Chapter 267 Jealousy
Because she was going to winter, many of the cotton-padded jackets and cloaks that Zihan wore last summer were too small. Look at Nuanyu's one piece and that one. Every piece of clothing was valuable, and she couldn't bear to leave it behind because it was so valuable.
She discussed with Xia Zihan, "We will bring these clothes if they can be changed. If the slaves change them, the county master can still wear them for a year. If they cannot be changed, we will not bring them. County master, what do you think?"
Xia Zihan looked at the pile of clothes. There were a few pieces that she particularly liked to wear. After thinking about it, she said, "Okay, let's pick some of them first. Zhuangzi is only an hour's drive away from here. The rest. I’ll just pick it up when you come back one day.”
Nuanyu carefully picked each piece of clothing, Sicao was responsible for matching jewelry with each piece of clothing, and Vanilla was responsible for folding the clothes and packing them into boxes.
Chu Kui and several second-class maids were also busy packing the utensils that Xia Zihan used in daily life.
"County Lord, do you want to bring the materials for making clothes for Prince Chu?" Chu Fei, who was responsible for packing things in the warehouse, walked in and asked.
Xia Zihan said, "Take it with you, as well as those black leathers."
After thinking about it, her father came to the capital this year, and it was inevitable that he would have to make two large cloaks for him. He then said, "Pick some good blue leather to take with you, and some pieces of fabric that can be used to make clothes for the master." Past.”
Chu Fei said yes and hurried away.
Xia Zilan rushed in like a locomotive and knocked away the pile of freshly folded clothes held by Vanilla.
The clothes were scattered all over the floor, and each one was so beautiful that Xia Zilan drooled. She forgot what she said and replaced it with, "Second sister, are these all your clothes? They are so beautiful. They look like they are worth more than The one my mother bought for me in Jiangning City is much more beautiful.”
As he said that, he knelt down, picked up something and showed it to himself.
"Second sister, give me one as a gift. I like this." Xia Zilan blinked, almost drooling.
Xia Zihan walked over, took the clothes from Xia Zilan's hands, and handed them to Vanilla, "This one won't work. I wear this one just right. You are two heads shorter than me, so you can't wear this clothes."
Then he told Nuan Yu, "I will go to the warehouse later to find two autumn clothes that were too small for me in the past few years for the fourth girl to wear."
"No need to go to the warehouse to look for it, it's in the closet." Nuan Yu said.
Last time, she saw Prince Chu from a distance using his cloak to cushion the county prince on a stone bench for the county prince to sit on. She was concerned and went to the warehouse to find some old clothes that the county prince wore when he was five, six or seven years old. , I plan to dismantle them and make several cotton mats to place on all the stone benches in the back garden.
In this way, no matter where the county leader wants to rest in the future, he doesn't need to take a cloak to cushion him.
Nuanyu put down what she was doing, opened the Huanghuali three-cupboard, took out two stacked autumn clothes from the bottom, and handed them to Xia Zilan, "We are packing our luggage here and it is a mess. The fourth girl should go to the next room to try it out. Try it on and see if it fits.”
Xia Zilan's eyes were bright and she nodded repeatedly, "Then I'll go and wear it."
With that said, he went to the next room.
With two old clothes, he sent the person away.
"Just pack up a few clothes and come out with enough to wear. Silicao Chulin will keep the rest at home and pick them up when Nuanyu comes back another day."
After Xia Zihan finished speaking, he glanced at the piles of jewelry on the table, which were sparkling, dazzling, and dazzling.
Fortunately, Xia Zilan was a good-natured person and didn't even look at the table when she came in. If Xia Ziying... saw that she had such expensive jewelry, each piece of which was worth a lot, he would be jealous of her to death.
Xia Zilan is here, Xia Ziying and Xia Ziqing should be here too, right?
She told Chu Meng, "Go and see if the eldest girl and the third girl are here."
"Master, the two girls have entered the Moon Gate and are heading this way."
After entering the Moon Gate, you will reach the main house after walking through a section of the corridor.
Xia Zihan smiled and sat at the table to pick out jewelry with Si Cao. "Don't wear too many jewelry in winter. Just pick a few elegant and simple ones. That's in Zhuangzi, and we're not going to attend a banquet. No need." Too expensive to wear.”
The box contains all the jewelry she has worn in the past two years, all of which are marked by Cuiyu Xuan. There are also a few pieces that are priceless products that are not sold out by Cuiyu Xuan.
Qi Mei always smiled and said to her, "The raw materials of these jewelry are all shipped by sea. Although they look expensive, the purchase price is cheap. You can wear it as much as I can. I can afford it."
Sometimes, he would even joke, "You are the little boss of Cuiyuxuan Yusha Pavilion. You can't wear cold clothes anymore, and you can't embarrass our Cuiyuxuan Yusha Pavilion."
In short, whether it is clothes or jewelry, Qi Mei will send a few pieces every month, which can be accumulated in a few years.
There is still a small part in this box, and there are still several large boxes in the warehouse.
Qi Lan once joked, "This is my sister saving up your dowry. When you get married, you will be able to save ten tons of jewelry and twenty tons of clothes. When you give birth to a child in the future, you can give me all these jewelry and clothes." For little girls to wear.”
