Chapter 11 Gifts
Lin Xi waved to Zi Lan and gave her a mahogany gold-painted box, "Stupid girl, I'll give this to you. It's not a bad thing to come and not be rude to you. I'll make a better fragrance when you make it. Remember to keep it for me."
As he said that, he got on the carriage, and the Lin family said goodbye to them and left.
Zi Yan and his son were sitting in the carriage. He curiously grabbed the box and asked, "Sister, please open it and see what it is?"
Zi Lan opened it and was shocked, and subconsciously blurted out, "Longnao, agarwood, what a precious fragrance."
The box is divided into two layers, and the upper layer is a large piece of white dragon brain. This is a top-quality dragon brain, which is rare for a thousand gold. The lower layer is agarwood, which has the best inverted frame, with a hard texture and rich oil. The second grade is agarwood. There are several pieces in the lower layer lattice, and three pieces in the first grade.
The first-grade agarwood is thicker than the second-grade water-sinking oil. The water-sinking oil is not as good as the first-grade, and it is also very obvious to distinguish it. The second-grade is black-brown, and there is also a dark blue-yellow color;
The first grade is a light black and slightly yellowish yellow type.
Yang picked up a piece and smelled it, nodded slightly, "Smelly and sweet from afar, and the taste is like a nanmu; when you smell it recently, it is thick and slightly bitter. This water is deep and clear, but it is sweet and bitter when you smell it recently, and it is of high quality. It is a kind of agarwood, which is really good."
Zilan tied the bag containing the dragon brain tightly, then opened the things and placed them in two boxes to avoid smell, and handed them to Yang, "Mom, keep it."
"This is for you. How can I get it? The things are indeed expensive, but our family is not unaffordable. Your grandfather knows that I love perfume. He has been in the northwest for many years and is the most convenient to buy spices. He will give me a lot of spices every year, including very expensive ones.
You can keep it yourself. When you are a little bigger, you can use it yourself. If you have the chance to give him some incense after making it."
Although Yang is a concubine's daughter, her father is a close friend. She is sensible and smart as a child. She has a very good relationship with her mother and brother. She is very clear-cut and her parents love her very much.
There is no shortage of money. After marrying someone, I have good financial management skills and ample in my hands. I live a happy life.
"Yes, thank you mother, I'll keep it and try to make a perfume myself."
Zilan smiled with satisfaction. Although the things are superb, she really does not lack them. There are such agarwood trees in the space. All kinds of strange flowers and fragrance trees are specially found to be planted in the space for spice reserves. However, with the things he gave, the way of coming is even more open.
"When you are a little bigger, just tell your mother what spices you need. My mother asked her grandfather to help you buy them. There are no spices that you can't buy. Your father is searching for me all year round in the Harbour."
Yang smiled confidently.
Although Zilan didn't know how much money his parents had, looking at Yang's appearance, he knew that she must be rich. The price of spices was extremely high due to the route and transportation origin, and such a dragon brain was very expensive. However, Yang's appearance was also common to Stone, so he knew that she was very confident.
"Okay, thank you mother."
"Silly girl, if you have talent, you have to study hard. Mom is waiting for you to take over my mantle."
Yang touched his daughter's head, and a look of love flashed in his eyes.
The carriage walked all the way to the Yang family, and the slaves of the Yang family came to pick them up and they had already made arrangements.
After entering the mansion, Yang led his daughter to ask the nanny in front of him, "Madam Xu, are my father and mother in good health? Have you received the medicinal materials and other items I sent here? Are you okay, brothers and sisters-in-law? Is it going well with my brother?
I brought some gifts to my nephews, book notes, etc., and I don’t know if they can use it.”
Madam Xu immediately smiled and said, "I ask the eldest lady to think about it. Everything is fine at home. The things have been received long ago. The old lady said that the fragrance you made is the most heart-wrenching. The house at home is ready, and the yard you used to live in when you were in the boudoir, everything is as usual."
"It's still my mother who loves me. Why didn't my niece let my niece move in to my yard? It's a pity to leave it in vain. How many times can I come back a year? I'm just working hard for me, Hongxia."
Before Yang entered the inner courtyard, he immediately winked and asked the maid to reward Madam Xu and other servants to avoid being worn by others. This is what the high-gate courtyard is like, so you can get a reward.
"Thank you, Miss. Let's go to the house. The old lady knew you were back and waited early. She asked a few times early in the morning."
Madam Xu asked the girl below to take over the reward, which was the reward from the eldest lady.
"I miss my parents and brothers, too."
Yang's eyes were filled with crystal clearness, and he had been away from home for a few years.
They walked through the garden and walked around the corridor to the main hall. A beautiful sister in silk put a curtain on them and laughed loudly, "Welcome the eldest lady to return home. The old lady, the young master and the young lady were here too."
He lifted the curtain and let them in, with a respectful and polite attitude, a greeting smile on his face, and rules everywhere make people happy.
What caught my eye when I entered the house was a very spacious hall with crabapple carved red sandalwood ring-back chairs on both sides. Two identical ring-back chairs and a sandalwood table were placed in the middle. Above my head was a landscape picture of famous artists.
On the right is a screen of pineapple wood made of maid embroidery pictures. It hurts when sitting, and behind it is a warm pavilion.
An old couple sat in the middle. The old lady on the right was wearing an indigo-colored Wan-character Wanfu Xiang skirt, and she only used a jade hairpin to tie her hair. She was dignified and had a very good face.
On the left was an old man, tall and energetic, looking about forty years old, but he was already an old man at the age of 40. He looked majestic in his robe, and he had a sense of evil spirit that only soldiers could have. He looked a little scary when he was not angry and mighty.
A cushion was placed on the ground. Yang let go of Zilan's hand and stepped forward to kneel on the cushion, "My daughter is unfilial, I'm paying respects to my father and mother."
"Good boy, get up quickly and let me see you. In the blink of an eye, you've been home almost ten years."
"Mom, my daughter misses you very much."
Yang started crying. Less than a year after getting married, he received a transfer order from Song Zhengtian to go out. They went out for nine years, three years were one period, and most of them returned for three periods for stability.
During this period, he gave birth to two children, Zi Yan and Zi Lan.
"Is this your children?"
The old lady saw the two children who were standing behind, wiped her tears and smiled at them.
Zi Yan and Zi Lan looked at each other and knelt on the cushion together, kowtowed and bowed, "Zi Yan would like to pay tribute to grandfather and grandmother, and wish grandmother good health and all the best."
"Zi Lan greets my grandfather and grandmother, and wishes my grandfather and grandmother good health and all the best."
"Okay, get up quickly, let me see."
Chapter completed!