There were swings, chessboards, tea sets, and exquisite food in the courtyard. Mu Ying smiled when she saw it: "I thought I could only bask in the sun by the window today."
Mu Yunhan said: "I asked someone to prepare a small stove, and later we will cook it ourselves."
Mu Ying was very happy: "Okay, okay, I've been bored lately, so I learned a few new fragrant recipes based on ancient books, and I just happened to make them with my sister."
"One liang of spider incense, half a liang of angelica, half a liang of tonka, half a liang of amomum villosum, three qian of clove, five qian of musk, one qian of angelica root, one qian of cardamom..."
Mu Ying read and Mu Yunhan weighed the fragrance, put all the spices into the porcelain cup, and then chopped them into powder.
"This is a fragrance developed by a princess of the previous dynasty. It is fragrant and lovely. Once the fragrance is stained on clothes, it will not dissipate during menstruation."
Mu Ying happily took out a stack of sachets: "I made these in my spare time. Let's put the incense in it, and my sister will give it away to others. Just say I made it in Meizhou."
She originally pretended to follow Mu An to Shoushan Town, but after comprehensive consideration, she felt that it would be more convenient to hide in Meizhou to take care of business there, so she pretended to go to Meizhou again.
After being gone for so long, it's time to show up.
Mu Yunhan praised: "Your idea is very good."
Look at those sachets, flowers, birds, fish, insects, birds and animals, landscapes and plants, the layout is grand and the workmanship is exquisite, which is far beyond the ordinary embroidery work.
So she couldn't help but admire: "Xiaoying's embroidery skills are about to catch up with my mother. In time, her achievements will definitely surpass my mother's."
Embroidery skills also require talent.
Mu Yunhan himself had no talent, and he didn't like it, so he threw it aside early.
Even Gu Fenglin didn't bother to make his underwear, socks, etc., so he had to rely on Jinxiu and others to make them.
Now seeing Mu Ying like this, she also feels proud that "the family has a daughter who has just grown up."
But what followed was deep sadness.
My sister is so good, but as she gets older, what kind of family should I find for her?
Mu Ying didn't think too much about it: "I have so many skills that I can't overwhelm my body. Now I can write and draw, embroider and tailor clothes, know medicine and diagnose diseases, and farm water. No matter what the situation is in the future, I will never starve to death."
Zhihua said with a smile: "Second young lady can also perform shadow puppetry! Can you perform it for Madam?"
Mu Ying looked at Mu Yunhan with wide eyes: "Sister, do you want to see it?"
Mu Yunhan just took time to relax with her today, not to mention that this shadow puppet show is really rare: "Look, why don't you watch it?"
Mu Ying took out a box. This was a rare thing that Gu Fenglin found for her when she first came to Beijing.
At that time, I just wanted to make her happy, but I didn't expect that she would learn it secretly.
So a group of people set up a stage and watched Mu Ying and Zhi Hua play shadow puppets.
Mu Ying plays two roles, as a mother and a monster, while Zhihua plays the daughter.
It tells the story of a daughter who disobeyed her mother and ran into the mountains to meet a monster.
Her language is witty and the plot is interesting. It looks like a horror story, but it is full of fun when told.
Mu Yunhan was amused and laughed: "Did you make this up yourself?"
Zhihua looked at Mu Ying with admiration and said, "It was written by the second young lady herself. I think it is much more interesting than those script operas outside."
Mu Yunhan was really pleased.
She and Gu Fenglin had been worried that Mu Ying would have a weird temperament, but they didn't expect that Mu Ying would calm down and learn so many skills and do so many things.