Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Nine New Year's Gifts
The few days before the New Year are basically the busiest time, busy cleaning, preparing New Year's goods, New Year's gifts, and things related to worship. Generally speaking, Su Yueling should be the mistress of the Yuan family, but she is not happy with it.
He left all these matters to Yuan Baoshu, saying not to bother her with such mundane matters.
Yuan Baoshu only felt that her sister-in-law wanted to give her more opportunities to exercise, and she felt more and more grateful in her heart. Other families would fight to death for this housekeeper power, but her family was better off, and her sister-in-law gave her full power.
However, the Yuan family now has many more servants, and Hu Zhen, who has stayed in a wealthy family's home, is there to give guidance, and Wu Shu fills in the gaps. Yuan Baoshu, except for the initial rush, quickly made everything properly arranged.
Right.
During this process, Su Yueling was naturally the most leisurely. She only had to practice calligraphy and worry about how she would dress up tomorrow.
After Yuan Baoshu was busy for a day, she looked at the list and asked, "Have you delivered the New Year's gift to your uncle's family?"
The uncle's family she refers to refers to her sister-in-law's uncle, Su Dashan's family.
If Yuan Baoshu didn't like their family very much before, she still doesn't like them now. But her experience during this period made her know that she was obviously good to Su Dashan's family at this time, so they would naturally help suppress Su Yuewei.
And for the Yuan family, the things they gave to the Su Dashan family were just a few things that slipped through their fingers.
"Not yet. This morning the uncle said to add another Duan Inkstone." Dongyue said.
Yuan Baoshu knew that this Duan Inkstone should be prepared for her sister-in-law's cousin. She checked the New Year's gift and asked: "How many fish do we still have?"
Dongyue went to the kitchen to ask, and soon came back, "There are eight buckets of fish, three buckets of shrimp, and six hares, and each one is very plump."
These are sent by other villagers. There is a river near Lushan Village. The villagers often go there to fish. There is no shortage of fish and shrimp during the Chinese New Year. In addition to these two things, if they go into the mountains to catch game, they will also send some to Yuan Dynasty.
Home.
This is a way for them to express their gratitude. If the Yuan family doesn't accept it, they will feel uneasy. It's just that this family gives away a little, and that family gives a little away. As a result, the Yuan family has so many things that they can't finish them all.
Yuan Baoshu thought for a while and said, "Let's add four fish and a hare, and let the second brother deliver them in person." In addition to the New Year's gifts prepared previously, this New Year's gift is quite a lot.
After all, Su Dashan is also the closest relative to his sister-in-law. There is nothing wrong with sharing the endless food with their family.
Yuan Suifeng liked to run out, so he immediately took over the job.
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When Yuan Suifeng arrived at Su Dashan's house, Su Yuewei also went to deliver New Year's gifts to her parents' family in person.
The Su Dashan family bought a house in the city with the new year's gift given by the Wu family, and used the rest to buy fields, so that they can make some money every year. Except for Su Dashan becoming an eunuch, what will happen to the Su family this year?
Still looking good.
Even Mrs. Su Liao was murmuring in her heart, feeling that after her husband became a eunuch, there would be no other harm besides making her a widow. At least now he talks to her much more gently than before.
After life became more prosperous, the original meanness on Su Liao's face disappeared a bit.
When she saw Su Yuewei, her daughter, Su Liao raised her eyebrows and said, "Weier, you still knew you wanted to come see us. I thought you had forgotten that we are parents."
Ever since they broke up with the Wu family, Wei'er had almost never visited the house. When she occasionally went to Lushan Village to deliver things to Yueling, she also heard about how she was raising her sister-in-law at home and carefully teaching her needlework.
Mrs. Su Liao couldn't help but think that her daughter was in vain, especially with Yueling as a comparison... Yueling had people bring food to her every three days.
Su Yuewei felt extremely uncomfortable after hearing the strange words.
She is now having a difficult time in the Zhang family. Her mother-in-law's family not only refuses to help her, they only want to hold her back and hurt her heart. When she had a miscarriage some time ago, her mother refused to even look at her, but she had time to help her.
Su Yueling brought food.
If she wasn't worried about others saying she was unfilial, Su Yuewei wouldn't even want to come to her house today.
She had been holding it in for a while. It was not that she was out of breath, but she brought out some of it when she spoke.
"Who did Mom think she would see? Su Yueling? Do you think she really wants to be filial to you? She just wants to use you to prick my heart."
"Now her goal has been achieved, and she has successfully used you to ruin my reputation. Do you think she is still talking to you now? We are a family. Even if we quarrel, the bones and tendons are broken."
"These are the New Year's gifts I specially prepared for you by saving money."
"These two kilograms of flour and half a kilogram of mutton can be used to make mutton dumplings, just in time to eat during the Chinese New Year. I personally caught this fish in the river..." There was a bit of grievance in her tone, "My hands are in the ice water.
It's been soaked in water for so long that it's almost getting frostbite. This piece of linen can just give Tianbao a new set of clothes."
Su Liao looked at these things and curled her lips in disapproval. Although she didn't know, her sister told her that Yue Wei would go to the city every three days to cut a pound of meat for the Zhang family.
When she went to the city to buy new year's goods the day before yesterday, she even bought a piece of silk, which cost three taels, and she even bought two taels of white sugar. She didn't ask her to give Tianbao a few feet of silk to make clothes, but she gave it anyway.
Cotton.
In the end, she actually used linen to get rid of it? If her son really wears this to school, I don’t know how he will be laughed at. Fortunately, she still has the silk and satin that the Wu family used to apologize to her. Otherwise, if she was counting on the New Year’s gift from her daughter,
It would be embarrassing for my son to go to pay New Year greetings to his husband during the Chinese New Year.
Su Liao's face immediately dropped, "No need, how can a family like ours use the cloth saved by a scholar like you? You'd better take it back and make your own clothes."
After Su Yuewei heard this, she felt more and more uncomfortable. What happened to the linen? As a scholar, she usually wears linen. Her younger brother is not a child yet. If it weren't for the fact that Cheng Wang had already won the title of scholar, the gift he gave would be too light.
Having lost the face of a scholar like him, Su Yuewei was unwilling to spend her own money to buy this New Year gift. Who knew that her mother didn't think it was enough? She was simply greedy.
"Mom, the most important thing for my brother in school is to study, not to compare with others. It would be great to have new clothes to wear."
Zhang Chengwang was not willing to give her any extra money except for household expenses. All Su Yuewei used to honor her mother-in-law was the money she had earned through hard work. She looked haggard in the bronze mirror and was about to use the money from selling handkerchiefs.
When I buy facial cream to apply on my face, I naturally don’t want to spend it on my parents-in-law.
"Is it possible that you still expect Su Yueling to give you a New Year's gift? She hasn't given it yet, but the village has given it to you. It can be seen that it's just a superficial relationship with you, it's all pretending."
"Don't count on her anymore, I am your daughter."
Su Liao had a dark face and was about to retort when she suddenly heard a knock on the door.
Yuan Suifeng's clear young voice came through the door panel, and it was very penetrating.
"Auntie, open the door for me. I'm here to give you New Year's gifts."