Chapter 342 Daddy's Birthday Gift
(My dears, Chapter 341 was updated incorrectly before o'clock yesterday. It was corrected after o'clock.)
Gu Xi looked at everyone who had put on a mask, and said to the people below: "Everyone go down!"
Then he took the butler and walked to the back yard.
Shen Xia followed beside Gu Xi.
The plants here are well maintained.
Went straight back to Gu Xi's yard.
Looking at the plaque above, it is called Yi Xiyuan.
Shen Xia followed Gu Xi in.
A familiar feeling comes across.
This was the yard where her mother practiced martial arts in her dream.
Shen Xia looked around.
It feels like I really lived here.
Gu Xi watched Shen Xia looking around: "Yuan'er, do you remember? This is the yard where you lived when you were a child."
Shen Xia smiled and said, "I have some memories, but they are all quite vague."
Gu Xi smiled and said, "It's okay, as long as you're back, I'll take you to your room."
Shen Xia took a look and found that this courtyard should be Gu Xi's main courtyard.
Shen Xia's room is next to it, very close.
Gu Xi said as they walked: "Yuan'er, you can live in your childhood room first, and live with your mother for a while. If you want to live in a separate courtyard later, you can, anyway, there are many courtyards in the princess's mansion."
"Okay! I'll follow mom's instructions."
Arrived at the room.
Shen Xia looked at the furnishings inside. It seemed as if someone cleaned it every day. There was not a speck of dust at all. It was very clean.
But there were wooden boxes everywhere.
Shen Xia was puzzled: "Mom, why are there so many boxes?"
Gu Xi's nose was sore: "That's the birthday gift your father prepared for you, one every year."
When she mentioned her husband Gu Xi, her eyes turned slightly red.
Shen Xia could see that they had a very good relationship back then, and she could even feel it in her dreams.
Gu Xi took a deep breath: "He died when you were twelve, and before he died, he prepared your birthday gift until you were twenty."
Yifan saw his grandmother crying, and gently took up his sleeve to wipe away the tears from Gu Xi's eyes: "Grandma, don't cry, Yifan will be sad."
Gu Xi looked at the glutinous rice dumpling in her arms
Shen Xia looked at the seventeen boxes beside him.
There are big and small ones, corresponding to her birthdays from the age of four to twentieth.
Shen Xia felt a lump in her throat after hearing this. The gentle man in her dream was her father.
A strong fatherly aura enveloped Shen Xia.
It's hard not to be moved by it.
Shen Xia walked over slowly and gently opened a box.
This box is not big.
There is a letter on it.
Shen Xia opened it.
"Yuan Er:
Today is your ninth birthday. When you were little, you always liked to watch your dad playing the flute. This clear water and blue sky is your birthday gift to you. I wish you a happy birthday."
Shen Xia was holding a not very big jade flute. The flute was bright and its quality was obviously top-notch.
The whole color is emerald green, but the sides are a bit sky blue, no wonder it is called blue water and blue sky.
Then another one opened.
This box is bigger.
Inside was actually a rare red coral.
The point is that this thing can easily be damaged due to transportation.
But this one doesn’t have that. It’s not only beautifully red, but also very complete.
Shen Xia opened the letter.
"Yuan'er, it's your birthday again. You are already twelve years old this year, and I don't know where you are or whether you have suffered. It seems that Daddy will not be able to prepare birthday gifts for you in the future. Daddy really regrets that I didn't take good care of you back then, otherwise you wouldn't have been lost. It's a pity that I can't see you come of age or get married.
At the age of twelve, you should be a pretty girl. I don’t know whether you look more like Xier or me now.
Daddy has prepared a twentieth birthday gift for you.
I don't know if you can see that the biggest regret of my life is that I can't be with your mother until old age. If you come back one day, you must take good care of your mother on behalf of your father, okay?"
After reading the letter, Shen Xia burst into tears.
Although they were separated by life and death, Shen Xia looked at the tear marks on the paper and felt that her father must have been very regretful when he passed away.
Gu Xi looked at Shen Xia: "Yuan'er, don't be sad, Ayi must want you to live happily and safely."
Then he looked at a relatively large box next to him and said, "That box is the coming-of-age gift that Yi prepared for you."
Shen Xia walked over slowly, opened it,
Shen Xia saw a set of clothes, which was heavily embroidered and came with a crown with many pearls of different sizes.
Shen Xia looked at Gu Xi in confusion.
Song Yiyi, who was standing next to him, saw it and said: "Wow, what a beautiful crown!"
Gu Xi said, "This is your princess' coming-of-age dress. Before your father passed away, he hired the best embroiderer in the capital, who took him a year to embroider it."
Shen Xia looked at the fabric and stitching; they were indeed beautiful.
Although the Ming-style wedding dress I wore when I got married was also very beautiful, there is of course a huge difference between the machine-made one and the hand-embroidered one.
Gu Xi lowered her head: "It's a pity that you missed it, you can't wear it anymore."
Shen Xia also felt a little regretful.
Song Yiyi, who was standing beside him, said, "Mom, you can't wear it. Wait until I reach the age of 15 to wear it!"
Shen Xia smiled and said, "Okay, leave them all to Yi Yi."
Gu Xi also smiled and said, "Okay, I'll wear them one by one when the time comes."
The two of them felt a little relieved.
Shen Xia didn’t read the rest, she will read it when she has time!
Because placing them in the corner nearby would not obstruct Shen Xia's daily life, she would wait for them to be here and look at them when she had time.
Song Yiyi and Yifan's room is right next to Shen Xia's.
By the time everything was arranged, it was already noon.
Everyone had their meal in the main hall of this courtyard.
While eating.
Shen Xia looked at Gu Xi hesitantly: "Mom, do you have anything to say?"
Gu Xi glanced at the children next to her and said, "It's okay. After dinner, the children can go downstairs to rest first. Mother will talk to you alone."
Shen Xia nodded: "Okay."
After dinner, Chunhua, Qiushi and Nanny Yu took the three children downstairs to rest.
Shen Xia and Gu Xi sat in the main hall.
Soon the servants brought tea and snacks.
Gu Xi looked at Shen Xia and said, "Yuan'er, if your husbands don't work out, just throw them away. Then your mother will find you a better man."
Shen Xia's mouth twitched.
This is how bad her husband is.
Shen Xia pursed her lips and said, "Mom, my husbands are all very good."
"But they are not worthy of you." In Gu Xi's eyes, her daughter is of course the best. How could her husband be a farmer?
Shen Xia is a parent herself, so of course she understands her mother's thoughts.
At this moment, she not only understood her mother's thoughts, but also understood Princess Rui's thoughts back then.
Parents always think that their children are excellent and suitable for better things.
Shen Xia looked at Gu Xi: "Mom, they were together without knowing my identity back then. No matter what my identity is in the future, we will definitely be a match."
Gu Xi saw that Shen Xia seemed to like her husband very much, so she took a step back and said, "Yuan'er, if you feel that your husbands are too handsome to let go, it's okay, they can be concubines, and I will find you a master."