webnovelfull Chapter 472: The Little Cannon Fodder in Ancient House Fighting Novels 28
Chapter 472: The Little Cannon Fodder in Ancient House Fighting Novels 28
Cui Xiaoxiao was embroidering a handkerchief in her room. She originally thought that the handkerchief was not much bigger than a man's palm, so she just needed to embroider a simple flower on it! But when she saw the man's square handkerchief, it was completely different. The handkerchief was bigger than a face towel.
The fabric is also very comfortable, sweat-absorbent and soft, but asking her to embroider on it is not an easy task for her!
Cui Xiaoxiao didn't understand. Wouldn't it be irritating to the skin if the embroidery was done on it? Couldn't it be a simple white handkerchief? The nanny said that whether it would irritate the skin would depend on the embroidery skills of the person doing the embroidery!
Fortunately, the original owner's embroidery skills are still there, and she also learned some simple embroidery knowledge in later life. Although she is not very proficient, she can do it well except that she is a little slow!
After preparing the pattern and matching the embroidery thread, I started embroidering during the day. I originally wanted to be lazy and just use the sewing machine, but it is completely different from hand embroidery, you can tell at a glance!
She had no choice but to embroider it herself, and worked overtime in the space at night. Fortunately, after getting familiar with it, she regained some feeling and her speed increased a lot!
During this period, apart from arranging people to reopen the dim sum shop and earning the last wave of dividends before the New Year, the rest of the time was spent on embroidery.
After working hard, we finally completed the project on the night of New Year’s Eve!
She also simply cleaned the post on her space, ironed it after it dried, and then packed it up. She thought, isn’t it too plain for just a handkerchief?
The New Year is coming soon, and the Tenth Prince treats her quite well, giving her gifts and money, helping her with many things, big and small, and solving many problems for her.
It would be really embarrassing to just give a handkerchief as a gift.
She dug out an exquisite dagger from the space weapons room. She didn't remember when she collected it, and she didn't know what it was called. But this dagger could cut through iron like mud, and it was very convenient to carry around, so she gave it to him as a New Year's gift.
The gift must look like a gift, so I found a small gift box to put the things in! I guess the Tenth Prince will come over tonight! After all, as a prince, he will definitely be very busy during the New Year and will have no time to come over.
The New Year is coming soon. Although the Marquis's Mansion cannot be compared with previous years, because the Marquis gave money to the public treasury, the servants can also have meat. The atmosphere is much better than the previous period when they had to eat coarse grains and vegetables.
After the Marquis got the silver, he did not forget to give the old lady 20,000 taels, but others should not even think about it! After experiencing two thefts, the masters of the Marquis's mansion valued money more.
But no matter what, the master and the servants still want to have a good New Year. The old lady always thinks that this year is a troubled time for the Marquis's Mansion, and everything is not going well. Everything will be fine after this year.
Cui Xiaoxiao took out a sum of money and asked her servants to go shopping. She couldn't count on the Marquis's Mansion. But her people were unwilling to be wronged. They wanted to celebrate the New Year with a few people behind closed doors.
Sure enough, that night, she heard a familiar knock on the window. Cui Xiaoxiao opened the window and saw the handsome Tenth Prince with a smile on his face!
"Your Highness, how are you? I guessed that you would come over tonight!" She said this without any greeting. She just stepped aside to let him jump in.
"Really? So you are waiting for me? Can we say that we are in sync?" The Tenth Prince was obviously in a very good mood.
"Yes, how can I not count it?"
Cui Xiaoxiao boiled water to make tea. This time she took tea leaves from the space. These were tea leaves produced from the tea trees she planted in her space and watered with spiritual spring water! For this reason, she even specially learned how to make tea. Although the output was not much, the taste was excellent.
Drinking it all year round is very beneficial to your body. After all, it is irrigated by spiritual spring water and has the same effect as spiritual spring water!
She usually didn't like to make tea because it was too troublesome. Except for important times when entertaining guests, she usually drank Lingquan, mineral water, or boiled water. So the tea leaves were saved, and after so many years, she had accumulated a certain amount.
As soon as the tea is brewed, the whole room is filled with the fragrance of tea, and just smelling it is refreshing!
The Tenth Prince’s eyes lit up when he heard it!
Cui Xiaoxiao's tea was ready and brought to him.
"Good tea! I smell it good even before I even taste it. What kind of tea is this? Why is it different from the tea I drank before?" The Tenth Prince was not ignorant, but no matter what kind of tea he had drunk before, it was not as fragrant as this one.
