Chapter 21 Chapter Twenty-One: The Properness of Black Clothes, the Charm of Giving Children

The charcoal fire was lit, and the room was as harmonious as spring. As the body warmed up, tiredness surged up. At this time, the sky outside was dark, which made people feel drowsy. While half asleep and half awake, suddenly she heard the sound of peeling and pecking outside, Yan Wei suddenly woke up, and hurriedly got up to go out to check. When the door opened, Wu Jie was seen standing outside the door, still wearing the clothes of a servant, and carrying a basket of charcoal in his hand. "Wujie!" Yan Wei was surprised and delighted. Wu Jie seemed a little embarrassed, lowered his head and pursed his lips with a smile, "I knew you were here, but I never took the time to see you. Today is the Xiayuan Festival, the day when the palace officially starts to make charcoal fires, and this festival, It is necessary to make a charcoal fire, otherwise there will be ghosts and gods coming to the door at night. I think you are alone, and you are a girl, and you will be afraid at night. I don’t know if there is any charcoal, so I sent you some... It’s not on purpose I came here just by the way, this is Jiang country's custom..." Wu Jie chattered all this, just explaining why he brought charcoal here.

Yan Wei took the charcoal with a smile, and said, "Since you're here, come in and have a cup of hot tea before you leave." Wu Jie waved his hands again and again: "I'm still on duty, I can't leave for too long, so I won't bother you this time, let's talk about it next time when I have time." Seeing his expression and tone, Yan Wei seemed to want to distance himself from herself as if avoiding suspicion. She didn't know whether it was Long Yang's orders or the rules in Jiang Guo's palace, so it was inconvenient to force him to stay. After sending Wu Jie away, Yan Wei looked at the yuan cyan bag, and began to think again: This... definitely wasn't given by Wu Jie, so who could it be?Nightshade?This bag of charcoal is not light, it is heavier than the one I brought from Mubie. If it was nightshade, it would have been very hard to carry it all the way... Then I thought again, she naturally had a servant, and it was not her turn. She does this kind of thing by herself...

It was getting late, and the snow gradually stopped, because the winter was not yet deep, and the snow was not heavy, so it went with the flow, and it didn't accumulate after all. Yan Wei went to bed early, thinking that she would finally be able to sleep until dawn, but who knew that she had developed a habit these days, even though it was no longer cold, she still woke up after sleeping until midnight. Yan Wei originally wanted to fall asleep quickly again, but for some reason, she kept thinking about what Wu Jie said, "ghosts and gods will come to your door". Yan Wei had also traveled from Qigu to Fancheng alone before, and she lived alone during this time, and she never felt afraid.But I was afraid that once this kind of thing started, it would not be able to stop. The sound of wind, reeds, and water outside the window all sounded like noisy ghosts crying;Anyway, I couldn't sleep, so I put on my clothes and got up and went downstairs to cook some medicinal tea.

As soon as she got downstairs, she saw a faint light of fire in the crack of the door. Yan Wei was startled, and boldly shouted: "Who?!" "It's me!" A delicate and sweet response came from outside the door, which seemed to be the voice of Solanum nigrum. "If you haven't slept, please open the door, I have something good for you!" It was indeed a nightshade. Yan Wei held on to the lamp and opened the door. Under the cold moonlight, Solanum nigrum stood outside the door with two lanterns in one hand and a food box in the other, without following anyone.Yan Wei couldn't help being startled.

"Aren't you going to invite me in?" Long Kui seemed a little shy when she saw Yan Wei staring blankly at herself. Yan Wei took the lantern from Solanum nigrum, and led Solanum nigrum into the room to sit down. Solanum nigrum smiled and said, "Did you see the colorful boats just now?" "Colorful boat? What kind of colorful boat?" Yan Wei wondered. "Don't you know? Today is the Xiayuan Festival, offering sacrifices to the water god and King Yu. There are colorful boats in the lake just now. It's very lively!" Solanum nigrum said. "Ah? I don't know... I went to bed early and just woke up..." Yan Wei said.

Solanum nigrum said angrily: "No one told you why, the colorful boats made of bamboo strips and silk, lighted with lamps, put on sacrifices, put them in the lake, and let them float like this, but Looks good." "Alas..." Yan Wei heard Solanum nigrum speak vividly, and felt regretful that she missed this bustling scene. Seeing Yan Wei's regretful face, Solanum nigrum hurriedly said, "But it's okay, I brought you a lantern and dumplings." Then, she opened the food box, and inside were seven or eight snow-like glutinous rice dumplings. Solanum nigrum picked up one, handed it to Yan Wei, and said: "I must eat this today, and hang lanterns, so that I can pray for the blessing of the water god, the weather will be good, the fish and shrimps will be full, and I won't drown!"

Yan Wei took it and took a bite. It was filled with sweet, salty and delicious vegetable stuffing, with a faint fragrance. "I really didn't know that Jiang Guo's Xiayuan Festival has so many specialties. In Yang Guo, it's just an ordinary worship of the dead." Yan Wei sighed. "Maybe it's because Jiang Guo has a lot of water, and he attaches great importance to worshiping the water god!" Solanum nigrum said. Yan Wei took the lantern for a closer look, it was only the size of a small gourd, spherical, with bamboo strips as the bones, tightly covered with red silk, the silk was extremely thin and sparse, allowing the light inside to fully shine through, very special bright.

