Chapter 101: Family Affairs (1)
On a cold winter day, the snow blocked the windows, and the ice skates hung on the eaves like translucent crystal pillars. When you walk out the door, you will turn into a white mist when you breathe out.
When Yuxi went out, Zi Su took out a pink emerald brocade fox fur from the house: "Girl, it's cold outside, you're just sick, you need to wear more." ”
Yuxi felt that she was about to be wrapped into a dumpling, but she didn't say that she couldn't wear it. If she doesn't say it, it is estimated that the maids around her will take turns to say, and the twitter will make her brain headache.
When I arrived at the upper courtyard, I opened the door curtain, and a maid came over to help Yuxi untie the big curtain. Cuiyu whispered: "Girl, Mrs. Shizi of the Marquis of Changping is here." ”
Yuxi bowed slightly, indicating that he knew.
When Mrs. Han saw Yuxi coming in, she took a serious look, and saw that Yuxi was not sick, so she was sure that she was really good: "Bring a cup of ginseng tea to the four girls." ”
Yuxi studied pharmacology and was more particular about this: "Grandmother, just ask the maid to give me a glass of warm boiled water." "If there is no illness or disaster, it is not advisable to eat more ginseng.
Mrs. Han didn't care, Yuxi was such a character, she wouldn't say anything bad or disliked directly. Old Madam Han said to the maid coral beside her, "Go, bring a cup of boiling water to the four girls." Mrs. Hou Shizi of Changping was a little surprised, usually in front of her grandmother, her grandmother said whatever she wanted, but she didn't expect this fourth girl to be so bold. Generally, the bold are favored, but she heard that the old lady only spoils Yuchen, and she has never heard of spoiling these four girls!
Yuxi smiled and saluted Mrs. Shizi: "Hello aunt." ”
Mrs. Han explained: "This child has been sick for several days, and he only recovered today. "After she got well, she came to say goodbye, which made Mrs. Han very satisfied.
Mrs. Hou Shizi of Changping naturally gave face: "What a good child who is filial." ”
Yuxi didn't stay in the upper room for long, and when he looked at it, he knew that the two of them had something to say. After staying in the house for a while, she went out and went to the main courtyard instead.
Qiu was roasting the fire in the house, and when he heard Yuxi coming, he immediately stood up and pulled Yuxi to the brazier: "You kid is really good, just running around with your body." It's so cold outside, what if the wind blows again?"
Yuxi smiled, in fact, her illness had been cured earlier, but everyone asked her to take care of it, and it turned out that this care was more than half a month.
Qiu Shi touched his face and sighed softly: "I have lost so much weight, I have to make up for it." After speaking, he told the maid to go to the warehouse to get some supplements for Yuxi to bring back.
Yuxi was a little embarrassed, she ate delicious food every day during this time, and there was an extra circle of meat on her face, and her aunt even opened her eyes and said that she was thin. Yuxi pinched her round face and said, "Auntie, you can't make it up anymore, if you make it up again, I'll become a big fat girl." ”
Qiu's joy was unavoidable: "Fat is good-looking." The little girl's family is too thin like a bamboo pole, and she is worried about her poor health when she sees it! Other people's families are looking for a daughter-in-law, and they don't want a girl like a bamboo pole. ”
Yuxi was speechless, where is this!
Qiu said: "Originally, Layue asked you to start learning housekeeping, but you are just sick, so let's learn from your sister-in-law at the beginning of next year!"
Yuxi nodded: "Auntie, it's not too late to learn next year!" Next year will only be twelve years old, and I can't learn anything in two or three years of kung fu.
Qiu Shi took Yuxi's hand and talked for a long time, until the maid coral next to the old lady came to invite her to the upper room.
Yuxi left the main courtyard clan and went to Tingyun Pavilion again. Walk all the way, see the snow all the way. It was very cold, and everyone in the garden was sitting in a house with no choice but to clear the snow!
In the distance, Yuxi heard a melodious sound of the piano, and he knew that Yuchen was practicing the piano without thinking about it. Yuxi smiled and said to Kufu: "Speaking of which, the people around the third sister are blessed, and they can listen to the third sister play the piano and play music every day." "Yuchen's flute also plays very well.
Kufu asked a little puzzled: "Girl, why didn't you learn Guzheng that day?" Kufu knew that Mr. Song originally planned to teach her girl Guzheng that day, but her girl herself was unwilling to learn it.
Yuxi naturally wouldn't say that she felt that learning this thing was a complete waste of time, and chuckled at the moment: "I don't have this talent, so I won't waste time." ”
Yuchen knew that Yuxi was coming, and his face was full of smiles, but there was still a complaint in his words: "Why are you still walking around in this cold winter!
Yuxi handed over the coat on his body to Shi Qi next, and said with a smile: "I heard the beautiful and moving sound of the third sister from afar, and the cold is worth it!"
Yuchen smiled: "If you want to hear it, I'll play another song for you." "No matter how good a person is, they all want to have a viewer, and for Yuchen, Yuxi is that viewer.
Yuxi squinted and smiled: "I want to listen not only to the sound of the piano, but also to the sound of the flute." "It's not Yuxi's sycophancy, Yuchen's piano and flute are very good, and they are pleasing to the eye.
