Man Bao carefully selected in the shopping mall, and finally picked out a fairly good long paper, and she took it to Bai Shan after dinner.
The bottom of the paper is printed with chrysanthemums, which correspond to the current season, and chrysanthemums represent longevity, so it is also appropriate to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday.
Bai Shan's handwriting is not bad now, of course it is not as good as those calligraphers, but things like birthday celebrations are based on intentions, don't they
Especially the target is someone like the Queen Mother who is not short of money or food and clothing.
So he opened the paper and figured out how to write the birthday character.
Mr. Zhuang helped them make the layout and taught them how to arrange and write the characters for longevity to form a big circle, which looks like a chrysanthemum when viewed from a distance, and the characters for longevity when viewed close up.
Mr. Zhuang said with a smile: "Time is tight, let's keep it simple, just write a circle, that is, a flower."
He looked at the length of the paper, and gently smelled the fragrance that wafted out, slightly puzzled, "Why have I never seen this kind of paper before?"
Bai Shan hastily covered Man Bao, "Sir, wealthy families have a lot of good things, and we only got to know a lot of things after we went to Yin's house."
This is true. Although he has lived long enough, his knowledge is still limited. There are still many things in this world that he has not seen.
Mr. Zhuang didn't pay much attention to this piece of paper, but after looking at it, he folded it up and said to Bai Shan, "Cut some off, so that we can make a better layout."
It was getting dark, and Zhou Lijun also came back from the restaurant. She ran in to join in the fun, seeing that they were busy, she helped them light the lamps, and then went to wash with her hands.
Now Zhou's restaurant is gradually on the right track, with more and more regular customers, and occasionally there will be strangers passing by to eat, so she is also very busy.
Wu Wulang and Saturday Lang lived in the shop with their two nephews, but Zhou Lijun still lived here, but with a vacant room, she also moved out of Manbao's room and got her own room.
She gets up earlier than Manbao and the others every day, and eats breakfast and dinner outside, and usually can talk to Manbao a few words in a day.
But just like this, Man Bao can always know the situation in the restaurant, and the Zhou brothers can also know the situation on her side.
Knowing that Man Bao would go to the palace to attend the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet tomorrow, Zhou Lijun yawned and said to Man Bao after washing up, and went into her room to find her the clothes to wear tomorrow.
Zhou Lijun rummaged through the box and found out a set of dresses Mrs. Liu made for Man Bao after she came to Beijing, but after comparing them, she found that it might be a bit cold to wear on such a day.
She scratched her head, and turned out the dress that her aunt made for her sister-in-law. The material used was also good, although it was not as good as that made by Mrs. Liu, but it was thick.
Zhou Lijun hesitated between looking good and keeping warm, and finally folded the beautiful dress and stuffed it back.
She folded the clothes she took out and put them aside, yawned and said to Man Bao: "Sister-in-law, I put the clothes you will wear tomorrow on the stool."
Man Bao bowed his head to thank, and continued to work hard with Bai Erlang.
The two of them are preparing to frame the words.
You can't just take it to the palace after writing, right
It still has to be framed, then rolled up, and packed in a nice box.
They measured a piece of paper of the same size and used it as a model. After Mr. Zhuang and Bai Shan finished writing the characters, Mo Gan, Man Bao and Bai Erlang also finished the materials.
They often do this kind of work. After all, the good writing of the master is all framed by their three disciples, and the three of them think that they write well, but they are also secretly framed and put away. Come out and brag to future generations.
So these things are readily available at home.
The four masters and apprentices put in a lot of effort to prepare the birthday gift, so Man Bao ran back to the room to look through it, picked out a gift box of about the same size from various gift boxes, and packed it.
Recently, the Yin family, Su family, East Palace, and the Imperial Palace all gave her presents, among which there were many good wood or beautiful boxes, all of which were full of treasures.
Several people put the rolled scrolls in, closed the box, and watched happily together.
Mr. Zhuang stroked his beard in satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Okay, it's getting late, you guys go to wash and sleep, you have to get up early tomorrow."
Man Bao looked at the time, and it was indeed very late. She was a little puzzled, "Does the banquet in the palace last from morning to night? Why do you go so early?"
Although Mr. Zhuang has never been to the palace for a banquet, he has heard of it. He smiled and said: "Tomorrow, you get up early, eat more, and bring some snacks in your purse. When you enter the palace, if you want to eat, then There are others waiting."
The three of them responded with confused faces.
But because they slept late, they were reluctant to get up the next day, and the weather was a little cold again. After Daji called them, the three of them dawdled for nearly a quarter of an hour before getting up.
Among them, Bai Erlang lived the longest, so Man Bao and Bai Shan confidently pinned the blame on him.
Mr. Zhuang chased them away, and said: "It's running out of time, if you don't go, I'm afraid you won't be able to catch up with the Yin family's convoy. I'll ask someone to bring you food, you can eat on the way."
Then the three children were stuffed into the car.
Daji took them to the palace with two guards.
There was a food box prepared by Mr. Zhuang in the car. When he opened it, he found that it was full of small steamed buns, steamed stuffed buns and naan cakes.
The three of them exclaimed while flipping through the food box, "Why is there no porridge, or noodles are also fine, do you just eat naan bread in the morning?"
Daji replied while driving the car: "Hurry up and eat, the Yin family will be here soon."
The three of them reached out to eat, but they didn't have such a big appetite to eat so much in the morning, so they only ate small steamed buns and steamed buns, and they haven't finished eating yet.
There were also three big purses in the car. The three of them took a look and found that they were full of snacks. They stuffed them into their sleeves and wondered.
Especially Bai Shan and Bai Erlang, who had never been in the palace, looked at Man Bao together: "Is there nothing to eat in the palace?"
Man Bao shook his head in confusion, "No, I have food every time I enter the palace, and I'm never hungry."
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang looked down at the purse in their hands together, sighed and said: "Sir, you have never been in the palace before, and you are too nervous."
Man Bao nodded approvingly.
Bai Erlang rolled his eyes, felt that it was too heavy to bring such a big purse in, so he opened it, picked among the snacks, picked out the one he didn't like very much, and put it on the food box.
Bai Shan saw it and opened his own purse.
Man Bao also weighed his sleeves and felt that they were a bit heavy, so he also picked them up, leaving only three pieces of snacks he liked in his purse.