Value peace

Chapter 15 Father and Daughter Meeting
In the early morning of the next day, a drizzle of rain began to fall, and it flew obliquely like embroidery needles, covering the air with a layer of smoke.

Gu Xiyan wore an apricot yellow summer dress, which looked bright and lively in the hazy weather, and her mood improved a lot.

She took Mo Ju to greet Mrs. Gu.

When we arrived at the Shouyuan, Mrs. Gu had just woken up and was sitting in front of the mirror combing her hair. When I heard that Gu Xiyan had come to greet her, it was very unexpected. Nanny Song, who was sitting next to Mrs. Gu's mirror, wiped her hair with silk silk. The raindrops on the freshly picked magnolia petals were dry, and he said: "Ma'am, don't worry now, I think the second girl is well-behaved, she was young and ignorant before!"

Mrs. Gu sighed, and said: "I hope so." She hurriedly asked Liu'er beside her to invite Gu Xiyan in.

Gu Xiyan came in and kowtowed to Mrs. Gu respectfully. Mrs. Gu mixed Gu Xiyan with her own hands and got up. The two talked affectionately. Eat breakfast.

Gu Xiyan found that Mrs. Gu's breakfast was also very simple, a bowl of white porridge and a few dishes of salted vegetables. Since she was staying with Gu Xiyan for dinner, she specially ordered two poached eggs to be fried.

She recalled Song Meizhi's words yesterday, and couldn't help thinking, could it be that this house is really just as Nanny Song said!

After breakfast, she returned to Wuyuan, and found that Wuyuan was completely different from yesterday.There are chime bells, plum vases, and screens on the incense table, and picture screens on the hanging wall. Various small porcelain boxes are placed on the mirror table in her room, and the small ear room is turned into a bathroom. , divided into two by a screen, with a toilet on one side and a bathtub on the other.

Gu Xiyan was very excited about that little chime clock, looked left and right around it, and said to Duan Niang: "Put this in my room!"

Duanniang smiled and said, "Didn't you think it was noisy before?"

Gu Xiyan smiled but did not answer.

Hengyue and Xinghong were tidying up the closet, the bed was covered with red and green silk, emitting a faint cocoon light, very beautiful and gorgeous.

Women will be interested in these!
Gu Xiyan ran over to look.

There is indeed a very long distance between the embarrassment in little Gu Xiyan's mouth and the embarrassment in Gu Xiyan's heart.The pomegranate skirt that drags the floor, the pleated pleats like water ripples, the eight-panel skirt embroidered with pictures of birds and animals, the moonlight skirt that spreads out like trumpet flowers... There are different styles, such as undergarment, drape, half-arm, jacket, Cloaks, cloaks... everything you need, sky blue, moon white, lotus root, crow green, willow green... colorful; Gu Xiyan was stunned and tongue-tied.Thinking that these clothes will be his own in the future, it feels like the world is falling apart.

Mo Xiang seemed to be seeing such a formation for the first time, her eyes glowed, and she looked very envious, "This is Jiannan's splendor", "This is Fengtai's batik", "This, this, is from Jiangnan. Kesi"... Gu Xiyan who was shouting was very interested, and the two of them gathered together to chatter, of course it was mainly Mo Xiang who was talking and Gu Xiyan was listening.

