Little lucky girl from the peasant family: Queen Splendid

Chapter 508 Selling Wild Vegetables to Buy Gems
The eldest maid next to Dong was about to step forward to scold him and take him away, but the little maid blurted out, "Ma'am, the eldest miss has returned with a birthday present!"

"What?" Mrs. Dong was really surprised and delighted, and suddenly stood up, "What about people, who did the young lady ask for the birthday gift? Bring him in for questioning!"

The little maid looked a bit embarrassed, and before she could reply, the third lady was unwilling to be interrupted, and interjected, "Why is it not easy to call someone in for questioning? Or did they send wild vegetables and dried fish? Don’t worry, our Dong family has always been a family of poetry and books, and we will never dislike the birthday gift that our daughter sent back from all the way!"

Dong's face turned pale with anger, and it was rare to scold the little girl, "Hurry up and say it!"

The little girl really wanted to bite the third lady, but she was blocked by the old hag several times when she opened her mouth. She had no chance to say it, but instead she was scolded by her own wife.

Now she finally got the chance, and she said it like a cannonball.

"Madam, the person entrusted by the eldest lady is Mr. Fang of the prime minister's mansion, and he is celebrating the master's birthday in the front yard at the moment." Speaking of this, she glanced at the third lady proudly, and said, "The things sent by the eldest lady are enough There are quite a few big boxes, and it shakes when people walk on it, so it looks precious."

After everyone listened, they looked at each other the same way, everyone was extremely curious.

In private, there have always been rumors about where Gong Zhiming and Ding Wei's family went after they left Beijing.Some said they went to Dayue, some said they went to Quanzhou, some said they went to Heishuidi, and of course the most said they went to an island.

It wasn't until the novelty of Taoyuan Island appeared in Kyoto that everyone knew the whereabouts of the family.

Although many people have seen the novelty objects in Haiyun Pavilion, no one knows how the family lived on the island.

Now that the eldest daughter of the Dong family who went to the island gave a birthday gift, I naturally have to see it clearly, and talk about it when I go home, maybe it will be good for my husband.

But although everyone thought so, it was difficult to open their mouths.So the clever one said with a casual smile, "Since the eldest girl came back from such a distant island with a birthday gift, and it is the entrusted Mr. Fang, it must not be something ordinary such as wild vegetables or dried fish." .”

Mrs. Dong San's face turned red and white, she was really unconvinced.It was impossible to take back what he said just now, so he simply offended Wufang to the end.

"That's not necessarily true. Maybe the eldest girl will come out and say 'the etiquette is light and the affection is heavy'."

"No way," everyone retorted, "The little girl has already said, what I sent back is a box."

"That's right, I also thought that the eldest girl is so sensible, she won't just send two empty boxes."

Everyone was chattering, talking and talking, they were nothing more than curious about what was in the box.

Mrs. Dong glanced at the third lady who curled her lips and rolled her eyes, and everyone who tried to hide it, she was a little annoyed, and waved her hand to tell the maid, "Caixia go to the front yard to bring the birthday gift. If the master asks, just say I miss the eldest lady." .”

"Yes, ma'am."

The big maid went out in response, the Dong family was not big in the first place, the front and back yards were just a door, and soon eight servants brought four big boxes in.

Everyone couldn't bear it anymore, they all got up and came to the front.

The eldest maid had already glanced at the gift list just now, and now she secretly gave her wife a wink.

Mrs. Dong understood, and she felt more confident.

"My family's Wan'er is filial, following the hardships of the Ding family outside, she even managed so many birthday presents to send back."

She pulled off her handkerchief and wiped her tears. She was doing a play, but her eyes were really red when she thought of not seeing her daughter for so many days.

"Fifth Madam, don't be sad. If the young lady finds out, she will definitely feel distressed. It is a good thing for a daughter to be filial. Come on, let us follow suit. See what rare items the young lady sent back!"

"Yes, I heard that the gemstones produced on that island are very good."

Third Mrs. Dong scratched the four huanghuali wood-clad copper horns like hooks on the box with the tiger head lock, but she said coolly, "Who knows, I heard that there are many seashells on the island."

Mrs. Dong ignored her, and let Caixia open the first box with her thoughts closed.

The box is very exquisitely crafted. It looks ordinary on the outside, but it is very smooth on the inside. Once the box cover is lifted, it seems that a certain mechanism has been touched. The box is actually divided into four layers, which are arranged like steps The neat silk and satin clothes are all exposed after writing.

Everyone couldn't help exclaiming, "What a coincidence, I thought this box was ordinary when I saw it just now, but I didn't expect to have such a mechanism."

Dong raised her hand to pick up the top set of brocade robes. Seeing that it was her daughter's needlework, she felt more confident.

"It's embarrassing for Wan'er, she made clothes, shoes and socks with her own hands after being so far away."

The husband of a lady next to him was in the weaving bureau, and with a lot of eyesight, he reached out to pick up a pleated skirt on the bottom layer and said in surprise, "Isn't this Xuechansha?"

