After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 525 Gift
Zhou Xuejun was walking slowly along the corridor, when the girl brought her a letter from Haitang and a package of things.

She went back to her room, wiped off the sweat, changed her clothes, sat down and read the letter carefully, and then went to unpack the package. At the same time, she sent the girl to various places to notify the sisters she was close to.

After a while, Zhou Huajun arrived first, followed by Wu Qiong.

Wu Qiong smiled and thanked Zhou Xuejun: "Thank you for thinking of me, otherwise I would have been locked in the room by my mother copying scriptures! It was said to be a gift for the Duke's wife on her birthday, so I spent more than half a month copying it. I don’t know when it will be finished.”

The Gui family asked her daughter to prepare hundreds of Buddhist scriptures for the birthday of the Duke of Zhenguo. After copying them, they had to send them to a famous temple in the city and enshrine them in front of the Buddha. Due to lack of money, Gui's family could only rely on this time-consuming and labor-intensive method to achieve success, but it was a disaster for her daughter Wu Qiong.

Zhou Huajun asked with a smile: "Isn't this birthday gift a secret? Mrs. Gui refused to tell anyone, so she prepared to give her a surprise on her grandmother's birthday, which also surprised all of us. Why did you say it so lightly? ?”

Wu Qiong muttered: "Today, only my mother still thinks that this matter is a secret that no one knows. All the girls and women in the yard heard the scolding I received when I copied the scriptures, and they were the ones who ran away when I sent it to the temple for worship. Legs, the news has already reached the ears of the Duke’s wife and the sixth lady, who can I hide it from? It’s just my mother who still thinks that no one knows about it.”

Anyway, the Duke of Zhen and his family are all kind-hearted. On the day of the birthday of Duke Zhen and Mrs. Zhen Guo, they could only praise her when she presented her with a birthday gift. Mother Gui felt proud of herself and did not realize that all this was just the master coaxing her.

Wu Qiong knew that her mother was sometimes stubborn, so she would not listen to the advice of others and would not do anything. After a few casual remarks, she turned to the topic: "Why did sister Xuejun invite us over today?"

Zhou Xuejun smiled and called them over: "Come and see, the good things Sister Hai sent are all for us!"

Zhou Huajun and Wu Qiong went over and found that the packages on the table contained several purses, fan bags, and sachets. They were all made of thin and soft gauze or fine linen materials, with light colors and simple embroidery. For decoration, there is a clump of green bamboo, lotus leaves and lotus pods, as well as some patterns such as butterfly love flowers, cat fluttering butterflies, three things on the stove vase, or fruits. The embroidery is exquisite, but not boring, and the color matching has a fresh feeling. Suitable for use in summer.

Zhou Xuejun said: "Sister Hai has been idle at home recently and made a lot of gadgets. I wanted to use them myself, but she doesn't go out much on weekdays, and it's too troublesome to use them at home, so she thought of sending them to us. Here. There are nine in total. Let’s choose the one we like, right? Three for each person.”

Hua Jun cheered and immediately picked the cat fluttering the butterfly first. The calico kitten hid among the flowers and stared at the butterfly in the air. It was obviously just a small decorative pattern, but it was embroidered extremely finely. Even the fur on the cat's body was They are all clearly defined and look furry, which makes people happy just to look at them. She fell in love with him as soon as she saw him.

Wu Qiong picked a green bamboo one, and then a stove vase. Just as he was hesitating which one to choose, he turned around and saw Zhou Xuejun tossing the grape embroidered one over and over, and couldn't help but laugh: "This is Do you like fruit? You are indeed a child."

Zhou Xuejun glanced at her and handed the grape fan bag to her: "Sister Wu, touch this and smell it again?"

Wu Qiong was confused and did as she was told. Unexpectedly, as soon as her fingers touched the grapes embroidered on the fan bag, she immediately felt something special: "This fruit...how can I still touch it?" She leaned over and smelled it, " And the fragrance of fruit!”

