Chapter 243: A Novel Gift (4)
"Sister, why is the jewelry so beautiful in the place you went to, why are there so many styles? Tell your sister, what's your name? ”
"Yun'er doesn't remember everything, so she picks someone she knows and talks to you. These alloy jewelry looks much more delicate than those of the Qing Dynasty, because people use advanced equipment to make them, which are not only exquisite, but also have a large number of samples. This is called the color bead step shake hairpin, there are agate beads, glass beads, and stone beads, all of which are so round and jade after processing; This is called the crystal peacock alloy hair pin, which is actually a step hairpin, but it is a little slender; This is called rhinestone hollow hairpin, with tassels, and can also be used as a hairpin; There is also this flower-like hairpin, which is not alloy material, but ceramic, and you have several peony flower types, magnolia flower types, and lily flower types; There is also this flat one, which is made of horn material, and the strings of beads on it are also made of agate, coral, glass, and stone. ”
"My sister doesn't know how to like it anymore, there are no duplicate ones in a hundred, it's so beautiful. Why is my sister so embarrassed? ”
"The prince will be in business in the future, and these things will be used to advertise to the prince."
"Sister, what are you talking about?"
"To advertise it is to let everyone know that only we have this unique product. The price of this kind of alloy jewelry is not very expensive, but the style is novel and the workmanship is exquisite, and the relatives of the officials' families will be willing to spend money to buy new jewelry, and they have daughters who have already prepared a dowry. You can still get your hands on such jewelry, right? ”
"Take, quite sure, absolutely take! My sister entered the palace to give gifts to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother asked my sister what alloy is, is it a lot of gold? ”
"No, alloys can include gold and silver, and people from other places call gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, etc., metals, and they can also be melted into alloys according to what is needed and in a certain proportion. Everything over there looks good, and alloys can be made into gold, but the price is not as valuable as real gold. In the future, you will accept what Yun'er gives you, which is to let you experience the quality and performance of exotic goods, how you feel about it, and your ability to participate in the evaluation of products is also a kind of payment, which is regarded as the hard work that Yun'er gives you. ”
"My sister said this, why can't my sister turn around in her head? You give things to your sister, these things are the hard money for your sister, but what does my sister have to work hard? The benefits are all my sister's. ”
"You didn't turn the corner. These things are through your use, experience its feelings, you go to tell others, others can know, your language skills are quite good, first of all, decent, even the Queen Mother is willing to chat with you. When you introduce products to others, you always have to tell others about the strengths, characteristics, and shortcomings of this thing, which is also very brain-consuming. ”
"Ouch, where is there such a strict zhòng? It's just to tell the truth, where does my sister have any language skills? ”
"You are humble. Wang Ye and Yun'er have praised you many times for speaking appropriately and being generous. In fact, speaking is really a skill, and the same words taste different in different people's mouths. These alloy jewelry will be widely advertised by you as our brand products of Ruiwangfu. ”
Fu Jin was very happy by Yun'er's untraceable compliment, and agreed again and again, and then asked: "Sister, you said that the alloy sister still hasn't figured out, gold and silver can be made into jewelry, how to make that copper and iron?" ”
"The equipment used in the processing of handicrafts in foreign lands is not something that we Qing people can understand. People melt copper, iron, and white copper with high-temperature equipment and process them into exquisite jewelry, and some rare elements are added to them, and they can't think of what they are made of. Even the sap from the trees can be made into the exact same thing as real gold, silver, ivory, and other handicrafts. Of course, the cost of that equipment is also very high. ”
"Yun'er, my good sister! It's rare for you to have this affection for your sister! Not only did he tell his sister everything, but he also prepared everything for his sister to socialize, dot, and reward. Thank you, sister! What the prince likes about you is your sincerity and honesty. In other mansions, there has never been such a sincere treatment of our sisters between the concubines, and they live very tired lives, intriguing and hurting each other every day. How can my sister repay you? ”
"Look at what you said, what do you repay? If you want to say that you want to repay you, Yun'er should repay you. ”
"You say that, my sister doesn't understand, you give my sister a lot of good things that I haven't seen, why do you have to repay my sister?"
"You think, without your efforts and your concessions, how could Yun'er come to the prince's side? If Yun'er marries someone else, will she have a chance to go to a foreign land? Of course, there will be no chance to buy you any gifts. Yun'er didn't dare to say in front of others that a large part of her dowry was purchased with the silver taken by the prince and Fujin. It is estimated that Wang Ye Fujin will not say this to others, and don't say it himself.
