The melon-eating system, everyone listens to my voice

Chapter 372: Birthday Banquet

A picture appeared above Shen Zhao:

Xin Qing's face turned pale and she explained pitifully,

"Cousin, I was injured after falling into the water last time, and I can't sleep for a long time.

I could feel the moonlight slowly turning into sunlight, as if I knew what time it was.

I can't describe this feeling properly.

But I would wake up at that time in the morning.

No matter how many methods I tried, even if I lit the room with sleep-inducing incense, I would still get up on time at that hour.

I thought it would be boring to be alone since I was already awake.

Why not go visit my aunt and have a meal with her?"

Zhang Huanrong pondered and asked doubtfully,

'Cousin, you are talking nonsense.

If you can feel the moonlight and sunlight in your dreams, then you must be a god in heaven.

Just say it directly, you must wake up at that time.

Then you can go back to sleep when you wake up, and you can also go and pay your respects to your mother.

Cousin, you are so filial, no wonder mother always praises you in my ears! '

When the 11-year-old girl heard these words, the first thing that flashed across her face was not the joy of being praised, but a look of vigilance as she looked tentatively at Zhang Huanrong.

Seeing that she said this unintentionally and her expression was sincere, he breathed a sigh of relief, took Zhang Huanrong's arm, and said softly,

"Cousin, I'm not as good as you say.

I couldn't sleep, so I went to bother my aunt.

But cousin, you still have to sleep.

My aunt often tells us to take good care of ourselves.

If you get up at four in the morning, you won't be energetic for the whole day, won't that make your aunt worried?"

Zhang Huanrong was a little confused, with sadness on her young face.

“But you’ve already gone to pay your respects to your mother.

As her daughter, I only care about my own comfort, isn't that a bad thing?"

Xin Qing's face flashed with a hint of smug joy, and he tried harder to persuade her,

“Cousin, you are my aunt’s biological daughter.

No matter what you do, your aunt will not blame you."

Shen Zhao: [Pfft, hahahaha!]

Xin Qing is going to make me die of laughter. Those first few sentences she said were really weird, and she tried really hard to find an excuse for herself.

At such a young age, he could think of using the greetings to elevate his impression in front of Madam Zhang, and he could also highlight his cousin. It's really not easy! 】

GuaGua: [Host, this is just an example.

Also, on the Zhang family’s birthday.

Zhang Huanrong wants to use the money she has saved to buy gifts for her family.

Xin Qing tried her best to persuade him that what she did was her sincere intention.

Finally, Zhang Huanrong gave Mrs. Zhang a handkerchief she had embroidered herself.

Xin Qing, however, gave the Buddhist beads bracelet that he had obtained after kneeling on ninety-nine steps to Mrs. Zhang.

There is actually a story behind this embroidered handkerchief.

Embroidery is a skill that noble ladies must master.

Zhang Huanrong is very talented. She showed her talent in this area right away, and the invited embroiderer kept praising her.

Xin Qing was also a patient person, so naturally she learned to embroider quite well under the guidance of the embroiderer.

But compared with someone as talented as Zhang Huanrong, she is still inferior and slightly behind.

Xin Qing went to Zhang Huanrong and persuaded her to give up learning embroidery skills! 】

At the top of the screen, Xin Qing uses several ladies in the city as examples.

“Cousin, look at this lady.

She was the first wife of a seventh-rank official and had superb embroidery skills.

Relying on her embroidery skills, she donated money to help her husband become an official of the eighth rank.

Her husband knew the value of her embroidery skills and forced her to embroider a wonderful screen in just three days and presented it to Shangguan's wife, which made a good impression on Shangguan.

After that, at Mrs. Shangguan’s banquets, the official always asked his wife to embroider something and give it away.

Moreover, the embroidery must be different, and each technique must be innovative so that people can fall in love with it at first sight!

This official was promoted to the seventh rank with the help of his wife.

But his wife's hand was disabled, and the official took in more beautiful concubines, leaving his wife with nothing.

And this one is a big businessman in Chennei, his surname is Yu.

His family runs an embroidery business.

Mrs. Yu also learned embroidery since she was young, and her embroidery works are exquisite.

She was also valued by Master Yu and worked hard for the Yu family embroidery shop.

In the end, there was no good outcome, and Mr. Yu divorced her!

Oh, and this one...

Cousin, if you could learn such an amazing embroidery technique.

What if your future brother-in-law also takes a liking to your embroidery skills and forces you to embroider something for him? "

However, Xin Qing did not see any fear on Zhang Huanrong's face.

All I could hear was Zhang Huanrong asking curiously,

"Cousin, where do you know so much?

I remember that my mother no longer allows us to leave the house at will.

You are amazing. You can even avoid the maids around your mother."

Xin Qing's smile froze and he explained,

'Cousin, that's not the case.

It's the maidservant around me who is more gossipy.

I like to collect interesting stories from various families, and I overheard this by chance.'

Zhang Huanrong suddenly realized something and said something like,

"Cousin, your maid just happened to tell you the story of one of the few legendary embroiderers in the city. What a coincidence!"

Xin Qing was worried and thought he had failed this time.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Huanrong did not put too much thought into embroidery afterwards.

Even the stitches on the embroidered handkerchief were crooked, and it was not a qualified embroidered handkerchief.

At Mr. Zhang's birthday party, Zhang Huanrong gave him a jade pendant that she had made herself, which could be hung around the waist as a decoration.

Xin Qing presented a painting and calligraphy by Mr. Zhang’s favorite calligrapher, Mingyun Huaren.

It is said that this painting is very difficult to obtain, and Mr. Zhang has been thinking about it for a long time but has not been able to get it.

At Zhang Cunzhi's birthday party, Zhang Huanrong kept it even simpler and just gave her brother a gold ingot.

But Xin Qing gave Zhang Cunzhi a book about the imperial examination written by a famous person, and the notes in it were very useful for his studies.

These three people are Zhang Huanrong's closest relatives, but Xin Qing stole the show at their birthday banquet.

Everyone in the mansion was talking about the cousin's sincerity, praising her for truly caring about the Zhang family.

Shen Zhao: [It must be said that Xin Qing also put in some effort.

Objectively speaking, whether it is a Buddhist bead bracelet, a real painting, or a celebrity book, these are all rare and valuable items.

But why must he step on Zhang Huanrong's head and suppress her?

If Xin Qing had not persuaded Zhang Huanrong to give up embroidery and made these remarks about gifts in front of Zhang Huanrong, I would have fully agreed with what she did.

If she wants the Zhang family to accept her, she should also make an effort.

Without these little tricks, Xin Qing and the Zhang family would just run towards each other!

But with what she did, all of this became a calculation! 】