Delicate Flower Chapter 145: Silk flower

Like last time, Aunt Ji met Yu Tang at the second gate 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 came to say hello to Lao An. I have to ask Miss Yu to wait in the Nuan Pavilion."

Of course she shouldn't get involved when a junior comes over to fulfill their filial piety. It's Aunt Ji who is being polite and puts it in such a tactful way.

Yu Tang thought about the time she came to Pei's house and met the eldest lady, and thought about the rumors when Pei Yan just took over the Pei's house. She not only agreed with a smile, but also changed the subject as if to avoid suspicion: "Mother Ji, tomorrow is the Double Ninth Festival. It’s Chinese New Year, why aren’t there any chrysanthemums on the house yet?”

Double Ninth Festival is the time when chrysanthemums bloom best. People in Jiangnan love flowers. Even a family with a belly will raise two chrysanthemums. At this time, they will be brought out to meet the occasion, not to mention a wealthy family like Pei Mansion. If you don’t put out some ink chrysanthemums or build a few chrysanthemum mountains, you’d be embarrassed to say you’re going to celebrate the festival.

Who knows that this sentence should not be said.

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Aunt Ji's face and she said, "It's not because our third master doesn't like these flowers. Since the old master left, Lao An felt unhappy and was not in the mood to enjoy flowers. Damn it, we servants can't make our own decisions."

The villain in Yu Tang's heart wiped his sweat and said hurriedly: "That's true. When my mother was unwell two years ago, our family was not in the mood to celebrate the holidays. We treat guests at home with water chestnut cakes and snowflake cakes. Desserts like this are all bought from the market."

I don’t know where this sentence hit Aunt Ji’s heart. Aunt Ji sighed: “Who says it’s not true? Since our old man drove Hexi to the west, Lao’an suddenly felt like the sky had collapsed. Like. I used to like beautiful people so much that the master of Jinlou wanted to live at home and make jewelry for Lao An people all year round. This year, he didn’t even make a single piece of clothing, let alone make jewelry. It was just a few days ago On the anniversary of the old man's anniversary, the second master persuaded Lao An for a day, and Lao An's energy gradually improved." At this point, she looked at the little maid leading the way, and lowered her voice to remind Yu Tang, " When you meet Lao An later, just try to make her happy. If you can let her make jewelry and make clothes, there will be no one in the whole family who will not be grateful to you."

Yu Tang blinked.

The reason for chasing my lover is not because I am interested in the peanut cakes she made, but because I want to find someone who can make Lao An laugh and laugh!

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

The whole family is grateful to her, so will the eldest lady be grateful to her too?

Yu Tang sat down in Nuange and met another acquaintance - Lei Zhi.

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

Leizhi smiled straight at her and said, "I saw you when you came here last time, but I was on duty in the waiter that day, so I didn't have the nerve to say hello to you."

Yu Tang saw her dressed neatly in a green silk suit, holding a crabapple-style red lacquered silver tray with gold accents. She was full of energy and said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to come to Lao An."

Leizhi smiled and said: "I have been here for almost a year and I am still learning the rules. No, when I saw you coming, I found an excuse to come."

The two talked happily, and Yu Tang learned a lot about the Pei family.

For example, Lao An is not a person who likes to set rules for his daughter-in-law. It turns out that when the old man was around, the two wives followed their husbands in taking office. After the old man died, Lao An exempted the eldest wife from the morning and evening. Ding Province, the second wife will just come over every first and fifteenth day of the lunar month to say hello. The eldest wife and the second wife came here today because it was the Double Ninth Festival soon, but Lao An suddenly said that it was no longer the festival and he wanted to stay in a temple for two days. The second master couldn't persuade him no matter how hard he tried, and asked the second wife to accompany him to serve Lao An, but Lao An refused. The eldest wife and the second wife had to bring the younger members of the family to pay their respects to Lao An in advance.

Then Lao An still agreed to see her?

Yu Tang was startled and asked hurriedly: "When will Lao An set off?"

Lei Zhi said: "I will leave early tomorrow morning to go to Zhaoming Temple." After saying that, he pursed his lips and smiled, "Otherwise, why would it be my turn to serve you tea? How many people are there in Lao An's house? All the sisters are busy packing boxes and cages!"

Yu Tang felt that he came at the wrong time.

Who would have thought that as soon as this thought came to mind, a maid with a round face, a festive look and a well-behaved face came in through the curtain, smiled and saluted her, and said: "Miss Yu, Mr. Lao An knows you are here. , let me invite you over!"

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

This little girl looks younger than Leizhi. Either she is born with a childish face, or she is a first-class maid next to Lao An. Sister is an honorific title.

However, the name Pearl suits this little girl very well. She is indeed round and gentle.

Yu Tang followed with "Sister Pearl".

