Mother Li, Sister-in-law Li and Li Sanniang gave gifts to Wu Qiaolan and Baoya because they all found Wu Qiaolan in private, and Wu Qiaolan was not the kind of person to show off when she got something. Keeping a low profile didn't cause any trouble in the Li family.
On the second day, Wu Qiaolan still had the same expression as usual. She did not say that she had received a thank-you gift from Mother Li and the others, nor did she take out the hairpin Li Sanniang bought for her to wear.
So, Li Ersao didn't know the key and still treated Wu Qiaolan as usual.
Although this is a thank-you gift, if it is a big event outside, you should give it in front of everyone. After all, this thank-you gift is about gratitude, not a gift, it should be real. To give people face.
But who allowed the Li family to have a jealous second sister-in-law Li?
If Mother Li and the others hadn't considered that if they gave these gifts directly to Wu Qiaolan in front of everyone, especially Li Ersao, and were afraid that Li Ersao would say or do something inappropriate, then Just lying.
Actually, Mother Li and the others were definitely afraid that Sister-in-law Li would say some mean words to Wu Qiaolan or do something mean to Wu Qiaolan in the days to come because she was worried about "why" Wu Qiaolan got these thank you gifts. Instead, he deliberately chose to give gifts to Wu Qiaolan in private.
Everything is just the human heart, human nature.
After all, if Mrs. Li really treats Wu Qiaolan differently because of Mrs. Li, what should Mrs. Li say and do well?
Second Sister-in-law Li is the wife of Brother Li Er. Not only are the husband and wife one, but Sister-in-law Li also has three sons with Brother Li. If Brother Li’s face is not taken into account, then the face of Li Sanlang, Xiaosilang, and Xiaogoro must also be taken care of. .
Therefore, it is understandable that Mother Li and the others chose to give gifts to Wu Qiaolan in private.
As the New Year approaches, the city of Chang'an is becoming more and more lively. The caravans and pedestrians coming and going bring a lot of festive atmosphere to this city with a population of one million.
Mother Li has been considering New Year’s gifts for various families in recent days, such as close relatives’ families, such as Uncle Li’s family, Dr. Gao’s family, Jiang’s family, and Wu’s family are all close relatives. Okay, just follow the old routine.
If there is any difference, that is, if someone has a child or someone passes away, just increase or decrease it by one or two.
There are also families that Li’s father and Li’s mother have known for many years, and they all follow the old rules.
Mother Li is mainly considering some people who have only started to make friends with the Li family in recent years and only had a New Year's ceremony last year. Such people must be carefully considered.
Actually, it is mainly the colleagues of Brother Li, and this year, the colleagues of Li Erlang, who has already served as an official, must be added. These are the favors of the eldest family member of the Li family.
Originally, Mrs. Li should take care of the Li family's big house, but isn't this a special situation this year?
Sister-in-law Li gave birth to Xiao Liulang, and she hasn’t even given birth yet. Where can she take care of these things?
In addition, Li Dalang was at the border and had not yet married, so Mother Li had to come and keep an eye on these things.
As for the second wife of the Li family, most of them were related to the second brother Li in the medicinal materials store, and at most there was a few congenial doctors whom the second brother Li later met at the Imperial Medical Office with Li Sanniang.
And most of this was handled by Brother Li himself.
The most difficult thing for Li's mother is actually Li Sanniang. Since Li Sanniang became the first female doctor in Chang'an City, especially Li Sanniang, she has saved many women from high-ranking families. Then he went to give lectures to the Imperial Medical Office, and he went back and forth one after another. The relationship was between young and old.
And Li Sanniang herself is busy with her daily duty in the hospital. When she is free, she is also very busy. Where can she find the time to deal with these interpersonal matters?
In addition, Li Sanniang has been living in the Li family since the divorce, and there is no one else around except Qiuxiang, the female guard.
So, in the end, it was Mother Li who was in trouble, and she was also busy.
