Chapter 481: Presenting Good Gifts
A few days passed in a blink of an eye. Jiang Fengnian put in some effort and soon became familiar with the job.
At the moment, the Jiang family has another important matter, that is, the Imperial College is about to start.
There are thirteen children who passed the previous small imperial examination.
They are all going to enter the Imperial College together.
Two days before the start of school, the families of these students secretly prepared gifts and planned to give them to Wu Qing, the chief priest of the Imperial College, in order to make him favor their children.
It was Xiao Lanyi who was thoughtful and discovered their actions and reminded Feng.
Since others did this, the Jiang family must not be left out.
This is related to Feng Jing's future.
Feng asked her daughter-in-law to go to the warehouse and pick out one or two things she liked.
Li Qiqiao asked casually, "Mother, should we choose something expensive as a gift?"
Feng was calm and said, "Lan Yi said that the Imperial College's chief academician is a civil official. He is usually aloof and rarely interacts with others financially. He also hates people who curry favor with the powerful." "
In that case, if we choose gold and silver and send them to him, it will seem too flattering and annoying. Gifts are about the thought, and it's best to choose something with clever ideas." Feng said.
Li Qiqiao was very thoughtful, so she took Madam Zheng to the storehouse to choose.
In the end, a red sandalwood bird cage with a rotating small copper door caught her eye.
"I heard that the Imperial Academy's chief priest has no preferences, but he likes to raise parrots." Li Qiqiao ran over lightly and smiled at Feng, "This cage is not expensive, but it is elegant and delicate. Since he likes to raise birds, it would be right to give him this bird cage."
Feng took a look and nodded with satisfaction. The second son's wife really understood everything.
At this time, Mrs. Xiao sent someone to deliver the crab powder cakes she made to Xiao Nuobao.
Since Mrs. Xiao went to business, Mrs. Xiao had nothing to do at home. She either often came to Jiang's house as a guest or made some cakes and had them delivered.
Smelling the aroma of the crab powder cakes, Xiao Nuobao rushed over like a little cat smelling fish.
But the little meat dumpling didn't brake and crashed into Feng's waist, almost knocking her over.
Feng rubbed her lower back and grabbed her everywhere in anger.
"You little foodie, it's because our family is big enough now. If you were still in the village, you could have bumped your mother into the pigpen of the village chief's house!"
The little Nuobao stuck out his tongue, grabbed the crab cake, and was afraid that his mother would nag him, so he took a bite and hurried to "redeem himself".
"Second sister-in-law, go and put a basket of sour apricots that Sister Cuicui gave you, and give them as a gift. It will definitely be a good gift." The little guy said confidently.
Feng and Li Qiqiao were both stunned.
"Why give sour apricots?"
Little Nuobao narrowed his eyes and said with a giggle, "Because sour boys and spicy girls, mother, second sister-in-law, you two just do as I say~"
Knowing that the good boy would not make mistakes, Li Qiqiao smiled and picked up a basket to sell to her lover, and asked Zheng Ma to send it together with the bird cage.
In the afternoon, in front of the residence of the Imperial College, there were servants from three or five families who came to give gifts.
It was really a coincidence.
In addition to the Jiang family, there was also the steward of the Zhou family, the Minister of Honglu Temple. He stood at the front and kept looking at people with his chin.
Everyone was here for the little master of the family. After greeting each other, they were inevitably curious about the gifts.
When the steward of the Minister of Honglu Temple saw the sour apricots of the Jiang family, he couldn't help but curl his lips and snort.
"You have the nerve to send a basket of broken apricots. You are such an ignorant family. You should be thrown out!"
Madam Zheng, who was carrying the gifts, heard everything clearly, but she still held back her slap.
After all the gifts were delivered, the housekeeper of the Wu Mansion reported the items. When she heard that there were sour apricots, Mrs. Wu quickly swallowed the sour water and ordered someone to wash some and taste them.
