Xu Chunjun was busy making a dowry for her third aunt, and she was the one who made almost all Xu Lang's personal belongings.
Other female members of the Xu family, including mother and daughter Wei, also worked together to help with the work.
Of course, some people think it's because Xu Lang has worked hard for her mother's family for so many years, and now she naturally has to prepare for her life-long event with all her heart.
There are also people who try their best to curry favor with Xu Lang because he is marrying high and will have to take advantage of her in the future.
Xu Chunqiao likes to work with Xu Chunjun. When they were in their hometown, they often practiced acupuncture together.
"Fifth sister, look at my mandarin duck eyes. Should I use peacock gold thread to trace them again?" Xu Chunqiao asked Xu Chunjun while holding up a flower bandage, "I'm afraid this gold thread is not enough."
"This is the dress that Third Auntie will wear for tea on the second day of her wedding. No care should be taken." Xu Chunjun said with a smile, "Don't worry about the gold thread. The one sent by the Chen family is enough."
While they were talking, Xu Chunsu also came over.
Xu Chunjun invited her to sit down and asked the maid to bring tea.
Xu Chunsu has always been a lazy person. She is not good at needlework, but she is greedy for merit. She took all the work from Xu Chunjun and Xu Chunqiao, looked at it pretendingly and said: "Why don't you use more of the peacock gold thread?"
?Should I save it for myself?"
"Fourth sister, this peacock gold thread is very particular. The more you use, the better." Xu Chunqiao is also a gentle person, so she explained to Xu Chunsu with a smile.
But when Xu Chunsu heard these words, she felt that Xu Chunqiao was laughing at her, so she immediately retorted: "What is it about being particular and not being particular about it? I just know that pure gold is more valuable than adulterated ones. I am the third aunt's direct relative."
My niece, naturally I want her to use the best."
She emphasized the word "direct relatives" especially because Xu Chunqiao and Xu Chunjun were both concubines.
However, neither of them liked to quarrel. Quan Dang could not understand the meaning of Xu Chunsu's words and just continued to do his work without refuting her.
The more indifferent these two people were, the angrier Xu Chunsu felt.
She always felt that Xu Lang was partial. Even though she was her biological niece, Xu Lang was obviously more partial to Xu Chunjun and even treated Xu Chunqiao better than herself.
She had forgotten that when she was in Siyuan's hometown, Xu Daoan was imprisoned by the government.
She, her mother, and her brother wanted to drive Xu Lang out of the Xu family and become the head of the family themselves.
He even instigated his second wife to force Xu Lang to marry the county magistrate as a concubine.
However, although she was aggrieved in her heart, she did not continue on the surface. Instead, she sat there, drinking tea and eating snacks.
After eating and drinking enough, he clapped his hands and said, "I'm going to see my third aunt. There are so many things going on right now. I can't help but help with the cooking."
When Xu Chunjun heard what she said, he put down his needle and thread, stood up and said, "Fourth sister, please walk slowly."
After she left, Xu Chunqiao couldn't help but shook her head and said with a smile: "It's true that these four sisters, the older they get, the more they look like children. They like to compete over trivial matters. It shows that the third wife is too pampered."
Xu Chunjun just smiled and asked the maid to come in and clean up the fruit shells and melon seed rinds that Xu Chunsu ate on the table and on the floor.
Xu Chunsu actually didn't leave when she left the house, but stood outside and listened to what the people inside said.
Xu Chunqiao's words made her very angry, so she did not go to Xu Lang immediately, but went to the back garden to find her brother Xu Daokai.
Xu Daokai is only twelve years old this year. When the three brothers of the Xu family were exiled, he was not yet one year old.
With a mother like Wei, and brothers and sisters like Xu Daoan and Xu Chunsu as role models, one can imagine Xu Daokai's virtue.
"Brother Kai," Xu Chunsu handed him a piece of candy on her sleeve, "Third sister and fifth girl are hiding good things from us. What do you think we should do?"
"These two little bastards!" Xu Daokai opened his mouth and cursed, "What are they hiding?"
"You do as I say," Xu Chunsu said to his younger brother. "They are embroidering something for Third Aunt now! There is a roll of peacock gold thread, which is the most valuable. You quietly go and get it, and then hide it in Third Sister's room.
Naturally, they will start shouting, and then they will say that they are guarding and stealing."
"Since it's in the third sister's room, how come Xu Laowu is also involved?" Xu Daokai asked, "It's okay for her to steal alone."
"You are still a child after all. Listen to what I am telling you. Once you find out that the golden thread is missing, Xu Laowu will definitely speak for the third sister. Moreover, everyone knows the character of the third sister. She is the most clueless.
If it weren't for Xu Laowu, how could she have dared to do it! Besides, the two of them were working together, so she couldn't steal alone." Xu Chunsu felt that she was extremely smart.
"Then what's the benefit of doing this?" Xu Daokai knew well at a young age that there is no benefit and no early start.
"Don't worry, as long as they lose the favor of Third Aunt, what good will happen in the future, why not fall on us first?" Xu Chunsu said, "Now she, Xu Chunjun, can steal all the limelight alone, are you willing to do so?
?"
As expected of being born from the same mother, Xu Daokai's jealousy is no worse than that of his sister.
He immediately said: "I understand, I will take care of this matter later."
"You are indeed my good brother." Xu Chunsu happily touched Xu Daokai's head, "I will ask someone to buy you a good slingshot later."
"I already have several slingshots," Xu Daokai said disdainfully, "You'd better buy me a dagger."
"How did this happen? What if it hurts someone?" Xu Chunsu shook his head.
"I don't care, I want the dagger." Xu Daokai said impatiently.
He was not very happy when his third aunt got married, because after getting married, he would go to the Chen family to study in a library.
This was the intention of everyone in the Xu family. His eldest brother refused to study no matter what, so he took over this unfortunate job.
In fact, he doesn't like reading either, but he is too young to make the decision on his own.
Here Xu Chunjun and Xu Chunqiao were looking at each other. It was almost lunch time, and Xu Chunqiao's biological mother, Aunt Zhang, came over and said to them: "After half a day of work, my neck is sore. Take a rest! It's time to have lunch."
Already."
The two of them put down their work, talked to Aunt Zhang for a while, and then went to the front to eat together.
After they left, Xu Daokai came over.
Someone was in the house, so he came in and knocked down the flowerpot outside.
When the people in the house heard the noise, they naturally came out to check, and he slipped in quietly.
The things Xu Chunjun and others used for their work were placed in one place, and the peacock gold thread was placed in a separate box.
Xu Daokai took the gold thread and slipped out the same way.
The person looking at the house here saw the flowerpot broken on the ground, and thought someone's wild cat ran over and kicked over the flowerpot.
So I cleaned up and returned to the house, but I didn't notice anything strange.
