Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Chapter 967: Woodcarved Hairpin

Soon, Ji Feng couldn't wait any longer and called out to Ji Wuyan at the top of his voice outside.

This kid has been particularly clinging to Ji Wuyan recently, and new tricks are endless. For example, the silent and aggrieved sniffing just now never happened before - children are most reluctant to use such "childish tricks" in order to prove that they are no longer children. For another example, when I talked to my third brother before, this kid was always particularly obedient and clever, almost weirdly "avoiding suspicion", but now it is different. He is so sleepy that he can hardly open his eyes, but he refuses to leave.

At first, Ji Wuyan didn't pay much attention to it, thinking that the child was just acting like a spoiled brat when he encountered something unpleasant. But as the days of unpleasantness grew longer, Ji Wuyan gradually realized that something was wrong - Shangguan Chu had taught her.

Ning Xiuyuan caused her brother to be chased and beaten by her grandfather for an hour, so her brother asked Ji Feng to come and torture her as much as he could.

Really childish.

Ji Wuyan laughed helplessly, lowered his head and pushed the door open. Xiao Yuan suddenly jumped out of Wang Ma's arms and ran over. Ji Wuyan bent down to pick it up, walked in front of everyone, turned around, and asked with a smile, "Does it look good?"

Ji Feng jumped up and down and clapped his hands, "So pretty! The girl is the prettiest!"

Nanny Wang also nodded frequently, smiling with satisfaction, but as she smiled, her eyes were sparkling. She turned her back and raised her hand to wipe the corners of her eyes, then turned around and said, "It looks good. The girl has fair skin, and the red color is the most festive and bright. She looks very good..." Looking at the grown-up child, wearing a bright red winter outfit, so delicate and beautiful, it actually makes people look forward to what such a beautiful girl would look like in a red wedding dress... She must be so beautiful that she can topple a country.

"That's also because Nanny Wang made it beautifully." Ji Wuyan laughed and tilted her head to thank him while eating breakfast. "I like this dress very much. Thank you, Nanny. But Nanny, you can't be so hard-working in the future. Even if you need to make clothes, don't rush. Find a few more maids in the courtyard and assign the service work to them. You can just chat with grandma while making clothes."

"Yes." Nanny Wang nodded, "When we return to Jiangnan, I will hand over the waiter's duties to others and concentrate on making clothes for the young lady."

The old lady shook her head and laughed, nodding at Ji Wuyan and then at Nanny Wang, "Now that you've praised her, her eyes have become even more useless. It was like this in the past. If you said a dish was delicious, she would never ask anyone else to make it for you, and she wanted to make it for you every day. Her eyes were not good to begin with, and she was worried that she couldn't do it well, so she restrained herself a lot. Now that you've praised her for making good clothes, she really thinks that those embroiderers are not as good as her, and she's afraid that you'll be wronged if you wear clothes made by others!"

"It is indeed beautiful!" Ji Wuyan laughed, "I heard people say before that there is a country in the far sea that is good at making ingenious toys. My brother said that there was a merchant who sailed on a big ship and spent many years and risked his life to bring back many strange things. Among them was a kind of 'glasses' that can help people with poor eyesight see things very well. After the New Year, we will go back and have someone look for this merchant and buy a pair for Nanny Wang."

"That feeling is so good..."

Wang Mama waved her hands repeatedly, "No, no! I am already so old and a servant. That thing must be a priceless treasure. How can I use it? No, no, no..." The old lady glared at her and scolded in a low voice, "You are so stubborn!"

Ji Wuyan smiled and waved at Nanny Wang, handing her a small purse and pressing it into her palm. Noticing the other party's move to shrink back, she tightened her grip and said seriously, "As long as it's an object, it's for people to use. It's the same whether you use it or I use it. In the past, when I was still young, I didn't like to put too much thought into things, so I always gave you a red envelope every New Year's Eve, thinking that it would be good as long as it was filled to the brim. But later I found out that you kept it year after year and never used it."

Nanny Wang smiled shyly and said, "I have everything I need at the Ji family. The monthly allowance is enough for me. The old lady also gives me rewards. I cannot spend that much..."

"You always think you are a servant, and neither your grandmother nor I can convince you of this. But you should know that in my heart, you are my elder... This is not a priceless treasure, but a bracelet I asked someone to make, engraved with your birth date. The craftsman said that this will bless you with a long life. You always refused to use the silver I gave you, so now I give you this gold bracelet, you should wear it, right?"

Nanny Wang's lips were trembling, and she was so excited that she couldn't say a word. She just nodded repeatedly, "Wear it, wear it! I wear it every day, and I never take it off when I sleep! I'll wear it today!"

The old lady held Ji Feng in her arms and sat there, laughing, "It must be this girl who gave it to me... If it was given by me, whether it was gold, silver, jade or gemstones, I would have hidden them all! I was saying, you are old now, you don't need it now, who do you want to leave it to?"

Who else can it be left to?
Nanny Wang had served him all her life, and she had no children, no relatives or grandchildren. She didn't use these things just to leave them cleanly to this little girl. She always felt that she was a servant, and was afraid that it would be unlucky to leave her used things to her master, so she just kept them carefully and didn't even touch them on weekdays.

Now, seeing the old and the young enjoying each other's company, I feel that the old woman's love for this girl is not in vain.

She let go of Ji Feng, who had been eager to try, and the child immediately rushed to Ji Wuyan, tugging at Ji Wuyan's arm to ask for a gift, "Girl, what about Ji Feng? Does Ji Feng have a gift?"

"Ah!" Ji Wuyan pretended to have just remembered and slapped his head, "It's all your fault! You hurriedly pulled me out of the quilt this morning, and I left Ji Feng's New Year's gift behind... What should I do?"

The child was obviously stunned for a moment, and the expression on his face, which could not hide his worries, faded a little, but he quickly recovered, shook his head and said nothing, then lowered his head and rubbed his arms for a while, took out a wooden hairpin that did not look delicate, and held it in front of Ji Wuyan with both hands, with a bright smile as if presenting a treasure, "It's okay if you forgot, I will give you the same one tonight. Miss, Ji Feng has also prepared something! Ji Feng has no money, so he can't give you anything precious, so he found a piece of wood and carved a hairpin for you. Miss, I hope you will be healthy and have everything go well in the coming year!"

Ji Wuyan looked at the hands held in front of him, and suddenly his whole body trembled - his palms and fingertips were covered with tiny wounds.

And she only saw it at this moment.