want to be so fierce to me, Dad, you are eccentric, you are eccentric!"
Seeing that Fu Yuanshan and Fu Caiyi were about to quarrel, Fu Caiyi looked like she was going to make a fuss, Liu Siqi hurriedly dissuaded: "Dad, second sister, don't quarrel, this hosta will be broken if it is broken!"
As soon as Liu Siqi spoke, all the eyes in the room were projected on her.
After thinking about it, she said: "For Asui, it doesn't really matter whether the hosta is broken or not, the important thing is that Dad can come back safely from Kyoto, and seeing Dad return safely, this can make Asami feel happy and happy more than any gift." And this hosta is important to the light coat, not its expensive price, but the piece of love that the father contains in it, so even if the father gives an ordinary hairpin that is not worth anything at all, the light coat will be just as happy. ”
Fu Yuanshan was very moved by these words, held her hand and praised: "Qianyi, you are really a good child, you are so sensible at a young age, if your mother has a spirit in the sky, she will be very happy!"
When Fu Qianyi's mother was mentioned, Fu Yuanshan was sad and sad, and he almost couldn't help crying with relief.
"Dad, don't be sad. Liu Siqi said softly: "Even if the mother is gone, there are still children!" After she finished speaking, she just squatted down, carefully picked up the hosta that was broken into several pieces on the ground, and put it back in the brocade box.
She smiled shallowly, "Although this hosta is broken, it is not impossible to use, I think as long as it is wrapped in a layer of thin gold on the outside, and the broken part of the hosta is reconnected, it can be used." ”
Fu Caiyi originally looked aggrieved, but when she heard Liu Siqi say that she wanted to re-set the broken hairpin and use it, she immediately showed a look of successful trickery, and the corners of her mouth rose proudly.
Fu Yuanshan looked at the hosta that was split into several pieces, shook his head and said, "Qianyi, how can I use a broken hairpin for you?"
When Fu Yuanshan said this, he took out a white jade box from his arms and handed it to Liu Siqi, "This snow bead is given to you as compensation." ”
As soon as Fu Yuanshan said Xuezhu, the other four women in the room immediately widened their eyes at the same time.
There is a night pearl called "Snow Pearl" in Fu Yuan Mountain, the whole pearl is as clear as a pool of clear water, and the color is white and thorough when you look at it from a distance.
The most peculiar thing is that in the dark, it can emit a beautiful luminous light, illuminating something in between, comparable to a fire candle, but far better than a fire candle, because there is no smoke.
Such a wonderful thing is naturally what the Fu family wants to have, but Fu Yuanshan has always loved it, and he doesn't even let others touch it, but he didn't expect him to take it out and give it to his favorite little daughter, and the rest of the women were jealous, especially Fu Caiyi's pretty face was deformed.
"Dad, my daughter can't ask for such a valuable thing. Liu Siqi politely refused.
"Assanyi, this snow drop was originally found by me sixteen years ago to give your mother as a birthday gift, I don't want your mother to be gone when I rush back, I have always had this regret, you better accept it on behalf of your mother. Staring at Qianyi's face that was exactly the same as his deceased beloved wife, Fu Yuanshan's voice was full of some kind of gloomy pain.
Such a precious thing, Liu Siqi still didn't want it, but when she saw Fu Yuanshan's gaze, her heart was suddenly touched.
What kind of gaze was that, full of longing and pain, as if she was staring at someone who didn't exist through her face, Liu Siqi only then remembered that Lu Qi had said that she looked exactly like the dead Zhao Xiaolian.
She nodded, reaching out to take it, "Thank you, Dad." ”
After receiving the snow drops, her heart was heavy again.
Because, what she took over was Fu Yuanshan's thoughts about his deceased wife.