Chapter 79: Unpacking the Thank You Gift
Old Mrs. Wan sat cross-legged on the kang, which was only covered with a layer of bedding. Last night, Lu Jingyu asked someone to buy some firewood. The kang was now burning hot, and the whole room was also warm.
The children had nothing to do and were unfamiliar with the new environment. They were afraid of causing trouble at home if they went out, so they simply rushed into Grandma Wan's room to watch her pack up her things.
Little Fubao was sitting inside Old Lady Wan's bed, wearing a brand new light red cotton coat and trousers, and a small cotton hat of the same color on his head. The hat was made by Liu, and two goose yellow rabbit ears were added to it. With little Fubao's rosy cheeks, it looked so good that people couldn't help but want to rub his face hard.
At this moment, she was standing up from the kang unsteadily, and walking towards the pile of thank-you gifts with unsteady steps.
It looked like he was in danger of falling down at any time. Grandma Wan watched from the side, her hands unconsciously ready to protect little Fubao at any time.
Seeing little Fubao throwing himself on the pile of thank-you gifts, his whole body was instantly buried in all the boxes, leaving only his two short legs and a pair of little feet exposed, flapping his feet outside. Old Mrs. Wan was both angry and amused, and quickly pulled little Fubao out with a distressed look.
"My dear, do you like these things?"
Little Fubao raised his two short arms, opened his two tender white hands, and grinned with drooling mouth.
"Like -- like -- Fubao -- want -- to open --"
Little Fubao spoke out word by word, and Old Mrs. Wan understood what he meant. With a smile in her eyes, she held Little Fubao and moved to the pile of gifts.
"Can you give all these to our little Fu Bao?"
When little Fubao heard this, his eyes sparkled and he nodded his little head like a chick pecking at rice.
When the children standing nearby saw that the younger sister liked the gifts, they hurried forward and moved the gifts in front of little Fubao.
Little Fubao clapped his hands happily and said to each of his brothers: "Thank you, Guoguo..."
When the boys heard their sister's thanks, they felt sweeter than eating honey and scrambled to open the box for her, but were driven away by Old Lady Wan.
"Okay, stop busying yourself. Just sit still. Grandma is here. Don't let you brats mess around with the things in here."
Wan Quan was the eldest, so he quickly took his younger brothers to sit in a circle around Old Lady Wan, watching her dismantle the house.
Before Grandma Wan made a move, Xiao Fubao's little hand grabbed a small box and refused to let go. Grandma Wan noticed and asked, "My dear, do you like this?"
Little Fubao raised his little head, blinked his big eyes, and said with a smile on his little face: "Xifan——"
Old Lady Wan said softly, "Can grandma help you open it?"
Little Fubao nodded quickly, his eyes following the gift all the time, watching Old Lady Wan tear open the outer packaging to reveal a small sandalwood box inside.
When Old Mrs. Wan saw the box, she knew it was very valuable and became curious about what was inside.
At the same time, she was still wondering what could be the thing that Xiao Fubao would like?
As Old Lady Wan slowly opened the box, several boys also stretched their heads over to look.
The light in the room was a little dim, but Old Lady Wan still saw that there was a jade pendant inside.
Little Fubao's hands were very cunning. The moment Grandma Wan opened the box, he quickly pulled the jade pendant out of the box, held it in his hands and wouldn't let go, even putting it in his mouth to chew on.
Frightened, Old Lady Wan quickly threw the box away and tried to pick the jade pendant out of little Fubao's mouth.
"My dear, you can't eat this. It's for wearing. Wait until our little Fubao grows up before wearing it, okay?"
Old Mrs. Wan had to say a lot of nice things to coax the jade down. If little Fubao had broken it and pricked his hand or something, she would have been heartbroken.
Old Mrs. Wan took the jade pendant from Xiao Fubao and looked at it carefully in her hand.
Even though the light in the room was dim, Grandma Wan could feel the value of the jade just by the feel of it. It didn't feel cold but warm.
Old Lady Wan drove away the group of hooligans and looked carefully through the only window in the room. She found that the jade had a fine texture, uniform white color, and good transparency.
Although Old Mrs. Wan doesn't know much about jade, it makes a difference when she gets good things.
Just as Old Mrs. Wan turned around to put the jade back into the box, she saw little Fubao holding onto another box. This box seemed quite heavy, and little Fubao was struggling with the box with his butt sticking out, grunting. He was so tired that his saliva was flowing out, wetting the silk wrapping the box.
Old Mrs. Wan looked at little Fubao and thought that if a furry rabbit tail was sewn on her butt, she would really look like a cute rabbit.
Old Mrs. Wan put the jade into the box, covered it, carefully wrapped it with cloth, and placed it on the kang. Then she turned around to look at the box that little Fubao pulled out.
