Chapter 35 Chapter 35 Before the Journey (Part 1)

She came to me just after dinner and had no time to spare, and asked me if I knew the shopkeeper of Tian Habitat, she wanted to buy that piece of silk hanging in the courtyard. I really couldn't bear to reject such a lively and pretty little girl. Thinking that my dyeing and printing project should be widely promoted, I told her that the shopkeeper of the Heavenly Habitat is my sister-in-law, and I will definitely go and ask for that piece of satin as a gift to her. . She cheered and came forward to hug me and said: "Sister-in-law, you are so kind, but unfortunately you are about to go south, and Wuxia will not see you for a long time."

I patted her on the shoulder and said, "I'll be back as soon as possible." "Where's big brother?" She took my arm and sat down next to me. "He went to get the pen and ink, and said he wanted to draw a picture for me to take with me when I went south." I laughed. "Brother is not going to draw a portrait of you, sister-in-law again? He already has a lot in his study." "Really?" I was surprised. "Really, I didn't know who the boy in the big brother's painting was before. I didn't realize that the big brother's painting turned out to be you dressed in men's clothing until my sister-in-law got married." Wuxia stared at her eyes and said shaking her head.

"When did you find out?" "Three months ago, sister-in-law, you can go and see for yourself, brother painted you beautifully." I am silent, Wujian and I have known each other for just over three months... When Wu Jian came in from the door, Wu Xia got up and left with a smile. She winked at me with round eyes behind her big brother's back, which was really cute. "When I passed by the Osmanthus garden just now, I saw that the flowers were blooming just right, so I picked a branch for you." He took my hand and put a flourishing osmanthus in my palm, and the sweet fragrance rubbed against my nose come.

"Thank you." I said happily, Guiyuan is in the northeast corner of Yufu, far away from his study, he should not be "passing by". He glanced at me, but smiled and was busy laying rice paper on the table. I sniffed the flowers in my hand and stood beside him. Today he was wearing a blue gown with a wide front and right lapel. He didn't wear a jacket underneath, revealing his entire neck and a large chest. With long hair, the whole person looks sexy and wild. "What are you going to draw?" I turned my head and asked him. "I thought you could guess it." He put his hands on the rice paper, shook his head slightly, and spoke in a low voice.

I saw him pretending to be sad, my heart moved, and I said with a smile: "I don't need to guess to know that you want to draw yourself." After hearing this, he straightened up and put his arms around my shoulders, saying, "It's not too bad." "Then I'll draw something for you too." I brushed the flowers in my hand in front of his nose. "Is your hand okay?" He raised an eyebrow. "Although it's not perfect yet, I can still hold the pen." I plan to draw a Q version of myself and give it to him. I can't use too much force with my right hand, but I can still handle the simple lines in the Q diagram.

He nodded, and spread another piece of rice paper on the table. I put a bronze mirror on the table and drew on the paper while looking at the figure inside. I wasted several sheets of rice paper before finally drawing a work that I was quite satisfied with. The person on the paper has a popcorn hairstyle, a small mouth pouted, eyes full of smiles, a pair of close-up big hands resting on a matchstick-like waist, and a pair of flower pot bottoms. I watched and laughed, and a memory of my previous life suddenly flooded my mind, so I picked up the pen and added three horizontal lines slantedly on the side of the bottom of the flowerpot.

After finishing the painting, I raised my head and looked across, just in time to see Wu Jian put down his pen. He and I exchanged positions to appreciate each other's "masterpiece". Wu Jian's painting style is the same as others', free and easy, with a rather freehand taste. The unrestrained chicness is vivid on the paper; the brows on the chiseled face are relaxed, and the thick gentleness is gathered; the slightly raised lips are still eager to speak. On the upper left of the painting, there is a line of poetry written in flying dragons and phoenixes: When there is a beauty, you will never forget it; if you don’t see it for a day, you will miss it like crazy.

My heart was a little shaken. I really don't know what kind of good deeds I did in my previous life to get this deep affection for me. Fortunately, I didn't miss him. Feeling agitated and touched, I picked up a pen and wrote a paragraph crookedly next to my portrait: How to let you meet me, at my most beautiful moment, for this, I have prayed for five hundred years before the Buddha, begging He let us form a relationship. Before I could put down the pen, my body was pulled into a warm embrace. "Lan'er, you must come back safely from this long trip." Wu Jian hugged me tightly, the trembling in my chest made my heart go numb, and the arms around my waist tightly wrapped around my body and mind .

