Chapter 174 The familiar name on the gift certificate (Thanks to 'Favorite Dongshan'
Qing” the cute protagonist of Good Brothers!)
rain.
Raindrops hit the umbrella.
Smash the wall.
Smash the bluestone.
Smash the dark eaves.
I also smashed the pink and white plum blossoms on the branches.
Water droplets hit it, jumping and splashing in all directions.
Splashing into water mist everywhere, the water mist is connected into one piece.
Looking down from a height.
This courtyard with white walls and black tiles is hazy in the mist and rain.
In the hazy mist, there was an open round umbrella.
The round umbrella was as bright red as flames, moving slowly in the rain.
It's like a flaming red lotus leaf drifting ashore in a rainy pond.
The red umbrella slowly moved to under the eaves in the center of the courtyard.
The rainwater on the roof is collected and flowed down by the Chinese-style eaves.
There is a water curtain hanging between the eaves tiles and the steps below.
Behind the water curtain, there is a little girl wearing a pink chest-length cross-collar skirt, kneeling elegantly and quietly behind the tea table, looking down at the book.
The little girl has fair hair, plum blossoms on her forehead, and a pink skirt that is well-proportioned and close to the body, highlighting her slim waist and hip curves.
Over the short jacket, there is also a jet black mantle with embroidery on it, which highlights the pink color inside.
The layered outfit is eye-catching.
Looking up, her black and smooth hair is tied into a bun, and her round oval face is elegantly decorated with light makeup. With the plum red lines between her eyebrows, she looks full of nobility.
The ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River is always full of hazy mist and rain.
In the boudoir of Meilin, there are also light and graceful ladies.
The chubby-faced little maid held an umbrella in one hand and held a wad full of gift certificates in her arms with the other. She walked over the steps two steps at a time and entered under the eaves.
She turned sideways and put away the red umbrella, shaking it off into a string of water droplets.
A red umbrella leans beside the wooden door.
A stack of gift certificates was placed on the small tea table in the corridor.
In front of the door, Cai Shou slightly bent over, tightening the hem of her wet goose-yellow skirt with both hands, twisting out the cool rainwater in her palm like a twist.
She looked back at the rain curtain outside the house, muttered a few times, turned to the girl who was listening to Yu reading and said sheepishly:
"I'm sorry, miss, I just fell asleep in the madam's house. Why didn't you call the servants when you left? I thought the lady was going to talk a lot with the madam. Well, I had just finished lunch at that time, so it's easy to fall asleep..."
Cai Shou scratched her head in annoyance, remembering in her mind the scene not long ago when she woke up from a nap and opened her eyes to find Madam and her sisters in Madam's house looking at her with half-smiling faces.
The bun-faced maid with baby fat asked in frustration:
"Miss, isn't Cai Shou very stupid? He only knows how to eat and sleep, just like a pig."
Behind the coffee table, Su Guo'er leaned her elbows on the table and lowered her head to read a book.
She shook her head and comforted softly:
"Don't feel guilty for sleeping in, because you can't create much value if you are awake. If you can get pleasure from wasting time, it is not wasting time.
"You have already lived a sufficient life." She nodded and said.
"..." Cai Shou.
When chatting, I am afraid that the air will suddenly become quiet.
Cai Shou turned her head twice before finishing what the young lady had said, only to find that the young lady was chatting to death again.
Cai Shou puffed her lips and decided not to pay attention to the young lady for a hundred breaths, hum.
Although according to past experience, she ignored the young lady, and the young lady would not pay attention to her. The young lady never took the initiative to talk to her, and she always muttered and asked stupid questions...
After reflecting on this, the little maid with a bun face became even more depressed.
"Why."
Life is not easy, Cai Shou sighed.
She bent down to wring out the wet hem of her skirt and wiped her hands. The lady didn't say anything, so Cai Shou had no choice but to wander around the room twice, not knowing why.
Finally, she couldn't help turning her head and quietly observed the young lady under the same roof.
The girl is wearing beautiful makeup, her brows are covered with curls, and she is sitting alone under the eaves.
Outside the eaves, there is a continuous rain curtain.
Cai Shou always felt that the silhouette of the young lady leaning to listen to the rain was full of beauty.
As for the charm of beauty, beauty alone is not enough.
