Mingxu is a transparent person, and as soon as Mingyue is like this, he almost immediately figured out the trick.

Indeed, with these three banquets, the Gu family's economic predicament will soon be solved.

Relieved, he immediately began to wonder what would be better for him to send at that time.

While pondering, he consulted Mingyue and Yu Jiayan, "For the three banquets, what are you both going to send to Lord Gu's house?" ”

Mingyue and Yu Jiayan glanced at each other, Yu Jiayan smiled and debunked the mystery, "On February 2nd, we are going to send porcelain, tea, pig's head, and oil cake, and March 3rd is Daughter's Day. Then there are the fish balls and shrimp balls that she is going to start selling, and she is also going to bring a few catties over. ”

Green vegetables are still relatively scarce in late winter and early spring, and it is quite decent to give this gift at that time in the bright moon.

As for wild vegetables, the fresh wild vegetables in spring taste no worse than the out-of-season greens they grow in the house.

Especially Gu Zhixian's family lives in the county government, and they have to take silver money to make up for what they eat, and Mingyue sends them these daily food things, but they have to be more forgiving than other people to send books, paintings, porcelain, ornaments, fat powder, and silk flowers.

Ming Xu touched the cyan stubble that came out of his chin, "What about Old Man Gu's birthday ceremony?" ”

"A pair of clothes, a pair of embroidered shoes, a forehead, and a jade Buddha who has presided over the opening of Kiyomizu Temple." Mingyue ran to the main landlord's house and moved a box out, "Oh, it's all here." ”

Mingxu's eyes widened slightly, "You made these with your own hands?" ”

Mingyue nodded slightly, "The old lady will definitely not accept us if she gives something too valuable, so I thought it would be better to make something for her myself." ”

Because embroidery has always been at the bottom of the Ming family, Mingyue basically doesn't know how to pinch the thread.

In the past, in the Ming family, in addition to sewing clothes, other needlework such as making clothes, embroidering, sewing quilt covers, etc., Mrs. Ming, Xie's, Tao's, and Zhou's basically helped her do all of them.

Even if she later married into the Yu family, Mrs. Ming and other female relatives still helped her and Yu Jiayan prepare clothes, shoes, socks, purses, handkerchiefs, pillowcases, quilts and other things that needed to be used every year.

As for the sewing and mending work at home, Mingyue simply handed it over to Zhang Luo on the winter solstice.

So except for Yu Jiayan who doesn't dislike her craftsmanship, she will ask her to make purse handkerchiefs, clothes, shoes and socks for herself every once in a while, and Mingyue has really not touched a needle and thread for a long time.

"Then I'll also ask your sister-in-law to prepare some hand-sewn clothes, shoes and socks for the old lady." Ming Xu couldn't help but feel a little worried, "Come to your sister-in-law's needlework skills, and you seem to be half a catty..."

Mingyue's face darkened, "It's all about your mind, what do you want to do if you have to worry about our level?" ”

Ming Xu didn't dare to continue to "commit crimes against the wind", he changed the topic very interestingly, "Then I'll talk to Erlang by the way." ”

Mingyue reminded him, "And my mother, eldest uncle, and third aunt, you also have to talk to them early." ”

Old lady Gu's birthday, except for the ignorant fart children and a few female relatives who really can't leave, everyone else is definitely going to celebrate her birthday.

As for the other ladies of the Ming family except Mrs. Ming, Mingyue felt that it was most appropriate for them to send some needlework done by themselves.

As for Ming Xu and other men, the range of choices they can choose from is very wide.

If you want to send something more valuable, you can send gold and jade ornaments such as birthday star, longevity Buddha, longevity peach, ruyi, expensive fabrics such as silk and satin, or precious supplements such as fish maw, bird's nest, sea cucumber, shark fin, etc.

If you want to send a little more affordable, you can send longevity, hand-copied scriptures, 100 longevity maps, 100 blessing pictures, pine crane longevity pictures, Magu life pictures... and all the calligraphy and painting works that are full of heart (but not valuable).

Like Yu Jiayan, he was going to give Mrs. Gu a box of Guan Yan and a picture of Baishou written by himself at that time.

Seeing that Mingyue had come up with so many things to give away with just a thought, she couldn't help but admire her flexible mind.

How did he know that Mingyue was completely a superficial experience from watching too many TV series and the Internet in his previous life...

***

Seeing Ming Xu away, Mingyue immediately let Ping An run to the Gu family.

When Mrs. Gu heard that the Ming family was also going to plant rice, she was so anxious that she came to the Yu family directly with Ping'an.

"Isn't it just trying this year? Why is your brother suddenly going to plant with him? She walked in a hurry, her face full of doubts and worries.

"Didn't the two of us buy a Zhuangzi suitable for rice planting together?" Mingyue took her arm and invited her to sit in the main house in the backyard of her house, "He gave me two hundred taels of silver, so that you can help him get a batch of rice seeds." ”

Mingyue went to the back room and took out the silver ticket that Ming Xu gave her, "The Zhuangzi that my mother's family bought has 120 acres of land, which is a full 20 acres more than the Zhuangzi that my family bought." ”

Mrs. Gu stroked her chest, "Aren't you guys messing around?" Aunt Ming doesn't care about you. ”

Mingyue squinted her eyes and smiled, "Don't worry, I am at least seventy percent sure that I will grow rice, and I will definitely not lose money." ”

Mrs. Gu sighed heavily, "Then you don't need to give me any more money." The two hundred taels you gave before, I estimate that nine times out of ten, I won't be able to spend them all. ”

Mingyue had been mentally prepared for this, after all, she had also inquired about the price, how much it would cost to buy rice seeds, she probably had a number in her heart.

She sighed a little and agreed not to give the money to Mrs. Gu for the time being, "Nacheng, then I'll let Jiayan return the money to my brother later." ”

Mrs. Gu breathed a sigh of relief, she asked Mingyue to prepare a set of pen, ink, paper and inkstone for her, "... Now I have written the letter, and I will directly ask my mother-in-law at home to send it to the post station later. ”

Mrs. Gu is also Mrs. Zhixian now, of course, it is impossible for no one to follow her when she goes out, but because her family only bought a girl to watch the children and hired a mother-in-law who does rough work, every time she goes out, she is either Gu Zhixian's nephew or the family's rough mother-in-law.

This time she came to Mingyue's house, and she was followed by her family's rough mother-in-law.

Mingyue helped polish the ink, and Mrs. Gu quickly added a letter to her mother's brother.

After that, she did not stay in the Ming family for a long time, but soon took a bunch of "native products" that Mingyue and Yu Jiayan forced into her, and took the Ming family's mule cart back to the second courtyard belonging to their family behind the county office.

In addition to leaving a place near the car door for Mrs. Gu to sit down, all other places were filled with cloth bags filled with rice, sorghum rice, red beans, mung beans, white noodles, buckwheat noodles, cornmeal, artichoke vermicelli, sweet potato vermicelli, eggs, duck eggs, bacon, cured chicken, preserved duck, sausages, fish balls, cabbage, pinewood earth baskets, sunflower seed oil, peanut oil, sauerkraut, salty coarse porcelain jars, and dim sum boxes containing all kinds of sweet and soft glutinous pastries.