"I look good, I like it," Mu Hongsheng, who received the gift, immediately nodded happily: "I haven't received such a gift yet!" ”

Duchess An Guo took the sachet in her hand and looked at her happy daughter with some sadness. Yes, her red dress is twelve years old this year, she doesn't even have a good little sister, she is detained at home all day long, there are no girls at home, she can only play with her brothers at home, and she doesn't even know all kinds of popular things for girls in Beijing.

Mrs. Mu, who had been sitting silently and silently, obviously thought of a place with Duchess Anguo, and sighed softly when she looked at her granddaughter who was happy when she received a sachet in front of her.

"My mother didn't know that Hongshang was so close to this Miss Gu Jiu." Duchess An Guo raised her eyes to see her daughter's expression while helping Mu Hongshang tie the sachet. Knowing her daughter Mo Ruo's mother, Duchess An Guo knew as soon as she saw Mu Hongsheng's expression that her daughter was very unfamiliar with the title of Miss Gu Jiu, and she didn't remember which young lady she knew at all.

"Miss Gu Yilan Gu Jiu of the Gu Bachelor's Mansion, don't you know the red dress?" Duchess An Guo asked.

"Oooh!" Mu Hongsheng immediately nodded happily, her big round eyes narrowed slightly: "It's that Sister Gu!" Cognitive! This sister is very good, on the day I went to the princess's mansion for the banquet, I cried, and it was this sister who comforted me. She told me that my mother was angry because I had done something dangerous, and my mother was worried, and I should be happy if I was worried about my mother like this. I think this sister is very reasonable, I like her, and she even brought me kidney bean cake to eat. ”

"It's really very reasonable," Mrs. Mu, who was holding a cup of tea with her eyelids drooping, suddenly spoke, her tone was flat, and she couldn't hear her joy or anger: "Gu Fu is really worthy of the Shili heirloom, and the girl she taught is really good." ”

When Mu Hongshang heard her grandmother praise the young lady who gave her something, she immediately answered happily: "Yes, yes, Sister Gu is very gentle and kind, and she is also beautiful, I like her." I didn't even know she was such a nice person. My mother took me out to dinner, and I always saw her. But she didn't talk to me much before, and she didn't seem to like talking to other people, so she just said hello, and she looked very high. This time I realized that she was actually very kind, she asked me to call her Sister Lan, and said that she would invite me to her house to play, she said that she had many sisters in her family, and they could all play with me. I didn't say yes. ”

"Oh?" This time, Duchess An Guo and Mrs. Mu really laughed together, and Mrs. Mu looked at Mu Hongshang with a playful face, and asked, "Don't you think about going out to play every day?" Every time your mother takes you out to pay a visit, you're so happy. Why, this time someone asked you, or did your favorite little sister invite you, but you didn't go? ”

"Since I was a child, my grandmother and mother have explained that I can't go out casually to visit guests, I remember it." Mu Hongsheng replied with a serious face, and also emphasized two nods: "Don't worry, my mother took me out to pay respects, and I only went to listen to my grandmother and mother, so even if Sister Lan invited me, I couldn't agree." ”

"Listen," Mrs. Mu said with a proud look, "You all say that I am used to her." But as I said earlier, this child in red clothes looks innocent, but he knows in his heart, such a child is used to it. ”

"Yes!" Duchess An Guo laughed: "Mother is right. Go play, your brother is still waiting for you in the garden, I'll send someone to send zongzi and mugwort cakes later. ”

"Cuiyun," Mrs. Mu also called her eldest maid, "the new cherries that came in today are taken to the garden for the children to eat." It's okay to go to the garden to fly a kite, but you are not allowed to run sweaty, and you are not allowed to eat in the wind. ”

Mu Hongshang agreed with a smile, saluted her grandmother and mother, and ran to the garden with the maids. Duchess An Guo sent her daughter out of the room, and only after watching her daughter walk out of her mother-in-law's yard did she turn around and come back.

"You came here not just for that sachet," Before Duchess An Guo could speak, Old Madam Mu asked, "What else is there to do?" ”

"Yes!" Duchess An Guo bowed her head slightly and replied respectfully: "Not only did Master Gu's Mansion send someone to send incense sachets to Hongsheng, but this year's festival is also twice as thick as in previous years. I didn't expect this to be sent to the Gu Academy's Mansion as a festival according to the practice of previous years. The gifts of each family are prepared in advance, and they were loaded into the car last night, and just after the hour, the next person who gave the gift has already set off, and the gifts in Gu's house have already been delivered, and it is too late to add them now. ”

"Strange," Old Madam Mu frowned slightly: "Mrs. Gu has always been cautious, how could she make such a mistake, isn't it embarrassing!" ”

"The daughter-in-law wondered if she had returned the extra gifts," the Duchess of An Guo asked, "What if she made a mistake?" ”

"Each family's rituals are attached to the gift list," Mrs. Mu shook her head: "You actually know in your heart that it is impossible to be wrong. It's just that Mrs. Gu suddenly sent such a heavy gift, what it means, but I can't figure it out. Also, you have just asked clearly, Hongshang and that Miss Gu Jiu are clearly friends. ”

"yes!" Duchess An Guo also nodded with a puzzled face: "It's not uncommon for Miss Gu Jiu to invite Hongshang as a guest, Hongshang is the only girl in our family's life, and there are naturally many people who intend to show favor and friendship. ”

"Hmm!" Old Madam Mu nodded: "Every year, the invitations handed to our house will be returned seventy percent, and it is not a shame to be rejected by the red dress." However, this Miss Gu Jiu had a heart, so she embroidered a sachet at home and sent it over in time for the Dragon Boat Festival. Regardless of the Gu family's festival for the time being, Miss Gu Jiu's sachet specially said that it was made for the red dress by herself, and this gift is not good not to return. ”

"That's what I thought, too." Duchess An Guo nodded: "But the return gift of the red dress is also a little difficult." Miss Gu's hand-embroidered purse, we can't always return some ordinary gold and silver beads, right? It's better to do it yourself. But this child was detained at home when he was a child, and he didn't have any personal contact with the ladies of the family in Beijing in the past, and she didn't really know much about the fashionable things in Beijing. She hadn't carefully learned the kung fu of those needle women since she was a child, and now she couldn't get her to embroider a handkerchief and send it over. ”