Chapter 29: The Xi Sisters
Bu Qin is still out these days, Zhao Yi and Han Feng are sweating every day when they come back, and they have to eat four or five bowls of rice at a time, Xi Yunzhi saw them like that, and one day he asked what was going on, Han Feng and Zhao Yi glanced at her husband, and then they only dared to bury their heads in eating.
Since they didn't say it, she wouldn't ask forcibly, but she thought that her husband should be very tired, so she personally prepared some wine and food in the room, and waited for her husband to enjoy it together when he returned to the room, and by the way, told him about her cousin.
When the hour was about to pass, Bu Qin came back from outside, did not go to the study, but came directly to the room, and saw five or six plates covered with a pot of wine and two wine glasses on the table. Xi Yunzhi heard the sound, walked out of the embroidery room, and naturally skillfully went to help Bu Qin change his clothes.
"There are some things in the camp these days, and when you come back late, don't wait for me to eat."
Bu Qin looked at Xi Yunzhi who was smiling gently and was setting the dishes and chopsticks, her appearance seemed to be stained with a layer of gold dust under the candlelight, and the whole person was indescribably delicate and charming.
"Is there something going on today?" His little wife smiled comfortably the whole time, afraid that something good would happen.
Xi Yunzhi sat down opposite him, pursed his lips and said, "Cousin, they came to me today, saying that they were willing to provide some embroidery to the shop, and my efforts for so many days have finally worked." ”
Bu Qin raised his eyebrows, he hadn't asked about this for a few days, he thought that when he was done with this while, he went to talk to his cousin, but he didn't expect that the little wife had already done this, and he must be happy when he saw her eyebrows with joy.
Good emotions are easy to contagious, he personally took the wine jug, poured wine for the wine glass in front of the two, when Xi Yunzhi poured half of it, he said vigorously, 'enough is enough', Bu Qin ignored it, Wu Zi poured her full, and then poured her full wine, not giving her a chance to refuse, Bu Qin picked up the wine glass and touched it, and drank it all in one gulp, Xi Yunzhi saw him so quickly, and it was not easy to excuse himself, so he just raised his sleeves and drank a small sip.
The choking taste made the tip of her tongue numb, the root of her tongue bitter, and she couldn't help but wrinkle a little face, Bu Qin saw that her cheeks were red, her expression was cute, and her heart was even more swaying, and she picked up the wine jug and looked at her deliberately, looking like a scoundrel who had to pour wine for her.
Seeing him like this, Xi Yunzhi was annoyed that he was so forced to drink, and glanced at him coquettishly, so he followed his example just now, and drank it all in one gulp, but he choked himself and couldn't help coughing.
The trembling shoulders also shook Bu Qin's heart, and as soon as his long arm was stretched, he pulled it into his arms and sat firmly, Xi Yunzhi coughed lightly and wanted to struggle to get up, but he was held down, and he had no choice but to sit on his lap and feel cramped.
Bu Qin poured another glass of wine for the two of them, but this time he was not in a hurry, he fed Xi Yunzhi some food first, and then raised his glass to each other.
Xi Yunzhi was poured several glasses of wine in a row, only to feel dizzy, and Bu Qin didn't let her leave her embrace, she had to wrap her hands around his neck, leaning all her body on his solid chest crookedly, her eyes were moist, and her whole body was hot.
Bu Qin's plan succeeded, and he deliberately said a few gentle lingering words in her ear, which made Xi Yunzhi blush, and then he picked her up and threw it on her shoulder.
Xi Yunzhi is like a dream, she only knows that she tries her best to cooperate with her soft body, and when she is drunk, she has a lot more charm than usual, and sometimes she will take the initiative to kiss Bu Qin, and the sound of humbling echoes in the room, sounding lewd and rippling.
Bu Qin unceremoniously conquered the city, and felt the difference between his little wife after drinking, and he really felt that he had done the right thing to drink regardless of his identity.
It's another night of warmth, and the mandarin ducks sleep with their necks crossed.
Ten days later, Xi Yunzhi received four or five pairs of handkerchiefs, the embroiderers have their own merits, but they are indeed of the highest quality, Xi Yunzhi handed over to Su Jiu, the top embroiderer in Luoyang City, who had already been hired with a high salary, to judge, and then according to the professional vision of the embroiderer, the price of the embroidered handkerchiefs embroidered by the aunts and cousins was set, and they were paid off happily.
The cousins and aunts got the salary they had been away from for a long time, and they were all moved, and they promised Xi Yunzhi that they would step up their embroidery and strive for a few more pieces after ten days.
After Xi Yunzhi agreed, he deliberately discussed the opening of the embroidery workshop with Su Jiu loudly before they left, and revealed the quiet environment and treatment in the embroidery workshop 'unintentionally'.
Sure enough, when she returned home in the evening, the aunts gathered around her en masse again, and asked her euphemistically if they could also go to the embroidery workshop to do things, because they were now nine people huddled in two rooms, and the space was very cramped, and those who could not embroider walked around, so that they were distracted from time to time, and the environment was really not good.
