Chapter 14:

After returning to her room, Gu Suier happily laid the three paintings of plum, orchid and bamboo flat on the bed, and brought pens and fabrics. Compared with the three paintings, she traced the flowers. With.
Just then, Mother An came over and looked at the three paintings: "My little lady, you painted really well, not worse than those three calligraphy and paintings."
Naturally, Gu Suier knows that she has a lot of money: "This can't be compared, I just helped people trace flowers in the countryside, and I'm so proficient. If I paint by myself, I can't paint at all."
However, Mother An didn't listen to that. She looked at the painting Gu Suier had copied, and she looked at it with gusto.
Looking at the painting, Gu Suier began to choose. Different flowers were matched with different fabrics and textures. She used white silk for the winter snow plum picture, and light-colored brocade for the orchid, and then began to bring in various silk threads. To wire.
She used to embroider when she was in the country, and later helped people embroider at the inn in the town, but the silk thread used at that time was not as good as it is now, and the color was not as good as this. For example, the red at that time was red, but there were several kinds of them, Xiangfei red, peach blossom red, begonia red, crimson red, carmine red, etc. After choosing and matching these reds, the color of the pattern can be more vivid, and the pattern can be embroidered. Will be much more refined.
And then, when Gu Suier was fine, she embroidered a few strokes, embroidered the shoe upper and embroidered the robe, and then embroidered the handkerchief to embroider the pillow. Her hands are neat and the embroidery is good. After about ten days, finally It's all embroidered.
It happened that Xiao Jin didn't have to go to women's school on this day, and there was a little autumn rain outside. The old lady came to pass on a message, saying that there was nothing wrong with her, and she went to her to play cards and lively.
I also specifically said, let Mother An take a few more girls to follow Suier, don't get drenched.
When Mother An heard, the opportunity came, and she quickly asked the girl underneath to wrap up the embroidery work that Sui'er did. After that, she found an umbrella to support Gu Sui'er, and she and Jingyue Yaoguang took it Supporting Gu Suier by the side, she went to the old lady's residence.
When I came here, the house was already very lively. I saw the old lady's two granddaughters Xiao Jin and Xiao Xu. The eldest grandmother Li Xiurong and the second younger grandmother Bai Yuqing were all waiting at the first place. The eldest lady is probably busy in the house. The matter was not there. In addition to the eldest lady's younger sister, Lu Qingyi, the eldest lady of Taiping Hou's family, was sitting next to Xiao Jin.
Seeing that Gu Suier had come, the old lady greeted her to sit next to her. Xiao Xu went back that day and mentioned what happened to her listening to Zhuyuan to her biological mother, auntie grandson. Auntie grandson told her about her, although she did not understand. Why, but I also understand that I need to treat this third brother.
So today, I saw Gu Suier. The eldest sister-in-law and the younger sister-in-law are short, and she has to give her place to Gu Suier.
Knowing this kind of occasion, Gu Suier naturally had trouble taking the places of Xiao Jin and Xiao Xu, so she stood aside and refused to sit down.
Long ago, the mother underneath brought a handful of embroidered pagoda to Sui'er, and Suier should sit there.
The old man said: "Be careful, you are heavy, don't fall."
Sui'er smiled and said, "Don't worry, the old lady, this child is very stable and won't fall."
The old lady was relieved, but she looked at Suier again and saw that she was still wearing a thin summer shirt, and the dark bangs with scattered fine drops of water, she said: "It's raining outside, why didn't you open the umbrella? This is also well dressed. A little bit thin."
Mother An hurriedly replied: "The one who opened the umbrella, it's just the wind blowing, it may still blow over, but the rain outside is small, it doesn't matter."
There are four times a year in Houfu to make clothes. Only this year did you say that you need to tailor your clothes and prepare for clothes. Others don't worry, because there are clothes from previous years to wear first, but Gu Suier does not. Besides, she has a big belly now, and she can't get any clothes from anyone.
The old lady became a little unhappy: "This is not good, she is about to give birth in three months, double body, what if there is a cold? Besides, the clothes are also thin."
As she said, she told the maid beside her to Ruyi: "Go and look over and take the soft wool brocade cloak I made last year, and then take a few brand new jackets and trousers, and let Suier put it on first. So as not to freeze."
