The sun was shining brightly outside the house, and the shadows of the flowers and plants were reflected very clearly on the ground. They moved with the wind, as if they could be grasped by reaching out.
The maidservant walking in the courtyard was blinded by the sunlight, but she did not dare to slow down her pace, nor did she dare to use her hands to cover the sun, so as not to lose the face of the family in such a matter, and let Alang and his wife be exposed in front of outsiders. Talking point.
After everyone congratulated Mr. Hu on his birthday, they took their seats to eat.
The male and female guests are separated by a huge wooden screen. The male and female guests sit separately and can hear the sound but not see anything.
The birthday banquet prepared by the Hu family this time was different from the past, and the dishes on the dining tables on both sides of the screen were completely different.
The dishes for the men here are a bit more generous than those from the northwest, with mostly large pieces of meat and large cups of wine.
Most of the male guests who came to celebrate their birthdays were military generals, and the feast of wine and meat was quite enjoyable.
The dishes for female guests are more exquisite, and the presentation is very exquisite, which makes people appetite after looking at them, and it is also suitable for women to sip and swallow.
During the meal, Xu Nuo found Mrs. Wu sitting right across from her. She was wearing orange and black striped sleeves and had two more gold hairpins in her hair than usual.
There was a distance of seven or eight feet between the two of them, and every move could be seen clearly.
Thinking of what he had just discovered, Xu Nuo's eyes flashed, and a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. After her eyes stopped for a while, she saw Mrs. Wu raising her head and looking towards her.
She did not dodge, but nodded to Madam Wu with a smile, the smile in her eyes getting deeper.
Madam Wu also responded with a smile, nothing unusual or inappropriate.
After lunch, the ladies sat together. The topics discussed were nothing more than marriage, chess, calligraphy and painting, and female workers.
Someone started talking about female workers.
All the ladies began to show off how good their daughters were as craftsmen and how they were taught by the embroidery lady. What kind of praise has been received.
Speaking of the embroiderer, everyone’s attention unsurprisingly fell on Mrs. Wu who was the embroiderer.
"Ms. Wu, I haven't seen you for a long time. My second mother-in-law was taught by you at the beginning. She married into her husband's family at the end of last year. Everyone praised her for being a good worker. It's all thanks to you."
"Madam, you are serious. The second lady is already very clever, I am just the icing on the cake." Madam Wu replied with a faint smile, reaching out to tuck the broken hair behind her ears. He smoothed his sleeves without leaving any trace.
"Ms. Wu, which lady are you teaching now?"
"The fourth wife of the Minister of Industry's family is getting married this autumn. I was there to give her some advice while she was embroidering her dowry."
"Oh, that Fourth Lady Xu!"
Madam Wu did not mention the promise. Hu Ling rolled his eyes. Looking at Madam Wu in confusion, she waited for the next step.
Just when Hu Ling was confused, someone said: "I heard that the sixth lady of the Xu family is almost thirteen. I think I can learn from you, Madam Wu, to be a female worker. You can't just learn tea art and forget the fundamentals of a woman."
After the words were finished, there was light laughter during the dinner. It must be that the female relatives sitting here have heard the rumors about the bad promises of female workers.
Xu Nuo looked at Madam Wu calmly. I saw her sitting upright with no change in her expression. He opened his lips and said, "Yes, I do teach the female workers of Mrs. Xu Liu. After the old lady's birthday party is over, I will go to the Xu Mansion to teach Mrs. Six."
As he spoke, he raised his arm and pointed in the promised direction.
Just like that, she raised her hand and something fell from her wide sleeve.
The lady next to Mrs. Wu was tall and had long hands. She picked up things on the ground in one go.
Xu Nuo recognized the lady who was picking up things. She was a famous talkative woman in the capital. No matter what news she heard, everyone in the capital would know it the next day.
Madam Wu's seat is really a coincidence.
Madam Wu saw the long-tongued woman picking up the things she had left behind, and hurriedly reached out to grab them, with an anxious look on her face, as if the things that fell out were invisible to people.
Seeing her look like this, how could the long-tongued woman return the things? She stretched out her hand and said, "Why are you so anxious, Mrs. Wu? Could it be that I will eat your handkerchief?"
Madam Wu frowned and shook her head, begging the tongue-tied woman in a low voice to return the veil.
The actions of the two have already attracted everyone's attention, and all the female relatives are watching here intentionally or unintentionally.
Seeing Mrs. Wu's expression, Xu Nuo couldn't help but laugh, with a deep sense of amusement in her smile.
Seeing that the long-tongued woman was about to open the handkerchief and take a closer look at the embroidery inside, Mrs. Wu hurriedly spoke and said, "This is a newly embroidered handkerchief by Mrs. Xu Liu. Mrs. Liu has only been exposed to female workers for a short time, so the processing of the stitches must not be mature enough." , I took this handkerchief home and thought about it, trying to find a way to help the Sixth Lady..."
In the words, Xu Xu was defended externally, saying that some parts of this handkerchief were not embroidered well, because Xu Xu was a newbie worker, not because Xu Xu lacked skill.
If someone sees Xu Nuo's embroidered handkerchief, it will be useless no matter how much maintenance is done, because beginners are better than Xu Nuo's current embroidery skills.
The more Mrs. Wu says this, the more people will despise Xu Nuo for being clumsy when they know the truth.
Sitting next to Xu Nuo, Ms. Lu felt a layer of sweat on her forehead as she thought of her daughter's embroidered handkerchief being taken.
Just as she was about to open her mouth, she heard the woman with the long tongue say loudly: "That's amazing!"
When Mrs. Wu heard this, she immediately shut up, looked like she was finished, and looked at Xu Nuo and Lu with a guilty look.
Lu frowned, subconsciously holding Xu Nuo's hand, and nodded towards Xu Nuo, signaling her not to lose her composure.
Xu Qian, who was sitting aside, suppressed her smile, her eyes fell on the long-tongued woman, and she felt infinitely excited in her heart. Promise to be such an unattractive female worker just makes her stand out from other female workers of her age.
The long-tongued woman held the handkerchief with a shocked look on her face and continued: "Mrs. Wu, how can you be so humble? How can such a superb embroidery worker say there is a problem with the stitches? I have lived for most of my life and I have never seen a ten-year-old woman." A lady in her early years can embroider such a vivid and lifelike butterfly."
As soon as the woman with the long tongue said this, several ladies nearby were vying to take a look at the handkerchief that Xu Nuo had embroidered. They wanted to see what kind of embroidery skills it was that it could be praised so highly by the woman with the long tongue.
You must know that the woman with the long tongue has an astonishingly high vision, and most things cannot enter her eyes.
This time, everyone's hands were not as fast as Madam Wu's.
Madam Wu grabbed the veil and frowned as she looked at the embroidery on the veil.
It's not the handkerchief up her sleeve, that's not it!
It shouldn't be like this, it should be a mess of patterns.
After hearing Mrs. Wu's words, Mrs. Lu let go of the hand that had been holding Xu Nuo and regained her composure.
As long as no one sees the handkerchief Liu Niang embroidered, everything else is easy to talk about.
Someone took the handkerchief from Mrs. Wu's hand and passed it around to read and praise her. They all said that Mrs. Wu was indeed a good teacher. Six months ago, the female workers of the Xu family were ridiculed. Mrs. Wu only taught for a few days and she made such great progress. , it’s really awesome.
Xu Qian listened to everyone's praises with a flawless smile on her face, but her hands under the food table twisted the handkerchief again and again, and the sweat on her palms soaked the handkerchief.
Today was obviously meant to slander Xu Nuo, so why did she get praise again?
God is unfair!——
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