Chapter 81: The Day of Reception
This afternoon was the girl’s red class. Under Qian Xiuniang’s guidance, Chen Danxia learned to tie handkerchiefs, and tied the four sides of the cut square cloth head with colorful threads. This was more difficult than making a simple purse, with four sides.
Chen Danxia worked hard for an hour and finally tied all four pieces of cloth heads and made them into plain handkerchiefs. After checking, Qian embroidered girl said, "It's not bad, it's very embroidered, and the colors are very coordinated. Miss Chen Jiu will have to tie a few more pieces of veils when she goes back and practice the needle method. Next time in the female red class, will I teach Miss Jiu to embroider small flowers and grass?"
"Okay." Chen Danxia responded obediently.
"Is the embroidery very good? Show me." Dong Liluo said, reaching out to grab the handkerchief in Chen Danxia's hand.
Chen Danxia grabbed the handkerchief with force, looked up at her, his eyes were cold. Dong Liluo was forced by her eyes, shrank his hand, and instantly reacted, and said with a stern look: "What kind of eyes do you have? Don't look at me like this."
Chen Danxia stood up from the round pier, looked at the little girl two heads taller than her in front of her with a majestic expression, and said helplessly: "Dong Liluo, don't be too arrogant."
"Chen Jiu, what do you want?" Dong Liluo took a step back and asked sternly. Her personality was not very good, but she was not as domineering as Xie Xiru, nor was as savage as her, and she was self-reliant, so she was unwilling to fight with others.
"I didn't think about anything, what do you want?" Chen Danxia said angrily. She could understand Dong Liluo's possessiveness towards Xu Lang, but she did not mean that she was willing to accept Dong Liluo's bullying.
"Please calm down, two girls! Say something slowly." Qian Xiuniang stood among the two and begged mercilessly. If these two little ancestors get into trouble, the boss will blame her for not being able to control her and fire her.
Chen Danxia is not an ignorant little kid who is ignorant of the hardships of the world. Of course, she understood Qian Xiuniang's concerns. She didn't want to implicate Qian Xiuniang because of herself, so she turned around and sat back on the round pier. Dong Liluo's eyes flashed, she snorted coldly, and walked away with her hand.
The dispute ended before it started, and Qian Xiuniang sighed.
After the girl’s red class, the girls returned home. Chen Danxia saw that Tao did not mention the incident at Xie Fusheng, and pulled out a handkerchief from his sleeve, "Mom, Xiao Jiuer's edge is tied, and I will give it to my mother."
"What a caring good dear." Tao did not dislike the simple and simple handkerchief at all. He took it and looked carefully. "Have you ever tied the handkerchief when I tied the thread?"
"No, I'm so awesome." Chen Danxia stretched out her hands pride. She was not a waste of all four bodies.
Mrs. Tao held her little hand and looked carefully. Seeing that there were no needle holes on the ten white fingers, she smiled and praised: "My good deeds are the best."
Chen Danxia accepted this partial praise with a stern face.
In the next few days, Dong Liluo didn't know if she felt that Chen Danxia, who was only six years old, was not afraid and did not cause trouble for Chen Danxia anymore. If she didn't come to provoke Chen Danxia, Chen Danxia would naturally not take the initiative to provoke her, and she was so happy that her ears were quiet.
In a blink of an eye, it was April 12th, the day for Chen Danyao and the Hailang. Chen Danxia asked for a day off, stayed at home, and greeted the girls who came to visit with his sisters. Today, the guests were not at high level. Because Chen Muzai returned to Beijing for three years, he tried every means and tried his best to clear the money, but he only found a sixth-rank chief in the Ministry of Justice. Therefore, even if Lin wanted to make friends with the powerful, he had no choice but to accept his fate, and found a family of a fifth- and sixth-rank official for his eldest daughter to marry him and send a spring banquet. Chen Danyao was so angry that she received gifts from Tian Sixiu, the eldest son of the Yunyang Hou Mansion, which made her heart live again.
Lin has been running around the past few days and has gained something. I don’t know what tricks she used. Mrs. Yunyang promised to be a guest on Shen Tongyao and the hairpin. Lin secretly thanked that she did not make a guest early, otherwise she would offend someone.
There is a married man at home, and it is well known what it means to be a guest for a woman with a hairpin. With the noble guest of Mrs. Yunyang, Lin cannot slacken in whether it is for the sake of the Shen family or for Chen Danyao to marry into the Marquis successfully. The lunch banquet was ordered from Zuixianlou, but the stingy Lin only ordered one table.
At the beginning of the Si hour, Mrs. Yunyang finally arrived. When Lin heard the notice, she quickly greeted her, but did not greet the two sisters-in-law who were hosting her. While greeting the guests, Zhou was pricking her ears and eavesdropping. Seeing this, she pulled Tao and said, "Three brothers and sisters, go."
Tao drooped his eyelids and followed Zhou honestly. Zhou said angrily: "My sister-in-law's flattering face is really invisible." Tao silently rolled her eyes at Zhou's back. She said something to others, but she didn't talk about herself.
When the sisters-in-law arrived at the second door, they saw the wife of Yunyang who had been dressed up specially today. She was wearing a gorgeous dress with red gold silk thread embroidered peony patterns, holding a high bun, wearing a gilded phoenix-carved pearl hairpin in the middle, and three pairs of red jade carved floral hairpins on each side.
Mrs. Yunyang was holding a girl with a 8 or 9-year-old appearance that looked similar to her. This was her biological daughter. She ranked fourth in the Marquis’s mansion and was named Tian Jingshu. Tian Jingshu wore a dress with the same red peony pattern, with a double bun on her back, a small phoenix hairpin on the left, and a beaded butterfly hairpin on the right.
Looking at the mother and daughter, a hint of envy flashed in Zhou's eyes. The eldest girl has a good horoscope and is going to marry into this wealthy family to enjoy her happiness. I wonder if her third girl will have such a good life in the future?
Tao frowned slightly. In the dream, Chen Danyao was not married to the eldest son of the Yunyang Marquis Mansion. This marriage would be in vain. My sister-in-law was happy in vain. I didn't know what the two sisters-in-law thought, and asked her confidant maid to send Tian Jingshu to the girl to play. She flattered Mrs. Yunyang Marquis wholeheartedly.
Tian Jingshu is the daughter of the Hou Mansion. As soon as she entered the warm pavilion, she became the object of favor among many girls. Chen Danxia was unwilling to do such a pleasing thing, and the other was that she was busy eating lotus root powder, osmanthus candy cakes, and the chef she hired at home was not as good as Zuixianlou.
Chapter completed!