Chapter 458: Something for Everyone

Mr. Qin and Elder Qin both enjoyed a little drink.

But given Elder Qin’s age and his less-than-ideal health, he was forbidden from drinking.

Now he saw that his granddaughter-in-law had actually bought such fine liquor for his son, while he himself couldn’t drink.

He was overcome with jealousy.

"Mingxue, listen to your mother-in-law. Next time, don’t buy him liquor, and if you do, it can’t be this good."

Mr. Qin: ...?

’His dad is just jealous that his daughter-in-law is so wonderful!’

The gifts were quickly handed out.

Gao Lan also received her piece of fabric.

It was a light purple, and a single touch confirmed the material was quite nice.

It would surely make for a beautiful piece of clothing.

However, she noticed that—apart from a piece of fabric, her mother-in-law had also received a nutritional supplement.

The two children looked expectantly toward their little auntie.

They had, after all, heard their little auntie mention she had prepared toys for them.

’Could it just be these little picture books?’

Fu Mingxue chuckled.

She set down the two children in her arms.

"They’re at the bottom. Go dig them out yourselves."

She had seen it just now—her mother-in-law had deliberately not taken out the two children’s gifts.

After glancing at his little aunt, Qin Yue went over to start digging.

"Qiaoqiao, you go get yours too."

She had prepared a cloth doll for the little girl.

For Qin Yue, she had prepared a set of building blocks. The blocks and the cloth doll were both rewards from the system.

These were rewards she had earned on the three-day train ride for teaching her twins to recognize words, recite ancient poems, and do arithmetic.

She had taken out two of those rewards to give away.

Of course, there were gifts for her own twins too, and they were even better than these.

She hadn’t given them to the twins yet; she would wait to give them tonight after they returned home.

After all, she could just say she had bought them that afternoon.

Qin Ruoqiao’s eyes were glued to the doll the moment she saw it.

She trotted over and picked up the doll. It wasn’t large, but it was so exquisite.

As for Qin Yue, his delight with the building blocks was written all over his face.

"Thank you, Auntie!"

Hearing her older brother give his thanks, Qin Ruoqiao quickly followed suit. "Thank you, Auntie!"

But the little girl added one more thing: "Qiaoqiao likes it!"

Her voice was still soft and quiet, but everyone present heard her.

The Qin Family was delighted to see her react this way.

After all, it was a rare thing indeed for her to speak up on her own.

It seemed she truly loved that cloth doll.

Mrs. Qin decided that if her eldest granddaughter liked it this much, she’d go out and buy eighty or a hundred more for her.

She immediately asked Fu Mingxue, "Which store did you buy this from? How have I never seen one?"

"Uh, a friend gave it to me."

Once Mrs. Qin heard it was a gift from a friend, she dropped the matter and didn’t ask any more questions.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Fu: ...?

’If I’m not mistaken,’ she thought, ’my daughter bought that at a store this afternoon.’

After a moment’s thought, she concluded that her daughter probably didn’t want her in-laws to think she was being spendthrift.

The brother and sister were overjoyed with their gifts.

This, however, made the twins terribly envious. They wanted gifts too.

’Besides, why didn’t Mommy give *this* doll to me?’ little Keke thought, feeling wronged.

Mrs. Fu sensed the dejected mood of the little one in her arms and immediately soothed her, "Your mommy definitely has one for you, too. We’ll get it when we go home later."

The moment Qin Keke heard her grandmother’s words, her eyes instantly lit up.

Mrs. Fu: ...?

’Mingxue should have prepared one for her own daughter too, right?’

’She must have, right?’

’Otherwise, if we get home and there’s nothing, this little one is going to cry her eyes out.’

She couldn’t help but look toward her daughter.

Fortunately, Fu Mingxue understood the meaning behind her mother’s gaze and immediately said, "That’s right, it’s at home. I’ll give it to you tonight."

’It’s a system reward. Of course my daughter gets one.’

’And what’s more, her doll is even bigger than this one!’