Early the next morning, it started drizzling, flying slanted like an embroidery needle, covering the sky with a layer of smoke.

Gu Xiyan wore an apricot yellow summer dress, which looked bright and lively in the hazy weather, and even felt much better.

She took Mo Ju to pay tribute to Mrs. Gu.

When she arrived at the park, Mrs. Gu had just gotten up and was sitting in front of the mirror table to comb her hair. When she heard that Gu Xiyan had come to pay her respects, she was very surprised. Madam Song, who was sitting next to Mrs. Gu's mirror table, used silk to dry the raindrops on the newly picked magnolia petals, and said, "Madam, don't worry now. I see that the second girl is well-behaved. She was young and ignorant!"

Mrs. Gu sighed and said, "I hope so." She hurriedly asked Liu'er beside her to invite Gu Xiyan in.

Gu Xiyan came in and kowtowed to Mrs. Gu respectfully. Mrs. Gu got up with Gu Xiyan. The two of them talked warmly for a while. Mrs. Gu admired Gu Xiyan’s magnolia flowers and kept her for breakfast.

Gu Xiyan found that Mrs. Gu’s breakfast was also very simple, with a bowl of white porridge and a few plates of salted dishes. Because she was keeping Gu Xiyan for dinner, she specially let two poached eggs fry.

She recalled Song Meizhi's words yesterday and couldn't help but wonder, is it really as Madam Song said, this family is completely empty!

After breakfast, she returned to Wuyuan and found that Wuyuan was completely different from yesterday. A self-sounding bell, plum bottle, seat screen was placed on the incense table, and a painting screen was hung. A variety of small porcelain boxes were placed on the mirror table in her room. The small ear room was tidied into a bathroom, separated by a screen into two, with a toilet on one side and a bathtub on the other.

Gu Xiyan was very excited about the small self-tone bell. She looked around it and said to Duan Niang: "Put this in my room!"

Duan Niang smiled and said, "Didn't you think it was noisy before?"

Gu Xiyan smiled but refused to answer.

Hengyue and Xinghong were cleaning up the wardrobe. The bed was covered with red and green silk, emitting a faint light of cocoons, which was very beautiful and gorgeous.

Women will be interested in these things!

Gu Xiyan ran over to see.

The tightness in Gu Xiyan's mouth and the tightness in Gu Xiyan's heart are indeed very far away. The pomegranate skirt that is pulled on the ground, the pleats like ripples like water, the eight skirts embroidered with birds and beasts, and the moon skirt that spreads like a trumpet flower... The styles are different, such as robe, silk, half-arm, jacket, cloak, cloak... Everything is available, sky blue, moon white, lotus root, crow green, willow green... colorful; Gu Xiyan was stunned and tsk. Thinking that these clothes are all their own in the future, it feels like a pie falling from the world.

It seemed that Mo Xiang had seen such a formation for the first time. His eyes were glowing, and he looked very envious. "This is Jiannan's beauty", "This is Fengtai's batik", "This is Jiangnan's kesi"... Gu Xiyan was very interested. The two of them gathered together and chattered. Of course, it was Mo Xiang who was talking and Gu Xiyan was listening.

It turned out that the entire Xia Kingdom was divided into two by a Song River. The north was governed by Duke Liang, Duke Jin and Duke Yan, and the south was Xizhao counties. However, in Hainan County, there was a zone formed by the Nanling and Longshan Mountains, called Fengtai. These five places were also very different in terms of clothing and dresses. The people usually call the richest and most prosperous Jiangnan County of the Xia Kingdom, Jiangnan. There are spring seasons, and women wear robe and dresses, half-arms and other clothes, and the texture is mostly made of yarn and shiny.

