When Cao Yi opened the box, everyone found that there were three small boxes, one large, two and small.

Mrs. Qin and Ya Niang couldn't help but smile, Cao Yi, this child, has a jumpy personality, and is different from other young people, and it is the same for giving a gift, with a small box in a big box......

Cao Yi took out the largest wooden box from it, handed it to Lu Lao, and said with a smile: "Lu Lao, you like the dragon tail inkstone given by Youwei very much, right?" ”

Lu Lao raised his eyebrows: "What?" Is it possible that you sent an inkstone? ”

"Hey, almost!" Cao Yi handed the box with both hands and put it in Lu Lao's hand: "You can just look at it!" ”

After Lu Lao took the box, he secretly weighed it with his hand, "It doesn't seem to be too heavy, it shouldn't be an inkstone, right?" Lu Lao thought to himself.

Later, under the gaze of everyone, the wooden box was opened, and two pieces of wood were placed inside, and the surface was carved with folded flowers, birds, beasts, insects, and fish, which were very beautiful.

"This is ......" Lu Lao first looked carefully, then raised his head to look at Cao Yi, with a smile on his face unconsciously, and asked, "This is the lacquered sand inkstone and inkstone?" ”

"Hmmm! The high-quality Nanmu material is also carved by everyone in Yangzhou lacquerware......" Cao Yi nodded with a smile, then looked at Lu Lao and said: "Lu Lao, how is it, are you satisfied?" ”

Although Lu Lao was very happy in his heart, he still restrained his joyful expression on the surface, and nodded lightly: "It's okay, it's okay to ......."

received Yu Youwei's dragon tail inkstone, but Cao Yi sent a lacquered sand inkstone and an inkstone box, the combination of the two gifts is very suitable, just enough to put the dragon tail inkstone sent by Yu Youwei in the inkstone box.

"You two bought it after discussing it a long time ago?" Lu Lao asked. The main thing is that the two sides buy one thing, which just forms a set, which is too complementary.

Yu Youwei shook her head and said with a smile: "No, father-in-law, we all bought it separately, everyone in Yangzhou is very busy, basically we do our own things, when we buy things, we sell them easily, I didn't discuss and communicate with my son, after we arrived in Jiangning, we asked each other if they had bought gifts for their mothers and fathers-in-law......

"In this way, you have a good heart, and you can understand it without clicking, but it is very humorous!" Old Lu stroked his long beard and nodded.

Cao Yi raised his eyebrows indifferently, he didn't feel anything, Yu Youwei lowered her head shyly by Lu Lao's words, her cheeks were flushed, and Yaniang and Mrs. Qin also looked at Yu Youwei with a smile on their faces.

"Cao Yi boy, you brought me a gift, I am still more pleased, but I know how to be filial to my teacher, but I don't know what kind of gift you brought to the two masters?" With a smug smile on his face, Lu Lao looked at Cao Yi and said.

As soon as Lu Lao's words were finished, Mrs. Qin and Yaniang both took a sip, and sure enough, as Cao Yi said, such a teacher openly asked his disciples for gifts, and after his gifts were finished, he asked for gifts for his two ladies, which was really ...... Cao Yi is really right.

Mrs. Qin and Ya Niang were thinking about this matter in their hearts, but they also knew that their master would be like this in front of Cao Yi, maybe when they got older, they would really become old naughty boys when they met their favorite juniors.

Everyone obviously saw that there were three boxes in the big box, one big and two small, since the big box was for the master, then the two small ones must have been given to Mrs. Qin and Ya Niang, obviously they already have them, you still have to take the initiative to ask for it, in the face of this behavior of their master, Mrs. Qin and Ya Niang don't know what to say.

"Hehe, Old Lu, don't be in a hurry, I'll send it right away!" Cao Yi smiled, then took out two small boxes from the wooden box again, opened one of them and looked at it to confirm, and then handed the two boxes to Mrs. Qin and Yaniang respectively.

"Boy, I am very easy to buy for Lu Lao's gifts, as long as it is something that the literati like, Lu Lao also likes it, but for the gifts of the two masters, I really don't have any good ideas, so I just prepared two very small gifts, and I hope the two masters will not dislike it."

Mrs. Qin and Ya Niang said with a smile: "As long as you send it, we all like it!" ”

"You two open it and see, this stinky boy said a very small gift, what kind of gift, maybe it's just perfunctory for you." Lu Lao shouted on the side.

Mrs. Qin and Ya Niang looked at Lu Lao helplessly, and then opened the box, and there were two combs in the box...... There was also a faint fragrance coming out.

On the purple-red material, there are wisps of gold wire loop-like water lines, plus the fragrance, it is obviously a very precious small-leaved rosewood, this kind of wood is only available in the Chola country, and the sandalwood itself is a precious wood species, the rosewood is the crown of sandalwood, and the small-leaved rosewood is even more rare and abnormal.

