Novel Full Chapter 781 - 781: Big Gift Pack
Chapter 781: Chapter 781: Big Gift Pack
His mood had been quite good since the Sun family went to jail.
So, he had planned to return to the Tong Family to discuss holding a celebratory banquet.
Now that Tong Xingda said so, he had no mood for a celebratory banquet.
All these people think about all day is how to benefit from him. He’s just a literatus, a minor literatus, there’s no difference between him and others besides tax exemption and the qualifications to become an official.
He’s also grappling with daily chores, he has no benefits for those people to seek.
His parents always thought he was biased towards outsiders, but with the behavior of these people, could he not favor outsiders?
…
Besides, Qiao Xiaomai is not an outsider, Qiao Xiaomai is his lifelong partner, his lover, his kin.
The more he thought about it, the more depressed he became. So, Tong Sanlang drove back to the manor.
Qiao Xiaomai was sweeping the floor when she saw him return so early. She was taken aback. “So soon?”
“We parted on bad terms.” Tong Sanlang replied. He walked up to Qiao Xiaomai, took the broom, and started sweeping.
As he swept, he relayed what Tong Xingda had said. At last, he suggested, “Should I go ask tomorrow?”
His initial discussion with Qiao Xiaomai had been about buying as many of the one hundred and fifty acres of surrounding fields as possible. they had planned to buy more during the farming off-season. But now, after what Tong Xingda told him, he thought the sooner, the better.
“Also, let’s call off the banquet.”
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When he thought about what his relatives might say at the banquet, he truly lost all enthusiasm for it.
Qiao Xiaomai nodded after hearing this, “We can do the land purchasing today. As for the banquet… hmm, it’s also okay not to hold it. But we need to repay those who helped us get that thumbprint last time.”
“What about distributing some Dried Sweet Potatoes to each household?” Tong Sanlang suggested.
“Who doesn’t have Dried Sweet Potatoes?” The reason why her Dried Sweet Potatoes could sell at a high price was not only because they tasted good, but also because the rich had extra money.
To the farmers, these Dried Sweet Potatoes were still just Dried Sweet Potatoes; extravagant but trivial.
“Then, what do you suggest?” Tong Sanlang asked as he finished sweeping, washed his hands, and sat down beside her.
“I think we should distribute gift packages to each household!”
“What kind of gift package?” Tong Sanlang asked.
“That is, put a lot of things together. I think, we should not only distribute Dried Sweet Potatoes but also some beans… no.”
The quantity of soybeans was too small. There were only 10,000 jin left. With almost 5,000 people in Anping Village, the beans would be exhausted if given out by twos.
Even sesame was running out. Now there were only 1,000 jin left. One jin of sesame produced only 4 liang of oil. Even if all the sesame was ground into oil, there wouldn’t be enough for everyone.
“Hmm…” Qiao Xiaomai pondered a bit, then turned to Tong Sanlang and sighed, “Your family really was rich.”
When Tong Tiehu turned sixty, he held a birthday banquet and invited the whole village. My, that was real wealth.
Unlike now, she couldn’t afford to gift anything to each household.
After hearing this, Tong Sanlang felt a bit ridiculous, “Maybe we should go ahead with the banquet.”
A mass meal, eat as much as you like. A mixed meal of meat and vegetables wouldn’t cost much.
“No, I don’t want to see those annoying relatives.” Qiao Xiaomai shook her head.
After thinking about it, she decided, “Let’s prepare gift packages.”
In their house now, what they had the most was Xiaomi, besides sweet potatoes. Xiaomi’s yield was slightly higher than wheat. The twenty acres of land yielded almost 10,000 jin of Xiaomi.
The main content of the gift packages would be Dried Sweet Potatoes and Xiaomi.
[I previously wrote the wrong area for the Xiaomi farm. It’s twenty acres, not forty acres…]