Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Return gift? If there is a New Year gift, Gu Dagu will also send it back to her parents' home first. Where does the return gift come from? Zhou Banxia was unable to react for a moment.

When his eyes fell on another bundle, he suddenly remembered that this so-called return gift should be a return gift for the "hard work" of the three brothers Gu.

As she nodded, Mai Huang beside her also untied his bag.

There was a bundle containing a straw flower basket, grasshoppers, crickets, butterflies, dragonflies, clay dolls of the twelve zodiac animals, a slingshot, and so on.

In the other bundle, I smelled bags of dried meat, preserved fruits, and roasted nuts, and there was so much maltose?

"The eldest aunt also treats me like a child." Zhou Banxia couldn't help but shake her head, "I'm the only one who has these things, does the eldest young lady have them?"

"There should be. When the Dahua family sent us out, she was also carrying a bag about this big to the eldest young lady's place..."

That means there are two of them on her side, and only one on her sister-in-law's side. Zhou Banxia nodded to show that she understood, and thought to herself that it was no wonder that Aunt Gu took the opportunity to bring the child back when his second brother went to town today.

"...The master also said that this is already a return gift, so there is no need to prepare any more. It seems that there is no need to add another 10% to the return gift for the two aunts.

The eldest young lady was here in the afternoon, and later the eldest young lady and the wife also came. There is something I am not able to report to you. The accounting office has been dealing with a lot of accounts in the past two days.

In addition to the two carts of wooden boxes that arrived at the front workshop yesterday, the oil press and tofu shop also had their accountant and clerk come to settle the bill this afternoon from Yunkelai, the shopkeeper Wang.

Even the second master of the Zhao family sent his steward to take away a cart of soybean oil in the afternoon, and also sent a cart of oil paper to the oil paper mill, in addition to the goods purchased by other small merchants and hawkers.

So before dark, Mai Qing wanted to go around a few workshops and stay in the small courtyard in front of the workshop tonight. I agreed and asked her to take inventory and come back tomorrow. "

Zhou Banxia was not surprised to hear this. Mai Qing had been missing for the entire afternoon, and when she was getting ready to wash up, Mai Dong told her the reason.

"Especially the Oil Paper Mill. Since we don't have one of our own people to be the accountant, Jiaxing's father went there specially in the morning. The old master mentioned that it would be better to check the accounts earlier.

So when Mai Qing took the accountant Dacheng to the oil paper mill, even the fifth young master of the third room was willing to take out the account books and report the accounts in detail. The two of them were quite nice to each other.

Ever since Jiaxing's father had spread the word that anyone who wanted to buy goods on credit should not ask, even the old man would not go to the oil press when the weather was good.

I think I understand. No matter who comes forward, it is impossible to buy goods on credit. I heard that the old man has been angry with the master of the fourth room recently.

It seems that the master and mistress of the eldest house are still unwilling to give up. Not only do they want to buy vermicelli on credit from the fourth master, they also want to borrow some silver for two weeks of turnover or something. The fourth master asks them to pay off their debt first.

It was said that if you borrowed and returned it, it would not be difficult to borrow again. The old man got angry and did not look for the master. Instead, he looked for the third master and said something to him. The third wife did not allow the third master to go to the old courtyard anymore.

The third wife came again this afternoon. When she heard that the mistress was not at home and that you and the eldest young lady had just laid down to rest, she pulled me aside and told me these things.

In addition to this, she also mentioned that the fourth master said he was very busy recently and couldn't leave for the time being. The old master couldn't see the fourth master, and then he would definitely say that he was not feeling well. "

This third aunt!
It should be because she saw that her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had not made any move, so she wanted to go over and complain about how the old man was partial to the eldest son. It would be best if her mother-in-law could join in and curse Oda.

Then look at her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, especially to see if this silly and generous granddaughter-in-law will wait for the old man to pretend to be sick to send gifts to the door...

"After hearing what the Third Madam said, I sent her away. When I came back, the First Young Madam was still there. I went to find Madam, and she asked the Dahua family to send a food box.

Seeing that the wife had no other instructions, she went out with the Dahua family. The Dahua family also knew how to explain that you didn't know when the food box was delivered. According to the Dahua family, the old man was very happy to hear it. In front of the old lady and the first lady, he praised the wife and the second young master for their thorough behavior.

You are already in advanced stages of pregnancy, so it is not good for you to worry about him. He also said that among his many grandsons-in-law, you, the second young lady, are the most filial. Even the eldest grandson's wife cannot compare to you.

He also said that if the first child is a girl, she will be your great-granddaughter, who will win a hundred times more than a boy."

Zhou Banxia couldn't help but chuckle and shook his head.

Mai Huang and Mai Dong, who were serving on the side, and Mai Qing, who had just come in a while ago, also laughed, especially Mai Huang, who laughed out loud.

Gu Dachang's wife stared at Mai Huang, and when she saw Mai Huang covering his mouth, she retracted her gaze and continued, "It was the old lady who interrupted while she was listening."

"The old lady is a shrewd person."

Her daughter is really smart! Saying these nice things in front of the first wife is not a compliment, it's almost flattery, just like the first wife's mouth!

How could the eldest wife not learn from her daughter-in-law? I don't know if the old man is really senile or he is resentful that her daughter didn't give his eldest son the goods on credit and wants to make her daughter a target!

"I think these words will be reported to Madam tomorrow if not tonight, so I will reduce the annual gift to the old master by another 10%, okay?"

"Okay, Aunt Chang, you have made a great arrangement. With you here, I don't have to worry about anything. I'm just sorry to have to trouble you."

Zhou Banxia nodded in response and expressed his sincere thanks.

After spending these days together, I found that these people are really loyal, capable, and always think ahead. I don’t know what will happen in the future, but I just hope they can continue to maintain this.

"Also, you are my people. If you are bullied outside, don't hide it from me. I should be filial to my elders, but I will not allow outsiders to slap me in the face.

The master and the mistress are good people, but other than them, it doesn't matter if you are truly confused or pretend to be confused. When you need to be strong, you don't need to give those people face.

My people cannot be ordered around by those people. Just get by on the surface, don't bother with them. Compared to those people, I am closer to you..."

When they heard Zhou Banxia's heartwarming words, the corners of their mouths couldn't help but rise. Their whole bodies were boiling with anger and they wished they could take out their hearts to prove their loyalty.

The most typical example is that Mai Qing wanted to use a silver spoon to feed Zhou Banxia the Tremella fuciformis porridge mouthful by mouthful, leaving Zhou Banxia speechless. Is she a child?

"Or, how about you make me a bib that's locked like that and hangs around it?" Zhou Banxia gestured amusedly as he tied the bib around his neck.

At this moment, Gu Dachang's family and Mai Huang and others burst out laughing. Even Mai Qing was so happy that he almost couldn't hold the chopsticks he had just picked up in his other hand.

"In fact, even Doctor Dong said that he couldn't tell whether it was a girl or a boy—" Mai Huang was just halfway through his words when Mai Dong nudged him with his elbow, "You still can't tell?"

She turned to face Gu Dachang's family and asked the last sentence. Seeing Gu Dachang's family nod slightly, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "That's what I said.

Madam had told us on the way that Doctor Lin was coming, so there was no need to hide it from the girl. Besides, who is our girl? Can we really hide it?" (End of this chapter)