Chapter 1380: Many Gifts (Happy Birthday to Book Friend "Miao Miao")
Bai Dalang went to the silver shop to buy jewelry according to his wishes, but Miss Cheng Er was sitting in the carriage feeling very regretful.
She clutched her handkerchief and thought about it, and felt that she had been too impulsive today.
Seeing the young lady's flushed face, the maid comforted her, "Young lady, I think the young master of the Bai family seems to be polite. He probably won't tell anyone about what happened today."
Miss Cheng Er said with red eyes: "We were the ones who were rude first."
"It's not Miss's fault. Who knew that Young Master Bai would leave so soon? He didn't even have time to invite anyone for the betrothal gifts and just had a meal at home." The girl still felt a little embarrassed.
Miss Cheng Er whispered, "Father said he knows how to study and make progress, which is a good thing. If he delays his studies to arrange a marriage, he is not worthy of being entrusted with the task."
The girl didn't understand, "Isn't it good that Master Bai values Miss?"
Miss Cheng Er grabbed her handkerchief and said, "Yes, but not good either. The situation here is too complicated. You wouldn't understand even if I told you. Tell the driver to go faster. We've been out for a long time, and we still have to go to the cloth shop to choose clothes. If we return late, Mother will be worried."
They used this as an excuse to go out today. If they went back without deciding on the clothes, her mother would definitely find out.
The girl agreed.
Bai Dalang carefully selected in the silver shop and picked out a jade hairpin that he thought was particularly suitable for Miss Cheng Er. After having it wrapped, he looked at the gold jewelry on the side and pointed to a pair and said, "Wrap this one too."
The guy packed it up for him and sent him out with a happy look on his face.
Bai Dalang and the servant arrived outside the Cheng family's house. He took out the letter he had been collecting, placed it on the box, and handed it to the servant. He closed his eyes and said, "Send it in."
The servant took the box and confirmed with the young master again, "Young master, have I sent it in?"
Bai Dalang waved his hand and turned his back without looking at him.
The servant went to knock on the door, and couldn't help muttering in his heart: Why didn't you give the letter to the person when you met him just now? Why did you have to make another trip?
Could Bai Dalang tell him that he had forgotten it at that time?
Of course not.
Second Miss Cheng returned home feeling a bit down. She had barely finished talking to her mother and before she could even leave, someone came over with two boxes and bowed, saying, "Madam, Second Miss, the servant of Young Master Bai has brought two boxes. They say they're gifts for Madam and Second Miss."
Madam Cheng glanced at her daughter and saw that she was stunned. She waved and said with a smile, "Show it to me."
The servant brought over two boxes and a letter, and said with his head down, "There's also a letter from Master Bai, saying it's for the young lady."
Mrs. Cheng took the letter and opened the big box with one hand. Seeing the glittering gold jewelry inside, she laughed out loud, "I'm afraid this gift of mine is just a by-product. The real reason I want to give it to you is because I want to give it to you."
Miss Cheng Er's face flushed red as she whispered, "Mother..."
"Okay, I won't tell you. Open it and see what it is."
Although Miss Cheng Er wanted to take it back and read it herself, she still opened the other small box.
Madam Cheng leaned over to take a look and saw that it was a jade hairpin carved with a plum blossom. She looked at the hairpin, then at her daughter, and nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, this hairpin is well chosen, it shows that you put a lot of thought into it."
Miss Cheng Er couldn't help but smile, and gently placed the jade hairpin in the box and closed it, her eyes glancing at the letter pressed next to her mother's hand.
Madam Cheng didn't want to give the letter to her directly. She needed to know what Bai Dalang wrote in the letter and whether there were any inappropriate words. If this person was reckless, she should change it while the marriage could still be changed.
So Madam Cheng handed the letter to her with a smile and said, "Open it quickly and see what he wrote in it."
Miss Cheng held the letter and didn't want to open it, so Madam Cheng winked at the servants. After they left, she took her hand and whispered, "What a silly girl! How could your mother harm you? This handwriting and this letter reveal a person's character."
She said, "Your father said that the Bai family is about to wake up from a deep sleep, and he is interested in the Bai family's future. But when we women marry, we can't just focus on the future, we also have to consider the character of the person."
Madam Cheng pulled her aside and said earnestly, "I originally disliked the Bai family. It's not for anything else, but because they have no relationship with us at all, yet they dared to send a matchmaker to our house to talk about you. Your father is at least a chief secretary, and your uncle is also an official in the court. You have good character and appearance, even the son of a provincial governor can be praised. And although his father is a scholar, he has no official title..."
"But then I met Mrs. Bai. I thought she wasn't particularly bright, but she was innocent and romantic. I also secretly overheard Mr. Bai talking to your father, and he seemed quite honest. And since you were attracted by her good looks, I finally agreed."
Miss Cheng Er retorted softly, "I didn't do that because he's good-looking..."
Madam Cheng looked at her, and Miss Cheng II whispered, "He's not bad at all in terms of education."
Madam Cheng then said, "The eldest son of Sima Geng is quite knowledgeable and a good person. He was also a classmate of your brother's. Why do you dislike him?"
After all, isn’t it because Bai Dalang is more handsome than Geng Dalang?
Miss Cheng blushed and said nothing.
Madam Cheng nudged her and said, "Hurry up and see what he wrote to you."
Miss Cheng Er opened the letter and read it with a blushing face.
This letter was written by Bai Dalang early in the morning. It was revised many times and consumed a lot of paper. It was not finalized until after noon. He copied a copy with more neat and beautiful handwriting and sealed it.
He had wanted to buy a gift and give it to Miss Cheng Er together, but he hesitated halfway. When he met Miss Cheng Er, he didn't think of giving it to her, and she almost dropped the gift in her hands.
As soon as Miss Cheng Er saw the letter, she knew it was not written by him. At least according to what was written in the letter, since they parted yesterday, it was obvious that he had written it long ago.
Miss Cheng couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth. The depression in her heart completely dissipated, and her mood couldn't help but rise.
She no longer tried to hide it and showed it to her mother directly. "Look, it doesn't say anything. It just tells me his address in the capital. If I want to contact him, I can write to this address, or give the letter to his family and have them deliver it on my behalf."
Mrs. Cheng looked at the first half of the letter, which was written by Bai Dalang to explain why he agreed to the marriage. In other words, it was a love letter he wrote to Miss Cheng Er.
But he was still restrained and polite, and his words were beautiful, so Mrs. Cheng pretended not to notice and took the third letter with the address on it and nodded slightly, "Okay, you can put them all away."
Seeing the corners of her mouth curled up, Madam Cheng said, "But you were only engaged yesterday, and you're sending things to the mansion today. If you didn't know, you might think you've been in touch before."
Miss Cheng Er immediately suppressed her lips and denied it: "No, mother doesn't know, I have never seen him before."
"I know, but others don't. We're not the only ones in the family, mother and daughter. To avoid gossip, you need to be more reserved from now on, okay?" Madam Cheng said, "He sent you gifts because he values you. You should accept them for now, but don't interact with him easily. Wait until a holiday or his birthday to send him gifts again. That way, your courtesy will be well-known."
I wish my book friend "Miao Miao" a happy birthday, happy every day, and smooth work
Good night everyone
(End of this chapter)
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