Glory all the way

Chapter 39 Gifts
On the ninth day of August, Lord Bai, who had been away from the capital for nearly four months, returned.

When Bai Yingluo came back from the palace, as soon as she got off the carriage at the gate, Liusu greeted her with a happy face, "Miss, the old man is back."

"Really? When did it happen?"

Hearing this, a trace of joy appeared on Bai Yingluo's face.

"It's only been more than an hour since I came back. At this moment, the ladies have already arrived at Qing'an Hall, and the masters and wives are also there. Only a few young masters are still in the school."

Liusu followed Bai Yingluo towards Qing'an Hall, talking softly.

Entering the courtyard of Qing'an Hall, I could hear laughter and laughter in the room.

"Miss Six is ​​here..."

A little maidservant raised her voice earlier and lifted the curtain, Bai Yingluo went in with her head down, and saw her grandfather sitting next to Old Madam Bai at a glance.

Bai Laohou is nearly seventy years old, his hair is already silvery white, his face is covered with wrinkles, but his eyes are hale and hearty with insight into the world.

At this moment, he smiled and looked at Bai Yingluo who came in from the door. Bai Yingluo had just bowed down and shouted "greetings to grandfather", and the old master Bai waved his hand, "Sister Luo just came back from the palace?"

Bai Yingluo's amiable appearance, as if he had never traveled far, made Bai Yingluo's nervous heart immediately relaxed.

"Yes, the granddaughter just came back from the palace. How is the journey of grandfather going smoothly?"

Bai Yingluo got up and sat down on the empty seat beside Bai Yingyun, asking admiringly.

Nodding his head, Old Master Bai turned his head and glanced at Mama Zhao. It was only when Mama Zhao took a small square brocade box and put it in Bai Yingluo's hands that Bai Yingluo noticed that the sisters around her had such a box. brocade box.

"Grandfather has been away for more than three months, and he didn't go on a tour, so he didn't prepare any decent gifts for you. This little thing is unique to Taizhou, and it is available elsewhere. After all, it is a little less Interesting, so grandfather brought some along, and gave one to each of you brothers and sisters, Sister Luo, do you like it?"

Old Master Bai asked with a smile.

"Grandpa gave it, Luo'er naturally likes it."

Without hesitation, Bai Yingluo opened the lid of the brocade box, and stayed there for just a moment.

Aside, Bai Yingyun had an expected smile on her face.

Just now, when the sisters opened it, they also had the same expressions. At this moment, Bai Yingluo is also the same. Looking back, if the grandfather and grandmother are dissatisfied, they can't blame any of them.

"This is... Tao Xun?"

Hesitantly speaking, Bai Yingluo took out the palm-sized ceramic object from the brocade box, rubbed it and looked at Old Master Bai.

Seemingly pleasantly surprised, Old Master Bai stroked his beard and replied, "Sure enough, Sister Luo has some knowledge. None of your sisters know this thing. It's called Xun, and it's a kind of blowing instrument played in Shandong. The musical instrument is made of clay. Almost everyone in Shandong can play a few tunes at their fingertips. If you are interested, you can go back and figure it out yourself. If you don’t like it, you can put it on the table as a decoration. "

Nodding in response, Bai Yingluo suppressed the excitement in her heart, carefully put the xun back into the brocade box, and closed the lid.

But after that, he kept holding the brocade box tightly, for fear that he would lose sight of it if he was not careful. That appearance made Old Master Bai feel a little relieved.

Just now, when handing over the gift to the other granddaughters, Bai Yingying politely thanked her and withdrew, and Bai Yingyun even showed her displeasure.

Except for the youngest Sister Lan and Sister Hui who played with it curiously for a long time, the others, not to mention children, even the adults were silent.

Although the old man's heart is not worth a lot of money, it was brought back from a long distance. Seeing the attitude of the children, he would naturally feel a little uncomfortable in his heart. Holding it in his hand very much, Old Master Bai felt a little better.

After talking for a while, it was time for dinner. The whole family finished their meal in a lively manner. Thinking that Master Bai was tired from the long journey, they all left early.

Bai Yingluo returned to Yi'an Pavilion, took out a book from the corner of the bookshelf, impatiently took out the Xun from the brocade box, and gestured to the book.

At first, it was a bit sobbing and out of tune, but after a while, it was already decent. Both Chen Xiang and Liu Su had unbelievable expressions on their faces, but Liu Ying, on the other hand, said to them with a proud face: "Miss has been smart since she was a child." , there's nothing she can't learn."

However, only Bai Yingluo knew in her heart that she learned this xun in her previous life.

It's just that the person who taught her to play the xun is still in this world, or if, like her, she is entrusted to another person.

Xuan Lang, in this life, is there any chance for Luo Niang to meet you again?
Thinking silently, Bai Yingluo suddenly felt that the Tao Xun in her hand seemed to become heavy.

Taking it away from her mouth, Bai Yingluo held Tao Xun in her hand, took a silk handkerchief and wiped it carefully, but she didn't know where her mind had flown.

