Chapter XVIII: Decisions (I)
Things are far more complicated than Eleven Niang thought.
She decided to brake statically.
Then he ordered a grounding order in his house - nothing happened, all stayed in the house, even if there was a good appointment, he was not allowed to go out.
At the fifth aunt's place, she sent Holly. said that he wanted to embroider the screen, so that the fifth aunt would not come to Luyun Tower if she had nothing to do.
Fortunately, the people in the eleventh mother's house have long been accustomed to her low-key, and the fifth aunt has long been accustomed to her daughter's alienation, that is, Amber, and she has shown enough deference to Eleven Niang's orders, and only accompanies Qiu Ju, Zhu Xiang and other needlework and talk at the banquet every day.
They were silent here, but there was a lot of laughter outside.
After a while, Wu Niang drew a picture of Guanyin to the eldest lady, and the Bodhisattva's face on the picture turned out to be the same as the eldest lady, and the eldest lady liked it, so that people hung it at their own banquet place, and when the third grandmother of Xifu came, she also specially led the third grandmother to see it, so that the third grandmother could praise it; For a while, Shi Niang accompanied the eldest lady to recite the scriptures, and the host of Ci'an Temple, Hui Zhenshi, came to see the eldest lady, Shi Niang was able to preach with Hui Zhenshi, and Hui Zhenshi praised Shi Niang for being the reincarnation of the jade girl in front of Guanyin's seat, and the eldest lady was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth, and gave Shi Niang her favorite string of agarwood prayer beads on the spot; For a while, it was the twelfth mother, who made all kinds of silk flowers with silk yarn and gave them to the eldest lady, who held it in her hand at the time, and couldn't tell whether it was true or false for a while, and touched it with her hand...... Only Eleven Niang, who stayed in the house quietly and embroidered the screen.
Others are easy to say, Xin's mother and Tang's mother returned to their own residence, but they often heard the mothers in Shi Niang's and Twelve Niang's house talking about how their young lady showed her face in front of the eldest lady, and how she pleased the eldest lady, especially the two mothers in Shi Niang's house, although Eleven Niang was not as popular as Miss Five, but compared to Miss Ten, it was also a heaven and an underground, and the two of them often sighed that Shi Niang's temperament was too strong, and she followed the wrong master, who knows, Miss Ten seemed to have opened her mind overnight, Not only did Miss Eleven be suppressed, but Miss Five, and now she is not as dust-free in front of Miss Ten as she was before. The two suddenly saw hope, and these things were naturally all in and out of the words. There are two mothers in Miss Twelve's room who said with a smile: "Speaking of which, these young ladies in our family who have not come out of the cabinet, Miss Twelve are young and cannot be counted among them, Miss Five, Miss Ten, Miss Eleven, look at the eyebrows and eyes, the most beautiful are dozens of Misses." It's just that she used to be weak and walked around less in front of the eldest lady, but now she is all right, and she has the talent of not losing the young girl and Su'e, and the eldest lady naturally likes it very much. ”
The two mothers-in-law in Shi Niang's house listened to the joy, and took 500 wen out to add vegetables to the kitchen and invited them to eat and drink. also said: "There will finally be a day when I will raise my eyebrows." "In the ears of Xin and Tang's mothers, it's not a taste at all.
The two knew that Holly was embroidering the screen with Eleven Niang, so they didn't dare to look for it, so they pulled the two little maids and said: "It's about the first and fifteenth days of the new year to ask for peace, but think about it, when you take this screen, it has passed the first day of the new year, and you only go to the eldest lady on the fifteenth to ask for peace." Wait until the first day of the next new year, it is the New Year, everyone has to go to the eldest lady to say goodbye, this will suffer a loss, and wait until the fifteenth Lantern Festival, it will be a family reunion, this will suffer another loss...... In this way once or twice, when I can save every morning and dusk, I am afraid that the screen has already been embroidered. ”
Qiu Ju was also anxious, with a bitter face: "Is there any way?" Could it be that Miss lost that screen, and it didn't work! You don't look at it, Miss embroiders until the beginning of the night before she rests, and she gets up at the end of the night. Where is the kung fu! ”
Zhu Xiang's biological mother died early, and his father succeeded him. Although her stepmother never beat and scolded her, she never gave her a good face. If it weren't for the fact that her biological mother had served with the fifth aunt in the eldest lady's house, and the fifth aunt remembered the old love, even if she had the opportunity to enter the house on an errand, it would be impossible for her to be assigned to the lady's house, and she would also get the monthly example of a third-class maid.
Seeing that everyone was worried, she couldn't help but comfort everyone: "Sister and mother, don't worry. The eldest lady only made clothes for the fifth lady and our eleventh miss, so it seems that our young lady is more decent in front of the eldest lady. ”
It happened that Amber came to Qiu Ju and asked her to carry the food box, and after listening to Zhu Xiang's words, she couldn't help nodding secretly, and simply kept silent to see what they were saying.
"Didn't the eldest lady say that the New Year is approaching, and there are many things at home. When you are busy with the New Year, will you make the clothes of Miss Ten and Miss Twelve? Mother Xin grunted, "What kind of decency is this?" ”
"Mom is confused!" Qiu Ju had come back to her senses and explained with a smile on her face, "Our young lady can make clothes first past Miss Ten, maybe, this is the dignity that the eldest lady is giving to compensate for our young lady's hard work these days!" Mothers, don't listen to those mothers-in-law chewing their tongues in the future. ”
Mother Xin and Mother Tang both felt that what Qiu Ju and the others said made sense, and they couldn't stop nodding: "No wonder Miss asked us to talk less to others and interact less with others, I think it would have been like this sooner." ”
Amber was fascinated by what she was hearing when someone shouted behind her, "Amber girl! ”
When she turned around, she saw a handsome woman in her thirties with a maid of seventeen or eighteen years old standing at the door smiling, each holding a beautiful blue coarse cloth bag in her hand.
