Outsiders of Mianjia Dyeing Workshop

The sky is blue, with only a few white clouds, and the sun is shining warmly.The small garden of Denglan Pavilion is full of peach trees, and the peach blossoms are in full bloom in March.Buchi swims freely in it, like a fish in the sea.Buqi's rare laughter resounded in the forest, running happily among the peach trees, pushing and swaying the peach trees with her hands, making the peach blossoms fly, and in the sun, she saw the cotton clothed in white folded in her hands. A branch of peach blossoms followed Buqi closely with a smile on her face. While the two were running, the peach blossoms fluttered around them one after another. Brought up by the wind, it flutters in the air, like a little pink butterfly, revealing beige stamens between its wings.

"Qi'er, wait for me..." Mianli called Buqi and chased after her for a long time.Buqi was very happy to see that Mianli could not catch up with her, but Mianli over there seemed to be exhausted because of chasing for too long, she was holding on to a peach tree, and she was panting slightly.

"Wait, hurry up, Lier, come on!" Buqi stood a foot away from Mianli, waving at Mianli reluctantly.

Mianli shook her head vigorously: "Huh, I won't chase anymore, I'm so tired!" Mianli lowered her head as she said that, there seemed to be a smile in her eyes when she lowered her head, and she panted heavily pretending to be uncomfortable.Buqi looked at Mianli who seemed a little uncomfortable, and worried in her heart whether Mianli was exhausted. Buqi took a few steps towards Mianli, and suddenly Mianli jumped over and threw Buqi down all at once, as if Afraid of falling down, Mianli turned her body around and fell to the ground with a bang. At this time, the two fell on the ground, Buqi on top and Mianli on the bottom. They looked at each other without giving in. each other.It seems that because of the ground shaking, the peach blossoms on the peach trees fell down, and Bu Qiwo fell into Mianli's arms, patted Mianli a few times with some reluctance, and said angrily: "Bad guy, you Playing tricks again?"

Mianli let Buqi slap her a few times, then grabbed Buqi's hand, stamped it, and then Mianli focused on Buqi: "Qi'er, do you know, I miss you so much!" After that, Mianli put her hand on Buqi's cheek, and then supported Buqi's head with her hand and gently pulled Buqi down. A peach blossom was sandwiched between the two of them instantly, and Mianli and Buqi suddenly felt peach blossoms. The smell permeated between the lips and teeth, and the entire space seemed to be floating with petals for a while, and the posture wanted to drown the two of them.

"Little lady, little lady, wake up..." The voice calling in the void saved Buqi from her panting sleep. Buqi's chest was heaving and rising rapidly, she slowly opened her eyes, and looked at her bed The top tent of red silk.

"Little lady, are you awake?" At this moment, Yingcao's voice came clearly from outside the curtain.

Buqi on the bed touched her red cheeks, felt her own slipperiness, and immediately blushed her whole face, Buqi spat at herself in her heart, how could she be like this?For a moment, the cold beauty became ashamed, her face was flushed, and even her neck was flushed. If outsiders saw it, they would definitely admire her beauty at this time.

"Little lady, little lady, are you awake?" Yingcao heard the movement on the bed for a while and then stopped. When she found that there was no sound on the bed again, she hurriedly continued chanting.

Buqi patted her cheeks, collected her thoughts, sat up, hugged the quilt tightly, turned cold, and then returned in a cold voice: "Wake up, Yingcao, let me prepare water, I want to take a bath."

Yingcao heard Buqi's reply, and hurriedly responded, and hurried outside to order the rough envoy's mother-in-law to boil water, while she went back to the inner room to wait for Buqi to get up.

Yingcao slowly opened the curtain, hung up the curtain on one side, and saw Buqi sitting on the bed hugging the quilt, seeing Buqi's cold expression, Yingcao hurriedly asked with concern: "Little lady But what nightmare did you have last night?"

Buqi turned to look at Yingcao, and shook her head: "No, I haven't woken up much, maybe I didn't sleep very well last night."

