Grandmother was so angry that she slammed the door:
"Come here! Open the door! I want to find you girls!"
"The girl has been traveling all day and has rested. The housekeeper ordered that all the courtyards be locked in advance so as not to disturb the girl's rest."
Grandmother had no choice but to go back to the house angrily.
The next day, she had breakfast.
"Come here! Take me to see you girls."
"The girl has gone out to do some errands. I don't know when she will be back."
"..."
On the third day, she went to see Xu Yin without having breakfast.
The gatekeeper of Longxiang Garden stretched out her hand and stopped her: "Sorry, the girl is reciting sutras to the late master and his wife, and there are no outsiders."
"..."
The fourth day...
Grandmother couldn't bear it anymore and rushed out of the guest house, angrily going to Xu Yin to ask for an explanation as to why she was left dry like this.
Meeting the housekeeper on the way, he smiled and said he had prepared a load of Mid-Autumn Festival gifts for her, and asked her if she wanted to hire a carriage. There was an empty carriage parked outside the house.
As soon as she heard that her niece had prepared a festive gift, her grandma immediately thought of the silks and satins and nourishing medicinal materials that her second brother had sent to her parents' house every year when she was still alive. There is not much difference between satin and silver.
"I'm going back to Fengcheng right now! Originally, I wanted to say goodbye to Yin Yin. After being away for so many days, it's time to go back. Since Yin Yin is so busy, I won't disturb her. I have to ask the housekeeper to help me put my things away. Get on the carriage.”
"This is natural."
The housekeeper asked the servant to help her carry a heavy gift basket tied with wedding silk to the door and load it into the carriage.
Passers-by looked at grandma enviously. She was so lucky to be a relative of the Xu family.
"Which relative of the Xu family is this? You came empty-handed when you came a few days ago, right?"
"No, you'll eat and drink for a few days, and you'll even bring back a load of gifts. At best, it's like visiting relatives, but at worst, it's just an autumn breeze!"
"Oh, why don't we have such rich relatives?"
When grandma got into the car, the housekeeper told the driver the approximate address of Sun's family in Fengcheng, then waved to grandma and smiled and wished her a smooth journey.
Grandmother waited for the carriage to run out for a while, wanting to untie the knot of the wedding silk, open the gift basket, and see what specific gifts the Xu family had given to her family.
Unexpectedly, the knot of the wedding silk was tied tightly and difficult to untie. Not only was the burden tied so tightly that it could not be untied, but it also became tighter and tighter, so in the end I had to give up.
But she had a hidden suspicion in her heart that there were only a few things that Xu Mansion sent as a gift: cloth, brocade, and nourishing medicinal materials.
So I was in a particularly good mood along the way.
"Sikong, she left and never came back! How did you do it? Can you tie the wedding silk so tightly?"
The boy came to the door of the house every once in a while to take a look, but he didn't see his grandma's carriage returning until dark. He expected that he had left the city, so he happily ran to ask the accountant for advice.
The butler happened to be present. Hearing this, he looked at Sikong curiously: "What kind of knot are you tying? Can't you untie it without scissors?"
"Dead knot."
"..."
One sentence will kill the conversation!
The old housekeeper became more and more convinced that the scar on this kid's face was cut with a knife. Looking at his casual tone, he really didn't deserve a beating.
The boy expressed some regrets: "I couldn't see her expression when she unpacked the burden and saw the festival. It must have been very funny."
The old housekeeper also felt funny when he thought about that scene, and shook his head with a smile: "Thank you, girl, you can think of it!"
In Longxiang Garden, the two maids Zi Yuan and Hong Qian who were responsible for carrying the load were also pouting and snickering.
Xu Yin looked up at them and said helplessly: "Have you not laughed enough?"
"Pfft hahaha... Girl, I can't hold it in any longer. How could you think of giving her those..."
"I can't help it. Girl, there are a lot of things I need to spend money on right now." Xu Yin spread her hands.
There is still half a sentence left: I would rather give the servants in the house a monthly salary increase than give it to my grandma.
"Speaking of which, the new accountant's face is a little scary, but he has a really kind heart." Zi Yuan said, "I knew that the girl was worried about the difficulty in tying the wedding silk knot tightly, so she stepped forward to help without saying a word. ”
Xu Yin also felt that although the new accountant was timid and did not dare to speak loudly, she did not expect that she was still somewhat capable and could tie the knot of the wedding silk as tight as a string.
She was originally thinking about getting some 502 glue and sealing the lid of the gift basket, but that would easily arouse her grandma's suspicion.
After thinking about it, he said: "Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Because I have to honor my parents, I won't put on all the lights and decorations. Let's give each of you an extra month's money as a holiday benefit!"
"Thank you girl!"
…
In that compartment, Sun's mother was tired from traveling all the way, but because she was so excited, she didn't show any signs of fatigue.
Finally returning home to Fengcheng, she couldn't wait to go home and open the gift basket.
But he was chased by the coachman to ask for fares.
Grandmother was stunned: "Isn't it the carriage hired by Xu Mansion? They didn't pay for it?"
"It was the steward of the Xu Mansion who asked me to wait at the door of the mansion, saying that there might be some business, so I stopped there. You came up without asking at that time, what's the matter? Do you want to waste your fare now?"
Grandmother: "..."
He secretly scolded the housekeeper of Xu Mansion for not being a good person.
But no matter how much you scold me, the fare must be paid.
Grandmother suffered a loss of silence, and her original joyful mood was a little worse.
Fortunately, there is still a heavy gift burden.
After entering the door, he couldn't wait to call his son to get the scissors.
"Your cousin is somewhat understanding of the world. She kept me here for a few days and gave me a bunch of gifts. I'll take a few pieces of silk and satin to the Brocade Mansion to exchange for silver, and you'll have enough money to take the exam."
As soon as he finished speaking, the wedding silk tied to the burden was cut, and the lid of the burden was lifted, revealing the wedding ceremony inside.
Grandmother was shocked: "Ahhhh - what are these?"
Xu Yin was so shameless that she kept the gift list of the holiday gifts that her father sent to her married sister's house when she got married, bound them into a book, and gave them to her grandma as a gift for this year's Mid-Autumn Festival.
Her father had been married into the Xu family for fifteen years, and he would send holiday gifts to her parents' home during six festivals a year, namely Shangyuan, Dragon Boat Festival, Zhongqiu, Double Ninth Festival, Laba Festival, and Spring Festival.
In addition to the Double Ninth Festival, on the other five festivals, a festival gift will also be prepared for the married sister.
Although it is not as valuable as what is given to the elders, there are meats such as ham and elbow, as well as food suitable for the occasion, such as rice dumplings for the Dragon Boat Festival, moon cakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival, sweet porridge for the Laba Festival, etc. Compared with the festivals of visiting relatives and friends of small families, , obviously much richer.
In addition, when Sun's mother, Sun's father, and Sun Zhiqian had their birthdays on the 10th, he would also ask someone to prepare a congratulatory gift and ask someone to take it to Fengcheng.
It can be said that apart from not giving money directly, the etiquette was quite thorough.
Xu Yin spent a day and took the maids to sort out the gift lists that had been kept over the years.
Some of them were dusty and yellowed due to age, so the housekeeper was specially asked to find someone to frame them.
In this way, it will appear thick and the burden will be heavy.
