: Tomorrow seems like today

"Jing - Zhi -" The first piece of cursive script her cousin gave her, because the seal was engraved with a small seal script, she didn't recognize it, so she took it for granted as "Jing Zhi".

Later, when her cousin had nothing to do, he taught her seal script. She discovered that the character "Zhi" in Xiao Zhuan script was 70-80% similar to the character "Zhi", so she asked her cousin about it.

Only then did I realize that I had made a big mistake.

In less than a moment, the official script inscription and seal were engraved.

Yu Youyao couldn't wait to ask: "Are you ready?"

Zhou Linghuai shook his head: "The newly carved inscription needs to be colored and painted, and the seal needs to be sanded to complete it."

Generally speaking, the inscription should be engraved before winding the strings, but he wanted to surprise Yu Youyao, so he left it to the last step before deciding on the name of the instrument.

Chang'an has already brought paint and cinnabar.

Painting and sanding are both meticulous and tedious tasks. The coloring and painting must be even, and there are many strokes such as horizontal, vertical, dot, skimming, folding, etc. The techniques are different.

Even if the official script is well carved, it cannot be careless.

Therefore, even a simple process took an hour to complete completely. The paint characters and sand coating were full and thick in color, simple and elegant, and not easy to fade.

In this way, Shao Yu Qin was finally completed.

Chang'an brought over a piano case with a black background and a colorful background. Yu Youyao couldn't move his eyes after just one glance.

Lacquer carving, cloisonné, ivory carving, and jade carving are also known as the Four Famous Dan Dans, and are also known as the Eight Great Masters of Beijing. Their skills are called treasures. They were once prosperous in the previous dynasties, but it was not until the Zhou Dynasty that the skills declined.

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But good lacquer carvings are still sought after.

Yu Youyao likes lacquer carving. Her grandmother gave her a lacquer carving makeup box earlier, which is already a beauty box.

My cousin is also good at lacquer carving and often makes small things for her.

It is not easy to make small lacquer carvings, which can take as little as one or two months and as long as three or five months.

On her dressing table, there are makeup boxes, grease boxes, eyebrow dye boxes, etc. Most of them are given by her cousin, and there are many styles, including red ones, black ones, colorful ones, yellow ones...

but!

Still not, this black-colored piano case is even more ingenious. A large piece of lacquer carving like this would take as little as one or two years, or as long as three to five years to complete.

On the piano box, the imperial pattern of zither and harp is carved, and the green tangled branches and green wu leaves are entangled on the long box with a black background, wrapping around the entire long box.

Among the branches and leaves, there are strings of small yellow-green trumpet flowers, which are elegant, bright, and pure and fragrant.

On the box, on the long red table, there is a twenty-five-string harp, and a qin is placed on top of the harp.

There is no need to inlay gold or jade, the bright texture of the branches is already lifelike and breathtaking.

Ever since she came up with the idea and asked her cousin to carve a seal with the symbol of Qin and Se in the Imperial Palace, her cousin seemed to be particularly fond of the Qin and Se pattern, and many of the things he usually gave her had this texture.

My cousin is a good carver. Even with similar textures, he can always carve different patterns.

For a moment, Yu Youyao had the illusion that she was buying a coffin for a pearl.

No, no, no, the Shaoyu qin and the qin case are famous sword cases, and they complement each other.

So Yu Youyao had a way of receiving two ingenious gifts on one birthday.

The box was filled with red lining with silk, which would not damage the piano. Zhou Linghuai carefully put the Shaoyu Qin into the box and closed the lid.

He raised his eyes and looked at Yu Youyao.

The little girl looked at the box in his hand intently, smiling brightly, with curved eyebrows and rosy lips.

Zhou Linghuai's eyebrows were as elegant as melted ink, as if he had fainted and bloomed. He suddenly stood up from the wheelchair. The slaves in the Qingtu Courtyard acted as if they had not seen him, and were doing their own things.

But Yu Youyao's eyes widened, and she subconsciously covered her mouth. Her eyes were moist, and she stared blankly at her cousin.

This wasn't the first time she saw her cousin stand up.

But this was the first time I saw my cousin standing up easily without any help, just like an ordinary normal person.

Throwing away the cane, her cousin stretched out his back and straightened his back. Only then did Yu Youyao realize that his cousin was taller than she had imagined.

He stood in front of her lightly, his slender body already covering her petite body.

"Cousin, your..." legs are completely healed!

Zhou Linghuai held the box of Shaoyu and handed it to Yu Youyao: "I am very happy to hear that the sun has set. There are beautiful scenery everywhere, and you will have good luck every year." He chuckled: "Happy birthday to you, Yaoyao!"

Yu Youyao held the piano box in her hands, and the moisture in her eyes turned into dots of starlight, bursting out with intense brilliance.

She looked at her cousin: "I only wish that tomorrow night would be like today's night, and that people would always be here year after year."

Three years ago, she didn't know who she heard said that if you make a wish on your birthday, your wish will come true, so she made this wish.

I hope that my cousin will always be by my side on every birthday from now on.

At that time, she was still ignorant and did not know that some wishes should not be made easily.

On her birthday three years later, she still had this wish in her heart.

No, maybe it's even more greedy than this.

Yu Youyao thought about the wishing brocade she threw on the Bodhi on the day of Mu Buddha Festival. It said: "First, I wish that my husband will live a thousand years; secondly, I wish that I will always be healthy; thirdly, I wish that I will be like the swallow on the beam, and we will see each other year after year!"

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Not only do I hope that my cousin will always be by my side on every birthday.

I also hope to see you again every year.

Zhou Linghuai's expression was filled with confusion, and he was obviously thinking of three years ago.

Yu Youyao put the piano case on the table and took a step forward. Her cousin was close at hand. The man who usually wore dark clothes suddenly changed into a moon-white cloud brocade, which was as bright as the moon shining on the lake.

As soon as he stood, his figure became even more slender and graceful. It was a polished elegance that was as smooth as rubbing, plucking and grinding. The spirit of bone, the virtue of jade, and the strength of stone were all embodied in a person's body.

Yu Youyao didn't know what kind of struggle he went through in his heart, and then he mustered up the courage. He trembled his hands and wrapped them around his waist. He hesitated for a moment and put his face on the chest in front of him. His ears clearly heard, "Dong dong.

"Dong" heartbeat sound.

She wasn't sure whether such a fierce heartbeat belonged to herself or her cousin.

The faint fragrance of ink on my cousin's body has been infiltrated over the years, and it has a trace of the charm of an ancient servant: "Cousin, do you think it's okay?"

Zhou Linghuai lowered his head. The little girl's figure was petite and slender, only reaching his chest. As soon as he lowered his head, his chin pressed against her head, and his chin rubbed her hair unconsciously.

He thought of the little girl holding his hand three years ago, looking at him with bright eyes and saying to him:

——I only hope that tomorrow’s evening will be like today’s evening, and that people will always be there year after year!

——Cousin, do you think it’s okay?

At that time, facing the little girl's eyes full of joy, excitement, and expectation, how did he answer?

Zhou Linghuai held the little girl's petite figure in his arms, lowered his head and kissed her softly on the top of her hair: "Okay!"

Three years later, his answer was still the same.
Chapter completed!