The Governor has gone, the stage in the backyard has begun to sing again, and the previous tension seems to have been swept away.

Young girls, in particular, couldn't bear to watch the camellias.

Old Madam Zhai also gradually recovered her senses, and muttered, "Ancestor bless." Then the servant woman asked, "What is the matter?" ”

She is not an ignorant child, and she knows that this matter is not just blessed by her ancestors.

In addition to Mrs. Zhai asking, there were also curious glances around, and the servant woman who had been explained repeated the matter as instructed.

The Metropolitan Inspector did come to check whether he was corrupt and bribed on his birthday, and he was extravagant, but after reading the gift list, it was all his duty, Huo Dudu was very satisfied, and he also gave this pot of camellia taken from the palace as a congratulatory gift.

After listening to the narration, the ladies in the hall breathed a sigh of relief again, and many people joined hands and read it, and they were also thanking the ancestors of their families for their blessings, and the congratulatory gifts they gave were their duty, otherwise the Zhai family would not end well, and they would not be able to escape as gifts.

"Old lady, rest assured." Mrs. Xiahou said, "You are people who can't find fault with the Metropolitan Prosecutor. ”

Yes, this is the first time that the Inspector has entered the door unscathed, not only unscathed, but also gave a congratulatory gift.

The name of the Zhai family is considered to have been certified by the Metropolitan Inspectorate, and it is known throughout the dynasty.

Wait, the emperor will reward it himself.

The room was filled with congratulatory sounds, and the atmosphere finally returned to its previous noise, which was more festive than before.

Old Madam Zhai's face finally showed a smile, but she thought of something, and asked the servant: "You just said that Huo Dudu smiled when he saw a congratulatory gift, what kind of congratulatory gift?" ”

The servant woman said carefully, and Mrs. Zhai also listened carefully, and noticed that when she saw a congratulatory gift, Huo Dudu smiled, and laughed with everyone, praised her ingenuity, and said that she should give a gift like this.

Old Madam Zhai knew as soon as she heard it, this congratulatory gift is the key!

Speaking of this congratulatory gift, the servant woman also smiled and said, "It is a particularly interesting congratulatory gift, when Huo Dudu saw it, he asked everyone to guess what it was, but they didn't guess it." ”

Huo Lian?

That man like the king of Yama actually played guess with everyone?

The women in the hall suddenly became more curious: "What kind of good thing is it?" Let's take a look. ”

Old Madam Zhai motioned to Mrs. Zhai to bring it, there was no need to hide it, all the judges looked at it, so that everyone could see it clearly.

After a while, two servants came with the great butler himself, and the chief butler walked cautiously, as if holding a rare treasure, although the treasure was not very big in his hand, and it was only covered with a very ordinary red cloth.

The housekeeper opened the red cloth under the gaze of the eyes of the whole room, and the walnut wood withered.

"Guess what?" The big butler said with a smile.

There was a chaotic discussion and answer in the room, the withering work was good, the fan surface, ornaments, incense and so on were different.

Just as the chief butler was about to announce his answer, a female voice said, "Yes, drip?" ”

The big butler couldn't help but pause when he slid the words to his lips, and everyone else looked at the person who spoke, seeing that it was Miss Xiahou.

"The pattern of this immortal's robe is a scale." Miss Xiahou continued, pointing with her slender fingers, and a shallow smile on her quiet face, "This crane's head should move along the scale." ”

People hurriedly approached to see it, and exclaimed, "There really is," and "Look at the position of the crane's beak now." ”

The chief housekeeper also stopped selling Guanzi, and hurriedly shouted before his voice was drowned out: "Yes, it's a drip, and the head of the crane will swing from the bottom to Shou Tao." ”

The hall was suddenly noisy, exclaiming, "It's so interesting", "It's just ordinary walnut." "It's good to wither." "It's a drip." "Mother, I want this kind of drip too."

Because there were too many people squeezing over, in order to avoid bumping, the servants were busy stuffing the wood dripping to Mrs. Zhai.