The weather in Fengtai is very hot, and women wear different clothes. They like to wear half an arm, which is different from the half an arm that Jiangnan women like to wear. A double-breasted long sleeve inside the half an arm, and a skirt on the lower body. The woman in Fengtai wears half an arm that is tight and just a waist, and only a bellyband inside, and a soft boxer on the lower body, sometimes exposing her calves... The people in Liang Guogong called it Liangdi, which is the source of Songjiang River. Songjiang River is from

Longshan flows south to Mingdao and enters the sea. The climate is cold in winter and hot in summer. Women are used to wearing small jackets and pants with both sides and sides. There is also a very unique embroidery method in the local area, called Longxiu. The embroidery is concave and shaped and colorful. They like to embroider the lace on the corners of their clothes by using Longxiu. They are very popular among girls and wives of famous families in the south of the Yangtze River. As for the Yan land managed by Duke of Yan, it is the worst climate in Xia, where it is twelve months a year and six months.

It snows, the weather is very cold, and there is no rice production. Most families make a living by hunting, and women also have to bear the burden of family burdens like men. The customs of the people are very tough. Most women there wear fur robes and horse clips. Near Liang, in the Jin area managed by the Duke of Jin, south of Yan State and north of Song River, the climate there is distinctive seasons. Instead, it is a place where the clothes are the most distinctive but the strengths of many families are gathered. They both like to wear cloaks inlaid with fox fur, and like the half-arm of Longhua as thin as cicadas...

Gu Xiyan held her elbow and chin and listened with relish. After lunch, she was preparing to continue talking about this topic with Mo Ju, but she heard the sound of Sizhu vaguely, as if there were girls singing, coming with the wind, appearing and looming.

Heng Yueqi said: "What sound is this? Where did it come from?"

Duan Niang said with a stern face: "Where is the sound? Get your things ready soon, don't look around."

After a while, the sound became louder and louder.

Gu Xiyan quietly looked for Duan Niang: "What's going on?"

Duan Niang sighed: "Didn't you hear Madam Song say yesterday?"

Gu Xiyan was puzzled.

Duan Niang said, "Mrs. rented Liu Ting next to Yuanxiang Lake to the one named Qin."

Gu Xiyan then remembered and asked, "Oh, the aunt Qin who taught Sizhu is said to have come from Jiangnan. Do you know him?"

Duan Niang hesitated for a while before answering: "I don't know you either, I just heard of it. She used to be a famous actor, with a very outstanding appearance and proficient musical instruments. Later, she took the mountain to recruit disciples in Wuzhou, Jiangnan County, and was quite famous. Two years ago, the concubine of the governor of Jiangnan County, Lord Li, celebrated the birthday party and invited Aunt Qin's team to perform the show. Somehow, a girl under her command actually hanged herself at Lord Li's house. Aunt Qin got into a lawsuit. Later, the team was disbanded, and her people were nowhere to be found. Unexpectedly... she rented our yard and was still doing this job of recruiting disciples..." Duan Niang said, shook her head angrily.

Gu Xiyan heard it in her ears and remembered it in her heart, and she actually had the idea of ​​seeing this. She just saw Duan Niang's face full of disapproval, so she was not good at showing it here.

As the two were talking, Xinghong suddenly came in and reported: "There is a servant named Shuxiang outside asking for a meeting with the girl, saying that she was the close-fitting boy beside the master."

Gu Xiyan and Duan Niang looked at each other, knowing that this person was probably sent by Mr. Gu, they immediately invited the servant in. The servant was only eight or nine years old, with a red face like an apple, and two big round eyes like shiny gems, and they looked very alert.

It turned out that Mr. Gu asked this servant named Shuxiang to spread Gu Xiyan, saying that she would meet in Rongyuezhai, his study room now.

Duan Niang took candy to entertain Shuxiang. Hengyue and the others quickly washed and dressed up Gu Xiyan. Gu Xiyan took Mo Ju and followed Shuxiang to see Mr. Gu.

There are two roads to go to Mr. Gu’s study, Rongyuezhai, one is from the small garden guarding the garden to the outer courtyard, and the other is from the small path in Wuyuan to the corner gate and then pass through a north-south alley to Rongyuezhai.

Under normal circumstances, of course, Mrs. Gu took half of the key and opened the corner door with the guard gate and walked through Jiaxiang to Rongyuezhai.

