Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 85 Gifts
The plum blossoms in the yard are in full bloom, the wind is proud of the snow, and the fragrance is slightly spit.

The twelfth lunar month has entered, and it will be Laba in a few days. The atmosphere of the New Year has gradually become stronger. Instead of not being happy, Du Shi's heart is full of worries.

As the eldest daughter-in-law, Du was very worried about the current situation of the Fang family.

Looking at Lang Jun holding the book and shaking his head happily, Du Shi sighed slightly.

The heavy snowfall in Guanzhong this year has affected all counties in Guanzhong. DPRK and Chinese officials and wealthy households have donated money and food to help the victims, and the Fang family has donated a lot.

Fang Xuanling was an upright official, with little savings, and his family was usually not rich in spending.Although Du Shi is not a homeowner, he has yet to buy New Year's goods from the mansion, so we can know one or two.

The meager salary of the husband's Fang Zhizhi is even more unhelpful, not to mention that the husband is a honest gentleman, not involved in production, and has to make friends all day long, and it costs a lot of money.The mansion was poor, and Mrs. Du was embarrassed to ask her mother-in-law to ask for it, and these expenses were filled with the output of her dowry fields.

Du Shi is not a stingy person, but he still cannot avoid suffering in his heart.

The current situation in the mansion is already worrying, not to mention that it is a huge expense to marry the princess after a year or two.The dowry of the princess must be rich, but it is the dowry, the private property of the princess, and cannot be counted in the public, just like Du Shi's dowry.

The twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month is the birthday of the old grandmother of the Du family. Du and Fang Yizhi are going back to Shandong to celebrate her birthday.

In previous years, that's all, just take out a few congratulatory gifts and you can deal with it. Although the Qinghe Du family is only an offshoot of the Guanzhong Du family, she is also rich and luxurious, so she will not be picky about her own daughter.

But this year is different, it coincides with the grandma's 77-year-old "Happy Birthday", so she must make a big deal of it.

Qinghe Du Shiqian is now luxuriant, so he has made friends all over the world. At that time, the guests must be high-ranking officials Hongru. If the gift is too light, how can you get it?
Not only is he embarrassed with Langjun, but Fang Xuanling's face is also not good-looking.

What made Du Shi even more depressed was that she was full of sorrow here, but Lang Jun was happy and happy on the other side, so she was not angry, and threw the half-embroidered peony brocade handkerchief on the table. .

With a cold and pretty face, he said, "Twelfth is grandmother's birthday, is Lang Jun ready?"

Fang Yizhi, who was immersed in reading, raised his head in amazement and asked blankly, "What are you going to prepare?"

Du Shi was angry, and her pretty face was frosty: "Of course it's a birthday gift!"

"Oh!" Fang Yizhi didn't care, he lowered his head and read the book again, and said casually, "It's all ready, lady don't have to worry about it."

Du Shi asked curiously, "What have you prepared?"

This nerd is either on duty or reading books at home these days, how has he ever seen him prepare a gift?Besides, in previous years, I had to remind myself every time, so that Lang Jun would remember the birthday of his parents' relatives. Why did he suddenly wake up this year?

The next room did not lift his eyelids, and said indifferently: "Someone has his own opinion, you can rest assured."

Du Shi then understood that it was probably some "elegant things" such as ancient calligraphy and painting books, but it was not the work of a famous artist, and it was not worth a lot of money. Lang Jun has done this in the past.

Du Shi suddenly gasped.

Although she is the direct daughter of the Du family, she is at the bottom of the ranking. The Du family has prosperous children, but she has been sick since childhood. Take extra care.When he became an adult, he was taught the marriage of the eldest son of Fang Xuanling, the servant of the court. I don't know how many sisters I envy, and secretly complained that the old grandmother was biased.

But now, the old grandmother is 77 years old, "Happy birthday", but I don't even have a congratulatory gift that can be handed out. How does this make those brothers and sisters think of me?
Thinking of this, Du Shi was full of grievances, ba da da shed tears, and it was out of control, the more she cried, the more sad she became, and she gradually began to whimper.

Fang Yizhi didn't pay attention at first, but when he noticed something was wrong, he realized that his wife was sobbing and crying so much...

"Miss, don't cry, don't cry... Why is this? But what's wrong with my husband? Come on, make amends for my husband and my wife..."

Fang Yizhi was in a hurry for a while, but the more he persuaded him, the more he cried.

He is a nerd, but he is full of love for this charming wife, and he has never seen this wife from a famous family so sad and aggrieved.

