Zhulan drank a bellyful of tea, and her waist was uncomfortable from sitting. Zhulan stood up. She really needed to exercise. "I'll go over and take a look."
Li hurriedly followed, her heart was so excited, her mind was full of so many gifts, "Mom, there are so many gifts, they must be worth a lot of money!"
Mrs. Dong looked at her sister-in-law. She was the only one in the family who dared to be so close to her mother-in-law. People with a broad mind were really good. She was actually a little envious of her sister-in-law who could say whatever she wanted!
The gifts were piled in a house in the front yard. Ming Teng did not go to the restaurant with them, but was guarding the door of the house!
Zhulan, "... ..."
She didn't even need to guess to know that it was Li who asked them to guard the house. What a fool! The door of the house was locked. Who are you guarding against
Ming Teng saw his grandma coming and jumped down the stairs happily, "Grandma."
Zhulan touched Mingteng's forehead and said, "Go play!"
Ming Teng also wanted to see the gift, but when he saw his mother glaring at him, he shrank his neck. Since his mother couldn't win the argument with him, she would hit him. She would never say a word if she could only hit him. He was quite afraid of his mother's fat slap, which really hurt. "I'm going to go play now."
Zhulan reminded everyone to be careful and then went into the house. The house was originally empty, but now the floor was filled with gifts.
The gifts from neighbors are usually cloth and cakes, while the fancy ones that are obviously worth money are given by merchants. These merchants are very direct in giving gifts, but Zhulan likes gifts whose value can be seen.
Zhulan saw the gift list written by Changlian and said to Zhao: "Bring it here so I can see it."
Zhao picked up the gift list and handed it to her mother-in-law. She glanced at it briefly. Her father-in-law became rich on the first day after passing the imperial examination. No wonder people say that rich scholars are rich and poor scholars are poor. How much silver would all these cost!
Zhulan looked at the valuable items on the gift list. The merchants were really generous. Some gave expensive ink, some gave calligraphy and paintings, and some even gave gold and copper coins directly. There were also quite a few bottles. Zhulan's favorite were the skins given to her, including a fox skin, several sable skins, and a wolf skin.
This is the Northeast. People like to give leather as gifts. The colors of these leathers are all good.
Zhulan touched the fiery red fox fur and loved it so much that she thought to herself that she would give the fox fur to her daughter as a dowry in the future. This was a rare and good fur.
Li also liked it very much. She touched it again and again with her fat hands, thinking about it very much, "Mom, the fox fur is so beautiful."
Zhulan: "Yeah."
It’s not that she is stingy, there is only one fiery red fox skin, and it would not be a good idea to give it to any of the three daughters-in-law, so it would be better to leave it to her daughter. It’s a pity that she is the mother-in-law and she can’t use the fiery red fox skin. Woohoo, she likes it very much too!
Li held the fox skin in both hands this time, "Mom, you always say that my face is pale, do you think red suits me?"
Zhulan laughed in her heart, "No, your face is not white."
Li was stunned, "Mom, what is that?"
Zhulan pulled the fox fur over, "Your face is too big."
Zhao was really afraid that her mother-in-law would give the fox fur to her eldest sister-in-law. She had experienced more deeply these days how much her mother-in-law favored her eldest sister-in-law. She and Dong were in dire straits, while her eldest sister-in-law was fat and happy and smiled every day. After the strong contrast, she knew that her eldest sister-in-law should not be offended, because her mother-in-law liked her the most.
When Zhao saw that her sister-in-law realized that her mother was mocking her, she couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth. Her mother-in-law's favoritism still had a bottom line, and it was good to have a bottom line. She was just afraid that her mother-in-law would favor her sister-in-law in everything!
Mrs. Dong also likes fox fur. She wants it too, but she doesn’t have such good fur yet. She thinks to herself, her sister-in-law is really shameless!
