Chapter 42: The Story
Mrs. Cai has always respected me, I respect people's temper, her husband's family is not thin, her mother's family is also a wealthy family, and she is a master of the house, so she has some family background.
Therefore, I don't particularly care about what the two ladies of the Cui family send.
However, the pair of nine-section koi lotus smokers sent by Cui Wanqing took a lot of thought at first glance, and the preciousness came second.
After the meal, it was the time for the female relatives to gather for tea and chat, and they could take the opportunity to give these two specially prepared gifts back to the two nieces of the Cui family.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Cai tilted her head slightly, and smiled at the maid wearing a red embroidered violet flower on her right hand.
Seeing this tall maid, she fully understood what she meant, smiled with a smile, nodded invisibly, stretched out her hand and pulled the sisters beside her, and went to the blue yarn cabinet in the east.
Mrs. Cai smiled and stroked her palms and sighed, "The two nieces are delicate people, and they came to our house as guests today. ”
"Come, open it and take a look, do you still like it?"
Her voice just finished here, and the two maids who left just now happened to walk in front of Sister Cui Wanqing at this time, and the two of them bowed down with a smile, and presented the objects on the mahogany carved tray in their hands with both hands.
Seeing this, Yingqiao and Baicha, who were standing beside their masters, hurriedly stepped forward and took the gifts, and then turned around and offered them to their masters for a closer look.
Originally, the elders returned the gift, and the younger ones should go home and open it again, so as not to give heavy gifts and light gifts, or each person received different gifts, which made the elders embarrassed and the younger generations jealous.
However, since Mrs. Cai said something to let her see, it means that the host's family has prepared properly and will not cause bad incidents, so the two sisters can only be guests and subordinates.
Cui Wanqing and Cui Wanying, the sisters looked at each other and smiled, and turned their faces to look at the wooden box in front of them.
I saw the red sandalwood dark flower wooden box held by Yingqiao in his hand, the whole body of the box was engraved with peony patterns, the pattern was full, and it looked rich and public, but it was selected to carve with dark patterns, and it was not possible to see the decoration when it was a little farther away, just like an ordinary red sandalwood box.
It's really a restrained luxury, Cui Wanqing secretly praised the box, thinking that the objects inside would not be bad, no wonder I chose to give it away at this time, I'm afraid it also implies the meaning of showing off, right?
Ah Tao had already stood aside, looking at his master's expression, grasping the measure, raising his hand to open the box, Cui Wanqing leaned over and looked, "Yo, Mrs. Cai is really willing this time, and the pair of smokers she gave can be regarded as finding a good master." ”
In the box lined with red cloud brocade in front of him, there was a mutton fat white jade gold inlaid ruby bowl quietly.
The jade of this bowl is white, the wall is thin and transparent, and the round bowl body also adds two peach-shaped ears, and the outer wall of the abdomen is inlaid with flower and leaf patterns.
What makes Cui Wanqing feel that Xinqiao is stubborn is that all the branches and leaves are inlaid with gold sheets, and the flowers are composed of many finely crafted rubies, which look particularly exquisite.
The most amazing thing is such a thin jade bowl, and there are two small poems carved on the inner wall of the abdomen: buttermilk boiled milk, and the jade bowl is like mutton fat.
She couldn't help but admire in her heart, this carving skill is good, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a miracle.
Don't look at this pair of jade bowls is small, but the value is even higher than that pair of smokers, if Cui Wanqing is not mistaken, this pair of bowls is an antique with a history, this kind of treasure with both quality and origin is the most sought after.
There are many people who love to collect antiques, they are deliberately looking for this kind of object, there is a story behind them, and the more complaining and bizarre, the more it can arouse people's pursuit, Mrs. Cai doesn't know much?
As soon as she thought of this, Cui Wanqing stood up and bowed to Mrs. Cai Yingying, "Aunt really loves our sisters, this pair of jade bowls is afraid that they are antiques from the previous dynasty, and they are also royal things, and they are priceless treasures in the market." ”
"Such an object is too precious, how dare our sisters bear it? I also asked my aunt to take it back, and change it to the side. ”
She praised this pair of jade bowls in the sky, and Mrs. Cai, who was holding it, was extremely happy, and turned her face to Chang's mother and said, "Quickly help your nephew up." ”
"Good boy, as the saying goes, the elders give it, you can't say it, since it's given to you two sisters, just take it and play with it, you don't have to worry about anything else."
Chang's mother helped Cui Wanqing to sit down with a smile on her face, and Cui Wanqing only listened to the tinkling in her ears.
She secretly wondered in her heart, so she peeked in, but it was Chang's mother with two red gold hibiscus bracelets on her right wrist, and a jade rope bracelet, as soon as she moved, these three bracelets collided together, making a very pleasant sound.
Cui Wanqing couldn't help but love this person's wonderful thoughts, and felt that she could try to be so stubborn.
Mrs. Cai saw Cui Wanqing sitting quietly, so she smiled brightly, "This pair of bowls is my grandmother, who secretly gave me when I got married. ”
"Qing'er, this kid, his eyes are old and spicy, and he can see at a glance that they are antiques, not to mention, how can you be sure that they are the things of the royal family of the previous dynasty?"
Mrs. Cai really doesn't know the origin of the jade bowl, when she got married, her grandmother was paralyzed by a stroke, and she couldn't say anything innocent, but she just let people give things to her granddaughter, but she couldn't tell this story to her granddaughter.
Mrs. Cai's mind is still deeply imprinted, and her grandmother's appearance of crying in a hurry that she can't say what she wants to say, can't help but feel a pain in her heart, and she wants to know more and more what kind of story is hidden in this pair of jade bowls.
Cui Wanqing saw that it was really the same as she guessed, and she didn't dare to take it big, so she stood up and explained with a smile: "It's not that my nephew's eyes are old and spicy, it's actually that a few days ago, I read a book of famous artifacts from the previous dynasty, which mentions this pair of jade bowls." ”
"This pair of jade bowls is the favorite concubine of an emperor in the previous dynasty, she likes to use crisp cheese and milk the most, so the emperor's special order made this pair of exquisite jade bowls, and only let this favorite concubine specialize in crisp cheese and other food."
"My niece can recognize it, thanks to the two poems carved on this bowl." Cui Wanqing said this, paused slightly, and then added, "Auntie, if you are interested in this, my niece asked someone to send you a book, the explanation in that book is very clear, the humanistic pen that wrote the book is excellent, and it is very interesting to read, but it is more than a hundred times stronger than what my nephew said." ”R1152