Chapter 12: Fang Butterfly
Seeing that Qi Erye and Shi Mo stepped out of the corner door one after the other, Shi Jin poked his head out and picked up the lotus leaves in the dustpan and turned them over.
The lotus leaf was cut into small pieces by her, and she sliced the hawthorn for later use. When she was free, she went to the pharmacy to prepare cassia seeds and tangerine peel, and added an appropriate amount of rock sugar, so that the ingredients could be divided into small portions for easy cooking.
Si Qi saw that Shi Jin was busy, so he pulled her to teach her the craft of ordering tea.
Shi Jin's face was a little bitter, "Sister, you can spare me." If I stay on duty again tonight, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on. ”
Si Qi laughed at her, "What's the matter?" Is it possible for the second master to punish you? ”
- Worse than punishment! The second master wanted my life yesterday!
Shi Jin pursed his lips and didn't say anything.
Si Qi saw that her spirit was not good, so she lost her interest in teaching for the time being.
The two found a quiet place, one sewed clothes and the other tied up.
Zhihua is responsible for taking the little girls to move the flowers out of the house, see the sun, loosen the soil and water it by the way.
On the carriage outside the house, Shi Mo hesitated again and again, and glanced at the expressionless second master.
The second master's face was gloomy, and he only took the muddy gold ebony folding fan and knocked it on his palm, and even the rabbit fan pendant shook up and down.
The carriage drove out of Mao'er Nine Hutong and finally stopped at the door of Xiangju Building.
This Xiangju House is the largest restaurant in Haojing, it is said that it was created by a wealthy businessman in the south of the Yangtze River, and the major cuisines of the north and south dishes in it are unique. All the sons of the family and the children of the royal family do not like to come here to meet friends with tea and taste tea.
Second Master Qi is obviously a frequent visitor here. As soon as he got out of the carriage, a courteous servant from Xiangjulou came up and led the second master to the private room on the second floor.
There are 12 private rooms on the second floor, especially the four rooms of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum. Second Master Qi didn't choose these four private rooms, but stopped at the pine crane opposite the plum room.
The little servant helped Qi Erye open the door of the private room, and waited for the fruit plate to be served with tea, and then bent down and retreated under the signal of the waiter.
From the direction of Qi Erye, you can see the situation in the private room opposite, and you can also see the Youling playing and singing on the high platform on the first floor.
At this time, sitting on the high platform and playing the pipa is the most famous Youling Fang Butterfly in this Xiangju Building. Her chant is crisp and tactful, twisty and touching.
Unlike other Youling who often compose sad autumn and sad spring works, Fang Die's singing and writing are often exciting, but they are heartwarming. This girl loves to laugh again, and when she laughs, her two crescent-like eyes are full of joy, and she feels like a spring breeze and refreshing.
Sure enough, after the song "Partridge Flying", the spectators in the lobby on the first floor picked up broken silver slots or copper plates and threw them to the high platform, and for a while, a layer of broken slots and copper plates was laid under Fang Die's feet.
Fang Die couldn't help but bow down, her voice was tactful like a yellow warbler out of the valley, "Fang Die is here to thank you~"
Second Master Qi couldn't help but glance at the direction of Meijian. Sure enough, the handsome man who was sitting in a rosewood wheelchair covered with a silk blanket for a day said something to the people around him, and the thin man in the dark robe was ordered to stand by the handrail on the second floor.
"My grandfather likes Miss Fangdie's new work, and he will be rewarded with a silver thousand taels as a reward." With that, the man took out a thousand taels of silver ticket and threw it down from the second floor.
Fang Die's face showed surprise, and after making sure that the elegant guest who was in the plum character was not joking, he couldn't help but bow down again, "Thank you for the reward, Fang Die will try her best to make a new song, please taste it......"
Before she finished speaking, she saw another stack of silver tickets thrown down from the second floor, which turned out to be the pine crane on the opposite side of the plum word room.
Shi Mo leaned on the railing and said downward, "My master has a reward of five thousand taels of silver, please come up and talk about it." ”
At this time, the huge lobby on the first floor was boiling.
