Chapter 314 Embroidery
If you don’t show off as a person, what’s the difference between you and salted fish!
Mr. Zheng interpreted this sentence with his actions. After the poetry meeting, Mr. Zheng seemed to be addicted. When he had something to do, he would go to Zhu Ping'an's courtyard to wander around. In front of Zhu Ping'an, he became very inspired by poetry and wrote a poem. Poetry, a couplet, and even once condescended to teach Zhu Pingan how to do eight-part essay.
Zhu Pingan felt ashamed at the poetry meeting, and it was also intentional by Mr. Zheng that it spread throughout Linhuai Hou Mansion. As a result, the Linhuai Marquis Mansion had many more versions of Zhu Ping'an, and even added the title of mediocre uncle.
In this regard, Zhu Ping'an seemed to be fine. He should be reading and practicing calligraphy. His life was no different from usual.
However, some people can't stand it. For example, when the little maid Baozi came to deliver a change of clothes to Zhu Ping'an, she said a lot of things with a puffy face. Generally speaking, it means that Mr. Zheng is not good at literature and martial arts. When Pan An was alive, he held a fan to pretend to be a romantic scholar, so shameless ;There are many people in the house who are gossiping and saying bad things about my uncle. Why don’t you write a poem and blind their eyes?
“If you are bitten by a dog while walking on the road, will you? Will you bite the dog?" Zhu Pingan asked with the corners of his lips curled up after the little maid Baozi finished speaking.
"No way, I'm not a dog." Hearing this, the little maid Baozi said with a dissatisfied expression on her bulging face.
"Then the same goes for me." Zhu Pingan smiled slightly.
"But, there are many people in the house saying bad things about my uncle. It's no use saying that he eats soft food." The little maid Baozi thought for a while, then pouted her mouth again, filled with indignation, as if those people said It's the same as her.
"When water is low, it becomes the sea, and when people are low, they become kings." Zhu Pingan said softly and nonchalantly.
After hearing this, the little maid Baozi thought about it, and then thought for a long time, and finally shook her head and said, "I don't understand."
After saying that, the little maid Baozi had a look on her face. She looked at Zhu Pingan innocently, waiting for Zhu Pingan to explain to her.
"Okay, to put it simply, I can blind them without showing off." Zhu Ping'an rubbed his forehead,
Baozi's little maid understood this sentence. Her eyes suddenly lit up. Although the little maid Baozi had never heard of pretentiousness or anything like that before, there were also embarrassing words like bragging. As for the blinding of their eyes, it was easier to understand. Anyway, in a few days, my uncle will just want those people to look good.
The little maid Baozi folded and put away the clothes that Zhu Pingan had changed, and took them to the backyard for washing later. After folding the clothes, the little maid Baozi tidied up and cleaned the room again, although Zhu Pingan also paid attention to hygiene. , but after all, she is not as particular as the little maid of Baozi. This is her profession.
Looking at the bright and clean windows and the neat and tidy guest room, the little maid Baozi patted the chubby hand with satisfaction, her eyes curled like crescent moons.
Zhu Ping'an's unstinting thanks made the little maid Baozi's eyes look more like crescent moons.
When the little maid Baozi left with her clothes, Zhu Pingan put the money bag from last time on the clothes and asked the little maid Baozi to hand it over to Li Shu.
This money bag looks like my daughter’s money bag. The money bag is made of fine silk, imbued with a light fragrance. There is also embroidery on the money bag, but the embroidery is a bit weird, usually It's embroidered with mandarin ducks or something, but this money bag is embroidered with two fat ducks with anthuriums stirring the waves!
It can only be said that Li Shu's hobbies are very unique, because this purse was given by Li Shu to Baozi's maid when Zhu Ping'an went out with Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen last time. It must be Li Shu's. Just as Baozi's maid returned to the backyard, Zhu Ping'an returned the money and purse to Li Shu through Baozi's maid.
When the little maid Baozi returned to the backyard with her clothes and money bag, Li Shu was practicing embroidery in her room. There was an embroidery sample on the table. The embroidery sample showed a pair of mandarin ducks playing in the water, but the semi-finished product in Li Shu's hand was a fat duck paddling in the water, and the other fat duck was also half embroidered< br>
Embroidery, which is a type of female embroidery, is an important way of "guidance education" for girls in the Ming Dynasty Poetry and Etiquette House. In the early years, Rich Man Li originally spent a lot of money to hire an embroiderer from the Gu family, which was famous for embroidery. However, Li Shu had no patience for pinching needles and threads. Rich Man Li also felt distressed. Rather than embarrass Shu'er, it would be better to I will buy more embroidery girls for her in the future, so the matter of Li Shu learning embroidery will be dropped.
Li Shu only started to learn embroidery recently. In the eyes of the little maid Baozi, it was just a whim of the young lady. Up to now, Li Shu has only completed one and a half pieces of work. One piece is an embroidered money bag, and the other half is the unfinished insole in her hand. The insole is a bit large and must not be worn by her daughter's family.
"Miss, this insole is a bit big," the little maid Baozi said after entering the door, looking at the insole in her lady's hand, her mouth slightly opened.
Li Shu raised her head and glanced at the little maid Baozi, put down her needle and thread, stretched her sore wrist, and said casually: "Oh, I just started learning embroidery. If I don't do it well, it's a waste if I throw it away. It's better to buy cheap embroidery." Where's Ping An's stinky toad? "
Oh, it turns out that the young lady was using her uncle's skills to practice her skills. She only gave it to him if the embroidery was not good. The little maid Baozi believed the young lady's words.
"Miss, this is from my uncle."
After the little maid Baozi poured a glass of water for her young lady, she gave Li Shu the purse handed over by Zhu Ping'an.
After Li Shu saw the purse handed over by the little maid Baozi, her expression suddenly turned bad, and her watery eyes were filled with mist, as if she was very angry.
"Uncle, thank you very much for your lady's rescue last time. You asked me to pay back the money this time." The little maid Baozi said without seeing the change in her lady's expression.
"He said he wanted to pay back the money?" Li Shu looked much better after hearing this.
“Yeah, yeah.” The little maid Baozi nodded when she heard this.
"Put the money away, and give him the wallet again when you go to give him a change of clothes next time. It's not a good embroidery, and it's a waste if you throw it away. It's not as cheap as Zhu Ping'an's stinky toad. "Yeah." When Li Shu spoke again, her expression had returned to normal.
"Yes, okay, young lady." The little maid Baozi nodded repeatedly.
The little maid in Baozi was serving tea and water in the room. During the break, she went outside and handed Zhu Ping'an's clothes to the little girl in charge of cleaning. She listened to the maid in the next courtyard chatting for a while, and then trotted all the way. Went back to the room.
"Miss, I heard from Qin'er in the next courtyard that the grandma's nephew is pretending to be talented with a fan again. He is obviously not good at all, but he still shows off. The third lady and the others are laughing behind his back. . I heard that the grandma’s nephew’s father is a very powerful official. Why is his son like this?” said the little maid Baozi with her lips puffed up in front of Li Shu.
"If this were not the case, why would the eldest aunt not introduce it to me? This is the eldest aunt carefully selected." Li Shu sneered, the corners of her mouth full of sarcasm.
"How good is the grandma?" Baozi's little maid puffed her mouth. (End of this chapter)