It turned out that the entire Xia Kingdom was divided into two by a Songjiang River. The north was under the jurisdiction of Liang Guogong, Jin Guogong and Yan Guogong, and the south was under the jurisdiction of Xizhao counties. The area formed by Longshan Mountain is called Fengtai. Due to the different terrain and climate, these five places are very different in clothing.Common people usually refer to the richest and most prosperous Jiangnan County in Xia Kingdom as Jiangnan, where the four seasons are like spring, and women wear undergarments, skirts, half-arms and other clothing, and the texture is mostly made of yarn, silk, cotton, silk and other precious materials. Mainly; the weather in Fengtai is very hot, and women dress differently. They like to wear half-arms, which are different from the half-arms that Jiangnan women like to wear. They will wear skirts, but the women in Fengtai wear half-arms that are tight to the waist, with only a bellyband inside, and a pair of soft shorts on the lower body, sometimes showing their calves... The people in the area managed by Liang Guogong called it It is Liangdi, which is the source of the Songjiang River. The Songjiang River flows southward from Longshan Mountain to Mingdao and enters the sea. A very unique embroidery method called Long embroidery. The embroidery is concave and convex and colorful. They like to use Long embroidery to embroider lace on the corners of their clothes. It is called Longhua; as for Yandi managed by Duke Yan, it is the place with the worst climate in Xia Kingdom, where it snows six out of twelve months a year, the weather is very cold, no rice is produced, and most families rely on hunting. To make a living, women have to bear the burden of the family just like men, and the folk customs are very tough. Most of the women there wear robes and vests made of fur; it is adjacent to Liangdi, south of Yan State, and north of Songjiang River Jin, which is managed by the Duke of Jin, has a climate with four distinct seasons. On the contrary, it is the place where the clothes are the least distinctive but where the strengths of all families are gathered together. Longhua's half arm...

Gu Xiyan rested her elbows on her chin and listened with gusto. After lunch, she was about to continue discussing this topic with Mo Ju, but she could faintly hear the voice of silk and bamboo, as if there were girls singing, coming with the wind, faintly visible.

Hengyue wondered: "What is this sound? Where did it come from?"

Duanniang said with a straight face: "Where is there any sound? Pack up your things quickly, don't look around."

After a while, the voice became louder and louder.

Gu Xiyan quietly looked for Duanniang: "What's going on?"

Duanniang sighed: "Didn't you listen to Nanny Song yesterday?"

Gu Xiyan was puzzled.

Duanniang said: "Madam rented out the Liu Pavilion beside Yuanxiang Lake to that surnamed Qin."

Gu Xiyan remembered it now, and asked, "Oh, Aunt Qin who teaches Sizhu is also said to be from Jiangnan, do you know her?"

Duanniang hesitated for a while before answering: "I don't know her either, I just heard about it. She said that she used to be a famous actor, with a very good appearance, and also proficient in musical instruments. Later, she was recruited and opened a class in Wuzhou, Jiangnan County. Quite famous. Two years ago, the concubine of Mr. Li’s family, the chief secretary of Jiangnan County, invited Aunt Qin’s troupe to sing for her birthday. Somehow, one of her girls hanged herself at Mr. Li’s house, and Aunt Qin got into a lawsuit. , and later the team was disbanded, and her people were nowhere to be found. Unexpectedly...they rented the yard of our house and are still doing this business of recruiting apprentices..." Duanniang said while shaking her head angrily.

Gu Xiyan heard it in her ears and remembered it in her heart, and she even had the idea of ​​seeing this.It's just that seeing Duanniang's face full of disapproval, it's not good to behave here.

The two were talking, when Xinghong suddenly came in and reported: "There is a boy named Shuxiang outside who begged to see the girl, saying that she is the little boy next to the master."

Gu Xiyan and Duanniang looked at each other in blank dismay, knowing that this person was probably sent by Master Gu, so they immediately invited the boy in.The boy was only eight or nine years old, his face was as red as an apple, his two big round eyes were crystal clear like shining gems, and he looked very alert.

Sure enough, it was Master Gu who asked this young man named Shuxiang to pass on Gu Xiyan, saying that he wanted her to meet at Rongyuezhai in his study now.

Duanniang entertained Shuxiang with candies, Hengyue and the others hurriedly washed and dressed Gu Xiyan, and Gu Xiyan took Mo Ju and followed Shuxiang to meet Master Gu.

There are two roads to go to Master Gu’s study, Rongyuezhai, one is from the small garden of Shouyuan to the outer courtyard, and the other is from the forest path in Wuyuan, through the corner gate, and then through a north-south alley to the outer courtyard. Melting month fast.

