Houmen Yixiang

Chapter 17 Return Gift (2)

A set of ruby ​​heads?How much silver is that?
Jiang shi gasped, as if someone had cut a piece of flesh, but Lu Xinyan gave Feng shi's beloved Gong Jin, and it was Feng shi's birthday today, so she couldn't teach her face to face, she seemed too petty, so she could only grit her teeth and bear it. with.

At the same time, there was a faint expectation in my heart that Gong Jin was a set of ruby ​​hair, so it should be more precious to give her as a mother-in-law!

Those who haven't received the gift basically hold the same idea as Jiang's, thinking that even if the gift Lu Xinyan gave them is not as valuable as a ruby ​​head, it should be stronger than the Ye Mingzhu.

Gong Rou asked naively: "Sister-in-law, do you have anything interesting to bring back from the Zhuangzi this time?"

Lu Xin's eyebrows were beaming, and she looked like she was talking about it, "Of course! I brought back a lot of special melons and fruits from Zhuangzi, and I just ordered people to deliver them to the yards! Those melons and fruits are so sweet! I have never eaten them. It was so sweet!"

The room was silent for a while, waiting for the next article.

For a moment, everyone blinked: that's it?No way?

Give others night pearls and a set of ruby ​​hair, but give them only melons and fruits?

Seeing that no one responded, Lu Xinyan seemed anxious. She raised her voice and emphasized again, "It's really super sweet! I didn't lie to you! If you don't believe me, I will try it later. I don't want to eat more in Zhuangzi. I specially saved it and brought it back to honor the elders. of!"

A tone of heartache that was even more reluctant than giving away night pearls and rubies.

After finishing speaking, he shouted to the outside: "Nurse Sun, are those melons and fruits ready to be cut?"

Really only melons and fruits? !
Lian didn't believe it, Jiang didn't want to believe it, and even Gong Yu, who always regarded himself as aloof, didn't quite believe it.

Gong Rou regretted to death in her heart, she should have sent a small gift last night, otherwise she would have gotten a night pearl even if she was the worst today.

Only Gong Jin looked at Lu Xinyan thoughtfully.

Lu Xin had a smile on her face, but she chuckled in her heart.

When preparing presents in the morning, Xiao He asked: "Miss, the gifts sent by Miss Four, Miss Four and Miss Seven are all so ordinary, it doesn't seem like much thought, why do you want to return such an expensive gift?"

Lu Xinyan said: "They are willing to give gifts, whether they are sincere or not, at least they are willing to perfunctory me on the surface, but others are not even willing to do superficial work, which shows that I am worthless in their hearts! So I just want to answer this The precious gift will make those people regret it, and let everyone know that I am no longer the Lu Xinyan who was easy to coax and deceive, and others treat me as a fool and treat others as gods!"

"Miss, you are so wicked.".
"Young Madam, here we come!" Grandma Sun came in, followed by a few maids in red clothes carrying plates.

She smiled and said: "Old lady, ladies and gentlemen, the melon brought back by the young lady must be very sweet. You can tell it by smelling it. When the servants were helping, they secretly swallowed a lot of saliva."

"Really? Bring it here and try it." Jiang's and Gong Rou's expressions froze, but Feng's eyes lit up.

When people are old, sometimes it is easy to lose control of their mouths.

Lu Xinyan said: "Grandma, you are not in good health, you are only allowed to eat a small piece."

The Feng family pouted like a child, "It's my grandmother's birthday today, so I won't let my grandmother have fun."

Lu Xinyan put her mouth close to her ear, and whispered in a voice that everyone could hear: "Grandmother, Zhuzhu quietly left you a lot, if you behave well, you will have to eat every day from now on until Every year."

"Really?" Feng asked happily.

"real."

"Okay then, I'll eat a small piece today." Feng opened her mouth, "Feed the pearls to grandma."

Lu Xinyan put a small piece into Feng's mouth with a silver chopstick, and watched her swallow it quickly, "Is it sweet? Grandma?"

So sweet and so delicious! "Zhuzhu, can I have another piece?" Feng immediately regretted it, and looked at Lu Xinyan with begging eyes.

Nanny Sun coughed twice, "Madam, the guests are coming soon, you need to change your clothes."

Mrs. Gu said softly: "Auntie, I heard that the pattern of the clothes you are wearing today when you saw a guest was drawn by Yu'er himself, and then Auntie Feng sewed them out stitch by stitch. In our house, Yu'er's paintings and Auntie Feng's The craftsmanship is first-class, please change it quickly and let us see it."

"Yes, mother." Gong Jin rarely agreed with Gu Shi, "My daughter also wants to see her first."

A few people said that it was not good for the Feng family to argue about eating melons, "Aying, take it out and put it on for me."

Ah Ying is Nanny Sun's boudoir name.

"Okay, old lady."

She turned and walked to the inner room, and after a while, she came over with a maroon red dress with a pattern of cranes and old pine printed on it.

The cranes above are lifelike, about to spread their wings and fly away, each and every one of them is proud and proud.

"This painting is really good, not much better than the most talented woman in the capital." Lian couldn't help admiring.

The corners of Gong Yu's mouth curled up, obviously full of pride in his heart, but he tried hard to hold it on his face.

Gu boasted: "Aunt Feng's craftsmanship is really good, look at the stitches are neat and dense."

Nanny Sun unfolded the shirt, "Madam, I will put it on for you."

They are all female relatives, and there is nothing to be taboo about, just use a screen to block them a little bit.

The two little maids were about to move the screen over when the young Gong Qian suddenly shouted: "Mother, there is a hole in that shirt!"

Lian quickly covered her daughter's mouth, "Don't talk nonsense."

Gong Qian groaned and struggled, she clearly saw it, there really was a hole.

Her voice was so crisp that it could be heard in the room, and Nanny Sun hurriedly checked it carefully.

Seeing this, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

On the outside of the right sleeve, there is indeed a hole the size of a soybean!

"This, this." Nanny Sun was speechless, obviously when she put it away last night, she checked them carefully one by one, and she was sure that there was nothing wrong with it.

Why is there a hole all of a sudden now?

She was full of doubts and couldn't explain it, so she could only admit the crime, "I'm sorry, old lady, it's my servant who was negligent, please punish me!"

Standing by the side, Mrs. Jiang said with a half smile but not a smile: "Nurse Sun, I have mentioned to my mother several times that you are too old and have bad eyesight, so you should not work hard, and I want you to go back to the countryside to take care of yourselves. You insist on not leaving your mother's house." Beside me, I see that you are so loyal, so it’s okay! But today is my mother’s birthday, and you ruined my mother’s new clothes, and my mother didn’t even have any new clothes when I went out to meet guests. My mother and this Quang Binh The Hou Mansion has become a joke in the whole capital! How can such a big mistake be covered up by a single negligence?"

The clothes were specially made for the birthday party, and generally two or three sets would be prepared to be worn in exchange, but Feng Shi was getting old and didn't want to make a fuss, and he didn't want Gong Yu and Aunt Feng to suffer, so he ordered only one set to be made.

Because it was the only one, everyone was very careful, for fear of making a mistake, leaving Feng Shi without new clothes to wear, and causing controversy.

As a result, being so careful, something went wrong!
Lu Xinyan lowered her eyes, her long fan-like eyelashes covering her emotions.

Lian followed and said anxiously: "Nurse Sun, this is really your fault. My uncle is not only the old lady of the Guangping Houfu, but also a first-class lady conferred by the late emperor. If she wears old clothes at the birthday banquet, it will spread."

(End of this chapter)