Chapter 37: The Sachet
The good family banquet was interrupted by Ning Jinhua, although others didn't think it was anything, but the more Ning Jinyun thought about it, the more embarrassed he felt. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info After that, she was embarrassed to go out to meet people for several days.
Later, Mrs. Ning also heard about it, and she also asked Ning Jinyun with interest, but where could Ning Jinyun tell the truth, she could only say a few words casually, and prevaricated indiscriminately. Mrs. Ning only thought that she was embarrassed to say it clearly, so she didn't continue to ask more.
Because of this incident, Ning Jinyun's heart added a little disgust to Ning Jinhua, she had already been tripped by Ning Jinhua twice in a row, she really couldn't swallow this breath......
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The weather is getting warmer, and soon, it's the fifth lunar month.
One day, Ning Jinyun had dinner with Aunt Wen, and after that, she stayed in the West Wing and talked with Aunt Wen.
"Auntie, I have something to worry about, I don't know what to do, or you can give me an idea." Ning Jinyun put his elbows on the table, dragged his cheeks with both hands, blinked twice, and asked.
Aunt Wen looked at her lovingly and said, "What stumped you?" My aunt has always been a backboneless, and you still come to me for ideas? Anyway, whether it can help you or not, you can talk about it first. ”
Ning Jinyun lowered his head and sighed slightly.
The so-called trouble she called was actually just embroidering a sachet.
But the key is that the person who asked her to embroider the sachet was her grandmother, who had always been picky and had many exquisiteness, Mrs. Ning.
There are five days left, and the Dragon Boat Festival is coming. During the Dragon Boat Festival in previous years, the Ning family would hang wormwood and calamus at the door, and then wrap a zongzi on the same day, and it would be over. However, this year's Dragon Boat Festival is different from the past, Mrs. Ning attaches great importance to this, she arranged the size of the dumplings and sprinkling realgar wine early, and let the people prepare carefully.
In addition, Mrs. Ning also asked her granddaughters to embroider a sachet for her as a gift. Wearing incense sachets is also one of the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival, which means to ward off evil spirits.
Ning Jinyao is too young to learn to be a female celebrity, so she doesn't have to do it, but the remaining three granddaughters, Ning Jinhua, Ning Jinyun, and Ning Jinrao, can't avoid this errand.
What gave Ning Jinyun a headache was what style and pattern of sachet she should make, so that Mrs. Ning would be satisfied, and she couldn't make a mistake.
That's why she asked to help Aunt Wen.
"Auntie, Grandmother asked us to make a sachet for her, and now there are only five days left, but I really don't know what to do." Ning Jinyun frowned a pair of willow eyebrows, sighed, and said, "If you can't satisfy your grandmother, then what can you do." ”
After hearing this, Aunt Wen nodded thoughtfully, "I have also heard about this, the old lady has always picked a lot of heads, no wonder you have a headache, but I think as long as you do it with your heart, she will not be too embarrassed by you." ”
Then, she said, "Since it is to make incense sachets for old ladies, the pattern can be made into chrysanthemums, lotus flowers, or birds, which means auspiciousness." Alternatively, you can also embroider the pattern of mugwort leaves on the sachet, which can not only match the Dragon Boat Festival, but also can be simple and labor-saving. ”
The sachet is particular, especially the sachet to be given away, it is necessary to pay more attention to the pattern on the sachet must complement the identity and mood of the owner, not careless.
After hearing this, Ning Jinyun had some ideas, she muttered, "You're right, then I'll try to pick some styles that are easy to do, and then embroider some simple pictures of flowers and birds, my female celebrity is not good, and it can't be too complicated." ”
Aunt Wen agrees with this, "The patterns of flowers and birds are very stable, and there will be no mistakes." ”
The sky was getting dark, and at this time, Qingyun's voice came from outside the brocade curtain.
"Miss, Yuexiang came to ask to see you."
Aunt Wen couldn't help but be a little surprised when she heard Yuexiang's name, "Wasn't Yuexiang kicked out, so what did she come back for?" She didn't know Ning Jinyun's plan yet, but Yuexiang was really driven away.
Ning Jinyun replied quietly, "I don't know, Xu is Yuexiang has something to ask me, I'll go see her first." ”
After speaking, she got up and walked out of the west wing room briskly, and went to the main room.
Tsukika was waiting for her inside the house.
After Ning Jinyun entered the house, Yuexiang hurriedly saluted her and said, "I've seen Miss." ”
Previously, Ning Jinyun had already set a rule to let Yuexiang come over once every seven days, and tonight was still the day she should come to report as usual, but the time was a little earlier.
"What's wrong these days, Aunt Li, they don't suspect you, right?" Ning Jinyun sat on the chair and asked Xiang Yuexiang.
Yuexiang replied, "No, Aunt Li trusts the slave and maid very much, and even when she whispers to the eldest lady, she lets the slave and maid stand outside the curtain, and does not let the slave and maid go out of the house to hide." ”
Ning Jinyun raised his eyebrows and said suspiciously, "So, you heard the whispers between them?" ”
Speaking of this, Yuexiang's face had a smug look, and she said with a smile, "Miss Hui, the slaves and maids have heard everything, and they still hear it clearly. ”
Hearing this, Ning Jinyun suddenly became interested.
She bowed forward and asked, "Then what did they say?" ”
"Aunt Li and the eldest lady are talking about the sachet given to the old lady. The eldest lady and the third lady were worried that the sachets they made were not good enough, and they were afraid that the old lady would not be satisfied, so Aunt Li wanted the Qiao sister-in-law of Baofeng Garden to make it for them. In the past few days, the eldest lady and the third lady will also make a sachet casually, but on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the sister-in-law will give the two sachets to the two young ladies early in the morning and let them take them to the old lady. Yuexiang said slowly.
After Ning Jinyun heard this, she thought for a moment, and then continued to ask, "Why did Sister-in-law Qiao send the sachet over on the morning of the Dragon Boat Festival, wouldn't the time be a little rushed, why didn't she take the sachet to Aunt Li in advance." ”
Yuexiang thought about it for a while and replied, "It seems that because Sister-in-law Qiao has been very busy recently, because of the Dragon Boat Festival, Mrs. Ning gave her a lot of instructions to do this and that, so she really didn't have time, so she could only make sachets for the two young ladies the night before the Dragon Boat Festival." ”
"I see." Ning Jinyun muttered thoughtfully.
She leaned back in her chair, her forehead cupped into deep thought.
Qiao's sister-in-law is an embroidery girl invited by the Ning family, because she is exquisite, and her name is also called A Qiao, so everyone calls her Qiao's sister-in-law. Qiao's sister-in-law has been coming to Ning Mansion for more than three years and has been living in Baofeng Garden.
Baofeng Garden is full of talented women, such as the Qiao sister-in-law who is responsible for weaving and embroidery, and the Yuan Niangzi who teaches piano skills.
However, Aunt Zhao also lives in Baofeng Garden, although she is a member of the Ning family, but she does not have her own yard, Mrs. Ning dislikes her as a drama and hates her very much, so she sent her to Baofeng Garden and lives with these outsiders, which can be regarded as a kind of belittling of her.