Although the rain stopped when they went out and the branches and leaves in the forest were wet, Gu Xiyan still chose to pass through the forest. When they left the alley, they saw a small open and flat square paved with blue bricks. In front of the square was a tall wall courtyard made of bluestone. The door was a grand Guangliang gate, which left Gu Xiyan there on the spot.

Shuxiang led them straight through the square and knocked on the door. There was a boy who was slightly larger than Shuxiang. A five-year-old boy answered the door. Shuxiang saw the boy and smiled sweetly, "Brother Guiguan, I brought the second girl to see the master."

The boy named Gui Guan was about the same height as Gu Xiyan, with his sword-browed eyebrows and starry eyes, exuding a heroic and upright atmosphere, and his temperament was very outstanding. If he had not met this place, Gu Xiyan would never believe that he was just a small child servant. He bowed to Gu Xiyan indifferently and said calmly: "Please come with me, the second girl."

The two followed Gui Guan into the door. There was a small courtyard inside, with tall camphor trees on both sides, and bluestone slabs in the middle. At the end of the road was a house with seven buildings. The brick-shaped building with a mountain roof looked very tall, with nothing on the lintel.

Gui Guan stepped forward and knocked on the door. He was also a boy, one or two years younger than Gui Guan, with picturesque eyebrows and beautiful eyes. Gui Guan called him "a hundred years".

When Bai Nian saw Gu Xiyan, she seemed very happy and said shyly: "Second Girl, wait, I'll report to the master now."

The door was closed again. After a while, Bai Nian opened the door with a pale face and said, "Master, let the second girl in!"

Mo Ju made Gu Xiyan’s hair accessories, and Gu Xiyan entered the door.

As soon as Gu Xiyan entered the door, she was shocked. It was the largest private study she had ever seen.

All seven rooms were opened, and all the eyes were touching were books, as high as the bookshelf on the rafters, on the couch, on the large painting table... neatly, scattered, chaotic... books were everywhere, like a small library.

A man in his thirties was sitting on a large couch by the window looking at Gu Xiyan. He had a gentle face and beautiful facial features. He was wearing a wide moon-white robe with a wide sleeve. His expression was casual and calm. On the couch of the couch was a boy of about a hundred years. When the boy saw Gu Xiyan coming in, he looked up at her in surprise. The boy's hair was as dark as lacquer and his eyebrows were as dark as far away. He was very beautiful. For some reason, his face was pale, and his big sweat beads flowed down his temples.

In Gu Xiyan's shocked gaze, Bai Nian immediately stepped forward to help the boy up and called out "Huanling".

Huanling responded softly and walked out with Bai Nian with a staggering pace.

Gu Xiyan felt that the scene was a bit weird, but she couldn't tell what was wrong, so she couldn't help but look at the two boys a few more times.

The man on the couch laughed and drew Gu Xiyan's attention away: "It's still the same, he looks obedient and gentle, but his eyes are slippery, like a curious little mouse!"

Gu Xiyan couldn't hear whether the man said he was happy or disgusted, nor did she know what the man meant, so she had to smile embarrassedly, stepped forward and bent her knees to the man and shouted "Father".

Mr. Gu raised his black light-skinned sword eyebrows, pursed his thin lips, and waved his wide sleeves casually, signaling her to sit opposite him.

Gu Xiyan sat up gently.

Mr. Gu smiled and looked at Gu Xiyan with a smile on his face. After a long time of silence, she felt uneasy as if she was sitting on pins and needles. Suddenly, Mr. Gu reached out and pinched Gu Xiyan's jaw like lightning, and pulled her face to the window, as if she had to use the sunshine outside to see Gu Xiyan's appearance clearly, and her eyes raised her like a sharp blade.

Gu Xiyan felt cold in his heart by his eyes. She was about to say a few playful words to relieve the atmosphere, but Mr. Gu suddenly shook his hand away. Gu Xiyan was unexpected and almost fell down.
Chapter completed!