While listening, Yingcao closed the curtain on the other side, and then helped Buqi to sit in front of the dressing table and combed Buqi's hair.After Buqi's hair was combed almost smoothly, the woman on the other side of the screen also filled the bathtub with water. After Buqi asked Yingcao to send her out, she cleaned herself carefully. She didn't dare to think about it. Feeling guilty, Buqi buried her face in the water and slapped her face carefully a few times, and her mood improved. Buqi slowly found the culprit for herself, and planned to wait for Mianli to come back to settle the score with her. .It can be said that before Mianli came back, there was already an inexplicable small bill waiting for her to pay back, and she had to pay a small price for this inexplicable small bill when she came back.Buqi thought to herself, if it weren't for Mianli's dishonest letter, Buqi would not have been embarrassed in the morning. She was worried and didn't know if she had talked in her sleep at night. It seems that there should be none.

After Buqi had packed everything up, Xiaoyu brought breakfast over. Buqi was drinking porridge with side dishes, and suddenly remembered, she asked Xiaoyu and Yingcao: "Has Xiaolu ever come?"

After hearing this, Xiao Yu quickly replied: "Liu Niangzi, Xiao Lu has arrived just now, and he is waiting at the gate of the courtyard now! Do you want him to come over now?"

Buqi nodded: "Yes. Yingcao, you bring the letter on the desk and the new season clothes I just prepared, Xiaoyu, you went outside and called Xiaolu over."

Yingcao and Xiaoyu should be respectively, and then go to work separately.

"Xiao Lu pays respects to Sixth Lady." Under Xiao Yu's leadership, as soon as Xiao Lu entered the outer hall of the main courtyard, he hurriedly crossed his hands to salute Bu Qi, and then looked down at his feet with bowed eyebrows.

"Excuse me, Xiaolu, this is a letter I wrote back to Master Liu, and you should put it away carefully. There are two other clothes that have already been packed, and you also take them with you to Master Liu. Tell her that everything is fine at home, and let her study hard in Bu Nian." Bu Qi explained carefully.

Xiaolu took the package from Yingcao, and then saluted Buqi respectfully: "Yes, I have written it down, I wonder if Liu Niangzi has any other orders?"

Buqi thought for a while and then shook her head: "I don't have any more here, so go ahead and be careful on the road."

"No. Sixth lady, I'm going now." Xiaolu slowly exited the outer hall with the package in his arms, and then hurriedly drove the carriage to Anding County.

In the Yongfu Guest House of Anding County, Xiaoying was awakened by a scream in the master bedroom. She quickly took off her shoes and ran to the door of the master bedroom and gently patted on the door: "Liu Ye, Liu Ye, are you okay?" ?”

Mianli had already sat up from the bed at this time, put on her shoes, went to the table and took a few sips of cold mint water, slowly suppressing her shock.At this time, hearing Xiaoying's cry, Mianli put down the teacup and opened the door for Xiaoying. Xiaoying saw Mianli was sweating profusely and her underwear was soaked, and asked in puzzlement, "Master Liu." , just had a nightmare?"

Mianli was already wiping his sweat with a handkerchief, and nodded to Xiaoying: "Yes, I dreamed of a big cat with its big head pointed at me, trying to eat me, but it frightened me gone."

Xiaoying was also startled when she heard about the big cat, it was really scary, she said to Mianli: "Then sixth master, you should suppress the shock first, and I will go and prepare water for you, you can wash up."

Mianli nodded, watched Xiaoying leave the master bedroom, then picked up the cup again, took another sip of mint water to calm her heartbeat.In a trance, she seemed to see again that she was hugging Buqi, wanting to get closer, suddenly Buqi turned into a big cat, baring her fangs at Mianli, the sudden change shocked Mianli After waking up, Mianli turned around and thought about it now, and felt that if Buqi really became a big cat, she would be arrogant and cold, and would not bark her teeth at her and eat herself, Mianli shook her head, All the pictures I thought of were shaken vigorously, hoping to shake them all out of my head, and thinking that the letter I wrote should have arrived, what would happen if Bu Qi saw what she wrote, did she still look like a little tsundere , coldly cursing himself as an apprentice, thinking about Mianli's body that was a little tired because of the nightmare, seemed to be shaking, Mianli hurriedly shook his head, and kept reciting the mantra of pure heart.

