Hong Daniu also had a selfish motive.
He looked at his two sons and instructed them, "Buy some candy."
Hong Mancang's eyes were wide as he asked incredulously, "Dad, why are all the men in our family buying candy?"
Sugar is so expensive.
Master Bai gave them over a hundred taels of silver, but they shouldn't waste it like this!
They used to be so frugal with even salt, so why would they need sugar now? Not even during the New Year!
“Dad, you don’t mean you want to keep eating sweetened kudzu root powder, do you? If you ask me, we should be grateful that we have something to eat, we can’t be picky,” Hong Manku immediately reminded him.
He was afraid that his father would get too big for his britches after a period of good times and forget the hardships he had endured before.
Hong Daniu took a deep breath, rolled his eyes at his two sons, and said irritably, "As long as you two don't pick at your food in the future, that's fine! Your dad won't."
Hong Mancang didn't believe it: "Then why did you buy candy, Dad? It's not cheap."
“I’m planning to give it away,” Hong Daniu muttered, having no choice but to answer.
"Who should we send it to? It's not going to be sent to the master, is it? But Dad, don't forget that the master has a lot of sugar stockpiled. Didn't Madam say before that she was worried it would melt in the summer? If you ask me, let's not send sugar. Let's send something else practical instead."
"The fabric is good; it's durable and practical."
Hong Mancang and Hong Manku eagerly spoke.
Hong Daniu was reminded, "Yes, there's also cloth!"
In the village, even though they were poor, sugar and cloth were still needed after the betrothal was arranged; otherwise, the marriage would often not go through.
Mancang and Manku are already quite big, and after the New Year, Mancang will be nineteen years old. We can't delay any longer.
If they delay any longer, it will be even harder for a man to find a wife when he gets older. Once he falls behind, he can only become a widower!
He prepared everything in advance so that when a suitable girl came along, he could ask his wife to help him propose marriage, so as not to be unable to go out and cause any delays later.
With that in mind, he made the decision: "Alright, then let's buy both sugar and cloth."
We need two portions of brown sugar, each weighing about a pound. As for the cloth, we'll buy coarse cloth, any color will do, just buy it first.
I noticed many girls in the village wearing hair ornaments; if you see any that look good, buy a couple.
She knows her own son well; he's not particularly good-looking and not very articulate, so girls might not be interested in him.
Having a hair accessory might increase the chances of success.
Hong Mancang and Hong Manku opened their eyes wide in horror.
Why did their father make them buy hair accessories?
They don't need it either.
Who is this for?
After instructing his two sons, Hong Daniu felt much more relaxed. He turned around and went back into the house, recalling the days of the flood as if they were a lifetime ago.
He thought he wouldn't make it, but unexpectedly, Heaven had a benevolent heart and allowed him to meet Master Bai. He then followed Master Bai here and met his employer, and his days got better day by day.
Now, she can also worry about her two sons' marriages.
Whether it succeeds or not, it's something I never dared to imagine before.
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