Li Huang

Turned around and went to the kitchen, planning to make a few simple side dishes so that they could enjoy the wine.

Soon Xi He came in to look for me with a pack of cured beef in his hand.

"Vil, this is from Young Master Liu. Can I have wine at home?"

I nodded: "I'm just about to cook some side dishes for you. Then let Gongzi Liu have lunch together. I just have some dishes."

"Thanks for your hard work, Weier." Xihe kissed my forehead, and I smiled at him: "It should be." Then he pushed him: "Go and wait, the provincial people say we Bad greetings, impolite manners."

Soon, I served a dish of cured beef, a dish of peanuts, a dish of marinated cabbage, and a dish of shredded radish, which were counted as snacks. After all, there are no fruits and vegetables in winter, unlike summer and autumn.

After a hot pot of wine was served, Mr. Liu glanced at me and was immediately stunned. I pretended not to see his surprised eyes, and hurried back to the kitchen to cook.

Soon Xihe came over: "Weir, let's eat together."

I shook my head: "No, there are outsiders after all. I can't go out."

Xihe looked at me with pain in his eyes: "Well, but you can eat some yourself, don't get tired."

I smiled and gave him a plate of potato stew: "Don't worry."

I was sitting by the fire and embroidering a silk handkerchief. This is the embroidery work that Aunt Huang’s daughter brought to me last time. So I embroider very carefully, maybe in the future, I need to use this to make a living.

The twenty directions are all Ropa. I chose four seasons of flowers to embroider, peach blossom, apricot blossom, cherry blossom, albizia, rhododendron, orchid, iris, hydrangea, magnolia, lily, peony, lily of the valley, peony, rhododendron, camellia, rose , Lotus, pomegranate, chrysanthemum and plum.

In fact, in my bedroom of Kunning Palace, there is a large floor-to-ceiling screen with twelve openwork figures of Huanghuali embroidered with hundreds of flowers. Behind it is my daily dressing place. The flowers on it were embroidered by the four methods of Su embroidery, Hunan embroidery, Guangdong embroidery, and Shu embroidery. The silk threads are all dyed with flower juice, so the flowers are lifelike and are the proud work of the most skillful embroiderer.

At this moment, thinking about the shape of the flower on the screen, I slowly embroidered a magnolia under my hand. This is the last party, and I just asked Big Brother Zhang to take it back today.

On Xihe’s side, I looked at the hall, and there was a "noisy" conversation. I hope this master can help him get the position of Mr. Xuetang, so that our lives will be much better and we will also get people from the village. Recognition and acceptance.

"Vil, come here." When Xihe arrived in the kitchen, he frowned when he saw that I was embroidering, "I didn't take a rest, I was embroidering again, and my eyes were careful."

I put down my work, patted my skirt and stood up: "What's the matter?"

"Liu Gongzi saw our couplet and wanted to ask for details." He looked at me: "I think Liu Zhenbang is not an ordinary man. He is indeed a bit talented and indifferent. He is upright and honest, so he has the heart to make friends. Don't be afraid. ."

I nodded, took a look at the water again, and smoothed the broken hair on my side, and then I went out with him.

In the study, Gongzi Liu and Brother Zhang were standing at the desks, savoring the "Nine-Nine Chilling Picture". Seeing Xihe coming in, he hurriedly said, "Thank you brother, did you draw this picture?"

Xihe smiled: "It's an unintentional work, Liu Gongzi laughed."

Liu Zhenbang shook his head: "I have seen a lot of "Nine-Nine Chilling Picture", but this one of you is the best one I have ever seen. This branch is strange. Although the plum blossom is a double hook, you can feel it. Its high standard of loneliness is really rare."

Only then did I see me behind Xi He, busy to meet the ceremony, a little nervous on my face, "I have seen Madam."

I gave a light blessing: "The son calls my younger siblings."

He smiled slightly, with embarrassment, and then said: "Just now I saw half of the couplet written next to this picture. He asked Brother Xie for advice. He said that half of it was written by you and half by him. He was not sure what you were thinking about. Thinking, I was really curious, so I took the liberty to ask my younger brother and sister to come and give pointers."

I glanced at Xi He and smiled, "Why don't I write it together with Xie Lang?"

Xihe nodded: "That's what I meant."

So I took the commonly used rice paper. We stood on both sides of the desk and wrote down the couplets in our hearts together, and we were full of expectation and little tension in our hearts. I wonder if what the other party wrote can match our own. match.

"Chunquan, weeping spring willows, spring dyes spring beauty." Brother Zhang stood behind me and read the written sentence.

"Autumn courtyard hangs autumn persimmons and gives autumn fragrance to autumn." Liu Gongzi stood beside Xi He and also read the sentence he wrote.

"Okay! This couplet is really well done!" Liu Gongzi exclaimed, "Brother Xie and his younger siblings are so ingenious, they are indeed a pair of natural lovers."

Then savor it carefully: "Thank you brother, your handwriting is so good, you must be a famous teacher."

Xi He smiled faintly: "How can people in the countryside meet famous artists, not to mention apprentices. It's just a post when I was young."

There was a little bit of doubt in Liu Gongzi's eyes. After all, Xihe's statement was really untenable, but he didn't want to say that Liu Gongzi naturally inconvenient to ask each other.