Because there are not many beautiful women in the world, even among common people, and there are many beautiful ones among the maids of Su Mansion.
But who can compare with my own lady?
Putting aside the inherent nobility, this kind of beauty is accompanied by talent, and talent comes from books and boudoir knowledge.
In this era, women's literacy had a Confucian style.
Not to mention, playing the piano, reciting poems, playing chess, writing paintings, painting, copying, embroidery, brocade... In Cai Shou's impression, there is no one who can't do anything but my own lady, and she is proficient in everything.
The young lady is elegant, lazy every day, and everything she does is full of charm.
Cook new tea in spring, watch flowers at dawn in summer, sing catkins in autumn, and protect orchids and sunflowers in winter.
Burning incense and bathing on a sunny day, reading and drawing on rainy days.
Occasionally, I would take a lazy nap, flapping butterflies and playing with cats, or dye my nails red and teach a parrot to read new poems.
It's just that sometimes, the lady will be like this.
Suddenly she covered the scroll, frowning slightly, holding the scroll in her hand, burying it in front of her chest, staring at the misty rain outside the eaves.
Between his eyebrows, there was a lingering melancholy.
I don’t know if my gaze is filled with new sorrow, or if it’s an old sorrow that continues.
Whenever she saw this scene, Cai Shou felt that the young lady's figure was a little strange.
The carefree young lady she grew up with seemed to be drifting away.
Instead, it was the young lady's calm eyes that made her a little confused, familiar yet unfamiliar.
However, Cai Shou didn't know what the lady was thinking about all day long.
Is it really worth a little girl waiting to be married to be so worried?
In this ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River, life in the boudoir courtyard is slow and leisurely.
The master, his wife, and the eldest young master all loved him, and the family was harmonious.
From now on, if you follow your heart and choose a husband who can love and care for others, live happily in marriage, and spend your days leisurely, wouldn't it be perfect?
There are so many women out there who can only dream of it.
Cai Shou frowned in confusion, her little head seemed to be unable to think clearly, and she scratched her crooked temples with her fingers.
Following Su Guo'er's eyes at this moment, she looked towards the rain and mist outside the eaves, which seemed to be in the direction of Luoyang.
Hmm, could it be that the young lady is looking forward to the prosperous age of Luoyang, the capital of the gods, where all nations come to visit and the flowers bloom like brocade?
It does make some sense.
Cai Shou vaguely remembered that the master and his wife seemed to be from Guanzhong, but their family seemed to have fallen into decline at that time, and they hurriedly moved from Luoyang, the sacred capital, to this remote Jiangnan Road. But at that time, the young lady had just been born...
"Why haven't you seen Sister Xie in the past two days?"
Su Guo'er asked suddenly without looking back.
She didn't go to see the little maid with a steamed bun who seemed to be peeking at her.
Cai Shou came to her senses.
Hey, it was the young lady who took the initiative to talk to her!
She tilted her head and thought for a moment, as if she had already passed the "one hundred breaths of ignoring the lady". The little girl, who was not very good at arithmetic, immediately sat back on the small coffee table and answered quickly and crisply:
"Miss, Miss Xie has gone on a long journey. I heard from Yi Lanxuan's maid Xiuchun that yesterday morning, I saw Miss Xie coming back in a hurry, packing her things and heading out in a hurry."
"Really, traveling far away..."
Su Guo'er glanced outside the eaves. In the distance was the outline of the green mountains looming in the smoke.
She suddenly felt a little envious of Xie Lingjiang.
You can go anywhere, anytime.
But at the same age, some people are trapped in a cage like canaries.
Leaving the cage even a little bit will attract countless looks and may even offend the hostess who set up the cage.
And Canary is aware of this, so he will be extra thoughtful and cautious when doing things.
Because she doesn't live for her alone.
The canary lives under the gaze of countless people outside the cage, either overtly or covertly.
You need to look forward and backward, and always pay attention to your words and deeds.
So sometimes Su Guo'er actually envies Xie Lingjiang who can come and go freely. She has an enlightened father who is a great scholar, and she doesn't have the burden and pressure from her family...
Of course, Su Guoer would never say these words to Xie Lingjiang or anyone else, not even to her personal maid Cai Shou.
