wedding dress

Chapter 142
When Qin Lie came again, Xiaodong asked him about Lanhuajin.

"Lanhua brocade?" Qin Lie was stunned: "I wanted to get some horses for you, but my men haven't come back yet, you know, I sent them along with your letter to Zhao Zhi, Didn’t come back. Are you sure it was sent by people from all over the world?”

"Yeah, that's right."

Qin Lie suddenly smiled: "I see—"

"Not you, who would it be?"

"My mother."

"what?"

"Except for my mother, no one else can send those people around. Besides, my mother is more familiar with Po Yi. Even if it were me, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to get these colorful brocades."

It turned out to be the blessing of the future mother-in-law.

Xiaodong was a little apprehensive and sweet, and leaned against the window and said, "Then... thank you for me... Auntie."

Qin Lie laughed outside: "You still call me aunt? Well, let's call it that, anyway, I have to change my mouth anyway. Lanhua brocade is good for making skirts or cloaks, so you can just cut it and dress it beautifully when you come back." Bright, you should thank her yourself."

Of course we have to see each other—we will have to serve tea to my mother-in-law when we get married in the future.

"By the way, the house is almost finished, and the garden is being repaired. The flowers you mentioned last time have been moved."

Xiaodong said softly, "Don't spend too much money."

Qin Lie hummed, and then said: "I didn't spend my money, the things were purchased by the prince, and the manpower, there are those from the inner palace and the prison, I just ran back and forth to make money The money is not enough. From our house to the palace, it takes only half an hour to walk, and it is faster to take a car, and it will be convenient for you to come and go in the future."

"Well, I know, that's what my father said."

Xiaodong thought for a while, and said in a low voice: "The weather is always so bad, so you don't want to come back, every time you get drenched like a drenched rat. When the weather clears up, you can come back."

"I know, the rain is not heavy today, and it didn't rain when I came here. Besides, my cloak protects against the rain, so I'm not afraid."

Everything that should be said was pretty much the same, Qin Lie was still reluctant to leave immediately, standing outside the window, raindrops flowed along the gutter, and fell from the eaves.

"I'm leaving?"

In the window, Xiaodong hummed lightly.

She was also a little bit reluctant, listening to the silence outside for a while, guessing that Qin Lie had already left, she gently opened a window and looked out, but she didn't want to face Qin Lie directly.

"Yeah?" Xiaodong bit her lip, and looked back nervously: "Didn't you leave?"

Qin Lie finally saw her appearance, Xiaodong's face seemed to be thinner, more beautiful and beautiful.Her hair was combed into a double bun and hung on her shoulders, a pair of pearl pendants were worn on her ears, her face was not covered with makeup, her face seemed shocked and angry, it was indescribably cute.

Qin Lie wanted to stretch his hand forward, but Xiaodong hurriedly covered the window: "Go quickly, people can see."

"Okay, I'm really leaving this time."

Everyone in the room surrounded the colorful brocade and praised it. Master Wu sighed and shook his head while looking at it carefully.

"Master Wu, what's wrong?"

"It's a good thing, but it's a pity that if you just look at it this way, you won't know how people weave it for a year. It would be great if you meet someone who knows how to do it and ask for advice."

Hongfu smiled and said: "You also said that no one in the Central Plains knows how to weave this. Should I go to Poyi to find someone to ask for advice?"

"Well, even if I can go in this life, I'm afraid I won't be able to ask. There are many famous needlework masters in our Great Xia Dynasty, but almost all of them are self-preserved, and there are some box-pressing skills that even apprentices can't learn. Just take my master." Let’s just say, back then I had the ability to fly a needle, so I planned to teach it to her daughter only. Unfortunately, her daughter really didn’t have this kind of material. Later, it was passed on to her daughter-in-law, so I didn’t have the good fortune to learn it. Many predecessors His unique skills are lost..."

Others interrupted one after another, and Hong Shao said: "Then Master Wu, you can take in a few more good apprentices to pass on your craftsmanship."

"I think so too, but it's not so easy to meet good apprentices. Some can't endure hardships, and some are obedient but not enlightened. There are also others who are willing to endure hardships and have clever minds, but they often teach their apprentices to starve to death of their masters. It's not like nothing happened."

Hongfu asked: "Could it be that you have met before?"

"Although I have never met such an apprentice, but I have such a sister. After learning your skills, I will turn around and bite you..." Master Wu said half a sentence and did not continue. ask.

There is no real Taiping Sheng in the palace, even a place like the Zhengong Bureau is no exception.

Xiaodong's hand caressed gently on the brocade, the tentacles felt soft and smooth, it must be beautiful to wear as a skirt.

The rain stopped for a while after dinner, and Xiaodong accompanied Wang An for a walk in the garden.The gravel road was washed smooth by the rain, and there was a fresh smell in the air, the smell of damp soil, the smell of leaves, the smell of rain, the smell of flowers, peaceful and serene.

"Father."

"Ok?"

Xiaodong lowered his head, feeling a little embarrassed: "Father... don't spend too much on the things in the new house."

Wang An smiled and asked, "You know everything?"

