Chapter 37: Embroidered for You
Wei Weicai yawned and stepped into the Jiang Mansion, intending to go back and make up for it, when a light footstep sounded on the side of his head, the sound seemed to be very familiar and unfamiliar, and he just wanted to look sideways, but the owner of the footsteps opened his mouth first.
"Young lady, I haven't seen you for a long time, I heard that you have been sick for a while, are you feeling better now?"
Her somewhat loose face wrinkled with a smile, one of her lips was painted red, and her servile appearance made Wei Wei suspicious of her identity.
Is this really that cold-eyed and arrogant grandmother?
Before Wei Wei could reply, Mama walked up to her and Jiang Ci with her hands in small steps, bent down and saluted them: "The old slave participates in the young master and young lady." ”
"Mama, please get up quickly, I heard that you had a cold a while ago, but are you still well?"
In the end, it is the big palace maid next to the favorite concubine in the palace, although she is out of the palace now, her status is still somewhat prestigious, and Jiang Ci can't take care of it.
And this grandmother is very skillful, and if she is a slave who can be cared for by her master, she may sell it miserably again, and win some sympathy, but she is a ruthless character, and she actually thanked her: "The old slave is not angry, and he has been bedridden for several days with a little wind and cold, which delayed the entrustment given by Prime Minister Jiang to the old slave to teach the young lady, and you not only did not blame the old slave, but also cared so much, how can the old slave repay it with such love!" ”
Mama sobbed quietly, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, cried a lot, sniffed, and continued: "The old slave heard that the young lady was poisoned by snakes, and I wanted to rush over to visit the young lady as soon as possible, but I was afraid of disturbing the young lady's rest." I heard that the young lady had woken up and recovered early yesterday morning, so I immediately rushed over, and when I saw that the young lady was so well, the old slave I was relieved. ”
When the words fell, her tears were instantly retracted, and she turned from sadness to joy, and her voice was loud towards Wei Wei's smiling Yanran.
is worthy of being a grandmother from the palace, the means and scheming are very clever, and I don't blame Jiang Ci, a straight man, who was bought by her, just now with a simple play and a few tears moved him, I really think this grandmother is a good palace woman with a bodhisattva's heart.
"Mama is really attentive, she is still tied to Wei Wei, she, she is very good now!" Jiang Ci didn't notice Wei Wei's displeasure at all, and smiled at her for a while, then turned his head and asked the middle-aged woman in front of him: "Mama came today to teach her to be popular, right?" Then I'll go back to Wenyuntang to say hello to my father and mother first, so I won't disturb you, my wife still has Mama Lao. ”
He nodded and smiled at Mama, then pushed Wei Wei out beside him, and left quickly without waiting for Wei Wei to call his name.
Wei Wei stomped his feet towards his departing figure, puffing out his mouth like a pond rain frog.
Jiang Ci is a big idiot! Dumber than Wei Wei! I can't see that Wei Wei doesn't like this grandma at all! And pushed me to her!
Before he could finish complaining in his heart, the sharp and piercing voice sounded again: "What, young lady, why are you still not leaving, what are you doing here?" This robe won't be embroidered on its own! ”
is really kind and kind in front of people, and pleasant in appearance, but cold and bitter in the back, there are two schools of thought!
Mama raised her sleeves and walked in the direction of the embroidery workshop, Wei Wei had to reluctantly follow behind, kicking small stones along the way to deflat.
The embroidery workshop gathered many embroidery girls from all over the world, from the house to the family clothes worn by the slaves, to the robes worn by the masters, Luo skirts and neon clothes, all from their hands.
When I came to the door of the embroidery workshop, I saw more than ten women in light pink clothes sitting in front of the spinning wheel, burying their heads in work. The room was so quiet that you could only hear the sound of pedals, looms, shuttles, and needles and threads passing through the brocade.
Some of them are similar to Wei Wei, and some are already, but this embroidery skill of cutting the moon and cutting clouds is very good.
"Wow! You're amazing! ”
Wei Wei walked to their side and looked at the embroidery pictures with beautiful patterns and vivid patterns, phoenix birds and nirvana swirling dances, delicate flowers are tender and gorgeous, and ink bamboo bodies are resolute and upright. It seems to weave thousands of emotions into golden threads, but words are worth thousands of words.
"What are you doing here! Don't you see that I want to teach the young lady to embroidery and spinning? ”
Seeing that these embroidery girls were praised by Wei Wei, she couldn't help but take them to be angry, maybe she was used to being a celebrity in front of others, and she couldn't hear others praise people with lower status than her in front of her.
The embroidery girls were frightened by the roar of the grandmother, and stood up and lowered their eyebrows, as if they had something to say, but they had to swallow it back into their stomachs.
