I want my green plum to become a phoenix (rebirth)

Although Ban Xia is a maid, she has been with the old lady all these years and has seen some riches and honors.Like Huiniang, she may not know the eldest princess's personality preferences, but she can always know two things that may be mediocre, but they will never go wrong.

Sure enough, in the blink of an eye, Ban Xia helped Hui Niang think of three or four things that could be given away, "In the capital, any birthday gift from the younger generation to the elder in the family actually asks for nothing more than these few items, and it doesn't need to be expensive. , The focus is on the heart, so I pay attention to the word 'exquisite'." If you send something, the stitches in the purse are uneven, and there are even skipping stitches or the end of the thread is exposed; or it is done by hand. If the ink is stained on the calligraphy and painting, or if it is perfunctory, then naturally the word "careful" cannot be regarded as it.

"Generally, what girls give to their elders are handmade needlework, soft hats, handkerchiefs, fan covers, purses, shoes and socks, all of which cannot go wrong. Choose a stable and good material and embroider auspicious patterns on it. A decent birthday gift."

The few things Ban Xia said are indeed things that can't go wrong.Hui Niang pondered for a while, then raised her head and asked, "A few years ago, on the eldest princess's birthday, did the wife bring the sisters to celebrate her birthday?"

Princess Dachang's birthday is a major event, and neither the Princess Manor nor the Qin family can begin preparations now.Pinellia served in the old lady's house before, so I must know some news, not only this year, but also the things sent by the sisters in the mansion in previous years, which are also of great reference value.

"A few years ago, my wife only took the fourth girl there." Ban Xia answered honestly, "This year is the 65th birthday of the eldest princess, and it falls on the fifth day, so it is a little more grand." She tilted her head and thought for a while, "That is to say, five years ago, on the [-]th birthday of the Eldest Princess, the wife took the Eldest Miss there, but at that time, the servant was still a little maid who swept the floor, and I don't know what the Eldest Miss sent there."

Hui Niang frowned slightly, "Sisters who don't want to go don't need to prepare birthday gifts?"

Ban Xia smiled, "Even if it's just a small event for the eldest princess's birthday, there are many people rushing to give birthday gifts. The girls who are going to celebrate their birthdays are asked to prepare birthday gifts for the purpose of 'presenting birthday gifts'. Of course there is no need to prepare, there will be another birthday gift from the mansion."

The country is rich and the people are strong. Since the time when the first emperor was in power, the trend of extravagance and comparison in the capital has intensified. However, the birthday gifts given by the juniors in the family are not grand and exquisite during the banquet-or if you say "can't show them", that family will not be able to hold their heads high among relatives and friends, and I am afraid they will be laughed at for a whole year-until their family members In the second year, come up with enough grand and exquisite birthday gifts.

However, in the previous life, Anise did not catch up with the eldest princess's 65th birthday banquet. When the eldest princess's seventieth birthday banquet happened, she was restrained by her mother-in-law, so there was no such thing as a "birthday gift" for the eldest princess. half impression.At this time, after Ban Xia reminded her, she finally remembered: No wonder she didn't remember the eldest princess' preferences, because she had never personally prepared a special gift for the eldest princess.

"Then..." Hui Niang hesitated for a while, "Send me a purse, what do you think?" The purse was selected by Hui Niang after careful consideration from the items proposed by Pinellia, and it is now mid-spring Well, by the time the Eldest Princess is born, it will already be late spring, and after a while it will be summer, so it would be inappropriate to give a soft hat at this time.If it's a gift of shoes and socks, she doesn't know the size of the eldest princess's feet. Although the shoes and socks she sends to the eldest princess will most likely not be touched, let alone worn on her feet--but she is not afraid of accidents, only afraid of In case, in case the eldest princess finds out that these shoes and socks do not fit her feet, it will be embarrassing.

And she didn't know if the eldest princess needed a fan... In the end, the only option left was the purse.

Even if it's a purse...it's a bit too mediocre.If it's just mediocre, then Animian is not afraid, but she is afraid that in the end, all the sisters in the family will give purses, and the scene will be a little ugly.

Hearing that Hui Niang chose the purse, Ban Xia also showed some hesitation on her face, "Although the purse can't make a big mistake, but..."

"Miss." The master and servant were just in the middle of their discussion, when Lian Qiao lifted the curtain and came in, looked around the room, and then walked towards this room, "Miss, the old lady is passing food in the room, miss Do you want to go now?"

The old lady wanted to come to the old lady's room to prepare lunch at the last minute, and the time was fixed. The wife always went to the old lady's room a moment earlier to chat with the old man to relieve boredom, which also showed her filial piety.After Huiniang came, she also followed the example of the eldest sister—only she always waited for Funiang to enter the house before going there, lest Funiang mistakenly think that she was trying to compete for her grandmother's favor and trip her up behind her back.

"Has Eldest Sister gone?" Hui Niang turned her head and asked.

"The eldest girl has just entered the main house." Lianqiao replied.

