Delicate Flower

Chapter 145: silk flower

Aunt Ji greeted Yu Tang at the second gate just like last time, and accompanied her all the way to Lao An's yard.

On the way, she whispered to Yu Tang: "The eldest wife and the second wife come over to greet Lao An, and want to grievance Miss Yu to wait in Nuan Pavilion."

People from younger generations come to do their filial piety, of course she shouldn't be mixed up, it is the auntie Ji who is so polite and polite.

Yu Tang thought about the time she came to Pei’s house and met the eldest wife. Thinking about the rumors when Pei Yan had just taken over the Pei’s house, she not only responded with a smile, but also changed the subject like a suspicion: "Aunt Ji, tomorrow is the Double Ninth Festival. Why haven’t there been chrysanthemums in the house?"

The Double Ninth Festival is the best time for chrysanthemums to bloom. People in the south of the Yangtze River love flowers. Even if they are a belly-wrapping family, they must raise two chrysanthemums. When a plant of Moju came out or piled a few chrysanthemum mountains, it was embarrassing to say that it was going to be a holiday.

Who knows that this sentence shouldn't be said too.

A flash of embarrassment flashed across Aunt Ji’s expression, and said, “It’s not that our three elders don’t like these flowers. Since the old man went there, Lao An’s heart is not happy, nor is he in the mood to enjoy flowers and grass. Those of us who are subordinates, it is not easy for us to make our own decisions."

The villain in Yu Tang wiped his sweat and hurriedly said, "It's true. When my mother was unwell two years ago, our family was in no mood for the holidays. The horseshoe cakes, snowflake cakes and the like that serve guests at home. Dim sum is bought from the market."

I don't know where this sentence hit Auntie Ji's heart, and Auntie Ji said with emotion, "Who said it was not. Since our old lady drove to the west, Lao'an suddenly felt like the sky collapsed. I used to like beautiful people so much. The master of Jinlou can’t wait to live at home all year round and give Lao An jewellery. This year he didn’t even make a piece of clothing, let alone jewellery. It was the anniversary of the old man a few days ago. The second master persuaded Lao An for a day, and Lao An's mental head gradually improved." At this point, she looked at the little maid leading the way, lowered her voice to remind Yu Tang, "Wait for you When you meet Lao An, just make her happy. If you can make her wear jewelry and make clothes, no one in the house will not be grateful to you."

Yu Tang blinked.

The lover's family didn't like the peanut cake she made, but was looking for someone to amuse Lao An!

It sounds like the second master is really as rumored, very filial. But where did Pei Yan go? Why didn't he persuade Lao An?

The family is grateful to her, will the old lady be grateful to her too?

Yu Tang sat down in Nuan Pavilion and met another acquaintance—Tired Branch.

She stood up happily and said, "Do you remember me?"

Tired Zhi smiled at her and said, "I saw you when you came last time, but I was on duty in the tea room that day, so I didn't feel embarrassed to say hello to you."

Seeing her in a neat cyan hang silk, holding a begonia-like red lacquered silver and gold tray, Yu Tang was energetic, and smiled: "I didn't expect you to come by Lao An too."

Tired Zhi smiled and said, "I have been here for almost a year, and I am still learning the rules. No, I saw you here, so I found an excuse to come over."

The two talked happily, and Yu Tang knew a lot about Pei Mansion.

For example, Lao An is not a person who likes to set rules for his daughter-in-law. It turned out that when the old man was there, the two wives followed their husbands in office. After the old man was gone, Lao An avoided the eldest wife’s morning and twilight. For the second wife, it is enough to come over on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year to ask for peace. The big wife and the second wife came over today because it was the Double Ninth Festival soon, but Lao An suddenly said that it was not the festival and he would go to the temple for two days. The second master could not persuade him no matter how he persuaded him, and asked the second wife to accompany him to serve Lao An, but Lao An did not agree. The eldest wife and the second wife had to bring the younger family members to greet Lao An in advance.

The old Anren still promised to see her?

Yu Tang was taken aback and hurriedly said, "When will Lao An leave?"

Tired Zhi said, "I will leave early tomorrow morning and go to Zhaoming Temple." After speaking, he pursed his lips and smiled, "How else would it be my turn to serve you tea? The older sisters in Lao An's house Busy to pack the boxes!"

Yu Tang felt that he had come at some wrong time.

Who knows that when this idea just started, there was a round face, a happy and well-behaved maid, who came in with a curtain, smiled and bowed to her, said: "Miss Yu, Lao An knows you are here, let me Please go there!"

Tired Zhi introduced to Yu Tang: "This is Sister Pearl in Lao An's house."

This little girl looked younger than Tired Branch, either she was born with immature face, or she was the first-class maid beside Lao An, her sister was a respectable name.

However, the name Pearl matched the little girl, she was indeed round and gentle.

Yu Tang followed with "Sister Pearl".

Pearl was so frightened that she stepped back for a while, and even said she didn't dare, and blushed: "This is everyone's joking, Ms. Yu must not take it seriously, otherwise Aunt Chen will punish me."

