On the second day of the second lunar month, the sleeping dragon wakes up in winter. The spring thunder starts to sprout, and all living things come back to life.
In the morning, the servants set up the incense table in the west room. Yu Shu followed behind Zhao Hui and her husband to light incense sticks for the two elders of the Zhao Family who had passed away for many years.
After paying respect to the ancestors, Yu Shu went back to her room to wash her hands. She packed her belongings and went to the front to wait for someone to pick her up.
Xue Rui seemed to have calculated the time. As soon as Yu Shu crossed the gate of the courtyard, she saw a double-pulled carriage slowly stop in front of the gate. Lao Chui pulled the reins, and the young maidservant sitting next to him jumped off the carriage and trotted to the steps to call the gatekeeper.
Yu Shu walked over and stopped the maidservant she had never seen before. She walked to the side of the carriage with the maidservant, greeted Lao Chui, and then got into the carriage.
The roof of Xue Rui's carriage was covered with glass, and the inside was bright and spacious. There were three circles of leather seats, a rosin tea table in the middle, a tea set, and three layers of dessert boxes. Xue Rui was sitting in the innermost part of the carriage. He was wearing a bamboo patterned gauze gown, and his hair was tied with a green polyester jade band, revealing his full forehead. As usual, he looked very ostentatious.
Yu Shu only glanced at him, and then her eyes jumped to the inconspicuous figure on the left. She knew that this was Xue Rui's third sister, Xue Jinxun, but she still couldn't help but be surprised. It wasn't that this Miss Xue was as beautiful as a flower. On the contrary, her appearance could only barely be regarded as delicate. Her skin was obviously unhealthy white, which was caused by the sun that she didn't see often. To put it bluntly, she didn't look like she was born from the same mother as Xue Rui.
"Let me introduce. Shu, this is my third sister, Jinxun. Jinxun, this is Miss Yu that I mentioned to you before. She is older than you, so you can call her older sister." Xue Rui pointed at Yu Shu and introduced her to the two.
Yu Shu sat right opposite Xue Jinxun, and she watched as this young girl kept her head lowered while her hands were placed obediently on her knees, and she didn't move in the slightest. She waited until Xue Rui finished speaking before she quietly raised her head by an inch and revealed a pair of timid eyes that met Yu Shu's probing gaze. She blushed and quickly lowered her head again. She nervously clenched her fingers and said in a small voice, "Yu, Sister Yu."
Then, her face turned red, and she quickly lowered her head again. A grey rabbit she once raised was just like her, afraid of strangers and timid, whenever it saw an outsider it would want nothing more than to burrow into the ground, but no matter how hungry it was, it would only eat the food she fed it. Suddenly it felt a bit of intimacy towards this Miss Xue, it beamed at her and said, "Hello, Jinxun meimei."
After saying that, she touched her sleeves again. She took out a small colorful bag with four corners, stretched out her hand, and handed it to her, "I only knew that I was going to see you last night, so I didn't prepare any greeting gifts in a hurry. This is a little thing I made. I'll give it to you."
Although it was a little thing, it actually took Yu Shu a lot of thought. Last night, she went to sleep in the middle of the night. She racked her brain to make this, and it might be too shabby to give it to others. But it might be just right for this Sister Xue.
Xue Jinxun looked at the thing that Yu Shu gave to her. She first turned her head to look at Xue Rui. Seeing her brother nod, she reached out to take it embarrassedly. It was thin, and she didn't know what was in the bag. She curiously touched it.
Xue Rui was also a little curious, so he directly asked Yu Shu, "What is this?"
Yu Shu said with a smile, "It's for fun to pass the time." Then she said to Xue Jinxun, "Open it and take a look. I'll teach you how to play."
Xue Jinxun placed the colorful bag on her lap and opened it, revealing a palm-sized, square-shaped paper that was folded with gold sprinkled on it. There seemed to be layers of something written inside, and the word "East" was painted in red cinnabar. It looked strange.
Yu Shu saw that the brother and sister were at a loss, and she secretly snickered. She reached out for the folded paper, held it in her hand, and flipped it open until it turned into a larger quadrangle. She explained to them, "This thing is called East, South, West, and West. Do you see the four directions written on it? Put them vertically, and there are eight sides hidden inside. Each side has a 'command' hidden inside. You have to see if it's horizontal or vertical. Count it a few times, east or west, and the command will be different when you open it. For example, let me guess, count it horizontally three times, look at the east side, and follow the command."
Yu Shu put her two thumbs and index fingers into the quadrangle, and opened it vertically and horizontally three times, revealing the word "East". She looked at the "command" hidden inside, and wrote "Sing a song" in small regular script with cinnabar.
She looked up at Xue Jinxun, and saw that the little girl's eyes were focused, and her interest was aroused. She didn't hesitate to perform and coaxed her to be happy, "Look, I'm the middle command now, and I have to sing a song for you. Cough, then I'll sing a song. "Yu Shu cleared her throat, and under the gaze of the Xue family's brother and sister, she began to sing shamelessly. "Pig, your nose has two holes, and when you had a cold, you still had snot hanging on your nose. Pig, your ears are so big, and you can't understand what I'm saying. I'm calling you stupid."
Yu Shu sang "Pig's Song", which was once very popular in her memory. The lyrics and music were hippie, and her pronunciation was clear and exaggerated. Poor Xue Rui and Xue Jinxun, the two people who were born and raised in ancient times, had never heard such a straightforward tune. They were stunned after hearing her sing a few lines. When Yu Shu shook her head and hummed "pig's head, pig's brain, pig's body, pig's tail", they finally couldn't help laughing.
