"The time has come——————"
paper man telling time
"Knock knock."
There was a knock on Anxi's door.
"It's time for Miss An to get up."
The paper man's shrill voice sounded outside the door.
After it finished speaking, it waited at the door. No sound was heard from the room, and then knocked on the door again and said: "Miss An, it's time to get up. I'm here to bring you food."
Probably because I heard the word "delivering food".
There was finally some movement in the house.
However, this voice sounded a bit hollow, as if I had just woken up when I heard it.
"What's up?"
Anxi held her head in a messy bird's nest, rubbed her eyes and looked at the paper man outside the door.
"..." The paper man was silent for a long time. Its small black bean-like eyes glanced around An Qian and asked:
"Did you sleep well last night?"
"Yes, your bed is good, and the incense is also good." Anxi nodded and said with admiration: "The leaves rustling in the wind at night are also very good, making people feel close to nature. Feel."
"...Thank you for the compliment. This is what we should do." The paper man felt a little helpless after hearing An Qian's long words.
Why was it that last night all the bride's groomsmen stayed up all night and showed up with dark circles under their eyes, but she was the only one who was talking to me about her sleeping environment like she was fine?
But this is not something it should care about.
As long as they dodge the attacks of the embittered losers every night, that's enough.
"Here's your breakfast."
The paper man handed the dinner plate in front of Anxi.
On the dinner plate were a bowl of vegetable porridge, two plates of pickles, two eggs and a small flower roll.
"Please hurry up. After breakfast, it's time to go to the second lady's place to learn the rules."
"Okay, okay." Anxi took the plate.
This daily schedule is really tight. Are you here to choose a bride or are you here to attend a college entrance examination cram school?
Anxi brought the dinner plate back to the house and put it on the table. She went to the well in the yard to get a bucket of water and washed herself before starting to eat breakfast.
She sat by the window and looked at the scenery in the courtyard.
As he watched, he noticed Abe coming out to fetch water.
Abe, who was still in high spirits yesterday, was quite sluggish when we met again this morning. He had long dark circles under his eyes and looked dazed. After taking two steps, he fell into the pond.
Thanks to her ability to transform into a fish tail, otherwise there would have been ghosts early in the morning.
It seems that she didn't sleep last night.
"Dingling~"
Just when Anxi stuffed the last piece of Hanamaki into her mouth, the familiar bell rang.
She checked the correction fluid hidden in her sleeves and walked towards the paper man.
After lining up, Anxi noticed that there were only thirteen ghosts and people in today's queue, one less than when she came back last night.
It seemed that the scream last night was not the sound that appeared in her dream.
So, what happened last night?
Anxi looked back at her lantern, which was still lit in broad daylight, wondering if she had dodged a bullet.
"Dingling~Dingling~"
The long queue walked along the corridor and into a small courtyard.
This courtyard was much larger than the courtyard where their thirteen ghosts and people were crowded together.
There are flowers of various colors blooming in clusters in the yard, and they are fragrant and fragrant.
However, there are too many and too many flowers, and they are extremely confusing when they are piled together. Whether you look at them or smell them for a long time, you will feel dizzy.
"Dingling~"
The paper man took them to the yard and stopped moving.
"Today's study will be conducted in the courtyard, ladies, please find your seats first and sit down."
The leading paper man finished speaking.
Other paper figures appeared one after another carrying chairs and placing them in the center of the yard.
Thirteen chairs were moved back and forth, and on each chair was an embroidery hoop supported by white silk fabric, as well as matching needlework.
"Everyone is here?"
The second lady walked out of the room unexpectedly. She was wearing a clear red brocade cotton-padded jacket today, which made her lips look particularly red.
But the second lady didn't know whether it was because she was born with fair skin or she had a little too much powder on her face. Her whole face was too cold and white, and her red lips were dotted on it as if she had just drank blood.
She squinted her eyes and looked around at the people in front of her: "Since everyone is here, I won't waste everyone's time."
"Have you seen what's on this chair? Yes, let's start with the female celebrity who should not be left behind in our daughter's family today."
With that said, the second lady twisted a silver needle and carefully passed it through the red thread.
Then he held the embroidery hoop in his left hand and the needle in his right hand, interlaced the threads and weaved them tightly on the white silk cloth, and soon embroidered a delicate and lifelike plum blossom.
"Wow! The embroidery is so beautiful! It's just like the real thing!" The moment Abe saw the plum blossoms taking shape, he was the first to praise the second lady's embroidery skills.
The long-necked ghost on the side must not be far behind, and immediately said: "That's right, and the embroidery is so fast. I don't know how long it would take to embroider."
Abe glanced at her disdainfully after hearing the words about the long-necked ghost. Unexpectedly, when he happened to be looking at the long-necked ghost, Abe immediately changed his disdain into a smile, and the long-necked ghost also forced out a fake smile.
"No matter where you are. I did this just to show you my stitching skills. I just embroidered it casually." The second lady spoke after hearing the two people's compliments and smiled modestly.
She showed the newly embroidered plum blossoms in front of everyone and continued: "Your task today is to pick a flower that blooms in the yard and embroider it on this white handkerchief."
Both ghosts and humans breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.
It's just a flower, nothing difficult. Although it's my first time to embroider, I can always imitate.
After hearing what the second lady said, everyone sat down in the seats they chose.
The long-necked ghost and Abe picked out a group of blooming pink peonies at the same time. The petals were full and the color was bright.
Anxi chose a corner spot, facing a clump of plain pansies in front of her. Although I don’t know if pansies and peonies bloom at the same time, but the flowers in this yard are all blooming, so it’s not bad.
"ah!"
When everyone lowered their heads and concentrated on sewing, a low cry suddenly came from the corner.
"What's wrong?" The second lady looked panicked and walked quickly to the southwest corner where the exclamation came from.
Sitting there was a girl who was a human being like Anxi. She was young and seemed to have not yet reached adulthood.
The tips of her fingers were bleeding, and a blood flower popped up on the white silk cloth.
"Oh, be careful." The second lady frowned slightly, with a worried look on her face.
The young girl nodded and opened her mouth to speak, but before she could speak, the second lady continued.
"Each person has only one copy of this white silk cloth. If it gets damaged now, he will have to find something else to replace it."
The young girl looked at the beautiful second lady in confusion: "What can I use instead?"
"Haha." The second lady smiled softly with a curved mouth, and a happy and bloodthirsty look flashed in her eyes.
"It's soft yet tough, so of course I have to use the best embroidered cloth in the world...your skin."
