Chapter 111: Clarification (Thanks to Mint Weiliang for the monthly ticket~)
The two days before the Mid-Autumn Festival are the most frequent times when households in Chang'an City send each other gifts. Most people in Chang'an City are used to the Mid-Autumn Festival. During the day, he and his family would go shopping in the East and West Markets, and those with money would go to Xuandu Temple and Ci'en Temple to pray for blessings. In the evenings, they would usually have a reunion dinner with close family members, drink wine, admire the moon, and light river lanterns.
So, most people give each other gifts two days before the Mid-Autumn Festival.
British Government House, Zhenmiaoyuan.
"Langjun, my wife sent someone to ask, will your Mid-Autumn Festival ceremony this year be the same as last year? Or have there been changes?" Xu Jingzhen's servant Wuwei bowed his head and asked his husband.
Xu Jingzhen put down the letter he had sent from Wudang Mountain a few days ago and said to Wuwei: "My uncle will add 10% of the produce I brought back from Wudang Mountain, and my aunt will add two volumes of scriptures that I have written recently."
After a pause, Xu Jingzhen continued: "Tell my sister-in-law that I want an extra daily gift. You pack it up and we will go out and buy some other things to add to it later."
Wuwei raised his head and asked: " Sir, do you want to go out of your way to give a gift to Mr. Fang?"
Xu Jingzhen shook his head, stood up and adjusted his indigo robe before saying, "Chengxian will just follow the old rules, I will. I want to go to Li’s house.”
“Mr. Li from Changshoufang Herbal Hall?”
Xu Jingzhen nodded, "Okay, get some water, I need to tidy up."
Wuwei obediently went out to fetch water for his husband, Xu Jingzhen turned to carefully put away the letter paper on the table. , and in a flash he saw that the letter was in neat block letters. Xu Jingzhen stared at the four words "Let nature take its course" for a long time. He waited until Wuwei came in with water before folding the letter paper and putting it back into the envelope, and finally put it in In the upper drawer of Duobao Pavilion.
Brother Li and Second Brother Li are currently selecting pastries in Xiangguiji according to Sister-in-law Li’s instructions. It is best to buy freshly made pastries on the same day to give as a holiday gift. Uncle Li’s house, Doctor Gao, the Qian family, the Gao family, and Sister Li's natal Jiang family all live in Chang'an City.
Only Sister-in-law Li’s natal family, the Wu family, lives in a village outside Chang’an. However, according to the way the Li family treats people, it is the same whether in the city or in the countryside. There must be no lack of etiquette. At most, one or two gifts will be different depending on the distance.
So, I have to buy a portion of this snack for each family. The Wu family will take the portion home when the time comes, and Brother Li and Sister-in-law Li will go to the Wu family to deliver it in person tomorrow afternoon.
Before going out, Sister-in-law Li specially told her to buy an extra portion, so that she could secretly return the gift that Fang Chengxian had come to Li's house to give as a gift.
Brother Li, who was about to pay, stopped picking up his wallet when he heard the amount of money reported by the shopkeeper. He turned to look at the shopkeeper with a puzzled expression and asked, "The shopkeeper is very busy." I was anxious and made a wrong calculation. These and those are what my family wants."
Brother Li raised his hand and pointed at the boxes of snacks in front of him and Brother Li who was standing aside, facing Li. In response to the eldest brother's question, Shopkeeper Zhao of Xiangguiji grinned and explained to Brother Li softly and kindly with a smile on his face: "It's not wrong.
Listen to me, Mr. Li Dalang, these things are in front of you. It's worth fifteen taels of silver compared to the ones in front of Li Erlang.
But because Mrs. Li San helped rescue the Qian family's young man in the store before, my shop can continue to open, so I made the decision at a cheaper price. For some, Mr. Li Dalang will give you ten taels.”
