Chapter Forty-Eight: New Purple Clothes

After eating rabbit dishes for three days, Wonxi always has an inexplicable liking for meat. Breakfast had just ended, but my stomach was still rumbling. The food these days is pitiful, and my father is not even allowed to eat more boiled vegetables without oil and water, and he can't see rice.

However, the benefits of such hard work are the same - losing weight.

"Third sister, why do you look listless. The curtain was lifted in January, and a gust of north wind blew into the room.

"I want to be mental, I have to be energetic. Yuan Xi lay on the table, poured a cup of tea for Yuan Yue weakly, and drank a glass of white water for himself.

"What's the matter? Daddy won't even let you drink tea?"

Yuan Xi shook his head and said aggrievedly: "That's not true, but you will be hungry when you drink tea." I'm already hungry, so I can't make it worse. ”

"You just finished eating?" Yuan Yue looked at the little girl who was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks.

"That's also called rice...... I'm teetering on the brink of starvation right now, and maybe a gust of wind will across the line. Won-hee drank two glasses of white water in a row, barely holding up his belly.

Yuan Xi pointed to the little girls who came and went in the room and complained: "These are all spies, staring at me every day, reporting to my father when they eat more, and then my grandmother called me to tell the truth for an hour." ”

Yuan Yue covered her mouth and smiled, seeing that those subordinates were not paying attention, she opened the handkerchief, and inside was a piece of red date glutinous rice cake, Yuan Yue smiled: "Is there too much, just this one." ”

It's okay to have a piece, Yuan Xi quietly held it in his hand. But before the dim sum was delivered to his mouth, he was cut off by a vicious tiger in Ling'er: "Miss, the master has instructed, no sweets are allowed." ”

"You spy! spy!" Yuan Xi looked at the glutinous rice cake and drifted away from himself.

Yuan Yue couldn't hold it anymore, and smiled back and forth.

Hungry, hungry, hungry, Wonxi lay on the table, and he had already silently recited 'braised pork' a hundred times in his heart.

"Okay, bear with me, it's just a few days anyway. Duan Wang Ye said, this matter is very easy to do, you just need to take your subordinates to pull the jade rough stone to the inner mansion, and then listen to the arrangement of the inner mansion. Yuan Yue touched Yuan Xi's head: "Don't say it, Duan Wangye's trick is really amazing." I heard that Aunt You is angry and beats and scolds her daughter in the room every day, and there is nothing she can do about you. ”

Yuan Xi reluctantly made a smile: "Who is to blame? I was also forced to go to Liangshan." ”

Aunt You has also been very irritable these days. first punished Chengzhen for kneeling and copied the entire "The Mean", and later punished Yuanjia for kneeling in the room for two full hours.

Aunt You was very angry about serving tea for the merchants of the country, and she couldn't help but say that she invited a teacher from the country to teach the etiquette of praying for the country all day long, twelve hours a day, and eight hours were practicing, as if the iron heart wanted to pray for the country. At first, Yuan Jia was also angry and wanted to learn the etiquette of praying for the country, but later he was so tired that he complained.

Teaching Mama Xi doesn't care if she is tired or not, she just blindly asks her to practice hard, and she can't move for a time when she maintains a stick of incense. After lighting a stick of incense, Yuanjia also spread it on the ground.

You Shi pushed the door and entered: "Get up, a young lady, what does it look like lying on the ground?"

"Mother, I'm so tired, you let me rest. Yuan Jia closed his eyes and didn't move, just like this.

You Shi leaned down and wiped the sweat from his face with an embroidered handkerchief for Yuanjia: "Jia'er, don't blame your mother for being ruthless, this is a critical moment, if we don't grit our teeth and carry it, will there be a place for our mother and son in this family in the future?"

Yuan Jia has heard this countless times, although she agrees with it in her heart, but she really doesn't have the strength at this time: "Mother, I know that Wei Yuanxi has been in the limelight recently, and I will try my best to compare with her, but you don't have to be in such a hurry?"

"Do you know how long the two grandmothers who teach etiquette in Zichen Pavilion want her to practice in a day? She's working so hard, and you're lying here. Now even the prince in the palace has named her to run errands, and if this continues, the entire Erwei family will become her alone. You Shi dragged Yuanjia up from the ground with all his might.

Yuan Jia sighed: "Why do you say that her life is so good, not to mention that she is in the belly of her wife, there are so many nobles to help her." ”

You Shi's face darkened: "What, born in the belly of my aunt, can you still be wronged?"

Yuan Jia hurriedly knelt down: "Mother, you know I didn't mean that." I just hate, hate why she's so lucky. It's okay if her father and grandmother love her, but now, even the prince in the palace is ...... I'm not convinced, I'm really not convinced!"

"What's the use of disobeying? No matter what we do, we can't control the prince's warrant. You Shi took a sip of tea, and because it was too bitter, he scooped two spoonfuls of acacia nectar to match.

"We can't move the prince's order, but we can move this ready-made person in front of us. ”

You Shi was taken aback: "You mean?"

Yuan Jia nodded: "I heard from the second brother that my grandmother is procuring clothes for the little slut to enter the palace, and the master who measured the size has already come." They set the clothes of 'Fuguiju', we just need to say hello to Fuguiju and move our hands and feet on the clothes. You know, Wei Yuanxi has been allergic to the comfrey root dyed with purple cloth since he was a child, and as soon as he touches that thing, he gets a rash all over his body......"