"Then I'll go have lunch first." Hui Niang looked at Banxia, ​​hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Sister Banxia, ​​please find a way to find out what Eldest Sister is going to give to the Eldest Princess."

This job is not easy!But it seems that Pinellia can't be troubled.In the meantime, she agreed firmly, with a sly smile in her eyes, "Don't worry, girl."

Facing Pinellia, Hui Niang was not polite to her, she smiled slightly, and walked out of the East Wing with Lianqiao.

***

There are three masters and servants in the East Wing. Speaking of which, only Banxia is an old seniority in the mansion. She used to work in the old lady's house, and her status was only below Zisu. Sometimes Zisu couldn't get away from the old lady. All the errands that need to move around fall on Ban Xia, so it can be said that he has a wide range of friends.Even though she is serving by Hui Niang's side now, she still has some friendship with the maids and maids in each house, and everyone will give her face in some trivial matters.

Therefore, the errand assigned to her by Anise was completed within two days, and she came to tell Anise with the answer. "The eldest girl plans to give the eldest princess a kang screen. She is rushing to embroider these days. I heard that the eldest girl plans to take a few days off. Starting tomorrow, she will not go to school in the morning and concentrate on embroidering at home."

Hui Niang immediately thought of the half-embroidered work stretched on the embroidery frame in the wife's bedroom, so the needle and thread of the half-embroidered painting should be here.The eldest princess's birthday is in late spring, so it's really appropriate to send peach blossoms.

"Third Miss doesn't seem to have decided what to give. She is in a hurry these days. Chuan Lian said that in all likelihood, she will end up embroidering a purse. Fourth Miss doesn't seem to give embroidery..."

With Wei's help, Zhiniang naturally didn't need to do needlework for her grandmother, and Animian asked Banxia to inquire about it just in case—in case Zhiniang sent embroidery this time, she could hurry up Avoid, don't collide with what she sent, and cause unnecessary trouble.

"Fifth Miss also wants to give Kangping as a gift. I heard that the embroidery is almost finished. The embroidered animals are not flowers."

Huiniang nodded, Yinniang seemed to really like small animals, she made an exquisite cushion yesterday afternoon during an embroidery class, and said she wanted to give it to Yuqiuer.Although Zhi Niang still didn't want to see her, she really liked the little cushion, and after accepting it, she stopped giving Yin Niang any more embarrassment.

Thinking of Yinniang's skillful hands, if Funiang and her send the Kangping at the same time, it may not be good to take it.Moreover, speaking of it this way, two of my sisters have already bumped into each other. If I bumped into something with Lingniang again... Huiniang frowned, and suddenly had another idea. "Ban Xia, would you like me to embroider a fan?"

Banxia tilted her head and thought for a moment, "Why don't you just send the fans directly, the girls in our family have the habit of making their own fans in summer, and some like to make them in advance, so the things in the warehouse are always prepared in advance, now It’s ready to come out.”

Making fans by herself is no stranger to Anise.After making up her mind, she immediately felt relieved. She spent the whole night discussing the material and pattern with the two maidservants. When she came back from school the next day, Ban Xia had already gone to the small warehouse to get the things needed to make fans. Hui Niang looked at these The materials used to make fans are somewhat embarrassing.

When embroidering a fan, the most difficult thing is to embroider the double-sided feeling.In order to be able to live a little more peacefully in the future, this fan Animian really exhausted her energy and tried her best to embroider - she can't care about hiding now, the leaves embroidered with feathers, the buds embroidered with chains, every day After embroidering for an hour or two, Ban Xia watched from the side, and they all praised Hui Niang's embroidering skills.

After several days of busy work, the day was finally completed. Hui Niang put the little embroidered stretcher on the desk, raised her hand and rubbed her sore neck, and let out a sigh of relief.

"Miss, have you embroidered?" Banxia just came over with a cup of tea, seeing this, she quickly put down the teacup, picked up the embroidery frame and looked over and over again, "The embroidery is really beautiful!"

Hui Niang smiled slightly. In fact, she was able to embroider like this, thanks to the gift of her previous life - when she was 13 years old in her previous life, she couldn't embroider such a wonderful fan. "I don't dare to give away the stuff I gave to the eldest princess, even if it's not well embroidered."

Ban Xia glanced at Hui Niang, feeling a little pity in her heart.Although she has been working in the old lady's house for many years, she has already become a city man, but now that she is with Hui Niang, there is no need to hide this fluctuation in mood, and the clues are also revealed in her expression.

Hui Niang stretched her waist, she didn't care about these things—she naturally knew what Banxia was thinking, but she still chose to obey and go to Beijing in this life, not because she was sacrificed in the end to please the Wei family— — It’s just that she couldn’t think of the need to explain to Ban Xia.What's more, if Banxia knew what was going on in her heart, maybe she would misunderstand that she was crazy, right?

Yes, she came to Beijing this time for a different purpose: she wanted to be Bai Shanqing's granddaughter, to gain a foothold in the capital with dignity, not just a second wife of the Shangshu Mansion who was forgotten by people three months later. girl.

The author has something to say: I wish everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival~~

It's a pity that the long vacation is over.