"I'm sorry." I hugged his lower back, my heart was sweet and astringent. "Don't say that, since you've decided, let's do it." His chin rested on the top of my head, and there was a trace of sigh in his voice, but it also contained unwavering tolerance and respect. "Thank you, Wujian." I slowly rubbed my cheek against his neck, and my heart was suddenly filled with a heavy sense of security. It is said that the moon is sixteen round on the fifteenth day, and a round of jade plate hangs high in the night sky tonight, without any missing. The bright silver light casts a pure white halo on the surrounding floating clouds.

Wu Jian leaned obliquely on the head of the sandalwood bed painted with gold and carved patterns, and I leaned quietly in his arms. The moonlight outside the window was like water, passing through the window lattice and pouring into the curtain, soaking our embracing figure.Time seems to be stuck at this moment, he is clinging to my hand, and I share a window of breeze and moonlight with me, and his steady and powerful heartbeat plays a lingering rhythm in my ears. As the moon moved and the clouds moved, the night gradually darkened. The bright and clear moon only showed half of its face under the cover of shadowy treetops, which was even more fascinating.

The silver-red gauze curtain was lowered, and there was a trace of wind, blowing the gauze lightly, as if it wanted to crush the beautiful bed full of love into the autumn green of the day.Without wine, people get drunk. When I woke up the next day, I found myself climbing like a koala.Seeing that he was still sound asleep, I turned over and covered his chest in a mischievous manner, pulling the two red spots on his chest.Not long after, the lower abdomen was blocked by a hard object. Seeing that he was still pretending to be asleep, I chuckled inwardly, slipped down my hand and grasped the hard object, and squeezed it hard a few times. "Take it easy, take it easy." He opened his eyes suddenly, exclaiming in surprise, but his eyes were full of smiles. "You can't take it with just such a little force?" I squeezed his chin and said, "If you bully me in the future, I'll just punish you like this!" "Miss, how dare I bully you, are you bullying me?" He put his hands behind his head, blinked at me and then aimed at the hand that was still resting on my lower abdomen. I rolled down from him with a smile, and said, "I'm giving it a massage." "Then press it in another way!" He suddenly got up and pressed me down, and the big object stood upright between my legs. Now it immediately turned into me exclaiming again and again: "No, no, I still have a lot of things to do this morning." He didn't make any further moves, but suppressed a deep passionate kiss. The soothing and long tenderness made me almost not want to get up. After tossing and tossing for a long time, he finally took the initiative to pull me up from the bed, and, just like yesterday, dressed and tied my hair with his own hands, with a focused expression as if pondering over a work of art. "I'll braid your hair for you." Looking at the busy figure in the bronze mirror, I suddenly wanted to leave some traces of me on him. He squinted at me in the mirror and raised his eyebrows. I stood up and pushed him down on the stool: "Don't worry, it must look good." Lan Chao didn't set strict rules on men's hairstyles, but I haven't seen any man with braids in the back of his head in the past two years.I happily combed my seamless long hair, and carefully braided it into a long braid. The tail of the braid was tied with a blue ribbon, which perfectly complemented the brocade blue robe he was wearing today. To be honest, compared to those braids with shaved heads in the Qing Dynasty, Wu Jian's braids are much more beautiful. Maybe he is handsome and looks stylish in any way. The long braids make his already slender figure even more slender and upright. , neat and unrestrained. After breakfast, I called Shang Laixi and Zhang Lu to Tiantian Habitat.Of course, Wujian also came with me, and it seems that he will be with me inseparably until I go south.But Heavenly Habitat only allows female guests to enter, so he had no choice but to sit in the carriage and wait for me. Mu Lan pulled me to ask questions with a face full of surprise, and some women I didn't know actually stepped forward to greet me, calling "Madam Yu" over and over again, so I had no choice but to respond one by one with a smile on my face. More and more, people began to ask me to sell paintings, but also people asked me where the color pigments for painting came from. Seeing that I was a little tired from coping, Mu Lan quickly found an excuse to pull me away from the crowd. I smiled gratefully and said, "The business of Heaven Habitat seems to be going well!" "Yeah, there are so many people every day. I just finished a lady's 200 sets of bubble tea a few days ago, and almost exhausted the female celebrities in the shop." She complained and laughed. Sun Ning's beautiful and noble face came to my mind, I really don't know why she ordered so many sets at once. "By the way, when will the piece of satin in the patio be hung?" I smiled and said, "I'm here today to tell you about this." Next, I told Mu Lan about my plan to open a printing and dyeing workshop in detail, her eyes lit up and she kept nodding. "Sister-in-law, after the establishment of this workshop, I will give 30% of the shares to the Xiang