Thinking that she had just overheard and was seen by these two people, Amber was so ashamed that her face was flushed, and she walked forward quickly, and walked a distance before laughing loudly: "Sister-in-law of the Liu family, Sister Hanxiao, why are you here!" ”
"Let's send Miss Eleven's spring clothes." The woman laughed, "I didn't expect to see Amber Girl as soon as I entered the door, which is great." ”
Amber hurriedly helped the sister-in-law of the Liu family and Hanxiao to lift the curtain: "I also bothered the two of you to send it in person." ”
"We are also on the orders of the eldest lady." The sister-in-law of the Liu family and Hanxiao entered the house and put the burden on the round table in the middle of the room, "I said that I would personally hand it over to the girl." ”
Amber was busy pouring tea for the Liu family's sister-in-law and Hanxiao.
The sister-in-law of the Liu family stopped her: "No need." I still have a lot of work to do, and I really can't afford to be idle. After a few days of leisure, let's take a look at Miss Eleven. As he spoke, he insisted on leaving.
Binju was sitting on the bed cleaning up the tricks she usually saved, and when she heard the movement, she also walked out and helped Amber keep the guests.
The sister-in-law of the Liu family saw the sincerity they left, and thought of the clothes in the baggage, smiled, and said, "Don't tell the two girls that I am making clothes for Brother Zhen - just like your young lady, I can't afford to delay!" ”
Since you can't afford to delay, you can still deliver the clothes in person!
Both of them felt a little strange in their hearts, and saw that the sister-in-law of the Liu family couldn't keep them, so they had to send them out of the Green Tower.
When I returned to the house, I opened the bag and saw that Amber and Holly were stunned.
The drunken fairy face is as soft as a peach blossom, the sky is as clear as the sky after the rain, the jade is as white as the bright moon, and the sea and sky are as white and red...... All of them are rare materials that have only been seen in the eldest lady.
The two looked at each other and shook off a green gown that was placed on top.
Placket, flat sleeves, knee length, cinched waist, dark flowers with ice plum pattern, gold silk edge decorated with moon and butterfly patterns, and three white jade buckles nailed on the chest.
Both gasped at the same time.
They had never seen such a new look, such a delicate workmanship.
Amber hurriedly tied the loose baggage back like a hot potato: "Quick, put it in Miss's cage." ”
Hamaju's face was also a little pale.
Miss once said. The gun shoots the first bird. If you don't want to be beaten, it's better not to be the first bird.
If this dress is worn out, I'm afraid it won't be a bird, it's a peacock with the screen open.
She hurriedly picked up another bag and went into the bedroom with Amber.
"What's wrong with you?" Holly sat beside Eleven Niang and helped Eleven Niang divide the hair-thin silk thread into two, and Eleven Niang flew the needle and walked the thread without raising her head.
Binju shook the gown in his hand and showed it to Holly: "This was sent by the sister-in-law of the Liu family just now, and it was said that it was a newly made spring dress." ”
"How so?" Holly's voice trembled slightly.
Shi Niang couldn't help but raise her head when she heard this.
When she saw the gown, she was also stunned.
Amber took a few steps forward and told Eleven Niang what the sister-in-law of the Liu family had just said in Eleven Niang's ear.
Shi Niang was silent for a long time, got up and said, "I'll try it to see if this spring dress fits." ”
Amber hurriedly stepped forward to help Eleven Niang take off her little jacket and put the gown on her body in a silk robe.
The white narrow-sleeved silk coat, the goose-yellow skirt, the green gown, and the butterfly pattern of the moon and the flying gold weave make this plain color even more vibrant.
Shi Niang stood in front of the mirror platform, touched the white jade buckle on her chest and sighed: "You say, is my face a lot worse than before?" ”
Holly and Binju were stunned and carefully looked at Eleven Niang's face. Amber smiled and said, "Otherwise, you can use some powder." It is said that this is a palace thing, and there are ten taels of silver on the market for a box. That's the kind of powder that our eldest wife uses. ”
Eleven Niang's dark eyes flashed, and she said, "Or, I'll cut my bangs, right?" ”
Amber smiled again: "The eldest lady doesn't like someone to cut her bangs the most, saying that she has blocked most of her face, not to mention it, and she looks cringe." I heard that in the past, Miss Five liked to cut her bangs the most, and the eldest lady asked her to make an inverted comb for Miss Five. ”
Eleven Niang smiled, took off her gown and let Amber put it away: "Since this is a spring dress, of course you have to wear it in spring." ”
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Although there are some days before spring, the Spring Festival is coming soon.
Sweep the dust, worship the king of the stove, worship the ancestors, keep the year, and pay homage to the New Year...... Eleven Niang only went to have a reunion dinner on the night of the New Year's Day, and went to the eldest lady early in the morning to pay a New Year's greeting, and the rest of the time was embroidered in the house, and the excitement and hustle and bustle of the Spring Festival naturally had nothing to do with her. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Luo family, as in previous years, ate glutinous rice balls at dinner, and left the mother-in-law and the nurse who kept vigil everywhere, and the maids and daughters-in-law of each house were released. Qiu Ju also followed Du Wei and them through all kinds of diseases. It's just that when I came back, I had an extra purse around my waist.
(It rained so hard today that the whole street was flooded...... I don't know what the weather is like there? )