The oil bottle of the Red Chamber

In July, although the weather has gradually turned cooler in the morning and evening, it is still hot and scorching in the daytime.

Chen Wan waved a grape fan in her hand, surrounded by four or five little girls holding red lacquer trays, and walked gracefully into the main courtyard.But seeing that the elegant birds in the courtyard were not heard, the old man Chen and the old lady Chen both took a nap in the room, and even the maids and women who served in the room also found their own places to sleep in the middle of the night.There were only two waiters on duty, and they both squinted and swayed from side to side.Seeing Chen Wan, he hurriedly stepped forward to say hello.Chen Wan waved her hand, and quietly pointed to the inner room where her grandparents slept, not asking the girls to talk.

I quietly turned to the west wing, looking for the eldest sister to talk to the second sister.

When she was approaching the outside of the wing room, she heard the crackling sound of abacus. Chen Wan looked in through the window and saw her second sister sitting at the desk next to the window. There were two ledgers on the desk and two more in front of the ledger an abacus.The second sister fiddled with the abacus left and right, adding and subtracting a few sentences on the account book from time to time, her movements were very familiar.

Chen Wan laughed through the window and said, "It's noon, why don't you take a break. All day long, the family just makes calculations, and I see that your calculations are smoother than our accountant's."

The second sister heard the words and unconsciously raised her head to look out the window.But seeing that Chen Wan was wearing a new gauze shirt with yellow flowers on a white background, her body was already dripping with sweat, and she was panting delicately.The second sister smiled and said: "It's noon, why don't you sleep? Come down to visit under the poisonous sun, and you won't be afraid of getting burned. Hurry up and sit down."

After finishing speaking, he hurriedly ordered the maid, Zhen'er, to mix a bowl of rose dew with well water.That Zhen'er was the second-class maid who was selected from the family of the nursing home after the Shangyuan Festival that year.I am only ten years old this year, with a round face, always smiling, very pleasing.

Now, after listening to the second sister's order, she quickly agreed, ran out with a bang, and within a moment, came in with two bowls of rose water.She walked briskly, but walked steadily.Put the teacups filled with rose dew one by one in front of Chen Wan and the second sister, and said with a smile: "It's hot outside, and I saw that the girl's head was sweating, so I mixed two bowls. The girl also eats it." A bowl, go to the heat."

Chen Wan was feeling hot and dry mouth, she took the rose dew and ate it all in one gulp, and said to her second sister with a smile: "Zhen'er is a young girl, but she has a smart temperament. It's not like the vanilla in my house." , dial it and move it -- it doesn't mean she's lazy, but she's not as smart as Zhen'er."

After that, he covered his mouth with a smile and said, "It can be seen that if there is a master, there must be a servant."

While eating dew, the second sister smiled and said, "Sister Wan, don't make fun of me. Couldn't eating dew stop your mouth?"

Hearing this, Chen Wan smiled and rushed towards the second sister with the cup of tea she had already eaten, and joked in her mouth: "Although the mouth of eating people is soft, I have already finished eating. I am really sorry. You want to shut my mouth up." , you have to have another bowl."

After the second sister heard this, she hurriedly ordered Zhen'er to pour another bowl, "stop sister Wan's mouth".Chen Wan smiled and said, "Don't listen to your girl. In such a hot day, such a small bowl of dew can be eaten up in one bite. I'm thirsty right now, so you just need to drink more, so as not to toss it several times."

Zhen'er giggled, and sure enough, according to Chen Wan's words, she mixed a teapot of rose dew.Unexpectedly, the teasing laughter of the two sisters woke up the eldest sister who was taking a nap next door.The eldest sister rubbed her eyes, her hair was hanging in a bun, and her sash came over, she smiled at the two of them and said, "What are you talking about, it's so lively?"

After all, seeing the dew on the table, he felt thirsty after falling asleep, and he didn't order the maid to fetch another bowl, so he ate up the bowl of dew in front of the second sister, and then poured another bowl and ate half of it. Wan, casually sitting on the beauty couch at the side, pointed to a few little maids standing outside in the verandah and said, "When I came over, I saw that they were all holding things in their hands? Under the poisonous sun, Sister Wan brought these People come here, but what did they bring?"

It was only then that Chen Wan remembered the business, and said with a smile: "Look at me, I was so busy joking with my second sister that I forgot the business."

