embroidery

For three consecutive days, Tao Che was the only one who came to ask about the morning. He joked, "It seems that my elder brother really went to the temple to eat fast and chant Buddha again."

He thought that his elder brother didn't care about the wealth of the Tao family, nor did he pursue fame and fortune in officialdom and shopping malls. In the academy, the people who lived there were ordinary, and if one day his brother ordained ordained and beat wooden fish with a small mallet, he would not be surprised if he also turned into Amitabha.

Qiao Qing appeared to be calm on the surface, but in fact she was so angry that she was about to cover her heart. She sent Tao Che away with a few words, and her voice was as gentle as a spoon touching the edge of a soup bowl, "Master, these two children in our family are usually Sweet and sour, and today's Qixi Festival, there are too many people who come to show their love and marriage, Cheng'er is already twenty years old, finding an official's daughter to marry, it will do no harm to our Tao family."

Master Tao slowly stirred half a bowl of porridge, "Speaking of Cheng'er, I saw him yesterday."

"Yesterday?" Qiao Qing asked, "Did Master go to burn incense yesterday?"

Master Tao shook his head, "It was about evening yesterday, just before entering the private room in the restaurant, I ran into him."

Qiao Qing frowned slightly, "Since I didn't go to the temple, I didn't stay home, this kid."

Master Tao was gradually lost in thought, "Cheng'er embraced a girl, he introduced him as his sweetheart, but it's a pity that she was dumb since she was a child...The girl's appearance..."

Qiao Qing held the spoon and stared at Master Tao without saying a word.

Master Tao sighed, picked up the bowl and drank all the porridge, "Cheng'er's marriage is carefully planned, so do as you say. If he insists on marrying the dumb girl, let him take her as a concubine." room."

Qiao Qing lowered her eyes, scooped up a spoonful of soup and swallowed it slowly.

Master Tao said again, "You have been married for more than 20 years, and you have worked hard for the Tao Mansion. It is really hard. Today is the holiday. Buy whatever you like. Don't wrong yourself."

Qiao Qing asked, "What's the master's plan for today?"

"Today... the previous floods in the state have calmed down. It's rare to have free time today. Go to the suburbs to relax. You can take care of the house."

Qiao Qing heard Master Tao's footsteps fading away, and she was the only one left in the room panting heavily. Her heart was burning and her chest was stuffy. Finally, she couldn't hold back her anger. She raised her hand and swept all the dishes on the ground. The table was overturned, and it was a mess.

The maid was trembling and hesitated for a while before she spoke to comfort her, "Second Grandma is careful to move her fetus."

Qiao Qing slumped back to the seat again, touching her swollen belly with her hands, she sneered, she had seen Master Tao's ecstasy all too often, as soon as she recalled the woman who had been buried in the loess for so many years, Just look like weeping infatuation, a few years ago, I still feel distressed, Xindao is a good man who is affectionate and infatuated, looking at it now, I just feel disgusted.

Qiao Qing glanced at the servant lying on the ground cleaning up the mess, her eyes were cold, she stood up and walked to the yard, the sweet-scented osmanthus tree was in full bloom, she sniffed it lightly, then laughed again, she didn't know that the servant she sold to the brothel yard Her unlucky thing has already been ruined by so many men, just thinking about it makes her feel better again.

"You were so beautiful back then, but now your children are so filthy. The so-called mother's debt is paid by the son." Qiao Qing murmured, "He still doesn't love you, otherwise why would he listen to one or two nonsense words from the fortune teller and abandon you? What about the child, pitiful and ridiculous."

Unlike the bleak Tao Mansion in the early morning, the atmosphere in the waterside courtyard is harmonious.

Tao Cheng pinched the eyebrow pencil, hovering in mid-air several times when he wanted to strike, and finally just leaned closer and kissed Qing Mo's brow, "It's already very good, more drawing is unnecessary."

Qingmo smiled widely at the praise, and grabbed the eyebrow pencil, "Then I'll do it." Then he pressed Tao Cheng's shoulder, "I haven't practiced embroidery for nothing in the past few years."

Tao Cheng let him mess around, then stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around his waist, sat him in his arms, rubbed Qingmo's back with his fingers, "Does it hurt?"

"It hurts!" Qing Mo pushed him backhanded, it was so painful, "You are not afraid of exhaustion, like a ghost."

