"Mother, what kind of gifts did you say I would bring with me when I went to visit tomorrow?"
Hearing the youngest daughter ask, Fu Yuheng suddenly realized that it seemed that this was the first time that the youngest daughter had come to the door alone.She smoothed her daughter's hair a little distressed, thought about it and came up with an idea: "Mingfei's child's father is Zhaoting Si Zheng, a five-grade official, and I heard that he is also honest.Looking at the clothes of Mingfei and her mother today, I think the family is also a little poor.Besides, you are a junior, so this gift doesn't have to be too expensive. ”Wei Xi nodded thoughtfully, "I understand." ”Fu Yuheng was a little curious, "What is Xi'er going to give?"
”"Didn't the shopkeeper Lin over there send several cars of New Year's gifts a few days ago, I remember that there are two pink jade hairpins and bracelets in it, which should be quite suitable for Mingfei.There are also some fabrics that Min Xiu just researched called Shuibo Jin, which looks the same as Shuibo, and I remember that there are also pink ones, which should also be quite suitable for Mingfei. ”Fu Yuheng twitched the corners of her mouth after hearing this, and couldn't help but be glad that she asked curiously for a while.The two jade hairpins and bracelets are worth hundreds of taels together, not to mention the fabrics that have not appeared on the market at all, and they are even more priceless.This is what the youngest daughter thinks is not precious.But after thinking about Wei Xi's net worth, well, it's really not valuable.It's probably not even a drop in the bucket.But she could also think that if Xi'er really sent such gifts tomorrow, it would not be a surprise for the Shi family, but a fright.She had to stop her little daughter's dangerous thoughts."
These two things can be sent when the two of you are more familiar with them, and when you come to the door for the first time, you belong to the juniors, just prepare some exquisite pastries and do your best."
Wei Xi frowned, "But wouldn't it be too light to just send pastries?"
”Fu Yuheng coughed lightly, "I also have a hibiscus dot cuichai that is suitable for a little girl to bring, along with pastries, these are almost the same."
Listen to my mother, you can't be wrong. ”Wei Xi nodded obediently, "Okay." ”Fu Yuheng wiped the sweat on the tip of his nose without a trace.The topic of gifts is over.Early the next morning, Wei Xi took Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba and took a carriage to Shi's house.Halfway through, Hachi's voice came from outside, "Miss, it's snowing." ”Wei Xi was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly lifted the curtain that blocked the light and looked outside.Countless snow particles like grains of salt are falling from the sky, but you can't really see it if you don't knock carefully.Xiao Qi also looked out, "It's not cloudy yet, why did it snow first?"
”As soon as Wei Xi looked up, he saw that the sun was still hanging in the sky."
The second young master is still on his way back to Beijing, I just hope that the snow will stop after a while."
Wei Xi was silent when he heard this.She felt that Xiao Qi's wish was likely to be the opposite, and it was better to hope that the snow would stop than that his brother would arrive home sooner.Sure enough, by the time they arrived at Shi's house, the snowflakes had already tended to get bigger.Wei Xi got out of the carriage and saw Shi Mingfei standing on the threshold waiting.I don't know how long I've been standing here, and my face is freezing red.Wei Xi touched her face and warmed her with the temperature of her palm."
It's good if I come and knock on the door directly, standing outside in such cold, be careful of the wind and cold.""
Actually, I didn't have to wait long," Shi Mingfei couldn't help but rub Wei Xi's palm, and his apricot eyes were crooked with a smile, "Let's go, I'll take you to see my little animals."
Luckily, I took a shower yesterday, and if it snows, I'm afraid it's going to be very cold. ”Wei Xi followed him into the gate, looked around without a trace, and asked, "Who is the scroll?"
”"It's my little sheep."
Wei Xi: "That's a pretty apt name. ”Aren't sheep just curly?
The two of them talked and entered the main hall.The Long family, who was sitting in the main hall, saw Wei Xi come in and hurriedly stood up, "Miss Wei San, welcome to our house as a guest." ”This is her brother's future mother-in-law, Wei Xi blessed her uprightly, "Wei Xi has seen Mrs.
Shi." ”The Long family turned sideways and only dared to accept half a salute, beckoned someone to sit down, and instructed the maid to send the tea fruit over.Wei Xi thanked him, sat down and took a sip of tea, realizing that the senior lady in front of him was a little nervous when facing him, and he hurriedly suppressed the momentum on his body.But in Long's opinion, Miss Wei San, who was dressed in an ink brocade robe and wore a beautiful hair crown, had a powerful body on her body, which made her subconsciously careful and careful when she spoke, and she considered it again.I don't know how my stupid daughter got this one's blue eyes.After sitting for a while, the Long family left first under the pretext that he had something to do, and Shi Mingfei immediately pulled Wei Xi to his courtyard.As soon as he entered the courtyard, the first thing that attracted Wei Xi's attention was the big pavilion in the courtyard.The edge of the pavilion is made of a fence only knee-high, the curtain is half rolled, and the surrounding houses block the cold wind, and inside the pavilion, it is simply an animal world.The little sheep curly that had just taken a bath was gnawing on hay, and it didn't raise its head and "bleat" twice.In a row of three waist-high wooden houses on the left, three calf-tall white-on-white yellow-flowered puppies are eating happily in front of their food bowls.And on the haystack on the right, five, six, seven, or eight rabbits with long white fur are jumping around and nibbling on turnips.In the backmost corner was a large wooden basin with cotton mats, and a large orange cat was lying on its side, and the kittens were sleeping in a neat row."