When Du Xuan appeared in the village, Bai Yingluo had no memory of it. She only remembered that time, when she went to wash clothes by the stream, she could always hear those aunts and girls saying that there was a young lady in the school's private school. Sir, that gentleman is so young, so polite, and so handsome.

After saying those words, the aunts laughed strangely, the little girls blushed with shame, and the entire sky in the east was also reddened by the rising sun, like the shy faces of the girls.

Later, when her parents went to the market, she went to the mountain to collect firewood, thinking that when her parents came back, she would be able to relax a little bit. Then, when she was going down the mountain, she met Du who was playing Tao Xun. Xuan.

He sat on the boulder at the foot of the mountain and played the xun. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, his back looked so lonely and desolate. The song passed through his ears and floated into his heart, and when he came back to his senses, Luo Niang was already full of tears, but he, looking back at Luo Niang who was standing blankly behind him, smiled.

Luo Niang was a little embarrassed, but he got up and started talking, with a generous attitude, he said: Hello, I am the new private school teacher, my name is Du Xuan.

His voice is so nice too.

As if thinking of the situation at that time, a faint happy smile floated on Bai Yingluo's face. When she regained her senses, she found that Chen Xiang and the others looked at her suspiciously. Bai Yingluo explained with a guilty conscience: " I have never seen this kind of Tao Xun before, but now I can play a tune, I feel very happy, very happy..."

The explanation was a little far-fetched, but the three of Chen Xiang didn't think too much, they waited on Bai Yingluo and rested.

In her dream, Bai Yingluo saw a man and a woman sitting side by side on the top of the mountain blowing xun, that scene was so familiar and so nostalgic, even in the dream, Bai Yingluo still felt full of happiness.

Waking up early the next day, Liusu went into the room intending to wake Bai Yingluo up, and lifted the curtain of the bed, only to find that the bed was empty except for a messy quilt, and Bai Yingluo was nowhere to be seen.

Thinking of Bai Yingluo's usual habit of getting up early and taking a walk, Liusu searched all the way to the forest in the backyard, and when she passed through the corner door, she heard the sound of sobbing and whimpering, it was the xun.

Walking into the gazebo in the forest, sure enough, Bai Yingluo was sitting on a chair, playing to a dense and lush forest. The corners of the girl's lips were slightly curved, and she felt an unparalleled sense of satisfaction all over her body.

Seeing Liusu coming, Bai Yingluo stopped talking, looked at her and asked, "But it's too late?"

Liusu shook his head and said, "It's still early."

After that, Liusu jokingly said: "On weekdays when you wake up the lady, the servant girl and Liuying have big heads like a bucket. Now that I got such an object from the old man, the servant girl and Liuying can save their worries. It can be seen that this xun is really a nice one……"

Bai Yingluo glanced at Liusu unhappily, raised her chin at her and said, "Since it's been so hard, Miss Japan will play a song today to thank Miss Liusu for her hard work for so many years."

After finishing speaking, Bai Yingluo raised her hands and brought Tao Xun to her lips and blew.

The tone of voice was brisk, as if walking in the fields chasing butterflies, which made people's mood soar, but after a while, it gradually fell down.

The sound of Qingyuan's long music was flying unscrupulously in the woods. On the edge of the ridge, Old Master Bai held the old lady Bai in one hand, squinted his eyes slightly and looked into the woods, and said happily: "I don't know who is playing there, although It's a bit unfamiliar, but it's not bad, and it has a bit of a local flavor."

"It must be Sister Luo. Apart from her, the other girls in this mansion probably won't be able to get up so early."

The old lady Bai walked forward slowly, and said with a smile as she walked.

"Is she playing... homesickness?"

He pricked up his ears and listened for a while, Old Master Bai said hesitantly, seeing Old Madam Bai nodded after listening for a while, Old Master Bai showed a look of puzzlement on his face.

Jing'an Hou Mansion is Bai Yingluo's home. At this moment, it is really puzzling for her to sing such a homesick song.

On the side, the old lady Bai sighed and said, "This child, I'm afraid I'm thinking of her parents again. I'm afraid I'm bragging about it for Shi Ming and his wife."

Mrs. Bai's explanation made Old Master Bai startled, and the affection on his face immediately darkened.

The two walked to the distance of the pavilion in silence and stopped.

"Grandfather grandmother……"

Two figures appeared in the corners of the eyes, Bai Yingluo paused, handed the Tao Xun in her hand to Liusu, got up and ran out of the pavilion.

"Sister Luo, do you like the gift that grandfather gave you? If you don't like it, go back to grandma's house, and grandma will give you another gift."

Lovingly touching Bai Yingluo's face, the old lady Bai said kindly.

Smiling, Bai Yingluo turned her head to look at Old Master Bai, and Fang said playfully, "Grandmother, Luo'er likes it very much. It's much better than uncle's calligraphy and paintings."

At the end of the sentence, Old Master Bai stroked his beard and smiled triumphantly. The laughter alarmed the birds in the forest. The birds flapped their wings and flew into the distance. point.

(End of this chapter)