But there are many things in the world, like this:
You clearly know that you will never be able to do such a thing or become such a person, but when you meet such a person, you will be attracted to talk to him and gradually become your best friend.
Then, by listening to small talk, solving problems for best friends, and making suggestions, you can secretly spy on her... or participate in her life. In this way, you may be able to experience it for yourself.
And if the other person has the same psychological process for you, then naturally once you get to know him, he will be like a magnet and quickly become a best friend who talks about everything.
But Su Guoer and Xie Lingjiang did not completely follow this script.
The relationship between the two women is neither cold nor hot, neither far nor close.
They are considered good friends, but not best friends who talk about everything.
Su Guo'er knew that Sister Xie had other ambitions and did not envy her. Even compared to her, the senior brother who served as the county magistrate attracted Sister Xie more.
As for Su Guo'er, because of her personality, she even asked Cai Shou about Xie Lingjiang every day.
But if nothing happened, she would not run to Xie Lingjiang for no reason, just like a bright and innocent little girl, chatting with her girlfriends all day long, and doing such childish things.
Precisely because he had such a clear insight into the context of this relationship, Su Guoer was too lazy to do it.
Perhaps this is also the reason why she has not had many close friends since she was a child.
Sheep only gather in flocks, and those who live alone are either wild beasts or gods.
Cai Shou leaned forward, pushed the pile of gift certificates on the table forward, smiled with her dimples showing:
"Miss, there are so many gifts. You see, they are all delivered to the house in advance. They seem to be from the master's and his wife's relatives and friends, and many of them are from Luoyang.
"Miss, look quickly, this is a luminous ever-full cup, this is called a three-color phoenix-headed pot... This is a blue glazed plate with eight petals and a cluster of flowers... A statue of Bodhisattva with a gilded silver rod... Well, what is this, Miss, this
This slave can’t read a few words..."
"oh.".
Su Guo'er tapped her chin lightly and flipped through the book with green fingers. She seemed to be lost in thought and remained motionless in her seat.
She didn't know whether she heard what Cai Shou said later.
Cai Shou couldn't help but her voice gradually became softer, she closed the gift certificate in her hand and sighed.
From the past few years, every time it's the lady's birthday, more and more birthday gifts are sent from outside. If this happened to her, Cai Shou would laugh out of her dreams.
But the young lady seems to be less and less interested in this. Last year, she still picked a sunny day to take out the gifts, dry them in the sun, and count them in her mouth according to the gift certificates, as if to remember the names of the gift givers.
But this year, the young lady didn't even want to raise her eyebrows. She ordered her to handle it in advance and copy out a gift package. As for the birthday gifts, she put them all away and put them on the shelf without even bothering to look at them.
The little maid with a bun face mustered up her energy again, holding the gift certificate in her little hand, and chatted lively for a while in the ear of the elegant and orchid-like Miss Fan Shu.
The frequency of rainwater dripping on the eaves becomes smaller and smaller.
The water curtain formed by continuous lines of rainwater turned into a bead curtain formed by raindrops connected in series.
The rain gradually stopped.
"Miss, the gifts are all here. Now go and call the people to bring all the gifts and put them into the pavilion. Miss, you can take a look and see if there are any gifts you like. Take them out and have a look..."
Su Guo'er nodded slightly, but remained motionless. She lowered her eyes and silently read a certain collection of Tao Yuanming's poems without touching the gift book at hand.
Cai Shou didn't force it, turned around and left the eaves, carried a red umbrella, and went out again in the light rain.
Not long after, the chubby-faced little maid returned to Meiyingzhai holding a red umbrella, with a group of maids from the Su Mansion crowded behind her.
The latter were holding or carrying gift boxes, bottles and plates one by one. Under the command of Cai Shou, they gently moved the birthday gifts delivered in advance into the house.
Everyone was careful not to disturb Su Guo'er, who was quietly reading a book under the eaves not far away.
She rested her chin on her hand, seemingly distracted.
After a while, the birthday gifts were almost carried, and all the maids filed away.
In the courtyard, Cai Shou held a red umbrella and stood at the back, watching them go out.
She and Su Guo'er were once again the only ones left in the courtyard.
Su Guo'er suddenly asked: "Why haven't you returned this umbrella yet?"
