"Then why don't you hurry up and say it? What are you waiting for?" the anxious old housekeeper urged again.
"Hey, I said you were too anxious. This matter is very common. Although Gong Jian did reject our family's gift, he still respects us in terms of attitude. You must admit this."
The old housekeeper nodded, agreeing with what Shopkeeper Tian said, but he did not move his eyes away from Shopkeeper Tian. He knew that Old Tian still had something more important to say.
Sure enough, as the old housekeeper expected, Shopkeeper Tian didn't pay attention to his reaction, but continued: "As for what his family said is not necessary, I had a certain feeling when I heard about the return gift they sent.
Got it."
Shopkeeper Tian turned his head and found that the old housekeeper and Song Ma were staring at him intensely, looking forward to his next words. He didn't hold back and spoke directly.
"The return gift from his family, regardless of the identity of the person who comes to congratulate him, is a uniform wedding cake. And I heard from the servant that his family's servants even distribute the wedding cakes to the neighbors. This way they treat everyone equally.
The behavior itself shows their family’s attitude.”
Gong Jian's family was indeed happy to be selected as a scholar this time, and they shared their joy with everyone by giving back gifts and sharing wedding cakes. This allowed all the neighbors and people who came to congratulate them to share in their joy.
Such a simple, direct and fair approach shows that this is how their family celebrates the fact that Gong Jian became a scholar.
Hearing what Shopkeeper Tian said, the old butler over there couldn't sit still. He immediately stood up, his eyes widened, and asked in disbelief: "You mean, their family has no plan to do anything for Gong Jianzhong."
To celebrate the scholar’s event, we just distributed some wedding cakes to everyone, and that’s it?”
Shopkeeper Tian nodded beside him. If the Gong Jian family wanted to hold a banquet to celebrate, it would be impossible to give wedding cakes to everyone who came to congratulate them, and even distribute the wedding cakes to the neighbors.
Moreover, Gong Jian's mother and sister participated in making this wedding cake together. If you want to celebrate grandly, there is no need to go to such trouble to make this simple wedding cake. So the final result can only be that he
There are no other celebrations planned at all.
Since he had no intention of hosting a banquet to celebrate his son's success as a scholar, there was really no need for Tian Ji to book a banquet for his family at the restaurant in advance.
This moment completely explained the attitude of Gong Jian’s family, as well as the reciprocal gifts and the words of the servants. If the old housekeeper was calm, he would probably be able to analyze these quickly, but because of the atmosphere, he suddenly occupied his entire reason.
So until Shopkeeper Tian made the matter clear, the old housekeeper was still a little unbelievable.
After all, in everyone's perception, winning the prize of Master Xiucai was a very important and worthy of celebration. They never expected that Gong Jianjia would not have any intention to celebrate. They were just
Let's break it down. The home-made wedding cake is so simple, it can be said that this matter has been cleared up.
Over there, Shopkeeper Tian continued: "I estimate that although there are many people coming to congratulate her family, there are not many gifts that will actually be accepted. After all, if his family does not plan to celebrate in a big way, it will not be celebrated with great fanfare.
I won’t accept congratulatory gifts from so many people.”
Before Shopkeeper Tian could say anything else, the old housekeeper had already walked quickly to the door of the living room, called a clever boy over, gave a few instructions, and then asked the boy to leave.
The butler turned around again, and when he returned to his seat, he explained to the other two people: "I just assigned a boy to take a look near Gong Jian's house to find out whether his house is really what Lao Tian thought.
I don’t plan to celebrate grandly. Also, what is the attitude of the Gong Jian family about those people who came to congratulate and send gifts?"
Originally, Song's mother said that she wanted to wait and see what the Gong Jian family would do next, which was what she meant. Just now she didn't say anything, but now the old housekeeper has put her ideas into practice.
Regarding the old butler's approach, Shopkeeper Tian did not say whether he agreed or disagreed. He just said lightly: "Then let's wait and see how the young man comes back to talk later."
Then the old housekeeper sat on his seat, still a little doubtful. He couldn't help but murmured: "Gong Jian's family is too strange. This is a scholar. Their family is not prepared to celebrate such a big thing. Is this a close relationship?"
My son is a scholar? In this county, but
Anyone who is a scholar should have a good celebration. Not to mention, in the past two years, I remember that even those who passed the child examination, there were many people setting up a banquet to celebrate. Could it be that, because they
My family used to live in a village, so I don’t know these rules?”
Hearing the old butler's mutterings, Shopkeeper Tian couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Old butler, you are in charge of too much. Whether people celebrate or not is their own business. You can't just because others decide not to.
I planned to celebrate, but it disrupted your plan, so just keep talking about it."
Of course, the old housekeeper didn't want to take such a blame: "I said Lao Tian, that's not what I meant. Now I'm not very surprised, why doesn't his family celebrate? After all, this is a scholar. Scholars can not only be exempted from corvee taxes,
There is also a fixed income every year
Now, you don’t have to kneel when you meet officials in the future. For such a big event, with so many people coming to congratulate you and sending so many gifts, if their family insists on not celebrating, wouldn’t it offend people? I’m not worried, I’m afraid
Don’t their family members understand the truth behind this?”
Shopkeeper Tian squinted and shook his head: "I don't think his family is so short-sighted. Gong Jian's father also traveled back and forth in the county and town in the early years. He should be very clear about the principles here. Okay.
, let’s wait for a while, the servant should come back and reply. If Gong Jian’s family really does something wrong, it’s still too late for us to come to remind him.”
The three of them were speechless for a moment. They all sat there quietly drinking tea, waiting for the boy who went to Gong Jian's house to inquire about the news to come back and reply.
About half an hour later, the clever boy ran back out of breath. He also knew that the old housekeeper was eager to know the results of what he was told, so he simply ran back. He came back.
Without taking a breath, he ran directly to the living room and gave the three people a reply. (To be continued)