Old Madam Zhai held the wooden sculpture in her hand and looked left and right, her eyes full of joy.

No wonder Huo Lian couldn't find an excuse, this was indeed a worthless but ingenious gift.

"Who is it?" She hurriedly asked, "Which friend and relative gave it to her?" ”

There was silence in the noisy hall, you look at you, I look at you, and ask each other in low voices.

How is it that the giver of the gift is not among them?

"Old lady, this gift is related to the eldest aunt and grandmother." The big butler said with a smile.

Mrs. Yang, who was standing behind, was stunned: "Me? ”

She didn't send it.

"This is a congratulatory gift from Miss Qixing of Xucheng in Xizhou." The chief butler carefully took out the gift list and read it aloud.

Before Mrs. Yang could speak, her servants and maids suddenly cheered, "It's Ah Qi—" and "It's Miss Seven Stars." "It's her—"

The voices of several people resounded in the hall, causing everyone to be more curious.

"Mei Niang." Old Madam Zhai asked, "Is this a relative of your family?" ”

Mrs. Yang's mood was like boiling water, but on the surface she was calm, and said with a smile: "Mother, why did you forget?" It was the embroidery girl I invited, and you arranged to take care of it after entering Beijing, she thanked you for your kindness, and specially asked me for a post, to personally congratulate you on your birthday. ”

Embroidery girl.

Old Mrs. Zhai remembered that she did know the embroidery girl, but an embroidery girl really didn't need her to take care of it, just explain it to the next person.

As for the post, she suddenly remembered that the servant woman mentioned it, but that was also because she heard that it was her daughter's request, so she directly agreed, and she didn't care if it was for the embroidery girl or anyone.

Unexpectedly-

Old Madam Zhai looked at the hall: "What about Miss Seven Stars?" ”

The people in the hall looked around again, but no one stood up.

It's not surprising that there are all female scrolls with heads, faces and identities, and the embroidery girl is afraid that she will avoid it.

The maidservant beside Mrs. Yang hurriedly said, "Sister Mengchan took them out to play, she should be watching a play." ”

Mrs. Zhai hurriedly said, "Go and invite me." ”

Four or five handmaidens in the hall responded in unison, including Mrs. Zhai's handmaids, Mrs. Zhai's, Mrs. Yang's, no matter who went out.

......

......

Lu Yizhi slowly came from the front yard to the back house.

When he was about to go to inquire about the situation, the servant woman came to inform him, and he did not arrest anyone and did not raid the house, which temporarily alleviated the panic, but he still walked to the front yard to have a look.

Because the Metropolitan Inspector was blocked by the Metropolitan Inspector and couldn't get closer, he waited until the Metropolitan Inspector left, and then personally greeted Master Zhai, and after inquiring about the details with the housekeeper, he came to the back house.

He had just walked back to the women's roll hall when he heard a chaotic mix of footsteps mixed with the laughter of the women.

Lu Yi subconsciously turned around and saw a group of maidservants, young and beautiful, red and willow green, with a smile on their faces.

At this moment he returned home again in a trance, for he saw familiar faces among the maidservants.

The girl had a beautiful face, and was wearing a bamboo green dress, and the skirt rippled as she walked.

She looked beyond the smiling handmaid to him.

"Ah Qi?" Lu Yizhi also blurted out as if he was at home.

The group of women giggled and walked like the wind, and in the blink of an eye they reached him, and a gust of wind passed past him.

The girl's gaze slid over him like water, silent.

But the girl next to her whispered, "Three-"

But the next moment it seemed to be pushed down, and as soon as his body shook, the sound was like a stone falling into the water, and it was immediately swallowed up.

"Old lady."

"Big lady."

"Madame—"

The maidservants hugged the girl and walked up the steps, and the sound of warblers and swallows resounded in the hall.

"Miss Seven Stars is here."

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......

Lu Yizhi stood at the entrance of the foyer, looking inside, the excitement in the hall was very similar to home.

The difference is that the Zhai family is surrounded by the old lady Zhai who is full of flowers and white hair, and the Lu family is his mother.