I thought that the noble man before was extraordinary, but I didn't expect that the guests in this pine crane room were even more extravagant.
Everyone couldn't help but look at each other, but after saying this, Shi Mo closed the door between the pine cranes, only to react quickly, and faintly saw that the high-roller was dressed in a white and noble robe, with a long body and a jade body, and he was actually a good son.
On the opposite side, the thin man in the black clothes bent down, and was about to ask his master how to deal with it, but he saw that his master slowly buckled the rosewood armrest with the knuckle of his left index finger, but the corners of his lips had a somewhat playful smile, "Interesting." ”
He beckoned to the people around him, "Go and invite the high roller on the other side." ”
The subordinate took the order and left, but after a while, only Fang Butterfly came.
He glanced at his subordinates, only to see his subordinates bend over and answer, "On the other side is the second master of the Jing'an Hou Mansion." The subordinate just went to invite the master over, and he only wanted to have a good relationship with you, so he specially ordered his subordinate to send Miss Fangdie over. ”
Jing'an Hou Mansion ...... Second Master Qi?
The noble man waved his hand, motioned for his subordinates to go out, and then turned his head to look at Fang Die, "Then Second Master Qi, do you know it?" ”
Fang Die looked solemn and nodded slowly, "The poems written by the slave family are all from the hands of Second Master Qi......"
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"Master, but the Riding Division?" Shi Mo asked in a low voice.
Qi Mojing lifted his eyelids and glanced at Shi Mo lightly, got up and walked out.
Adjacent to the pine crane is the Wanbao room, the snow room, the blue waves, through these three rooms, is the eight treasures room, Qi Mojing will walk to the door of the snow room, then see the door of the eight treasures room is open, from the inside out out of the second son Qi Tianyi and a green shirt son Kang Wenxiu.
Qi Tianyi put his hand on Kang Wenxiu's shoulder, and Kang Wenxiu was restrained, the two walked side by side and went downstairs together, but fortunately they didn't see Qi Mojing.
Then passed through the blue waves, only to hear a crisp sound of "pop", and a woman's cry came from inside, "Mother, my daughter doesn't like this sour nerd, why are you forcing me?" ”
Shi Mo pouted his teeth, only to feel a headache. What luck is this, I heard the words of the eldest lady and the third lady.
He was about to ask the second master, if he needed to remind the eldest lady, he saw that his second master actually passed by the door of the blue tao room without squinting, and he didn't hear it!
Shi Mo hurriedly followed, the sky and the earth are big, and the second master is the biggest!
In the afternoon, the sun was in full bloom, and the entire Seifu-in Temple was suddenly quiet.
After eating, the people all hid in the shade to be lazy, and Shi Jin was no exception.
Although the second master's main room was cool, it made her a little scared, so Tete found a covered bridge near Qingfeng Courtyard to hide from the cool.
The water under the covered bridge is not very deep, and there are stone piers standing under the bridge, which can be relied on.
Shi Jin found a pier that was not in the way and sat down, and continued to sew clothes by the water. Occasionally, people pass by on the covered bridge, and whispered words can be heard.
She was eight years old, and when she was getting older, she had to do some needlework in her spare time, and now she had a piece of clothing.
As soon as she put away her needle and thread, she hesitated again. Cui Xiucai helped take care of his brother, it was very hard, and the last time I saw him have a small hole in his robe, it shows that he is also frugal in his life.
Counting up, this Cui Xiucai can be regarded as her distant cousin, the cousin Xuzhang. In the past, when he was in the pharmacy, his mother had not passed away, but she was a full pot of medicine, so every time Cui Xiucai came to buy medicine, Shi Jin only charged a capital, and he always gave away medicine.
Because of this relationship, Cui Xiucai helped her sister and brother a lot after Shi Jin's father died, but she couldn't do anything, and it was a later story.
Thinking of this, Shi Jin pondered making clothes for Cui Xiucai. Right now, she's running out of fabric, so she'll have to go back to the earroom to see if there's anything left.
Thinking so, she got up, patted the floating earth behind her, took the sewn clothes, and turned to climb up the rafters protruding under the covered bridge.
As soon as I was halfway up, I heard the cry of a little maid opposite.