Chapter 588

Hearing this, Mama Fu, who was stretching out her hand to help the Wulanala clan get up, was slightly stunned when she heard this, and then shook her head affirmatively, and said with confidence but very humbly: "The old slave is a measured person, although she noticed that she was acting suspiciously, but she only took the time to take a look, and did not arrange for someone to stare at her, so she couldn't find it." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, the slave was worried that she would not often go over to stare at her, for fear that she would not be able to find the person behind her. ”

After hearing this, the Ulanala clan shook his head with a smile, and ignored Mama Fu's words.

Instead, she sat down on the Luohan bed by the window slowly, took a small sip of tea, and didn't think that she would talk anymore, and when she was going to take care of the trivial matters in the yard first, she said in a light voice with a sneer on the corner of her mouth: "Why should I go to the people behind her, I just need to guard the three acres of land between me and Honghui, as for the people next to me, I have limited energy, and I really can't manage so much." ”

After saying that, the Ulanala clan sneered again, what she wanted was such an effect.

She has been with the fourth master since she was a child, and she has watched the fourth master come to this point step by step, and now she is twenty years younger, even if she is a fool, she should know something about the people around the fourth master.

Chen Fu is an old fox, if he notices Mama Fu beside her, and actually pays special attention to a sprinkler who does rough work in the yard of the housekeeper, he will definitely be suspicious, so if Chen Fu finds out that the person who did the work on the West Courtyard is the old woman, it is difficult to guarantee that the fourth master will not be angry with her.

Men in this world are all one conduct, liking the new and hating the old, and being unkind.

She didn't believe that the fourth master knew that she saw that his spoiled side Fujin was being calculated, and when nothing happened, she would be a cheap fisherman who competed with snipes and mussels, and she would take care of her dignity and not be angry with her.

Don't blame her for being like this, you can only blame your fourth master for being too partial.

The Ulanala clan, who had already been completely chilled by the fourth master, looked at the wisp of morning light by the window and thought secretly.

At the same time, Erfu was leisurely leading Yaoqin, Guzheng, and Qingdai, holding the unopened letter in his hand, and the lotus step shook lightly to the garden, looked left and right, and walked towards the octagonal pavilion on the lake.

Facing the dazzling morning light, listening to the beautiful music of the wind blowing the leaves, and feeling the dense water vapor on the lake, Erfu stretched out very comfortably, sat on the fence by the pavilion, looked at the cross-necked mandarin ducks playing in the water on the lake, and said without looking back: "It would be good if the fourth master was still in Beijing, it is estimated that the scenery over there in the Old Summer Palace would be better, but this is not bad, Yaoqin, you go back and run, prepare some tea and snacks." ”

"Alas, the slave and maid are going. Yaoqin should claim to be, said respectfully.

After about two quarters of an hour's work, Yaoqin, who went back to the West Courtyard to get snacks, came back with beads of sweat.

Seeing Yaoqin running sweaty, Erfu was a little distressed, and hurriedly instructed Guzheng to distribute the chilled flower and fruit tea to the big guys to drink, while she pinched the letter and didn't let go, her movements were gentle as holding a rare treasure, gently unsealing the fire seal of the envelope, and reading it carefully.

On the letter paper is the familiar handwriting of the fourth master, and there is a faint pine fragrance, it is the smell of pine smoke ink that the fourth master is used to, looking at the fourth master's concern for her between the lines, she can't help but have sour eyes, and she snorted vigorously, carefully retracted the letter paper into the envelope, wrapped it in a handkerchief, and put it in the sleeve.

Sitting on the pavilion in the middle of the lake, the wind blew for a while, and ordered Yaoqin and Guzheng to go to the garden to fold a few flowers, and then Erfu rubbed his somewhat sore waist and got up and went back to the yard.

"Take the soft satin woven dark gold moire that I appreciated in the palace before, and then invite the embroidery girl from Jiangnan who came from Jiangnan on the needlework. Erf, who was very warm in his heart, hurriedly commanded as soon as he entered the door.

Thinking that the fourth master was busy outside, and still thinking about her and the children, she was happy.