And in the Lu family, that Ah Qi will only stand in the corner of the room, standing with a group of maidservants, instead of standing in front of people like at this moment, surrounded by everyone, and being held by the housewife.......

Old Madam Zhai held Qixing's hands and smiled: "How can there be such a clever hand?" How did such a clever hand come about? ”

Qixing said: "Daddy gave birth to it." ”

The people around laughed, and Mrs. Zhai also laughed, and when she was about to tease her father, Mrs. Yang coughed lightly beside her.

"Mother, don't just look at this wood sculpture and boast, you look at the set of dresses I gave you, you will definitely be shocked." She said aloud, then leaned on the old lady's shoulder and whispered, "Her father and mother are gone." ”

Don't talk about it at this time, lest the little girl be sad.

Of course, you don't have to worry about other times, but what about being sad? Let's talk about the deceased parents, this is the concern of the owner's family.

But at this moment, where is the old lady Zhai willing to do it, she nodded to her daughter quietly, and urged the servant woman with a smile, "Quickly bring the birthday gift from Mei Niang to me and take a look." ”

With the dress sent by Mrs. Yang to come, there was a new noise in the hall, the wood withering dripping is a novelty, but it is only a novelty, whether this kind of ornament is there or not, it does not matter to the women in the inner house.

But dress embroidery is different.

This is a set of mountain blue dress, the outer skirt under the skirt, looks elegant, but the pattern is all over, looming, like the sun shining and like the stars.

"Okay." Mrs. Zhai praised again and again, stretched out her hand and pinched her skirt to look at it carefully, "Good embroiderer, good embroiderer." ”

The other women also gathered around, nodding their heads.

Mrs. Yang picked up the dress and said with a smile: "It's not time to praise the embroidery." ”

As he spoke, he asked the maidservants to come forward and help him put on his dress.

"Mother, take a closer look."

This seven stars are amazing, a wooden carving makes people guess, and a set of embroidery also makes people guess, and the people in the hall are all interested, and like Mrs. Zhai, their eyes are condensed.

Mrs. Yang slowly turned around in the hall, or spread her sleeves, or hung down, displaying.

"If you look closely, you can see that the pattern is exquisite.

"From a distance, it's a beauty that can be understood."

"It looks ordinary, but as long as you see it, you can't take your eyes off it, and you don't know what you want to see."

The women were all praising their good looks, but they couldn't tell how good they looked, until a female voice chuckled.

"Ah, this is to wear all the green mountains and green waters."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and looked at the person who spoke, it was still Miss Xiahou.

Miss Xiahou looked at it intently, and stretched out her hand to gently swipe in front of her eyes, as if she was sketching lines: "This is a landscape painting, if I am not mistaken, it is similar to the one hanging in my father's study." ”

She looked at Madame Xiahou.

"Mother, that painting was given by Mr. Zhai."

Mrs. Xiahou nodded: "That's right, it's Mr. Zhai's." ”

Although Mr. Zhai has been doing a casual job in the Ministry of Rites all his life, his painting skills are outstanding, and he has become a close friend with Mr. Xiahou because of this.

The people present were busy looking at it, and sure enough, the embroidery outline, the coat was like a mountain, the skirt was like water, and the white clouds on the shoulders were lingering, which really put the green mountains and green waters on the body.

"When I got married, my father made a painting for me so that I could relieve my homesickness in other places." Mrs. Yang leaned on Mrs. Zhai's side and said, her eyes were red, "My father passed away, my mother was not in good health, and I haven't gone out again for all these years, so I want to embroider this painting on my dress, so that my mother can wear it as if she is in the middle of the landscape." ”

Old Madam Zhai nodded and stroked her shoulder: "Good boy, you have a heart." ”

She looked at Qixing to the side again and stretched out her hand.

Qixing was also not restrained, and put his hand in Old Madam Zhai's hand again.

"Good boy." Old Madam Zhai held her hand, "Good boy, thank you for your skillful hands." ”

Tears fell like rain as he spoke.

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