Evening Shaohua in the Red House

Jia Lan didn't understand what it meant, and replied: "It was given to me by a guest who came to my grandfather's house the day before yesterday. He is a very elegant old man, not only knowledgeable, but also very easy-going. He even tested his son. "

Li Wan had been thinking about Jia Lan's apprenticeship, and when he heard this, his heart was moved, and he hurriedly asked, "Who is that gentleman?"

Jia Lan said: "I heard from my grandfather that the gentleman's surname is Gu, and his name is a Chinese character for rock."

Li Wan inquired about famous teachers from all walks of life for his son earlier, and also carefully understood some situations in the current literary world. Naturally, he knew Gu Yan, and was taken aback immediately, and quickly asked: "How did that Mr. Gu judge you? Listen to mom."

Jia Lan talked about how Gu Yan was a guest at Li's house that day, how to evaluate him, and finally said: "Mr. Gu gave me this jade pendant before leaving, and told me to study hard and not neglect my studies."

Li Wan was startled, and asked, "That's all? Mr. Gu didn't mention anything else?"

Jia Lan was startled when he heard the words, shook his head and said, "I didn't say anything."

Li Wan frowned and said, "Think about it carefully, did you say anything special?"

Seeing that her mother's expression was different from before, Jia Lan couldn't help but feel a little puzzled. After thinking about it for a moment, she was about to shake her head when she suddenly thought of something and said with some hesitation: "There is one thing, Mr. Gu seemed to have a look of regret when he left, son. I seem to have heard him say 'it's a pity'."

After hearing this, Li Wan frowned slightly. From Gu Yan's performance, it could be seen that he liked Jia Lan quite a lot, but what did he mean by saying it was a pity?

After thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't figure out what the other party's intention was. Seeing that Jia Lan's face was full of confusion, I had to put it aside for a while, and said with a smile: "Forget it, let's not talk about it, it's time to eat later, you go first." Say hello to old ladies and wives."

Jia Lan agreed, and after freshening up, she changed into homely clothes and went to the room of Jiamu and Mrs. Wang.

In this room, Li Wan took the girl to pack up his things, which were just food, silk, wine and so on.

Distributed some snacks and snacks to everyone in the house, ordered Xia Zhu to put away the silk and satin, suddenly saw Li Shouzhong's letter, Li Wan's heart was moved, he quickly opened the letter and read it carefully, and only after reading did he understand the whole story.

It turned out that Gu Yan was invited by Li Shouzhong to Li's house to enjoy calligraphy and painting that day. After meeting Jia Lan, he tested it and saw that he could speak well at a young age. He was quite surprised. He read the articles written by him. It has something to say, it is very good, and its opinions are more than ten times higher than that of ordinary people. I can't help but like it very much, but

I don't know why he didn't agree to accept apprentices in the end.

Although Li Shouzhong was a little disappointed, he didn't give up because he saw that the other party really liked his grandson very much, but he seemed to have some scruples so he didn't agree to accept him as an apprentice. If he begged again, he might be able to persuade the other party.

Therefore, he wrote in his letter that he would take Jia Lan to live there for a few days after next year, and then try to invite Gu Yan to the mansion again to see if this can be facilitated.

After reading it, Li Wan put down the letterhead and pondered for a long time. Of course, she hoped that her son would be able to worship a famous teacher, but Gu Yan's background was too great, and his status and status were not something ordinary people could aspire to.

Over the years, I don't know how many royal family members, the children of princes and noble families have no way to enter the door if they want to learn from them.

Although Jia's family is one of the four princes and eight princes, they are only middle-class families in the capital city full of nobles and have no real power. If Gu Yan made an exception and accepted Jia Lan, he would be the target of public criticism. It is not a good thing for their mother and son to come to trouble.

And since the other party is unwilling to accept Jia Lan, there must be some reason, and it is not beautiful to be strong again and again.

What's more, Jia Lan is still young, what he needs is a teacher who can teach him and guide him. It doesn't have to be a famous scholar. Since Li Shouzhong has friendship with Gu Yan, he can use the other party's connections to find someone who is suitable for Jia. Lan's teacher, in this way, he achieved his goal without being too conspicuous, which can be described as the best of both worlds.

Thinking of this, Li Wan hurriedly asked someone to prepare a pen and paper, and immediately repaired a book, explaining the reason for it, repeatedly urging him never to mention the matter of apprenticeship to Gu Yan again, and then ordered someone to send it to Li's mansion immediately, and hand it over to him personally. Li Shouzhong.

After Li Shouzhong received the letter, he was silent for a long time. Although he was a little unwilling, he had to admit that his daughter was more considerate than himself, and after thinking for a while, he agreed.

It's just that it's the end of the year now, and this matter can only be discussed after the next year.

As the year approached, the mansion became more and more busy.

On this day, after Li Wan finished his appointment with Mrs. Jia Muwang, when he returned to his room, Xia Zhu came in and said: "The clothes that Grandma ordered to be made for Eldest Sister are ready, why don't you send them to me now?"

