Chapter 206: Birthday
On October 30, the weather has turned cooler, and a few wisps of north wind blow from time to time, which makes people feel refreshed.
Erfu looked at the man who was eating porridge next to him, hooked his lips and smiled, and sent the golden corn tortillas fried in front of him to the fourth master's snack plate, "Master, you are going to enter the palace in a while, or should you eat something to fight hunger!"
"Okay, you still don't want to sue me, do you have any birthday gifts for you?" the fourth master said softly, casually picked up the crispy and delicious corn tortilla and bit it, and a pair of phoenix eyes flashed up and down at the crimson and good-looking woman in front of him.
I have to say that God is partial to Erf, and a few years have passed, but Erf has become more and more feminine, and she still has the smell of youth rippling on her body, even though she is already the mother of a daughter.
Erfu glanced at the fourth master with disgust, shook her head gently, lowered her head and continued to eat.
"If you tell Master SΓΉ about the congratulatory gift you prepared, Master will accompany you to Zhuangzi to rest!" said the fourth master with a voice full of temptation.
Erfu shook her head firmly, ate the last shrimp dumpling, took the handkerchief in Yuqing's hand and touched the corner of her lips, got up and walked to the inner room.
In front of the floor-to-ceiling dressing mirror, Erfu personally tied the smoked mink fur pointed hat on the top of the fourth master's head, as if he couldn't wait to push the fourth master out of the door, standing at the gate of the courtyard, watching the fourth master turn towards the main courtyard, with a touch of undetectable loneliness in his expression, and returned to the courtyard.
Today is the birthday of the fourth master, and as usual, the fourth master wants to go to the palace with the Fujin Wulanala clan to greet Kangxi and Concubine De, and every time I think of it. Erfu was inevitably a little surprised, but what made her even more uneasy was the somewhat mad little face of the Ulanara clan these days.
Erff wore a homely jacket with padded padded and sat casually on the hot kang. Instructed the maid to push open a thin slit in the window in the corner, and looked at the grandmother who was playing happily with Xiao Qi on the kang opposite and the children they were nursing.
Xiao Qi was wearing a brocade velvet embroidered jacket, with a grab bun on his head, and his fat little hands grabbed the rattle in the hands of the grandmother, and from time to time made two monosyllabic calls, which were particularly cute, perhaps because of his own children. No matter how you look at it, they are cute, and among the children, Erfu still thinks that her own children are the cutest.
Small buns from the other two. Because he eats and sleeps with Xiao Qi, he is also white and fat, but he is not as aura as Xiao Qi's eyes, plus Xiao Qi's apricot eyes inherited from Erf. It's a bit of a doll.
Erfu looked at Xiao Qi for a while. Rubbing his smiling face, he took out a black lacquered camphor wood box from the kang cabinet, revealing a beige belt embroidered with pale white moire, and caressed an ice jade carved into the style of an auspicious lock with one hand, and couldn't help but feel a little distracted.
still remembers the year when she first entered the fourth master's mansion, she was not too familiar with the fourth master, and it happened that the fourth master had his birthday, and she was stunned to prepare a comic book full of stick figures. As a result, he was embarrassed to take out his hand because he looked at other people's gifts, if it weren't for the fourth master who saw it by chance later. She was afraid that she would be depressed for a long time.
In modern times, if a woman likes a man, she will definitely give a tie, a watch, a belt, so early this year, Erfu took advantage of the absence of the fourth master, secretly prepared this belt, although the embroidery is still not as good as the embroidery in the embroidery building, but it is finally a small achievement.
If someone said before that she would learn embroidery for a man, she would not believe it, but when her relationship with the fourth master became deeper and deeper, she did it so willingly, and she did it without hesitation.
"Yuqing, take the box of ambergris that the fourth master gave me before. Erff said with a smile.
After a while, the small red lotus box that had been pressed in the corner of the warehouse was wiped by Yuqing and sent to Erfu.
This is still when she first entered the mansion before, the fourth master asked Su Peisheng to send it after she had a round with him for the first time, and it was also the first reward she received after entering the door, but Erfu didn't like the word reward, so even if Erfu knew that these were precious spices from the deep sea, he still locked Yuqing without hesitation.
However, as Erfu and the fourth master got closer and closer, she automatically converted the reward into a gift from the fourth master, which was not so taboo. The fourth master seemed to be aware of the little pride in Erfu's heart, and the small gifts he sent to Erfu no longer said that they were rewarded, but only that they had obtained something new and brought to Erfu to play.