Ever since Tao Cheng discovered that the ointment's effect on reducing swelling was incomparably good, he hugged Qingmo tightly and bullied him for three days, and he was able to go out for a walk around meal time, and when he returned to the waterside pavilion, it was like entering a cage of obscenity Normally, inside the house, by the tree, under the eaves, there is no place where Tao Cheng can't show his animal desires, Qingmo was forced to fight even incontinence.

Tao Cheng laughed, "Why embroider?"

"Didn't you ask?" Qing Mo stroked his eyebrows carefully, and replied, "I'm poor to make money."

"I believed it then, but now I don't believe it."

Qing Mo pursed her lips and smiled, "Do you still want to listen? Haven't you heard enough after saying so many nasty things?"

Tao Cheng hugged him tightly, as if acting coquettishly, "Yes."

Thinking that all the embroidery on the three cloths has been seen, what is the point, Qing Mo said, "Embroidery is better than paper and ink. I am afraid that one day I will be old and I can no longer be familiar with it by heart. At that time, the paper will be brittle." and the brush and ink have faded, but even if the embroidery fades, the threads are still there."

Tao Cheng's heart ached like a knife, "Stupid not stupid."

"I want to miss you, otherwise I will see you in the future, and you will ignore me or kill me."

Tao Cheng laughed, and Qing Mo also laughed, "I'm terribly afraid, I spend every day thinking about you when I'm free, and when I'm busy, I just miss you."

Tao Cheng pressed his head down and kissed him, still asking, "Why embroider?"

Qing Mo sighed, "We are so good now, don't think about the past."

Tao Cheng said, "It's not good enough now, I want to know."

Putting the eyebrow pencil back on the stone table, Qing Mo wrapped his arms around Tao Cheng's neck, "It's too difficult, holding hands and threading the needle, the time will pass in no time."

Before Tao Cheng could express his remorse, he saw Qingmo laughing uncontrollably, his face flushed, Tao Cheng took the bronze mirror, and saw that the person in the mirror had two black eyebrows like a wide-faced steel knife , suddenly felt helpless, "Audacious."

Qing Mo didn't think it was enough, so he picked up the rouge and applied it to Tao Cheng's face. He didn't do anything serious, and painted a handsome face into a monkey's butt. Qing Mo laughed, "Or tell Du Liu'er to find another Skirts, today we will be called sisters!"

Tao Cheng hugged Qingmo's waist and hips and stood up. He was so frightened that he quickly dropped the rouge, and put it firmly on Tao Cheng's shoulder, "Tao Cheng! Let me down! I...I don't want to enter the house, I... ..”

Entering the house is like entering the mouth of an evil ghost. Qingmo was really scared of Tao Cheng. He was laid down on the bed, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a messy face. Check it out."

The peach pit is a small basket carved by Qingmo. It was tortured during the intimacy. Qingmo was tied up and was not allowed to ejaculate. They all answered clearly, it was really deceiving too much.

Seeing Tao Cheng go out to wash his face with a hand towel, Qingmo heaved a sigh of relief and climbed to the head of the bed, unpacked the bundle, put the three embroidery cloths on top, the two letters were too long, it took three pieces of cloth to embroider, Qing Mo thought, this is the treasure to be buried with her.

Two small baskets with peach cores, you can smell the fruity scent if you sniff them carefully, Qingmo put them in a sachet, got out of bed and ran to Tao Cheng, hugged his waist from behind, and muttered, " Do you really want to wear it?"

Tao Cheng said "hmm", "Why don't you wear it."

As if eating a big mouthful of honey, Qingmo was satisfied, "Think about it, you will be mine when you wear it, and you can no longer turn against me, turn a blind eye to me, or be a stranger to me."

Tao Cheng turned around and hugged him, gentle but firm, "You too."

The two of them dressed for a long while, Tao Cheng's hands were still able to dance the sword, but the hairstyle was really not good enough, after a long time of fiddling, he managed to tie it into a pattern, and then put in a cross, at least it was not loose or unraveled.

Qingmo blinked, "That's it, I'm a lady, so it can last longer."

Tao Cheng leaned down and kissed his eyebrows, "Then it's hard work, little lady."

After lunch in the brothel, the two of them went to the street to buy red strings, it should be Qixi Festival today, there are many more fortune tellers than before, Tao Cheng squeezed Qing Mo's hand, "Would you like to have a fortune teller?"

Qing Mo asked, "Is it marriage?"

Tao Cheng smiled and said, "The marriage is fixed, let's count it as doom."

So he found a stall with few people. Seeing the two of them squatting down, the fortune teller said, "Heaven and earth, the two of you can be together for a hundred years. Your marriage is destined, so don't count."

