Geng Suhua and the others received the exquisite silver earrings and did not dislike them. After all, they had not even prepared a gift for their own son, so they were already very surprised to receive this.
Ling Weiyuan, Ling Weicun and Shu Xuhong wore knee pads. If they were released into later generations, they would be considered to be in their prime.
In the Yong Dynasty, this would be middle age, the age that requires the most maintenance. If you don't pay attention, you will get cold legs.
Especially for Ling Weiyuan who had a broken bone, he would feel air coming through the gaps between his bones from time to time. Having this knee pad was a great help.
Ling Weicun immediately strapped the kneepads onto his legs and said cheerfully, "This gift really touches my heart. I'll wear this when I go mushroom shopping tomorrow. I won't be afraid of wind or rain anymore."
Chi Xingyue felt a little ashamed and thought he should have sent it out earlier.
But she also felt that since her own daughter-in-law was not worried, why should she, the niece-in-law, feel guilty?
Well, I shouldn’t be so sentimental.
After them came peers such as Ling Jiren, Ling Jiyi, Ling Jihao, and Ling Jiran.
Chi Xingyue didn't know what to prepare for them, so she just took a few pieces of cloth.
Baozhu brought in the things and placed them on the table. Except for a piece of peach pink satin, she let the brothers choose the rest.
Ling Jiren picked a piece of lake blue brocade, Ling Jiyi picked a piece of silver-gray brocade, and Ling Jihao picked a piece of black brocade.
The three brothers were all very satisfied.
Wan Chunqin and Gu Youlian are quite special. One is a concubine and the other has a weird personality.
Chi Xingyue was so worried about preparing gifts for them that he almost went bald.
It was hard to decide whether it was a small gift or a big one. Finally, I decided to give her some rouge and powder as a token of my appreciation.
Of course, their things are different.
Chi Xingyue specially swapped the packaging of the two boxes of rouge and let them choose for themselves.
Before Wan Chunqin could say anything, Gu Youlian picked out the one with exquisite carvings.
Chi Xingyue smiled and handed the rough one to Wan Chunqin.
The heavy weight in her hand made Wan Chunqin feel a little confused, and she subconsciously wanted to open the box and take a look.
Chi Xingyue stopped her with a smile and gave her a look that understood.
Wan Chunqin understood instantly, thanked him with a smile, and turned to whisper to Xiaohe.
After a while, Xiao He left. Chi Xingyue glanced at her but didn't take it seriously.
He took out the pens, ink, paper and inkstone from the box and gave them to the children.
He smiled and patted their heads: "Our Weiwei, Mingyue, Minghao, and Shurui have grown up, and it's time for them to go to school and learn to read.
When the weather warms up, I'll invite a teacher back to teach the little ones."
Shu Rui immediately bowed: "Thank you, sister-in-law."
Ling Minghao followed closely behind: "Thank you, auntie!"
However, Ling Mingyue, as the eldest grandson of the first house, actually showed a reluctant expression on his face.
Ling Jiren knew that he was influenced by Gu Youlian, and the anger in his heart was about to burn out all his rationality.
It was only when Wan Chunqin pulled him and indicated that today was New Year's Day that she was able to suppress his anger.
But I also decided to try to isolate the mother and child as much as possible in the future to prevent the good child from being implicated.
Although the old lady knew that Wan Chunqin had nothing to do with this, she secretly felt that a concubine was just a concubine and it would be best not to make her her legal wife.
Just like her, even though she treats her three children equally on the surface, in reality, she gives more to her own child.
Even the wives chosen for the three legitimate sons were of very different qualities.
Chi Xingyue didn't pay much attention to the performance of the children, but pushed the box full of purses to the old lady and let her take charge of the situation.
I stood by and whispered about the distribution of the purses.
The old lady looked at Chi Xingyue in surprise, patted her hands with satisfaction, and felt that this granddaughter-in-law was considerate.
In Jiangning Prefecture, the first day of every year is the time for the mistress of the house to give red envelopes to the younger generations and reward money to the servants.
The Ling family was exiled to Youzhou, and they didn't have much money, so they thought this tradition would be temporarily shelved.
Unexpectedly, Chi Xingyue was actually prepared and considerately classified them by color.
The old lady smiled and gave red envelopes to the younger generations in the family, including Fu Huanping and the other two, and then distributed benefits to subordinates like Ling Yi and Jinbao, and servants like Shunzi and Zhaocai.
Purses of different patterns contain different amounts of silver, which express our gratitude to everyone for their efforts over the past few months.
But more importantly, we are grateful for their solidarity and invincible bravery in fighting against the Northern Liao people.
Everyone was holding the exquisite purses, and they were all eager to try it.
But he also knew the rules and had to keep it secret, so he could only suppress his curiosity, put the purse in his arms, and open it when he got back to his room.
A moment later, Xiao He returned, handed the things to Wan Chunqin, and then took the purse that belonged to her.
Wan Chunqin stepped forward and bowed, then said softly, "I also have a gift for the old master, the old lady, the eldest master, the eldest lady, the eldest young master, and the second young master's wife."
Chi Xingyue was a little surprised. She didn't expect the other party to prepare a gift for her.
He pointed at himself, wanting to confirm with the other person.
Wan Chunqin couldn't help laughing when she saw this. She thought how wonderful it was to be spoiled by her family, just like an unmarried girl.
He quickly restrained his expression and handed several sets of spring clothes to the elders.
Ling Jiren suddenly looked up and realized what Wan Chunqin had done to ask him for money some time ago.
I was so moved that I heard Gu Youlian snort coldly, "Flatterer!"
Chi Xingyue rolled her eyes and thought to herself, if you, a proper daughter-in-law, don't flatter your parents-in-law, wouldn't it make Wan Chunqin look bad?
This shows that he is really not afraid of being ostracized by his family and having a bad ending.
Just as he thought of this, he saw Wan Chunqin shyly handing a set of pure white clothes to Ling Jiren.
Ling Jiren opened it in confusion and found that it was his underwear, which made him blush.
Chi Xingyue smiled kindly with everyone else, thinking that inner and outer clothes are all clothes, so why bother?
Wan Chunqin's face turned as red as an apple. She gave a dark green dress to Chi Xingyue and a light yellow dress to Ling Jiran.
As for her brother-in-law, she gave him a hair crown, which was thoughtful of her.
The whole family was very happy to receive the gifts, except Geng Suhua, who looked worried.
There is no other reason, the contrast is too tragic.
I don’t know what’s wrong with Gu Youlian. It’s been so long, and she still hasn’t recovered from the house confiscation and exile.
I'm afraid it's a broken jar.
Alas, what misfortune for her family, it has been hard for her son Ji Ren, such a good boy!
The maids helped their master return the gifts, and the old lady started playing cards again.
In the morning, Song Lizheng came to pay New Year's greetings with gifts and paid back the fifty taels of silver he owed Ling Jiheng.
"New Year, new beginnings! Our Qingshan Village is finally rich!"
Song Lizheng proudly took out a banknote and said, "Here, this is the money we agreed to pay when we bought the house!"
After that, he took out a bag of small change and said, "This is the commission from the Ling family for helping me sell mushrooms during this period."
Ling Jiheng didn't count and handed the money to Chi Xingyue.
Chi Xingyue returned to the house, took out the IOU written by Song Lizheng, and tore it to pieces in front of everyone.
Song Lizheng felt relieved, not expecting any unexpected gains later.
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