Yuchen smiled and instructed Shiqin: "The fourth sister will eat here at noon today, let the kitchen cook a few more dishes." ”
Yuxi is not hypocritical, thinking that when she learned the rules back then, she often ate in Tingyun Pavilion, and it has become a habit.
The two went to the piano room, and Yuchen was in front of the piano table and asked, "What music does the fourth sister want to listen to?"
Yuxi lowered her head and thought for a while: "Did the third sister learn "Yangchun"?" Yangchun is one of the top ten famous songs of the guqin. It describes the beauty of early spring when winter turns to spring, the earth recovers, and everything flourishes. The melody is fresh and smooth, and the rhythm is light and bright. This is also a characteristic of Yuxi, who likes to wear bright clothes and eye-catching jewelry, and also likes to listen to cheerful tunes. According to Yuxi's thoughts, he lived so depressed in his previous life, and he can't live in this life anymore, he has to live happily.
Yuchen showed a helpless smile: "You really know how to make questions, I just learned this song." "Yangchun's song is very difficult, and ordinary people can't play it at all.
Yuxi didn't feel that he was making things difficult, but said with confidence: "I believe that the third sister will be able to play well." "Actually, if you want Yuxi to say, how can you show Yuchen's true level if you don't play the difficult ones! Of course, the difficult repertoire needs to be practiced to achieve it.
Yuchen smiled lightly, and then began to stroke the qin.
Ok-hee leaned back in her chair and squinted her eyes to listen quietly. Although Yuxi has never learned the guqin, it does not prevent her from commenting. After listening to the song "Yangchun", Yuxi opened her eyes and said with a smile: "Third sister, your piano skills have improved again." ”
Yuchen likes to discuss various topics with Yuxi, such as piano, painting, chess, and calligraphy: "Don't say it's good, this piece is too difficult, and it's a little difficult for me to play it in the middle." ”
Yuxi is clear, the artistic conception of this song is too big, and ordinary people can't control it at all: "Third sister, you can imagine yourself, you are in a lush meadow, surrounded by brilliant flowers, there is a spring not far away, and the birds on the trees are singing melodious songs, think about it, what will it be like for you to be in it?"
Yuchen narrowed his eyes and sketched this scene in his mind. After a while, he opened his eyes and said with a smile, "I'll play it again." ”
After playing it for the second time, there was no need for Yuxi to comment, Yuchen said with a smile: "When I played it for the second time, it was much smoother than the first time." ”
The waiter came over and said, "Girl, fourth girl, the meal is ready, and you can eat." ”
Every time she dined at Tingyun Pavilion, Yuxi had an idea, that is, to abduct the chef of Tingyun Pavilion to her. Of course, Yuxi only thinks about it in his mind, let alone put it into action, that is, he can't say a word.
After lunch, Yuxi accompanied Yuchen around the house. Tingyun Pavilion is warm in winter and cool in summer, this is not just talking, but it is true. As long as you don't go out, it's as warm as spring inside, and you're reluctant to leave.
After walking for half an hour, Yuchen took Yuxi into the musical instrument room again. Yuxi took out a jade flute from a brocade box, she didn't play it, but looked at Yuxi and asked, "Yuxi, in fact, the flute is very easy to learn, much easier to learn than the guqin and the guzheng." This means that if Yuxi wants to learn, she can teach Yuxi to play the flute.
Yuxi shook his head and said, "No need." "If you marry a good family in the future, do you want to listen to any music? If you don't marry well, even if you learn it, you won't have the time to blow this thing. According to modern parlance, Yuxi is a pragmatist, useful to learn, useless resolutely not to learn.
Mama Gui came over and said, "Girl, it's time for you to take a nap." "Mama Gui is very meticulous about Yuchen's time arrangement, when the time comes, you have to go to sleep whether you are sleepy or not, even if you lie down with your eyes open, you have to lie down for that time.
Yuxi smiled: "I should also go back to take a nap." "Yuxi's rules are also very good, but they are not as strict as Gui's requirements. Of course, this also has something to do with the path that the two people will take in the future. As far as Yuchen's conditions are concerned, it is definitely the material for marrying into the royal family, and as for Yuxi, he must have married into the official eunuch's family. Therefore, Mama Quan is not so strict with Yuxi's rules and etiquette.
As soon as Yuxi returned to the Rose Courtyard, Mai Dong said, "Girl, Mrs. Hou Shizi of Changping came over today to tell the eldest girl that she came in person. ”
Yuxi is not surprised, Yuru will be fifteen next year, and now is the right time to say pro: "Who are you talking about?"
Mai Dong shook his head and said, "I haven't inquired about this yet." "It's good to be able to inquire about the wife of the Hou Shizi of Changping, and the Xuan family is coming to say goodbye. This is also something that Yuxi has spent more than six years building up to do. Of course, the main thing is that the Qiu clan has something to do with Yuxi's behavior, otherwise Yuxi would not have achieved his goal so easily.
Yuxi smiled: "There is no need to inquire about it, this matter has nothing to do with us." "Yuxi didn't care about anything in his previous life, and it was impossible not to know who Yuru was marrying. Yuru later married Xiang Zhixue, the third son of the Zuo Shilang Xiang of the Criminal Department. Xiang Zhi is not a martial artist, but he has a good temperament, and later his family donated an official to him, and Yuru is also an official