You Shi was happy in his heart, this is an excellent strategy, if her face is full of rashes at this time, can she still enter the palace? At that time, Wei Dongshu will be helpless, and he may take a risk and let his other daughters replace Wei Yuanxi.

You Shi took out fifty taels of silver tickets and two red gold bracelets from the box, and handed them to Yuan Jia: "Remember to find a proper person." ”

Yuan Jia took the silver ticket and bracelet and personally ran to the rich house.

The shopkeeper of Fuguiju pondered for a long time, but he didn't see anything famous, because generally the best purple cloth is dyed with comfrey root, and comfrey root is not a poison. But the person who came was willing to spend fifty taels of silver, just to change a dye, which is too weird.

The shopkeeper looked at the yellow and clear red gold bracelet, and felt a little bottomless: "This girl, you don't want me to kill people, right?"

Yuan Jia said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, you have been running a shop for so many years, have you ever heard that comfrey root kills people? It's just that my old lady suddenly felt that the purple color of red and blue is not as natural as that of comfrey root, so she asked me to come over and explain it to you." ”

The shopkeeper was stunned: "Then you can't afford to give so much more reward? The money for tailoring has already been paid." ”

Yuan Jia said: "My old lady said that purple is not easy to dye, and I want you to choose the best one to dye for my third lady." The money is for your work and scraps, and if you don't want it, I'll take it back. ”

Don't let the money you get in vain, not to mention that Wei Yuanjia is holding the Wei family's pair of cards in his hand, which is clear, how can it be a lie? The shopkeeper accepted the silver ticket and bracelet, sent Wei Yuanjia out of the door with a smile, and told the guy to go to his own dyeing workshop to spread the word.

Looking at the guy who hurried to deliver the word, the corners of Yuan Jia's lips hooked up with an imperceptible sneer.

Only two days later, the tailor-made clothes of Fuguiju were sent to the mansion in advance. The style is cut according to the old lady's wishes, and the color is picked by Wei Dongshu, so this dress is very suitable for the Wei family.

The old lady compared the dress with a smile, and said to Wei Dongshu with a smile: "If your mother and I were young, we would have looked good in such clothes, but unfortunately we didn't have such a fancy and atmospheric style in those years." ”

Wei Dongshu looked at the old lady with a smile on her face, and was also happy in her heart: "If my mother likes it, I will let Ming'er let Fuguiju make the same one again, and you and Xi'er will wear it together." ”

The old lady snorted: "How old is Xi'er, your mother is half buried in the loess." If you wear the same clothes as a child, then your mother won't become an old goblin?"

Wei Dongshu turned his head and instructed Ju Xiang: "You go to Zichen Pavilion and tell Mama Jiaoxi, don't practice, let the third lady hurry up and try on clothes." ”

Ju Xiang responded, and ran away. was careless, and almost bumped into Aunt Yu. Aunt Yu smiled and said, "This girl, what's going to fly with joy?"

Ju Xiang hurriedly saluted Aunt Yu: "Auntie, I'm sorry. The shopkeeper of Fuguiju personally sent clothes to the third lady, didn't you see it, it looks good, isn't the slave in a hurry to invite the third lady?"

"Yes, let's take a look. Aunt Yu pulled Cheng Yong with one hand, and said to Ju Xiang: "Go quickly." ”

Cheng Yong said with a smile: "I want the third sister to try it on, but I have to wait for a while, I heard the second sister say that the third sister is not even bothered to come to the door these days." ”

"Why is that?"

Cheng Yongli arranged the collar: "The third sister said that she had no strength, she ate rabbit vegetables every day, and she was hungry." ”

Aunt Yu covered her mouth and smiled: "You children, I really don't know how to do it. ”

As soon as Aunt Yu entered the door, she saw the dress in the old lady's hand, and her eyes couldn't help but light up: "This rich house is really a good craft, and I will go to his house to make clothes tomorrow." ”

The old lady hadn't seen Cheng Yong for several days, and she was panicking. Looking at it this way, he felt that Cheng Yong was more and more like his father, so he said, "Yong'er is almost twenty, right?"

Cheng Yong said: "Back to my grandmother's words, Cheng Yong is exactly twenty. ”

"Look, if you're not careful, my grandchildren have grown so big. Twenty is a good age, and it was at this age that your father began to learn business from your grandfather, and it is time for you to go out and see the world. The old lady pulled Cheng Yong and thought for a while: "I don't think it's as good as this, this time your third sister will run an errand for the two princes, and you will also follow, first, you can help your sister, and second, you can also open your eyes." Do you think it's okay?"

Aunt Yu was worried about Chengyong's future, and when she heard this, she was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you, daughter-in-law, old lady." ”

Cheng Yong also bowed down and kowtowed: "Grandson Xie Grandmother trusts, grandson must assist the third sister well and live up to your old man's expectations." ”

This kowtow, Aunt You, who came to watch the play, was stupid, even Cheng Yong could do things for the house, and his son was still idle all day long, so it was inevitable that he would not be very happy. However, this feeling quickly dissipated, as long as Wei Yuanxi wears this dress, it is another matter who will kill the deer.

Aunt You showed a hypocritical smile: "Sister Yu, congratulations." ”