Chapter 41: Wen Shu's Return Gift

  La Ba Festival is approaching, and according to custom, all gifts must be sent out the day before La Ba Festival. Huang Shi plans to wait for Er Niu to return in the afternoon and take Da Bao to the clan leader's house to deliver the gift first, then go to deliver the gift to his maternal grandparents' home, and finally take Lin He to deliver some gifts to Xu Shu and his wife's family.

  Before and after the Laba Festival are all holidays, and no need to read books. In the morning, Dabao alone sat on a cow cart and arrived at the door of "He Cai Wa Wa" store, He Cai Wa Wa has been open for some time, and business is extremely good.

  Because it just opened, Mr. Wen said that the new store had a low price for the plush toys, saying that after this period, they would restore the original price, first put up the sign, such plush toys are generally sold for one or two silver coins each, apart from rent, labor, materials and other expenses, the profit is not particularly high.

  Actually, the price of one or two silver coins is already quite expensive. Think about it, selling 100 pieces a day would be an income of 100 silver coins, but Lin He said that because they are for children's toys, only the best materials are used.

  Inside, they use a very soft silk cotton that is even better than the top-grade cotton, and outside, they use satin. It looks good and comes in many colors. So apart from the original cost, the income earned is only about half, plus there are fewer types, and the rich people in town are limited after all, so this kind of store still needs to be guarded slowly.

  And it wasn't long after the store opened that some counterfeit products started to appear, of course with much poorer quality, such as using coarse cloth on the outside and scraps of fabric with cheap cotton inside, but at a much lower price. The style was only 20% similar, yet some families were still willing to buy this cheaper version for their kids to play with.

  Dabao hadn't been in the store for long when Uncle Wen arrived, and upon seeing Dabao in the store, he was taken aback. "Dabao, tomorrow is Laba Festival, why did you come to town today? Is there something going on?"

  Dabao respectfully gave a salute to Uncle Wen, then said "No, Uncle Wen, my sister asked me to come into town and bring you some things," then handed over the small package in his hand.

  She continued, "This thing was made by my sister herself. She said that for so long, we have been relying on Uncle Wen's care, and our ordinary farming family can't afford to bring out anything good, so my sister personally made a small thing and sent it to the young master of the Wen family, hoping that Uncle Wen won't disdain it."

  The old boss opened the package in his hand and looked at this thing. The color was pretty good, but he didn't know what it was for. Just as he was thinking about it...

  Dabao spoke up again, saying "Sister said this is a hand warmer, inside is made of small sheepskin water bag, in winter can fill hot water, then put the water bag into this sleeve, the strap on this side can be worn around the neck, it's very warm."

  Wen Shu took a closer look at this hand warmer and found that the water bag was placed in a fur-lined pouch with openings on both sides, allowing his hands to be inserted for warmth. He thought it didn't look like a normal hand warmer at all.

  Wen Shu looked at her seriously, then burst out laughing and said "This little girl, the things she comes up with are all so strange and unusual. Thank He Er for me, will you? And also, La Ba is coming soon, I'll have a carriage send you back home later, there's something in the carriage that I'm giving to your family for the New Year."

  Dabao thanked Wen Shu and stayed in the store for a while before leaving. It wasn't until they got on the carriage that they realized how much stuff Wen Shu had actually prepared for them - over ten packages of snacks and candies, as well as dozens of pounds of meat, including various types such as rabbit and wild chicken, but definitely not pork.

  There are also some fresh fruits like apples and pears, and several pieces of good-looking cloth were sent, which are not ordinary coarse cloth, but should be some high-quality satin-like things. The rest is a big bag of at least 40-50 kilograms of white flour.

  If Da Bao had known there were so many things, he wouldn't have accepted them even if you killed him. But now that he's already taken them, there's no way to return them, and all we can do is take them back.

  Moreover, Uncle Wen was supposed to send it to his home today if Da Bao didn't come. Da Bao wants to take it back first and see what his sister says.

  Returning home, Lin He knew that Wen Shu had sent over so many gifts, which wasn't unexpected after all. The Wen family was the kind of household that either didn't give gifts at all or gave them in a big way, never doing things by halves.

  Uncle Wen sent so many things, he should have considered the actual situation of her family and sent these practical things. Otherwise, Uncle Wen would not have sent these things.

  But Wen Shu was indeed right, these things are practical for Lin He's family, they can either eat them themselves or give them as gifts. The Lunar New Year is approaching and during the first month of the year, relatives will be visiting each other, these gifts will come in handy.

  Huang saw that Da Bao had brought back so many things with just a small trinket, and felt a bit embarrassed, thinking he was taking advantage of the situation.

  Lin He advised him, "This isn't something that can be exchanged. If I don't send over these little trinkets today, Uncle Wen would still have someone deliver them. We're sending gifts to Uncle Wen just to show our good intentions. For a family like ours, what do we have that's worthy of being given to Uncle Wen? And Uncle Wen isn't the kind of person who would be greedy for other people's gifts either. I'm afraid the little trinkets I send over might bring more joy to Uncle Wen than many better things."

  Huang didn't say much more, thinking that Lin He's words made sense. Just then Er Niu returned and heard Lin He's words, also saying that Lin He was right. Meanwhile, Huang had already begun arranging for the afternoon gift-giving trip to the clan elder's house and maternal grandfather's house.

  Huang put all the gifts sent by Old Wen to one side, planning to use them during the New Year. The Laba Festival gifts were already prepared and just needed to be delivered.

  Lin Er Niu first took Da Bao to the head of the clan's house, where there were also many people. At this time, many people came to give gifts, and Lin Er Niu's gift was obviously more abundant than theirs. The head of the clan received it with a smile on his face and arranged for Er Niu to sit beside him.

  Others in the house who were also giving gifts saw Er Niu and felt both admiration and jealousy. However, most of them got along well with Lin Er Niu and chatted with him on one side.

  The clan leader also nodded secretly when he saw Er Niu, thinking that although Lin Dajiang's family was not good, Er Niu's family was actually quite good. They would still send some gifts during the holidays, especially the last two times they sent heavy-handed gifts.

  Moreover, Lin Erniu has a good character and gets along well with the villagers. Whether he was poor or rich, he never looked down on others because his family was better off. He is still the same as before, and when the villagers have something to do, they also try their best to help.