Black Panther's gifts are more 'practical'.
A large basket of plump, white lotus roots, supposedly grown in his "own" lotus field, is said to be excellent for eating raw, in soups, or stir-fries. Even the restaurants under Black Panther's name use these.
Two buckets (extra large buckets) of live fish—although because they are live fish, the buckets need to be filled with a lot of water and the fish can't be put in too many, but... if the fish don't die, Yun Duo thinks they can eat them for at least half a month, the kind of eating every day... enough to make people want to vomit just looking at the fish.
Half a pig carcass...the kind of big, fat pig that weighs at least 200 pounds, and it's even tied with red silk??
Air-dried chicken, duck, goose, sausage, beef, and various other cured meats... filled two whole baskets.
No… Mr. Leopard, you're not actually involved in organized crime, are you? You're a man who's neither entirely legitimate nor criminal, someone even the county magistrate of Qingping County treats with deference. What's wrong with you? Giving New Year's gifts to farmers like us?!
Moreover, the gifts they gave were so down-to-earth.
Why?
Yun Duo felt extremely distressed; her small body was not yet able to bear the weight of such social obligations.
Moreover... these two are particularly important figures, at least in Qingping County. When they came to deliver New Year's gifts, it wasn't just a matter of sending their subordinates to make a trip. Instead, they condescended to personally deliver warmth (just kidding) to her door, and even kept having an awkward chat with her grandfather.
What the hell? Didn't you see her grandfather... sitting next to the county magistrate and Leopard Master, looking completely nervous and on edge?
Moreover... Yun Duo felt that her grandfather must be very worried right now.
How can a commoner like him reciprocate the New Year's gifts from the county magistrate and Lord Leopard?
Yun Duo secretly glanced at her grandfather's face. She thought that if the county magistrate and Black Panther weren't around right now, he would probably be so worried that he would pluck out all his beard hairs.
This is so worrying!
So many things—
First, they can't finish it all.
Secondly, returning the gift is a big problem!
Third, it incites jealousy for no reason!
She's not afraid of people being jealous, but if there are too many rumors, who knows what the two elderly people will think?
It's a pity, since they've already delivered the goods, we can't just return them like that.
Otherwise, wouldn't that be incredibly disrespectful? In Qingping County, it would be truly... inhumane to not give these two any face.
Yunduo is a child, at least physically, so people won't mind if she's a little lacking in understanding of interpersonal relationships.
But Yun Dazheng and Yun Qishi are not suitable.
At her age, how could she still be so immature?
Therefore, even if they didn't want to accept the gift from the bottom of their hearts, they had no choice but to accept it reluctantly, and they had to express their gratitude and apprehension repeatedly.
As soon as Cao Limin and Black Panther left, Yun Dazheng called out to Yun Qishi, "Old woman, how much money do we have left? Why don't you give me your savings book and I'll withdraw some tomorrow and then go to the city... um... or maybe I should go to the provincial capital. Hey, the things we buy in this small place are definitely not good enough for the county magistrate and Master Leopard. Let's go to the provincial capital and buy some high-end gifts to return the favor."
"To be honest, it was our fault. The county magistrate has helped us so much, and Master Leopard... Master Leopard has always been our benefactor. How could we not have thought of that..."
"I really didn't expect this. How did a small family like ours end up getting involved with them?"
"County Magistrate Cao and Master Leopard, they're being far too polite..."
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