Zhulan gathered all the skins together, leaving only one fox skin for her younger daughter, one of the three mink skins for her older daughter, and one of the remaining two for herself and Zhou Shuren, as well as the wolf skins for Zhou Shuren to sew a mat and not give any to anyone else.
Zhulan and several daughters-in-law sorted the gifts. This time, Zhulan did not distribute things to each room. People should not be spoiled all the time, otherwise they will lose their mind. Zhulan only took out two kilograms of cakes for the children to eat, and sealed the rest.
Li was a little dumbfounded. Why didn't her mother get anything? But her mother had just scolded her, so she didn't dare to ask.
Zhulan locked the door and took the key herself. "This room will be the warehouse in the future. Okay, we are all very tired today. The banquet sent by the restaurant will be here soon. You can go back and change your clothes. We will have dinner soon."
The clothes I carried from carrying gifts were all covered in dust.
After saying that, Zhulan walked towards the backyard. Although she was tired today, it was worth it. She just calculated the price of the gifts, and it was more than three hundred taels. The gifts from merchants were the most expensive. Zhulan once again felt that merchants were really rich.
Zhulan changed her clothes and waited for a while. The banquet sent by the restaurant arrived. Zhulan ordered a banquet with twelve courses, only one vegetarian dish, and the rest were meat dishes.
Only Zhulan and a few other women were eating with their children. Zhou Shuren was not there. Li was very active. "Mom, should we have a drink to celebrate?"
Zhulan, "You don't remember how much you can drink? Can I remind you?"
Li shut up immediately. She didn't need to recall the past. She spoke the truth when she was drunk last time and she didn't dare to get close to her mother-in-law for several days.
Mrs. Dong smiled and said, "Mother, these are the goose wings you like to eat."
Zhulan hadn't eaten goose meat for a long time. She really wanted to raise the big goose that Fang gave her for a few more days and eat it slowly. Unfortunately, not only she was thinking about it, but Mingteng was also thinking about it and kept muttering in her ears from time to time. She couldn't help but eat one and couldn't stop. She ate all of it in less than a week.
Zhulan rarely showed a friendly expression to Dong, "You guys eat too."
Li is in crisis. Her mother-in-law has been dissatisfied with Zhao and Dong these days. She has long forgotten the sense of crisis. Now her mother is not only the mother-in-law, but also the wife of a juren. Dong is trying her best to please her mother-in-law. Dong is smarter than her and can read people's expressions better than her. Look, her mother-in-law is smiling at Dong. No, she is the daughter-in-law that her mother-in-law favors the most. If she doesn't have the favoritism of her mother-in-law, she will be bullied to death by Dong and Zhao!
Li quickly picked up another wing and put it in her mother-in-law's bowl, "Mom, if you like it, I'll give you both wings."
Zhulan couldn't help laughing in her heart. Li's expression completely gave away her thoughts. Not only did she understand it, even Mingteng knew what his mother was thinking!
Mrs. Dong was so angry that she held the chopsticks. Her mother-in-law smiled at her, but it was not a smile from the heart. Her mother-in-law always smiled from the bottom of her heart to her sister-in-law. Woo woo, she sadly discovered that she not only had to please her mother-in-law, but also had to be nicer to her sister-in-law. After all, her sister-in-law was in her mother-in-law's heart!
Zhao looked at her sister-in-law and realized. Although her sister-in-law was not smart, she had always been expressing herself and fighting for herself, and even showed her ideas to her mother-in-law. Her sister-in-law's straightforwardness was also a manifestation of her trust in her mother-in-law. She was really far behind her sister-in-law, and she also wanted to fight. Just like her father-in-law and husband said, who would pay attention to you if you don't fight!
Zhao raised her head and said with a smile: "Mother, please try this fish. It tastes really good and suits your taste!"
Zhulan was a little dazzled. A beautiful woman's smile was a delight to the eyes. She enjoyed the meal very much. She pretended not to notice the flattery of the daughters-in-law. Anyway, she enjoyed the meal very much.