Chapter 254: Birthday
Zheng Lingyi's birthday doesn't have to be remembered with hard work, when the weather is cold, it is when her birthday is approaching.
When he got up in the morning, there was already hoarfrost on the grass, and Wu Zhi still practiced every day as usual, but Zheng Lingyi didn't allow him to bathe in cold water anymore.
Lu Nong and Lu Zhu discussed pooling money to prepare a gift for her, and when Lu Zhu went out to buy, he quietly hid it in his arms and brought it back, and secretly put it in his room.
Qiuyue overheard the conversation between Lu Nong and Lu Nong, and knew that they had prepared a birthday gift for Zheng Lingyi, so she couldn't help but wonder, and said to Qiu Shuang again: "How can anyone prepare a gift for the master, and their three melons and two dates are not too stumbling!" ”
Qiushuang threw the rag into the bucket, squatted down and rubbed it twice, then got up again and continued to wipe the cracks in the window.
I don't feel dirty on weekdays, and this cloth is also a gray line when it rubs over.
"If that's the case, their relationship with their wife is really close." Qiushuang worked hard to do the work in her hands, thinking that she was afraid that it would be difficult for her to get past these two people.
Qiu Yue casually rubbed the pillar and wondered: "Is it kind to give a gift?" Even if they squeeze oil out of the marrow, it won't be enough for the lady to stuff her teeth. ”
This Qiu Yue's brain is really not very bright, but stupidity is always better than bad, Qiu Yue sighed and explained: "They give gifts just to make fun, showing that they have a lady in their hearts and remember their wife, which is enough." Will Madame still weigh the price? ”
Qiu Yue thought about it, then nodded and said, "Sister Shuang said this, I understand." Then let's send it too. ”
If it weren't for the dirty hands, Qiushuang would really hide his face and sigh.
"Stupid! You can only do such a thing when you are in love! If you can't tell the difference, it's Dong Shi Xiaofeng, who wants to make people laugh! ”
"What's not emotional?"
Lu Zhu walked over from under the porch, stretched out her hand and rubbed it where the autumn frost had just been wiped, her fingertips were clean and dust-free, she pursed her fingers, looked at the two people with their heads down, and said, "It's not that the two of you are not allowed to talk, just don't forget the work in your hands." ”
Qiushuang and Qiuyue were busy and said, "Yes." ”
As soon as Lu Zhu walked over, Qiu Yue was restless, wanting to say something, but she couldn't help it. After seeing the green beads, he said: "Sister Shuang, she has new clothes again, there is no aunt in this courtyard, if there is an aunt, I am afraid that she will not be as generous." ”
Qiushuang also saw the red plum blossom skirt on the green beads, the plum blossoms are all stitches and threads, and when they are worn on a snowy day, I don't know how beautiful it will be.
"You, you always have to add a few words that you don't like, if you don't see the young lady and the young master, it's like a person, where can you insert an aunt, don't say such things again!"
Qiu Yue also knew that her mouth was about to be bad, and she couldn't control her mouth, so she muttered: "But I don't have a child yet, and my aunt will be sooner or later." ”
Qiushuang didn't continue, because she felt that this was the truth, and the truth was really hard to refute.
"Let's get to work." She just said, rubbed another rag, and continued to wipe the dust from the cracks in the window.
Zheng Lingyi's birthday and the first snow collided on the same day, the snow was not big, but it was beautiful. From early morning to dusk, little by little.
Chen Rao and Shen Qin's gifts were sent together, and Chen Rao had people make a special trip from Shuojing two days earlier. Shen Qin's gift was two pieces of satin, which were tribute satin from the palace.
The palace rewarded her with a total of ten horses, she kept a few pure ones for herself, two horses for her sister-in-law, two horses for Chen Rao, and two horses for Zheng Lingyi, adding a few pieces of jewelry, which was regarded as a birthday gift.
There are still a few girls in the Chen family who have not yet left the cabinet, and they are already staring at Shen Qin's batch of satin, and when they see that Shen Qin gave it to his own family, forget it, and give it to Zheng Lingyi.
Shen Qin's ears fell a few words that he didn't like, the girl's family always had some small temperament, and she didn't go to her heart, but when she was having a meal in the ancestral courtyard a few days ago, someone said a few words in a weird way, what's still sister-in-law, you are generous, the satin given by the palace changed hands and gave it away. And so on.
Shen Qin's face did not change, put down his chopsticks, and said with a smile: "Why are you so willing?" It's just that the color of the two satins is gray and blue-brown, and the good-looking ones are good-looking, but they don't have a white leather to wear, so they look yellow, yellow, black and black. I have self-knowledge, and I still give it to the third young lady of the Wu family. ”
After saying this, there was silence on the table, and the sisters lowered their grease-smeared faces, not daring to say anything more about being bored.
Shen Qin has also learned how to speak with a needle hidden in the Chen family these days, and when the husband and wife talk at night, Chen Zhu also praised her for being smart and learning to use her strength to fight.
Shen Qinding hates to speak unpleasantly, yin and yang, if it weren't for Chen Zhu often coaxing her, she would also be very bored.
Chen Rao's gift has two copies, one is also jewelry, and the other is five bottles of shrimp oil fish sauce and other things, saying that it is the chef of the Kou family's master, the fish and shrimp made of shrimp oil fish sauce are not perennial, this year the Kou family themselves only got dozens of bottles, Chen Rao was valued by the Kou family, and more than ten bottles were divided, so he gave Zheng Lingyi a small half.