Fu Jin immediately understood what Yun'er meant, and said with a smile: "Don't comfort your sister, my sister knows that the antiques in your dowry and the bottom of your father's box are very valuable, and you want your sister to accept your gift with peace of mind." Wait a minute! Give your sister so many things, if you don't have your sister, you won't be able to rely on it! Do you have titanium jewelry? ”
"Yes! Yun'er has everything! Yun'er's titanium jewelry is wisteria, and Yun'er's mother also has one, which is a plum blossom, but it is not as big as your butterfly, and it is also very good-looking, you can rest assured. In this box are small things for women such as hairpins, brooches, collar pins, etc., and the quality is not bad, do you take a look? ”
"Yikes! It's so pretty! It's so ingenious! My sister's eyes are shining! Sister has also seen delicate things, but I have never seen you give my sister such a good look, such a new look, not to mention sister, even the queen mother and queen will not see it, sister thank you, thank you!"
Fu Jin really couldn't hold back his tears. These are all things that she, a high-level woman, has never seen, and in her opinion, each of them is very delicate and gorgeous, even the Fujin people in other mansions have never seen it! "Yun'er, how can you be reluctant! How precious is that? ”
"Look at what you said, these are what women like, Yun'er looks more pleasing to the eye, and I guess you will like it too, so I bought it, you don't care what the price is, liking is its value. There are still things to give you in the future, and I can't find them all for a while, so I can bring them to you at any time when I see them. ”
"Enough! That's enough! These are enough for my sister for the rest of her life, do you have it yourself? I can't give it all to my sister. ”
"Don't worry, of course Yun'er has, Yun'er's things will not be less than yours, and there are a lot of paints, silk and silk that the prince bought for Yun'er, these will not be given to you, aren't you angry?"
"It should be, it should be! My sister doesn't need those things, so why are you angry? ”
"Yun'er has four boxes of gifts, Lan Lan gives Yun'er two boxes, Yun'er's parents have two boxes, and the prince also ordered one box each for Yun'er's uncle's mansion, uncle's mansion, and Ruiqian's eldest brother, a total of eleven boxes. As for you, in addition to these four boxes, there are four boxes in the Commander's Mansion, as well as those for your uncle, the prince's cousin, the grandmother's, your aunt's, your cousin's, and your grandmother's, a total of fourteen boxes. However, your box contains things from the prince, the prince, and Gege, and the gifts of Yun'er. ”
"No, no, no! What my sister is looking at is six boxes, how do you say four boxes? ”
"Oh, these two boxes are for your room to accompany Mama Feng, Mama Jingqi, and the embroidery girl, the cook, the rough maid and the guard, the little maid, and the eunuch father-in-law in your yard. These are the people who serve you, and it's hard. Yun'er's four boxes are for those girls and grandmothers and the guards and eunuchs in the courtyard, so Yun'er's gifts are similar to yours. ”
"My sister's words are really touching! It's hard for my sister to think so thoughtfully! ”
Several grandmothers were chatting energetically on the side, and when they heard that there were their own gifts, they couldn't believe their ears, so they hurriedly thanked Yun'er. Mama Dong is Fujin's roommate, with the oldest qualifications, followed by Mama Zheng and Mama Liu, who are Fujin's dowry maids; followed by Beard and Hair, although they are not old, they are the show girls who were selected into the palace, and they are also young ladies from official eunuch families. Mama Zheng is shrewd and capable, cheerful, loves to talk and laugh, and is very liked by Fujin. Another marrying mother, Mama Liu, was silent, and was called Mei'er when she was young. Fujin also has two accompanying grandmothers, one is her nurse Shen Mama, and now she has gone to Zhuangzi with her son who is the head of the village to care for the elderly, called Rongyang. Yun'er said that Fujin's milk brother is the head of the Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing. There is also a companion mother is Mama Dong, who was originally the dowry maid of Fujin's mother, Fujin's mother died, and Fujin took Mama Dong to her side.
As for the prince's sister, I found it later. The prince's nurse has passed away a long time ago, and the prince doesn't remember the nurse at all, she was too young at the time, she became a monk at the age of three or four, and she doesn't even remember her parents, where do you remember the nurse? But the prince can't ignore the lonely and widowed sister. Although this grandmother sister does not live in the palace, the prince still takes good care of her.