This happiness, she wanted to solve problems for the fourth master on the way, but she also knew that she would have limited things, and the IQ of these princes was much higher than him, so she could only exert some physical strength, she planned to make a new set of clothes, and when the fourth master came back, he would have good clothes with decent cuts and comfortable fabrics to wear.

It's just that she doesn't know how to cut herself, so she can only trouble the embroidery girl on the needle and thread to cut.

However, the style is naturally designed by herself, and after explaining the long strips that Yaoqin needed to prepare for tailoring clothes, Erfu went straight into the inner room, holding a phoenix tail dipped in a pen carved in crystal, and drew the design picture in her head.

After drawing four or five in a row, Erf was satisfied with the pen.

In the sewing room on the other side, as soon as Wu Xiuniang heard that the side of the West Courtyard was invited, she was busy sorting out several of her treasured patterns, and came over with the guzheng after talking to the housekeeper.

"The folk woman Wu has seen the side of Fujin, please side Fu Jin'an. Wu Xiuniang looks delicate, has a slender figure, wears a decent muslin skirt, and on the round bun behind her head, she holds a pair of plain silver plum hairpins.

Erf has always been a do-it-all person.

At this moment, she was on the rise, all her thoughts were on the design in front of her, Wu Xiuniang came in to ask for a salute, she didn't even raise her head and raised her hand to greet: "Come and take a look at this picture, you estimate whether you can cut it out." ”

Wu Xiuniang in line with the principle of caution, first took the drawings and looked at them, and carefully asked Erfu to introduce the details of the style, and finally asked Erfu to find a set of regular clothes worn by the fourth master in the house, after careful study, this gave the answer, although she was very sure in her heart, but she said very modestly: "Women can try." ”

"Then I'm sorry for you, I'm worried that the fourth master will come back from Jiangnan this time, and he will be thinner, and this kind of clothes is more carry-on, so you tighten it up slightly. Erfu led Wu Xiuniang to the outer room, reached out and touched the soft satin as smooth as the surface of the water, and said softly.

"The women understand. Wu Xiuniang bowed and said.

The clothes worn by Erfu were cut by Wu Xiuniang herself, and she also believed in Wu Xiuniang's craftsmanship, so she only explained that Guzheng and Xiaowen were on the side to help Wu Xiuniang, and she went into the study to draw patterns.

Because the fabric chosen this time is a lake blue soft satin with dark gold moire, there is no need to make other embroidery patterns in the placket, robe hem and other positions, as for the neckline and horseshoe cuffs, as well as the matching belt, Erfu also intends to decorate it with gold and silver threads.

However, considering that the fourth master is a light person, she does not plan to use gorgeous Shu embroidery and Su embroidery on the clothes of the fourth master, so she must be extra careful when choosing the pattern, because what she has to do is to outline the pattern with gold and silver wire, and the pattern is naturally as simple as possible, but it must be matched with the preciousness of the material, if the pattern is too light, it will look nondescript, so she rummaged through the patterns in the hands of the palace maid in the West Courtyard, and did not choose a favorite one.

Erfu, who didn't give up, flipped through the embroidery booklet in his hand, and said without raising his head: "Yaoqin, you go and ask Wu Xiuniang to see what new tricks she has there." ”

Yaoqin didn't dare to slack off, and when she answered the call, she went out of the west room and came to the hall, she said Erfu's request simply, Wu Xiuniang's brows furrowed.

Wu Xiuniang stopped the scissors in her hand, told the guzheng to put away the soft satin that had been cut, and took out an embroidery sample book that she had carefully collected and sorted out over the years from the small box she carried, and handed it to Yaoqin, "This is a collection of some relatively rare patterns, the girl sent it to Fang Fujin to see, if Fang Fujin is not satisfied, then I can't do it." ”

In fact, the reason why Wu Xiuniang was willing to hand over the eating guy to Yaoqin was because she had seen the cloak that Erfu made for the fourth master, although the stitching method was not very clever, but the embroidery was very delicate and novel, so she really didn't think that Erfu had any surprises in the high requirements for embroidery.