"Your Highness, would you like to try it first?" Cui Xiaoxiao didn't want to say more.
The tenth prince did not say anything, but began to taste the tea seriously. As soon as he took a sip, he felt the tea was refreshing and mellow, with a lingering fragrance on his teeth and cheeks, and a sweet and moist taste. Both the aroma and taste were first-class. It was different from any tea he had drunk before!
"Where did you find this great stuff?" The Tenth Prince knew it was very expensive after just a small bite. He had a sharp tongue!
"This tea has no name. I got it by accident!" Cui Xiaoxiao didn't want to explain more!
"Do you have any more? If you do, give some to me!" The Tenth Prince wanted to take some back for his mother to have a taste!
"Okay, then I'll give you half a pound! I don't have much more!" Cui Xiaoxiao is never stingy when it comes to treating people who are good to her!
"Okay, I won't take your tea for nothing. I will go to my mother and get some good things for you later." The Tenth Prince said with a smile!
Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he took out a box from his arms and said, "This is a New Year's gift for you. See if you like it."
Well, her things haven’t been sent out yet, and she received another good thing!
Cui Xiaoxiao also presented him with the gift she had prepared. "It's a good idea to exchange gifts. This is the New Year gift I prepared for Your Highness. See if you like it!"
"This... Is this a New Year's gift for me? Can I open it and have a look?" The Tenth Prince was very surprised. He thought it would be good enough to receive a handkerchief, but he didn't expect there would be an unexpected surprise.
"Of course, if you don't like it, I can change it to something else." Cui Xiaoxiao motioned for him to open it!
"You can also open the gift I brought and see if you like it?" The Tenth Prince pointed to the box!
Then both of them started opening their presents!
The tenth prince opened it carefully, and the first thing that caught his eye was a handkerchief! He took the handkerchief in his hand first, and before he opened it, he saw another small box.
His heart beat faster. He opened the handkerchief first and saw a handkerchief embroidered with an orchid pattern. He didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but he seemed to smell a faint fragrance.
He stroked the embroidery lightly, without a doubt that it was embroidered by Cui Xiaoxiao herself. Then he carefully folded the handkerchief and put it in the box.
He began to open another small box, and what came into view was a dagger. He took the dagger and opened the scabbard, and the cold light and sword energy rushed towards him. This was a knife that had seen blood.
But it didn't affect his love for it, there is no man who doesn't like weapons. Moreover, he was a martial arts man. He took the dagger in his hand to test the feel, and took his old handkerchief to test the sharpness, and his eyes lit up amazingly.
Moreover, this dagger is very convenient to carry around, and it might even save his life at a critical moment! This touched his heart! The Tenth Prince couldn't let go of it, and he treasured both gifts!
Cui Xiaoxiao also opened the box, and inside was a very exquisite set of eight ruby jewelry, which should have been produced by the Imperial Household Department! However, she liked the style very much. But the color should be used by the main wife!
"Your Highness, this color...!"
"I just thought it suits you very well, so I gave it to you. How about it? Do you like it?" The Tenth Prince said disapprovingly.
"I like it, I like it very much, thank you, Your Highness!" Okay! You are the boss, whatever you say is what it is, at worst I will keep it well! Cui Xiaoxiao also collected it very preciously!
"I like your gift very much, too. I like it very much!" Now he could really see that the girl in front of him was really not short of money. Whether it was tea or a dagger, they were all very expensive.
The dagger was fine, and it could be said to be her mother's dowry, but this tea didn't look like last year's old tea! Such good things could not be obtained without some ability, at least he had never gotten it.
Fortunately, Cui Xiaoxiao didn't know about his idea, otherwise she would have protested. This tea must be at least several decades old.
The tenth prince mentioned that the New Year will be tomorrow, there will be a palace banquet in the evening, and there will be various banquets after the New Year. He will probably be busy during this period, and he will probably not see her for a long time! I thought to myself that I hope this girl will forget what he looks like after he shows up again after the New Year.
Cui Xiaoxiao nodded to show her understanding! She was quite free during the Chinese New Year, and her grandparents were not in the capital, and they had not been in contact for many years.
There weren't many relatives in the Marquis's Mansion, and some of them were not in the capital or they seldom visited. And the Marquis's wife wouldn't take her to various banquets, so she probably wouldn't change this year, right?
Especially with so many things happening this year, neither the old lady nor the marquis' wife would have the energy to attend the banquet!
The tenth prince left the mansion contentedly, carrying tea and gifts!
