If you don't show off as a person, what's the difference between you and a salted fish?
Mr. Zheng interpreted this sentence with his actions. After the poetry meeting, Mr. Zheng seemed to be addicted. When he had something to do, he would hang out in Zhu Pingan's courtyard. In front of Zhu Pingan, he became very excited about poetry. He wrote a poem and composed a couplet. , and even once condescended to teach Zhu Pingan how to do eight-legged exercises...
The fact that Zhu Ping'an was ashamed of himself at the Poetry Society spread throughout the Linhuai Marquis Mansion under the intention of Master Zheng. As a result, the Linhuai Marquis Mansion had many more versions of Zhu Ping'an, and even added the title of mediocre uncle.
In this regard, Zhu Ping'an seemed to be fine. He should read and practice calligraphy. His life was no different from usual.
However, some people can't stand it. For example, when the little maid Baozi came to deliver a change of clothes to Zhu Ping'an, she said a lot of things with a puffy face. Generally speaking, it means that Mr. Zheng is not good at literature and martial arts. When Pan An was still alive, he pretended to be a romantic and talented person with a fan, and he was so shameless. There were still many people in the house who were gossiping and saying bad things about my uncle. Why don’t you write a poem and blind their eyes...
"If you were bitten by a dog while walking on the road, would you bite the dog?" Zhu Pingan asked with the corners of his lips curled up after the little maid Baozi finished speaking.
"No way, I'm not a dog..." When the little maid Baozi heard this, she made a dissatisfied expression on her bulging face and said angrily.
"Then it's the same for me." Zhu Pingan smiled slightly.
"But, there are many people in the house saying bad things about my uncle. It's useless to say that he is a soft-cooked person..." Baozi's little maid thought for a moment, then pouted her lips again, filled with indignation, just like what those people said. It's the same as her.
"When water is low, it becomes the sea, and when people are low, they become kings." Zhu Pingan said softly and nonchalantly.
The little maid Baozi thought for a while after hearing this, and then thought for a long time, and finally shook her head and said two words, "I don't understand."
After finishing speaking, Baozi's little maid looked at Zhu Pingan with an innocent face. Waiting for Zhu Pingan to explain to her.
"Okay, to put it simply, I can blind them without showing off..." Zhu Pingan rubbed his forehead.
The little maid Baozi understood this sentence. Her eyes suddenly lit up. Although the little maid Baozi had never heard of pretentiousness or anything like that before, there were also embarrassing words like bragging. As for the blinding of their eyes, it was easier to understand. Anyway. In a few days, my uncle will just ask those people to look good.
The little maid Baozi folded and put away the clothes that Zhu Pingan had changed, and took them to the backyard for washing later. After folding the clothes, the little maid Baozi tidied up and cleaned the room again, although Zhu Pingan also paid attention to hygiene. , but after all, she is not as particular as the little maid of Baozi. This is her profession.
Looking at the bright and clean windows and the neat and tidy guest room, the little maid Baozi patted the chubby hand with satisfaction, her eyes curled like crescent moons.
Zhu Pingan expressed his gratitude without hesitation. It made Baozi's little maid's eyes look more like crescent moons.
When the little maid Baozi left with her clothes, Zhu Pingan put the money bag from last time on the clothes and asked the little maid Baozi to hand it over to Li Shu.
This money bag looks like my daughter's money bag. The money bag is made of fine silk, imbued with a light fragrance. There is also embroidery on the money bag, but the embroidery is a bit weird. Usually it is embroidered with mandarin ducks or something like that. , but this money bag is embroidered with two fat ducks with anthuriums playing with clear waves!
It can only be said that Li Shu's hobbies are very unique, because this money bag was from the last time Zhu Ping'an went out with Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen. Li Shu asked the little maid Baozi to bring it, it must be Li Shu's. Just as Baozi's maid returned to the backyard, Zhu Ping'an returned the money and purse to Li Shu through Baozi's maid.
When the little maid Baozi returned to the backyard with her clothes and money bag, Li Shu was practicing embroidery in her room. An embroidery sample is placed on the table. The embroidery pattern showed a pair of mandarin ducks playing in the water, but the half-finished product embroidered in Li Shu's hand was a fat duck paddling in the water, and the other fat duck was also half-embroidered...
Embroidery, which is a type of female embroidery, is an important way for the Ming Dynasty Poetry and Etiquette House to provide "boudoir education" to girls. Early years. Rich Man Li originally spent a lot of money to hire an embroiderer from the Gu family, which was famous for embroidery. However, Li Shu had no patience for pinching needles and threads. Rich Man Li also felt distressed. Rather than embarrass Shu'er, he might as well do it himself in the future. I bought some more embroidery girls for her, so the matter of Li Shu learning embroidery was dropped.
Li Shu only started to learn embroidery recently, and in the eyes of the little maid Baozi, it was just a whim of the young lady. Up to now, Li Shu has only completed one and a half pieces of work. One piece is an embroidered money bag, and the other half is the unfinished insole in her hand. The insole is a bit large and is definitely not worn by her daughter's family.
"Miss, this insole is a bit big..." After the little maid Baozi came in, she looked at the insole in her lady's hand and said with her mouth slightly open.
Li Shu raised her head and glanced at the little maid Baozi, put down her needle and thread, stretched her sore wrist, and said casually: "Oh, I just started learning embroidery. If I don't do it well, it's a waste if I throw it away. It's better to buy cheap embroidery." Where’s Ping An’s stinky toad?”
Oh, it turns out that the young lady was using her uncle's skills to practice her skills. If the embroidery was not good, she gave it to him. The little maid Baozi believed the young lady's words.
"Miss, this is what my uncle is here for."
After the little maid Baozi poured a glass of water for her young lady, she gave Li Shu the purse handed over by Zhu Ping'an.
After Li Shu saw the money bag handed over by the little maid Baozi, her expression suddenly turned bad. There was a faint mist in her watery eyes... as if she was very angry.
"Uncle, thank you very much for your lady's rescue last time. You asked me to pay back the money this time." The little maid Baozi said without seeing the change in her lady's expression.
"He said he wanted to pay back the money?" Li Shu looked much better after hearing this.
"Yeah." The little maid Baozi nodded when she heard this.
"Put the money away, and give him the wallet next time when I go to give him a change of clothes. If the embroidery is not good, it will be a waste if it is thrown away. It is not as good as Zhu Ping'an's stinky toad." Li Shu said again. When he spoke, his expression had returned to normal.
"Yes, okay, miss." The little maid Baozi nodded repeatedly.
The little maid in Baozi was serving tea and water in the room. During the break, she went outside and handed Zhu Ping'an's clothes to the little girl in charge of cleaning. She listened to the maid in the next courtyard chatting for a while, and then trotted all the way. Went back to the room.
"Miss, I heard from Qin'er in the next courtyard that the grandma's nephew is pretending to be smart with a fan. He's obviously not good at all, but he still shows off. The third lady and the others are laughing behind his back. I heard that the grandma's nephew is pretending to be smart. My nephew's father is a very powerful official, why is his son like this..." said the little maid Baozi with her lips puffed up in front of Li Shu.
"If this wasn't the case, why would the eldest aunt be willing to introduce it to me? The eldest aunt carefully selected this person." Li Shu sneered, her mouth full of sarcasm.
"Grandma, how good or bad..." Baozi's little maid puffed her mouth. (To be continued.)
