Ordinary clear day

Chapter 31
Hearing the noise outside, Mrs. Tong hurried in and asked, "What's the matter?" But when she saw the mirror stand fell to pieces on the ground, she immediately lowered her face, "Who did it?" Li was used to seeing glass mirrors and knew they were precious things, so he knelt down in fright, trembling.Chun Xing also lowered her head, not daring to make a sound.

Shu Ning said to Tong: "It was my daughter who asked sister Qiu Ju to help take down the rag basket from the shelf, but a piece of cloth got caught on the mirror stand and was accidentally taken down." Tong stared at Qiu Ju's two Eyes, sneered: "If you are doing things intentionally, how can you be so careless? You girl has been looking like a dead fish recently, you must be careless to break the mirror." Qiu Ju bowed her head and dared not make a sound .

Tong Shi sternly ordered Qiuju to follow her out of the porch, and ordered someone to bring a stick to beat her hard, as punishment for her recent lack of work.Shuning wanted to follow her out, but Ermo stopped her in the room: "My little ancestor, what's so interesting about this? Qiu Ju took advantage of Brother Qing's influence and came here for a few months. Just look at it, ever since I found out that brother Qing is going to get married, she has a dejected face and doesn't work hard. Grandma is using her to beat her up now. Don't go, stay in the house, Ermo will talk to you." Even Chun Xing stopped her.

Shuning had no choice but to stay, watching Ermo call Chunxing to clean up the debris on the ground, and listening to the beating and crying outside the door, feeling a little uneasy.Seeing her like this, Ermo coaxed her to be happy: "What do you want to eat tonight? There are fresh mushrooms, why don't you ask Chun Xing to cook pork vermicelli for you tonight?" The louder and louder crying attracted him.

Qiu Ju suffered a dozen or so blows, and was helped back to her room by others, crying, and Tong was relieved.Shuning returned to her room bored.After this incident, she couldn't find good materials to make sachets anymore, so she had to put all the sewing tools back into the basket one by one, but she saw Chun Xing coming in with a plate, so she asked, "What do you hold?" What is it?" "It's the mirror fragments just now. Although it is broken into small pieces, it can still illuminate people, so I put it away. Why don't you think of a way to frame them and take them with you?" "Chun Xing rarely sees such a precious thing, and is really reluctant to throw it away.

Shuning looked at the shards of the mirror on the plate in her hand, and suddenly thought of something: "I have an idea! Let's not make mirrors, let's make something else." After saying that, she took the plate, put it on the table, and searched around Picking up the paper, pen and ink, she raised her head and said to the puzzled Chun Xing, "Go to the outer study to find Ma San'er, and ask him to bring me some paints for painting, and find some harder paper." Although Xing couldn't figure out what she wanted to do, she went obediently.

After a while, all the materials needed were found, Shu Ning put them on the table and recalled the production steps.

What she wants to do is a kaleidoscope.

Now there are no colorful glass balls, cardboard and plastic sheets, and no color film. She can only draw "flowers" with color pigments, and then paste several layers of paper together to form a cardboard. method to make the most original kaleidoscope.She had done it several times in her previous life, but it was a long time ago. While she was doing it, she had to stop and recall from time to time.

This "new" gadget took her a full day, and when she finally finished it, she tried it out.Although the things are really simple, but in this era, it is enough to make people amazing.Duan Ning was very interested in this new toy, and almost didn't snatch it away. Shu Ning had no choice but to hand over the remaining lenses to him, and told him how to do it, and then sent Chun Xing to help him, and let him fiddle with it by himself.

When going to Su Mansion, Shu Ning brought a kaleidoscope with her.Because the weather was getting colder, the Zhou family sent a carriage and several servants to send their young lady to be a guest. She took Chun Xing into the car, and the group rushed to their destination.

It was not the first time to look at Su's mansion outside the door, but it was the first time to enter the door.The Su Mansion is very large, and it is different from the few houses that Shu Ning has been to. The style has a strong atmosphere of generals. There is also a martial arts training ground in the vestibule. There are several weapon racks, and the blades on the top are shining coldly.

The carriage stopped after entering the second gate, and several servants came up to greet them, saying: "Ge Ge was waiting early in the morning, but the girls are here, please come in quickly." Another person took Zhou's house. The gift that the next person is holding.

Shu Ning only felt a little trembling, it was the first time she had seen such a scene.It turns out that the scene in "Dream of Red Mansions" surrounded by servants of rich families really exists. Although I heard my mother mention that the Earl's Mansion in Beijing is also very ostentatious, but she has never lived there after all, and she has no intuitive understanding. Unexpectedly, the first time I saw it was at someone else's house.

She and Zhou Yinlan followed the servants from Su's mansion to lead the way, walked through the long corridor, and arrived at a courtyard. Miss Su, who was dressed in red, was already waiting at the gate of the courtyard.She said happily: "The two younger sisters are here. I'm dying of anxiety. Come in and sit down." After saying that, she dragged her and walked into the room without waiting for the ceremony.

There were a few nuns next to her trying to persuade her to be gentle, but she just didn't care, and when she entered the room, she drove all those people out, leaving only a close maid to serve the tea, turned around and smiled at Shuning and Zhou Yinlan Said: "These people are all from Beijing. They are so annoying to me talking about the rules every day. I talk to you, so I don't need them to talk too much." He greeted him with tea cakes and fruits.

