During the Chinese New Year, the Xi family still maintains the old-fashioned custom of hanging red lanterns and posting Spring Festival couplets everywhere.
On New Year's Eve, Du Xiaoqin took the maid to Yun Qiao's room.
The maid carried several sets of clothes.
"...It's hard to get an appointment with a good tailor in Yancheng. If you want to make New Year clothes, you have to order one month in advance. Dresses have to be ordered two months in advance. Most of the last-minute purchases won't fit." Du Xiaoqin smiled gently, "I have no choice but to order them two months in advance.
I am wronging you and wearing your sister's old clothes."
After that, she took a silver-red quilted cheongsam and gestured to Yun Qiao, "This is made of the best material. I made it for your sister last year. She only wore it once on the first day of the new year.
You two sisters are of similar stature, so I can wear this for you."
After that, she took out another coat, which was white with a light green plaid pattern. This one was foreign.
"This piece also belongs to your sister. The aunt in the Governor's Mansion bought it for her last year. She only wore it twice and gave it to you too," Du Xiaoqin said.
Seeing Yun Qiao standing nearby, Du Xiaoqin turned around and walked out, "You try it on, it should fit."
Yun Qiao: "..."
At dinner that day, Du Xiaoqin asked Yun Qiao, "Are the clothes suitable?"
Fourth Master Xi glanced at Yun Qiao and saw that Yun Qiao was wearing an old-fashioned short coat. He then asked, "Did you buy clothes for Yun Qiao today?"
A quick look at Yun Qiao's clothes revealed that the material was very expensive.
Although the style is old-fashioned, she is young and slim, and the old-fashioned clothes with large embroidery and large billows will not look old-fashioned to her. Fourth Master Xi has never said this.
Du Xiaoqin: "When I go shopping for clothes now, they are all finished products. We Xi family members wear finished products when we go out, which makes people laugh to death. Wen Lan wore a few pieces last year, and they are all excellent. Wen Lan's favorite, I
The choice was given to Yun Qiao."
It's embarrassing to wear ready-made clothes, but isn't it honorable to wear someone else's old clothes?
Xi Wenlan immediately said: "Mom, let's give the clothes I made this year to my sister. How can I give my sister old ones?"
Du Xiaoqin: "I'm confused, you want to stay with your grandmother. Who are the people who come to pay her New Year's greetings? Those rich ladies have the most vicious eyes. When they see you wearing last year's clothes, they don't know what to say behind your back. Isn't that right?
To embarrass your grandmother?”
After that, Du Xiaoqin said to Fourth Master Xi, "We Wen Lan are too soft-hearted and always think too much about others."
Fourth Master Xi glanced at his daughter, feeling warm and proud in his heart.
Yun Qiao didn't speak from the beginning to the end.
This family member can sing operas just by setting up a stage, so there is no chance for Yun Qiao to perform.
So she was too lazy to speak.
The maids at home were discussing it privately.
"It seems that our wife doesn't take her biological daughter seriously and lets her wear Miss Ninth's old clothes during the Chinese New Year."
"Every piece of Miss Ninth's clothes is extremely expensive, and the old ones are also good."
"It's really embarrassing. Especially that white plaid coat. Last year our ninth lady wore it to the limelight. It was even published in the evening newspaper. All the ladies and ladies in Yancheng have seen it. If Miss Yunqiao wears it again and imitates her, she will have to
What a joke."
The maids murmured.
The two maids Chang Ning and Jing Xin who came with Yun Qiao heard it.
The two of them quietly told Yun Qiao this.
Yun Qiao listened and was unmoved: "I understand."
Then, she took out two red envelopes and gave them to Changning and Jingxin, "Here are the New Year's red envelopes for you two. Keep them yourself. If you want to buy something, go out and buy it."
The two little maids thanked him.
It's New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye.
On New Year's Eve in Yancheng, after lunch we have to worship our ancestors, and then we have a reunion dinner together.
Yun Qiao did not participate in their ancestor worship.
As for Du Xiaoqin and the others, they were busy placing sacrifices. They had a lot of things to do, and everyone in the fourth room left early in the morning.
Yun Qiao slept carelessly until three o'clock in the morning, ate lunch carelessly, and then dressed up, waiting to go to the Xi family's New Year's Eve dinner with Du Xiaoqin in the evening.