"Master Liu, Yongfu's arrangements are very meticulous and considerate. I was going to boil water just now, but Xiaoling has already arranged for someone to prepare it. Master Liu put the water for you. Do you want to take a bath first?" Xiaoying asked about adding water to the tub behind the screen.

"Okay, let's take a bath first. I had a bad dream before, and I would be impolite if I went out without taking a bath. What's more, I have to meet the teacher later." Mianli went behind the screen and waited for Xiaoying to go out. , just take a bath.

Housekeeper Fu outside the guest room had been waiting for a while, watching Xiaoying come out from the inner room, he quickly asked, "Xiaoying, is it okay for the sixth master to change his residence and rest?"

Xiaoying replied respectfully: "Aunt Fu, Liu Ye had a nightmare and woke up in the morning with a start, but I seem to be in good spirits, so I should be fine."

Housekeeper Fu nodded: "That's it, then I'll go buy a soothing soup for Liu Ye later, and you can let Liu Ye drink it to sleep well at night. After all, when you go to the county school for a few days, Liu Ye is very tired. Be careful."

Xiaoying nodded after hearing Steward Fu's instructions: "Yes, I listen to Aunt Fu. It's Aunt Fu who is considerate."

"Xiaoying." Mianli called Xiaoying in the back room, Xiaoying hurriedly responded, and hurried in to help Mianli tie her hair, and told Mianli that housekeeper Fu had been waiting for a long time.

"Aunt Fu, please come in quickly." Mianli called in front of the dressing table inside.

After hearing the call, Housekeeper Fu hurriedly responded, then went in and saluted Mianli: "Good morning, Liu Ye."

Mianli was inconvenient to move because of Xiaoying's hair tied up, so she said, "Aunt Fu, please sit down quickly, why are you here so early in the morning?"

Steward Fu laughed softly: "Today Liu Ye and Yongxiu Caigong are going to the county school and have to meet the teacher, so I got up early to prepare a gift for Liu Ye, and I need Liu Ye to look at it later."

Mianli laughed out loud when she heard this: "Aunt Fu is here, which saves me a lot of thoughts. I have Aunt Lao Fu. But the ceremony is loaded with a carriage?"

Butler Fu nodded: "Yes, Master Six."

Mianli nodded: "I don't worry about Aunt Fu doing things. Give me the list and I'll have a look. Just let me know what's in my mind. If you want me to choose a gift, I can't be as considerate as Aunt Fu chooses."

"The sixth master is too famous. The slaves have learned to come here, and many of them have even asked the housekeeper of Yongfu. The people in Yongfu are really nice, they treat guests sincerely, and they are also humble and benevolent." Steward Fu praised Yongfu full of mouth. .

Mianli was very satisfied after listening to Steward Fu's words. After all, it is unpleasant to treat the master well while the subordinates are neglected. Obviously, Yongfu is comprehensive, and such unpleasant things will not happen. On the one hand, it also shows the rigorous family management of Yongfu, which is worthy of being a prosperous official family.

"Master Six is ​​ready." Xiaoying put on Mianli's hat, straightened it up again, and said.

Mianli nodded, stood up and stroked the folds of her clothes, then took the gift list from Steward Fu, scanned it carefully, and handed it back to Steward Fu after confirming it.

"It's great, Aunt Fu, just follow these." Mianli affirmed.

Steward Fu bowed to take it, and stood aside with a smile.

"Haha, sister Mian woke up?" Yong Pei's voice came from outside.

"Since I woke up, I'd be embarrassed if I stayed in bed." Mianli raised her voice and returned.

"Just treat it as if you were at home, stay in bed as you like, but not today." I saw Yongpei walking in, followed by a group of servants carrying food, Yongpei waved them to serve the meal.

"I don't know how Sister Mian tastes in the morning. I asked the kitchen to cook some more. Sister Mian eats and eats. If you have any questions, just ask, and tell me what you want to eat tomorrow." Yongpei said to Mianli.

Mianli got up and followed Yongpei to the dining table. Looking at the steamed stuffed buns, soup and cakes that are available for breakfast at this time, Mianli cupped her hands: "Sister Lao is thinking about it, and I'm bothering you. I don't know if my sister has used it?"

