When Chen Ayu heard that Sister Afu was going to take him to the Admiral's Mansion to deliver something, he put on his most valuable piece of clothing - a blue-gray round-necked silk robe. Although the robe was half-worn and a little short, it looked really handsome when the young man put it on.
Even Chen Ahfu looked at him twice and joked, "Once Ah Yu is dressed up, she is so handsome that few people can compare to her."
Chen Ayu blushed and laughed foolishly.
They did not go to the main gate of the Chu Mansion, but got off at the corner gate. Chen Ahfu told the gatekeeper that he was looking for Manager Luo, and gave the gatekeeper a small silver coin.
Manager Luo had a lot of face in the Chu Mansion, and since he had received some silver coins, the doorman happily went to the mansion to find Manager Luo.
Manager Luo was extremely happy to see so many dates being delivered, and quickly asked the servant who came out with him to take the dates directly to Yue Tao Xuan and not take them anywhere else, as even the master would not give them to them this time.
The cook in the mansion prepared a lot of glutinous rice dates to entertain the guests, and the guests all liked this snack very much. Only the old marquis was a sweet-sweet person. After eating a few glutinous rice dates in Yuetaoxuan, he found that the glutinous rice dates there were better than other glutinous rice dates. He went to Yuetaoyuan when he had nothing to do and competed with his sister for them. Even if the quantity was controlled, the two small basins of dates in Yuetaoxuan had been almost eaten. This time, the glutinous rice dates were only provided to the old man and the child.
Chen Ahfu handed the big package to Manager Luo and said, "I made two big dolls. Sister Yan can take turns hugging them." He smiled and said, "I also made her a set of small clothes. The craftsmanship is rough, so don't despise it."
Manager Luo laughed and said, "The clothes made by the Chen family lady must be beautiful. I told my eldest daughter-in-law to let my sister wear this dress tomorrow." He took the big package from Chen Ahfu and laughed again, "There are many guests in the mansion now, not only many guests from the capital, but also many people from the provincial capital, so I won't invite you in... I thank you on behalf of the master and my sister."
He also praised Chen Ayu for her beauty, and said that Chen San's braised food was very popular with the guests. Most of the braised food would not be skewered tomorrow, and a small part would be skewered, as some men wanted to experience the taste of braised food.
Chen Ayu hurriedly bowed in response, and invited Manager Luo to her house to eat braised skewers when he was free, saying that braised skewers were indeed more delicious when eaten on skewers.
Manager Luo smiled and said, "Of course." He then said to Chen Ahfu, "Your brother is a smart boy."
When they went back, Manager Luo sent back five pounds of refined sugar, ten pounds of duck pears, and four bags of Beijing candies.
When they got back to Chen Shi's house, Chen Ahfu kept the candies to take home as gifts, and gave the rest to Chen Shi. Chen Shi took out the pears for everyone to eat together, and took the five pounds of refined white sugar to sell in the shop in front.
This pear was the same as the one Changgen's wife had given him. It was juicy but too coarse to taste. Chen Ahfu thought of the Dangshan pear, Fengshui pear, and Xiang pear he had eaten in his previous life. Each had its own characteristics and tasted much better.
She asked Chen Shi if he had any pears with finer flesh and sweeter taste.
Chen Shi said that duck pears are the most delicious pears. If such pears are considered thick, then only apples can be considered thin.
In the evening, Chen Afu drew six kinds of clasps on paper, including flower basket clasps, pipa clasps, mandarin duck clasps, butterfly clasps, phoenix clasps, and longevity clasps.
This time, she wanted to make several more types of buttons. The wisdom of the ancient people was endless. They would design plum blossom buttons based on chrysanthemum buttons, and they would design other buttons as time went by. It would be better for her to design them herself than to wait for them to design them.
The variety is in the hands of Shopkeeper Luo. She is so smart that she definitely knows when to launch new products.
Chen Ahfu told Wang how to match and make these buttons. Making exquisite buttons requires skills and patience, and one must be very skillful. Her skills are not good enough, so Wang must do the work and she will help.
After seeing these knotted knots, Wang was so amazed that she cried out to the sky. She thought that knotted knots into flowers were beautiful enough, but they could be made into animals, musical instruments, and words, and they looked so beautiful.
The mother and daughter stayed in the house and concentrated on making buttons.
However, the satin and embroidery threads they had were a bit monotonous in color, so on the 16th, Chen Afu went to the Nishang Embroidery Workshop again.
The waiter already knew her and took her directly to the backyard of the shop.
When she entered the hall, not only Shopkeeper Luo was there, but also Manager Luo. The brother and sister seemed to have just cried, their eyes were red, but their expressions were happy, with smiles in their eyes and eyebrows.
Chen Afu felt that he came at the wrong time.
When the brother and sister saw her coming, they stood up and offered them seats with a smile. Shopkeeper Luo even poured her tea personally, which made Chen Afu a little overwhelmed and flattered.
Manager Luo smiled and said, "Mrs. Chen, even if you didn't come today, I would still go and thank you."
"You came all the way to thank me?" Chen Afu was very surprised.
When he said this, tears seemed to well up in Manager Luo's eyes, and he took out a handkerchief to wipe his eyes.
Manager Luo's voice was a little choked with sobs, and he said, "My little sister liked the swallow doll the day before yesterday very much. She wouldn't let go of it and kept saying 'the bird is smiling'. She actually slept well at night. Yesterday morning, my eldest daughter-in-law put on the little dress you made for her. Oh, she was so pretty, like a fairy, not to mention how lovable she was. I heard from my daughter-in-law that even my little sister said in the mirror, 'The flowery dress is so pretty...'"
Although Manager Luo didn't explain the rest of the story clearly, Chen Ahfu was smart. She figured it out after thinking about it.
Because the little girl was ill, the many guests who went to the Chu Mansion, in addition to the little girl's grandfather, the old Marquis Chu, the little girl's great aunt, that is, Chu Lingxuan's aunt, Mrs. Luo, and Mrs. Luo's fourth daughter-in-law, the fourth grandmother Luo, went to Yuetaoxuan to see the little girl, but no one was allowed to see her. The excuse was that the little girl had not been well these days and was in poor health.
Although it was the little girl's birthday yesterday, the Chu family's grandfather and grandson did not plan to let the little girl meet guests. Male guests were in the pine hall in the outer courtyard, and female guests were in the flower hall in the backyard. They just had to finish the birthday banquet.
But during the meal, a person who was not expected and disliked by the Chu family suddenly came. That person also insisted on meeting the birthday girl, saying that the nobles in the palace were very concerned about her and wanted to know how tall and fat she had grown.
Old Marquis Chu and Chu Lingxuan were so angry that they could do nothing. After all, the other party was concerned about the little girl in the name of a noble in the palace and asked to take a look at her. They had to let Wei carry the little girl to the flower hall for a walk.
When little Miss Chu was carried out, everyone, including Chu Lingxuan, was surprised.
She was wearing beautiful and strange new clothes, holding the big swallow doll in flowery clothes in her arms, and she was as beautiful as a fairy. Although she was a little too quiet and a little scared to see so many people, she didn't cry. She didn't even look in one direction. She looked around, then lowered her head to look at the doll, and occasionally a faint smile would pop out from the corner of her lips.
Wei held her and walked her around in front of the female guest, then carried her back.
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