Zhang Bao told her the news he heard: "Mrs. Qin's previous Mrs. Ru was already pregnant when she was driven away, and now her son is one year old, and she can't recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, she asked someone to intercede with Lord Qin, and somehow let Mrs. Qin know, and the family made a lot of trouble, Lord Qin was so angry that he was sick for more than a month, and his wife also knocked Mrs. Ru's mother and son out of the door, and people all over the street saw it, and there were rumors in the yamen, and I heard that there were still people who wanted to participate in him. Even if Lord Qin recovers from his illness, I'm afraid he will lose face. He has always been a good man, but in the past year, he has offended many people because his wife is not familiar with affairs, and his life in the yamen is not easy. After that, he sighed.

Shu Ning suddenly had an idea: "I thought of it, there is a game that can be played by one person and several people, and it will not be said by the family to be unorthodox." ”

Everyone asked one after another, and Shuning disclosed the mystery: "Pick stones." ”

This is a game that she used to play when she was a child in her previous life and was loved by girls. Five small stones, choose one as the mother stone, four as the child stone, throw the mother stone high at the same time, grasp the scattered stone in your hand, and then catch the falling mother stone. This game not only tests eyesight, but also tests agility, occupies a small area, props are easy to obtain, the rules are simple, and there is no need to run and jump, but it has a certain exercise effect on the arm, which is a small game for girls.

Shuning told the girls the details, and everyone was very interested and asked about various details. After listening to this, Riqi tilted his head and asked, "It sounds a bit like Gahara, but Gahala uses sheep crutches." ”

Shuning also knew that she was talking about this kind of game, but she hadn't played it before the crossing, and she wasn't very interested, so she said: "It's a bit like it, but the things used are different." In fact, in addition to using stones and sheep bones, you can also make small sachets instead, and you can do whatever tricks you like. Even if it's a stone, if it's polished and washed, you can make some tricks. It would be even better if you could get an agate or a rain stone. ”

This sparked a lively discussion among several other people, such as what kind of sachet to make instead of stones, what kind of material is suitable, what is good to hold inside, and so on. Shuning listened with interest for a long time, and suddenly saw Riqi on the other side staring at herself, she looked at herself, there was no problem, so she asked, "What is Sister Riqi looking at me?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just that I'm curious, how did my sister come up with so many games? And as soon as we asked, you immediately thought of it, and I really admire it. ”

Shuning broke out in a cold sweat, she was too careless!! It can't make people suspicious: "Where, in fact, there are many of them that I read from the books, those travelogues, miscellaneous talks, there are some customs and interesting things mentioned in the Tang and Song dynasties and the previous dynasties, and some daughter's games, but they are not very clear and complete." I've been thinking about it for a long time, and now my sisters asked, and I remembered it. If I were to come up with this on my own, I wouldn't have the skills. ”

Riqi smiled: "I see, I thought that the girls in your family were so powerful, I heard that your sister is a talented girl, but I didn't expect you to be so smart." ”

Shuning snorted and prevaricated in a few words.

The ladies had a very fulfilling day, and when they said goodbye, they also made an appointment to go to another house to play in a few days, and repeatedly told Zhou Yinlan to take the cowhide band there.

Shuning walked at the end, watching the other girls leave, and was about to say goodbye, but was pulled by Zhou Yinlan: "I'll go to Su's house to see Sister Su the day after tomorrow, will you come along?" ”

Shuning asked strangely, "What's wrong?" ”

"I heard that her wedding date has been postponed repeatedly, and there are already people gossiping in the city, let's go over and see her and comfort her, right?"

Shuning thought about it, so she agreed, and set a meeting time before returning home.

Chunxing can only stay in the outer courtyard of the Zhou Mansion this day, eat tea and chat with a few people from other families, and listen to the interesting games of the girls in the rumors of the Zhou family, and her heart is itchy, but unfortunately she can't get in. Now as soon as he left the Zhou Mansion, he immediately pestered Shuning to ask about the details, and Shuning smiled and said: "I still have to play at night, you will know when the time comes." That's why I didn't mention it.

When I got home, I told my mother about the interesting things of today's day, and Tong listened with a smile, and told her to get along with other ladies, even if there was any quarrel, she couldn't speak ill of each other. Shuning was not a person who liked to quarrel with others, so she responded casually, and mentioned Zhou Yinlan's request for her to be a guest at Su's house. Tong thought about it and agreed.