The pigeons are on top, and they've been hatching their eggs all these days."
Shi Mingfei stretched out his hand and pointed to a wooden box placed on the top of the pavilion, and he could faintly hear the cooing sound coming from inside, "Let's go, I'll take you in and touch them." ”The inside of the pavilion was very clean, and there was a path made of wooden planks for people to walk, and Wei Xi followed Shi Mingfei into it.As soon as he finished observing the difference in the colors of the three little milk dogs in front of him, he turned around and was stuffed with a white and soft bunny in his hand.Wei Xi had never touched such a soft and small thing, it was still moving in his arms, and the whole person stood stiff in place for a while.Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba stood outside the pavilion, it was rare to see her young lady like this, and it was so difficult that they couldn't hold back their laughter.Shi Mingfei couldn't bear to see her helpless appearance, so he laughed out loud, and hurriedly reached out to bring the rabbit back, "Xixi, look, just hug it like this, if you pinch its ears, it will be very well-behaved." ”The rabbit finally let go, Wei Xi hurriedly waved his hand, "No need, I still prefer to look at them than to hug them." ”After all, this rabbit is as quiet as a virgin in Mingfei's arms, but in her arms it is a rabbit!
After reading the rabbits, the two of them went to see the little milk cats who were still sleeping.Shi Mingfei pointed to the three little ones who were also orange, "These three are just with their mother," and pointed to the three with black flowers on their backs and white hair everywhere else, "This should be with the father who has never met, but fortunately, it looks pretty good." ”The father who had never met, Wei Xi silently repeated this sentence in his heart, and the corners of his mouth twitched vaguely."
Kittens are very fierce when they sleep, and I originally wanted you to hug them."
Shi Mingfei's tone was a little regretful.Wei Xi hurriedly waved his hand, "No, no, it's good to look at it like this." ”"Then let's go and see the scrolls."
The little sheep, who was gnawing on hay, suddenly saw a stranger on his territory, and immediately hid in a corner and "bleated".Shi Mingfei: This will really be a little confused.It seems that she raised these little guys to be a little afraid of Xixi, obviously Xixi is good-looking and gentle.She thought that these little guys would be as close to Xi Xi as they were to herself."
The snow seems to be scared even more, Mingfei, let's go back to the house first, I also brought you a gift.""
Oh, okay, Xixi, you wait for me to lower the curtain first, or the snow will drift in."
Wei Xi stood under the corridor, watching Shi Mingfei and her maid put down the curtains on all sides of the pavilion and tie them up, and checked again to make sure that there would be no air leakage before running back.There are a lot of snowflakes on his head.Wei Xi patted the snow on her body, and the two of them entered the main room.Xiao Qi put down the gift box he was carrying, and Wei Xi said while unpacking the box: "It's also the first time I've been a guest at someone else's house, and I don't know what to send, so I asked my mother temporarily."
Here are some dim sum just made this morning, can you try it?
”"And this, which was also chosen by my mother, is a hairpin, and she said it would be very suitable for you to bring it."
Wei Xi had already taken out the hibiscus dotted cui hairpin as he spoke.Xiao Qi didn't even have time to stop it.Whoever sent the gift was not sent over, but her young lady was good, and she opened the gift directly in front of the owner, and explained it all over again.But luckily, there are not many outsiders here.Shi Mingfei was also a little stunned.Although she didn't have many friends, she still went to other people's homes with her mother to pay respects.It doesn't seem to be just taken apart and explained to the owner one by one.But Xi Xi is like this, probably because she really doesn't treat her as an outsider, so it's so natural.When I think about it this way, I don't feel strange, but my heart is warm.However, after seeing the exquisite hibiscus dotted cui hairpin, she still shook her head hurriedly, "Xixi, this hairpin is too valuable, I can't accept it." ”He pointed to the snacks on the table, "These snacks are good, I like them very much." ”"Precious?"
Wei Xizai carefully looked at the hairpin that was pushed back by Shi Mingfei, "It's just a gilt bottom, and some kingfisher feathers, why is it valuable?"
”Xiao Qi held his forehead on the side.Shi Mingfei was also stunned when he heard this, "But this look is very complicated, it takes a lot of effort to make, it must be very expensive, I can't accept such an expensive gift." ”"It turns out that you guessed that it would be very expensive, in fact, if this hairpin was given raw materials, I would have made it, so if you guessed wrong, it will definitely not be expensive.""
Really?""
I'm just telling the truth.""
Then I'll keep it, this hairpin is very beautiful.Xixi, thank you. ”"If you like it."
Xiao Qi, who listened to the whole process on the side: "Are the raw materials so good, are the gilding cheap, and are the kingfisher's feathers easy to find?"
She has a lot of question marks now.