30%...
A full 30%...
Tang Cheng was going crazy. Those stingy guys didn't even think about how many generous gifts the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion had given out over the years.
"This is too much, too much..." Tang Cheng clenched his fists and denounced indignantly.
Wen Huaian drank his tea calmly.
It was normal for the number of gifts to decrease. Tang Cheng had been sending fewer and fewer gifts recently. He had expected this. But seeing Tang Tang so excited and expectant before, Wen Huaian couldn't bear to dampen her spirits.
After all, everyone believes in reciprocity.
What happened in the past is in the past, and you cannot use the gifts you gave in the past as a banner.
After Tang Cheng's angry denunciation, he took out a golden abacus and started calculating it.
Snap, snap…
Wen Huaian secretly laughed as he could hear the sound of Tang Cheng quickly turning the abacus.
Silver is so attractive that Tang Tang has become more and more skilled at using an abacus.
"Tang Tang, I remember that you are very good at mental arithmetic and you don't need an abacus."
Wen Huaian's lips curled slightly.
Tang Cheng paused while fiddling with the abacus, raised his head and glared at Wen Huaian who was leisurely drinking tea, then fiddled with the abacus vigorously for a few times and snorted complacently: "Don't you think it's very impressive to use an abacus to calculate accounts?"
Wen Huaian: “…”
It is indeed imposing and murderous!
After Tang Cheng calculated several accounts in a hurry, he angrily threw away the golden abacus in his hand, and slumped down on the couch, looking depressed and muttering to himself.
"It seems that it is not feasible to get rich by accepting gifts."
"My plan to get rich!"
Tang Cheng wailed.
Wen Huaian couldn't help laughing and almost laughed out loud. Tang Tang was so cute like this.
After this "tragic" lesson, Tang Tang should no longer be obsessed with accepting gifts to make money.
Wen Huaian thought secretly in his heart.
He calmly put down the teacup and walked to the couch to sit down. He reached out and picked up Tang Cheng and held her in his arms. He rubbed her head and comforted her: "Tang Tang, don't be discouraged. Even if the gift is 30% less, at least you haven't lost anything, right?"
Tang Cheng buried his head in Wen Huaian's arms, hugged him with both hands, and said sullenly: "I am upset because I didn't lose anything. Isn't it customary to give a bigger gift in return?"
Wen Huaian's mouth twitched.
It turns out that this was Tang Tang’s idea.
He coughed lightly: "You said it was a convention, but in fact, you don't have to abide by it."
Tang Cheng was even more upset now.
"They must have communicated with each other and joined forces to bully me."
Wen Huaian was very upset.
How could he respond
Before he could think it through, Tang Cheng raised his head from Wen Huaian's arms with a face full of fighting spirit.
"They must be trying to use this gift-giving opportunity to teach me the principle of reciprocity. Haha, I won't compromise."
Those people must want to see her make a scene and be laughed at.
She won't be fooled!
"I've decided to give up the path of getting rich by accepting gifts. This is a trap. Anyway, I've already asked the Queen Mother for 100,000 taels of gold, so I'm not short of silver."
"Those families are wealthy and powerful, while our Duke's Mansion is small in number. We can still maintain a balance now, but in the end, we will suffer the loss."
Tang Cheng comforted himself.
"Wen Huaian, I think if I want to send a gift in the future, I'll just give it based on my mood."
Wen Huaian looked at Tang Cheng who was full of fighting spirit, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "As long as you are happy."
"People say that suffering a loss is a blessing, but this is just self-consolation. Many people suffer losses but do not gain any blessing. No one can make me suffer a loss." Tang Cheng raised his chin, clenched his fists, and his little face was murderous.
She likes children, but the cost of raising a child is too high in this era, and she will have to continue having children in the future. The Duke's Mansion is wealthy, but no one's money comes from the wind.
She really didn't want to be obsessed with money, but the situation forced her to prepare for a rainy day.
What a sweet trouble.
Wen Huaian: “…”
Tang Cheng was in a much better mood now. She got down from Wen Huaian's arms and told Zhenzhu and others to sort what they had received today and put them into the warehouse.