With that said, the shopkeeper took a three-layer gift box handed over by the boy next to him and put it in front of Brother Li, "I'll ask Mr. Li Dalang to give it to Madam Li Sanni for me. I wish Madam Li will always smile. "Brother Li really didn't expect that it was because of Li Sanniang that he got an advantage. He smiled, bowed his hands to the shopkeeper, thanked him, and then he and Brother Li carried them twice with their left and right hands before putting them away one by one. The donkey cart was already called outside the door.
This morning's delivery was a bit late, because apart from sitting for a while at Dr. Gao's house and Uncle Li's house, Brother Li and Brother Li had two other friends, the Qian family and the Gao family. Everyone sends the gifts to the concierge, and after leaving the name, it's done.
After Brother Li walked out of Gao Shang Shu Mansion, he looked at the busy traffic at the door and said to Brother Li in an envious tone: "Brother, the Gao family is really kind to people. Look, this whole family I'm afraid the alleys are full of traffic."
Brother Li looked back at the door plaque of the Gao family, then approached Brother Li and whispered: "It's very cold up here."
When Brother Li and Brother Li returned home, they were just in time for lunch. On the table were the steamed buns and sesame seed cakes that Sister Li bought at the market in the morning, as well as two bowls of cabbage and pork stew.
Li Sanniang was still craving for mutton soup, so she ordered a pot of mutton soup on the street. It was almost enough for one person to share a bowl, and there were ten pancakes.
Second brother Li asked while washing his hands: "Isn't this pork the same piece of pork that Sanniang and I used for practice in the morning?"
"Second brother, it was me who practiced. After you left, I practiced the meat four more times. The pork was unreadable, so my sister-in-law just cut it into pieces and stewed it. "
At the dinner table, Brother Li, Brother Li, and his father Li. Mother explained how she went to various houses to deliver Boxing gifts this morning. Just as Mother Li was about to tell Brother Li to take Sister Li home to deliver Boxing gifts in the afternoon, she saw the boy in the front yard, Li Gui, leading him. Xu Jingzhen and his boy Wuwei from the gift box came in.
Everyone present was surprised that Xu Jingzhen had arrived, but Brother Li reacted quickly. He stood up and raised his hands to Xu Jingzhen: "A distinguished guest has come to the door. A distinguished guest has come to the door. Are you okay, Mr. Xu Lang? Please take a seat."
< br>With that said, the second brother Li wanted to lead Xu Jingzhen to the main hall, but Xu Jingzhen didn't notice anything. Seeing that the Li family was about to have lunch in the yard, he directly said: "Meet Doctor Li and Mrs. Li Wen." , the eldest brother and sister-in-law of the Li family, the second brother and sister-in-law of the Li family, and Mrs. Li are here to deliver Mid-Autumn Festival gifts. Since it is time for lunch at San Niang’s house, I am hungry, can I eat together? ”
Having said that, the second son-in-law of the British Duke’s family came to give the gift in person, but if he wants to have a meal together, how can he not agree?
Sister-in-law Li led Wuwei to put the gift box. Brother Li moved a chair next to Li's father in the main hall. Xu Jingzhen sat down directly without any politeness.
At this time, Li Sanniang cursed in her heart, could it be that what A Niang said was true? Xu Sanlang, who is famous on the beauty list in Chang'an City, has fallen in love with me?
Otherwise, why would Xu Jingzhen, who had only met Li Sanniang four times and only met the Li family once, come to the Li family in person to deliver Mid-Autumn Festival gifts at such a time?
It can’t be that he wants to be grateful to Father Li for detoxifying Fang Chengxian, right?
Everyone in the Li family except Xu Jingzhen himself felt extremely embarrassed at this dinner table.
Especially when hearing Xu Jingzhen praising Li Sanniang, Father Li felt that something was very wrong.
Father Li and Mother Li looked at each other, and they both understood that Xu Jing really must have fallen in love with his third wife!
My dears, I promise that in the next chapter, Sanniang will really be ready for the assessment!
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