Chapter 176 Gift Giving

Chen Afu opened the small wooden box, revealing two light blue pearls as big as the pads of his index fingers on the purple velvet cloth. So big, it should be Dongzhu. Even Dongzhu is rare to see. In the future, it will be set on a headdress or earrings to make it rich and beautiful.

There is no woman who doesn’t like beautiful jewelry. Chen Afu's eyes widened in laughter. After seeing enough, he closed the lid, carefully put it aside, and opened the big box again.

The big box contains a set of colorful porcelain plum pattern tea sets, including one teapot and six sets of tea bowls, which are very exquisite and beautiful.

Chen Afu happily took out a set and started playing with it. Now that I have used this kind of tea set, my quality of life has jumped to a new level. I thought about how elegant and comfortable it would be to sit in a house with carved balustrades and sip tea leisurely with such a teacup after I moved.

She liked both of these things very much, thinking that the leaders at those two levels were quite generous.

I just don’t know what kind of thing the old marquis with a beard gave me. It seemed that it was not his style to give those two things. He should have given ginseng and bird's nest instead. Or was the banknote a gift from him?

"Mom, these things are so beautiful." Dabao said from the side, "In the future, I will buy more beautiful things for my mother."

"Okay, mother, just wait for that day." Chen Afu said, then put everything into the box and put it in the box.

The next day was New Year's Eve, and Chen Mingxian asked Aunt Mu to help with the work in the big room.

After breakfast, Chen Ming took Wang, A Lu, and Wang Cai to the big room first. They were going to visit the Chen family's ancestral grave.

Before, Chen Afu and Dabao had never visited the graves with the Chen family. Chen Afu was because "she was sick" and Dabao was because everyone knew that he was not a child of the Chen family.

In the morning, Chen Ming and Chen Afu had quietly discussed whether mother and son should go to the grave today, because Chen Ming could see that Dabao had wanted to go to the grave with him since he was sensible. It turns out that the reason why Dabao was not brought was because he was afraid that the foul-mouthed Hu and Chen Aju would say unpleasant things, which would in turn make the sensitive Dabao sad. Second, it turns out that Mrs. Chen and Chen Ye were quite dissatisfied with Chen Ming and his wife's adoption of Dabao, so naturally they didn't want him to cause trouble. Now that Chen Afu has become stronger, people in Dafang will no longer say those unpleasant things.

Chen Afu refused without thinking. She was not allowed to go before, but now many people know her identity. Neither of them is a member of the Chen family, so there is no need for them, mother and son, to go.

Every time at this time, Dabao is a little injured. Seeing Chen Ming and others walking out of the door, he hugged Chen Afu's waist and said with a pout, "Mom, I haven't even been to the grave. My uncle has gone, so has Dahu, and Xiao Shitou and sister Yan'er must be there." I also go to the graves, but I can’t even go.”

Orphans without roots, where are their ancestral graves?

Chen Afu was a little sad. It’s me who knows where this body’s ancestral grave is, and doesn’t just seek warmth and shelter here.

Chen Afu touched his little melon skin hat and whispered, "The ancestor in the Chen family's ancestral grave is not our ancestor, so we don't need to visit the grave."

Dabao is wise early, so some things still need to be explained clearly to him. In the future, someone will definitely talk in front of him.

Dabao was a little stunned and asked, "Isn't he also my mother's ancestor?"

"No," Chen Afu held him in his arms again and said, "The Chen family and my mother are not blood relatives. Dabao will keep this matter in mind and don't say it out loud, let alone say it in front of his grandma. But. , Your grandpa gave Mom and Dabao a warm home, and the Chen family has protected us for so many years. We must honor your grandpa and remember the love between your great-grandma and eldest grandpa. "

Dabao was a little confused, but he still nodded and was no longer obsessed with visiting the grave. He went to the table and sat down to eat melon seeds in silence. He ate one for himself, and then fed one to Qiqi and Huihui.

This place is far away from the village, and Alu doesn’t find it fun if he’s not in Dabao. Hearing the sound of firecrackers coming from time to time in Tangyuan, Chen Afu smiled and said, "Take Zhuifeng, Qiqi and Huihui to Tangyuan to play with Yan'er... Oh, she hasn't gotten up yet, you go find Ming boy Let’s play. Remember to come back early, we are going to my grandpa’s house for a family reunion dinner.”

After hearing this, Dabao smiled at the corner of his eyes and took Zhuifeng, Qiqi and Huihui out the door.

Chen Afu led several women to be busy in the kitchen. After lunch in the main room, he would still come back for the New Year's Eve dinner. She also thought that today was New Year's Eve and the Chu family would not come over for dinner, so she prepared an extra portion of some good dishes and sent one to the Chu family when the time came.

Around noon, Chen Dabao came back with Zhui Feng. He said, "Grandpa Chu saw Qiqi and Huihui and called them over."

Chen Afu nodded. With the old man who likes birds, Qiqi and Huihui's status in Tangyuan will rise even more.

Chen Afu and his son took Zhui Feng, Xue Dagui and Chu Xiaoniu to the village. Xue Daniu and Chu Xiaoniu each carried a large backpack, which contained the New Year's gift for the eldest family.

As soon as we arrived at the entrance of the village, we saw a group of children playing under the old locust tree. Xiao Shitou, Dahu, and Sixizi were all there. Xiao Shitou and Dahu, who were from well-off families, were setting off firecrackers. The other children were very interested. and looked at it.

Dabao saw it and ran over happily. He also has a lot of firecrackers in his purse. Previously he could only watch others set off, but now he can also set off his own.

When they arrived at the main room, Chen Afu asked Xue Dagui and Chu Xiaoniu to take the backpacks directly to the upper room and take out the gifts one by one. There is no gift list when giving New Year's gifts in the countryside. You just take out the gifts to show them off.

The New Year's gift of food, clothing, and utensils were complete, abundant, and of good quality. They were worth at least ten taels of silver, which made Chen Ye and Mr. Hu smile.

After that, Chen Ming gave the old lady 600 yuan, and Chen Afu gave the old lady 2 taels of silver. Six hundred cents is the pension money that should be given to the old lady every year, and two taels of silver is the filial piety. Mrs. Wang also gave the old lady two sets of silk clothes and two pairs of thousand-layer-soled shoes made by herself. In addition, she also gave the old lady several packages of snacks and candies.

The old lady took it with a smile and said, "Oh, Mom has enjoyed your blessing." She then specifically said to Chen Afu, "My mother has also enjoyed Afu's blessing."

After giving the gifts, Xue Dagui and Chu Xiaoniu left with empty baskets on their backs. Chen Ye and Chen Agui wanted to keep them drinking, but they smiled and refused.

When Mrs. Hu heard that the man's son said that he wanted to keep those two people, he was so frightened that his heart skipped a beat. Those two people are so big, I don’t know how much meat they need to eat. Seeing that they declined, I felt relieved.

Chen Afu saw that Chen Aman particularly liked the big red satin and a few flowers in the New Year's gift, so he whispered to her, "I have some for you too. I'll give them to you before you go back to Fucheng."

Chen Aman smiled and scratched her palm.

While eating, Chen Aju gave a rare smile to Chen Afu and Dabao, and gave Dabao two pieces of meat. She must have seen a few things she liked in the New Year's gift.