Erfu felt that he was wandering again, pressed his heart a little strangely, took a deep breath, suppressed the strange feeling of apprehension in his heart, smiled and ordered Yuqing to light the small incense burner with white jade hollow carving that had not been used for a long time, and personally incense the ironing and smooth belt.
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In less than three moments, Chang Fujin's mule cart turned around the corner of the street, and Erfu had already changed into a cheongsam embroidered with a large pink magnolia flower with snow-white short wind hair, and came to the door of the weeping flower with other women, waiting for the return of Chang Fujin and the fourth master.
In less than a quarter of an hour, Mama Fu, who was supporting the Fujin Wulanala clan, appeared in Erfu's eyes under the loud voice of the doorkeeper.
"Don't you think Mama Fu is a little weird today?" Erfu's uneasiness in her heart became a little heavier, and she whispered to Yuqing beside her.
Yuqing nodded hurriedly, and said secretly in his heart: What kind of smiling face is this Fu Mama squeezing, it is not only ugly, but also very scary.
Seeing that the Wulanala clan had already walked through the Hanging Flower Gate, Erfu followed the movements of the others, and gently made a half-squat salute, and said loudly: "The concubine has seen Fujin. β
"Why does my sister need to be so polite, get up quickly!" The Ulanala clan, who has never been close to Erfu, actually shook off Mama Fu who was holding her in front of everyone like this, and quickly stepped forward, helping Erfu who was being restrained and said.
Erfu was shocked, but she still blessed her body according to the rules, and said softly: "Concubine Xie Fujin." β
"Let's get up!" said Ulanara, who didn't show any resentment at Erf's appearance, and only took Erf's hand. smiled and raised his hand to everyone next to him, and said loudly, "Look at you, you've been blowing the wind here for a while." Let's go to the main courtyard for a cup of tea to warm up!"
Naturally, the big guy would not refuse such an invitation from the Ulanala clan, and walked towards the main courtyard with the footsteps of the Ulanala clan.
Between the Hanging Flower Gate and the main courtyard, not only have to pass through a flower hall, but also pass through a small courtyard, which is not too close, but not too far, and the Ulanala clan seems to be particularly close to Erfu. She held Erf's wrist all the way, as if she were her good sister.
In this regard, Erf was helpless. But it's not good to shake off the hand of the Ulanala clan, and I can only guess in my heart whether the Ulanala clan has not taken medicine.
"I heard the fourth master say a few days ago that my sister's health is not very good these days, but now I look at it and it's true. At this moment, the work is sweating. But there was a loss of pregnancy and childbirth that was not raised before?" Ula Nara sat on the top, took a sip of tea, and asked with a smile.
"Lao Fujin is hanging, and the concubine is fine. Erf bowed her head slightly and whispered.
Li sat next to him and flicked the thin red gold chain decorated with Nanzhu on his sideburns, seemed to be a little impatient, and said in a broken voice: "Fujin, a few days ago, the concubine heard that the master didn't want to make a big deal about his birthday. You've been working hard for more than a month, and you've sent out posts to other prefectures. How can this be good?"
"It's not a big deal, Shandong suffered a disaster a few years ago, and even Huang Ama took the initiative to exempt dozens of prefectures and counties in Shandong from taxes and silver for three years.
As for those things that have been purchased, they will not be wasted, now that the weather is cool, the temporary ingredients are not afraid of not being able to put down, and those other things can be used as New Year's gifts for the families of those people around the master. When the Wulanala clan heard the fourth master talk about his reluctance to do it, he was really troubled for two days, but when the Li family asked, she naturally wouldn't drop the chain, and said casually as if she was temporary.
"It's still thoughtful Fujin!" Li said without embarrassment, and continued to eat candied fruit and drink hot tea.
Wulanala didn't know what mentality to hold, seeing that the big guys didn't speak, she was very quiet drinking tea, and she didn't open up the end, from time to time a few gossips came out of some and nothing, until the sun was setting in the west, and the big guys were hungry, as if they had discovered something, they smiled apologetically, and said loudly: "Look, I'm really busy and confused, but I forgot the time, and a few sisters are sitting here with me."
It's not too early, you all go back and rest, and I should go and see how the arrangements are going in the flower hall!"
"Yes, the concubine (minion) obeys!" the crowd saluted again and dispersed.