I went up to see it and praised it in my heart.

In Xihe’s words, “horizontal” is like a cloud of a thousand miles, “point” is like a rock on a mountain, “sharp” is like a horn of a broken rhinoceros, “vertical” is like a long live withered vine, and “bu” is like a crashing wave and thunder , "Nu" is like a crossbow hair, "hook" is like a crossbow tendons. It is worthy of being a nobleman who came from an emperor's family. What he learned since childhood is bound to be very comparable.

"Xie Niang's writing is also very good." Brother Zhang exclaimed from the side: "I never thought that a woman could write such good characters."

Brother Liu picked up the couplet I wrote and looked at it carefully. His eyes were even more surprised and puzzled.

I smiled slightly, and Shen Xiyao once commented on my words: the ice of broken jade pot, the moon of rotten Yaotai, graceful like a tree, Mu Ruoqing breeze, high and clear, smooth and thin.

Although it didn't take a lot of effort at this time, there is no way to hide the foundation.

I smiled and said: "Liu Gongzi has praised him, my handwriting is really hard to be elegant."

After that, without looking at Liu Gongzi's burning eyes, he saluted again: "Please allow me to retire first."

After speaking, I was shocked. The word "Quit" is usually only available in the palace. If I say this, it will inevitably expose some of the past. Can't help but take a look at Xi He. He smiled and nodded lightly, and said, "It's okay."

Fortunately, Liu Gongzi didn't seem to hear it, but I went out after admiring the words and paintings on the table.

About an hour later, Young Master Liu came over to say goodbye to me. I answered politely and stopped thinking about it. Then he handed the embroidered and wrapped veil to Big Brother Zhang, and asked him to help him see if he could get it to the silk or garment shop in the city for consignment.

Liu Gongzi glanced at the package and smiled: "I don't want my younger brothers and sisters to have good embroidery skills."

I smiled lightly and said, "After all, I want to subsidize the family, so I dare not embroider well."

He looked at Xihe and said, "If Brother Xie thinks about being willing to work in the government office, come to me. I have written this letter of recommendation for the school, and you can just go." Your talent, even the government office, I feel wronged, let alone just be a teacher."

Xihe didn't care, and his smile was calm and light: "Fool brother, I have no big ambitions. As long as I can stay with Xie Niang, my livelihood is worry-free."

"If you go to the government office, I would like to be your starter. Wouldn't it be better for us to chant poems together then? Now that you are in the mountains, it is not easy for me to see you." Liu Gongzi still wanted to convince Xihe.

Xihe clasped his fists: "If Brother Liu wants to come, my chai gate is open to you at any time. As for going to the government office, I hope Brother Liu will not mention it again."

He said solemnly and firmly, and Liu Gongzi stopped saying anything.

"I would like to thank Brother Liu for giving me ink." Xihe smiled: "After the nines are over, Brother Liu can come and have a look." Then he said to me: "Brother Liu painted a picture of "Nine Nine" for us. "Cold Cold Picture"."

I lied and gave a gift: "Thank you, Brother Liu. This time the reception was not complete, I will be prepared next time."

Liu Gongzi hurriedly returned a gift: "Dare not dare, as long as I can discuss with Brother Xie, it is enough."

At that time, it was getting late and no more greetings, Xihe sent them to Aunt Huang's house, and I went to the main room to clean up. After packing up, I went to the study to take a look. Liu Gongzi wrote "Weeping willows in front of the court cherish the spring breeze". The words are powerful and he can see that they have been practicing for many years.

I added color to each stroke according to the weather in the previous few days, red for sunny; blue for cloudy; green for rain; yellow for wind; and white for falling snow. Then I placed it on the other side of the desk, looked at the three calligraphy and paintings on the desk, and smiled slightly.

If Xihe didn't come to find me, or I didn't accept him, I should be alone now, and I won't have any interest in doing something about "Nine Nine Elimination Diagram".

Snow fell outside the window, and I couldn't help but worry, so I held my umbrella and waited for Xihe on the way home. The snow is getting bigger and bigger, the feather-like snowflakes fall, and the wind becomes cold.

I shrink my shoulders, thinking whether to go home to get my clothes, or wait?

There was a cold wind, I couldn't help but sneezed, and a familiar figure slowly walked over where the snow was falling.

He didn't hold an umbrella, only the azure homely robe. In such a snowy day, I didn't see any embarrassment. Instead, my gradual pace seemed calm and relaxed, and even the snowflakes falling on my body were like a beautiful scroll.

But I didn't want to appreciate such a picture scroll. I hurriedly stepped forward three steps and made two steps, raised the umbrella over his head and said: "You come back with such a heavy snow and don't use the umbrella. What if you catch the wind and cold?"

His eyes were full of blame and displeasure, and his voice was not as gentle as usual: "What are you doing out in such a heavy snow! It's getting dark again, what if something happens?" Then he hurriedly looked at me: "You wear so little? Don't you know that you are weak?"

I got red eyes because of grievance: "I thought, you didn't bring an umbrella..."

"I have been in the army many times. What is a little snow? It's just wet clothes. If you come out like this, what should I do if something goes wrong?"