OBS Chapter 364: Giving Gifts for the New Year
Chapter 364: Giving Gifts for the New Year
Zhou Guo nodded, looked up and saw that the old man was not there, and asked a few people, "Have you seen the master?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the old man came out of the market leisurely, carrying two oil-paper bags. When he saw everyone was there, he smiled and said, "You're all back. Let's go back. It's still quite cold outside."
Seeing his swaying oil paper bag, Zhou Guo asked curiously, "Master, what are you holding in your hand?"
The old man handed the oil paper bag in his hand to her and said, "I brought you the braised beef. Isn't it your favorite?"
Zhou Guo happily took it and said, "That's great. We have a plan for dinner now."
The family dismissed the old man who was watching the carriages and drove two horse-drawn carriages home. The villagers who followed them had already returned to the village, and they were the last group to return to the village.
The things on the carriage were moved back into the house one by one, and Hei Dadan followed in and out, very excited.
Everyone carried the meat one piece at a time. Looking at the large pieces of various kinds of meat, although it was very tiring, they moved them with great enthusiasm.
There were also all kinds of cakes, sacks of peanuts, melon seeds, and dates...
They were so shocked that they couldn't close their mouths. Only now did they realize that they had bought so many things.
He said to Li: "We bought so much at home, can we finish it?"
When will this be eaten?
Li smiled and said, "You can't ask me about this. I didn't buy anything today. These were all bought by Guoguo. If you have any questions, ask her."
Everyone turned to look at Zhou Guo.
Zhou Guo walked into the house with a bag of peanuts in his left hand and a bag of melon seeds in his right hand. Hearing this, he did not even pause. "Why not buy more? I want to eat as much as I can. It's New Year's Day. It would be unlucky if I don't eat enough."
Everyone choked up, thinking back to the past years. After careful calculation, it seemed that life was getting harder and harder. "It's so unlucky!"
After moving the things into the house, the whole family sat on the kang to rest.
Although Zhou Mi didn't go, everyone didn't forget him and left a portion for him when they bought something.
There is a kang, and there are quite a lot of things on it.
The old man couldn't sit still, so as soon as he came back he lit the small stove and prepared to make tea.
Zhou Guo took out the things she bought today from her bag. She bought three sets of earrings and three sets of silver hairpins, one for each of Li, Xu and Zhou Xing, and divided them up and passed them around.
Zhou Xing was extremely surprised, "Is there anything mine in here?"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Of course you are one of them. Do you think I need a hairpin for my hair?"
Li picked up the earrings and the silver hairpin and looked at them again and again. She was reluctant to let go for a long time. When she gave birth to her eldest child, the child's father secretly gave her a silver hairpin. Unfortunately, the family's financial situation became bad later and it was sold again. Now she had silver jewelry again, and it was bought by her daughter!
Zhou Gu and the others looked at the shiny silver thing and exclaimed that it was beautiful. They said to Zhou Guo, "What did you buy for yourself?"
Zhou Guo took out a silver bracelet, a comb, and a small bronze mirror.
Everyone was just about to ask if the silver bracelet was too big.
She took the silver bracelet and handed it to Li, "Mom, this one is for you too!"
Li was stunned. "I already have earrings and a silver hairpin, why did you buy a silver bracelet?"
Zhou Guo said, "There is no conflict. You can wear your own. When I make a lot of money in the future, I will buy you all a gold one. Wearing gold on your hands will make you look very stylish. People in the surrounding area will envy you if you wear it."
Li was so moved that she almost cried. This was the first silver bracelet she had ever worn in her life.
She smiled and put the round bracelet on her hand, dangling it in front of the children and asked, "Does it look good?"
"It looks great!" Everyone nodded. "It looks really great!"
How could it not look good? In this troubled times where most people can't even get enough food to eat, being able to wear such a big silver bracelet on your hand shows that your family is well-off and you don't lack food. I wonder how many people will envy you.
Zhou Xing smiled and said, "You guys? Do I have a share too?"
Zhou Guo nodded, "Everything is there. When I have money, everyone in my family will have one."
It is impossible to do so now, and the little money she has would be of great use if she keeps it.
Zhou Mi smiled and said, "We are men, so why would we wear gold bracelets? We won't be laughed at."
Zhou Guo said: "Then I will buy you gold hairpins as well, and replace these two pieces of cloth when the time comes."
Everyone was laughing.
Li, wearing a silver bracelet, signaled Zhou Guo with her eyes and asked him if he had bought anything for the old man.
The old man kept looking at me with a smile on his face.
Zhou Guo smiled and took out a silver hairpin from his bag, but this hairpin was not like the previous ones, which had flowers carved on it. It was a bamboo-like hairpin with bamboo nodes on the body and only a leaf carved at the end.
"Yes, Master, this is just my way of showing my filial respect to you. When I have money in the future, I will definitely spend a lot of money to make you a crown made entirely of gold!"
She really didn't know what gift to give to her master. It was so difficult to give gifts to men. She saw this hairpin on the stall which looked simple and elegant, so she bought it. This gift was indeed a bit perfunctory, but it was just a gift given as a gift after all.
The old man looked strange as he held the hairpin.
Zhou Guo asked: "Why, you don't like it?"
Zhou Mai said: "I have only heard of men giving hairpins to their beloved women, but I have never seen a disciple giving a hairpin to his master."
Zhou Guo was startled, then waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "Why bother about those things? Who cares what the gift is? As long as I feel comfortable using it, that's fine."
After saying that, he looked at the wooden hairpin on the old man's head and said, "Master, I think your hairpin seems to be quite old. It might break at any time. This one of mine is just right for you to use as a replacement."
The old man finally nodded, stroked the leaves hanging on the hairpin, and smiled, "Very good, Master likes it very much."
After saying that, he changed the subject and said, "However, if you don't know what to give me next time, you can give me some wine. I like wine."
"I know you like wine. There are still more than a dozen jars in the cellar. There are so many now. We should send some new ones. You only have one stomach and one mouth. How much can you drink?"
Thinking about it this way, Zhou Guo thought of some good things to give to male elders, such as tea leaves, tea cups, wine glasses, bracelets with wooden beads, etc. It seemed that there were many things that could be given as gifts, but if he wanted to give good gifts, he still had to wait until he had money. Only when he had money could he buy good things.
The old man had no choice but to nod his head. It was a hairpin, and it looked quite elegant. He liked it.
Zhou Gu and others looked at her bag.
Zhou Guo felt a little guilty, blinked his eyes, thought of the snacks he bought, and said with a smile: "Brothers will have some too, of course."
"Really? We have them all?" Everyone was delighted when they heard that, staring at her bag closely, expecting her to take out a satisfactory gift in the next second. It's not that they don't want a silver hairpin or something like that, even if it's a little fancy, they can accept it, after all, it's made of silver.
Zhou Guo pointed to the kang in another room and said, "I thought that you brothers love to eat, so I bought you a lot of food, including mutton, beef, pork, melon seeds, peanuts, red dates, and all kinds of snacks. I bought them all so that you can eat as much as you want during the New Year."