Zhou Yinlan hurriedly smiled and pulled her to sit down: "Since we are acquaintances, why should you be so polite, sit down and talk." She sat down with a smile, glanced at Shuning, and said: "I said earlier that I would invite Miss Shuning to come and play." , why did you come here now? Could it be that I think my place is tacky and looks down on me?" Shuning hurriedly said: "This is not worth it, if the house is tacky, then the place we live will become more and more like a pig's nest and horse pen Miss Su smiled, and was about to speak when Zhou Yinlan couldn't take it anymore, and said, "Stop saying such polite words here, are you sour?" All three of them laughed.

Shu Ning said with a smile: "You are familiar with the elder sister of the Su family, so naturally you can speak casually. It's the first time I'm here as a guest, and I'm feeling uneasy. You're not considerate and you're making fun of me. Is there anyone like you?"

Miss Su said: "The elder sister of the Shaosu family is longer, and the elder sister of the Su family is shorter. Don't you think it's cumbersome to call such a long name? Anyway, we get along well. My girlfriend's name is Yunzhu. Call me Sister Yunzhu." .” Zhou Shu both agreed, and met Li again.

After some gossip, their topic turned to Miss Su's marriage.Su Yunzhu curled her lips and said: "It was originally said to be spring, but someone died in his family, so it was changed to the end of summer, but in autumn the prince left again, and it will be postponed to next spring. The gang of nuns live here in my house." For more than half a year, I was annoyed to death every day, I had to worry about how I walked and how I ate, and they would talk for a long time every time I moved, it was really annoying!"

The two girls looked sympathetic. Although they had to learn the rules at home, they were not so annoying.Zhou Yinlan comforted: "Perhaps my sister will live in that palace in the future, and their family has strict rules. They are afraid that you will not get used to it, so they will send someone to teach you in advance, right?"

Shuning was not polite: "From my point of view, most of these nuns have weird tempers, and they have nothing else to do on weekdays. They only enjoy watching people suffer. They only want to control you, upset you, and watch you get angry. , they will be happy." Isn't that how it was played on TV?Nanny Rong is one of them.

These words startled Zhou Yinlan, but made Su Yunzhu very happy. She smiled and said, "Your sister's words hit the nail on the head, that's what they are!" not good."

But Su Yunzhu didn't care: "What are you afraid of? I've scolded them a lot in the past six months, and I haven't seen them do anything to me. I'm always angry with them, but now I just vent it." Pulling the red dress on my body: "Look, they even want to stop me from wearing a red dress, saying that I was married as a concubine, and wearing red is not suitable for etiquette. It is extremely ridiculous. I am not married yet. What do I like to wear?" Just wear whatever you want, let them take care of it!!"

Looking at the big red flag dress and the red satin-lined vest on her body, Shu Ning has a little black line. This young lady probably decided to wear enough to save money because she knew that she would not be able to wear red after she got married. See She was dressed as red as fire.

"Did you hear gossip about me in the city?" Su Yunzhu asked suddenly after taking a sip of tea.

Zhou Shu and Zhou Shu looked at each other, and the former said cautiously: "It's all rumors, don't listen to it..." Su Yunzhu immediately interrupted her: "So, there are indeed some, right?" Then she sneered and said, "If you don't know, isn't that stupid woman from the Qin family chewing her tongue? A wicked woman with a small chicken stomach and a vengeance! She thinks these rumors can do anything to me." Does it work? Who will listen to her seriously?!"

Shu Ning nodded and said: "Sister Yunzhu is right. I heard that Mrs. Qin has feuds with the wives of all the adults. Now there is no relationship. Only a few wealthy families, most of them are businessmen, and the female relatives of the family will have quarrels with each other. She goes out with her. No matter how many bad things she says about her sister, how many people do she trust? Even if those merchants answer her face to face, they don't dare to spread rumors with their backs and offend the people in the family."

Zhou Yinlan also nodded in agreement. Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit dull, she smiled and said: "A few days ago we got a new gadget, and it was a bit interesting. It was used for fun in our boudoir. I made a new pair. Give it to my sister, do you like it?" Just as he was talking, he took out five small sachets from his sleeve and said to Shuning: "I am not as good as my sister when it comes to playing, so I am not as good as my sister." Sister Yunzhu, take a look?"

Shu Ning saw that these five sachets were only half the size of a thumb. Four of them were made of blue silk, and one was made of purple-red silk. The stitches were well-proportioned. Each was embroidered with different flower patterns, very delicate and beautiful. , faintly exudes a faint fragrance.

In terms of delicacy and beauty, this "stone" has greatly exceeded her imagination, and the weight is just right in her hand, so she happily played with all kinds of tricks, and Su Yunzhu clapped her hands Applause.However, Shu Ning clearly felt that she was not really interested, probably because the game was too boudoir and did not match her usual personality.After playing for a while, Shuning also took out her gift.

"Actually, I also made a new thing. Sister Zhou hasn't seen it before. It's called a kaleidoscope. Sister Yunzhu, look at it?" She handed the kaleidoscope to Su Yunzhu, motioning her to look into the tube.This gift is very suitable for the taste of Miss Su, she kept exclaiming: "Oh, there are really flowers, but it's a pity that the room is not bright enough, let me take a look outside the door... I see, I see, there are really flowers." A lot of flowers... what? Do you want to rotate? Huh? The flowers have changed? How could it be like this..."

She was very happy watching it, which aroused Zhou Yinlan's curiosity. It took a while to grab the kaleidoscope, and after taking a look at it, she also yelled, and even the nuns who were guarding outside the door were attracted. It's called "Gege, please pay attention to the rules, it's not proper", and so on.Su Yunzhu curled her lips, pretending she didn't hear, and continued to play with Zhou Shu.

(End of this chapter)