This jewelry is for outsiders to see, and these bottles of shrimp oil and fish sauce that seem to be out of their hands are Chen Rao's real gift to Zheng Lingyi.
Zheng Lingyi's longevity noodles cooked that day were put aside with shrimp oil with chopsticks, and the taste was extremely fresh.
There is still a bottle of shrimp oil, Zheng Qijun stared at it, but Zheng Lingyi ordered to send it to General Wu, whether he could rob it with the elders, Zheng Qijun could only watch.
There are three bottles of fish sauce, Zheng Lingyi has one bottle for himself, and Zheng Changchang and Zheng Qijun each got one bottle.
"Look what kind of gift you're giving." Zheng Lingyi glanced at Zheng Qijun with a smile, and was about to open the gift box he sent.
Zheng Qijun was holding the fish sauce and sniffing around, hurriedly pressing the box, and said, "Sister, how can you open the gift in front of the giver?" It's better to wait for me to go back and you're demolishing it. ”
Zheng Lingyi didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in this gourd, so he could only allow it.
She only planned to hold a small birthday on this birthday, so she invited her sister and younger brother to come to live in peace, and set up a table of home-cooked wine and food, as well as two small stoves, one with hot wine, and the other with the last bit of osmanthus chestnut soup.
The sweet, fragrant aroma wafted silently through the room, making people drunk with or without drinking.
"Sister, while you are all in your own family today, I wish you and your brother-in-law a hundred years of happiness." Zheng Qijun raised his glass and said to Zheng Changchang.
Before she got married, she called her brother-in-law, and she was a little embarrassed to call Zheng Changchang, but she was full of people in front of her who couldn't be close, she blushed and drank the residual wine in the cup.
Zheng Lingyi didn't drink, but he was the most drunk one, and he didn't speak when he smiled, as if he could only smile on his face, and there was only one emotion left in his heart.
There were two stoves in the room, and it was too warm, so the green beads opened a small windless fan.
Zheng Lingyi leaned back in the chair and saw that the snow was falling heavier and heavier, as if God had torn a quilt.
She thought to herself, these two little ones probably can't go back, Zheng Changchang is very easy to handle, the guest room where she lives is cleaned every day, and she just lives in it.
Zheng Qijun couldn't stay in the quiet house for the night, although he was Zheng Lingyi's younger brother, but according to the rules, he could only stay in the outer courtyard.
Since the assassination of Zheng Qijun last time, Zheng Lingyi has always been afraid that something will happen to him again, although it is in the Wu family, Zheng Lingyi only has complete grasp and control of Jingju, and asked Zheng Qijun to sleep in the outer courtyard for a night, she actually felt uneasy.
Wu Zhi was too familiar with her, and even the subtle expressions fell in his heart one by one, and when he saw a crease on her brow, he said, "What do you think?" ”
Zheng Lingyi hesitated for a moment and whispered something worried.
"It's easy to do, just let my brother stay in the south courtyard for the night, and let Pei'er come and serve." Wu punished and easily solved the matter.
"Nanyuan?" Zheng Qijun is not stupid, his mind turned, and he quickly figured it out, he said helplessly: "Sister, you are too careful, are you afraid that I will not be able to make people eat it?" ”
Zheng Lingyi ignored him and summoned Luzhu to let her go to the South Courtyard to spread the word.
"My sister still uses me as a milk doll. I've been working hard lately. Although Zheng Qijun felt that Zheng Lingyi was unfounded, he did not resist her arrangement, but just joked: "Sleeping in the south courtyard, with General Wu protecting me, you can sleep all night with peace of mind." ”
Zheng Lingyi glanced at him, smelled the aroma of osmanthus chestnut soup and said, "Okay, you are an adult, then you don't have to eat this sweet mouth, drink your bitter wine!" ”
"Well, that's not going to happen." Zheng Qijun said busily.
Zheng Changchang pursed her lips and smiled, got up and lifted the lid of the bowl, took the thin-mouthed shallow bowl that had been put aside early, and first filled a bowl and presented it to Wu with both hands.
Wu Zhi nodded in acknowledgment, but handed it to Zheng Lingyi.
"Sister, more, more." Zheng Qijun kept saying.
Zheng Changchang filled him with a full bowl, he was happy, and he still looked like a full child when he ate spoonful by spoonful.
Zheng Lingyi suddenly remembered something, and said, "I heard the county lord say that she opened her face to the maid in your room?" ”
Zheng Qijun almost choked when he heard this, his face turned red from coughing, and Zheng Changchang hurriedly poured a cup of warm tea for him to drink.
"Drink slowly." Zheng Lingyi didn't know that his words could make Zheng Qijun shocked like this, and hurriedly said.
Zheng Qijun picked up the bowl, turned around, and muttered, "What is my sister asking for?" No wonder it's embarrassing. ”
Zheng Lingyi didn't feel embarrassed, but when he saw him like this, he felt that it was his own.
Wu Zhi hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled, eating side dishes and drinking wine on the side, Zheng Changchang was not out of the cabinet, and it was not easy to answer, eating chestnut soup with a red face.
Zheng Lingyi had no choice but to say: "I know that the county lord has always been measured, just asking." If you don't want to say it, forget it. ”
Zheng Qijun turned around, smacked his lips, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Auntie is too measured, what do the two maids she picks look like." It's not as green as my sister's, and the green is pleasing to the eye. ”