Zhou Xuejun's lips curled up: "Sister Hai specially embroidered the grapes like this. Each grape is protruding, instead of being embroidered flatly. There are also prepared spices hidden inside, making it look like real grapes. "The more she thought about it, the happier she became, "I wrote to her a few days ago, saying that I made a new set of clothes with grape patterns embroidered on them, and I was going to wear them to my grandmother's birthday banquet. This was after my leg injury recovered. When you appear in front of others for the first time, you must dress up beautifully! Sister Hai must have remembered this, so she specially made this fan bag for me. It matches my new clothes, even the embroidery. The same!" Wu Qiong was amazed when he heard this. Zhou Huajun also came to take a closer look. He also looked at all the needlework and found that only this grape fan bag was the most meticulous. He couldn't help but feel sad: "Sister Hai is so kind to you, especially for me. I made a matching fan bag for your new clothes without saying hello in advance. What if Sister Wu and I pick out the fan bag first?"

Zhou Xuejun didn't worry about this kind of thing at all: "What are you afraid of? Sister Hai doesn't have to say it clearly. As soon as I saw the fan bag, I knew that she made it specially for me. I am the youngest, what do I want? Sisters, can you give it to me? Besides, you don’t like melon and fruit patterns, so you wouldn’t have chosen this one. The other gadgets she sent were chosen based on your preferences, so I was afraid. Are you going to give up what you like and come here to grab these grapes from me? "

Zhou Huajun thought about it, so he stopped thinking about it and concentrated on choosing other needles and threads.

Wu Qiong curiously looked at the grape fan bag several times before returning it to Zhou Xuejun: "This acupuncture method is quite special. I will try it someday. If it is done well, I will do it for you too." One, just can’t be the grape variety.”

"Sister Wu can do whatever she does, and I like them all." Zhou Xuejun blinked, "But sister Wu, do you really have any free time? Don't you get enough sleep every day just to copy scriptures?"

Wu Qiong sighed. As expected, they couldn't hide what the mother and daughter were doing in private from the people in the Duke's mansion. Even Zhou Xuejun, who was recuperating in the yard, knew about it, let alone others? It's a pity that my mother is still unaware.

She only said: "Mom can't keep an eye on me all day long. Besides, after the birthday of the Duke's wife, I won't have to copy scriptures anymore, and I will naturally have free time by then."

She didn't want to talk to Zhou Xuejun about her mother anymore, so she changed the subject: "Why did Sister Hai suddenly send so many things?"

Zhou Xuejun blinked and said smoothly: "It's nothing. She asked me to do her a favor. It was something her brother asked her to do. He said that Ma Shangyi was going to move into the Jin family, and the Jin family's son was worried. I didn't know what her preferences were, so I asked Brother Hai to find out. What could Brother Hai know? I had to ask Sister Hai to come to us. Needle and thread. Since I accepted her gift, of course I have to get things done. I don’t know what Ma Shangyi likes, but Sister Wu, you have lived in the palace for several years and you must be very familiar with her. I can ask you. Find out!"

Zhou Huajun laughed at the side and said: "I see. No wonder you invited us here. You didn't mention Sister Hai's request, and just let us pick out purses and fan bags first. It turned out that you wanted Sister Wu to eat people with a short mouth and pick people with short hands. Sister Wu agreed, the gifts have been accepted, how can you be so embarrassed to refuse the gift-giver’s request?”

Wu Qiong originally felt a little embarrassed, but she couldn't help laughing when she heard this: "I was still young at that time, and I haven't seen Ma Shangyi for several years. What can I know?" She paused and said, "Ma Shangyi After Yi moved into the house, she came to visit my mother and me. I originally wanted to catch up with her, but my mother's weird temper... I don't know if my mother said the wrong thing to offend her. I feel very sorry for not seeing Ma Shangyi again..."

Zhou Xuejun raised her eyebrows: "Then how about we invite her to come over and talk? Can we make peace with Sister Wu by the way?"

　I got confused about the names of Wu Ke and Wu Qiong's brother and sister, so I quickly changed them...

　　(End of this chapter)