Returning to the West Courtyard, Erfu rubbed his somewhat sore shoulders and asked with some unease, "What is Fujin's idea today?"
"The slave doesn't know, but the master should be careful. Yuqing was also very helpless, but Erfu still sat in the room drinking tea and talking, but she, the maid, had been standing in the yard blowing the wind until now, not to mention that she originally thought that the weather was just right and she didn't wear much, even if she wore thick cotton clothes, she couldn't stand being blown by the cold wind, not to mention that except for the two steamed buns she ate for breakfast, she hadn't had teeth for a day, and she had no body to support the calorie consumption in her body for a long time.
As she spoke, Erfu and Yuqing's stomachs made a gurgling bowel sound, and as soon as Yuqing was about to lean over to confess, Erfu had already smiled and told her to go down and eat something, so as not to continue to stand outside at night and starve.
Of course, Erfu didn't have trouble with his stomach, and ordered the small kitchen to send hot noodle soup over, and ate a belly round with a sigh, looked at the red brocade box that had been tied with a big red brocade knot, shook his head with a smile, and walked to the inner room casually, lying on the beauty couch with a brocade quilt, and hearing the increasingly noisy movement outside, he got up lazily and ordered Yuqing and Yujie to wait for her to change clothes and wash.
Two quarters of an hour later, Erfu had already changed into a violet embroidered pink and white floral cheongsam worn on formal occasions, covered with a long shoulder of billowing wind hair of the same color and flower, and ordered Yuqing to take the red brocade box placed next to him, and came to the flower hall with a smile.
In the center of the flower hall, several long tables are put together into a mouth shape, in the open space, there is a three-legged golden Thai blue gold toad treasure of the orchid incense burner, is a wisp of lily incense floating upwards, on the left and right sides are placed a large screen of seven rosewood seats inlaid with marble baffles, and a pot of thousand leaf chrysanthemums symbolizing longevity and peace is placed on the carved flower table, but it is quite a bit of a feeling of longevity.
Erf really doesn't like such a formal look, but isn't it nice for a dozen or so people to sit at a big round table for a meal?
And such a prosperous appearance, this can only show one thing, that is, rich and capricious!
Behind the screen is a temporary resting place, there are corner tables in the middle of the Taishi chairs, a few maids are standing in the corner, Li and several Wang Gege have already arrived, even Song Shu Fujin and the two Wang Gege in the main courtyard are not lagging behind, but only the Fujin Wulanala clan has not arrived.
"Sister Guerjia is really getting more and more charming!" Li Shi couldn't help but pull the veil when he looked at Erf's face that had been the same for several years, and said lightly.
"I want to thank Sister Li for the compliment!" Erfu nodded with a smile and said softly, while raising his hand to dispense with the salute of a few Gege and Song Shu Fujin, and sat opposite the Li family casually, took a cup of hot tea served by the maid, took a sip, and waited for the Wulanala clan and the fourth master who had not yet arrived to arrive to enter the table, enjoy the feast, send the birthday gift, and go back to the room to sleep.
Erfu thought in her heart, her eyes couldn't help but look at the gift box held by Yuqing behind her, and she always felt that the red brocade box originally carved with hundreds of sons and thousands of grandchildren was a little different from what she saw before, but she couldn't tell what was wrong, and secretly laughed that she was a little suspicious, after all, Yujie and the others were guarding Xiao Qi in the room, and it was impossible to see someone touching her things without reporting to her.
Without waiting for Erfu to serve the tea bowl again, Su Peisheng's movement came from outside.
"Master and Fu Jin are here!" Yuqing glanced at the fourth master and the Ulanala clan who were entering the door, leaned into Erfu's ear, and whispered.
Erfu followed Yuqing's eyes, and saw that the two kings of the main courtyard were smiling with arrogant expressions, although they felt that the people in the main courtyard were a little abnormal, but they still quickly got up and saluted, waiting for the arrival of the fourth master and the Wulanala clan.
The fourth master was wearing a dark red tuan-patterned robe and a small melon skin hat on his head, and came to the top position to stand still, and then shouted loudly.
Erfu got up with the big guy's movements, just in time to meet the eyes that the fourth master had just withdrawn, and couldn't help but show a warm smile.
"Master, it's not too early, let's all sit down!" The Ulanala clan stepped forward, just between Erfu and the fourth master, and said softly.
The fourth master bowed slightly, walked to the back of the long table and sat down, and said loudly: "This is an ordinary family banquet, don't be restrained." (To be continued......)
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