Datang beauty walk

On the table on the other side of the courtyard, there is a copper incense burner with double earrings in the center. Smoke slowly floats out from the hollow hole of the incense burner, emitting a faint fragrance; around the incense burner are filled with offerings Most of the sacrifices are newly bought fruits, cantaloupe, and all kinds of fruit specially made by the kitchen for worshiping the gods.

At this time, the maids and mothers-in-law at home have finished their work, cleaned themselves up, and happily gathered in the courtyard.

A half-round moon hangs obliquely in the sky, bright and bright.Competing with the bright moon for brilliance, there are also a few stars scattered in the sky in all directions. They shine with each other, overlooking the countless honest and kind women on the earth together with the bright moon.

"The weather is so nice tonight, it's time, let's get started!"

Xi Rong said to everyone that she first walked to the sacrificial table, picked up the long incense placed on it, lit it on the candle, and held it in her hand.She stood upright, raised her head and prayed silently to the bright moon for a while, then bowed respectfully and bowed three times, and then inserted the incense into the square furnace with ash bottom.Seeing her turn sideways, she took a sachet from Lianyu's hand, put the sachet gently on the sacrificial table, and bowed to Kong again.Finally, she knelt down on the cushion and kowtowed, stood up and went back to one side.

"Dan Niang, please pray!" Xi Rong said after walking over.

"it is good!"

Danniang also went forward to pray and worship, offering the silk scarf embroidered by herself, and then bowed, and retreated to the side after the worship.Then Lianyu, Lianxiang, Xiaoying, Du's mother-in-law and others worshiped the gods in turn.

After all the women at home have worshiped, they will sit on the mats placed earlier not far from the sacrificial table according to their positions.The rectangular low table in front of the mat was already filled with wine and food.

After Danniang sat down, Xirong leaned over and asked her softly:

"What did you wish for just now?"

"Ok?"

Danniang was taken aback for a moment, then lowered her head, gently stroked the gold-encrusted jade bracelet on her left wrist, then raised her head, and asked:

"What did my sister pray for just now?"

"Me? I pray that Jialang and brother are safe and sound outside."

At this time, Danniang saw Lianxin and ran to the sacrificial table with her hands raised high, not knowing what she was doing.Danniang was surprised and asked Xirong:

"What is Lianxin doing?"

"Don't you know?" Xi Rong was a little surprised by Tanniang's question, and then explained to her: "This is the custom of begging for cleverness, every year on this festival, daughters will hold silk threads and thread needles under the moonlight to beg for cleverness. Seeing that Danniang was still in a daze, Xirong continued: "Whoever passes more threads through the eye of a needle will get the wisdom bestowed by Goddess Weaving and have a pair of dexterous hands."

"This is a bit different from our Qiqiao," Tanniang said.

"What's your begging like?"

"After our girls worship the gods, they will find a secluded tree vine or grass, hide in it, and quietly eavesdrop on the conversation between the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd when they meet."

"Really? Have you heard their conversation?" Xi Rong asked her in a low voice.

"I haven't heard of it, but I heard that many women said that they heard the conversation between Zhinu and Cowherd."

Tanniang and Xirong whispered while looking at Lianxin and the others in front of them.Seeing Xiaoying also eagerly ran to the open space in front of the sacrificial table, with her hands raised high, her head held high, she focused on threading the needles and threads against the moonlight.She was holding a small embroidery needle in one hand, and in the other hand was holding a silk thread through the eye of the needle.After passing through the thread just now, she pulled out another silk thread from somewhere, and passed it through again against the light, several times in a row.At this time, Lianxin ran over and asked:

"How many do you wear?"

"Don't make noise, there are six!"

Xiaoying dressed patiently, and finally, her eyes narrowed into a line before giving up.

Lianxiang also took out her own needle and thread, pointed it at the candlelight, threaded it for a while, and said:

"I've worn five, girl, come here too, and see how many you can wear."

"The girl must wear more clothes than you!" Lian Xin said.

Danniang heard from Xirong just now that whoever passes through more silk threads is a lucky one, and will get the ingenuity bestowed by Goddess Weaving, and will be ingenious in the coming year.She also saw that everyone was concentrating on threading needles over there, and she also became interested.Walking over with Xi Rong, took the same needle and thread as Lian Xin and the others, and threaded them carefully.Then, Tanniang also passed through five silk threads in total.

"Sister Xirong, how many do you wear?" Tanniang asked.

"I don't have as good eyesight as Xiaoying, and I don't have enough patience, so I only wear three." Xi Rong said.