While watching, Yan Wei asked casually: "It's so dark, why didn't you bring your servants and come here alone? What if something happens?" Solanum nigrum smiled and said: "It's okay. I often go out at night and I know the roads well. I will give you this lamp and the other one. I will use it to illuminate the road when I go back. It will be safe! By the way, according to the According to the custom, this lamp has to be hung at the door for three days before it can be taken off, so don’t forget it.” Yan Wei said: "Then you should bring in a servant, what's the use of keeping them, isn't it just to serve you." As soon as Yan Wei said the words, she realized that the words were originally said to her by the young master, and she didn't realize it at the moment In the meantime, he said it outright.

Solanum nigrum smiled and said: "I've heard about you, but my brother is still angry, I don't want to come to you rashly, I just sneaked here today because of the holiday, I can't let them know. Solanum nigrum said, holding his nose with his index finger, blinking, making a grimace of "the nose is crooked". Yan Wei couldn't help laughing.Suddenly thinking of the bag of charcoal, he hurriedly dragged it over and asked Solanum nigrum, "Is this bag of charcoal also sent by you?" Solanum nigrumi said: "No...it's not from me..." Solanum nigrumi said, looking at the bag carefully, and moved the lamp to look closely at the stitches on the bag.

Yan Wei also leaned over to look, but couldn't see anything, so she asked, "Is there anything weird about this bag?" Solanum nigrum didn't answer, looked at it for a while, clapped its hands and smiled and said, "This is sent by my brother! This bag is made by Yueniang, an embroiderer in my brother's palace." Yan Wei wondered, "How did you find out?" Solanum nigrum pointed to the mouth of the bag and said, "Look at the stitching here, everyone's technique is different, some people will repeat several rounds of flat stitches to nail it firmly; some people like to use back stitches, Let the end of the thread return to the middle; some people will fix it around the lock needle... and the final knot, whether it is forehand or backhand, whether it is thread or cloth, everyone is different. So look carefully at the stitches, just Knowing who sewed it is like looking at the handwriting of a handwriting, you can be sure at a glance."

Yan Wei was not good at female reds at all, so she was confused, but the general meaning was clear, just like "father" said, every doctor's medicine method is different, and every woman's sewing method is also different. "So it was from him..." Yan Wei sighed softly, what exactly does this person want to do... "Why...won't you marry my brother? What's wrong with him?" Solanum nigrum suddenly asked. Yan Wei couldn't help being stunned.Could it be... Long Yang really likes himself? How should I answer this question?Say you have someone you like?Certainly not.Recalling Young Master Yu's instructions, I felt that Long Yang seemed a little narrow-minded, so he couldn't say this. After thinking about it for a long time, he could only murmur: "I don't know... I just thought about it..." Solanum nigrum seemed a little disappointed, and said in a low voice: "That's it...that's okay, you just think about it slowly. Actually...brother seems to care about you very much..." Seeing what Solanum nigrum said, Yan Wei didn't know how to answer the conversation, so she quickly changed the subject and said, "I know medical skills, can you help me get a pulse? You said last time that you have a fever..." "Yeah, that's why I'm very greedy for cold, and I like to go out at night." Solanum nigrum said, and stretched out his arms. This kind of congenital heat syndrome is already a very rare and intractable disease. Yan Wei has never seen it before, and has repeatedly taken the left and right pulses, but she still has no conclusion in her mind.If "Father" is around, we can discuss it, or like in Qigu, there are many medical books that can be consulted, which is much easier. Seeing that Yan Wei's eyebrows were slightly frowned, Solanum nigrum said in relief, "I have this disease in the womb. Many famous doctors have seen it, but they are helpless. You don't have to worry too much about it." Yan Wei nodded and said: "When you are free, come during the day, and I will look at the color of the tongue coating. You can also explain to me in detail what the doctor said or the prescription before. It is all right. I will slowly read it and say A cure may not be found." Solanum nigrum nodded, took out another object, and said with a smile, "This is for you!" Yan Wei reached out to take it, seeing that it was a white onyx dress, she was a little strange, and asked, "What is this? Why did you give it to me?" Solanum nigrum smiled and said: "It's a middle coat. You and your brother are angry and don't wear women's clothes, but there is no replacement middle clothes. It's always inconvenient. This is for you. Don't worry, it's a men's dress, and it will not violate your oath. " In Yan Wei's luggage cart, there were dowry, small clothes and some sundries, other than that, there was nothing else brought from Yang Guo. The building was complete with everything needed for daily use, only Without clothes, Yan Wei felt inconvenient for a long time, but she couldn't bow her head to Longyang... She didn't expect Solanum nigrum to be so considerate, she couldn't help being moved and thanked her repeatedly. Solanum nigrum giggled and said, "You can just keep on being so awkward with your brother. It's very interesting to see you fighting like this! Actually...you two really look alike!" Hearing what she said, Yan Wei was immediately embarrassed, and couldn't help but blush. Saying goodbye to Solanum nigrum at the door, Yan Wei repeatedly reminded her to be careful on the road, but Solanum nigrum waved her hand indifferently. Solanum nigrum only walked about ten steps, then suddenly turned around and said: "I embroidered that dress for my brother a few years ago. I was not yet skilled at that time, so I embroidered it very slowly, and my brother grew too fast. After I made it, I couldn’t wear it anymore, and I kept it until today, and it really came in handy!” After finishing speaking, Yan Wei skipped and walked away, her figure seemed to be smiling of. Yan Wei watched the little red light of Solanum nigrum, zigzagging away and getting smaller and smaller, until it disappeared into the night, and then turned around and hung the light in her hand on the lintel.