This time, the robe designed by Erfu is based on the small lapels of the dragon robe and the gilt hollow round buttons can attend the banquet, but she doesn't like to use dragon patterns, and she doesn't want to make it too complicated, so when she chooses the embroidery, it will be so difficult, but I have to say that Wu Xiuniang has collected a lot of embroidery patterns, even if Erfu is so picky, she still chose the right pattern, and also selected the color matching piping at the corners of the neckline and cuffs.

In the end, she carefully chose the crests that imply beauty and auspiciousness, and also allude to the feelings of men and women.

Although the pan pattern is common, but this time Erfu chose a hollow pan claw pattern, which is very rare, which is also thanks to the delicate translation of the embroidery sample booklet, which found this embroidery pattern in the corner of a page.

It's just that this embroidery sample is too small, and it also needs to be enlarged by proximity, this kind of fine work is not good at Erfu, she directly entrusted this errand to Yaoqin, watching Yaoqin holding a stack of drawing paper, lying on the bookcase, buttoning the pattern little by little, she said that she smiled heartlessly, and went directly outside to watch Wu Xiuniang cut clothes.

When poor Yaoqin was so busy sweating that she had drawn a few large and small patterns, Wu Xiuniang had already finished cutting the fabric and left the west courtyard, and Erfu was already sitting on the beauty couch by the window with a needle and thread, and went to sew clothes seriously.

"Master, you can see what the size can do, if it is not enough, the slave and maid will draw it. ”

"It's good, let's put it aside for now, and when I'm done closing these pieces that don't need embroidery, I'll start embroidering the panache pattern." Erfu flipped through the fabrics piled up beside her, said with a smile, and at the same time handed over the materials that needed to be painted to Yaoqin's hands.

In this regard, Yaoqin shrugged her shoulders helplessly.

Can she say she hates this errand!

However, hate is hate, and the errand assigned by the master is absolutely 100% uncompromising on the completion of Yaoqin.

But the moment she came out of the study again, she felt a sense of detachment.

Erfu, who was sitting by the window sewing clothes, was holding a rattle, teasing Xiao Jiu who was crawling around on the bed with wide-eyed eyes, and the cut fabric was thrown away by Xiao Jiu, and Erfu, who was bent on making new clothes for the fourth master, laughed so happily.

"Master, you can't make this garment, look at this material, it's crumpled. There is a feeling that the fruits of labor have been wasted, Yaoqin said in a deep voice with a dark face.

"Come and sit, Yaoqin. Erfu, who was not offended by Yaoqin at all, smiled and beckoned, picked up a few pieces of material that Xiao Jiu threw on the ground, and put them in a small basket lined with soft cloth and cotton silk under the high table, pointed to the small pestle in the corner, and said softly.

"Master. Yaoqin scratched her head speechlessly, and sent a few pieces of material with a patterned pattern to Erfu's eyes, and said with a bitter face.

"Sit down and talk, don't stand.

You have been busy in the study just now, I don't know, Xiao Jiu, this girl is too naughty. As he spoke, Erfu handed the rattle to the hand of the guzheng who was smiling and enduring a lot on the side, and told her how Xiao Jiu made trouble for her, and how she twisted the fabric into a ball and pushed it with her hands, and spread her hands with a wry smile, saying that she could only wait for Xiao Jiu to be brought back by Mama Jin before starting to sew clothes.

Knowing that it was Xiao Jiu who disrupted Erfu's sewing clothes, Yaoqin, a reliable palace maid who doted on the little master excessively, could only hold back a smile to appease Erfu, who was full of bitter smiles, and at the same time explained that Xiaowen took the fabrics that were crumpled by Xiao Jiu to the back and ironed them again.

With Yaoqin, the big palace maid, coming over to help play with Xiao Jiu, Erfu finally took out the flipped and flipped through the painted patterns, secretly wondering whether to embroider the cocktail pattern on the chest, shoulders, elbows and other positions, after all, if it is only embroidered on the neckline and cuffs, it does look a little dull.