In the evening, Tong told Zhang Bao about these things. She said: "Now that the concubine has a very good relationship with the wives of the adults, and the two children have become good friends with those young masters and young ladies, even if they can't help you, husband, at least they won't be hindered." ”

Zhang Bao took her hand and said movingly: "Mrs. Lao is bothered, how can you say that it is not helpful?" Recently, I have a good relationship with several adults I work with, and a few of them thank me for the snacks sent by my wife. ”

Tong was actually a little proud in his heart, but it was not easy to show it at this time, so he still maintained a modest appearance: "It is a blessing for a concubine to be able to do a part for her husband." ”

Zhang Bao was glad that he had a good wife, but he was a little sorry for the unfortunate Qin Tongzhi. Seeing this, Tong asked, "Could it be that Mrs. Qin has made something happen again?" Since she came to Fengtian City, she has not stopped, no matter who she goes to as a guest, she will make jokes, otherwise she will offend people and invite people to her house as guests, and her behavior will be looked down upon. Nowadays, no serious female relatives of any family have dealings with her, only the concubine of Zhang Tongju's family is a fellow villager with her, and occasionally sees her. It stands to reason that she shouldn't have much chance to cause trouble, but what's going on lately? ”

Zhang Bao told her the news he heard: "Mrs. Qin's previous Mrs. Ru was already pregnant when she was driven away, and now her son is one year old, and she can't recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, she asked someone to intercede with Lord Qin, and somehow let Mrs. Qin know, and the family made a lot of trouble, Lord Qin was so angry that he was sick for more than a month, and his wife also knocked Mrs. Ru's mother and son out of the door, and people all over the street saw it, and there were rumors in the yamen, and I heard that there were still people who wanted to participate in him. Even if Lord Qin recovers from his illness, I'm afraid he will lose face. He has always been a good man, but in the past year, he has offended many people because his wife is not familiar with affairs, and his life in the yamen is not easy. After that, he sighed.

Tong also sighed, and then talked about the Su family: "I also heard that Mrs. Qin is gossiping about the Su family girl everywhere now." Speaking of which, isn't the Su family girl going to get married this year? Why is it that winter is coming now, and the marriage is not yet an eyebrow? Now there is a lot of talk in the city. ”

Zhang Bao knew about this: "That's someone else chewing his tongue, you have to follow it." Prince Kang's Mansion is gone, and the marriage is suppressed. The war in Yaksa in the north has just stopped, and Prince Kang has made great contributions, and I am afraid it will be a while before he can return to Beijing. When the time comes, the emperor will have a reward, and the son will marry a daughter-in-law, won't he be even more happy? ”

Only then did Tong know the reason for the matter, and couldn't help laughing: "Although it is because of the man's family, but the marriage date has been postponed again and again, I am afraid that the girl's family will be unhappy. ”

Zhang Bao nodded and said, "That's good." ”

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Naturally, the conversation between her parents will not reach Shuning, who is now busy making sachets instead of stones. I found some silk leftovers, made a few small pockets less than an inch square, and then wanted to fill them with something. Chunxing was eager to help on the side, and she made an opinion: "If you put sand in like a sandbag, will it leak dust?" That would be too dirty. Shuning thought about it, so she said: "This makes sense, you go to the kitchen and get some rice, wash it and dry it, and use it as a filling tomorrow morning." Chun Xing happily went when she heard this, and sure enough, she took the rice, did it, and continued the process the next day.

The next day, the two of them went back to the room after breakfast, stuffed rice and spices into the small pocket, and finished the sachet. Shuning tried to play with it, and it was quite easy. Chun Xing vigorously asked her to play the full set to take a look, she thought about it for a while, and played it according to the fancy in her memory.

I threw up the sachets, first one at a time, then two at a time, then three and then one, and finally all four at once. This is the most basic trick. The next step is to hold the hand into a hammer shape and catch the sachet thrown high. She remembers a pattern of picking one sachet in her hand, dropping the first one when she picks the second, then dropping the second one when she picks the third, and so on. She vaguely remembered that there were still many tricks, but they were so old that she couldn't remember them clearly.

Just these few tricks have made Chun Xing very satisfied, and she is eager to play it. After she mastered the most basic gameplay, Shuning remembered that she was going to Su's house the day after tomorrow, thinking that it would be good to take new gadgets as gifts, which could please people, and Miss Su was also a fun-loving person. It's just that the sachets made of ordinary materials are too casual as gifts, and you have to find some good materials to make them. As soon as she told Chun Xing her thoughts, she was approved by the other party, and also provided extremely useful information: "Qiu Ju is making a New Year's purse, and the ones used are all fine silk, why don't you go to her to find it?" ”

Shuning didn't say a word, pulled up Chunxing and ran to the upper room, sure enough, Qiu Ju was doing needlework in the right room, and Chunxing asked her to break the material. Qiu Ju glanced at her listlessly and glanced at the shelf: "Isn't there a rag basket there?" Go get it yourself. Ignoring them, he buried himself in needlework.

Shuning and Chunxing looked up at the high shelf, neither of them could reach it, so Shuning smiled and said to Qiu Ju: "Good sister, we can't reach it, can you help us help?" ”

The young lady opened her mouth, and Qiu Ju had to stand up lazily and pull it on the shelf casually: "Take it!" Unexpectedly, there was a larger piece of fabric in the basket that was half exposed, hooking the corner of the mirror table on the next shelf, and she pulled it off, and fell to the ground with a "bang", and fell into several pieces, and the three of them were stunned and stood there stupidly.