Seeing that the table was full of pearls that were about the same size and each was bigger than a thumbnail, Zhu Junyang suddenly said, "These pearls were given to you by the little dragon girl you met, right?"
"It's okay if you think so!" Yu Xiaocao pretended to smile mysteriously. In fact, she wanted to say in her heart: The gifts from Xiaolongnv are still in her pocket. Pearls, scare people.
This time the pearl hunting competition was quite successful. I bought five or six pearls that were larger than the size of a thumbnail, plus those purchased in Beijing, dotted with slightly smaller pearls. It was enough to make a pearl crown. In addition, the purple pearl, which symbolized luxury and grace, was inlaid in the center of the tiara, which further increased the value of the entire tiara.
In any case, when Princess Duan celebrates her birthday, she wears this splendid crown and dazzles all directions, which amazes the noble ladies in Beijing. What is even more enviable is that, in addition to this splendid crown, the palace also sent a red coral that is as tall as a person, with complete branches, and as bright as the morning glow, which is placed in the hall for everyone to watch. There was a burst of tsk-tsk-tsk-tsk-tsk-tsk sounds, and the wives of the clan praised Princess Duan for raising a good and filial son.
Only Concubine Duan and his wife knew that this red coral decoration was obtained by that girl Yu Xiaocao from diving. It was rare for this girl to disregard fame and fortune at such a young age, secretly dedicated the coral to the emperor, and borrowed the emperor's hand to send out this priceless gift.
Princess Duan became even more curious about this little girl she had never met before. A little girl from a farming family, she behaved without the slightest petty air, and her bearing was even inferior to that of a lady in Beijing. Not to mention, her ingenious skill of rejuvenating medicine. It is said that she learned it from a barefoot doctor in the countryside, and it is not inferior to the methods of the medical family, and even slightly better. Even Duan Wang's dilapidated body is recovering step by step under her care.
From the young girl's unique skill of refining medicine, it can be seen that her master should be a hidden master of medicine. Many people speculate that he is the descendant of the medicine valley that was destroyed by the previous dynasty. Legend has it that the disciples of Medicine Valley can heal the dead, bring the dead back to life and live forever. Only then was coveted by the former emperor, which directly led to the destruction of Medicine Valley.
The world speculates that there should be some disciples who have gone out to practice in Medicine Valley, but they are low-key and reclusive in the mountains and forests, and their identities are not known to outsiders. Ever since, Dr. You, who enlightened Xiaocao medicine, was said to be a hermit expert. And his disciple Yu Xiaocao, although he has only learned the superficial aspects of refining medicine and health preservation, is worthy of praise.
It has to be said that the world's ability to make up brains is powerful. They found reasonable explanations for Xiaocao's cheating medicine and diet, and she saved a lot of talking.
At Princess Duan's birthday banquet, Yu Xiaocao followed the principle of keeping a low profile and only gave Princess a set of beauty cream that she personally made. Seats were also arranged among familiar girls, some of whom had little contact with each other on weekdays but were familiar with each other, and they got along pretty well.
In the circle of ladies in Beijing, although there are occasional harsh words, most of them have good comments on Xiaocao. Said that she is kind and easy to get along with, she is generous to the friends she recognizes, and she is good at organizing fresh parties. Compared with those clichéd tea parties and flower parties, fruit picking, hunting, and sea catching...for those ladies who have only one entertainment, it couldn't be more fresh.
At the birthday banquet, Liang Jiahui, the granddaughter of Tai Tuo, saw that Xiaocao looked very talkative, so she tentatively asked: "Miss Yu, I heard that the fruits in your orchard are about to ripen. I don't know if you Are you going to have a party in the orchard this year?"
King Sa's youngest daughter, Zhu Yan'er, is a snack foodie. Hearing this, she finally stopped her chopsticks, raised her head, her eyes sparkled with stars, and her expression was self-evident. In the past, she had only heard about this Mr. Yu, who was so unpredictable, and thought that Xiaocao was a person who would get revenge and was difficult to get close to.
As soon as I met her today, I realized that she is a kind and interesting person. The delicacies in her mouth, those interesting seaside notes made the little girl yearn for it, and she only regretted that she met her too late and did not catch up with the seaside party. However, it shouldn't be too late now, the next orchard party, you should have yourself, right
Due to the identity of Princess Xiaocao, the ladies at this table are either members of the royal family, or the daughters and granddaughters of first-rank family members, and they are usually somewhat arrogant. However, after listening to He Wanning's talk about picking up shellfish at the seaside, exploring the seabed, and the pearl-diving competition, everyone was yearning for it. It turns out that a girl's life can be so colorful.
Especially when Xiaocao said that the third place in the pearl fishing competition was a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, she felt that maybe she was born in a fisherman's family and lived a free life, which was better than being detained at home every day learning piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. It's so much more fun.
