Xu Ning prepared the New Year's gifts for Qiu Tingting and her family early in the morning, and she had originally planned to give them on New Year's Eve.
But when he heard that they had to offer sacrifices to the kiln god first, Xu Ning was afraid that it would be lost due to too many people, so he specially saved it for the first day of the new year.
Qiu Tingting was an impatient girl. After returning to the inn where Xu Ning was staying, she couldn't wait to open the gift after Xu Ning gave it to her.
Xu Ning prepared the same gift for Qiu Tingting and her mother, but the styles were different.
Qiu Tingting's were a bar of rose-scented soap and a box of facial oil, while Qiu Tingting's mother's were camellia-scented.
"Oh, it looks so good. What is this, Xu Ning? It's so delicate! It smells fragrant! Is it edible? It looks so good that I can't bear to eat it!" Qiu Tingting couldn't let go of the rose soap and kept bringing it to her nose to smell it.
"Pfft, this is not food, this is soap. You can use it to wash your face, hands, and take a bath." Xu Ning prepared a large bar of soap weighing one pound for Qiu Tingting. Considering how reluctant Qiu Tingting was to use it, she would not be able to use it up in at least a year.
Xu Ning demonstrated to Qiu Tingting how to use soap. Qiu Tingting washed her face according to Xu Ning's instructions and immediately fell in love with it. She held her hands and kept smelling them.
"Oh my God, my hands smell so good! This smell is so good, I love it, it smells better than rouge and powder! My face smells good too!" After Qiu Tingting finished praising herself, she looked at another gift Xu Ning had prepared for her, which was something in a small porcelain jar.
"Xu Ning, is this rouge?" Qiu Tingting opened the lid curiously, and the familiar rose scent filled her nose.
"This is facial oil. You can also use it on your hands and body. When your body is dry, you can use it to wipe your skin. The skin will immediately become moisturized and smooth." Xu Ning scooped a little with his clean fingers and gently tapped it on Qiu Tingting's face, then gently spread it with his fingertips.
"Just apply it like I did just now. It's very simple, right?"
"Yes! Xu Ning, it's so comfortable and fragrant. I feel like my face is fragrant. It feels so smooth and tender to the touch. My face feels like a peeled egg! Xu Ning, I love you so much!"
Qiu Tingting excitedly hugged Xu Ning like a koala. Xu Ning pulled her down with amusement and said, "Didn't we say we were going home for dinner? Are you so happy that you're not hungry anymore?"
"How could it be! Hurry up! Xu Ning, let's go home quickly. My parents must be waiting anxiously. I can't wait any longer either. I want to tell them how much I love the gift you gave me!"
Xu Ning looked at Qiu Tingting, who looked like she wanted to introduce her to the whole world, and could only smile at her dotingly. What else could he do? He could only continue to dote on such a lovely little sister.
"Qiu Tingting, are you having so much fun that you forgot the time?" Before reaching Qiu Tingting's house, Xu Ning and Qiu Tingting met Qiu Tingting's old father, Qiu Ming, who was standing at the intersection looking around.
"Yes, yes, Dad, that's right, it's me. I'm so happy that I feel like flying to the sky!"
"You girl!" Qiu Ming didn't know what to say to her, because she still looked so arrogant.
"Dad, stop talking and let's go home. I tell you, you will be happier than me later!" Although Qiu Tingting didn't know what Xu Ning gave her father, she felt that her father would be as happy as she was after seeing it.
Not for anything else, just because they are father and daughter.
"Needless to say, I'm much happier to see Miss Ning than to see you!" Qiu Ming glared at his troublesome daughter.
"Tsk, Dad, I'm a magnanimous person now and I won't bother with you. You'll know soon anyway." Qiu Tingting pulled Xu Ning and ran very fast, leaving her old father Qiu Ming behind.
Qiu Ming, who was catching up from behind, shook his head helplessly, and as soon as he stepped into the house, he heard his wife's happy exclamation!
"What's wrong?" As soon as Qiu Ming entered the door, he saw his wife holding a pink brick and smiling, and he smiled too.
"How come someone made bricks pink these days? Not to mention it looks pretty!"
"Hahahahaha"
The three women present couldn't stop laughing.
"Dad, how can you be so funny? I almost want to say something disrespectful to you, my dear dad~"
"Hahaha, Old Qiu, what are you talking about? You are not a brick, you are soap!" Qiu Ming's wife's face turned red with laughter. She couldn't help but scold Qiu Ming.
"Soap?!" Qiu Ming came over and sniffed it. "Hey, it smells really good, like camellia!"
"Dad, it smells good, right? This is the New Year's gift that Xu Ning gave to Mom. I have one too! Mine is a different one with a floral scent! It smells good too!" Qiu Tingting immediately showed off her gift to her dad. Qiu Ming took a look and immediately looked at Xu Ning eagerly.
"Ning girl, how come they all have it but I don't?" This honest face made a pitiful expression, which made Xu Ning want to laugh no matter how he looked at it.
Qiu Tingting laughed so hard that she covered her stomach. Even his wife couldn't help laughing when she saw him like that.
"How could that be, Uncle Qiu? We are the first ones to meet, so your gift is the most important one." Xu Ning handed him a small wooden box. The box was a common wooden box in Cidu Town, but Qiu Ming took it very seriously when he received it.
"Dad, open it and see what it is!" Qiu Tingting was very curious. She had seen the gifts from her and her mother, except for her father's.
But whoever opened the gift was the one who opened it. Qiu Tingting didn't think of helping, she just watched helplessly from the side.
"Ning girl, is this really for me?" Qiu Ming asked uncertainly. Xu Ning was stunned, then nodded with a smile.
Qiu Ming was a little excited. He was very happy even before he opened the gift. This kind of happiness was very different. This was the first time he received a gift from a friend other than his family.
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