One load was a box. Calculating that in just less than four years, she had saved three or four boxes of jewelry. When she got married, there would still be seven or eight years left, and she believed Qi Lan's words would come true.
When Xia Ziying and Xia Ziqing walked in, their eyes were dazzled by the clothes and jewelry all over the room. For a moment, they were stunned at the door.
"Eldest sister, third sister, you are here."
Seeing the envy and jealousy in Xia Ziying's eyes that she couldn't hide in time, Xia Zihan happily walked over and deliberately blocked her view, "It's a mess here. Let's go to the side hall to talk."
Then, without waiting for the two girls to speak, he ordered Chu Meng, "Make a pot of Dahongpao and send it to the side hall." Take a tour?”
The house is so messy, why visit?
Xia Zihan raised his eyebrows, "It must not be as exquisite as Third Sister's room. I heard that Third Sister lives alone in a second courtyard in Jiangning City. The furnishings in the room are all good things from the Xia family."
Xia Ziying pouted her lips, "There are not as many furnishings as in the second sister's room, and they are not as expensive."
No matter how hard he tried to hide it, his tone was full of jealousy.
Xia Zihan smiled and stepped aside to give way.
Xia Ziying went in and went straight to the jewelry on the table.
She picked up a hairpin with twisted gold wire and inlaid gems. After looking at it carefully, she said with envy, "I heard that the jewelry of Cuiyuxuan is all exquisite and valuable. The second sister's jewelry has Cuiyuxuan." Mark, is the second sister a frequent visitor to Cuiyuxuan?”
Not long ago, her mother took her to go shopping at Cuiyuxuan. Every piece of jewelry in the shop was so beautiful that she couldn't put it down. She picked around and chose a pair of earrings and a hairpin. After thinking about it, However, her mother refused, blushing and whispering in her ear that the jewelry there was too expensive and she didn’t have enough money.
She and her mother could only afford two pieces of jewelry, while the second sister had at least a hundred pieces, which cost thirty taels of silver each. This pile of jewelry was also worth three thousand taels of silver.
And that pile of clothes, each piece of exquisite workmanship, beautiful and gorgeous, must be worth several thousand taels of silver, right?
Being able to provide for her second sister to dress so well, the Chu family was richer than she expected.
From now on, everything in the Chu family will belong to the second sister, right?
In addition to the Zhuangzi and Zhaizi given by the emperor, how much dowry will the second sister have in the future?
Tens of thousands of taels of silver?
Or hundreds of thousands of taels of silver?
When the Xia family's daughter got married, the Xia family's father-in-law only provided a dowry of 5,000 taels of silver.
The difference is huge.
Thinking of this, Xia Ziying's heart ached with jealousy.
How great would it be if all this was hers?
She put on beautiful clothes and expensive jewelry, and was surrounded like a princess. Everyone envied her.
What kind of scenery is that?
Xia Zihan did not miss the jealousy and coveting deep in Xia Ziying's eyes. She felt that the fire was almost ignited, so she said, "Fourth sister is trying on clothes in the next room. Let's go over and have a look."
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"What clothes should I try on?"
Xia Ziying's eyes lit up.
She had long heard from her eldest sister that the clothes and jewelry she wore to the Second Prince's Mansion that day were all given to her by her eldest sister.
Since they were all given to the eldest sister, I would also give them to her and the fourth sister, as well as jewelry.
Xia Ziying was excited. Before she could say thank you, she heard Xia Zihan say, "They are two clothes that were too small for me. My fourth sister said she liked them, so I gave them to her."
The stars in Xia Ziying's eyes suddenly dimmed, "Oh, let's go there, don't keep Fourth Sister waiting."
The three sisters moved to the side room.
Xia Zilan put on a pink brocade silk silk dress and was reluctant to take it off.
Although the clothes Xia Zihan wore when she was six or seven years old were not as exquisite and expensive as the clothes she wears now, the materials and embroidery work were also top-notch, and they were at least two steps higher than what Xia Zilan usually wore.
When Xia Zilan wears it, the nobility around her body is revealed.
Xia Ziying's eyes were full of jealousy, but she tried her best to hold it back and kept an elegant smile on her face, for fear that others would laugh at her for being a country bumpkin and never seeing good things.
"Third sister, third sister, you are here. Look, these clothes are beautiful, aren't they?" Xia Zilan twirled in front of them, showing off the clothes she just got.
Xia Ziying bit her lip and finally said, "It looks good, but if you wear the second sister's old clothes and others find out about it, you will be laughed at."
"Humph, they are jealous." Xia Zilan wrinkled her nose, "What's wrong with the second sister's old clothes? They are more beautiful than the ones my mother bought for me. I just like them."
Xia Ziying cursed secretly, 'You idiot, I have so much money, I don't buy you new clothes, I just give you two old clothes and send you away. You still feel proud of me, how stupid you are. ’
Xia Zihan said, "I was just about to say that I still have a few old clothes. I think Third Sister can wear them just right. Since Third Sister is afraid of being laughed at, let's forget it."
Xia Ziying's cheeks instantly turned red, and she almost spit out a mouthful of blood.
She was very upset and regretted that she had talked nonsense and lost all the fat in her mouth.
But what will she say now?
She just said that she was afraid of being laughed at when she wore old clothes. Then she turned around and shamelessly asked her second sister for old clothes. Wasn't she slapping herself in the face?
(End of chapter)