Chapter 69 Xiaoyue'er's Birthday Gift
The Xie family's herbal medicine shop has a lot of capital, a long history, and a complete range of goods. Now it has won over various medical clinics and drug stores to form a trading company that only does business with the Xie family. The business is in full swing. Even the herbal medicine dealers from Huguang, Yunnan and Guizhou who are heading north would rather walk hundreds of miles more and are willing to sell their goods to the Xie family's shop.
Xie Yuduo sat in the study, looking at the several pages of medicinal materials in his hand, and breathed a sigh of relief.
In the past few years, I had to travel a long way to buy precious medicinal materials, but now the herbal medicine dealers are eager to deliver them to my door, which just fills the loophole of no one at home going far to buy them.
It was August, and Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching - also Chen Qi's nineteenth birthday.
Xie Yuduo took the list and began to think about what kind of birthday gift he should prepare for Xiaoyue.
In April, on his birthday, Chen Qi personally cooked a delicious meal and gave him a pair of boots she made herself.
She spent two months making that pair of boots with great care. Xie Yuduo only tried them on the day he received them and has been reluctant to wear them ever since.
What kind of birthday gift can I give her in return to thank her for her kindness?
Chen Qi was not very keen on gold and silver jewelry, nor did she want to accept her own banknotes. Except for the two pearls hanging on the bed curtains, there were few ordinary jewelry and jade that could make her praise them.
Xie Yuduo thought for a long time and made up his mind. He asked Xiaowu to come over and do something for him.
On the Mid-Autumn Festival, the eldest brother of the Shen family took his father to the city for a family reunion, just in time to celebrate Shen Qi's birthday.
In early May this year, Mrs. Qiao went into labor at full term and gave birth to a baby boy at home. The baby had a rosy face and a loud cry, which made the whole family very happy.
As early as a month before the child was born, Shen's mother came to take care of the child. When the child was one month old, the sister-in-law insisted again and again and took the younger brother Shen Ji to live with them at home.
Although it was a little noisy, fortunately the family members understood each other and it was lively and cheerful.
On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, Chen Qi went to her eldest brother's house on Xiuqiu Street early in the morning. She stayed with her family until the moon rose high in the sky, and then she reluctantly returned home.
After all, there is a whole family waiting to reunite in the Xie family mansion.
The Xie family has much larger members than the Shen family, but this Mid-Autumn Festival reunion dinner is not as warm and joyful.
Because the old lady was old and felt sleepy at night, she just asked someone to bring a few things to Chen Qi as a birthday gift, and then she was too lazy to talk.
Because he was separated from his good friend Shen Ji, Yu Shuo could only meet him at school during the day. He was very unhappy because no one in his family was there to play with him.
Xie Yuming and Sun Xueyi are a close couple, but when they meet other people from the second house, they are like black-eyed chickens and don't talk to each other.
Yu Jin was not happy with everyone because none of the families she had visited recently were to her liking.
Xie Yuduo didn't show up at all because he was busy.
For this reason, Chen Qi restrained her aggressive behavior as she did at her mother's house, and took the jade mirror with her, ate a few bites of food properly, and said a few festive words.
However, the father-in-law Xie Yan, seeing that his mother was not in a good mood, reluctantly made two couplets facing the bright moon, and asked Yu Suo to recite a few Mid-Autumn Festival reunion poems to make the old lady smile, so that the scene would not be too lonely.
The banquet ended early and everyone was busy with their own things. Chen Qi sent Yu Jing to bed and returned to her room.
Since it was her birthday, Chen Qi had already prepared a table of food and wine in the room.
However, according to the routine of the past few days, Xie Yuduo would not be able to come back unless he was busy until late at night.
Chen Qi looked at the bright moon in the sky and the gentle breeze, and hesitated whether to call Xiao Ling over so that they could have a drink and have fun together.
She was making plans in her mind when the door opened.
Xie Yuduo is back.
Chen Qi stood up and hurriedly helped him take off his outer robe. The two sat down at the table. Xie Yuduo poured a glass of wine and drank it all in one gulp before speaking slowly.
"Did you go to Big Brother's house today?"
Xie Yuduo was a little tired today, but his tone towards Chen Qi was as gentle as ever.
"Well, I won't be back until it's almost dark."
"Is the child okay? Last time I heard you say he was sick for a few days."
Chen Qi smiled and said, "That happened last month. The child has recovered a long time ago. Do you still remember? Mother said that children are not likely to suffer from many disasters. As long as they can eat and sleep, they will be fine. There is no need to worry too much."
Xie Yuduo nodded and poured another glass. "That's good."
Seeing that he drank two glasses of wine in one breath, Chen Qi asked him deliberately, perhaps because he was very tired.
"You came back so early today, are you done with business? I heard from Xiao Ling that there were waves of people looking for you in the afternoon."
Xie Yuduo shook his head and put down his wine glass.
"No. I pushed it and told them to wait."
"Isn't this... bad?"
Xie Yuduo picked up the wine jug and filled her glass as well.
"There's nothing wrong with it. There's always endless business to discuss and endless money to be made outside, but my little Yue'er only has one birthday a year."
After saying that, he picked up the wine glass and raised it towards Chen Qi, with a smile finally appearing in his eyes.
"My wife, I wish you a long life of blessings, every year."
He thought about it again.
"I also wish you good health, good health for your family, and every day of your life will be happy and everything will go well. It would be best if..."
Chen Qi smiled and covered his mouth.
"That's enough, that's enough. You want this and that. Even God will think you're greedy."
Xie Yuduo pushed her hand away but still finished his last sentence.
"Better, be more good and let me kiss you more."
Chen Qi smiled and threw the fruit at him. He caught it with one hand, put it into his mouth and ate it. Then he smiled and pulled her hand and wiped his mouth.
After laughing, the couple clinked their glasses together and drank it all in one gulp.
After drinking, Xie Yuduo took out a big red piece of letter from his inner clothes.
"Please accept this birthday gift."
Chen Qi took it, and the letter still had his warm body temperature.
"What's this?"
"Guess what."
"It's not a love poem for me, is it?"
Xie Yuduo smiled: "So you like this? Then next time, I'll make a few songs?"
Shen Qi waved her hands quickly.
"Never mind, I don't want to read it even if you write it. My younger brother wrote me two birthday poems today, and they're making my teeth ache."
"Tear it gently, there's something inside."
Chen Qi's face was full of suspicion, "What on earth is it?"
"Open it and you'll know."
"Huh, you never tell me."
Chen Qi placed the envelope carefully on the table and slowly opened it bit by bit.
Xie Yuduo leaned against the backrest, playing with the wine glass in his hand, looking at her without blinking.
Chen Qi didn't know that this was the happiest moment in his life.
He liked to bring things to her, and he liked even more to watch her unpack them.
From anticipation, to surprise, to endless joy.
He enjoyed watching the process.
No matter if it was jewelry or banknotes, as long as he heard her say she liked it and saw the smile on her face... he would always feel the unpleasant comfort that "it turns out this thing is actually useful".
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