Anyone who heard these words would be delighted, just as Qingmo was about to speak, she remembered that she was a dumb lady in front of outsiders, so she closed her mouth again, listening to Tao Cheng say, "Thank you for the good words, then we will count the doom."

The gentleman motioned Qingmo to stretch out his hand, squeezed his fingertips and looked at him for a while, "Well, there has been a bloodbath recently."

Qingmo was stunned for a moment, then he started to laugh in his heart, Tao Cheng asked, "How to break it?"

The gentleman just shook his head, Tao Cheng clearly took out the pieces of silver, and gave several pieces, the gentleman put it in the bag, but still shook his head, Tao Cheng then handed over a lot of silver, the gentleman still just took it and didn't answer it, taking it lightly Mo almost flew up, the money was too easy to earn.

Qingmo pulled Tao Cheng away, and whispered a few words of disgust in a low voice, "If I knew fortune-telling was so much money, why did I bother to embroider?" Then she tilted her head to look at Tao Cheng, "It's all about earning a lot of money. Where did you hide your money, my embroidery?"

Tao Cheng held him by the hand, and only asked, "Aren't you worried about the bloody disaster?"

"Don't worry. Think about it. Essence and blood are inseparable. How did you torment me these days? In other words, isn't it a disaster of blood and light?"

This time he was really impressed, Tao Cheng said in surprise, "What's the matter with your storytelling mouth?"

Qingmo did not dare to forget her ladylike appearance, and said in a low voice, "It's not easy to do business. In order to sell the embroidery, I spent a lot of money."

The stall selling red ropes is just next to the clothes shop, and after buying the red ropes, I just picked up the custom-made moon pattern clothes.

The clothes were really exquisite and beautiful, Tao Cheng was in a good mood, and immediately ordered several more sets, "Does the boss still remember the size of the little lady?"

The boss nodded again and again, "I remember it. Today's Qixi Festival, I will give my wife a handkerchief. I wish you a happy relationship for a hundred years."

Qing Mo felt a little embarrassed, nodded her head as thanks, turned around and almost bumped into someone, but it was Tao Che.

Qing Mo gritted her teeth in fright, took a few steps back, pretended to lower her head as if in shock, but Tao Che took a look at him, and then shouted at Tao Cheng in disbelief, "Brother! Is it really you!"

The three sat in the teahouse.

Tao Cheng looked at Qing Mo, the scar on his neck was covered by powder, and no flaws could be seen, so it didn't matter, Tao Che hadn't seen Qing Mo in four years, let alone Qing Mo wearing a skirt and makeup.

After drinking several cups of tea, Tao Che suppressed his shock, "I really heard you call her 'little lady', right?"

Tao Cheng nodded, "Well, you heard that right."

Tao Che looked miserable, "The third young master of the Li family is the one who hugged Li San, just now he was going to take Keren to swim in the lake, and he told me that he saw you having dinner with Yikeren in the brothel. , I even laughed at him for being obsessed with lust, and I said that if you eat fast and chant Buddha in the temple, how could you be in a brothel!"

After Tao Che finished speaking, he hid his face and drank another cup of tea, "Brother, why are you a 'little lady'? Isn't she lovely?"

"Isn't Keren human?" Thinking of Qingmo's talk about raising him as his servant, Tao Cheng smiled, "Can't Keren be my little lady?"

Tao Che was so choked that he couldn't continue, so he simply aimed at Qingmo, "That...you raise your head."

Qing Mo anxiously kicked Tao Cheng under the table, but was comforted by his shoulders, "You are so beautiful, just give him a look."

Tao Che got goosebumps all over his body, seeing Qing Mo raised his face, he glanced at it and rolled his eyes, "It's just plain."

"Do you know what beauty is in the eye of the beholder?" Tao Cheng replied slowly.

Tao Che panted heavily, and couldn't take it anymore, "Brother, you are really good! Don't be insane again."

Tao Cheng knew the reason and asked, "How come 'again'?"

Tao Che licked his lips, but in the end he still didn't answer, he just said, "Be careful to let mother know, it's not the top ten board's business."

"If you didn't file a complaint then, you wouldn't have the top ten boards."

"Can I not sue, you are... all like that... Fortunately, you have never been in touch with each other since then."

Tao Cheng also took a sip of tea, "Then this time, I'm with Keren, do you want to sue?"

Tao Che frowned, "Brother, don't you mean it?"

Tao Cheng didn't answer.