That night, Concubine Zhao drank the delicious tea that her son presented to her. She praised it repeatedly. Before she could ask her son where the tea came from, the emperor arrived!
As soon as His Majesty entered the room, he smelled a strong aroma of tea. Well, it was too late to hide it now. As soon as Concubine Zhao and the Tenth Prince looked at each other, they knew that their tea leaves could not be kept.
As soon as the emperor drank the tea, he complained that his son only gave good things to his mother and not to his father. Now, the half catty of tea that the tenth prince took from Cui Xiaoxiao was divided up by his unscrupulous parents before he even drank two cups. Concubine Zhao only got half a catty!
Not only did the emperor not reward him, he also said, "Don't forget him next time you get something good." Then he patted his butt and left.
The Tenth Prince was now as resentful as a ghost, and he decided in his heart that next time he had any good stuff, he would hide it without leaving any trace.
His expression made Concubine Zhao very happy. She gave her son a lot of good things to compensate her, which made the Tenth Prince feel better!
On the last day of this year, everyone in the Marquis' Mansion had a reunion dinner in the old lady's yard at noon and in the evening. The younger generations paid New Year's greetings to the elders. Cui Xiaoxiao received a five-cent red envelope from the old lady and returned to her own yard!
Yes, it increased by three cents this year. It was probably because she was married to the prince as a concubine by imperial decree. In previous years, it was only two cents!
The daughters and elders of ordinary people's families would not only receive two copper coins as New Year's money, but the old lady of the marquis's mansion has been giving it to her granddaughter for more than ten years. She was the only one who received copper coins, while the other children of the marquis's mansion received silver notes. As everyone knows, the starting amount of silver notes is twenty taels.
She must have calculated that they wouldn't open it in public, so she did this on purpose to disgust her. The old lady's behavior is really speechless!
Cui Xiaoxiao returned to her courtyard, and the whole courtyard became lively. As soon as she closed the gate, the atmosphere in the courtyard was different from that in the Marquis' Mansion, and it was bustling.
There was a large table full of delicious dishes. She gave big red envelopes to the maids in her yard, bringing the lively atmosphere to its peak, and then they started eating together!
Cui Xiaoxiao and Nanny Zong Fang sat at one table, and the other maids sat at another table, and they also happily had a reunion dinner.
I paid my respects and New Year's greetings to my elders on the first day of the new year, and it was a rather uneventful day.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the Marquis and his wife took their children back to the Prime Minister's Mansion!
Starting from the third day of the Lunar New Year, Cui Xiaoxiao began to prepare a birthday gift for the tenth prince! Giving birthday gifts to boys is the most troublesome thing, but she thinks it is better if she makes it herself.
But she doesn't like needlework. She likes all kinds of exquisite fabrics, likes to look at them, likes to buy them, and likes to collect them, but that doesn't mean she likes to make them. It's too time-consuming and too tiring for the eyes, which almost makes her feel difficult.
I wonder if she can make a few pills by herself as a birthday gift and give them to others? Cui Xiaoxiao thought a little depressed.
Finally, I accepted the advice of the nanny and went to the shop to choose suitable fabric to make a winter cloak, which would not require too much embroidery!
Cui Xiaoxiao asked the Marquis's wife for permission that day, saying that she needed to go out. The Marquis's wife would not make things difficult for Cui Xiaoxiao and agreed on the spot.
Cui Xiaoxiao did not use the mansion's carriage. After leaving the mansion, she found a place away from people, immediately took a mirror and painted her face to change her appearance, and then rented a carriage directly!
She went straight to the largest cloth shop in the capital, and was ecstatic when she saw the dazzling array of fabrics. After selecting the fabric for the cloak and fur collar for the Tenth Prince, she started shopping immediately.
She tried to buy expensive and good quality ones. The fabrics here were not of the same level as those in later times. Most of them were made of pure natural animal or plant fibers, and even the dyeing materials were natural. At least they were not like the fabrics in later times that were mixed with polyester fibers!
After buying everything, she loaded it onto the carriage and sent it directly to the courtyard left for her by her mother. When she turned around, she waved her little hand and everything was put into the space.
After that, I went straight to the jewelry store and bought several sets of exquisite and beautiful jewelry to put in the space! I thought that after I get married, I would provide the raw materials myself and have someone make custom jewelry.
Anyway, she let herself go today. The feeling of shopping crazily without looking at the prices is so great!
She spent tens of thousands of silver today, but she didn't feel sorry at all.
Anyway, she had enough of it!