Cai Shou shrank her neck.
Su Bao'er closed her eyes and raised her hand, rubbing her temples with the pad of her long middle finger.
"Didn't I ask you to find a chance to return it to Ouyang Lianghan last time?"
Cai Shou quietly stuck out her tongue and rolled her eyes.
The little girl turned around and said seriously:
"Miss, didn't you teach me to repay the kindness of a drop of water with a spring of water? I don't want to be more solemn.
"Find a sunny day, bathe in incense, wear nicer clothes, and dress up solemnly and elegantly. I won't embarrass you, young lady.
"Then choose another lakeside gallery in Yangliu Yiyi, which matches the meeting scene in the story of a talented man and a beautiful lady in the storybook. The slave then meets Mr. Ou by chance and returns the umbrella to him.
"How about this? Doesn't this look mean that we, the maid of the Su Mansion, are not downgraded at all?"
Su Guoer's pretty face was tense and she nodded:
"The wind is beautiful, the sun is shining, you are bathing in incense, you are dignified and elegant, the willows are leaning on you, you meet by chance in the gallery... There are so many factors, it is really difficult for you to return the umbrella. Well, are you returning the umbrella or going on a blind date?"
Cai Shou looked serious and sighed:
"I can't help it. Who asked the young lady to entrust me with this important task? Naturally, I have to take it seriously and work hard!"
Su Guo'er couldn't help but ask: "Then why don't you take other things seriously? You focus all your energy on this kind of thing, right?"
"Miss!"
The little girl put her hands on her hips and shouted loudly, with a very stubborn face and said seriously:
"Energy is limited. If you use twelve points of energy here, you will lose two points there. You can only have eight points of energy for other things!"
You can't eat one bowl of rice and do the work of two bowls of rice, right?
This is not something that a maid with a monthly salary of 180 yuan should consider!
Su Guo'er: "..."
She shook her head, her mouth tasted a little tasteless:
"Okay, then return the umbrella to others quickly, don't delay it."
Cai Shou blinked:
"I know, I know, don't you want others to think too much about it? Do you want to cherish your good reputation? Well, the young lady is too unconventional. If I were the slave and the other party was Mr. Ouyang, the slave would lose a little bit of her reputation.
It's not impossible.
"Master Ouyang is a very nice person, enthusiastic and handsome, and he has a good relationship with Dalang..."
"Look what you said. Is it what a daughter's family should say?" Su Guo'er sighed.
Cai Shou had a baby-fat face and said confidently, "But he eats sparrows and crickets, so he is really handsome."
Su Guo'er lowered her head and continued reading, shaking her head slightly: "Forget it, I don't care about you anymore, just remember."
"Okay." Cai Shou nodded, her little chest thumping loudly: "Don't worry, miss, I've found the opportunity. Master Ouyang seems to come to Da Lang often these days, and I'm planning to ambush you in Juxian Garden on a certain day.
side……"
Su Guoer turned a deaf ear.
Seeing that the young lady ignored her, Cai Shou quietly stopped talking and sighed in her heart.
In fact, most of what she said were funny words, half-jokes, mainly because she wanted to coax the lady to relax and stop worrying about things all day long, otherwise even sitting still would be a waste of her mind.
This is called extreme wisdom that will be hurt.
It can be regarded as the daily instruction of the eldest lady to them, asking these maids to spend more time with the young lady to talk to her and make her feel happier...
Cai Shou glanced at the back of the young lady who was reading quietly, then turned to look at the gift boxes, bottles and trays full of them in the room.
They were all birthday gifts.
It’s just that the lady doesn’t seem interested in reading it.
The bored little maid with a dumpling face picked up a stack of gift certificates on the table and walked into the room.
She lowered her head to look at the folder, murmured a little, and walked around the pile of gifts twice.
Cai Shou, who was lowering his head to read, suddenly stopped at a certain page or row at the back of the gift booklet.
It's a line of familiar names.
A certain little head tilted.
Here it comes! Thanks to the leader of the good brother "Dongshan Qing who loves me the most" for the reward. Woohoo, I didn't see the reward last night. As a result, the update was postponed at 12 o'clock. Please help the psychological shadow of the good brother Dongshan... It's okay, Xiaorong.