Chapter 12 Gift-giving and Return
Jiusi pretended to chase her for a while with a smile on his face, then stopped chasing, and told the steward here to take care of her more, and then went back to deal with other things.
When she returned to the hall, she instructed for six months: "In January, you take a few of them to send the meeting gifts I prepared for the various masters of the Jia family, although I don't plan to stay here for a long time, but we are here to be guests, and the etiquette is still indispensable, lest people say that our Lin family does not understand the rules, how bad it is!" ”
It's one thing to use a gift list to give the Jia family a gift when you enter the door, but it's another thing not to give a gift to everyone in the Jia family, especially when Lin Ruhai is being watched now, her behavior after entering Beijing will definitely be noticed by someone who cares, so it's better to be thoughtful.
When he heard her command for six months, Qi Qifu bowed and responded: "Yes, girl, slaves and maids will go now." With that, they turned and went to the courtyards.
Jiusi didn't deliberately prepare anything for them, but Mama Lin asked her to prepare them according to the situation of the masters of each courtyard.
Mother Jia likes richer things, what she gave her was a screen embroidered with gold and silver threads, the picture was painted by Jiusi, and the embroidery was completed by the maids.
followed by the two masters of the Jia family.
Master Jia Jia likes to collect things, Jiusi sent him a vase, if there is anything special about the vase, that is, the patterns on it are not only complex, but also hollowed, the most important thing is that even if it is filled with water, it will not leak.
And the second master Jia Zheng likes elegant things, Jiusi gave him an inkstone, the inkstone is really a famous inkstone, it depends on whether he knows the goods.
The other men of the Jia family, no matter what they sent to them, were the four treasures of the study and the books with annotations, and the things were all good things, just to see if anyone had studied them seriously.
Compared with the men's gifts, the gifts given to the female dependents are richer, and Mrs. Xing's background is poor, what she lacks most is money and jewelry to support the scene, so Jiusi gave her a set of gold and jade-inlaid heads, ensuring that she can attract the attention of others when she appears.
And Mrs. Wang, who participated in everything, Jiusi sent the famous Buddhist scriptures, the kind that she guaranteed to read every day.
The things of the Buddhist family are not good for contaminating other things, and they are offensive, so Jiusi made some moves on the box containing the things to ensure that she and Jia's mother are treated.
Li Kun was a widow, and Jiusi was not good at sending some eye-catching things, so he used jade to make a set of nine rings and other objects for her to relieve her boredom.
Wang Xifeng has a flamboyant personality and a daughter, Jiusi sent two sets of red jade heads, and the color is also the kind of mother and daughter match, so that others can know that they are mother and daughter at a glance.
The three people of Yingchun, Tanchun, and Cherishing Spring are twelve hostas per person, and there are flowers and trees in the twelve seasons, so they can wear them when they like.
For these three hard-working women, Jiusi had some pity in his heart, so he put a little more thought into giving gifts.
As for the three members of the Xue family, Jiusi didn't arrange it personally, it was all prepared by Mama Lin according to the convention for distant relatives, so she didn't pay much attention to it, as long as it didn't make people feel rude.
I have to say that it's true that many people don't blame it.
The people of the Jia family, who originally had a lot of opinions about her, all changed a lot after receiving the things she sent, even if she didn't send them personally, they didn't think she was rude, just that she didn't have time to be busy.
The most intuitive manifestation is the return gifts brought back in six months.
Six months put the things in front of her one by one, and began to introduce them to her: "This first box is a return gift from the old lady, which contains the head jewelry of her youth, saying that she can't use it now, so she will use it for the girl and the second girl to play." ”
Jiu Siyan heard this, opened it and looked at it, although the things inside looked good, but it didn't look like something that the old lady had wore, it should be something left by Jia Min before she got married, and this box seemed to be soaked in some kind of medicine, and it smelled a little wrong.
Oh, this old lady is really not giving up!
Since it was left by Jia Min, let's give it to Daiyu, she won't need it anyway, but the things sent to her must be replaced first, otherwise it will be a good thing to do bad things.
Thinking about it, she went to the shelf and got a new box, and then, after changing the contents to this new box, she threw it to January: "Go, send all the things in this box to the second girl, the girl I want to keep filial piety, I don't need these bright things." ”
January reached out to catch the box, and after answering the "yes", he took the box to Daiyu.
February reached out and took the problematic box, handed it to March to deal with, and then introduced her: "These two boxes are a return gift from the eldest lady and the eldest lord, which contain a gold bracelet brought by the eldest lady to marry, and a dagger inlaid with gems given by the eldest lord." ”
Jiusi opened the two boxes and looked at them, although the style of the gold bracelet was outdated, it could be well preserved, but the dagger was actually bladed, it seems that this old man is not so unbearable as no one thinks!
"This couple is really interesting, obviously they are a close couple, but one of them didn't know anything and gave her a sincere gift in return, and the other gave a bladed dagger as a warning, it's really funny!" With that, she threw the dagger back into the box.
February saw that her expression was wrong, thought for a while, and said, "Girl, do you want the slave to teach him a lesson?" ”
Jiusi waved his hand absently and said, "No need, it's just a coward who only knows how to escape."
Even if he has real talent and learning, but after so many years of trouble, he is almost useless, and what is the use of warning me, it is just incompetent and angry. ”
Hearing her say this, February, she reined in her thoughts, and then introduced: "This is the return gift of the second master and the second lady, a pair of calligraphy and paintings and a pair of jade bracelets." ”
Jiusi opened it and looked at it, it was decent, and there was no special medicine added to it, so he nodded with satisfaction.
Then there was Li Kun's return gift, and in February, he opened the box for her to watch, and explained to her: "The young lady said that she was widowed and had no support, and her life was not very rich, so she returned the same gift as the three girls, all of which were embroidered by herself." ”
When Jiu Si heard this, he couldn't help but sneer: "Heh, although I don't give gifts to them in return, but I want to see how a few family members have attitude towards my arrival, but this young lady behaves like this, and it is clear that she dislikes me very much, so let's have less contact with that side in the future!" ”
Li Kun, the eldest young lady, is not so simple as it seems, otherwise she would not have left unharmed with her dowry and so much family wealth given to her by the Jia family after the defeat of the Jia family.
However, the reason why Jiusi is reluctant to contact her is not because of how powerful she is, but because this person is too cold-hearted.