Yun'er took out the next gift, causing several grandmothers to exclaim. This is an ornament of two resin materials, one is an imitation jade cabbage, the cabbage leaves are emerald green, and the cabbage is snow-white, which is more watery than the real cabbage. There's also a small insect on it that can mess with it. Fu Jin watched intently for a long time. sighed and said to Yun'er: "You girl really dare to spend money, this is jade, my sister knows!" ”
"Fujin, this is also made of resin, and it is the same as the ivory for the Queen Mother."
I opened a box again, and inside was a glass Arowana, which should be said to be a red Arowana. It is also the most precious species of red arowana: the blue-backed red arowana. The back is dark blue, with large scales with red edges. That delicacy is needless to say, and it is also an ornament with a base. She couldn't hide her affection and kept thanking Yun'er.
The fifth box is a gift for a few companions and Jingqi Mama. They really couldn't believe that they could still get the gift from Fang Fujin! Everyone still remembers how unfriendly their attitude towards the side Fujin was when the two Fujin had an awkward quarrel.
Yun'er motioned for the fish and the water to open the box and take something. There are ten relatively large and square transparent pockets inside: "This is a gift from Yun'er to Mama Shen, Mama Dong, Zheng and Liu, Mama Mao, Bun'er, Mama Jiang, Mama Wang, Mama Song and Mama Hong, one bag for each person, with their names written on it." Yun'er said: "These are all daily necessities, and they are also things that women like, such as bed sheets, bath towels, towels, pillow towels, pillowcases, silk scarves, winter and summer socks, and fabrics. Inside this small box are jewelry, with alloy hairpins, necklaces, agate bracelets, earrings, rings, and more. The rest are the gifts of the second and third class and grandmother and sister in your courtyard, and they are also a pocket for each person, but the bag is a little smaller, and the things in it are a little less. In the other box is a gift for the rough envoys, grandmothers, sisters, guards, soldiers, servants, and eunuchs in the courtyard. All the men give are daily necessities, soap, soap, slippers, water cups, nail clippers, fruit knives, brushes for brushing shoes, socks, towels, toothbrushes, etc., all of which are small utensils for life, and we don't have them in the Qing Dynasty. The prince also gave a box of gifts to each person in the mansion, which was given by the prince, and most of them were food, drink, and play. ”
Fu Jin's brain reacted quickly: "What the prince gave me wasn't bought with my sister's silver?" "Mama Liu, Mama Zheng, Mama Zheng, Fu'er, and Ji'er's husbands are all official, and when they heard Fujin say this, they all came over and knelt down, kowtowed to Yun'er, and thanked Yun'er on behalf of their husbands. I also understand that what Master Yun is giving now is because they have served Fujin, and it is for them personally.
Looking at the dazzling array of gifts, Mama Zheng and the others couldn't believe that this big bag of things was given to them by Master Yun! What a big heart this woman is!
Fu Jin smiled and said, "Sister, you are really an adult, and the people around my sister have given so many gifts?" Does your mother have any of these? Fu Jin deliberately said it so easily, in fact, he already had a lot of high regard for Yun'er in his heart. Although giving gifts does not determine how strong the relationship between the two will be, it is still beneficial to enhance the relationship.
"Yun'er and the people in her mother's courtyard also have them. Yun'er thought that she could only go to a foreign land this time, and she would never have a chance to go in the future. No matter how many things there are, how expensive or low, I just want to leave a little memory for everyone, and I don't know if you like it or not. ”
"Who wouldn't love something like that?" Mama Zheng expressed her attitude on behalf of everyone, and then made a look with the others, and several Mama knelt in front of Yun'er again and kowtowed to Yun'er very sincerely.
Yun'er blushed: "Don't be like this, Yun'er will lose her life!" Hurry up, everybody. It's just a few daily necessities, you are all women, you like delicate things, bring them back to share with everyone. ”
"Sister, you are speaking decently now, and you feel comfortable when you hear it." Fu Jin said sincerely.
At this time, Fujin's good impression of Yun'er increased a lot. Even if the antique has changed a lot of money, after all, it is someone's private property, and it is up to the person to decide whether to give it to you or not. gave so many gifts at one time, I'm afraid the Queen Mother is reluctant. Yun'er kept saying that these things were apologetic. How can what a person does when she is not governed by her own mind be considered to be her doing? Fu Jin has forgiven Yun'er a long time ago, so why do you need to apologize?
Fu Jin was moved and uneasy, and he didn't know how much Yun'er spent on him, so he would definitely not say anything when he asked her, so he had to slowly return this favor in the future.