Under normal circumstances, of course, Mrs. Gu was asked to take half of the key to open the corner gate with the corner gatekeeper and go through the alley to Rongyue Zhai.

Although the rain stopped when we went out, and the branches and leaves in the forest were all wet, Gu Xiyan still chose to walk through the forest.When they got out of Jiaxiang, they saw an open and flat square paved with green bricks. In front of the square was a tall walled courtyard made of bluestones. there.

Shuxiang led them straight across the square and knocked on the door. A boy four or five years older than Shuxiang answered the door. Seeing the boy, Shuxiang smiled sweetly: "Brother Guiguan, I Bring the second girl to see the master."

The boy named Guiguan is about the same height as Gu Xiyan, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, exuding a heroic and upright atmosphere, with a very outstanding temperament. If he hadn't met in this place, Gu Xiyan would never have believed that he was just a Little boy servant.With an indifferent expression, he bowed his hands to Gu Xiyan and said calmly, "Second Miss, please come with me."

The two of them followed Gui Guan into the door. Inside was a small courtyard with a tall camphor tree planted on the left and right. In the middle was a bluestone road. The building looks very tall, and there is nothing on the lintel.

Guiguan knocked on the door, and the answer was also a boy, one or two years younger than Guiguan, with picturesque features, delicate and beautiful, Guiguan called him "a hundred years".

After seeing Gu Xiyan for a hundred years, she seemed very happy, and said a little shyly, "Second girl, wait a minute, I'll report to the master right away."

The door was closed again, and after a while, Hundred Years opened the door with a pale face, and said, "Master let the second girl in!"

Mo Ju adjusted Gu Xiyan's hair, and Gu Xiyan entered the door.

As soon as Gu Xiyan entered, she was taken aback. It was the largest private study room she had ever seen.

The seven rooms are all opened up, and all the eyes touch are books, on the bookshelves as high as the purlins, on the low couch, on the big painting table... Neat, scattered, chaotic... Books are everywhere, like a book. Small library.

A man in his thirties was sitting on a big couch by the window and looking at Gu Xiyan. He had an elegant face and beautiful features. He was wearing a moon-white gown with wide sleeves, and his expression was casual and indifferent. But there was a boy about a hundred years old lying on top of her. When the boy saw Gu Xiyan coming in, he looked up at her in surprise.The boy's hair was like black lacquer, his eyebrows were like distant black, and he was very beautiful. For some reason, his face was pale, and beads of sweat dripped down from his temples.

Under Gu Xiyan's startled eyes, Bainian immediately stepped forward to help the boy up, and called "Huanling" in a low voice.

Huanling responded in a low voice, and walked out with Baibai in a faltering gait.

Gu Xiyan felt that the scene was a bit weird, but she couldn't tell what was wrong, so she couldn't help but look at the two boys a few more times.

The man on the couch let out a chuckle, drawing Gu Xiyan's attention away: "It's still the same, it looks cute and docile, but its eyes are rolling around slippery, like a curious little mouse! "

Gu Xiyan couldn't tell whether the man's words were joy or hate, nor what the words meant, so she smiled embarrassingly, stepped forward to give the man a blessing, and called "Father".

Master Gu raised his dark sword eyebrows, pursed his thin lips, and waved his wide sleeves casually, motioning for her to sit opposite him.

Gu Xiyan sat up gently.

Master Gu smiled at the corner of his mouth, and stared at Gu Xiyan with serious eyes for a long time without saying a word, which made her feel uneasy.Suddenly, Master Gu stretched out his hand like lightning to pinch Gu Xiyan's chin, and pulled her face to the window, as if to see Gu Xiyan's appearance clearly through the sunlight outside. Hold her up like a sharp blade.

Gu Xiyan was chilled by his gaze, and was about to say a few witty words to ease the atmosphere, but Master Gu suddenly threw away his hand. Gu Xiyan was unexpected and almost fell off the bed.

At this moment, she noticed that Master Gu wiped the hand that pinched her chin on the front of his shirt.

(End of this chapter)