On the day of the Qiqiao Festival, because she had not seen Shang Shixu for several days in a row and he always left early and came back late, Lin Jingmo had no chance to talk to him about traveling together during the Qiqiao Festival, so she wanted to catch up with Shang Shixu today.
Say a few words to him before going out in the morning.
It's a pity that she couldn't sleep last night because she was worried about not being able to see Shang Shixu. Today she got up late again. She didn't have time to dress neatly. She didn't even bother to put on her shoes. She ran out with only her coat and hair disheveled. She happened to see Shang who was about to go out.
Timing.
"Husband!" Lin Jingmo shouted, waving to Shang Shixu and running in his direction.
Shang Shixu didn't want to pay attention at first, and got on the carriage without looking back. Lin Jingmo stood there disappointedly looking at the carriage.
A gust of wind blew up the curtains on the carriage, and Shang Shixu just glanced out through the gap.
Lin Jingmo regretted getting up late, and because she had not put on shoes just now, her delicate soles were sore from the gravel on the road. She knelt down and gently wiped off the dust with her hands, but suddenly her feet were free and someone stopped her and hugged her.
Starting.
Lin Jingmo raised her head and met Shang Shixu's deep eyes. She smiled and put her arms around Shang Shixu's neck.
"This is not the first time that my husband has seen his wife in disheveled clothes, but why are she not even wearing shoes now?" Shang Shixu looked in the direction of her feet and continued to scold gently: "What if I hurt myself?
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Lin Jingmo, with a smile on his face, couldn't help but put his head on his chest: "I haven't seen my husband for a long time."
Shang Shixu stopped and looked down at Lin Jingmo: "Is it because you want to see me that you ran out without even wearing shoes?"
Lin Jingmo leaned into his arms and nodded. He shook his head, sighed and continued walking towards the main courtyard.
When he arrived at the main courtyard, he put Lin Jingmo down and said, "It's going to be late in the morning, so I'll leave first." After that, he turned around and left.
"Wait!" Lin Jingmo quickly grabbed his sleeve.
Shang Shixu turned his head and looked down his arm at Lin Jingmo's hand: "What else can I do, madam?"
Lin Jingmo saw that he was a little unhappy, so he loosened his sleeves and smoothed his sleeves with his hands. He looked at him sincerely and said, "Today is the Qiao Qiao Festival. I heard from Mother Li that she wanted to go to the temple."
I am here to worship the Weaver Girl, and there will be a lantern festival by the canal in the evening. Husband, would you like to go with me?"
Shang Shixu turned his back to her and said in silence for a long time: "Today...there are too many things that need to be dealt with in the Yamen..."
Before he could finish his rejection, Lin Jingmo hurriedly said: "I'll wait for you! No matter how late it is!"
Shang Shixu didn't speak. He turned his head slightly but never turned to look at Lin Jingmo.
The boy outside stood at the door of the main courtyard and shouted: "Sir, it's going to be late for morning service."
Shang Shixu strode out of the main courtyard.
Lin Jingmo was left sitting on the couch with his head tilted and smiling: He will come, right? He will definitely come!
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At noon, Mother Li held a bowl of water and pulled Lin Jingmo under the sun. She handed him a needle and said, "Quick, girl, put the needle into the bowl!"
Lin Jingmo frowned and looked at Mother Li. He didn't know what her intention was, but he still put the needle in obediently: "What is this?"
Mother Li replied: "This is called throwing a needle to test skill. At noon, a woman throws a needle into a bowl and observes its reflection in the water. If the shadow looks like clouds, flowers, birds and beasts, it is a skill, and if it looks like a mallet, it is a skill.
What a coincidence."
After that, the two of them stared at the reflection in the water seriously, and as expected, it was a stick!
Lin Jingmo's expression froze, and he raised his eyebrows in disappointment: "What a coincidence..."
Mother Li stretched out her hand and took out the needle randomly: "It doesn't count, this doesn't count, there are others!"
After that, she led Lin Jingmo to the corner, pointed at the black tank underground and said, "Young lady, do you still remember the spider you found while cleaning a few days ago?"
Lin Jingmo looked at the jar and then at Mother Li: "Hey...Mother Li, you don't collect spiders, do you? It's so disgusting..."
Mother Li hurriedly said: "Girl! This is called Xi Zhu Ying Qiao!"
Lin Jingmo asked in confusion: "What does it mean?"
Mother Li said in a serious manner: "The woman puts the spiders she caught in a small jar, and waits until the Qiao Qiao Festival to open the jar and observe how the spiders build their webs. If the spiders build dense webs, they will be more clever, and if they build sparse webs, they will be less clever." p>
Lin Jingmo looked at Heitan doubtfully: "Really?"
Having said that, the two looked forward to opening the black altar, and as expected, no net was formed!
Lin Jingmo narrowed his eyes into two lines, pursed his lips and looked at Mother Li: "Young Master Qiao!"
"Oops!" Mother Li slapped the black altar shut.
Lin Jingmo suddenly realized something and said: "You caught this spider, this time it was you Qiao Shao!" After saying that, he smiled and said: "Why does Mother Li always do such unlucky things on such a good day?" <
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Li's mother couldn't help but laugh when she heard this: "Isn't this because I want to make you happy because I see the girl being distracted all day long?"
After saying that, the two looked at each other and smiled. Lin Jingmo took Mother Li's hand and walked into the inner hall together. Mother Li poured tea for Lin Jingmo, touched her hand and said, "In order to embroider a purse, I will
My hand was injured like this, and Mother Li felt distressed just looking at it."
She put down Lin Jingmo's hand, picked up the purse on the side and said: "A pair of... wild geese... wild geese are good, wild geese... Miss, what are you doing embroidering a pair of wild geese?"
When Lin Jingmo heard this, she almost spit out all the tea in her mouth. She wiped the water around her mouth and said, "Mandarin duck, mandarin duck! This is mandarin duck!" After saying this, she cursed in her heart: She couldn't even see the mandarin duck! What a coincidence.
Less!
Mother Li looked at the purse again. She really didn't look like a mandarin duck at all. They could barely be regarded as two water birds. She secretly muttered in her heart: These are not mandarin ducks. They are obviously not as good as wild geese. What a coincidence!
The two looked at each other again and smiled awkwardly at each other.
In the evening, Mother Li set up an altar table in the courtyard, offered sacrifices on it, and prayed to Vega to make Lin Jingmo clever.
Lin Jingmo was in front of the wardrobe, choosing the dress to wear tonight. She took a goose-yellow embroidered skirt and tied it with a gauze ribbon around her waist. Large colorful butterflies were dancing around the skirt, which set off her posture.
Light, like a fairy descending to earth.
She pulled up her long hair and combed it into a loose flowing bun, tied it with an elegant jade hairpin, and rarely applied some light-colored lipstick on her plump red lips.
Then he carefully took out a flower and placed it between his eyebrows and temples, then covered the scar on one side.
She was dressed neatly and was about to leave when Mother Li called her to stop again and put the curtain hat on for her carefully: "Only today, girl, today is the only day you have to go to the lake with your uncle. If Mother Li doesn't disturb you, I won't."
I'll go with you, but you have to be careful in everything! Don't go to places with many people, and don't go to places with few people. My uncle has been praying at the Weaver Girl Temple before he came. After you find your uncle, you must follow him closely.
Don’t get lost on your own!”
Lin Jingmo lifted the curtain: "I know Li's mother!"
But Mother Li hurriedly covered her hat: "You can't show your face like this outside!"