Nine-fold lotus of the famous family

Chapter 68 The Sisters Celebrate Their Birthday
"Who said no?!"

Bi Yuan also echoed, "A few days ago, the servant girl went to Xuanyi Hall to ask Sister Yuqing for some pretense. We were idle and chatting, and Sister Yuqing said that when she combed the old lady's hair, her gray hair grew even longer. A few, it used to be a raven-blue color, and everyone looked at it too, since... since we returned to Danyang, the old lady has never lost her worry."

Ji Chonglian nodded. The old lady Ji's matter has always been a concern of the old lady. On the surface, she seems to let it go, but no one knows whether she still cares about it in her heart.

I saw Mrs. Ji last night, and he looked like a thin and haggard old man. How could he compare to the hale and hearty spirit when he was in Beijing?

Ji Chonglian walked to sit on the imperial concubine's couch under the window, casually flipped through the books on the small table, suddenly thought of something, raised her head and said: "In two months...it will be grandma's birthday, I Think about it, let's embroider the Avalokitesvara!"

The girls in Ji's family have fixed monthly schedules. The old lady must know that Ji Chonglian doesn't have a mother to give her a private house, so she can't afford to buy expensive things as birthday gifts, but it's still possible to embroider something with her own hands. .

However, Guanyin statue is not an easy job. You have to draw the picture first, and then choose the color and thread. If you want to embroider a good one, you can't do it in a month.

"Girl, this Guanyin statue is not simple!"

As soon as Bi Yuan heard this, she began to back off. She embroidered quickly, but even Hong Ying couldn't compare to Hong Ying in detail, and the corners of the stitches were so thick that she could see it by herself. The things given to Mrs. Ji, she How dare you make a fool of yourself?

"Your girl doesn't even bother to do something simple!"

Ji Chonglian raised her lips slightly, thinking of teasing Bi Yuan, and counted with her fingers, "I'll just draw the outline, and hand over the color selection to Hongying. What's your skill... At most, you can embroider Avalokitesvara." The hair is pitch black, even if you get the wrong needle, no one will find out!"

"girl!"

Bi Yuan stomped her feet in shame, she didn't know where to put her hand, which caused Ji Chonglian to laugh happily.

"What are you laughing at?"

Mother Liu came in with a food box, followed by Hongying, seeing Ji Chonglian's master and servant laughing, she couldn't help but also curled her lips, "Today is the girl's birthday, the old lady specially ordered the kitchen to prepare a long-lived meal. In front of it, the old slave happened to be driving the little maid to deliver the meal, so he brought it over by the way."

"Oh, the girl's birthday maid almost forgot!"

Bi Yuan covered her lips and exclaimed, and Mother Liu had already patted her lightly, "Come here and play with it, and wait for the girl to have breakfast!"

"Yes."

Bi Yuan responded, and got busy with Hongying, but Mother Liu came over, stretched out her hand to stroke Ji Chonglian's black hair hanging down her head, and sighed softly: "In a blink of an eye, the girl is eight years old. Nu Ke still remembers your appearance when you were a child, it was carved in powder and jade, it is really cute!"

Mother Liu is Ji Chonglian's wet nurse. She came to Ji's house with Shen Shi back then. She was originally promised to a third steward in the outer court, but the steward was accidentally trampled to death by a startled horse. Mama Liu's daughter was also three years old. She died at a young age, and now treats Ji Chonglian like her own daughter, the love is not only in the bones, but it is definitely visible to everyone.

Ji Chonglian took Mama Liu's hand, knowing that she was feeling sad again, so she couldn't help changing the subject, and said with a light smile, "Brother Yu is already going to school?"

"That's not it."

Mother Liu smiled and pulled Ji Chonglian to sit down, and said: "The young master heard what happened yesterday, and he wanted to come and see the girl, but he was persuaded by the old slave and Hongying. The old slave brought a gift for the girl!"

As she spoke, Mama Liu took out a carved black lacquered wooden box from behind her as if she was conjuring, and handed it to Ji Chonglian with a smile, "Look, girl!"

"What is so mysterious?"

Ji Chonglian pursed her lips and smiled, but took the box cautiously. Ji Chongyu really grew up and knew how to prepare a gift for her. This child is so sweet.

While talking and joking, Ji Chonglian had already opened the wooden box, with the red velvet cloth on the bottom, but on top was a simple wooden hairpin, carved with lotus patterns, the techniques were a bit rough and the patterns were not always detailed.

Ji Chonglian's fingers lightly stroked the wooden hairpin, and her eyes were filled with emotion before she knew it, her voice was choked with imperceptible sobs, "Is this... Brother Yu made it himself?"

Mother Liu nodded in relief, tears seemed to flash in her eyes, "Young master didn't do it by himself, I heard that I asked my master to draw the pattern. Although the carver is not good, but it is very good. Sandalwood, long-lasting and fragrant."

"It really bothered him."

Ji Chonglian rubbed it for a while, then took off the plain silver butterfly hairpin that had already been inserted and handed it to Bi Yuan, and then inserted the lotus wooden hairpin, which she will carry with her all day long.

Various side dishes were already set on the table, including cucumbers with sauce, minced pork with pickled vegetables, dried mushrooms and tofu, shredded ham and radish, crystal shrimp siu mai, red dates and japonica rice porridge. A steaming bowl of noodles was placed in front of her. Green and white scallions floated, and bone broth was used as the base. Ji Chonglian took a deep breath, and a pure fragrance burst into the nose, which made people's index fingers move.

Hongying wrapped the ivory bamboo chopsticks in a handkerchief and handed them to Ji Chonglian, and said with a smile: "Miss, eat this longevity noodles while it's hot. There's only one noodle. Miss, don't bite off halfway through."

"That's it."

Mother Liu nodded with a smile on the side, "Girl, eat slowly, and eat one whole, so you can live longer!"

"it is good."

Ji Chonglian nodded with a smile, and stopped talking, picked up the chopsticks and began to eat carefully. She knew the tradition of longevity noodles, so naturally she was no exception.

Mother Liu and Hongying stood aside, and Biyuan turned back after putting down the plain silver butterfly hairpin. The three of them watched Ji Chonglian eating noodles slowly without blinking, fearing that he would be bitten if he was not careful halfway through. broken.

It wasn't until a whole noodle was eaten by Ji Chonglian that she drank half a bowl of noodle soup with unsatisfied satisfaction. Everyone was relieved and started talking about birthday wishes. Mother Liu made Ji Chonglian a pair of pink butterfly shoes Later, Hongying sent a honey-colored silk handkerchief, but Biyuan was a little embarrassed, she was thinking about giving something, but the time was too tight, and there were too many things that she forgot.

Ji Chonglian is clear about Biyuan's temperament, she is kind and loyal to her, it's just a matter of heart, she doesn't mind, everyone celebrates birthday, she can't be stingy, everyone rewards five hundred big money, the house Suddenly there was a sound of joy.

Ji Chonglian rolled her eyes, as if thinking of something, said with a smile, "Let me tell you a story about longevity noodles."

(End of this chapter)