In the study, the sour apricots planted by Cuicui were so strong that they made people's noses itch.
Mrs. Wu held a full bowl and ate them with saliva, her face flushed.
"I just diagnosed the pregnancy two days ago, and now I feel sour." Mrs. Wu smiled, "The Jiang family's gift of apricots is really timely. Although the gift is not expensive, it is my favorite."
Wu Qing, the chief academic officer
of the Imperial College, put down his pen and showed an approving look. "Jiang family? The student in his family is Jiang Fengjing, right? I heard that the child is quite talented, his paintings are novel, and he is not arrogant."
"On the day the results were announced, Mr. Pei's grandson cried in the street, but he was the only one who did not mock him, and even comforted him. He is quite good." Wu Qing said, nodding.
The Jiang family's gifts are not flashy, which shows that the family style is simple.
As the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, he never cares about the students' background.
The only two things he values are character and family education.
Mrs. Wu spit out the apricot kernel and praised, "Although the Jiang family is a new noble, I really like them."
"Unlike the Zhou family of the Ministry of Rites." She said, and then she pouted, "The Zhou family actually gave a fertility-delivering unicorn made of green jade. Not only did they use expensive gifts to pressure others, but the unicorn also had a broken leg! I just got pregnant with my son, and I encountered this unlucky thing. Where can I go to complain!"
Wu Qing also frowned slightly.
"Students come from different families. I hope that they can all be promising talents in the future and don't be infected by the bad habits of their families."
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Two days later, the Imperial College opened.
Jiang Fengjing gave up the "craftsmanship" of his eldest sister-in-law, and finally carried the school bag made by his second sister-in-law and went to the dream place of scholars all over the world.
In the cool and refreshing autumn weather, the farms in the suburbs of Beijing have also changed into new clothes, wearing a "golden armor" and calling on the farmers.
The autumn harvest is about to come, and since the eldest brother has a job, Jiang Fenghu will take care of all the things on the farm.
The brothers are busy with their own things, and the Jiang Mansion has become much quieter.
In the morning, Xiao Nuobao stepped on the newly planted flower seedlings of his mother, and wanted to find someone to take the blame, but he couldn't find a brother who was handy to "use".
So Xiao Pangya simply went out to avoid "disaster".
It happened that the small kitchen had just steamed osmanthus cakes, so Xiao Nuobao asked Madam Zheng to pack two boxes, intending to go to the Imperial College, the military camp, the farm and the Salesian Hall to give some to several brothers.
The Imperial College and the Salesian Hall are next to each other, both on West Street in the south of the city.
As the carriage was heading that way, Xiao Nuobao saw two cooks coming out of the back door of the Salesian Church and buying vegetables from an old woman.
She wanted to call out to them and let them lead the way to see her elder brother.
But who knew that at this moment, the two cooks looked sneaky, stretched out their hands quickly, and took the silver ingots from the old woman's hands.
At the same time, the old woman also looked around and stuffed a bag of things into their hands.
"Just this thing, put it in the porridge and rice."
"It won't kill anyone, just keep it quiet." The old woman said in a low voice.
Xiao Nuobao narrowed her eyes and looked at the old woman's clothes carefully. Although she deliberately changed into a coarse vegetable seller's clothes.
But she was still wearing silk shoes, which showed that she was not an ordinary vegetable vendor.
Little Nuobao's heart sank, and he hurriedly called for Madam Zheng.
"Madam, go and catch up with the old woman and see whose family she belongs to?"
Madam Zheng responded quickly, told the coachman to take Nuobao in, then jumped off the carriage and followed quietly.
After arriving at the Salesian Church, Jiang Fengnian was very excited to see his sister at first.
"Why is Nuobao here? You must be missing your brother!"
Little Nuobao smiled, but did not respond. She took his arm and walked away from people.
Seeing that his sister had something to say, Jiang Fengnian cooperated and went to the side hall.
After closing the door, he said seriously, "What's wrong, dear? What happened?"
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