After all, he waved to a few little girls who were holding things in their hands, and said with a smile: "Tomorrow is the day when my aunt and two younger sisters will be filial piety. Dad said, it's hard to survive these three years, this time it will be It's a good way to celebrate and make everyone happy. For this matter, my mother called the tailor from Jinyixuan last month, and chose two pomegranate red silks to tailor for the two younger sisters. New clothes, did you choose another set of jewelry? Now that the clothes have been brought in, the two sisters can try them on. If they don't fit, tell them to change them immediately. If they fit, they can wear them at the banquet tomorrow.

After finishing speaking, she urged the eldest sister and the second sister to change clothes again and again.The eldest sister and the second sister had no choice but to go behind the screen and change their clothes.

Turning around for a moment, I saw the two sisters, both wearing pomegranate red satin jackets and pomegranate skirts, standing pretty on the ground.Chen Wan only felt her eyes light up, she clapped her palms and smiled and said, "The elder sister is more radiant than snow, and the second younger sister is radiant and beautiful, she really looks good."

After finishing speaking, he frowned again and said, "It's just that this bun is not good, so quickly ask the girls to come over and comb your hair. Then put on the newly made jewelry, and let's kowtow to our ancestors."

The big maid who was in charge of hairpins and hair combs in the house heard this, and hurried forward to help the two sisters comb their hair.Because the two sisters are still young, even though their hair is as black as silk, it is not very thick, and they cannot be combed into complicated buns.Seeing this, the two big maids only tied up the double maids for the two sisters, and brought Feng's new red gold flat hairpin with golden pendant horns, and two begonia pearl flowers were inserted under the bun to press the hair. Randomly picked up two piles of pink silk flowers and put them on the sideburns.I feel a lot of color.

Chen Wan stood aside, looked at the two girls, and said with a smile: "This is very good. After my aunt wakes up from her afternoon nap and washes up, we will go to kowtow to my grandparents."

After all, he ordered the little girl to go to the west wing room and the upper room where Mrs. Chen lived to inquire about whether everyone had slept.The little girl nodded her head, and when she went out, she happened to bump into Zhen'er who came in with a tea tray and cup.Zhen'er laughed and said, "There's no need to go, I just came over from there, and there's still no movement!"

After finishing speaking, he went to the table and poured a bowl of rose dew for the elder sister.

The elder sister was looking at Zhen'er in front of the Linghua mirror, she waved her hand and said with a smile: "I just ate two bowls, but now I don't want to. Give it to you girls."

Zhen'er obeyed, and came to the second sister with a teacup.

The eldest sister turned her head to Chen Wan and said with a smile: "Thank you, Auntie, for your trouble, and sister Wan, for your trouble."

When Chen Wan heard the words, she smiled and said, "They're all from my own family, what kind of polite words are you talking about?"

As he said that, as if he remembered something, he smiled and said to the second sister who was holding a cup of dew and said, "I don't know if it's the hot weather or something, but I just feel my face is oily these two days, and I have a few bruises." Pimple, I'm so scared that I don't even dare to use makeup. The second sister is knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and she knows those above the sea best. Can you think of a way to cure my disease?"

The second sister laughed and said, "What's so difficult about it? Go back and tell the little girl to go to the kitchen to get some rice washing water from Erhe. When you come back, you can just use it to wash your face sooner or later."

Chen Wan frowned and said, "I've followed your prescription for the past few days, and it doesn't work."

The second sister pondered for a moment, then said with a smile: "If it is spring, you can use two liang of fresh peach blossoms and two liang of fresh apricot flowers, soak them in water for seven days, remove the petals to filter the water, and wipe your face with gauze every day. It works too. It's just this moment..."

The second sister frowned and thought about it for a long time, then suddenly thought of a prescription and explained it to Chen Wan in detail.Chen Wan hurriedly ordered the maid to fetch a pen and paper to write down one by one.He smiled at the second sister again: "Second sister just talked about peach blossoms, but I think of a stewed lotus with peach blossom and crab roe that my sister made in spring. I'm very greedy now, but it's a pity that there are no fairy peach blossoms..."

When the second sister heard this, she turned her head and smiled and said, "Although there are no peach blossoms in July, the lotus in the pond is in full bloom. We can make lotus chicken, lotus bergamot cake, lotus steamed meat pie, lotus red bean cake... this Throughout the year, as long as you can think of it, there are many delicious things. It’s not just peach blossoms that can be eaten.”

