Chapter 113: Pressing the bottom of the box
Liu Xin didn't expect Cai Yan to do so many romantic things on this wedding night, listening to stories and playing the piano. Liu Xin knew that she was suffering from the pain of this broken melon, and what she needed most now was to have a good rest, so she pinched her small and delicate nose and said, "Go to sleep, you just want to play, I don't have a piano here." ”
Cai Yan said: "I have a piano here." Husband, this piano still has some fate with you, if you hadn't rescued you, it would have been burned down by that fire last time in Xinye. ”
Liu Xin knew that this must be the famous Jiaoweiqin, but he didn't expect Cai Yong to be willing to marry all his favorite things. He didn't want to think about it, the old gentleman even gave him his daughter, what else was there to be reluctant to. Liu Xin looked down at Cai Yan's pretty face, the blush brought by the passion just now has not receded, if he still refuses to rest, I am afraid that he will have to suffer tomorrow, so he deliberately straightened his face and said: "Okay, if you want to play, play it to me tomorrow, now your task is to go to bed quickly." ”
Cai Yan closed his eyes reluctantly, and did not forget to stick out his tongue mischievously. Liu Xin shook his head and lay down as well.
Liu Xin has the habit of going to bed early and getting up early, and he woke up before dawn. Liu Xin got dressed and pushed open the door, but saw that two pretty maids were already standing there outside the door, but they were the two sisters, Ling'er and Xiu'er.
It turned out that Ma Yun knew that Cai Yan was different from herself, Bian Yu, and Zhu Qian. Although Cai Yan was exiled with his father in his childhood, he grew up under the care of his parents after all. Since Liu Xin helped the Ling'er sisters take revenge, the twin sisters have stayed in the house, the two of them were born poor, and they have been performing with their parents since they were children, not only smart and clever, diligent hands and feet, but also very loyal to Liu Xin and Ma Yun. Thinking that Cai Yan didn't have a few intimate maids around him, Ma Yun sent the two sisters over.
Originally, when they were in Ma Yun's courtyard, Du Qiao'er waited in front of the master, and the two sisters rarely had the opportunity to intervene, but now they are assigned to Cai Yan, and they have become the heads of the maids and mothers-in-law here. The sisters knew that Liu Xin had the habit of getting up early, so they got up and stopped after four days, waited outside the door, and waited for Liu Xin to call them in, but they didn't know that Liu Xin had always dressed and washed by herself, and did not need to be served.
When Liu Xin saw the two sisters, she was stunned at first, but even if she understood, Ma Yun was really careful, and she should have thought about everything Cai Yan thought of, so she said: "You don't have to get up so early in the future, you don't need you here, go back to sleep first, I'll just do a good fight in the yard." ”
The sisters agreed, and did not retreat, they were originally born as bitter children, but they did not have the problem of snoozing, so they stood aside and watched Liu Xin box.
When Liu Xin got up just now, Cai Yan also woke up. Last night, Liu Xin took pity on her for the first time and did not ask too much, so her body was not very tired. In addition, although Cai Yongping loves his daughter, he is also very strict, if it were not for the fact that Cai Yan was in the rebellious period of youth and was bewitched by Ma Yun, she would never dare to assert herself about her marriage, but in this way, she still developed her habit of going to bed early and getting up early.
Thinking of the scene last night, Cai Yan was still a little shy, and when Liu Xin went out, he sat up, and his lower body still felt a faint pain. Cai Yan got dressed and took out a white silk sweat towel from the quilt, on which several bright red plum blossoms were blooming brilliantly. Cai Yanqiao blushed, folded the sweat towel, and quietly opened a large wooden box that she brought with her during the wedding, and stuffed it all the way to the bottom of the box.
Cai Yan stood up straight and looked around, but no one noticed, so he touched his chest, and was still jumping cautiously.
The Ling'er sisters were watching Liu Xin boxing in the courtyard intently, they had lived in the state pastor's mansion for the past year, they had no worries about food and clothing, and they didn't have much work to do, and they didn't forget to practice that set of soft kung fu in their spare time. They themselves can also embroider their legs, knowing that Liu Xin is strong in martial arts, it turns out that when he was in Ma Yunyuan, he often hid in the dark to watch him box, and now they can finally watch from the sidelines.
The sisters looked so engrossed that Cai Yan didn't even notice that he was standing behind them. After Liu Xin practiced a set of splitting boxing, the sisters were shocked to realize that there was one more person behind them, turned their heads, and found that it was Cai Yan, and they wanted to salute in a panic.
Cai Yan raised a finger, put it to his lips, made a silent gesture, and beckoned to them again, motioning for them to come in with him.
Liu Xin adjusted his breathing and began to practice Tai Chi again, only after practicing the three or five styles, there was a melodious sound of the piano behind him. Liu Xin was not surprised, stopped his hand, and when he looked back, he saw Cai Yan sitting cross-legged at the bottom of the stairs, with a low table in front of him, and it was the Jiaowei qin he saved.
Cai Yan didn't look up, but he clearly felt Liu Xin's gaze, a pair of slender hands pressed the strings lightly, and the beautiful sound of the piano stopped abruptly. Cai Yan looked at Liu Xin and smiled at him.
