The various seeds aren’t needed; the ones bought outside are simply not as good as the seeds kept from ho.
Earlier, the people dispatched to Fu’an Village by Uncle Liu moved practically everything they could use except for the furniture.
Uncle Liu took this opportunity to pack his things, saying like before, he still wants to live at the Jiang’s house!
According to Uncle Liu, he’s gotten tired of living in the city, where the daily routine is just a walk outside or lounging around in his yard, which is very boring.
Going to the village, at least he can walk the dog, fish, and even watch Xiao Mi and Xiao Hei catch field mice, which is much more enjoyable than going to the teahouse to listen to opera.
No one was surprised by Uncle Liu’s decision; if he wanted to go but didn’t, then that would have been odd.
Originally, the housekeeper wanted to go along, but Uncle Liu refused, still only bringing along Qixi and Aunt Yang, both familiar faces, making it easy to get along without awkwardness.
Back ho, Jiang Hu and his second wife both sighed with relief, then exchanged a glance, seeing the ease in each other’s eyes.
Indeed, no matter what, for the two of them, it’s still more comfortable at their own ho.
The Liu family is too luxurious; although Uncle Liu and his family are very warm, they still feel a bit constrained themselves.
Turning around, they saw a horse-drawn carriage parked in front of the door; the driver was sitting on it, nodding off, and woke up with a start upon hearing noise.
"Master, Young Master, you’ve finally co; you must be Master Jiang and Lady Jiang, right? These are the things the madam asked to send."
Uncle Liu was in the back of the carriage with a few lads, and he got off as well.
He waved his hand: "Help out later to move the things inside."
"Yes, sir."
His second wife hurried to unlock the door, feeling sowhat embarrassed: "We should have co back earlier; did you wait long?"
"It’s nothing, Lady Jiang, this is our job anyway."
She lifted the carriage curtain and was shocked by the contents inside: "Why are there so many things?"
It was packed full, mostly with fabric of all kinds, including bright ones suitable for young girls, elegant ones fitting for her, and mostly black and gray ones for workwear.
There were also plenty of nuts and pastries, writing brushes, ink, paper, ink stones, rouge, and powder.
What surprised her the most were so silver accessories.
"Why are you sending such expensive things? No, they must be returned; we can’t accept these."
She was almost frightened by the exquisite jewelry boxes; who knows how much these are worth.
"What are you saying, second wife? These are all sincere gifts from Ze’er’s mother; my daughter-in-law has her own business and isn’t short of money."
Uncle Liu was leaning back in a reclining chair while Aunt Yang boiled water for tea, watching them count the items.
Upon hearing her ntion returning the items, he hurriedly stopped her.
"No matter how wealthy they are, you can’t just accept things casually; it’s one thing to send so many, but they’re also so valuable."
The saying ’no work, no benefit’ holds true; even though she didn’t study, she knew not to take things without rit. Regular exchange is one thing, but the gifts from Madam Liu this ti exceeded her expectations.
Although the two families had not t before, there were always exchanges, but those didn’t involve valuable goods.
They sent so cured ats and sausages that morning, with the most valuable being a turtle accidentally caught earlier.
This...
Uncle Liu: "I don’t think these are worth much; second wife, just accept them, and there aren’t many. Besides, there are things for children; give so to Xiao Mi and Xiao Xue, as the girls are growing up and can have so of their own items."
She hesitated, wondering whether to keep or send them back. Returning them alone indeed might be impolite.
Jiang Hu patted her hand: "Just keep them for now; we appreciate Madam Liu’s good intentions. It’s getting late; let’s prepare dinner. There’s work to be done tomorrow."
The field was left alone for the day, with the moisture pretty much evaporated; it’s ti to work.
She let it go for now; as for the jewelry box, she placed it in the main house and considered later whether to give it to their daughters.
Uncle Liu was correct; the two girls are growing up and indeed should have so adornnts.
This was her oversight back then since the family was poor. Not only the children, even the adults often had to improvise with twigs to fix their hair.
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