However, if even the chest, shoulders, and elbows have to be embroidered, it will take more time, and she doesn't know when the fourth master will return to Beijing, but she plans to send the clothes out as a gift as soon as the fourth master returns.

"How long do you think it will take for the fourth master to come back?" Thinking of this, Erfu asked with some confidence.

"It will take seven or eight days to come back from Jiangnan, the letter from the master, I only arrived in the house this morning, I think I haven't set a return date, so it will take half a month to come back!" Yaoqin was leaning over to change Xiao Jiu's muslin diapers, listening to Erfu's question, she handed over the work in hand to the guzheng, and said softly while wiping her hands with a handkerchief.

Yaoqin's estimated time is not much different from Erfu's estimated time.

Although half a month's work is enough to make two sets of clothes, but considering the speed of her hand handicap, she really doesn't think that half a month is enough for her to prepare a beautiful dress, and in addition to clothes, shoes and socks, hats, belts and other things, also need to be embroidered, a little embarrassed Erfu scratched her head, no longer care about playing with Xiao Jiu, called Yaoqin and Guzheng to watch on the side, she directly took the insole, walked to the window, sat on the beauty couch, and embroidered seriously.

Different from the panache pattern of the clothes, the pattern on the insole is the standard bamboo newspaper peace festival high, embroidered with colorful silk threads, only a moment of work, she outlined the approximate pattern, and there is a small man with sharp eyes next to the Erfu line, wiring, Erfu's speed, it has really improved a lot, and an insole has been embroidered before the night.

And after the doctor gave her the needle, Mama Jin also took back Xiao Jiu, who had been insisting on making trouble for a hundred years, and returned to the peaceful upper room of the West Courtyard.

Because it is a pair of things, the patterns are relatively symmetrical, so the clumsy Erfu can only embroider one by one, otherwise it is easy to embroider the opposite pattern, just as she embroiders more and more smoothly, planning to embroider the socks in one go, and then let the guzheng go to the small kitchen to get food, Niu Hulu led two palace maids to the west courtyard to see her.

While instructing Yaoqin to beckon Niu Hulu into the main hall to speak, Erfu reluctantly put down the half-embroidered socks in her hand, got up and sat in front of the dressing table, and called the guzheng to wait for her to wash and compose: "Why did she come here now?"

"The slave maid just heard the doorkeeper say that when Niu Hulu Gege came, he also brought two palace maids, and it seemed that he was carrying a piece of furniture that was not light. The guzheng skillfully pulled up the hair bun for Erfu, took a pair of red gold and ruby half-moon hairpins and fixed them, and said with a smile.

"It's really annoying, hasn't she been going to Fujin to make do lately?" Hearing this, Erfu twisted her eyebrows unhappily, as if from the time she entered the palace to the present, except for the days when she first entered the palace, there were one or two Gege who came to her west courtyard, and no one has ever come, in line with the principle of not being out of sight and not being upset, she has never seen these women, and there are no other women in the fourth master's mansion, and suddenly when she heard Niu Hulu coming, she had a feeling of being upset and wanting to scold.

Gu Zheng knew that Erfu was impatient to deal with this kind of thing, and he also knew that Erfu was open-mouthed, but seeing that Erfu so obviously expressed his dislike for the Niu Hulu clan and the Wulanala clan, he was still shocked, and hurriedly persuaded in a low voice: "Master, this is the Fujin and Gege in the house, even if you don't like them, it's not easy to show it too obviously." ”

"Well, it's not that I don't like them, I don't want to see them.

You said that these four masters' mansions are big enough, if they don't serve me, I don't need to see them, and I can treat them as if they don't exist. But why can't this Niu Hulu clan think of walking towards me! Hasn't she always been flattering Fu Jin, and if she walks to me so aggressively, she is not afraid of Fu Jin's heart?

Alas, I can't figure it out!" Erf sighed bitterly and whispered.

But after all, when Niu Hulu came, she couldn't avoid it, let alone show too much contempt, so she could only accept her fate under the service of Guzheng, put on a standard placket suit, and stepped on the three-inch-high embroidered shoes at the bottom of the flower pot, led the Guzheng and Xiaowen, got up and walked to the main hall in front of the upper room.