Several brothers have helped Xiao Fubao drag the box in front of Grandma Wan.
Little Fubao looked at the box with sparkling eyes, waiting for Grandma Wan to open it.
Old Mrs. Wan also wanted to see what good stuff Xiao Fubao had pulled out this time.
When Old Mrs. Wan opened the box, she was stunned to see that the one-foot square box was divided into two grids, 28% and 29% respectively.
There were four gold bars in the smaller grid, and six ten-liang silver ingots in the larger grid.
Little Fubao reached out and grabbed the yellow gold bar and handed it to Old Mrs. Wan.
She knew that Grandma Wan liked this. She had seen her grandmother holding a circle of the same color and looking at it for a long time every night. She thought her grandmother liked these yellow, shiny things.
So little Fubao’s first reaction was to give it to Grandma Wan to make her happy.
Old Mrs. Wan picked up little Fubao, put him on her lap, and kissed his chubby pink face several times, making him giggle.
"My dear grandma, you are really our lucky star. It will take us several lifetimes to earn this much money. It seems that you are really God's daughter. He is reluctant to let you suffer in our poor family, so he sent you so much money. In the future, whatever our lucky star wants, grandma will buy it for you."
Little Fubao giggled happily, and his little mouth followed suit: "Buy - buy -"
Mrs. Wan felt very happy watching this.
Grandma Wan quickly put the money away and said to the boys in a serious tone, "Listen carefully, from the eldest brother Wanquan to the sixth brother Wanhu. I will only say this once today, and you must remember it firmly in your heart."
The boys nodded quickly. Their grandmother's words were like an imperial decree. They must be obedient in order to have new clothes to wear and good food to eat.
Seeing the boys looking at her nervously, Old Lady Wan nodded in satisfaction and said, "Your sister is a fairy from heaven. You all must be nice to your sister from now on. If anyone bullies your sister, you must beat her back.
Another thing is that we cannot talk about the money in our family outside. We need to know that we should not show off our wealth. This place is not like our Yangliu Village. There are many murderers here.
Besides, the people here are poorer than those in Yangliu Village where we used to live. When people are poor, they are more likely to do bad things, such as burning, killing and looting. So you all have to keep your mouths shut, okay? If I find out that any of you are talking nonsense outside, I will kick him out of the house. "
After being scolded by Old Lady Wan, the boys were so scared that they shook their heads like rattles.
"Grandma, don't worry, we won't tell anyone even if you kill us."
"Grandma, I keep my mouth shut. No one can try to get any information out of me." Wan Shuang patted his chest and said.
Old Mrs. Wan nodded with satisfaction.
Seeing that her other grandchildren were also vying to express their opinions, Grandma Wan felt a little relieved. However, she still had to talk to her sons and daughters-in-law in the evening and give them some more instructions when she returned.
Old Mrs. Wan did not expect that the Lu family would be so generous and give so much silver directly.
If she knew, she would not open it in front of the children.
At this time, the youngest Wanhu was looking at Xiao Fubao happily. His focus was different from that of his other brothers.
"Sister, are you really a fairy? No wonder you fell from a tree. Can you transform into something?"
Wanhu held Xiao Fubao's little feet and looked at him eagerly.
Little Fubao felt itchy after being scratched and couldn't help but kick, but he used too much force and kicked directly on Wanhu's face.
Wan Hu was not angry at all, he even smiled happily and said: "Sister is really a fairy, her feet are fragrant."
The other brothers burst into laughter at Wan Hu's amusement.
Old Mrs. Wan couldn't help but grin.
When Old Mrs. Wan looked at all the things, she found that the other things were also very valuable.
There were two sets of gold and silver head ornaments, as well as various materials, furs, snacks, and a host of other things.
Old Mrs. Wan took out a bag of snacks and gave them to Wan Quan, asking him to share them with his younger brothers and sisters, while she put the rest of the things in order.
Seeing that the house was bare, Old Mrs. Wan couldn't even find a place to put her things, so she asked Old Third Wan to chop down a few trees after breakfast so that she could at least build a shelf to put things on.
The family had a simple breakfast. There was not much dry firewood left at home. It would be gone in two days. The winter in the northwest is long, and every household is short of firewood. It is not realistic to expect to buy firewood in the village.
After breakfast, the sun was already high in the sky. Old Mrs. Wan glanced at the time. It was already noon. Because of Wang Dazhu's matter in the morning, everyone was delayed for a long time.
At this moment, Old Lady Wang was sitting on the kang, preparing to instruct her sons to go to the town to purchase some daily necessities. The most important thing was to buy firewood quickly. Everything else could be accommodated, but the matter of heating the kang for eating was absolutely impossible.
At this time, a voice came from outside the door: "Excuse me, is this the Wan family from the capital?"
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