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Chapter 65 Returning to the Village to Deliver New Year's Gifts



Chapter 65 Returning to the Village to Deliver New Year's Gifts

"Miss, Master Li from the prefectural city has sent New Year's gifts. Manager Du from Zuixianlou, Madam Wang from Xiangyun Cloth Shop, Manager Zhang from Renhetang, and Miss Liu from Qiaoxiufang have all sent you New Year's gifts."

Early in the morning, Lu Zhigang drove his mule cart to Lingyuan Village to deliver a list of New Year's gifts to Wen Yuxia.

Zuixianlou, Xiangyun Cloth Shop, Renhetang, and Qiaoxiufang were all properties owned by Fu Bao's maternal grandfather, Li Wancai. Wen Yuxia was Fu Bao's savior, and Li Wancai had also given these shopkeepers in Xinchuan County a favor.

It was her first New Year in the county town, and several shopkeepers gave her New Year's gifts, which Wen Yuxia thought was normal. She took the list with a headache; having received New Year's gifts meant she had to prepare a return gift of similar value. Ugh, what a hassle.

大米5百斤、白面3百斤、棉花2百斤、棉布10匹、细棉布5匹、各色糕点20封,看完李万财家送来的年礼,

Wen Yuxia's lips curled up slightly. Fortunately, they were all ordinary items, so she felt no pressure putting them away, and preparing a return gift wouldn't be difficult either.

Next, let's look at Manager Du's New Year's gift list: 50 jin of pork, 30 jin of mutton, 10 jin of fresh beef, and 8 packages of various pastries.

The New Year's gift lists of Madam Wang, Manager Zhang, and Miss Liu are exactly the same as those of Manager Du. It seems that the New Year's gifts given to her were decided by these managers together.

"Old Master Lu, have the people from the prefectural city who delivered the New Year's gifts left yet?"

"They didn't leave. They're resting at Zuixianlou Restaurant. They said they'd return to the prefectural city early tomorrow morning."

Wen Yuxia smiled and said, "It's good that you haven't left. You wait here, I'll go prepare a return gift right away."

Wen Yuxia turned and went back to the backyard. After entering the room and locking the door, she slipped into her spatial dimension. She gathered two baskets each of cabbage, spinach, lettuce, chives, cucumbers, and radishes from the vegetable garden, and one basket each of cilantro and scallions.

Then, Wen Yuxia went into the villa, picked up a snowflake crystal ball from the coffee table in the living room, shook the crystal ball, and watched the snowflakes fluttering inside.

Wen Yuxia said to herself, "Giving a crystal ball to Fu Bao, he should like it very much!"

Lu Zhigang stared dumbfounded at the bamboo baskets on the ground filled with fresh vegetables. "Miss, weren't all the greenhouse vegetables sold? The seeds sown later won't be harvested until after the New Year. Where did these vegetables come from?"

The vegetables came from her spatial dimension; this must not be told to anyone except Wen Yunhong, to avoid Lu Zhigang questioning her about anything she took out later.

Wen Yuxia said sternly with a straight face, "I know where the vegetables came from. Ask fewer questions and do more work, understand?"

Lu Zhigang said somewhat awkwardly, "Miss, I'm sorry, I understand. I won't ask any more questions like that in the future."

He usually perceived Wen Yuxia as a gentle and polite young woman, so he often considered himself to be on the same level as her.

At this moment, Wen Yuxia's cold face made him realize that Wen Yuxia's easygoing nature was only a facade, and it also made him clearly aware of the distance between servants and masters.

"I hope you'll keep your word," Wen Yuxia said coldly, instructing Lu Zhigang to load the vegetables onto the mule cart. She then handed him a pretty box, telling him the return gift list was inside.

"Old Lu, take the return gift to Zuixianlou and give it to the people delivering New Year's gifts to the Li family. Ask them to help take the gift back," Wen Yuxia said, determined to establish her authority by changing her address from "Master Lu" to "Old Lu."

"Yes, Miss, I'll take care of it right away," Lu Zhigang said respectfully.