"Hahaha …" Xue Rui was overjoyed. On a whim, he leaned over to take the lid of the tea on the table, and gently tapped on the celadon plate to make a rhythm, echoing Yu Shu's tune. The tinkling sounds were very in tune.
With the accompaniment, Yu Shu became even more excited, and the lyrics that she couldn't remember clearly became fluent, "Pig, your skin is so white, you must have reincarnated in a rich family in your previous life. Ah, ah, it is said that your ancestor had a rake, and the fortune-teller said that he was destined to have a peach blossom. When he saw a beautiful girl, he would laugh and laugh, not blush, not be afraid …"
"Pfft …" The younger sister of the Xue family couldn't hold back her laughter. She was afraid of making the singer unhappy, so she quickly closed her mouth. Her cheeks were red and puffed up, but her ears were pricked up. She listened shyly and timidly, and looked at the elder sister of the Yu family with curiosity.
After the song, the atmosphere in the car was already very good. Xue Jinxun even took the initiative to talk to Yu Shu. Although her voice was still not loud, it still surprised Xue Rui. After all, his sister usually didn't speak much, and when she was anxious, she would stutter a little. It was already good enough that she could reply with two out of ten sentences.
"Sister, Sister Yu, what song is this?" She had never heard of it before. It was a strange tune, and she couldn't tell how interesting it was.
Yu Shu casually said, "It's just a song sung by our children in the south. You can't take it seriously. Just listen to it and be happy."
As she said this, she raised the four corners in her hand and said to Xue Jinxun, "I've given the order, so it's your turn. Which side do you want to guess?"
The atmosphere was just right. Xue Jinxun wasn't as shy as she was at the beginning. After all, she was still a little childish and childish. She wanted to play with Yu Shu, so she said softly, "Then it's north. North side six times."
She didn't know how to play, so Yu Shu patiently asked, "Horizontally or vertically?"
Xue Jinxun thought for a moment and said, "Horizontally."
After that, she nervously stared at Yu Shu's movements. She watched as she folded the four corners and opened them six times, revealing the north side for her to see. On it were the four words' Divert Trouble to Others'.
Yu Shu laughed and pointed at Xue Rui, "Jinxun is lucky. This is an empty order. The person sitting on the east side wants to drink a cup in her place. It's you."
As she said this, she poured a cup of tea and handed it to Xue Rui, "There's no wine, so let's use tea instead."
Xue Rui raised his eyebrows and drank a cup of tea cooperatively. He looked at the four corners in Yu Shu's hand and said with great interest, "I'll also try. Vertically three times, south side."
Yu Shu nodded. The eight "orders" she wrote last night flashed in her mind. She quietly turned the four corners in another direction, so that the order was replaced by the other side. She counted one, two, three, opened it, looked down, bit her lips, moved closer to Xue Jinxun, and showed it to her.
Xue Jinxun saw the words on the top and exclaimed, then she covered her mouth and lowered her head, as if she was trying to hold back her laughter.
Xue Rui was wondering why they were so happy all of a sudden. He saw Yu Shu stretch out her hand and showed three words behind the south side.
You're a pig.
He was speechless.
"Pig, your nose has two holes ~" Yu Shu intentionally teased him, and she started humming the pig song from before. She stretched out her hand and pushed up the tip of her nose to reveal two round nostrils, and it caused Xue Rui to be at a loss whether to laugh or cry, whereas, Little Sister Xue's face was filled with laughter instead.
The three of them played for a while, and the carriage stopped on Fujing Street. Feng Zhaomiao got on the carriage halfway. Seeing them playing happily, she also joined in to guess the order.
Although the "North, South, East, West" made by Yu Shu was simple, the words in it were carefully thought out. In addition to the drinking order, the air order, the laughing order, there was also the general order. Whoever guessed the general order would be able to order the people present to do one thing. There was more than one kind of fun, so they were not afraid of the people who guessed the order.
The young master of General Feng's family was a playful person. After he joined them, the laughter in the carriage never stopped. When Lao Chui stopped the carriage near the Spring Lan River, Feng Zhaomiao was still holding the square paper that Yu Shu made. He begged Yu Shu to make one for him as well. He planned to use it to tease other people.
After Yu Shu agreed, he returned the "North, South, East, West" to Xue Jinxun. The little girl blushed and took out the small colorful bag that Yu Shu gave her at the beginning. She put the square paper back and put it in her sleeve pocket. She shyly thanked Yu Shu. It seemed that she liked the gift very much.
Xue Rui saw that Yu Shu and Xue Jinxun got along well, so he was relieved. He opened the curtain and got off the carriage first. Looking at the crowd in front of them, he turned around and said to the people in the carriage, "Let's get off the carriage. There are many people in front. Let's walk there."
Yu Shu jumped off the carriage first. She turned around and handed her hand to Xue Jinxun. Then she helped the little girl get off the carriage. Feng Zhaomiao was the last one to get out of the carriage. He was still holding half of a peach cake in his hand. He tiptoed and looked into the distance. He said vaguely, "There are so many people. It seems that the flower drum has begun. Let's go there first.
Brother Rui? " Xue Rui nodded. Feng Zhaomiao then dashed towards a certain direction like a monkey. Yu Shu was just about to follow when someone patted her shoulder lightly. She turned her head, and a warm breath brushed past her ear. "Third Younger Sister rarely goes out, so I'll have to trouble you to help me keep an eye on her. Be careful not to let her get lost."
Yu Shu shrunk her neck and made a "En" sound. She avoided Xue Rui and stepped to Xue Jinxun's side. She held the little girl's hand.
"Jinxun, let me hold your hand. Come with me."
Little sister Xue rarely got so close to others. Although she was a little nervous, she still nodded and let Yu Shu pull her forward.
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