Chapter 435 A gift from a friend
"I don't know what it is made of, but I heard from the servants serving in the Changchun Garden that the material looks very beautiful, and the red color is brighter than ordinary materials. It is embroidered with gold thread on it. Flower patterns. The servants can't tell what makes this material so different." Cuiping replied.
Then he said: "I don't know who sent the servants. It is said that a carriage stopped at the back door early this morning. It is said that there is something for the eldest lady. The maid of the eldest lady has gone and brought back some things."
Wearing this, Yun thought for a while: "Follow me to have a look."
Mr. Yun got up, and brought Cuiping to Changchun Garden.
When she arrived, she found that her second sister-in-law, Mrs. Bai, was also here, and the two happened to run into each other.
Bai smiled and said: "I heard from my servant that someone gave Ruo'er many rare things. Do the third siblings know who gave them to them?"
Ms. Yun was slightly stunned. She only heard Cuiping mentioned fabric just now, and she didn't know there were other things.
"Ruo'er had many good friends with wives and young ladies from aristocratic families before, perhaps it was a gift from them." Yun said.
"Well, I don't know if the third sibling can take me to see and see, I also want to see those precious objects."
"Okay." Yun's complexion was not good, but he still agreed.
The two came to Wei Ruo's residence together. As soon as they entered, they saw several boxes at the door.
The bright red horse that Cuiping mentioned just now was placed on top of the box.
The color is bright, and the group flower pattern embroidered with gold thread on it is exquisite, and the flowers are just like those that just bloomed in the garden in early spring.
And in the open box next to it, there are some other fabrics of various colors. These are not satin, but ordinary cotton.
The other boxes were not opened, and Yun and Bai didn't know what was inside.
Seeing Yun Shi and Bai Shi entering the door, Wei Ruo stopped what he was doing.
Mr. Yun came over and asked, "Who gave these things?"
"An old friend in Huzhou Mansion once learned that I was going to get married and sent some fabrics." Wei Ruo replied.
"These materials... look very different, your friend is very caring." Yun said.
While Yun Shi and Wei Ruo were talking, Bai Shi had already started to touch it.
She first touched the satin fabric embroidered with golden flowers, and then showed a look of surprise and joy: "Ruo'er, your material is very smooth and delicate, isn't it brocade? Or brocade? No, this material It is lighter and thinner than brocade, and smoother and more delicate than brocade.
Bai Shi has also seen a lot of good materials, and she has seen almost all the materials that only dignitaries can use, but none of them match the horse in front of her.
"No, it's a small workshop that produces this material. It hasn't been popularized yet, and it hasn't been officially named." Wei Ruo replied.
"So it's like this! Then you can help Second Aunt buy a few more. I don't think it's any worse than those expensive fabrics like Yunjin and Sujin." Bai immediately wanted Wei Ruo to help her buy.
"The production of this material is small, and it will not be sold for the time being." Wei Ruo replied.
She will not sell this material to the public for the time being, and it took half a year to get less than ten pieces.
Except for this one which was dyed true red, the others were basically dyed purple, indigo and other uncommon colors.
Wearing this, Bai said with a look of disappointment: "Ruo'er, you didn't buy it for my second aunt on purpose, did you?"
Wei Ruodao: "Where is it? Didn't the second aunt say that she would buy it? Why don't I help if I give the real money?"
Bai Shi was very disappointed, and then reached out to touch the fabric on the other side. This fabric is made of cotton, and the color is not as beautiful as satin, but the material is extraordinarily soft to the touch.
"What is this fabric? It's very soft to the touch." Bai asked Wei Ruo again.
"This is cotton cloth, which is suitable for making underwear." Wei Ruo replied.
"Is this cotton cloth so soft?"
In Bai's impression, cotton fabric is hard and dry, far less soft and comfortable than silk.
"Cotton cloth with better quality cotton is also softer." Wei Ruo said.
"Is this cotton also divided into good and bad?"
"Naturally, good cotton has long fiber length, the longer the fiber, the better the strength of the yarn, and the evenness, hairiness, neps, etc. are better than short fiber. The fabric made from this has good luster and is easy to dye. The effect is good, and it is soft, skin-friendly, breathable and elastic."
Wei Ruo was taken aback by explaining to Mrs. Bai.
Bai smiled awkwardly: "As expected, Ruo'er has lived in the country for more than ten years, but she knows a lot of things that we don't."
Bai's eyes moved to the two unopened boxes again.
"What's in your two boxes?"
Wei Ruo curled her lips into a smile, and then winked at Xiumei.
Xiumei opened the boxes one by one in front of Bai Shi and Yun Shi.
The first box contains two jars, which look much better than the two jars that Wei Ruo brought over in the carriage, white porcelain wine jars.
The second box contains a pile of rouge powder, a lot of bottles and jars.
"Why are there still two jars of wine?" Bai couldn't help asking.
"These two altars are thyme." Wei Ruo replied.
"Thyme?" The name Bai is familiar to her. Wei Mingyong told her about this thyme after returning from Taizhou Mansion.
Wei Mingyong also said that he once wanted to get two jars back to the capital to honor the senior officials in the capital who loved wine, but the wine was expensive and hard to buy, and he couldn't even get a pot.
"Ruo'er, where did you get two jars of thyme?" Yun asked.
Being in Taizhou, she has heard of Thyme, and she also knows that this baijiu is not only expensive but also very difficult to buy.
"Same as these materials, it was a gift from a friend." Wei Ruo still replied.
"Where is this friend of Ruo'er, who is so generous, and gave you so many rare and good things at once." Bai's tone could not hide her envy.
Wei Ruo didn't answer directly, but said: "Gifts between friends are important."
Bai Shi looked at Wei Ruo's baijiu, and didn't take his eyes off it for a long while.
Yun Shi looked at Wei Ruo's red cloth from time to time.
Wei Ruo saw the expressions of the two, but pretended not to see it, and continued to be busy with Xiumei.
Bai thought she was so obvious that Wei Ruo should take the initiative to ask when she saw her, but Wei Ruo didn't ask for a long time, and she was a little anxious.
Finally, I couldn't wait any longer, and asked Wei Ruo: "Nephew Ruo'er, your second uncle has been looking for famous wine for a while, and he wants to give it to a noble person. Second aunt heard that this thyme is very rare, why don't you sell it to your second uncle?" How is Aunt?"