However, the freedom in their eyes, to the fisher girls, is just a means of struggling to make a living in a poor life. In the eyes of the fisher girls, they are the proud daughters of the sky, the ones who should be envied. Zi Feiyu, how does An Zhiyu envy people's happiness
During Princess Duan's birthday banquet, Yu Xiaocao's circle of friends further expanded. King Sa's daughter, Grand Tutor's granddaughter, Zongzheng's granddaughter... When the party came, their brothers came uninvited again, so in the orchard party in autumn, the team more than doubled compared to last year. The animals were frightened by them and did not dare to come out. The traps and traps they set caught much less prey than last year. If it weren't for Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai, there might not be enough ingredients for the barbecue party in the orchard!
The days are calm and waveless, gradually passing by. Because Xiaocao has been too popular in the past two years, Xiaocao is not tossing about any new ways to make money. However, her pharmacy, beauty club and greenhouses are enough to make people greedy.
Autumn goes and winter comes, spring goes and summer returns. Whether it is the royal breeding base or the super farm of Tang Guyu's family, they have all obtained abundant fruits. The seeds of winter wheat have been able to satisfy the planting of more than ten state capitals in the north. Corn has been widely cultivated in the Northeast and Northwest. The Northwest is known as "ten years and nine barren". Because of the introduction of high-yielding corn seeds, the common people are finally in On the basis of being able to fill the stomach, there is a little food left.
Just when the 20,000-mu farm of Yujia Tanggu was beginning to take shape, Xiaocao was greeted with the wedding ceremony. Originally, Xiaocao meant to have a meal with the family in Dongshan Village and make a big cake to eat. But her godmother and King Yang are not willing!
Needless to say, Zhu Junyang, he finally had an opportunity to be courteous, how could he miss it? According to him, the bigger and more grand it is, the better.
Mrs. Fang also meant the same thing. In previous years, she had participated in other people's wedding ceremony, and she had sent out a lot of gifts. Finally, she had the chance to do it for her own daughter. Of course, she would not miss this opportunity to earn gifts!
Xiaocao's good sisters also chirped with them to offer ideas. Don't look at Xiaocao who has been in Beijing for several years, but she has no eyesight for Jiji Li's various etiquettes. In addition, the godmother came to her house several months in advance to discuss with her how to arrange here, where a flowerpot should be placed or something. Let her have one head and two big ones—I really miss the days when I had a birthday in my previous life, and I got a meal, and everyone took care of everything.
yes! In the previous life, everyone could do this to save trouble, why couldn't she? Doesn't she have a friend who is the boss of Zhenxi Restaurant? If this Jiji banquet is successfully held, it may bring new business opportunities to Zhenxiulou! !
Ever since, she invited Mr. Zhou who was in the middle of the capital on Wednesday, and roughly talked about her thoughts. What? The Jiji ceremony should be held in Zhenxiu Restaurant? Turn the entire third floor into a hall for Jiji ceremony? One-stop service including gift belt and banquet
This idea is indeed very fresh. Zhou Zhoushao, who has always been brave enough to try, made a decision without much thought. There are less than two months until Xiaocao's Jiji ceremony, so on Wednesday, don't push everything away, and mainly focus on this matter.
When Mrs. Fang heard that her goddaughter wanted to hold her most important fifteen-year-old coming-of-age ceremony in a restaurant, she disagreed in her heart, but Xiaocao insisted, so she had no choice but to give in. However, when it comes to the decoration and furnishings of the Jiji Hall on the third floor, she is more concerned about the decoration and decoration of the house than her own house. She has to think about every decoration for a long time.
With Mrs. Fang, an expert helping to keep an eye on it, Young Master Zhou became more confident in the success of the Jiji Hall and the Jiji Banquet. In addition, those valuable friends of Xiaocao helped to make suggestions. The layout of the entire hall on the third floor is proceeding in an orderly manner, and the progress is very fast and smooth.
A few days before the Jiji ceremony, when Xiaocao was invited to inspect the results on Wednesday, a luxurious but elegant, simple yet elegant hall appeared in front of Mrs. Fang and Xiaocao.
Every curtain in the hall is top-notch in terms of decoration and texture, and even the pendants above are decorated with pearls or precious stones (these are all sponsored by King Yang). The furnishings on the antique shelves are all genuine antiques, and the calligraphy and paintings on the walls are also treasures of celebrities. Even the ground is cut and polished from limestone brought back from Dali. The marble floor is as smooth as a mirror, and the patterns on it are like natural ink landscape paintings... In short, the whole hall is more exquisitely decorated than the couple's flower hall.
As for the banquet of Jiji Banquet, let alone it! In addition to serving all the signature dishes of Zhenxiu Restaurant, Xiaocao specially provided five or six new dishes. The dishes this time are mainly Cantonese dishes, including: barbecued pork in honey sauce, stewed shark's fin with vegetable gall, bird's nest in coconut milk and rock sugar, unicorn sea bass, salt and pepper mantis shrimp, sweet and sour pork with pineapple, and mandarin duck crab. Headed by Chef Wang, the chief chefs of each Zhenxiu Restaurant branch volunteered, gathered together, learned and practiced enthusiastically, and strived to become a blockbuster at the Jiji Banquet.