About Qin Lie secretly coming to see her, most likely he couldn't hide it from King An.

Wang An patted the back of her hand: "It's okay. I'm just a daughter like you. If I don't spend it now, when will I spend it?"

"My brother hasn't married his sister-in-law yet..."

"Your brother's temper needs to be sharpened. I don't want him to marry early. Besides, your brother is ambitious, and he doesn't care about this little family property in the house. If he wants to be capable, why does he need all this money? It's different, with a dowry, life will be more comfortable in the future, and you can speak confidently, without depending on people's faces."

"Who dares to show me face?"

"Well, that's true." Wang An said solemnly, "If that kid Qin Lie dares to neglect you, let your brother beat him up again."

Xiaodong burst out laughing: "He definitely wouldn't dare."

The rain started to float again, and it fell on the face with a little bit of coolness, and it gradually fell harder and harder.Wang An asked Xiaodong to go back first with a lantern and an umbrella.After some cold wind blew, Xiaodong was poured a large bowl of ginger soup down by Hu's firm, his body and stomach were hot, and he couldn't sleep well in the middle of the night.

Xiaodong heard a faint voice in his dream.She opened her eyes, but the room was still dark and it was still dark.

I took a nap for a little longer, and I was sweating again.She turned over, one of the voices outside was Hongfu, but the other was not very familiar, it was not Hongjing anyway.

Xiaodong remembered that the voice should be Hong Shao, who also entered the mansion with Hong Fu and the others.

The two chatted a few words, Hong Shao said: "By the way, sister, I heard..." Her voice was already low, but she lowered it even further: "That Mrs. Ming in front is actually taking advantage of the chaos to make friends with others. Eloped, is it true?"

Mrs. Ming?Didn't she disappear during the last riot?
Xiaodong pricked up his ears, but only heard a few intermittent words.

Hongfu reprimanded her: "Don't talk nonsense, we can't talk about those things, are you going to die?"

elopement?Mrs. Ming?

Wasn't she killed by the rebel army?How could it be elopement?

"By the way, I heard what you said during the day, that means... you want to learn crafts from Master Wu?"

Hong Shao hummed: "I'm not as capable as my sister, and I'm not as careful as sister Hongjing. Even though the few of us in this courtyard came in at once, I'm the most useless. I think, if we can get along with Master Wu Study hard, even if you are not as good as her, if you learn [-]% to [-]%, you will always be able to make a living in the future."

"But Master Wu is not from our house. She was pointed out by the Empress Dowager. I'm afraid she will have to go back to the palace in the future. If you want to learn from her, firstly, the time is too tight, and secondly, will Master Wu be willing?" Teach you that and say a few words.”

"Yeah, that's what I thought about it."

"Look, some of the people who served the princess before us returned home with kindness from the mansion, and even rewarded them with silver. Some got married, and they are all doing well now. You don't have to worry too much about this. The princess is a rare good person, and he will never treat us badly. You don't have to think about it, besides, there is Mama Hu."

"Mother Hu will definitely go there with the princess. It's hard to say how many of us are. Whether you are old or young at this age, if you go with her, how many more days can you serve? But if you don't go ..."

"Have all of you been thinking about this these days? No wonder all of you are a little distracted."

"I have nothing to think about. There is no one left in my family. Sister, you still have your parents, brothers, and home. No matter what you say in the future, you will still have something to worry about and rely on. If you send it back home, can my sister But we don’t have a home, where can we go? If the mansion arranges a marriage... I don’t look good, can I marry well?”

Hong Fu sighed: "Don't be too stubborn, how many people are not as good as ours. Usually when people talk about it, which girl in the house was sold or killed, that's not always the case. What about the master's words? The princess treats people so kindly and generously, compared to those people, we are so much luckier..."

They said a few more words, then fell silent again.

But Xiaodong didn't feel sleepy at all.

Is it true that Mrs. Ming eloped with someone, or is it a rumor?

Xiaodong feels that the possibility of elopement is unlikely.First of all, Mrs. Ming has been in the mansion for many years without going out and seeing outsiders, so what chance does she have to have an affair with someone?Besides, the rebellious army was like hungry wolves at that time, the house was in chaos, and even the butler Fuhai was seriously injured, even if Mrs. Ming wanted to run away, where would she go?Can those rebels allow her to escape?Even if she really wanted to elope, she had to run away.

Hongfu and the others are worried about their future fate—Xiaodong knows that the Hu family must have arrangements for them.It is impossible to take away all the people in her yard. Judging from Hu's intentions, Hongfu and Hongjing must be taken there, and Xiaodong is not sure about the others.Prince An's Mansion has always treated his servants leniently. Hongying, who had served Xiaodong earlier, married the steward of the farm. Now she has two sons, and her life is very prosperous.And Hong Ling and the others were taken back by their families, and they all sent a sum of money. It is not a problem to get married or find a small business.

If Hong Shao really wants to learn skills from Master Wu, Xiaodong is willing to help her talk about it.Giving gold or silver is not safe. If she learns a skill, it is much better than giving her gold and silver.

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The second watch is later, everyone will come back tomorrow.pop. . . . .

(End of this chapter)