Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 557: Personality, Stable
Although it cost some money, the benefits it brought were considerable. Now, everyone would praise his wife, the grandson's daughter-in-law, for being virtuous and filial.

The character is stable.

When Gu Wenxuan thought of Zhou Banxia's self-created personality and looked at her harmless baby face, he was so happy that he couldn't help but reach out and pinch her cheek.

"I've gained weight. I know it myself. Not only do I have a double chin and a thick neck, but I've also gained so much weight that even my eyes have become smaller because of the fat on my face."

"Nonsense, you are not fat at all, at most you are a little rounder, but your eyes are not the same as before, they are big and bright..."

Zhou Banxia straightened her belly speechlessly.

Gu Wenxuan couldn't help laughing and couldn't continue praising him. He immediately stated that what he loved was his wife's interesting soul, and all the outer beauty was just a passing cloud.

What's more, she is the wife who gave birth to his children. If she grows up to be a ball, he will have made a profit. From now on, he will see which wild man wants to steal his wife.

After saying this, he turned his head and glanced at the main entrance of the main hall in the back room, indicating that there were maids waiting outside, and then picked up the private warehouse list on the table.

Zhou Banxia: ...

"Besides these fabrics that Mai Qing has picked out to have his men cut into pieces to give away, are there any other things that need to be picked out and divided into portions as gifts?
If there is any, please report it to me now while I am free. It will be inconvenient to light too many open flames here after dark, so it is better to deal with it earlier and get it over with."

Zhou Banxia shook her head, "The New Year gifts for my uncle and the wealthy families in the Gao Mansion have been arranged, and the New Year gifts for the remaining families who don't need full rolls of cloth are simple.

For Uncle Zhang Dazhuang's place, just let Mai Qing make appropriate arrangements for the other local specialties. There is no rush for relatives like your grandma's family.

They don't have to send the gifts in advance like they do when they are out of town. It's still in time to send the New Year gifts after Laba Festival, and they can also see how their sister-in-law prepares the gifts by then.

As for your fellow teachers and classmates in the county school, there is no need to rush. It will be in time for you to prepare the gifts after you meet Mr. Cheng.

There are also some families who will have the celebration of having a new baby at the end of the year. It is not appropriate to send New Year gifts too early. It is better to send them later, before the New Year.

By that time, the government offices were sealed, and gifts would have to be sent after the New Year. It would be different from the homes of several uncles and aunts who were far away.

In addition, this year it is inevitable that there will be New Year gifts delivered to your door in advance just like the August Festival. You have to think about this and see which ones you can accept and which ones you cannot.

When you receive a generous gift, there must be something you are asking for. If you can help, then help. If you can’t help, then you must modify the gift list appropriately and return the favor with a gift of equal value.”

"Thank you for your hard work, my wife." In terms of interpersonal relationships, the ancient times were not as good as the modern times. In modern times, there is no need to go through so much trouble.

It's just like when you have a new baby, you have to distinguish between the celebration of a boy or a girl, and you can't just give random gifts to relatives or friends.

Like Xiao Suocheng, his and his wife, as uncle and aunt, have the custom of not giving longevity locks as gifts. God knows how many longevity locks they gave away in their previous life.

Especially having personal connections with powerful families is very troublesome.

Not to mention that he had to remember the relationships with the in-laws, relatives and friends since he was a child, now that he is the head of the family, he also has to learn how to give and receive gifts.

This was only because his wife inherited his memory and was familiar with the hierarchy of interpersonal relationships in the Gao family, and with the guidance of her master's wife, otherwise the couple would have made a fool of themselves long ago.

Therefore, his mother was right to insist on not accepting the social interactions between her elder son and his wife, even though the old daughter-in-law might be so tired that she would have two bodies, it would not be an easy task.

"As long as we are generally okay, it's fine. It's better not to associate with people who would say behind our backs that we are being rude just because of a festival gift."

"I know, it's generally OK. It's just a little troublesome this year. Next year you will pass the exam, and there will be a convention to add or subtract.

All things are difficult at the beginning. By the end of the year, you can roughly fix the annual festival gifts, and you don’t have to worry about comparing with other families in the future. For example, Mr. Bai and your current county school teacher, Mr. Bai also has the favor of guiding you, and his annual gift last year was fixed.

This year, your county school's scholar teacher only needs to follow the customary gift giving to him, and don't worry about whether they are related to each other in the county's literary circle. "

Zhou Banxia winked at Gu Wenxuan and said, "This is just like when we paid New Year's greetings to those elders before. We didn't say it out loud, but privately we had to divide it according to whoever we went to first.

Haozi's dad is such a big shot, but he still competes with others for the right to visit his house where we went in the morning to wish him a happy new year. It's the same logic.

Don't worry about me. These favors are nothing. If I don't do all these favors, no one will praise me and wait for me to sign, huh?"

Understand.

Sign the contract.

You are more tactful in dealing with people! Gu Wenxuan touched Zhou Banxia's head with amusement, and almost messed up her hair again.

"Then what are you waiting for? Get up." Gu Wenxuan reacted very quickly and pulled the person up. "No matter how warm the main room here is, it's not as comfortable as the warm room in front."

Zhou Banxia glanced at him with a half-smile, and stood up with his strength, "You've been sitting here for most of the day. If you're not in a hurry to go back to your room to read, why don't you accompany me to mother's place?"

"Want to have dinner there?"

"The enemy."

"I've already sent someone to report this to our mother. Have you also told us not to prepare dinner?"

"The enemy."

"What did you say you wanted to eat?"

"The enemy."

"uh-huh?"

"I sent someone to tell my mother that I wanted to eat hot pot tonight, the kind with mutton soup buns from the village market, but I didn't want too much mutton offal, and she said it was okay."

"Keep you smart."

Gu Wenxuan laughed and supported Zhou Banxia as they continued to walk forward. Before he could continue speaking, the maid who was opening the curtain at the door had already lifted it.

There was someone standing behind her, or more precisely, Mai Xiang, who also walked up the steps and walked behind the maid who was opening the curtain, "Second Young Master, the Second Young Madam is not paying attention again."

Zhou Banxia: ...

"Is it not to your liking?" Gu Wenxuan immediately turned his head and looked down at Zhou Banxia, ​​"Has your appetite changed, or is it that something you eat makes you feel sick?"

"Neither. Yesterday for afternoon snack I had a big bowl of wontons, and today I had a big bowl of beef noodles. Can the portion of wontons be the same as that of wontons?
Seeing that I didn't drink much soup, she got nervous. " Zhou Banxia glared at Mai Xiang with amusement, "If I eat more, I'll be full, you know!"

Mai Xiang shrank her neck, "The Master has already instructed me to keep an eye on how much you eat at each meal, but you have been busy all day and yet you eat less."

These annoying maids, Mai Huang is not here at this moment, and Mai Xiang has replaced her. There is one more maid keeping an eye on her.