If you've decided to do it, who wouldn't want to do it in a better environment?
In addition to Aunt Lan and Cousin Qian, the five people who can embroider, she also hired 20 embroidery girls, led by Su Jiu, who settled the salary according to the piecework form, and specially embroidered some traditional embroidery that could be resold to Persian merchants.
From the beginning of the awkwardness, to the current adaptation, the aunts work hard every day, without distractions, every day with a group of like-minded people to discuss the study of embroidery patterns, so that they seem to have found the pursuit of life again, positive, sometimes busy forgetting, simply in the embroidery workshop will sleep.
Xi Yunzhi saw that they were working hard, so he rented two rooms for them in the house behind the embroidery workshop, which was specially designed for those who could not go home because of the rush to work.
On this day, Xi Yunzhi was counting the embroidery from the embroidery workshop in the north and south shops, and was about to ask someone to send it to the dock to board the ship, but saw two gorgeous four-person sedan chairs outside the shop, Xi Yunzhi didn't care, thinking that it was a young lady who came to the store, but she didn't expect the corner of her eyes to sweep over the body of the sedan chair, and the huge word 'Xi' and the familiar carvings made her stunned.
As soon as the carriage stopped, four or five servants ran over, stepping on tiptoe, leading the horses, and waiting respectfully under the carriage, when two maidservants, like flowers, poked their heads out from behind the curtain, carefully hung the curtain high with hooks, and stepped off the carriage with their feet, and reached out to help the people in the carriage.
The slender jade hand rested on the back of the maid's hand, and the cardamom-like fancy nails were shining, making people know at a glance that this was a pair of hands from a large family.
Xi Yunzhi put down the manifest in his hand, handed it over to the shopkeeper to take over, and walked out of the counter and went out of the door.
Xi Yunchun and Xi Yunxiu walked into the store together, their glamorous and noble temperament made them look like they couldn't help but have a sense of alienation, and when they saw that it was Xi Yunzhi who went out, they were smiling:
"The two sisters are unharmed."
Xi Yunzhi's appearance shocked the faces of the two Xi family ladies, and then it was Xi Yunchun who reacted first, and said with disdain:
"Why are you here? I have long heard that your husband's family is poor, but I didn't expect it to be true, and I want you to be a woman who shows up and runs away. ”
Xi Yunchun's tone was lazy, with a sneering tone, but the disdain in his eyes was genuine.
Xi Yunzhi listened to her say so contemptuous, and she was not angry, she was used to hearing these tones in Xi Mansion, Xi Yunxiu glanced Xi Yunzhi up and down, and asked expectantly:
"What about your shopkeeper? I'm going to choose a few things to give to Sister Yunchun as a dowry. ”
Xi Yunzhi knew that Xi Yunxiu had been married in early April, and now she had already changed into a woman's bun, with an elegant fragrance like cloud temples and ink, but when she spoke, her eyes frequently glanced at Xi Yunchun, as if she had deliberately said it to her.
When Xi Yunchun received her eyes, he also smiled affectionately:
"Thank you, sister."
"Thank you, they are all my own sisters, my mother-in-law also said, when my sister gets married, let me go to your mansion to walk around more." Then there will be some disturbances. ”
Xi Yunchun's face was full of redness: "Oh, sister." I'm not married yet, so why am I from another house? ”
Xi Yunxiu smiled: "Yes, yes, I said it wrong, it's the mansion of the prospective brother-in-law." ”
The two of them shook hands like sisters, Xi Yunzhi stood aside quietly and waited, looking at Yunxiu's appearance, she shouldn't know the deal she made with the Xi family before, Yunxiu married the son of Zhizhou, Yunchun is about to join the mansion of the general judgment in the capital, the two families have close contacts in public and private, it can be said that they broke bones and tendons, and now with these two sisters as a bridge, they will be able to get closer in the future, so Xi Yunxiu will rush back to offer a dedication before Xi Yunchun gets married.
The two sisters held hands, you and I will never be separated and sat on the Taishi chair specially prepared by Xi Yunzhi for the guests, Xi Yunxiu saw that Xi Yunzhi was still here, and her elegant face couldn't help but be a little angry:
"What are you still standing for? Do you still want to tell us about sisterhood? Go and call your shopkeepers, and we will pick out several things, have you done the Lord? ”
“……”
Xi Yunzhi smiled at them, then turned around and went to the counter, asking the agent shopkeeper who was on the list to receive the two young ladies.
Xi Yunzhi checked while raising her eyes and swept Xi Yunxiu, seeing that she only faced Xi Yunchun, her expression was humble and polite, and she was always a little more aggressive and impatient with others, as if everyone owed her, this kind of expression is not what a bride should have.
It seems that Sister Yunxiu's life in Zhizhou Mansion is not comfortable.