Chapter 177 Giving Gifts
Xie Yuyan unfolded the paper and took a look. There was no writing on it, just a tower drawn on it.
Wang Yan, what does this mean?
Xie Yuyan looked at Li Nu's small bag. The bag still looked bulging, and there was obviously something in it.
Thinking like this, she stretched out her hand again, and her fingertips indeed touched a hard object. She took it out and saw that it was a carved wooden block. Xie Yuyan turned the wooden block and carved something similar to a roof structure. Xie Yuyan went again Looking at the picture on the paper, my heart moved and I sat up immediately.
She stretched out her hand to hold the raccoon slave in her arms. The green cloth bag that the raccoon slave was carrying didn't look big because it was partially covered by the hair on its belly. She took off the small cloth bag and opened it to see that such a piece of wood was enough. There are more than twenty yuan.
Fortunately it was made of wood, otherwise how could the raccoon slaves run around with them on the roof and walls?
Xie Yuyan reached out and rubbed the furry head of the raccoon slave, and whispered affectionately: "Thank you for your hard work."
The raccoon slave seemed to understand her words, and his big head kept rubbing back and forth in her arms.
Xie Yuyan took out a small dried fish from the box on the bedside. The raccoon slave immediately took it away, squatted in the corner, and started to chew slowly.
Xie Yuyan looked carefully and realized that these wooden blocks should be the towers drawn on the paper. He picked out two pieces and put them together against the mortise and tenon structure. Soon the two pieces fit together perfectly.
The remaining twenty pieces were assembled in the same way, and slowly a wooden tower appeared in front of her.
One side of this wooden tower tilted slightly downward, which looked a little weird, but Xie Yuyan was even more happy. This was a famous inspiration tower.
The people who built it deliberately made the tower slightly tilted to the northwest because the soil was relatively loose. After more than ten years, the tower collapsed downwards. Coupled with the perennial northwest wind, the entire tower gradually became straight.
Unfortunately, some people later asked the court to allocate funds for repairs because the wooden pagoda was too old and was struck by lightning.
The whole body of the new pagoda is decorated with iron-colored glazed tiles. The glazed reliefs are rich in color and have different patterns, which is really impressive. However, in the eyes of many people, not only did this pagoda cost a lot of money, but it also lost the charm of the wooden pagoda back then.
The courtiers often impeached those who proposed building the pagoda, but all the memorials were rejected by the Tianjia. Only then did the officials guess that the person who wanted to build the pagoda was actually the Tianjia.
And the Tianjia who built the tower is also the current emperor.
In other words, the wooden pagoda has disappeared and turned into the brick pagoda of later generations.
However, Wang Yan sent this, so that she could indirectly see the elegance of the wooden tower.
Xie Yuyan held the wooden pagoda in his hand and looked at it again and again. The wood seemed to be old. People said that before the wooden pagoda was built, prototypes were made.
It can't be this, right?
That's true. There is only this one in the world, and it is too precious.
Xie Yuyan thought it was impossible. Wang Yan wouldn't bother so much. Besides, he didn't know. She had never seen the inspiration tower knocked down, so he specially found this one for her to take a look at.
Most probably I just found a toy for her to relieve her boredom.
However, it was accidentally delivered to her heart.
Xie Yuyan played with it for a while before placing the wooden tower on the table beside the bed. Under the oil lamp, a shadow was reflected on the side of the wooden tower, which looked more real.
After the raccoon slave finished eating the dried fish, he diligently licked his paws and washed his face, then nestled at Xie Yuyan's feet. Xie Yuyan looked at the wooden pagoda and gradually fell into sleep.
I don't know whether it was because he slept extraordinarily well at night, or because the bustle of the Yang family's ancestral residence in Zhengdan made people particularly happy. Xie Yuyan only felt that his whole person was in an extraordinarily energetic state, as if he had completely recovered overnight.
Yang Qin wore a new robe and went to give Mr. Tong a New Year's gift first.
Mrs. Zhang told Yang Qin: "If your husband is free, we will invite you to a banquet on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year."
Yang Qin nodded, then walked around in front of Xie Yuyan: "Sister-in-law, do you think I can do this?"
Xie Yuyan waved and put the small cloth bag made by Grandma Li on Yang Qin's back: "Remember to bring books and inkstones to sir."
Yang Qin responded and ran out happily. Go see your husband early, kowtow to him, and go to worship your ancestors when you come back.
In previous years, Yang Qin stood with the tribesmen of the branch. This year, he will follow his uncle and several brothers to offer incense to their ancestors.
After running out of the yard, Yang Qin thought of something and turned back. He shouted through the window: "Mom, don't forget to let my sister-in-law drink soup." Then he threw his arms and ran away.
Mrs. Zhang smiled and looked at Xie Yuyan: "I'll bring the soup over."
Mother Yu hurriedly said: "Sit down and I'll go."
But Mrs. Zhang refused: "Hurry up and finish your work so that you can go back and do your work. There must be a lot of work at home today."
Mother Yu hurriedly thanked Xie Yuyan and Zhang.
Xie Yuyan said: "In the evening, I will come with my family to have fun. After a few days, I will rest at home and come back on the fifth day of the new year."
How could such a thing have happened before? Mother Yu didn't know what to say.
"I'll be back in the third grade of junior high school," Yu's mother said. "It's not interesting to be a slave at home. I miss you after being away for a long time."
The important thing is that the eldest lady wants to fight back against the Xie family on the official day, and she doesn't want to miss it.
"Are everything ready?" Xie Yuyan looked at her mother.
Mother Yu said: "The pottery kiln that I went to this morning has been fired by the master. And...it seems that the master still refuses to stop and will bake another kiln tomorrow."
Their shop sells very few clay ovens, that's because they have been hoarding them to prepare for what's to come.
Xie Yuyan said: "Has the notice been written?"
Mother Yu nodded.
"Tabloids will also be printed on the fifth day of the lunar month."
Xie Yuyan said: "Then there is nothing to do."
Is this enough?
Mother Yu said: "The Xie family will definitely cause other troubles."
Xie Yuyan picked up the tea and took a sip. Because she had to take medicine, the tea was extremely weak. She suddenly missed the tea Wang Yan ordered at Baode Temple.
"Then I hope they hurry up and don't make me wait too long."
If the Xie family didn't put the last piece of chess on the table, she wouldn't be able to win the game.
After letting her mother go home, Xie Yuyan put on her cloak and got up to go to the kitchen.
Medicine was still cooking in the kitchen. When Mrs. Zhang saw Xie Yuyan, she complained: "Why did you come out again? How can you get cold?"
"Aren't we going to have a banquet in the front yard soon?" Xie Yuyan said, "We can't stay in the house all the time."
Mrs. Zhang sighed, knowing that Xie Yuyan couldn't sit still, so she found Xiao Taozi and let her sit next to her.
There was a food box on the table, and Mrs. Zhang was just worried about it: "It doesn't matter if you are here, you still have to make the decision on this matter."
Xie Yuyan said: "What are you worried about?"
Zhang said: "Should we give Mr. Wang something? Mr. Wang has invited the doctor and sent medicine. If we don't give anything, it will always feel a bit rude."