When she said this, Li Xiurong next to her smiled and said: "Old lady, yesterday I went to my wife's place, and I heard the lady mention it, saying that she should hurry up and get some clothes for Sui'er. Who would have thought that the rain came suddenly today, but it was not caught up after all. She had a maid over to tell me early in the morning, and asked me to send some clothes of my pregnant child to Suier in emergency, too. Blame me, forget this! Now your brocade cloak is nothing more than that, but you still keep the jacket and trousers by yourself. I think Suier has a big belly and can't wear it at all. I will give my clothes back. Suier sent it over."
Originally the weather was still very hot, but suddenly it rained this morning and the sky was cold. The lady was in charge of Zhongxiu, and it was too busy.
This is what Li Xiurong looks like, afraid that the old lady and Xiao Heng will have an idea, and they will come out and take the fault on themselves, and come to her mother-in-law.
When the old lady heard this, although she understood in her heart, she followed Li Xiurong's words and said: "It's still your mother-in-law who thinks well and understands it. It's hard for her to be busy with family affairs and still worry about this."
Seeing this, Bai Yuqing also followed: "I have some over there too, I'll take it if I choose."
So far, the old lady has nothing to blame, and smiled and said: "That's OK, it's still your clothes."
Seeing this, Gu Suier was moved.
In fact, she has made a lot of clothes for her in the house. They are all very good-fitting. The materials are all good. This time it rained suddenly and the weather turned cold. She didn't feel it in the house, but it felt cold when she came out. , But still gritted his teeth.
Now that everyone is going to give themselves clothes, I am grateful, thank you with a smile, and then I took out all the gifts I made and distributed them to everyone.
"The veil for Miss Watch has not been embroidered yet, so I will embroider it soon and send it over."
She pursed her lips and smiled.
I didn't expect my cousin to be there, and listening to what I said just now, I had to live longer, so I could only go back and embroider a new one for her.
Then Lu Qingyi had a kind temperament, and she said with a smile when she heard this: "I don't use it. I was originally an uninvited guest!"
When she said that, everyone laughed, and while smiling, the old lady's pillow had been taken out, and when she glanced at it, she was surprised.
With her well-maintained hand, she touched the pattern on the fortune and longevity, and touched the lingering big fairy peach and asked, "Sui'er, which embroidery is this?"
Suier pursed her lips and laughed in a low voice: "Old lady, this is what I embroidered. Although it's not a good thing, I embroidered it one stitch at a time. It's also a gift to the old lady."
"You embroidered it yourself?"
Now the big guys were surprised: "You can embroider this with your body now? Embroidered so well?"
With that said, everyone went to see the embroidered shoes for children, some found embroidered shoes for children, and some found veils, and the embroidered patterns on them were all lifelike.
"This is so beautiful!" Bai Yuqing got a bellyband for her sister, who is only eight months old, and this kind of small bellyband is most suitable.
"Look, these tiger shoes are so rare!" Li Xiurong couldn't put it down with the shoes in his hand. This embroidery work is much better than the embroiderer at home.
"My veil is wonderful!" Xiao Jin also saw her veil at this time, embroidered with Aoxue Hanmei, which is what she likes. The red and gorgeous plum blossom stands proudly among the white snow. , Full of artistic conception.
Xiao Xu was holding her veil, but it was a deep valley and orchid, full of artistic conception. She felt more poetic than her sister's Aoxue Hongmei, and she couldn't help but feel complacent.
All of a sudden, everyone praised them, some praised their position, some praised embroidery work, and some praised their good pictures.
The old lady greeted Suier to her side and asked specifically: "Good boy, this is all embroidered by you yourself? You are pregnant with a child now, but it is not that your eyes are so tired that you will get sick after careful attention."
Everyone just remembered this: "Sui'er, the embroidery worker, can catch up with the craftsmanship in the palace, but this time really shouldn't be tired."
"It's really hard for you to embroider this for so many of us."
Suier saw that everyone was satisfied with the gifts she gave, and she liked it very much.
In the past these days, no matter how hard it is to become a female actress, it is worth it.
You must know that since she came to this mansion, this is the first time everyone has been admiring her. In the past, everyone talked about her belly.
The big guy received the gift and all liked it, and started playing cards while laughing and talking. The old lady asked Suier to come and play together.
Suier quickly refused; "I can't play cards."
She didn't know the words, and she didn't understand what was written on the card.
The old lady asked her to come over: "Sit next to me and watch me play. This card is not difficult. You can play it a few times."
