Chapter 226, Asking for Gifts
Hearing that Daohua had spent so much time preparing his birthday gift, Yan Wenkai immediately became interested: "Where is it? Big sister, show me quickly."
Daohua was unhappy: "Didn't you complain about it just now? I'll change it right away when I get back."
Yan Wenkai was anxious and quickly reached out to shake Daohua's arm: "Come on, what I just said was nonsense, dear sister, please show me the purse you embroidered for me."
As he spoke, his face showed grievance.
"In our family, the eldest brother and fifth brother have purses embroidered by the third sister, the second brother has one embroidered by the second sister, and the third brother also carries the purse you gave him before. Although it is a bit ugly, it was not made by you after all. As for me, I am the only one in the family who uses a purse bought from outside."
Seeing his pitiful look, Daohua hesitated and said, "But tomorrow is your birthday. I'll give you the purse tomorrow."
Yan Wenkai interrupted directly: "Oh, it's the same today and tomorrow, I want to see it now." Then he started shaking Daohua's arm again.
Xiao Yeyang sat aside without saying anything. He was also a little curious. To be honest, he had known this girl for so long, but had never seen her do needlework.
Daohua pulled back her arm: "Okay, stop shaking it. I'll let Man'er get it, okay?"
After receiving the signal, Wang Maner immediately turned around and left.
After a while, she came over with a moon-white purse for men.
"Show it to me now."
Yan Wenkai quickly took the purse and looked at it: "Hey, what kind of animal is this?"
Xiao Yeyang also stretched his neck to look over. When he saw the adorable panda on the purse, he immediately smiled: "That's a ferruginous beast. Its spirit does look quite similar to yours."
Daohua was slightly surprised to see that Xiao Yeyang actually knew about pandas: "How do you know this?"
Xiao Yeyang: "I saw it in the Bashu County Chronicles. But how did you know about it? Did you see it in a storybook again?"
Daohua gave him a 'you're really smart' look and said with a smile, "I saw it in a travelogue."
Xiao Yeyang: "You've read so many books."
Daohua immediately replied, "I can't compare to you in reading as many books as you do, even the local county annals."
Here, with the help of Wang Maner, the purse was turned over again, and immediately a majestic tiger appeared on the purse.
"This one is good, it has a temperament like me!"
Daohua and Xiao Yeyang looked over at the same time, were silent for a moment, then shook their heads and said in unison: "The panda (iron-eating beast) is more like you."
After saying that, the two of them smiled knowingly.
Yan Wenkai, however, muttered in dissatisfaction, "What are you two looking at? I'm obviously more like a mountain tiger, okay? Forget it, I won't talk to you anymore. I'll go ask my eldest and third brothers."
After saying that, he ran away.
He just ran out of the pavilion, then quickly turned back and took away two pots of black chrysanthemums.
Seeing this, Daohua smiled and shook her head. Turning back, she found Xiao Yeyang looking at her with a hesitant look, and immediately asked in confusion, "What's wrong with you?"
Xiao Yeyang: "The birthday gift you prepared for your fourth brother is quite thoughtful."
Daohua said as a matter of course: "He is my fourth brother."
Xiao Yeyang seemed to be hesitant to speak again.
Daohua frowned and looked over: "What's wrong with you? Speak up if you have something to say!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yeyang simply turned his head and stopped looking at the rice flowers.
Defu, who was standing by, couldn't bear it any longer and whispered, "Miss Yan, you haven't even given our master a gift on his birthday."
Daohua was stunned for a moment, and then she looked at Xiao Yeyang speechlessly: "You didn't tell me when your birthday was!"
After he finished speaking, Xiao Yeyang spoke: "June 1st."
Rice Flower: "I understand. Next year, I will definitely prepare a gift for you." It's Children's Day, which is easy to remember.
Xiao Yeyang's expression finally became natural, and he asked curiously, "What gift are you going to prepare for me?"
Daohua smiled mysteriously: "You will know when the time comes."
Xiao Yeyang: "You can't just go out and buy me some brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone and send me away. At least it can't be worse than Wen Kai's."
It is not appropriate for a girl to give her needlework to a man who is not her husband. Otherwise, he would also like to have a double-sided purse made by Daohua herself.
Daohua smiled and said, "Don't worry, I promise I won't let you down."
Seeing her so confident, Xiao Yeyang is now looking forward to it.
On Yan Wenkai's birthday, the Yan family was very lively. The main officials of the provincial government heard about it and also asked their own children to come.
They were busy until the next day, and only after sending Xiao Yeyang and others away did Mrs. Li and Daohua breathe a sigh of relief at the same time.
Mrs. Li said as she drank her tea, "I'm so glad you helped me these past two days, otherwise, I would have collapsed from exhaustion."
The end of the year is already busy, and I originally planned to have a meal with my family for my son's birthday. But who would have thought that so many people would show up at the last minute, and many things were not prepared in sufficient quantities, so I had to rush to buy them.
Daohua smiled and said, "I just helped Mom out and ran errands. It's mainly because Mom is awesome."
Madam Li thought for a moment and said, "We'll be busy for two more days. Once we finish looking over the account books at the farm shop, everything will be done. After that, we can celebrate the New Year in peace."
After that, the mother and daughter talked for a while, and then Daohua returned to her yard.
"Man'er, go get Brother Xiaoliu."
Daohua took out the land deed given by Xiao Yeyang. These 3,000 acres of land were just outside Xingzhou. She had to see what was suitable for planting.
Soon, Qin Xiaoliu came over: "Girl, you called me?"
Daohua gave him the written address and said, "Brother Xiaoliu, go to this place and take a look at the land and the surrounding environment."
Qin Xiaoliu didn't ask any more questions, took the note and turned away.
The next day, Qin Xiaoliu came back with the information he had obtained.
"Girl, the land you showed me is all excellent dry land. The soil is very fertile and it's close to a water source."
Daohua listened carefully, but didn't say anything after listening. Two days later, when she was out picking red dates, she went to see it in person.
After returning, she said to Qin Xiaoliu, "Brother Xiaoliu, I want to grow medicinal herbs there next year. During this period, can you help me find a farmer to hire?"
"By the way, please help me collect more medicinal herb seeds. Once you have collected them, bring them to me. If you don't have enough silver, come and find Man'er."
Qin Xiaoliu nodded and kept in mind everything Daohua had instructed him to do.
"Miss, didn't you grow medicinal herbs in your farm in Danlin Village before? Why are you growing them now, and why are you growing so many?"
After Qin Xiaoliu left, Wang Maner asked.
Daohua was silent for a moment: "Now that we have food, we must be careful not to get sick."
(End of this chapter)
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