On this day, the eldest prince sent a letter with a pair of gnats.

The grasshopper is locked in a small ball woven from bamboo strips, the bamboo ball is rough but full of fun, through the grid woven by the strips, you can see the green and shiny carapace head of the gnats, and the two long tentacles on the head are soft and flexible to flick around, like a great general.

Ruyi liked it very much.

She was reading with Erlang, so she asked Erlang to pick it first, and she went to the side, and she dictated it, and asked the maid to write back to thank her.

The eldest prince has always had a reputation for elegance and poetry. The letter written to Ruyi is also brilliantly written, and now Ruyi also began to learn poetry with Xu Si, knowing that it was good or bad, so he refused to reply again, and he also had to consider the words, so it was delayed for a long time.

When she went back to play with Erlang, Erlang was already a little annoyed by waiting.

He was originally a character who could do things and never open his mouth, and after getting along with the Son of Heaven for a long time, he got his true inheritance, and he became more and more difficult to speak.

Seeing Ruyi coming back, he stared at her first.

Ruyi saw Erlang every day, but he couldn't notice his changes. And she has always been open and honest with Xu Si, although she also knows how to observe words and feelings, but she will not consciously review her mistakes because she is condemned with her eyes.

She only asked suspiciously, "Why are you upset?" ”

Jiro is determined to teach her how to be unhappy with practical actions, and make sure that she is impressed so that she can be self-conscious in the future.

He raised his hand and waved the bamboo ball to the ground.

Ruyi didn't pay much attention to it, only jumped off the stool and ran to help Erlang pick up the bamboo ball - Erlang likes to throw things to play since he was a child, and when he can help his son stand up but can't walk, the two sisters and brothers play the most is the game of you throwing me and picking it up. Once Xu Si saw it, he thought it was Erlang bullying Ruyi, and said to Ruyi angrily, don't pick it up for him if he throws it at you again. But Ruyi knows that he just likes this kind of play, not naughty bullying. So she didn't mind.

This time she thought it was the same as before. picked up the ball and explained to Erlang, "There's a grasshopper in it, and if you throw it like this, you will break it." ”

But Erlang raised his hand and threw the bamboo ball to the ground again, and stepped on it with his feet.

Ruyi was agile, and immediately sensed his intentions, and immediately flicked his foot to barely rescue the bamboo ball from under his feet, and picked it up in his hand first. He took his own one from the table and put it in his bosom.

This time, she finally understood that Erlang did it on purpose, and her brows furrowed slightly, confronting Erlang.

"If you don't like it, I won't give it to you." She was a little annoyed by Shang Erlang's gaze, and said, "If you are unhappy, you can directly sue me, don't throw things indiscriminately, and don't lose your temper with me, I will also be unhappy." Since you don't want to play with me, let's not play together today. ”

She turned to leave, and Jiro hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed her sleeve. Ruyi hated his arrogant gaze, and when he saw the broken bamboo ball in his arms, he became more and more annoyed, so he raised his hand vigorously to break away.

Erlang was stunned for a moment, quickly grabbed in front of her, closed the door, leaned back on his back, and stared up at Ruyi.

Of course, Ruyi can't do anything to him, but it is impossible to be trapped like this. Seeing that the door was closed, he turned around and jumped on the chair lightly, stepped on the table, pushed the carved window, and jumped out of the window like a cloud.

When he turned around, he didn't forget to tiptoe to close the window for him, and then turned around and left.

Jiro looked at the empty room in the blink of an eye, slightly dazed.

Ruyi was also angry this time.

After returning to the room, I saw the broken bamboo ball in my hand, and the grasshopper in it had one of its hind legs caught in the broken part of the shard, and it had been dragged off, and it was crawling in the bamboo ball at the moment, as if it wanted to escape. But no matter how much it escapes, it can only go to a place the size of a fist in this cage.

This little thing has actually been locked up, and people play with it but do not treat it well, but harm it at will.

Ruyi looked at it, and his mood suddenly became low again.

She used the barrel of her pen to stretch the hole of the bamboo ball open, allowing both gnats to come out of the cage. I held it in my hand and went to the yard to release it.

Because of this incident, she couldn't lift her spirits all day.

After all, this is the first time she has quarreled with Erlang with real knives and guns.

In between reading, Ruyi fiddled with the broken bamboo ball, and secretly thought in her heart that this time it was indeed Erlang who did something wrong, and she must wait for Erlang to apologize before reconciling with him.

She was aggrieved and sad, and the nursing mothers and maids around her were distressed, and they all tried to make her happy.

Quarreled with the second prince? When these words came out, no one in the palace believed it. Even if you believe it, you don't dare to care.