"What? Still not leaving? I want you to ask you not to do it! Mama glared viciously at the embroidery girl headed by her.
This is really self-esteem, and he shook his face.
At this time, the younger embroidery lady raised her head and refuted Mama's words: "Mama, you teach the young lady embroidery, there are not many empty spinning wheels, this is about to enter the summer, we still have a lot of business to be done, hundreds of domestic servants' clothes are waiting for us to spin!" The new clothes of the lord and the lady have not yet been embroidered! If the deadline is reached and it cannot be completed, we, we will be punished! ”
"Pink!" For the older embroidery girl, don't turn your head and whisper to the little embroidery girl, and hurriedly compensate Mama: "Mama, don't mind, this girl is new and can't speak, I'll compensate you for her." ”
"Heh, I don't think she can't speak, she's too good at talking, who is as capable as her, the master told you to live is the right thing, isn't it the right thing for me to teach the young lady? Do you need me to report to the master? Do not use your land here, so as not to disturb you. ”
Mama's ugly appearance at the moment, with thorns in her words, and her eyes are about to fly to her temples.
Seeing Mama's arrogant and domineering face, Wei Fu became angry: "Okay, Mama, why are you blaming these sisters so much?" There are so many empty spinning wheels, why do you want to blow everyone out. ”
"Less ......"
Mama was just about to speak, but was pressed down by Wei Wei again: "Embroidery sisters, sit down, Wei Wei really admires you, you can embroider so similarly!" I'm really sorry for you! ”
"Thank you, young lady, for your understanding!" The embroidery girls were busy thanking them, and the grandmothers on the side had nothing to do, after all, Wei Wei had opened her mouth, so she had to restrain herself a little and practice embroidery with her on the empty spinning wheel.
But during the whole process, Mama deliberately made things difficult, as if she was punishing her privately in the name of teaching, and at the slightest mistake, she pulled her wicker hand, and every time Wei Wei bared his teeth in pain, he had to swallow his anger and break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.
After all, with Prime Minister Jiang's permission, if Wei Wei doesn't learn embroidery seriously, he can be punished lightly with his grandmother.
But this is a light punishment, the wicker branch was thrown very hard, and her voice was stern and angry, even through her clothes, her two arms were swollen with red marks.
The embroidery girls in the same room were very distressed, but they were threatened and lured by their grandmothers, and they didn't dare to tell the master of the house.
Although Wei Wei was unhappy in her heart, she had a clear mind, and she simply thought that Mama had told her all day long that she was punishing her just to warn her.
"This robe is embroidered for the young master, it is the robe to be worn at the most solemn festival in Huaixia Country - the Hundred Flowers Banquet, all of you are the sons of the family, if the embroidery is poor, it will not lose the face of the young master and the Jiang family."
When Mama said this, Wei Wei believed it and firmly believed it.
Like Jiang Ci, she is a child who is afraid of pain, she has been held in her heart since she was a child, and she has been beaten and scolded somewhere.
Although she is not smart, she knows better than anyone what face is and what it feels like to be ridiculed.
It was the naughty boy who made fun of her, saying that she was a fool and had a heartache; It was the grief and indignation of Ah Niang who overheard her hugging her aunt crying in front of the door, and how the other wives mocked her for saying that Ziqin had a daughter who burned her brains; It's the best friend who laughs with others and says the truth: "Nobody likes to be friends with fools, but she has a father who is a general."
The ridicule was bloody and stinging, so he didn't want Jiang Ci to bear it, so he studied hard every day, got rid of the bad problem of lying in bed, and spent almost all day in the embroidery workshop.
Although Jiang Ci found something abnormal, she just grinned and said no matter how she asked about the meat face bag.
"Nothing! Wei didn't have anything to do! Just wait to wear the beautiful robe I embroidered for you! ”
Jiang Ci knew that Wei Wei's lying skills were particularly bad, he stammered, blushed, and couldn't speak completely, and these few times he asked her, her calm appearance deceived Jiang Ci and made him mistaken.
She's really fine.
In this way, the time flew away, and it was a few days before the Hundred Flowers Banquet.
Although Jiang Ci has never been interested in the ceremony of the Hundred Flowers Banquet and all kinds of literati and ink artists showing their positions, but unfortunately, his father has already secretly submitted the roster behind his back, and it seems that this is a must-go.
Because the Hundred Flowers Banquet is half a moon away, it is allowed for the sons of the family to bring two small servants to take care of it, Prime Minister Jiang originally wanted to personally choose his entourage for Jiang Ci, but this kid prefers to come by himself, and he has to use his own method to choose.
This method is also peculiar, not a contest of wielding ink, but a contest of bowing.