Chapter 68: The Winter Solstice (Part II)

Seeing Xu Xiangwan help Shen Qianyu up from the haystack, Han Qi squinted slightly, then lowered the curtain of the carriage, and without command, the coachman drove away in the carriage, kicking up a cloud of dust. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

"This person is coming to trouble you again?" Shen Qianyu asked with a grin as he rubbed his aching buttocks.

Seeing that Shen Qianyu was smashed and still cared about her, Xu Xiangwan's eyes immediately softened: "No, I just sent a box of things inexplicably, and said that he apologized to us." ”

These words made Shen Qianyu suddenly vigilant. Apologize? The dignified Xue family nobles will come to apologize to an insignificant ordinary person? I'm afraid that the sun is coming out in the west, right?

Goro, who was following behind Xu Xiangwan, looked at Shen Qianyu with straw on his head, and frowned.

"Evening, I'll come. Gorou stepped forward, reached out and took Shen Qianyu, put his hand on his shoulder, and carried him home.

Fortunately, Xu Xiangwan's family is all children, and this episode has little impact on the children's enthusiasm for the winter solstice festival, and soon Shen Qianyu and Xu Xiangwan and others are laughing together again.

The shopkeeper Shen didn't come, so he asked Shen Qianyu to bring a special gift for the festival, two pieces of cotton cloth, one pink and one royal blue, two packs of dim sum, one bag of jujube cake, and one bag of chestnut cake. The gift is neither particularly valuable, nor too light, it is decent, but it represents the heart of the shopkeeper Shen.

In contrast, Shen Qianyu's festival preparations were much richer, a box of official swallows, two sets of four treasures of the study, two boxes of beaded flowers, and a box of delicate and unusual dim sum.

This set of rituals costs at least twenty or thirty taels of silver, which may be just an ordinary rituals for the Shen family, but for the Zhuang family, I am afraid that they may not be able to prepare all they have.

Looking at the salute brought by Shen Qianyu, Xu Xiangwan frowned imperceptibly, but in the end he didn't say anything.

With Shen Qianyu's relationship with them, it is probably very common to give these gifts, but if they refuse, they will look rusty.

Gorou looked at these rituals, his eyes darkened for a moment, and then he clenched his fists as if he had sworn an oath.

There were not many people who came and went with Xu Xiangwan's family, so Zhang specially instructed Wulang to buy things from the town and come back, prepare a few gifts, and prepare them for Shangfang, the four patriarchs, Li Zheng, Xu Wenfu, and the Shen family and the Shen shopkeeper.

The festival gifts prepared by the Zhang family were all food, such as dim sum bought from Guojiazhen, home-brewed mash wine, glutinous rice glutinous rice made by himself, and dried mushrooms that Xu Xiangwan picked back by the way when he was collecting medicine.

In return for Shen Qianyu, there were two pairs of thick-soled cotton boots made by Zhang's own hands, the upper made of black brocade, embroidered with colorful auspicious clouds, the shoes were white cotton cloth, and the cotton with moderate thickness was sandwiched inside, the workmanship was exquisite, and the clothes were also warm, so it could be seen that it took a lot of thought.

It just so happened that Shen Qianyu's shoes were soiled in the field, and Zhang hurriedly took out his shoes and changed them for him.

Shen Qianyu happily put it on, ran around the yard twice, and smiled proudly: "Not big, not small, not long or short, just one foot, both warm and light, much better than the embroidery lady at home." ”

Seeing that Shen Qianyu liked it, Zhang's face also showed a satisfied smile.

"Mother, when are you going to make shoes for him? Why don't I know?" Xu Xiangwan deliberately pouted and said dissatisfiedly.

"Didn't Qianyu break his arm last time in order to save you and Xiao Jiu? Our family has nothing to repay others, so I thought about making a pair of shoes for Qianyu, although it is nothing, but it is also our family's intention, isn't it?"

Xu Xiangwan glanced sideways at Shen Qianyu, who was grimacing at her, and turned around and came to the box sent by Han Qi again.

"Later, you said this was an apology from the Xue family?" Zhang asked suspiciously, pointing to the big box about three feet wide and one foot wide.

Xu Xiangwan nodded.

Standing in front of the big box and hesitating, Xu Xiangwan still opened the box, only to see that there was a brocade bag, three large boxes, and a food box inside.

When I opened the brocade bag, I saw that the bag contained a round rhizome with goose-yellow skin and a large pebble.

Xu Xiangwan's heart suddenly jumped, and she blurted out: "Potato!"

"Hey, what kind of medicinal herb is this, why haven't you seen it?" Zhang Shi frowned and looked at this pile of things that didn't look good, thinking that it was some kind of medicinal herb that he hadn't seen before.

Shen Qianyu and Wulang saw Zhang and the others stunned by the box, and they also hurried over to watch.

"Hey, this seems to be something from Fanbang! It seems to be called a potato. These things were all sent by the Xue family?" Shen Qianyu pointed to the contents of the bag and said in surprise.

Xu Xiangwan quickly closed his mouth, pretended to be an ostrich on the side, and secretly prayed that Zhang had not heard anything just now.

Fortunately, the Zhang family really didn't seem to hear Xu Xiangwan's exclamation, just frowned and looked at the potatoes in the bag, and asked Shen Qianyu suspiciously: "This is a tribute from Fanbang?

Shen Qianyu's eyes flashed, and she nodded: "I've only eaten potatoes once, and I've heard my father say it, but this is the first time I've seen it with my own eyes." This is this year's Fanbang tribute, the emperor rewarded these rare things to the family for meritorious service, and our family only got a bag. I didn't expect this Xue family to be willing to send you so many at once. ”

In Xu Xiangwan's impression, these potatoes can be grown by themselves. If this thing is really as valuable as Shen Qianyu said, then if they cultivate it successfully, will they still be worried that they won't be able to sell it for money?

Xu Xiangwan looked at the potatoes in front of him, a flash of light flashed in his eyes, and his heart was even more turbulent.

"I didn't expect the Xue family to send such a valuable thing, how can this be good?" Zhang's temperament is real, when she heard that the Xue family sent such a valuable item, her face was not only happy, but also a trace of worry, she was frightened by the Xue family, for fear that something would happen again.

Shen Qianyu saw that the Zhang family seemed to be frightened, so she had to smile and comfort: "Aunt, don't worry, these things may be precious to us, but they are nothing to the family." The saints of the Xue family are in Long, and they are in-laws with the Rong Wangfu, so I am afraid that I have gained a lot of potatoes. And no matter how precious this thing is, it's just some food, just to give some to you to try, don't worry too much. ”

After Shen Qianyu's persuasion, Zhang really breathed a sigh of relief, although his brows were still tight, but his face looked much better.

When I opened the remaining three large boxes, I saw that one box contained all kinds of things, including windmills, paper kites, rattles, tumbles, kaleidoscopes, etc., and the other large rectangular box contained two pieces of silk cloth, and the last box contained two sets of silver heads, one set of gold inlaid jade heads, and a bunch of silk flowers and hairpin rings.

Finally, there is a lotus-shaped food box, which is divided into two layers, each layer has ten petals, and each petal contains six dim sum of different colors and shapes, which looks very attractive. ***************************

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