It was getting close to evening and the hundred-day banquet had ended, but the huge Duke Zhenguo Mansion was still filled with joy.
Those who were waiting for Tang Cheng to lose his temper were very disappointed.
The gifts they sent were deliberately 30% less than those at the previous full moon banquet, but Tang Si didn't react.
It's so weird.
Su Jingxing and Qi Changxiu had long seen that Tang Si was a money-grubber. He acted so nonchalant even though he received so few gifts at the Hundred Days Banquet this time, which was not like Tang Si's character at all.
So that night, the two of them came to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion to chat and drink with Wen Huaian, and to get some gossip.
After chatting for a while, Su Jingxing took a sip of warm wine, coughed lightly and asked, "Huaian, your wife is not sulking tonight, right?"
Qi Changxiu poured wine for Wen Huaian with a smile on his face.
"Yes, Huai'an, how does your wife react to the gift?"
Wen Huaian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It seemed that the two of them had other intentions and came to investigate the situation.
"Tang Tang is not angry."
"This is impossible. Your wife Tang Si is a money-grubber. Huai'an, did you use any means to appease your wife?" Su Jingxing stared at Wen Huai'an with a look of disbelief.
Qi Changxiu pretended to listen.
Wen Huaian certainly wouldn't tell anyone that Tang Cheng was angry. He calmly took a sip of wine and then said slowly, "Really not. Tang Tang just said that everyone has the virtue of being thrifty and managing the household."
Su Jingxing: “…”
Qi Changxiu: “…”
The virtue of thrift and diligence...
Why do they sound wrong
Isn't this a disguised way of saying that everyone is stingy
The corners of their mouths twitched.
"Tang Tang said that everyone's frugal behavior is worthy of praise and learning. She decided to follow their example and work hard to be frugal in the future."
Wen Huaian looked at them with a smile and added slowly, beautifying Tang Cheng's behavior of sending gifts according to his mood in the future and giving it a high-sounding reason.
Su Jingxing: “…”
Qi Changxiu: “…”
Very good and powerful!
It turns out that thriftiness can be used in this way.
He is obviously stingy, but he is labeled as thrifty. I have learned something new.
The two were completely speechless, Tang Si was still the same Tang Si!
I came here excitedly to find out some gossip, but there was no gossip to find out, so I wasted my time.
It was a cold and windy night, so the two did not stay long and said goodbye and returned home early. However, they decided in their hearts to spread the good news that Tang Cheng wanted to learn from them to be frugal and manage the household, and to help Tang Cheng become famous.
Although the two of them enjoyed watching Tang Si's fun, they still stood on Tang Cheng's side.
I'm just sitting around doing nothing anyway.
In the warm room, Wen Huaian waved away the servant standing by and slowly drank the wine warmed in the small red clay stove before returning to Wutong Courtyard with a faint smell of alcohol.
When he finished showering and washed off the smell of alcohol and returned to the room, he saw Tang Cheng already fast asleep.
Wen Huaian let down the hanging curtain, got on the bed, hugged Tang Cheng and closed his eyes.
Have a good night's sleep.
The next day, Wen Huaian and the Duke of Zhenguo went to court. Tang Cheng saw off her mother-in-law, the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo, as usual. Then she spent some time dealing with government affairs. Since the weather was good, she took Dabao for a stroll in the mansion.
The three-month-old baby is still sleepy. After waking up, he is as quiet as ever. He will howl when he is hungry, and will also howl when he pees or poops. He is very easy to take care of.
Pearl and her other three friends and the wet nurses all praised Dabao for his intelligence.
When Tang Cheng was taking care of the baby in the mansion, rumors about her being frugal and managing the household spread throughout the capital, attracting wide praise from the scholars and talented people who gathered in the capital.
Those who were ready to see Tang Cheng make a fool of himself over the gift were stunned.
Ridiculous, so ridiculous!
What kind of thriftiness is this from Tang Si
It's obviously stingy!
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