Xuechan yarn is a top-quality clothing material produced in the south of the Yangtze River. It is said that a white silkworm spins silk into a cocoon, and finally weaves this yarn material. It is extremely rare, and only three horses can be paid as tribute in a year.It was originally a reward for a concubine who was favored in the harem.Now that the New Empress Palace is empty, I originally thought that this material should be pressed into the bottom of the box, but now it will appear on such an occasion.

Was this material taken away by the empress when she left Beijing in a hurry, or was it sent by someone later?
Everyone was a little confused for a while, but they also understood the status of Dong's girl in her in-law's family.After all, being able to use Xuechan yarn to make new dresses for her natal sister is not something that ordinary newlyweds can do.

The director's eyes also flickered, and his subordinates waved slightly to signal the big maid to close the clothes box, and quickly opened the second one.

The second one is also a four-layer design as before, but this time, a flat carved sandalwood box is placed alone every time.

The first sandalwood box was full of fans, bamboo bone, ivory bone, gold, silver, and white jade. There were twelve fans in a whole set, everything that one could expect to find.Needless to say, this is for the fifth master.

There are four partitions in the second box, and a set of head jewelry is placed in each.Red gold, silver, jade, and a set of... glass gems!
No matter how precious gold, silver and jade are, everyone has seen them before. Only this glass gem has been heard of by many people, but they have never seen it with their own eyes.

There is no woman in the world who doesn't like gems.At this moment, they all looked at it in surprise, "Oh, is this a glass gem? The color is so transparent."

"That's right, we really came to the right place today, it's an eye-opener!"

Mrs. Dong San's eyes were red with jealousy, and she wished she could see the four sets of jewelry in her eyes and take them away.She reached out to take it, but the fifth lady was a step faster than her, she closed the lid of the box, and said with a smile, "Wan'er, maybe she used all the good things at the bottom of the box to be filial to me and her father." gone."

Everyone didn't think so, but they didn't refute, and urged the maid to open the other two boxes.

In the third box were several hairpins of different materials, several pieces of jade pendants, and even a fan pendant, obviously prepared for the only son of the Dong family.

In the last box are exquisitely crafted pearl flowers.Pearls come in different sizes, black, pink, and even gold.The rarest thing is a string of bracelets made of glass gemstones, which stand out among a bunch of elegant pearls.

The second miss of the Dong family who has been by her mother's side and never said a word is also red-eyed.Since she was a child, she knew that her eldest sister loved her the most. She never thought that now that her eldest sister was in a foreign land, she would not forget to arrange so many jewelry for her.

"Mom, I miss my eldest sister."

"Mother also wants to, but your sister is living a good life outside, we should be happy for her."

Mrs. Dong embraced her daughter to comfort her, and suddenly lost interest in showing off her fighting spirit like this.

"Take it all, and the table is about to start."

Caixia hurriedly closed the box, and took a few servants to move the box to the warehouse.

Although everyone was still curious about what was in the other two boxes, but the owner was like this, so they couldn't force it.

On the contrary, Mrs. Dong San was so attached to the four boxes that she almost followed them to the warehouse.The youngest son in her family was engaged in a marriage, and was worrying about not having good jewelry as a dowry gift. Now that Wu Fang suddenly got such a valuable thing, he was worried about it.

It's a pity that what she said earlier was too harsh and offended the fifth lady so much, but now she wants to speak, but she still blushes.Therefore, when she went on to gossip, she couldn't do without those sets of jewelry in her words.

But Fifth Madam is not a vegetarian either, she just doesn't like her, so she pretends not to understand.The third lady was so anxious that she was like an ant on a hot pot, her teeth creaked, but everyone had a good time watching the excitement.

Seeing that the banquet had already been set up and several glasses of wine were down, the third lady made it clear in the name of drunkenness, "Fifth brother and sister, my Brother Huan is going to be engaged in a few days, and we don't need anything. A set of good jewelry in a box. I was in a hurry to find a good one. Unexpectedly, we Wan'er sent these good things back today, which really relieved the urgent need. The fifth brother and sister will also give it to the nephew and daughter-in-law As a meeting ceremony, why don't you just give me that set of glass gem jewelry first, and send it to the woman's house, because our Dong family has a bright face."

Hearing this, even though everyone knew about the thick skin of the third lady, they were really shocked again.The custom jewelry that the girl gave to her mother from thousands of miles away has become the common property of the Dong family.It seems that it is wrong in every way not to give her son a dowry gift?

The Fifth Madam was also so angry that she pinched the veil. On such a day, she thought that she would not expose her family's ugliness and save the Dong family some dignity. How could she expect Sanfang to be so thick-skinned.

She wanted to get angry, but after all she suppressed it, she responded, "Sister-in-law San said this, what the in-laws value is brother Huan's character, not our Dong family's dowry. Besides, my aunt gave such a precious gift. Didn’t the meeting ceremony suppress the limelight of your mother-in-law? Then I’ll choose a set of gold jewelry!” Speaking of this, she couldn’t bear it and stabbed again, “Also, didn’t you say it, my Wan’er I don’t know where to dig wild vegetables to live, I’m afraid I’ll have to sell tens of millions of catties of wild vegetables in exchange for this gem and jewelry. I’m a mother, and I’m really reluctant to give it away after changing hands.”

(End of this chapter)