Therefore, there are even fewer small-leaved wisteria trees circulating in the territory of Dayan, so there is a saying that there is an inch of red sandalwood and an inch of gold.

"This ...... Although the material is a good material, this knife work is ...... Tut-tut! Lu Lao looked at the two combs, pursed his lips, and complained.

"These two combs can't be made by apprentices, right? Cao Yi, didn't you give feedback to the store, such a good wood, just by this apprentice who has no craftsmanship at first glance, but has just started......" Lu Lao leaned closer to watch, and then spoke, pointing at the two wooden combs with his finger at the same time.

"You see, although the comb has been polished, there are still potholes in some places, and they are not so round and smooth. If you look at the carved decoration on it, this is a lotus flower, right? I almost didn't recognize it......" Lu Lao then pointed to the box in Ya Niang's hand and continued: "Is this an osmanthus?" ”

"It's osmanthus." Ya Niang also couldn't help but say, she likes osmanthus very much, so she can recognize this, combined with the previous Cao Yi sent it before deliberately opened it and took a look, and then distributed it to the eldest sister and herself, obviously she found out that she likes osmanthus, and the eldest sister likes lotus, so she concentrated on picking it out.

It's just that...... This carving is indeed a bit ...... Ya Niang also thought it was a little funny.

"Cao Yi boy, you won't buy these two combs, is it only enough money to buy wood, and the rest of the polishing and carving are made by the cheapest, or free apprentices?" Lu Laoqian looked at Cao Yi obliquely, and his eyes were full of that kind of irrepressible banter and laughter.

Cao Yi touched his nose in embarrassment, and asked not very desperately: "Is it really that bad?" ”

"Don't doubt it, it's just that bad!" Lu Lao said with a smile, he couldn't be happier to see Cao Yi embarrassed.

When Cao Yi turned her head to look at Yu Youwei, the latter also nodded slightly, obviously she also felt that this craftsmanship and carving were indeed a little incompatible with this precious wood.

This time, Cao Yi finally recognized the facts, that is, the appearance of these two combs is indeed quite ugly, and he was a little embarrassed and said to Mrs. Qin and Ya Niang: "Two masters, this kid is not good at my craft, I have done my best to make it, you two make do with it, if you really can't use it, then put it aside, and leave a commemorative ......"

"What? You say you made these two combs yourself? Lu Lao asked in surprise.

"Hmmm! Because I didn't know what gifts to buy for the two wives, I saw rosewood later, because it was not very big, and I thought it was just right for making two combs, so I bought it back and made it myself. Cao Yi smiled a little embarrassedly at the two wives.

"But...... Childe, where did you get the time...... You were so busy in Yangzhou before...... "Yu Youwei was also extremely surprised, because Cao Yi and them have been very busy all the time, responsible for the overall planning and control of the general direction internally, and responsible for some entertainment or something externally, basically every day is to go out in the morning and return to the Zhizhou Mansion in the evening, is it possible that it is the last few days after the opening of the restaurant?

But in those days, wasn't the son also busy socializing, but he often ate and drank with the talents of Yangzhou and some celebrities and magnates until late, and he was drunk when he came back, and Yu Youwei knew that he would wait for the son to come back and then bathe and change his clothes before going to sleep, so he was very tired in those days.

"Actually, this wood happened to be encountered when it arrived in Yangzhou for half a month, because it was transported from Zhuluo, and it can be said that there is very little in our Dayan, so I bought it with the idea that I couldn't miss it, and then I thought that I could make combs for the two masters......

Faced with Yu Youwei's doubts, Cao Yi explained: "At that time, I thought that the comb itself was not a valuable item, and since the gift itself was not of high value, it could only add a little something to him, so I thought that if I made it myself, it would be more sincere...... So I talked for more than an hour every night to make it slowly, and it took ten days to finally make it, but I am not good at it, no, it has become what it is now! ”

Cao Yi spread his hands and said embarrassedly, in fact, he still thinks it looks good when he looks at it himself, but this may be the same as the fact that the dishes he cooks will always be delicious, after all, Cao Yi himself spent a long time making it himself, and he still has a very deep feeling.

Although Cao Yi said it lightly, Yu Youwei knew how much investment it took to add an extra hour every night to make a comb, not only a time investment, but also a kind of energy effort.

Not to mention the big appearance, just the tiny comb teeth, but it is a very huge workload, so in comparison, Yu Youwei's face is a little hot, and the gifts she gave to the two mothers are not worth mentioning at all compared with the two "ugly" gifts of the son.

"Good boy! Do you have a heart......" Mrs. Qin said movingly, he was indeed a little dissatisfied with the number sent by Cao Yi before, and even wanted to laugh, thinking that Cao Yi really wouldn't have been deceived by the comb shop...... Who knew that he actually made it himself.

So, it makes sense that this comb is so ugly in terms of craftsmanship and surface engraving.

Mrs. Ya's face was also very moved, and her eyes looked at Cao Yi more softly, obviously she could feel Cao Yi's respect and love for them from the comb......

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