Chapter 52: The Return Gift of Spring
What the?! can buy a somewhat decent house, then Mrs. Li's gift is too expensive. No wonder Sun Shaozu came to see the orchid and left with a frown. Sun Shaozu may know something, he often walks in the official face, he should have seen this Wan Hemei, this Sun Shaozu who thundered in the sky, why didn't he tell her that Mrs. Li gave her such a valuable flower! If someone gives such a heavy gift, what should I take to return the thank you gift from others.
Yingchun was a little stunned, and Xiu Tang saw that Yingchun didn't speak anymore and sent the gardener away.
Xiu Tang looked at Yingchun a little nervously, and Yingchun was thinking about what to send. Suddenly, Yingchun thought of something, she was a little excited, and immediately asked Xiu Tang to choose the best cloth. On the night of the Spring Festival, I asked the embroidered orange to draw a few exquisite patterns, and then embroidered them on the cloth. Then he asked Si Zhu to make a few according to the design of the spring festival, so that Xiu Tang and others couldn't understand things.
It is said that it is a bag for noodles, which is too different, because there is a large mouth in one place, and looking at the shape, no one can use such a large noodle bag. Si Zhu and Xiu Tang guessed for a long time, but they didn't guess the usefulness of this thing.
In the past few days, Xiu Tang and Si Zhu have been busy helping Yingchun make this strange thing. Five days later, several boxy cloth bags were displayed in front of the spring.
Yingchun smiled and praised: "You guys have done a good job, even better than I imagined." ”
Xiu Tang was a little at a loss to spread the cloth and turned over, looked upside down, looked at it for a long time, and finally asked Yingchun: "Madam, what is this for?" ”
"Cover."
"Cover?" For the first time, Xiu Tang had seen something like this, "What is a quilt cover?" ”
Yingchun laughed, asked Xiu Tang to take out the quilt, and then began to put the quilt in the big pocket.
Si Zhu looked at Yingchun dumbfounded, the quilt was stuffed in the cloth pocket, Yingchun slowly smoothed out the four corners, and then folded the quilt. After folding the quilt, Yingchun sat on the bed, patted the quilt with the quilt cover, and nodded at Sizhu and Xiutang with bright eyes.
"In the future, as long as you remove the quilt cover and wash the quilt cover, it will be much easier to clean, and the little girls don't have to be too tired."
It's really, Xiu Tang and Si Zhu couldn't help laughing, this is really easy to disassemble and wash. Sizhu and Xiu Tang only knew the benefits of this quilt cover at this time.
Yingchun asked Si Zhu and others to make a few more, pick a few more patterns, and make them for themselves, or let each girl make one for their own use.
Yingchun picked up a quilt cover with a spring-like pattern, and chuckled: "This is for Mrs. Li, okay?" ”
Si Zhuxian smiled: "Yes, Mrs. Li gave us a gift that we have nowhere to buy with silver, and we can only give Mrs. Li one such gift." Madame, you are so clever. ”
Yingchun giggled happily.
In the afternoon, Si Zhu came back from outside happily, and when he entered the house and saw Yingchun, he said, "Madam, the errand and slave are done, Mrs. Li is very happy, and she also likes the cover." The slave maid helped Mrs. Li put it on the quilt, and Mrs. Li praised Mrs. Li for her ingenuity. No, if you don't live or die, you can stuff the reward money for the slave and maid, and the slave and maid can't do it if you don't want it. ”
Yingchun also smiled: "You can accept the reward for you, don't accept Mrs. Li's kindness." ”
Xiu Tang smiled and stretched out his hand to Si Zhu: "Come, divide half of the meeting, give half to my sister and me, this Qiaozong can't let you monopolize it alone." ”
Si Zhu knew that Xiu Tang was joking with himself, so he smiled and patted Xiu Tang's hand: "Sister wants to reward money, there are a lot of them, they are all in Mrs. Li's place, my sister has the ability to go by herself." ”
The two girls fought again, and Yingchun just looked at the two with a smile. It would be nice if it were always like this.
The water silk came to greet the spring on this day, and I saw the quilt cover made by the spring, which was very novel, and I wanted to learn to make one. Yingchun let the embroidered orange teach the water silk carefully. Unconsciously, the quilt slowly became popular in the Sun Mansion, and the girls scrambled to learn, and even Aunt Chen's incense house also learned to make it.
Sun Shaozu went to Aunt Chen's place and saw that Aunt Chen was putting on a quilt cover. Sun Shaozu looked at the quilt and asked Aunt Chen, "What is this?" ”
Aunt Chen hurriedly smiled and replied: "Master, this is a quilt, Madame made it." After Aunt Chen finished speaking, she turned to look at Sun Shaozu's face, and said with a smile: "Didn't Mrs. make one for the master?" ”
Sun Shaozu's face had already answered Aunt Chen. Aunt Chen knew that her goal had been achieved, and she smiled and praised the Spring Festival against her will: "Master, in fact, Madame is really skillful, you see, such a simple thing, no one thought of it, but it made Madame think of it, and Madame really has a heart." ”
Sun Shaozu was silent, he understood Aunt Chen's intentions very well, but he was thinking about another thing at this time: she would still have this mind and be able to make this cover? It seems that she really doesn't know much about her, and she is still a careful person.
After Yingchun dealt with the housekeeping, he saw that Mu Xiang was coming, and Yingchun knew that Mu Xiang was in trouble, so he called Mu Xiang to the inner room. Mu Xiang replied to Yingchun Shili: "Madam, the slave has a matter, I don't know if I should talk about it?" ”
Yingchun smiled and waved his hand: "Muxiang, you are not an outsider, just say it if you have something to say." ”
Mu Xiang hesitated a little: "Madam, that's the case." There are a few in the kitchen, you also know, the slave maid thinks that the small kitchen where Aunt Jiang can be removed, the eldest young master is no longer in the house, and has grown up, Aunt Jiang's kitchen also needs two taels of silver a month, the slave and maid thought, the wealth starts from the fine. ”
Although Mu Xiang didn't say it very clearly, Yingchun already understood the meaning of Mu Xiang. Aunt Jiang uses the kitchen in the inner courtyard, but the kitchen in her small courtyard is receiving the monthly example, so Aunt Jiang has more silver than others, but it is a little unfair.
Yingchun nodded, and she asked Mu Xiang to retreat.
Not long after the wood fragrance retreated, Aunt Chen came to see the spring again with the incense house. Aunt Chen smiled and personally held tea for Yingchun: "Madam, I have something I want to ask Madame to show me." ”
Yingchun has become a little accustomed to Aunt Chen's courteous attitude since she was punished, she took the tea and took a sip: "Say it." ”
Aunt Chen saw that Yingchun's face was calm, and she smiled more festively: "Madam, that's the case, five days later is October 17, that day is my birthday, I set up an east, I want to ask Mrs. to appreciate her face, sit in my yard, and invite Aunt Jiang and a few girls to go over, I don't know if Mrs. can appreciate her face?" ”
Yingchun handed the teacup back, and Aunt Chen immediately took it, "October 17 is your birthday, okay, you invite Aunt Jiang and others, I don't have time here every day, I may have no time." ”
Aunt Chen also knew that the concubine's birthday would invite the housewife to eat and drink, so she didn't force the invitation, thanked Yingchun, and retired with the incense.