Although Erfu rarely sees guests in the courtyard, every year during the New Year's Festival, as the fourth master of the Zhengbai Banner and the family members under the leadership of the Zhengbai Banner, they always come to greet her, so her main hall is also exquisitely decorated.

In front of the partition wall facing the entrance is a three-story staircase of about five square sizes, three feet high above the ground, the steps are arranged in front of a gold-painted hollow rosewood screen, and on a heavy, luxurious throne, there are bright purple back pillows and soft cushions, square pillows and other things, with the light purple embroidered light gauze curtain with a lotus pattern hanging down from the vermilion lacquer beams and columns, which is called a noble, graceful and luxurious, compared to the main courtyard only the prince and the Fujin can be used to entertain guests with a heavy eaves of the palace, it is not inferior.

When she came over, Niu Hulu was sitting on the Taishi chair with some restraint, holding the tea bowl in a daze, while Yaoqin, who was accompanying her, was standing on the steps next to the throne in an orderly manner.

"Master!"

"The concubine has seen the side Fujin, and the side Fujin is auspicious. ”

As soon as Erf had just rounded the cloister and appeared at the entrance of the main hall, the two of them made a blessing in unison.

Erfu smiled and nodded, and walked towards the throne until she sat down firmly and served the hot tea offered by the palace maid, and then she smiled slowly and said, "Niu Hulu, don't be so restrained, sit down and talk!"

"The concubine took the liberty to disturb Fang Fujin, and please forgive Fang Fujin. Niu Hulu changed his reckless appearance in the past, and first leaned over and gave a salute, then he half-bowed, sat on the Taishi chair, and said in a shallow voice with his head slightly drooped.

"What bother, don't bother!

It's rare for my sister to come and talk to me, otherwise I'll be bored alone. Stretch out her hand and don't hit the smiling person, although Erfu doesn't like Niu Hulu's family, but she won't dismiss Niu Hulu's face on the spot, if that's the case, she just let people block Niu Hulu's outside the courtyard, so she quickly put on a standard smiling face, learning from the Ulanara clan's old style, and nodded reservedly.

In line with the habit of Chinese people talking about things and liking to go around the bend, Niu Hulu is the same, and Erfu said a lot of common words, which led the topic to her intention, and said with tears of shame: "My sister has caused a lot of trouble to my sister since she entered the house, and this time I came here, first, to accompany my sister for a crime, and secondly, I also want to beg my sister to help my sister say some good things in front of Fujin and the fourth master, so that my sister can take Xiaobao back to her side." ”

"Sister, what is this saying!

You are younger than me, you have a frank personality, not pretentious, although sometimes you speak a little hurtful, but you are also lively and smart, I will really blame you!"

Erfu didn't forget the way Niu Hulu rolled her eyes when she got up early, where would she really forgive her because of Niu Hulu's few words, but she couldn't express her dissatisfaction clearly, so she could only say a panacea-like cliché, dealing with Niu Hulu with a smile, looking forward to Niu Hulu's leaving quickly.

I didn't think that she had been sewing socks before, but now she drank some tea, she was really a little hungry, thinking of this, Erfu unconsciously rubbed her stomach, and secretly pondered the menu of the small kitchen.

Niu Hulu sat down, although he was dejected and made a mistake, but out of the corner of his eye, he glanced in the direction of Erfu for a while, and saw that Erfu was touching his stomach with a sad face, and couldn't help but think of the rumors she had heard before......

Niu Hulu, who was disdainful in his heart, sat more upright, and said in a bitter voice: "Sister Fang Fujin, you are also a person who has become a mother, I think I can best understand the weight of the child in the mind of the mother, Xiaobao was taken away from his sister's side by the fourth master a few days after he was born, and my sister's heart is like a knife, especially when I see Xiaobao in front of my eyes, but I can't always take care of him and cherish him......"

Speaking of this, Niu Hulu knelt on the ground with a pop.

(To be continued.) )