Chen Wan and the eldest sister couldn't finish talking like the second sister, and they were already laughing.Chen Wan couldn't help shaking her head and said: "I didn't expect that the second sister has studied deeply in food. I went out and walked around, and saw that the girls outside love flowers and plants. They just love their fragrance and shape, not like my sister. I was wondering how to eat this flower. If outsiders know about it, I’m afraid they will sigh and say that my sister is cooking cranes and burning zithers, which is a disservice to the scenery.”

After the elder sister laughed, she swallowed her saliva greedily, and said with a smile to everyone: "I thought that only lotus root and lotus seeds could be eaten, but I didn't expect that lotus flowers are also edible in my younger sister's mouth. If so, call my younger sister or Write out a recipe, or condescend to cook some, at least let's try something new."

What Chen Wan said was also moved in her heart, and she hurriedly smiled and said: "That's very true. In the bitter summer of July, we juniors with strong bodies and good appetites are better off. Grandpa and grandmother are getting older, but they don't like food even more. My mother also told me that she was worried that if the two elders go on like this, they will be weak and tired, and they may get sick, and they will have to take medicine in summer, but they will suffer. If my younger sister can find a way to cook fresh food, call grandparents Making more is not only our filial piety, but also my parents and aunt can rest assured."

Hearing this, the second sister said with a smile: "It's easy. After kowtowing to my grandfather and grandmother, let's go to the stove and have a look. I wrote the prescription first and asked them to prepare it."

After finishing speaking, he picked up a pen and wrote the formula, and ordered Zhen'er to send it to the big kitchen to get ready.Zhen'er took Fang Zi and said with a smile: "Miss, you forgot, how can the ladies on the stove know how to read? You should tell me first, and I will tell them, that's all."

The second sister was stunned, and hurriedly taught Zhen'er several times.

When Zhen'er left, Chen Wan clapped her hands and laughed, "Sure enough, the second sister has a clever idea. This way, I can also rely on my grandparents, so it will be more useful."

The second sister pointed at Chen Wan and scolded with a smile: "Look at this person. She's showing a fox's tail at this moment. It's obvious that she is greedy for something new, but it's because of her grandparents' filial piety. It can be seen Confucius’ words are really good. In this world, women and villains are the only ones who are difficult to raise.”

Chen Wan looked at the way the second sister shook her head and dropped her book bag, but she didn't get angry. She pointed to herself with a smile, said "girl", then pointed back at the second sister, and said with a narrow smile, "Little man!"

The two of them were chatting and having fun, the eldest sister had already laughed softly on the beauty's couch.Chen Wan and the second sister looked at each other, then stood up and went to the elder sister, and stretched out both hands to scratch the elder sister's armpits under her ribs.The eldest sister couldn't help itching, couldn't breathe from laughing, and begged for mercy.

While playing, I heard Mrs. Chen shouting outside: "It's noon, and I don't sleep. It's just so noisy that people can't sleep."

When everyone looked back, they saw that Mrs. Chen was wearing a high bun on her head. On the jet-black bun was a golden phoenix hairpin hung with draped silk, and two small emerald green phoenix hairpins on her sideburns. Shaking, echoing the Nanzhu earrings swinging on the earlobe, she was wearing a red long beige with gold and a hundred butterflies and flowers that had just been cut, and a goose yellow horse skirt under it. She was slender and coquettish. It really is that people are more delicate than flowers, showing an even more glamorous and compelling aura.

Chen Wan looked at her aunt who was standing pretty in the veranda, and unconsciously praised: "Auntie is so beautiful today. This red dress is perfect for you."

Mrs. Chen likes to hear good things from people.Hearing Chen Wan's words, she felt more complacent, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, I have good eyesight, and I also think that I am most suitable to wear red."

After saying this, seeing the two daughters dressed like delicate flowers in the room, I felt more and more happy.He hurriedly waved his hands to call out the eldest sister and the second sister, held one in each hand, and said with a smile: "Go, kowtow to your grandparents!"

After all, the mother, daughter, aunt and nephew brought them to the upper room.

At that time, the two elders had already woken up, and they were sitting in the room talking to Feng Shi about tomorrow's performance and drinking. Because Feng Shi said that the old lady of You's family would come tomorrow, he might have the intention of seeing someone.Seeing Mrs. Chen coming in with her two sisters, she hurriedly stopped talking.