Chapter 29: The Gift
There was a nameless fire in his heart for no reason, Hua Chen slammed his fist on the desk, and shouted angrily, "What the hell are you doing as a minion?" ”
Originally, I was shocked when I didn't hold the teacup, but I was startled by this angry shout, and Xixiang was a little scrambling to clean up the mess. In a hurry, she even paid attention to what she had wet.
Hua Chen also felt that he was a little more angry, although he was reborn as a young master of a big family, but he never drank to the maids below, and he never let them sleep on the bed pedal under his feet when he was on duty at night.
In his previous life, there were many girls who said that he didn't understand amorous feelings, but no one ever said that he had no grace.
Hua Chen sighed lightly with some guilt, "Xixiang ......"
Xi Xiang had already finished cleaning up the things on the table, and bowed deeply to Hua Chen, "Fourth young master, it was the slave who was stupid and did something wrong, please punish the slave and maid." ”
Seeing Xixiang's flustered and somewhat nervous appearance, Hua Chen's "I'm sorry" didn't know how to speak, he waved his hand, "It's okay, you can retreat first." ”
When Xixiang hurriedly retreated, Hua Chen once again spread rice paper on the table, chose a small wolf hair and began to draw......
Over there, Xixiang left the study and left the main room of Qianyunju, and trotted all the way back to the ear room where their subordinates lived.
In the room, Wen Zhu was drawing his bent eyebrows according to the bronze mirror, but Xi Xiang was looking for something in the cage where his personal belongings were placed.
"Aren't you on duty today? Why did you run back and use me to stay up for you at night? "Wenzhu has always regarded Rouxiang as an imaginary enemy, and he is quite kind to Xixiang.
It's just that all of Xi Xiang's attention was on her cage, and it wasn't until she found a wooden box that had been old and painted that she raised her head and smiled happily, "No need, I'm just coming back to get something." ”
After Hua Jin returned to the east wing of Honghun Courtyard, he immediately called Lingxiang, who had the best needlework in the house, to the inner room.
Lingxiang opened the curtain and entered the house, and when she saluted Hua Jin, she saw that her five girls were holding a few tricks in their hands, as if they were choosing.
She first glanced at the patterns quietly, and then stepped forward and said, "Fifth girl, but you want to order the slave maid to do the embroidery work?" Although the slave is clumsy, there will be no problem with embroidering these patterns. ”
Hua Jin listened to Ling Xiang's words but smiled slightly, "Don't be modest, who doesn't know that when you were in Mrs. Tai's house, your needlework and embroidery were all outstanding, but ......" Hua Jin's smile unfolded, "I'm not asking you to embroider, but letting you teach me to embroider." ”
As soon as Hua Jin's words came out, Ling Xiang was stunned for a moment, "The fifth girl wants to embroider?" ”
Hua Jin didn't pay attention to Lingxiang's expression, knowing that the five girls were famous for not liking women, although she didn't want to be a model of virtuous and virtuous people, she didn't want to leave criticism for others.
What's more, she really wants to embroider a gift.
handed a few patterns in his hand to Xi Xiang, "My brother is going to study at Lutong Academy the day after tomorrow, and my sister always has to give a gift that can be handed." ”
"It's so good for the fifth girl to treat the fourth young master!" Lingxiang took the pattern and looked at the pattern in her hand again, "Girl, do you want to embroider a handkerchief, a sachet or a fan cover?" ”
As soon as Ling Xiang finished speaking, she saw a little maid walking in with two pieces of cloth and some embroidery threads in her arms, and it was Yanran who had just been transferred to this house.
"I want to make a bookbag for my brother with my own hands, and embroider the front of the bookbag with a pattern."
Yan Ran had already put the cloth, silk thread, and tools in her arms on the big kang, and looked at Hua Jin with eyes that were almost pleading, "In addition to carrying, slaves and maids can also help cut and divide threads, and slaves and maids have often done these before, so they will definitely be able to help." ”
Ling Xiang had a headache when she heard the words of this master and servant, if this work was handed over to her, it would be two or three hours of work, but if she taught it to the five girls...... She couldn't imagine it.
After thinking about it, she saw the fifth girl Hua Jin touching the two pieces of fabric that Yan Ran had just put down with her little ice-like hands, "To make a double-layered one, this Songjiang Sansuo cloth is used to make the lining, and this azure Hangzhou silk is used to make face." The inside of the bag should be sewn with a mezzanine, and the outside should be embroidered with a matching pattern. ”
Ling Xiang looked at the few patterns in her hand, thought carefully for a moment, and finally picked out two, "Fifth girl, if it is a book bag, these two will be better." ”
Hua Jin looked at the crane and treasure gourd pattern in her hand, and unconsciously smiled, "It's exactly what I thought." Finally, he picked up the pattern of the treasure gourd, "With my current needlework skills, it is more appropriate to embroider this, but I don't know if my brother will like it?" In the end, there was a hint of melancholy.
Ling Xiang thought of the younger brother in her family, and when she replied, she felt empathy, "Fifth girl, there is a younger brother in the slave's family, because he can't often see it, so every time he makes clothes, he is either afraid that it will not fit, or he is afraid that he will not like it." The last time I saw my brother, I actually extended the clothes made by the slave and maid and was still wearing them with patches. The younger brother said that there was nothing more comfortable to wear than the clothes made by the slave maid. ”
He smiled knowingly, "Fifth girl, the fourth young master must know that you made it yourself, and you will definitely like it." ”
Hua Jin also rejoiced, with a light of hope in his eyes, "Then let's do what we say." ”
Lingxiang said: "The slave maid will cut the fabric first." ”
Yanran said: "The slave and maid help pull the cloth." ”
The three of them began to get busy in full swing.
After a while, Bai Tao joined the team to help, and after a while, even the peach who had not recovered from the arm injury joined the team to watch the excitement.
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Xixiang pushed open the door and walked out of the lower room, and a biting cold wind blew her two steps back, only to realize that she was only wearing a thin jacket.
I didn't care about going back to put on a thick coat, and ran to the study of Qianyunju with the box in my arms tightly.
first stood at the door of the study, evened out his breath, and then lowered his head and glanced nervously at the box in his arms, and then lifted the curtain and went in.
Under the light, the fourth young master Hua Chen was still buried in the desk, only to see his handsome brows tightly locked, but his face was much softer than just now illuminated by the dim light.
Xi Xiang looked at it several times unconsciously, and felt that her young master didn't look like a twelve-year-old boy when he got serious.
Walking lightly to the desk, he gently placed the mahogany box on the side of the desk, and then raised his hand to take off the lampshade and dialed the wick.
It wasn't until the light in the study was brighter that Hua Chen raised his head to look at Xixiang and saw her open the mahogany box on the side of the case with a smile.
Hua Chen's gaze fell on Xi Xiang's hand unconsciously, and it wasn't until she took out a black pen inside that her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly asked, "Xi Xiang, what is this?" ”