family. You and your elder brother can discuss the shop and staff. Zhang Lu will stay in the dyeing workshop to teach those staff printing and dyeing skills. Just pay attention to confidentiality." I confessed, "Let's hand over the new dyed satin to the Xiang family's silk shop for sale, but the patterns and colors in the courtyard can only be sold in the Heavenly Habitat." After I finished speaking, I handed out a box to Mu Lan, she took it curiously, and took out a set of cheongsams from it, which I made after returning from the Rouge Building according to the size of Ling Xue in memory. Seeing the doubts and surprises on her face, I told her the name and characteristics of the cheongsam, and took out a size and cutting chart from my pocket and handed it to her. Make a set of cheongsam with drawings and samples and send it to Miss Lingxue in Rouge Building, except for the one in the courtyard. "Is she willing to wear it?" Mu Lan hesitated. "Give her three hundred taels of silver every month. I'm not afraid that she won't agree." I smiled, "And she will run for next year's oiran, so she will never miss this good opportunity to show her figure. Remember, send someone to give you a cheongsam When I gave it to her, I said that Linglong Pavilion let her wear it." Clothing represents the social culture of an era. I can't easily change the traditional clothing style of the Lan Dynasty for hundreds of years. Moreover, few ancient women dare to wear the cheongsam with a high slit. The reason why I made the cheongsam for Ling Xue Wearing it is mainly to promote the unorthodox, bizarre and unique design style.I believe that when I came back from the south, I had already aroused everyone's curiosity about "Linglong Pavilion". At that time, my Linglong Pavilion will be able to open smoothly. Thinking of the problems of those women just now, I feel that it is necessary to discuss with my grandfather and elder brother about making a large number of colored paints. It seems that I have to go to Xiang's house. When I went to Xiang's house, only my grandfather was there. It was said that Yan Qi had gone on a long trip and would not be back until two months later. I mentioned the idea of ​​making a large amount of paint to my grandfather. He twisted his long white beard on his chin and said thoughtfully: "The materials you gave me before are hard to find." "I wonder if Wujian can help grandpa?" Wujian who was sitting next to me immediately asked after hearing what grandpa said. Grandpa laughed heartily: "It would be great to have your grandson-in-law help." I smiled and said, "Then it's settled. After I go south, I will leave the matter of paint to Grandpa and Wujian." "Why, Wujian won't go with you?" Grandpa was a little surprised. "He has just been promoted to Ting Wei, how can he leave Lan Chao for half a year?" I replied awkwardly. "Hey, Lan'er, you shouldn't have taken over the task of the prince the day before yesterday." I stuck out my tongue, it seems that the scene of the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet has already been known to my grandpa. "Grandpa, don't blame Lan'er, let her go out and have a look, I will send more people to protect her." Before I had time to speak, Wujian rushed to say good things for me. I quickly gave him a grateful look, and he looked back at me tenderly, his amber pupils cut water and pierced the moon. When I left Xiang's house, my grandfather sent me all the way to the corner of the street, and sat in the carriage very intimately without coming out, leaving me and my grandfather to say goodbye alone. "Wu Jian is much better than that person, you should cherish the person in front of you!" Grandpa said earnestly. "Grandpa, what are you talking about!" I tried my best to avoid the past. "Don't think that grandpa doesn't know anything when he's old. You and that man lived in separate rooms for half a year. He deserved to be burned to death in that fire, and he treated my granddaughter like this..." "Okay, okay, don't mention the past again." I really don't want to repeat those embarrassing memories, so I hurriedly interrupted Grandpa's words. "That's right, I'm the old man who is too wordy. Anyway, you must take care of your health this time when you go south. Try to eat and use as much as possible on the way. Our family is not short of that little money." I smiled and nodded: "I'm Mrs. Yu now, and if I want to eat or use it, I will always pay for it." Grandpa laughed and shook his head, and sent me to the carriage. "It turned out that you, Lan'er, invented the colored pigments in the Heavenly Habitat that Wuxia told me..." Wu Jian clasped his fingers with me, and said with emotion, his eyes couldn't hide a trace of pride. I quickly defended: "I didn't invent it, I saw it on an ancient scroll." "Oh, what kind of ancient scroll is that?" Wu Jian asked in amazement, "I think I have read all kinds of books, even the ancient books in the palace have been read by me, but I have never read an ancient scroll like yours." .” "Uh, I forgot the name too. It's been a long time since I saw it." I was sweating in my heart, and I forgot that the person in front of me was the son of the imperial tutor and a talented scholar. It seems that I can't be casual in front of him Lied. When I returned to Yufu, the servants at the gate reported that a Miss Sun was waiting at the residence to see me. Miss Sun?I thought to myself, could it be Sun Ning?