Chapter 302: Fantasy (2)
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Du Yueniang still needs someone to serve her, but Mama Chang did not delay and retreated.
Zhiqi put the sachet and the brocade box containing the gift of Zhen Xuan in one place, and sighed: "The slave remembers that in the past, the craftsmanship of the aunt was still very good, and when she was serving in the Eternal Residence, some of the socks and shoes worn by the ancestors were made by the aunt herself, and now the body has been hollowed out, and even the needle is not stable. ”
Du Yueniang's craftsmanship is excellent, Zhen Xuan heard it for the first time, and said: "After all, it is Yue Niang's heart, since it is done well, it will be sent." ”
On the morning of the ninth day of the new year, the Xia family was busy up and down.
The old ancestor was reluctant to do a big deal, and at her age, most of the friends of the same age who used to move around when she was young had passed away, and the daughters who had come to the Xia family to walk around had already married far away, and the younger ones were basically unfamiliar with them and cut off contact.
The ancestor was reluctant to post to invite, he just wanted the family to sit down for a meal and listen to a play.
Even so, there is still a lot to be prepared for.
Zhen Xuan and Xia Yiqing went to Tingfeng Yuan first, and together with the rest of the Changfang, they went to the Changsheng Residence.
As soon as she bypassed the shadow wall, Miss He's voice came, Zhen Xuan twisted her eyebrows and looked up, and saw that Miss He was confronting Mama Gui.
Miss He also brought a mother-in-law with her, and she raised her chin and said, "I came to give a congratulatory gift to my ancestors, why can't I go in?" ”
Mama Gui glanced at the "huge" brocade box that the woman was holding in her hand. I can't think of what kind of congratulatory gift it contains. She didn't back away.
Mrs. Zheng asked Xia Huqing to help her over. When Mama Gui saw them, she hurriedly saluted.
Mrs. Zheng didn't look at Miss He, but said to Mama Gui: "In the end, it's a relative, and it's a gift, let her in today." If you don't know the etiquette, it's not too late to come out. ”
Mama Gui was surprised, but she didn't insist anymore and responded.
When Miss He heard this, she smiled proudly. She suffered a few losses in the hands of Mama Gui, and this time someone finally said something that was fair, new hatred and old hatred, she calculated with Mama Gui: "Did you hear it, get out of the way!" With that, he raised his hand and pushed Mama Gui.
Mama Gui didn't stand firm on her feet, and almost sat on the ground.
Miss He became more and more proud, clapped her hands, and entered the house in front of Mrs. Zheng.
Xia Huqing frowned and turned her head to look at Old Lady Zheng: "Grandmother." She ......"
Old Madam Zheng shook her head with a smile and said in a low voice, "Don't take it to heart. The ancestors are in charge of everything. ”
Xia Huqing bowed his head.
Zhen Xuan also heard this, tasted it carefully, and couldn't help laughing.
With the big tree of the old ancestor, they just need to take a dip.
After entering, she saluted and greeted her, Miss He saw the eldest master, Xia Yiqing and Xia Jingqing for the first time, looked back and forth a few times, and then fell on Zhen Xuan, showing dissatisfaction and jealousy.
After a while, the people in the second room also arrived, and unexpectedly, Mrs. He also came.
Mrs. He hadn't landed for a long time, her steps were vain, and she was very struggling to rely on the support of Zhang and Aunt Zhou, and when she saw Miss He sitting in the room, her face was cloudy.
When everyone was ready, Xia Liqing asked someone to send a congratulatory gift.
The ancestor opened it and took a look, it is a palm-sized statue of Guanyin, Guanyin holds a net bottle, stands on the lotus seat, uses sandalwood, and the carving is lifelike.
The old ancestor looked happy and nodded, "Not bad." ”
Only Miss He glanced at it and sighed: "If it is jade, wouldn't it be more expensive." ”
Xia Liqing didn't want to talk to Miss He, so she didn't hear it, so she only urged the others to send gifts quickly.
Everyone sent it one after another, no matter what she sent, Miss He had to comment a few words, but everyone was in the left ear and out of the right ear, which made her very dissatisfied, in order to see more clearly, she simply got up and stood beside the ancestor.
When it was Zhen Xuan's turn, she didn't open the brocade box first, but gave Du Yueniang's sachet first.
Xiang Xi took the sachet, glanced at it, and handed it over to the ancestor suspiciously.
The sachet is generally workmanlike, the ancestor knew at a glance, her eyes fell on the word "longevity", her fingertips rubbed, and sighed: "This stitch ......"
Miss He sneered and said disdainfully: "This is something that everyone can get their hands on?" Crooked, embarrassing. ”
Xia Huqing turned her head to look at Zhen Xuan, her sister-in-law has outstanding embroidery skills, everyone in this family knows the truth, how can she make Miss He ridicule?
The old ancestor sank.
When Miss He saw it, she thought that the ancestor was not satisfied with this thing, so she said arrogantly: "Even the peasant women in the countryside embroider better than yours." ”
Zhen Xuan ignored Miss He, and said to the ancestor: "This is a piece of Yue Niang's heart, she can't hold the needle steadily, the embroidery is crooked, the sachet is made by Ziyuan, Yue Niang really can't stand ......"
The old ancestor's eyes were slightly red, how could she not recognize it, even if it was this deformed needlework now, she also recognized whose hand it was. Thinking of Du Yueniang's body having to work hard to do this, she felt even more heartbroken, and she became more and more displeased with Miss He who ridiculed this sachet.