Zhuzhu was so frightened that she took half a step back, even saying she didn't dare. She said with a blush, "This is a joke. Miss Yu, please don't take it seriously, otherwise Aunt Chen will punish me."

Yu Tang couldn't figure out the depth of Lao An's house, so he didn't say anything more, smiled and said a few joking words, and then followed Pearl to Lao An's house.

Lao An seemed to be in good spirits. He sat on the Arhat bed and waved to Yu Tang: "Bring it to me and see what silk flowers you have brought."

The eldest wife, the second wife and others have all left, and all the teacups and fruit plates in the room have been taken away, but a few embroidered embroidery pieces are still surrounding the Arhat's bed. I don't know if they didn't take them away in time or if they put them there intentionally.

Yu Tang smiled and stepped forward to salute Lao An. At the little maid's signal, he sat on the embroidery pier closest to Lao An and handed the box in his hand to Pearl.

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

Lao An’s eyes lit up.

On the bright red carpet are two camellias, two chrysanthemums, two hostas, and two magnolias, the size of wine cups. They are made of velvet that makes people feel warm when looking at it this season. The petals are overlapping. It's so lifelike that if you don't know it in advance, it's easy for people to mistake it for a real flower.

"This is really..." Lao An took a camellia in his hand and held it carefully, saying, "I thought it was very good when I saw the lotus on your head last time. I didn't expect these flowers to be so good. Better. How did you do it?"

Yu Tang smiled and said: "Actually, the ones sold outside are not worse than what I make. It's just that the ones sold outside are specialized in this, and I just use it to pass the time. I can do it as well as others, Lao An It seems that I am great, but in fact everyone is similar."

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

This time, she looked at Yu Tang with a more solemn look, which startled Yu Tang and stammered: "What, what's wrong?"

Lao An smiled when he heard this.

That smile was like ice and snow melting, and the atmosphere around her became warm.

"You did a great job with the silk flowers." She said with a smile, the smile flowing from her eyes instead of just lingering on the corners of her mouth like the last time she came here. "I only felt like real flowers before. Yes, I just discovered that the velvet you used to make silk flowers is shorter than the general velvet, so it looks dense. The petals look like real flowers, thick, smooth and shiny. How did you do it? ?Re-trimmed with scissors? Or is there any other method?"

she asked with interest.

Yu Tang suddenly became excited, and suddenly felt the joy of "gifting pink to a beautiful lady".

"You discovered it!" she smiled. "When I was making silk flowers before, I always wanted to make something different. I would either make dewdrops on the petals, or put a dragonfly on them, or something like that. I nailed glass beads to make eyes, but later on, I felt more and more that the most difficult thing was to be 'real'. How do flowers bloom at noon, how do flowers bloom in the morning, and what do flowers bloom at night? It looks like... When I was making camellias, I bought the best Zhang velvet, and I also tried to cut their velvet short... But if I cut it too short, sometimes the bottom of the fabric would be exposed... I did it last time When I went to Suzhou, I specifically asked the guys at the silk and satin shop... I ordered a piece of cloth from them... It was a bit expensive, but everyone said the silk flowers they made were good, just like the real thing... like the one you have. Two flowers are camellias that bloom at noon. If it is at night, the petals will be curled up a little more... I am still thinking about whether to wear them with different flowers in the morning, noon and evening."

"You are right. When making silk flowers, the real thing is to make the fake look real!" Lao An said happily, "Then your hosta flowers bloom at night, and the chrysanthemums bloom in the morning?"

“Yeah, um, um.” Yu Tang’s eyes turned into crescent moons, “I think it’s time for Lao An to meet guests at night, so I can wear them differently.”

Lao'an used to be a clan wife, and all the women in the clan would come to her if anything happened, no matter morning, noon or evening.

"You little girl, you are really ingenious." Lao An praised, turned around and asked Zhenzhu to collect all the flowers, and said to Yu Tang, "I'm going to Zhaoming Temple to stay for a few days tomorrow. I'll come back and prepare some winter coats. Come and help me take a look then."

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 silk flowers, which shows that you are a talented person. When the time comes, you can just choose whatever is beautiful. I will post it for your family. ”

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

Yu Tang also answered some of Lao An’s silk flower making tips~IndoMTL.com~ She declined Lao An’s meal on the pretext of going home to prepare for the Double Ninth Festival family banquet, and then stood up to leave.

It was still Aunt Ji who sent her out, but they met A Ming halfway.

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

Now that the wind is blowing on my body, I feel a little chilly. Shouldn’t I go to the Nuan Pavilion for tea?

Yu Tang cursed in his heart, but did not say it out loud, and followed A Ming to the pavilion.

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

Yu Tang asked A Ming in a low voice: "How many pavilions do you have in your house?"

A Ming stretched out her fingers and murmured for a while, then said, "There should be seventeen. But that's not necessarily the case. I just counted the ones I remember. There may be some that I missed."

Well, she has none.