Chapter 1020 Home Party
The banquet finally ended that day, and everyone in the Shao family's main branch breathed a sigh of relief.
Everyone is really happy, but also really tired.
It took a lot of effort to finally calm down and have a good rest.
In addition to entertaining the villagers, many relatives, friends, gentry, local celebrities, former classmates, etc. also came to congratulate.
Even the newly appointed Magistrate of Yu County came with his legal advisor to personally congratulate him.
Shao Yunduan, who was sending them back as a ceremonial team, asked the county magistrate to take them to the county town for arrangements and gave them three hundred taels of silver.
The place at home is not big enough, and Shao Yunduan and Qiao Xuan came back to spend some time relaxing with their families. It is inconvenient for the guard of honor with dozens of people to stay here.
Besides, there is nothing to do in the village and they are bored.
Let them live in the county government office, and three hundred taels of silver are enough for more than a month's expenses.
Now that it was quiet, Fang asked Qiao Xuan to sort out the various gifts that filled the entire room.
These things were all brought by people targeting Shao Yunduan. Fang Shi did not interfere at all and just let Qiao Xuan make her own decision.
Qiao Xuan was particularly impressed that her mother-in-law was very clear-headed on this point and not greedy at all.
If it were someone else, they would surely take it all and claim it as their own - this was originally something her son had earned, and she, as a mother, insisted on having it, so who could say no?
It would be good enough to give some to my daughter-in-law.
Qiao Xuan agreed with a smile and asked Taotao for help. Liqiu and Lixia also assisted. After a whole day, they finally sorted out the gifts neatly and properly and kept records.
Then he asked Fang to take a look. The total amount of silver was 8,688 taels, and there were eight screens of different sizes. Among them, there was a screen with twelve panels of flowers and birds and beauties made of huanghuali wood, one was a table screen with crystal carved landscapes, and the most valuable one was a six-panel screen with a double-sided embroidery of "Jade Hall of Wealth".
There are eighty bolts of various silks and satins, how much are each?
There are also various furnishings such as porcelain, jade, copper, wood carvings, stationery, calligraphy and paintings, etc.
Fang was confused and said with a smile, "We farmers don't need these things. Even if we choose suitable gifts for daily exchanges, we can't choose them all. You can pick some cheap and valuable ones and bring them back to the capital. Maybe they can be used! You can hand over the small change to the government, and keep the eight thousand taels. When you get to the capital, there are many places to use the money!"
Qiao Xuan agreed with a smile, and told her roughly what the items were worth, so that she wouldn't make mistakes when giving gifts next time.
She and Shao Yunduan asked for six thousand taels of silver, and divided the rest among Shao Dalang, Sanlang, Taotao and others. Although Xiaoqi was not at home, he kept his share, and the rest was turned over to the public treasury.
After discussing with Fang, he picked out some clothes and packed up other items to distribute to Shao Dalang and Shao Sanlang's families, and of course Xiaoqi and Taotao were also given some.
Peaches are particularly valuable and exquisite, and can be used as dowry in the future.
The servants in the family have worked hard these days, so they will be rewarded generously.
As a result, everyone is happy.
There is a family dinner that night, and Qiao Xuan will cook herself a good meal to satisfy everyone's appetite.
This made everyone very happy. It was like New Year's Day and they all took the initiative to help Qiao Xuan.
While they were happy, everyone couldn't help but think of Xiao Qi again and sighed with a little sadness.
(End of this chapter)
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