After Li Sanniang returned home from duty that day, she saw her mother facing a large pile of New Year gift lists from various families, and then she had a profound understanding of her family's interpersonal relationships.
Li Sanniang picked up Lu Zhuer and let Lu Zhuer sit on her left arm. She used her right hand to look through the things in the main hall, on the floor, on the table, and on the small table. Li Sanniang was very surprised. He looked at Mother Li who was checking several gift lists: "Mom, why are you so old?
Didn't you give a lot of gifts in the past few days?" Mother Li didn't even have her head turned. He raised his head and still stared at the gift list. While looking at it, he opened the wooden box on the table to check and replied to Li Sanniang: "Two days ago, that was a gift from your eldest brother's colleague. Today's gift is mostly because of you." Come.”
Seeing that Li's mother was too busy to talk to her, Li Sanniang quickly put down Luzhu'er in her arms and let her play by herself. Then Li Sanniang took the two gift lists from Li's mother and checked them with her.
Before she opened the gift list, Li Sanniang said to Mother Li, "It's my fault, it's not my fault. I thought that it was approaching the New Year, and every family would be very busy with New Year's gifts. But I didn't expect that it would be like this." Busy.
Otherwise, grandma, let’s go find a bookkeeper on the street and come to help us for a few days.”
After hearing what Li Sanniang said, Mother Li raised her eyebrows. At first, he put down the gift list in his hand and shook his head to Li Sanniang and explained: "It's inappropriate.
If this is the case, then we must make our family's personal relationships clear to outsiders.
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If our family is one of those who has been in the officialdom for many years, we can directly hire a housekeeper to help us.
But in our family, your eldest brother and Dalang are both military attaches. Although Erlang is a civil servant, he is just a junior official who has just entered the officialdom. How can he use such pomp and ceremony?
If we really invite someone to come to our door, I'm afraid all the neighbors will have to gossip about our family.
And you have forgotten that most of the people who come here because of you are the female relatives of various families. People give gifts to our family because you treat others, so this involves the health of the female relatives. Son, it would be even worse for outsiders to know about the relationship between our family and others. "
Having said this, Mother Li put down the counted gift list in her hand, picked up another gift list on the side and continued to say to Li Sanniang while reading: "It's okay now, Aniang is busy here, just But it seems a bit busy this year because I am the only one working on it.
Until next year, with your sister-in-law helping me, I won’t have to do this. "
Li Sanniang quickly looked at Mother Li to flatter her: "Thank you very much, grandma, I am really tired."
Aniang is tired, just say, Qiuxiang and I will be able to finish this after a few days. "
Mother Li smiled and gave Li Sanniang an angry look, "You are used to pouring ecstasy soup on my mother-in-law.
Come on, as long as you and Qiuxiang can finish ordering the pile at hand. ”
Li Sanniang didn't care, so she called Qiuxiang to help. Li Sanniang read out the items on the gift list, while Qiuxiang went to count them.
How much faster the two of them can do things together than Mother Li alone.
Thinking about this, Li Sanniang concluded that most of the New Year gifts related to her sent to the Li family came from people who had seen Li Sanniang for medical treatment.
For example, the Qian family and the Gao family were the first to know Li Sanniang, and then there were the doctors who were familiar with Li Sanniang, such as the Tang family (Tang Mingyue, Chen Yanfu), and the doctors where Li Sanniang was on duty. Dr. Li, Dr. Cui, the old doctors in the hall, and Dr. Sun, who got acquainted with each other because of the Imperial Medical Office.
In addition to these, there are also doctors such as Wang Ye and Bi Yuanjia who are connected through the exchange hall and doctor exchange meeting founded by Li Sanniang.
Although it is not unexpected, I am still a little surprised that several major disciples of Li Sanniang’s master, Dr. Liang, as well as the New Year’s gifts given to Dr. Liang by the Shaoyang family are actually there at this moment. Li Sanniang's hand.
"Aniang, where is this?" Li Sanniang held up several gift lists in her hand and looked at Mother Li with great confusion, "Why are you here?" (End of Chapter)