Liu Xin didn't expect her to get up so early to play the piano for herself, but she was also infected by her, nodded knowingly, and turned back to concentrate on practicing boxing. Liu Xin's boxing skills are chic and elegant, and Cai Yan's piano sound is ethereal and clear, forming a wonderful picture, and the Ling'er sisters standing on the side are already fascinated.
At the end of the song, the cooperation between the two is seamless. Liu Xin walked up to Cai Yan and asked with concern, "Yan'er, why don't you sleep for a while?" ”
Cai Yan stood up and said, "I'm the new daughter-in-law, I always have to give a salute to my sisters, but I don't dare to lie on the bed." ”
Liu Xin picked up the Jiaowei Qin and took a closer look, this is a well-known peerless musical instrument, if it is passed on, it is an incredible antique, and he immediately fell in love with it, and said with a smile: "Our family doesn't have so many rules, and they are still asleep." Your father took out all such precious things, and it seems that there are still many treasures in this dowry. ”
No matter how precious Jiao Weiqin and Ke Tingdi are, they are also in later generations, but in Cai Yan's eyes, they are just a musical instrument, a tool for the literati to rub the elegance of the guests, and when she heard Liu Xin inquire about her marriage, she couldn't help but say disappointedly: "I can't get anything valuable at home, only my father wrote a few pieces of calligraphy." ”
Liu Xin said excitedly: "It turns out that my father-in-law also wrote some calligraphy himself, so I want to take a good look at it." ”
The contents of the large wooden box were taken out one by one. The first is Cai Yan's very cherished Keting flute, which is green and round like jade. Liu Xin took it in his hand and looked at it, but he didn't show much interest, he was really not good at musical instruments.
In the era when Liu Xin lived, all kinds of fakes were rampant, and the homes of corrupt officials and businessmen had a lot of antique calligraphy and paintings, of which fakes probably accounted for the majority. Liu Xin didn't want to work hard to do it once, but all the fakes he got in his hands were fakes. For this reason, he has read a lot of books on this subject, and he is also very concerned about some treasure appreciation programs, just to improve his appreciation ability and ensure that he does not lose his eyes and become the laughing stock of his peers.
Therefore, for Cai Yan's calligraphy works that he took out of the box next, Liu Xin looked at them very carefully, these are all written by the great calligrapher Cai Yong, if they are placed in his original era, any one of them is priceless. What surprised him the most was that among these calligraphy works, there were not only a large number of official calligraphy works, but also many of them were written in italics, although they were still different from the later italics, but they were not far behind.
Liu Xin looked at these calligraphy works, and praised them, worthy of the pen of a great calligrapher, it is really extraordinary, these must be well collected, and they will be a valuable wealth for future generations. He didn't know that the book [***] power of the talented woman standing next to him was really extraordinary.
Cai Yan saw that Liu Xin was silently fascinated by these calligraphy, so he took out another roll of paper from the box, handed it to him and said, "Husband, I wrote it myself, how about you take a look?" ”
Liu Xin said "oh", took it and unfolded it gently, what was written on the paper was a passage in the Book of Poetry, the font was beautiful, although it was not as majestic as Cai Yong's book, but there was a sense of agility, and he couldn't help nodding secretly and said: "Yan'er, I didn't expect your words to be so beautiful." ”
Cai Yan said in a coquettish voice: "Husband, the concubine has been practicing calligraphy with her father since she was a child, and these words are nothing in my father's eyes. However, husband, your handwriting is indeed a little too much, and you have to practice it when you have time. ”
Liu Xin nodded vaguely and said, "Well, let's talk about it, let's talk about it." If there are any treasures in the box, take them out and let me see. ”
Cai Yan was stunned at first, then suddenly his face turned red, turned around and stopped the box, and said, "No, no, that's all." ”
Liu Xin originally just said it casually, but she didn't expect her reaction to be so intense, so she couldn't help but be curious and asked, "Is it really gone?" I don't believe it, there must be something hidden inside, let me take a good look. ”
Cai Yan became even more nervous, Suo surnamed Suo fell on the box and shouted like a child: "Can't see, can't see, there's really nothing." ”
Liu Xin looked at her entire upper body lying on the box, her little buttocks pouting high, like a full moon, and she was still twisting there when she spoke, she couldn't help but play with it, slapped it, and pretended to be angry and said: "If you don't tell the truth, be careful of family law." ”
Cai Yan was already a little uncomfortable in his lower body, and he ate him again coldly, and involuntarily exclaimed "ah" in pain, turned his head, tears were already rolling in his two eyes, and he handed an object to Liu Xin's hand with a face full of grievances, and said, "There is really nothing, it's just this." ”
Liu Xin realized that she seemed to be a little heavy just now, grabbed her hand and slapped her buttocks lightly, and said, "Okay, it's my husband's fault, you can also take a break to dissipate your anger." ”
Cai Yan retracted his hand shyly and said, "People aren't angry." ”
Liu Xin looked at the object in his hand, couldn't help but get up, and said: "Isn't it just a 'pressing the bottom of the box', what's unseemly." ”