Tao Che said, "If you dare to take Keren home, mother will faint from anger."

Tao Cheng pondered and nodded, "It makes sense, so you must not tell mother that she is pregnant with a child and will give birth in three or four months. Don't be angry with her at this time."

Tao Che scratched his head, "Who is mad at her! Today, just before I went out, my mother was receiving guests in the yard and ordered someone to call me to find you. She made a marriage for you. She is the daughter of an official family. , let you go back and meet."

Qingmo was drinking tea, when he heard the words, he choked and coughed uncontrollably. He was afraid that his voice would leak out, so he held it back desperately, with tears streaming down his face. Tao Che was stunned, "It's not possible."

Tao Cheng patted Qingmo's back, and comforted softly, "No, I definitely won't be able to marry, don't be afraid."

Qingmo held back for a long time before he was relieved, half of his loose hair fell down, and Bu Yao was crooked. Tao Cheng stood behind Qingmo, took off the hairpin and put it on the table, and combed his hair with his bare hands.

Tao Che's jaw dropped to the ground in shock, and he finally said, "You have been dying for that hapless bastard since you were young. When he went to Changzhou when he was young, mother didn't allow you to communicate. Even Mr. Guo who taught us was fired, and you crying."

Tao Cheng looked up at him, Tao Che ignored him, and continued, "Six years old to 16 years old, ten years, the letter he gave you is read by you, and I will recite it." I am also happy. For you'." He grinned and looked disgusted, "The year when he was called back by dad for some reason, you two must have been bored, and I even wondered if you two were going to break up. sleeves."

Tao Che spread his hands, "The result? He was sent to Taizhou by his mother, and you will be married to Keren here. The relationship between the fart lasts forever, and you don't care about day and night."

The bun was tied up, Bu Yao's tassels were dangling back and forth, Tao Cheng smoothed Qingmo's hair, and sat back in the chair, "It sounds like you're sorry that I'm not with Qingmo?"

Tao Che rolled his eyes again, "I didn't say it. It's better for that unlucky guy to stay as far away from our Tao family as possible. Dad always teaches us to learn from a pitfall and gain wisdom, but he made a fool of himself."

Tao Cheng raised his eyebrows, "What's wrong?"

"I don't want to blame that person. I went out to sell embroidery. When I came back, I ran into my father. He didn't have eyes when he walked. He tripped and fell. If I said I shouldn't care about it, my father ran to give him a hand." , and helped him pick up the embroidery, but when he saw the embroidery, he hated it, a man in his 20s is playing with women."

"Mother said, it's the one who spread the bad luck to our father. Changzhou hasn't been affected by the heavy rains in summer for decades. Just this year, it ruined our money. Because of this, mother and father had a big fight, which made us They all ran to persuade them to fight."

Tao Cheng sneered in his heart, and only asked, "Why don't I know?"

Tao Che pursed his lips, "You preach in the school, teach lessons and solve doubts, the kind that earns one biscuit a month."

Tao Cheng chuckled, and Tao Che finally became curious, "This guy is shy enough, why doesn't he say anything?"

Tao Cheng said, "I have been dumb since I was a child."

Tao Che opened his eyes wide, nodded, and gave his brother a thumbs up.

"Tao Che, do you know..."

"Ok?"

"Do you still remember the year when we were studying together with Qingmo, my father was seriously ill for a long time, and as soon as Qingmo left, my father recovered?"

"Naturally remember."

Tao Cheng said, "Whether you believe it or not, I will still tell you. You will be in business in the future, and people's words will be mixed. No matter who talks to you, you must stay sober and don't just believe it."

Tao Che became interested.

"I saw mother put medicine in our father's meal, and it was the night when father was holding Qingmo and talking, and then father was bedridden."

Tao Che was stunned.

"Mother won't let me tell, she found out that I saw her taking medicine, and she didn't panic. Maybe I was only five years old, so I was easy to deceive. Later, she stayed with my father and took care of him every day. There are many opportunities to give medicine, Qingmo As soon as she left, she stopped the medicine, and my father recovered. It is not a terrible poison, it just makes people dizzy and weak."

It took Tao Che a while to recover his words, "You mean, who is it that mother blames?"

Tao Cheng pursed his lips and chuckled, "I didn't say it, you did."

Tao Che didn't play word games with him, a little angry and a little surprised, "You're framing mother! Who else do you prefer!"

Tao Cheng shook his head, "You can believe it, it doesn't matter if you don't believe it, I'm just telling you what I saw."