It turned out that Li Wan had been thinking of finding a martial arts master for Jia Lan, but he hadn't found a suitable candidate. After Sister Feng found out, she asked Jia Lian to talk to Jia Zheng, and found someone who had retired from the old department of the Rongguo Mansion. A family general who specially teaches Jalan to ride and shoot.

Although this family general is a bit older, he has extraordinary martial arts skills and a loyal temperament, which is more than enough to teach Jia Lan.

Li Wan felt grateful for Sister Feng's love, and at the moment he had nothing to thank, so after much deliberation, he decided to make a set of clothes for Sister Feng's daughter. He opened the box and selected some soft and non-skin-friendly materials, and painted them himself. After drawing the pattern, hand it over to Xia Zhu for sewing.

Xiazhu is very good at needlework, and her embroidery work is somewhat better than that of Qingwen in Baoyu's house. It is extremely easy to sew such a set of clothes, but it only takes a few days.

Li Wan thought of it only after hearing the words, and said, "Let me have a look at it first."

Xia Zhu fetched the clothes for her to have a look at.

Li Wan took a closer look. It was a red chrysanthemum pattern crepe silk jacket with a large breast. It was made of red lotus and chrysanthemum pattern dark flower silk as the face, moon white plain silk as the lining, and silk cotton in the middle.The neckline and cuffs are inlaid with a black ground swastika pattern and four hollow buckles with chiseled flowers in gilt copper.The cuffs are inlaid with small flower patterns and the lining is lined with moon white dark flower silk, which can be revealed when pulled out, which is both practical and chic.

It is matched with a pair of pink dark-flowered silk trousers, but it is pink dark-flowered silk on the face and moon-white muslin inside, which is very suitable for the baby's delicate skin. Word flower pattern tape edge and yellow small flower pattern tape edge.

There was not a single trace of stitches visible in the whole set of clothes, and the embroidery was exquisite, so delicate that it could be said to be [-]%.

Li Wan was very satisfied after seeing it, nodded and said: "This is great, you pack two more snacks, and I will deliver them myself."

Xia Zhu agreed, and packed a few delicate snacks according to his words, and packed them in silk-stuffed lacquer food boxes.

Li Wan took his things to Sister Feng's courtyard.

It happened that Sister Feng had just finished cooking and was talking with her eldest sister. When she heard that Li Wan was coming, she hurriedly asked Ping'er to pour tea.

Li Wan smiled and said: "You don't have to be busy, I just came over for tea."

Sister Feng patted the elder sister lightly, and said with a smile, "Why is sister-in-law here?"

The eldest sister is about half a year old now, wearing a red and white flowered jacket and green cotton trousers. She is lying in Sister Feng's arms, her big black eyes are rolling around, and she is curiously looking at Li. white silk.

The little girl has gained a lot of weight during this time, and her little face is pink and tender, like a glutinous rice dumpling, and she looks more delicate and cute.

Li Wan liked it in his heart, touched Xiao Tuanzi's face, teased a few words, and said with a smile: "There is no other reason for coming here today, one is to thank you for your help a few days ago, and the other is to see Eldest Sister. It's almost Chinese New Year, I asked Xia Zhu to make clothes for my eldest sister, just in time for the new year."

After that, ask Xia Zhu to hand over the clothes to Ping'er.

Pinger took over

, took a closer look, unfolded it with Sister Feng, and said with a smile: "This is the handicraft of sister Xia Zhu, it's really exquisite."

Sister Feng also looked at it once, the needlework was nimble, and the embroidery was exquisite, and she knew that a lot of effort was spent on it, so she thanked Ping'er with a smile, and ordered Ping'er to put it away, "I will wear it for eldest sister when the new year is over."

He lowered his head and smiled at his daughter: "Your aunt loves you so much, you will have to be filial to your aunt in the future, do you hear me?"

The eldest sister is just a ignorant child at this time, unable to speak yet, how can she understand the meaning of Sister Feng's words, she looks at Sister Feng curiously with her fingers in her mouth, then turns her head to look at Li Wan, makes a few ahhs, and suddenly pats her. He smiled with his little hands.

Both Li Wan and Sister Feng laughed, "This little girl is really weird."

After talking and joking for a while, Sister Feng suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile to Li Wan, "I almost forgot, you came today just in time, and there is something I want to send to you."

Then he said to Ping'er: "Bring the enamel box that my wife sent me yesterday."

Ping'er agreed, and sure enough, she went back to the room with a silver-gilt and enamel-inlaid box.

The whole body of this enamel box is chiseled and gilt, and decorated with burnt blue. The center of the wall is embedded with burnt blue decorations, the pattern is the same as the burnt blue cover, which is extremely delicate.

Li Wan looked at it carefully for a while, but he didn't know what it was, so he couldn't help laughing: "What kind of rare thing is this, such a treasure."