Du Shi cried and said angrily: "It's not you? You are such a big person, and you have no responsibility at all. If you can't find a few gifts that you can give, do you know how her family would laugh at me? Anyway, you don't care, there are Just read the book, you can live with your book from now on, leave me alone..."

Fang Yizhi was in a hurry and said, "Do you think I don't want to buy a few gifts to support my face? But you also know the current situation in the house... It's all Erlang's fault. I don't talk about trouble all day long, and it was even more so a few days ago. Those who spent a lot of money went to Hangzhou to buy land and trees, otherwise they would not be so poor..."

When Du Shi heard the words, he wiped his tears and said angrily: "Is this something you can say as a big brother? Either you will take up the burden of the family and be the backbone, or you will teach Erlang a good lesson, what is it to complain about people behind your back? ?"

"I……"

Fang Yizhi is also a little ashamed, but he knows his own temperament, teach the second child?Pull it down, the rammer is annoyed and can fight against him, so he won't care if he is the big brother...

I had no choice but to say, "Madam, don't worry, my husband has really prepared gifts..."

"Really?"

Du Shi still couldn't believe it.

"Really, how dare you lie to the lady?"

"Bring it to me to see."

Duke said.

"This one……"

Fang Yi hesitated.

He hadn't made up his mind whether to take the things as a gift, and if he took them out, wouldn't he have no room for regret?
Du Shi's mouth was deflated, and he cried again: "I knew you lied to me..."

Fang Yizhi couldn't help laughing and crying, so he had to say, "I'll show it to you..."

Just as I was talking about this, I suddenly heard a neighing noise in the yard.

Before Fang Yi went out to check, someone knocked on the door.

Fang Yizhi straightened his clothes, sat up on the couch, looked at Mrs Du, who had wiped away her tears and returned to her gentle and dignified state, then coughed and said, "Come in."

The door was pushed open, and a steward in the mansion came in with a look of excitement.

"Dalang, eldest lady... Erlang sent someone from Zhuangzi outside the city, saying that he had some items for eldest lady."

"Give it to me?"

Du Shi was stunned.

Although the social atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty was open, the exchange of gifts between sister-in-law and brother-in-law was unusual and would inevitably cause criticism.

Fang Yizhi had a displeased expression on his face, and said, "What kind of manner is this Erlang?"

Du Shi was also a little unhappy in her heart, but she thought that Fang Jun was able to put on Han Wangfu for the eldest sister, thinking that he was a family-oriented temperament and would not rashly do something abrupt, so he asked, "What is it?"

The steward said, "I don't know if I'm young..."

Fang Yizhi suddenly asked, "What's going on with the noise outside?"

The steward said excitedly, "It's the money Erlang sent back from Zhuangzi."

"Money?" Fang Yizhi was at a loss: "That kid always spends money, how can he still send money?"

The steward didn't know what to say, so he could only say: "The steward of Zhuangzi is outside the door, Dalang, look, do you want to let him in?"

Fang Yizhi waved his hand: "Let him come in."

The steward said: "No."

Gently push out the door.

A stocky servant walked in, it was Zhuangzi's steward Fangquan.

Fang Quan was an old man of the Fang family. According to his seniority, he belonged to the same room as Xuanling. Fang Yizhi stood up with Cui Shi, Fang Yizhi said, "Uncle Lao Quan..."

Fang Quan hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Darang, eldest lady, you have broken the old servant..."

After being polite, Fang Yizhi and Du Shi were seated, and they gave Fang Quan a seat.

Fang Quan didn't sit down and said, "Erlang got a treasure some time ago, bought a lot of money, and sent most of it back to the manor and put it into the public house. In addition, Erlang learned that the eldest lady's grandmother's birthday is coming soon. , I found a few utensils to give to the eldest lady, if the eldest lady does not dislike it, it can be used as a gift."

Hearing that the Fang family got the treasure and sold the money, Fang Yizhi didn't care and asked casually, "How much did you send?"

Fang Quan replied, "Thirty thousand."

"Thirty thousand... Guan?" Fang Yizhi was stunned, if it wasn't for Fang Quan who was in front of him, he would almost be able to drive him away.

What about a liar?
Du Shi was stunned, [-] Guan?

Fang Quan's tone was calm, but there was a hint of arrogance in his expression, and he said: "A total of [-] kans were sold, and the buyer was the Du family in Guanzhong. Erlang saved [-] kan, and stayed in the village to spend after the spring. Madam, would you like to see the utensils Erlang gave you?"

Du Shi was a little dumbfounded, did he really sell [-] pieces?

He said, "Okay..."

Fang Quan went to the door and let a few servants bring in the gifts.

(End of this chapter)