Suier couldn't help but had to sit next to the old lady and watch, but it seemed that she still didn't quite understand the way inside.
After a few rounds, she was also a little tired, so she leaned on her waist and walked aside.
As she was walking, she saw the maid beside Xiao Jin walking in, picking up beads and holding a porcelain vase, smiling and saying to Xiao Jin: "Girl, it's all gathered."
Xiao Jin heard this and got up to pick up the bottle.
Everyone wondered: "What is it that I want to pick up beads and bring them over?"
Xiao Jin raised her eyebrows and said triumphantly: "You don't know about it, I just asked the picking beads to pick up the rootless water for me, and use this to store it for two or three years, and then boil it for tea. That's unusual. Well water is different."
Li Xiurong was puzzled when he heard it; "There is so much rain in summer, I didn't see you pick it up specially!"
Xiao Jin shook her head and said: "Sister-in-law, this rain actually varies from time to time. The clear and fresh autumn rain is the top grade in rain water. How can it be compared to Xia Yu!"
The white jade chime beside him couldn't help but feel happy: "Dare to feel that the rain is different at different times?"
Xiao Jin nodded: "It's natural, rainy season, rainy season, sweet and slippery water, summer rain season, thunderstorms, often accompanied by flying sand and rocks, the water smell is not pure, the water quality is not clean."
With that said, Xiao Jin also talked to everyone about the doorway of rainwater tea, such as how to store it, how long it should be kept, and how to cook it, etc. That's really right.
Everyone laughed and sighed after hearing this: "Our Xiao Jin is different from other girls. He was admitted to women's school. He reads a lot and has a lot of knowledge. Those who don't know think she is a talented woman who is full of poetry and books. !"
The old lady always doted on Xiao Jin. Hearing this, she rubbed Xiao Jin's head lovingly: "Look at what you said, we Xiao Jin was originally a talented woman, but not an ordinary woman who doesn't know how to read. How many are there in this world? It's comparable!"
Everyone laughed at the talk, and they all boasted about Xiao Jin.
At this moment, Xiao Xu beside him was uncomfortable.
She is going to be admitted to women's school in September of this year.
I didn't understand that she was obviously the daughter of the Xiao family, but she came out of her aunt's belly. How could it be so different?
Thinking about it, it is inevitable that the complaints are quite deep. Thinking about Xiao Jin, who is the first person and shows off knowledge, there is another face behind him. I don't know how much he has bullied him.
Gu Suier didn't understand this. She listened to Xiao Jin talking about rain and tea, and she felt that the work of the Houmen was different from that of their countryside.
The countryside also likes rain, but that's because it irrigates the crops.
Only when the crops are moistened can there be more harvests.
As for the smell of rain, no one really tasted it.
For a while, I heard it in the mist, and I felt tired from sitting on the tart. At this time, the old lady was also tired. Seeing that she was tired, she asked her to go back first.
When Gu Suier heard this, she bid farewell to the old lady and all the girls and grandmothers, and took the mother and the maid back home.
When I went back, I walked through the corridor and saw the blurred autumn rain falling from the sky obliquely. The carved gallery and painting buildings in the Hou Mansion seemed to be covered with a thin layer of smoke. , And it seems to be far away.
She stepped on the promenade, watching the old wooden floor occasionally have some fallen leaves floating from outside the corridor.
She squatted down laboriously and picked up the dead leaf.
It's only August and there are already fallen leaves.
She raised her head and walked through the corridors outlined high in the air, looking towards the misty and misty sky.
At this time, in their village, they should be preparing for the autumn harvest.
I don’t know what happened to my parents, but do they know how far away their daughter is?
Just thinking about it, I heard a voice coming in, and the tone was as cold as autumn rain.
"Why stand here?"
Gu Suier turned her head and saw Xiao Heng standing with her hands behind her.
He was dressed in a white cloak and indigo robe on the cumbersome promenade with light gauze and mist, mist and rain, and between fallen leaves flying obliquely. He was as tall as a pine, sword eyebrows and cold eyes, thin lips like pink silk threads rubbing under his hands.
When Qiu Yu gently brushed his expensive and exquisite cloak, Gu Suier felt that the man in front of him had become a painting, a painting that was so beautiful that he could forget his breath and was printed on the tip of his heart.
They all say that she is good at embroidering, and she knows that she has exhausted her entire life and can't portray such a man.