"I've also gone through three, as many as my wife, it seems that I'm not the worst!" Lianxin said after hearing this.

After playing the needle-threading competition for a while, everyone sat down again. Several people sat around the big table, smelling the aroma of fruit and wine, and chatting happily.

"Lady, give us something to cheer us up!" Lianxin said with a smile.

"What can I do to add to the fun? You can play by yourself!" Xi Rong said.

"Wife, come out?" said the women.

"Seeing you are happy, let me make a poem!" Xi Rong said, looking at the crowd.

"Writing poetry?..."

"Girl, can you compose poetry?" Lianxiang asked Danniang.

"I can only know a few words, how can I write poetry?" Danniang replied.

"Look, lady, girls don't know how to compose poems, and neither can we. Poems need to be appreciated! You can't comprehend what we do, it's not interesting!"

"Yes!" Everyone said to Lianxiang.

"Spoof, I teach you how to compose poems on weekdays, but you don't study hard, so who do you blame now?"

"Oh, it's so difficult to write poetry! We are too stupid to learn it." Xiaoying scratched her head and said.

"It can't be helped, lady, you should come up with someone else!" said Mrs. Zhang, who worked in the kitchen.

"Yeah! Let's get something else!" The girls looked at each other with a smile, and said together.

"Then tell me, what happened?" Xi Rong asked them.

"Ta Yao Wu!" The servant girls and mother-in-law all sang in unison.

"There are no musical instruments here, how can we dance?" Xi Rong said again.

Lianxin immediately answered:

"Doesn't Xiaoying have a pipa? Let her come to accompany the music. There are no outsiders here. It doesn't matter if you don't have all the instruments!"

"Miss, come one!" Mrs. Zhang said again.

"Okay! It's just for you this time."

Everyone was happy to hear that.

The pipa was quickly carried by Xiaoying, and Xiaoying sat aside, adjusted the sound of the piano and waited for Xirong.Xi Rong walked out of the seat and went to the open space in front of her.

Danniang hadn't seen Xirong dance yet, so she was looking forward to it, and she opened her eyes to look at Xirong.

I saw Xiao Ying moved her finger, and the pipa started to play.Xirong's soft body shook slightly after the music sounded.

Her feet first followed the high-pitched pipa, rising and falling rhythmically, gently.Then, her two arms also stretched slightly, and the dancing rhythm gradually spread to her shoulders, waist, wrist, fingers, and all the way to her fingertips; Swinging and dancing gracefully.

Hearing again, a soft voice sang from her mouth, as if it came from nine days away, it was extremely beautiful.

Xi Rong danced and sang, and gradually her soft and beautiful voice rose, and the beating rhythm also became faster.Immediately, the dancing posture of her body also changed, the swinging hands danced from the waist to the shoulders, up and down like gentle waves.She is graceful and graceful, dancing forward or backward within a square foot.

Here, the maids and women also clapped their hands and shook their heads and shoulders following Xi Rong's dancing figure.

Xirong's libretto is very short, only three or four lines repeated, but Danniang can't understand the meaning of the words.After being hummed repeatedly by her, Tanniang felt very pleasing to the eyes and ears.Seeing the dancing Xi Rong looking at her with charming eyes, Dan Niang also smiled back.

However, Danniang didn't appreciate it enough. After a while, Xirong finished dancing and singing. When the crowd stopped, she walked to her seat and said:

"Now you dance!"

"My lady, why did it end so soon?" Everyone chattered.

"Sister Xirong, you can dance? I really can't tell, where did you learn it?" Danniang said enviously.

"I can't dance well. In the past, when I went to do business with my brother, I met a girl from the Western Regions. She was very good at dancing. I learned from her for a few days. This happened more than ten years ago. , I used to love to sing and dance, but now I almost don’t dance.” Xi Rong seemed to be recalling when she said.

Danniang and Xirong sat together, smiling at Lianxin who walked out of the seat and tried to twist her waist in the open space in front of her.

Lianxin's exaggerated movements made other people laugh, Xiaoying and Lianxiang laughed even more; even Danniang, who usually seldom laughed out loud, couldn't help laughing at Lianxin's strange movements this time.

The breeze is bright and the moon is bright, and the scenery at night is very pleasant.Danniang and Xirong are together, drinking sweet wine to cheer up, laughing at Lianxin, Xiaoying and others singing and dancing.

The crowd played and played until late at night before they dispersed, and Tanniang and Xi Rong went to bed together.

☆, affair