Yu Tang couldn't figure out the depth of Lao An's room, so he stopped saying anything, smiled and said a few joking words, and then went to Lao An's room with Pearl.

Seeing that the old man was in good spirits, he sat on the Luohan bed and waved to Yu Tang: "Take me to see, what silk flowers have you brought here."

The eldest wife, the second wife, and others all left. The tea cup and fruit trays in the room were all taken down, but a few embroidered piers were still surrounded by Luohan's bed, not knowing whether they had not had time to take them away or intentionally put them there.

With a smile, Yu Tang stepped forward to salute Lao An, and sat on the embroidered mound closest to Lao An under the sign of the little maid, and handed the box in his hand to the pearl.

Pearl opened the box and showed the silk flowers inside to Lao An.

Lao An's eyes lit up.

On the big red carpet, two camellias, two chrysanthemums, two hosta, two magnolias, and the size of a wine cup are made of zhang velvet that makes people feel warm in this season. The petals are overlapped and lifelike. Not knowing beforehand is easy to misunderstand that it is a real flower.

"This is really..." Lao An took a camellia flower in his hand and carefully said, "I felt very good when I saw the double lotus on your head last time. I didn't expect these flowers to do better. How do you do it?"

Yu Tang smiled and said: "Actually, the outside sales are not worse than what I do. It's just that the outside sales are exclusively for this. I take the time to pass the time. I can do as well as others. Lao An thinks that I It’s amazing, in fact everyone is the same."

Lao An nodded, but suddenly he said "Huh". He touched the petals of the camellia for a long time, and then looked towards Yu Tang.

This time, she looked at Yu Tang more solemnly, shocked Yu Tang, and stuttered: "Why, what's the matter?"

Lao An smiled when he heard the words.

That smile seemed to melt away, and the atmosphere around her became warm.

"Your silk flower is doing very well." She smiled, her smile flowing from the bottom of her eyes instead of just staying at the corners of her mouth and lips like the last time she came, "I only felt like a real flower before. Only then did you find that the fluff that you used to make silk flowers is shorter than the normal fluff, so it looks dense, and the petals look like real flowers with thickness and smoothness. How do you do it? Use scissors Re-trimmed? Or is there any other method?"

She asked with interest.

Yu Tang was suddenly excited, and suddenly there was a kind of joy of "gifting pink powder to the beautiful woman".

"You found it!" She smiled, "When I made silk flowers, I always wanted to make something different, either making dew drops on the petals or stopping a dragonfly, or nailing the glass. Beads are used as eyes, but later, I feel more and more that it is the most difficult to be true. How do the flowers bloom in the noon, how the flowers bloom in the morning, and what the flowers look like at night... I bought the best velvet when I made camellia, not to mention, I also tried to cut their velvet short...but it was cut too short, and sometimes the bottom of the cloth would be exposed...I went to Suzhou last time. At that time, I specifically consulted the folks from the silk and satin shop... ordered a piece of cloth from them... it was a bit expensive, but everyone said that the silk flowers made are like real... like the two flowers in your hand, It’s the camellia that blooms at noon. If it’s at night, the petals will have to be curled a bit more... I'm still wondering if I should wear it in the morning, midnight, and evening."

"You're right. To make silk flowers, you have to do what you have to do with fake things!" Lao An said cheerfully, "Then your hosta flowers bloom at night, and chrysanthemums bloom in the morning?"

"Uh, uh, uh." Yu Tang's eyes turned into Crescent Moon with a smile, "I want Lao An to see guests at night, so I can change clothes."

Lao An had been a clan wife, and the women in the clan would come to see her if she had anything to do, no matter how early or late it was.

"You little girl, you are really ingenious." Lao An praised, turning around and instructing the pearls to collect the flowers, and said to Yu Tang, "I will go to Zhaoming Temple to live for a few days tomorrow, and when I come back, I'm going to make some winter clothes. Come and see for me when the time comes."

Does this mean she is qualified?

Yu Tang found it interesting and said, "I don't know how to cut clothes."

Lao An laughed and said, "You can make such a silk flower, you can see that there is an inside show. Then you can just choose what is beautiful, and I will post to your home at that time."

If this thing makes Lao An people happy, she is willing to do it.

Yu Tang again answered Lao An's skills in making silk flowers, and he turned down Lao An's meal on the excuse of going home to prepare for the Double Ninth Festival family banquet, and then got up to leave.

Aunt Ji still sent her out, but they met A Ming halfway through.

"Miss Yu, I've been waiting for you for a long time." He smiled and ran to Yu Tang, "Our third master invites you to the pavilion for tea."

Now that the wind blows on my body, I feel a little cold. Shouldn't I go to Nuan Ge for tea?

Yu Tang slandered in his heart, but didn't say anything, and followed A Ming to the pavilion.

The pavilion she went to this time was not the one by the creek she visited last time, but a pavilion built in a small valley called "Ticha".

Yu Tang asked Aming in a low voice, "How many pavilions are there in your house?"

A Ming stretched out his fingers and mumbled to count for a while, and said, "There should be seventeen. But that's not necessarily the case. I just counted what I remembered, and there may be some missing."

Well, there is no one in her house.