Sister Feng said: "This was sent by my mother yesterday. She said it was filial from the people below. What kind of ointment and ink are they called? I got two boxes in total. I left one box at home, and this one was sent over. I I don’t know much about these, it’s a pity to think about it for nothing, it’s better to use it for you, see if you like it.”

Li Wan was startled when he heard the words, and opened the ink cartridge, and saw a rectangular silver drawer in the box, with eight small compartments on the drawer.The silver discs on the opposite sides of the outer wall of the box are decorated with burnt blue, and there is a semi-circular drawer inside, and eight ink sticks are stored in the drawer.

The ink pact is two inches wide and four inches long, with a rounded top. On one side, the three characters "Juxiangpao" are inscribed in blue regular script, and a rice bead is embedded on the top; on the other side, the seven characters inscribed in blue regular script "Yongyuan Xinhai Xinnongzhi" .

Li Wan had also heard of the name of ointment ink in his previous life, but it had been lost for a long time, so he did not expect to see the real thing today.

The production of chrysanthemum paste ink, according to the records of "Old Man's Ink Records": "Wang Xinnonggu got a large box of donkey-hide gelatin in the Ming Dynasty, smelled the fragrance of chrysanthemum, so he made his own ink." The ink made from the above-mentioned donkey-hide gelatin with the fragrance of chrysanthemum, It is chrysanthemum ointment ink.

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Later, the chrysanthemum paste glue was exhausted, and no one made the chrysanthemum paste ink.

This ink is the favorite of literati and refined scholars, and it is very precious. Li Wan hurriedly covered the ink cartridge, pushed it back, and said: "This thing is rare, you can keep it for yourself."

Sister Feng said with a smile: "I don't do those "poetry and dry things". Take it with you."

Li Wan said: "Even if you don't use it, it's very respectable to give it away."

Sister Feng said: "It's even more wasteful to give it to others. I can't bear it. It's decent to give it to my family. Don't refuse it. It's just a few ink sticks anyway. It's not worth anything. In my eyes, it's better than a piece of paper." The gold bracelet is so precious, we are not outsiders, what are you doing heretics?"

After finishing speaking, he pushed the ink cartridge to her and said: "There are eight ingots here. Sister Lin and sister Xue each have one ingot, and the three girls in our family each have one ingot; for the remaining three ingots, I will give one ingot of Baoyu, and the rest Those two ingots are for you and Lang Geer."

Li Wan also knew what she was telling the truth, so he could only accept it, and said: "Since that's the case, I'll thank them on behalf of the sisters first."

Only then did Sister Feng rejoice.

Not long after, Li Wan got up to leave after the daughter-in-law in charge continued to speak back and forth.

Back in the room, send someone to deliver the ointment and ink to everyone.

All the sisters here have accepted it, and they are very happy. After learning the reason, they all thank Sister Feng deeply.

It is the New Year in the blink of an eye. The whole family worships the ancestral hall, and each family invites to eat New Year wine. It is very lively, so there is no need to repeat it.

When the Lantern Festival came on the 15th, Li Shouzhong made an agreement with Jia Zheng early on. After dinner that day, he sent someone to Jia's mansion to pick up Jia Lan, and took Li Hou to the street to watch the lanterns.

It is very lively tonight, and I can see the canopies on both sides of the market, full of horns, glass, poked yarn, silk, embroidery, painting, silk, or paper lamps.

The shops on both sides are hung with lanterns in various patterns, bright colors, high and low density, and ambilight.

Jia Lan and Li Hou were so dizzy that they couldn't see with both eyes.

After a while, there were more and more people on the street, and many rich families also took advantage of this good time to come out to enjoy the lanterns, but there was an endless stream of cars and horses like a dragon.

Li Shouzhong said: "There are many people at this time, let's sit in the restaurant first, rest our feet and go shopping."

Today is the Lantern Festival, and it is also a day for rest and bathing. Many people come to watch the excitement, and the restaurant is full of seats. Fortunately, Li Shouzhong had expected it before, and asked someone to book a private room a few days earlier.

The grandparents and grandchildren led the servants to avoid the crowd,

Walking upstairs, all kinds of beaded lamps hung are exquisite, sitting down together, looking from south to north, I can see countless light balls of different sizes from east to west and on the upper and lower floors opposite, really brilliant, like stars, One after another, people are overwhelmed, high and low, it is difficult to distinguish the number.

Li Shouzhong ordered a few fruits and vegetables at random, and suddenly heard the sound of gongs and drums outside, and the sound of silk and bamboo. When he looked over, he found a high platform built on the opposite floor. doing what?"

It just so happened that Xiao Er came up to deliver fruit and delicacies, and said with a smile, "My lord doesn't know, this is a stage set up by Xiyuan Bookstore and Jiuhua Pavilion, and it's used for guessing lantern riddles tonight. The winner will get a lottery. It is a rare treasure, if you are interested, you can go and have a look."

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