"Old Lu, wait a minute. Bring the pork, mutton, and beef to the estate tomorrow. Oh, and bring the goats from your farm too," Wen Yuxia called after Lu Zhigang, who was about to leave, and continued to give instructions.

“Yes, Miss,” Lu Zhigang replied.

Wen Yuxia returned to her room to continue collecting vegetables. The return gifts from Manager Du, Madam Wang, Manager Zhang, and Miss Liu were also vegetables. After preparing the return gifts, Wen Yuxia sent Lin Youmu to Xinchuan County to deliver them.

Seeing the bamboo baskets on the ground and the fresh vegetables inside, Lin Youmu's eyes were full of curiosity. However, even after all the baskets were loaded onto the oxcart, Lin Youmu did not ask where the vegetables came from.

Wen Yuxia exclaimed, "Master He is so good at training his servants!"

It had been a long time since she had returned to Xinghua Village. The lamb Wen Dashan wanted, and the New Year's gifts, should have been delivered by now. A few days later, after arranging Nan Yi and the others' training tasks, Wen Yuxia took Wen Yunhong back to Xinghua Village.

As the mule cart reached the village entrance, it was stopped by villagers sitting under a big tree, chatting and enjoying the cool breeze. "Little girl, whose family are you from?"

"Little girl, what's in the car? Let us see!"

"Oh, I remember now, she's Wen Dashan's granddaughter. I saw her when I was helping out in the kitchen at the housewarming party."

……

Wen Yuxia couldn't possibly enjoy the aunties' hospitality, so she quickly took out a bag of roasted sunflower seeds from her handbag, stuffed a handful into each of their hands, and said with a smile, "It's more fun to chat while eating sunflower seeds, goodbye aunties!"

"He who accepts a gift is bound to be obliging; he who eats another's food is bound to be obliging." The women, embarrassed, retreated to the shade of a large tree, watching longingly as the mule cart drove towards the most densely packed area of ​​brick and tile houses in the village.

"A handful of melon seeds for each person, the young lady is so generous, there must be a lot of good stuff in the carriage," Aunt Zhu said regretfully while cracking open some melon seeds.

As the queen of gossip in Xinghua Village, she was unwilling to accept that she hadn't seen anything in the carriage or gotten any gossip material!

Yang's daughter-in-law chuckled and said, "Aunt Zhu, why don't you go over there now? Who knows, the little girl might let you see what good things are in the carriage."

"Pah!" Aunt Zhu spat out the melon seed shells in her mouth and said with dissatisfaction, "Old Master Yang, if you're so capable, why don't you go and see for yourself!"

……

Wen Yuxia had no idea what the women behind her were saying. However, as she slowly drove the mule cart into the yard, a large group of people suddenly appeared behind her. When she turned around, she was surprised to see that half of the people chatting under the big tree at the village entrance had arrived.

"Little girl, what good stuff did you bring back for Old Man Wen? We'll help you carry it," said Aunt Zhu as she climbed onto the mule cart, then let out a sharp cry, "Ah! Goats, one big and two small!"

Wen Yuxia and her brother exchanged a helpless glance, jumped off the cart, and said, "If you want to see, then let you see enough. It's good that someone can help move the goods."

除了山羊,温玉霞还给温大山他们带回了50斤猪肉、30斤羊肉、4麻袋大米、4筐新鲜蔬菜、4匹细棉布、8盒点心,

The women chattered and discussed as they carried the loads, and lingered for a long time after they finished. Helpless, Wen Yuxia had to take out two more packets of sunflower seeds from her bag as a thank you for helping her carry the loads.

After the villagers left, Wen Dashan carefully led the three goats to the backyard. "Da Ya, Xiao Qi, you two go back inside and rest. I'll put the goats in the pen and come right back."

Grandpa Wen happily picked up his basket, saying he was going to the mountain to cut grass to feed the sheep. Grandma Wen's eyes lit up; she touched the cloth, looked at the snacks and vegetables in the bamboo basket, and finally opened the burlap sack, grabbed a small handful of rice, and chewed it.

He mumbled indistinctly, "New rice, it's new rice."


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