The name Yue Niang, Miss He is familiar to her, is the concubine of the medicine jar in Tianyi Courtyard. She didn't know how much the ancestor of Lu Dao loved Du Yueniang, and she had to say a few more words, but she was thrown by Mrs. He.
Old Mrs. He stopped Miss He, looked at Zhen Xuan again, and saw her smiling lightly and talking to the old ancestor, and couldn't help but curse in her heart: An old fox in the long room is not enough, and a little fox has been added, but her nephew and granddaughter have a lot of mouths, and she is on the road.
Zhen Xuan sent the brocade box again.
Xiang Xi opened the scroll, and a hundred different characters of "longevity" appeared in front of him.
The old ancestor frowned, tasted it carefully with Mama Gui, and asked Xiang Xi to put it away.
"Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting are all nourishing, and it is a good thing to learn more, but don't be tired." The old ancestor told Zhen Xuan, and said to Xia Huqing and Xia Yuqing, "You too, you can be like Yiqing's daughter-in-law." I'm relieved. ”
Xia Yuqing pouted. If it's a normal time. She must have sent this dissatisfaction to Zhen Xuan, but at this time, the biggest thorn in her side was Miss He, who was still standing behind the old ancestor, gave her a blank look, and said, "The second sister-in-law is all beautiful, and she is so strong." ”
Aunt Zhou saw it in her eyes, afraid that Xia Yuqing's temperament would be difficult to clean up, so she made a round: "The big girl in the second grandmother's house has taken up all the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, where can it be bad." ”
As soon as the old ancestor heard this, he said. couldn't help laughing, and said with a smile: "There is some truth. ”
When the gifts of the younger generations of the Xia family were delivered, Miss He let her mother-in-law hold her own, and she wanted to be the last one.
Zhen Xuan looked at the open brocade box, which contained a vase.
The vase is half a man high, with a large belly and a narrow mouth, and a hunting picture is painted on it, and the hunter returns with a full load, and the hound has a rabbit in his mouth.
Mama Gui was shocked, and Mrs. Zheng and Mrs. He were also full of seriousness.
Zhen Xuan didn't know why. Seeing that the old ancestor was staring at the bottle with a pair of eyes, he said slowly: "Those who don't know are not guilty." Xiangxi, take it out, don't let me see it again. ”
Miss He couldn't figure it out, she didn't have much silver on her when she came to Yongzhou, and she didn't bring anything, this congratulatory gift was bought from the shop on the street the day before yesterday, and she specially picked a big one that didn't look too expensive.
Seeing that Xiang Xi was about to take out the lun, Miss He stopped her and said, "What is it for?" What's wrong with this bottle? Why don't I like what I've bothered to choose? Why not? ”
"Bothered?" Xiang Xi snorted and pushed Miss He's hand away, "If Miss Biao really put a lot of effort into it, how could she not know what she could and couldn't send?" ”
Taking advantage of Miss He's stunned, Xiang Xi moved the bottle out of the box with the brocade box, and called two rough mothers-in-law outside the door loudly, saying, "Take it down and smash it." ”
Smashed?
Is it that serious?
Zhen Xuan recalled the hunting picture, and with a flash of inspiration, he calculated it and suddenly realized.
The ancestor belonged to the rabbit, and in the picture, the rabbit was held in the mouth by the hunting dog. Such an unlucky thing was given as a birthday gift, so it's no wonder that there was such a result.
Xiang Xi returned to the house and said to the ancestor: "Ancestor, the time is almost up, do you want to set up a banquet?" ”
The old ancestor waved his hand: "I'm not hungry yet, let's swing in a quarter of an hour." ”
Waiting for Xiang Xi to respond, the old ancestor turned his head and said to Mrs. He: "How is your body?" I'm going to move to the flower hall in a while, do you still have the strength on my feet? ”
Mrs. He straightened the thin quilt on her lap and said, "It's okay." Dr. Cha said that if you lie down for a long time, you will be like this, and now that you can get up, you have to move around more to recover. ”
The ancestor is a person who has come over, and he thinks so: "Not only do you have to move around, but you also have to press your legs more, and you can't be afraid of pain and don't move, otherwise, you really can't move." At that time, it was Yue Niang by my side, helping me to walk and pressing my legs...... Who knows, I can walk now, but she fell. ”
Speaking of which, it was a good opportunity, Mrs. He took the words, and said: "This Chongxi is still useful, it all depends on Yue Niang, the old ancestor has become more and more healthy in the past two years, and the eight characters are really not wrong." My nephew's granddaughter's eight characters are probably suitable for mine, after she came, my body has improved a little bit, I see, or let her stay in our house in the future, just like Yue Niang. ”
And so it was!
Zhen Xuan and Yang exchanged glances, and Mrs. He really brought it up.
The old ancestor also saw through Mrs. He's idea early on, so there was the sentence "Drawing a tiger is not an anti-dog", Zhen Xuan raised her eyes to look at the old ancestor, she wanted to know how the old ancestor of Lu Dao would block Mrs. He back.
"How's that going to work?" The old ancestor looked at Mrs. He disapprovingly and explained, "Yue Niang had a bad background and sold herself. How can she say that she is also your niece and granddaughter, can she also sell herself and be a concubine of Chongxi? This is too aggrieved, and it also falls on your face, and it can't be done. ”
When Mrs. He heard this, she thought there was a play, and said with a smile: "Then ask the ancestor to give dignity and ask her to make a main house, and give it to Su Qing." (To be continued......)
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