"I thought about having breakfast with my sister, so I never used it." Yong Pei said.

"Sister, please." Mianli stretched out her hand to invite Yongpei.

Yong Pei sat down with a smile: "Sister please too."

Mianli also lifted up the hem of his clothes and sat down, and the two moved their chopsticks to eat, the official rules, breakfast is silent, the two just chewed, did not say anything, after the two finished eating, each took a glass of water to rinse After talking, they sat in the living room, and the two chatted while eating.

Yong Pei hesitated for a moment, took a sip of the tea soup from the tea bowl: "Sister, have you ever prepared a good gift for the teacher?"

Mianli nodded: "It's ready, Sister Yong, don't worry."

Only then did Yongpei heave a sigh of relief: "That's good, I thought that if my sister didn't come in time to prepare a gift, I'd just use it at the mansion."

"Thank you for your generosity, sister. I have prepared some gifts for my sister's family before, which is enough. If there is a need, I will ask my sister to open my mouth."

Yong Pei nodded, and the two chatted for a few more words before leaving for the county school.

The county school in Anding County is located on the east side of the Confucian Temple, covering an area of ​​about 50 mu.It consists of teaching dormitories, dormitories, gardens, racetracks and other six arts venues. Teachers not only teach poetry and songs, but also various scriptures, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. There are generalists and specialists who learn according to their preferences.Although the county school is not very big, but because it is close to Kyoto, the teachers are very good. Some students who cannot enter a good college in Kyoto, their parents will send these students to the county school, so the county school has always been full of students.In recent years, with the stability of Dayue Kingdom, some noble youths from small border countries also came to study, and Anding County School also accepted dozens of such students.

Entering the county school, the first thing you pass is the first gate of the county school academy, which says Anding County School. After entering the first gate, you will enter the second gate. Mianli and Yongpei enter the second gate. From south to north, from east to west, there will be a red wooden sign outside the lecture hall with class logos such as A, B, C, D written on it.This place is specially used for lectures. Under the leadership of Professor Xueli, Mianli and Yongpei passed the place where the lectures were given, passed the Zangshu Pavilion, and then arrived at the place where the sage of literature was enshrined.Behind here is the logistics office of the county school. Mianli and Yongpei are holding solid-color jade plaques here, and an old man has engraved their names, birthplaces, etc. In the end, they don’t know what tool the old man took out. The patterns of Anding County School were engraved on the jade plate, and the whole jade plate looked much better when held up.

After the old man carved it, he reached out and handed it to Mianli, who took it carefully with both hands, and thanked: "Thank you sir."

Hearing Mianli's words, the old man laughed lightly, and after dealing with Yongpei's case, he said to the two students who had waited patiently for a long time: "Patience is good, as expected of a talented student. I am the county school student." We welcome two students to come to the county school to study."

After hearing this, Mianli and Yongpei exchanged glances, and bowed together: "I've seen the dean."

"You can just call me sir. I like to hear you call me sir. I don't know what you two think, should you go directly to school or go to school?" the dean asked.

"Students plan to go to school. If they fail to catch up, they will enter directly in the next year." Mianli replied honestly.

Yongpei was a little shocked when she heard Mianli's words, but she couldn't ask for the time being, she said respectfully: "Students are students from the county school."

Hearing that Yongpei is a student of the county school, the dean looked at him before nodding his head: "You are that junior from Yongzi Gong's family? Yes, you have studied very well."

After speaking, he turned to Mianli: "You have some difficulties at home. You should know that the county school is free of board and lodging, so you don't have to worry about copper stink."

Mianli shook his head: "Dean Rongzhi, because the students were all self-study before, the students wanted to try the township examination two months later, fearing that they would not adapt to the college environment for a while and waste time, that's why the students wanted to go back home to study. "

The dean nodded after listening to Mianli's words: "I think you can get the first place in the exam without entering the county school, which is amazing! How about it, if you take this sample exam and you are in the top ten, I will let you go home Self-study exam, just come back in ten months and take the grading exam."

Mianli heard that the dean did not object directly, and hurriedly bowed: "Student, thank you, dean."