Although they all felt that Ruyi was definitely not a weak and sensitive little woman who would be sad for a broken bamboo ball. But other than that, the maids really couldn't think of any other reason.

"Make another one for the princess, which of you will weave a bamboo ball?"

The maid beside Ruyi, there are top needlework, excellent cooking skills, and even proficient in food therapy and recuperation, but those who are so meticulous that they can weave bamboo balls are not so easy to find.

After a long time, the eldest nursing mother Liu remembered someone, but there was inevitably a mustard in her tone, "Go and ask Zhuang Qiniang if she will." ”

Zhuang Qiniang is still in the Ciqiu Palace.

Although she had saved Ruyi, Xu Si also ordered someone to treat her well. But it's hard to say whether she's doing well or not.

She has no worries about food and clothing, and the people around her did not bully her, which is said to be good. Earlier, everyone did respect her very much, but her cowardly and cowering appearance was really difficult to respect. Gradually, everyone didn't take her very seriously.

But she also has a strength that others can't deny - dexterity. Almost any job can be done, and it can also be renovated in a unique way. Although the embroidery work is done in a decent manner and there are no bright spots, the same dress is immediately reborn after she changes it. Therefore, if there is any needlework in the temple, people love to go to her.

She simply wouldn't say no, not even ask for anything in return. As long as someone else says "you are such a good person", she can be satisfied from the bottom of her heart.

People are familiar with her temperament, and the praise words that don't want money are casually said, so that she is always immersed in the satisfaction of being praised, and she can be exchanged for more unrequited giving.

Although it is not a big evil, they are indeed sucking up this person they despise at all.

Over time, there will always be people who feel embarrassed, so they draw cakes for her, and say, "You have such a good craft, and one day you will fall into the eyes of the mother--didn't you save the little princess?" Maybe the mother will let you go to serve the little princess? ”

It was only after someone said this sentence that everyone suddenly discovered that this cowardly and incompetent woman actually had her own demands.

She thought of Ruyi's side to serve.

Every season, she will cut new clothes for Ruyi, single clothespins and cotton clothes...... Although her offerings are rich, they are almost entirely spent on them. After the cut was finished, she asked someone to send it to the Ruyi Palace. But the princess has the use of a princess, who dares to take such a thing of unknown origin to Ruyi?

I really can't be entangled by her, and I really feel guilty about her, so someone finally mentioned it to Ruyi's nurse Liu, and it was a good effort.

Liu is not mean, although he is annoyed that Zhuang Qiniang actually intruded on his authority, but after all, she saved Ruyi, and she is the person Xu Sizeng said to be kind, and Liu does not hinder her. Then he said, "Then send it over." ”

As for what to do with it after it was delivered, it was naturally not even looked at, and it was thrown into the warehouse to be dusted.

Early the next morning, when Ruyi came back from boxing in the courtyard, she saw two brand-new bamboo balls on her table.

Different from the previous two, these two pieces are woven with green and brown slices to form a delicate heart-saving plum blossom lattice, and the slices used to weave are cut narrowly, the edges are blunted, and the tung oil is carefully applied, without any burrs, and will not cut the hands. Ruyi rummaged through it several times, but couldn't find a seam.

She couldn't put it down, and turned around and asked Liu, "Did my mother make it up for me?" ”

Seeing that she liked it, Liu couldn't help but smile and said, "I won't either, I'm looking for someone else to make it up for you." ”

Ruyi nodded and said, "I like it very much, and my mother thanked her for me." ”

Seeing that she didn't have the idea of meeting Zhuang Qiniang, Liu Shi breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, he faintly sympathized with the woman who was always in vain.

Liu said, "It's just a subordinate, how can you be worthy of a thank you." If you like it, just give her some money. ”

Ruyi nodded, and after a while, he said, "I always hear you talk about silver money, what is silver money?" Why do they rejoice when they give people money? ”

She is only six or seven years old, and she grew up in the palace, where does she know what money is. I've heard people say it a few times, and I can't help but want to ask.

Liu couldn't cry and laughed, and said, "The money can be used to buy things, you give the money to someone, and if the amount is enough, you can exchange it for something in his hand......"

"Ah...... Is it? Can I change anything? ”

"You can get about anything."

Ruyi thought for a while and said, "Money is really a good thing, it can actually trade everything." Mom rewarded him for me, and showed me some money. ”

Today's people are pure and high, and the scholars do not say that money is noble, and they are full of "money is a good thing", which is simply vulgar. Liu didn't dare to take the responsibility of turning her princess into a cheesy one, and said with a smile, "You can't use money, and you can't touch it." Don't say the same thing to others in the future. ”

Ruyi knew that they had many concerns, so she didn't ask "why" - she wasn't the only one to ask. Then he said, "Then forget it." ”