The items carried in were laid out on the table.
Song Wangyue was about to call everyone in the family over to see what was inside together when she heard the movement of the door opening and turned back.
Song San Xiao hurriedly closed the door behind him and rubbed his hands together, lowering his voice, “Yue’er, there are so many good things, you can’t use them alone, why not give some to Third Uncle.”
“Sure, Third Uncle pick some for himself.”
Song San Xiao’s eyes lit up, “Really, then Third Uncle is welcome.”
Before the words left his mouth, he took one big step and scurried to the table, impatiently opening the other box and seeing what was inside, his eyes went wide, “What a beautiful jade bracelet.”
Song Wangyue glanced at it and withdrew her gaze, “It’s not bad.”
“What’s okay ……”
Song San Xiao was so immersed in the great shock that she didn’t notice that her tone was normal, as if she had seen countless such good things.
“It’s top quality okay, even those rich wives and ladies haven’t worn such a good bracelet.”
Both hands wiped repeatedly on her clothes before reaching into the box and carefully taking out the jade bracelet, the texture was translucent and delicate, the colour pure, and when gently shaken, it was as if water was flowing inside.
Song Sanxiao was so shocked that he could not speak, and his hands were shaking as he held the jade bracelet.
He often went to the county town to fool around, and had seen the bracelets worn by the ladies of rich families, and thought he had a great deal of insight, but he was still shocked.
Gulp!
Swallowing a very large mouthful of saliva, Song San Xiao maintained the gesture of holding the jade bracelet and twisted his head, “Yue, Yue’er, you, you take it, third, third uncle doesn’t dare to move it.”
Song Wan Yue pursed her lips in joy, deliberately not picking it up, “It’s just a bracelet, does Third Uncle need to be like this?”
When she didn’t move, sweat broke out on Song’s small head, “Yue, Yue’er, don’t make fun of Third Uncle, quickly, quickly take it.”
Seeing that his hands were shaking more and more, Song Wan Yue smiled and took it back into the box, Song San Xiao closed the box with a snap and pressed his hands on it, panting hard, “Yue’er, third uncle told you, don’t let others see this jade bracelet, be careful of being missed.”
“As long as third uncle doesn’t miss it, no one in the family will.”
“I’m not talking about the family, I mean outsiders, no matter who it is, don’t let them look at it.”
It’s a good jade bracelet, and anyone who looks at it will want to keep it for themselves, so we have to be careful, as Yue’er is still young, so if she can’t resist showing it off, she’ll be in trouble.
Before Song Wan Yue could reply, the door was pushed open and Grandma Song walked in with a chicken feather duster in her hand, “I told you that these things were for Yue’er, so you shouldn’t think about them, taking my words for granted, didn’t I?”
The moment the door opened, Song San Xiao had already let go of her hand in shock, seeing the chicken feather duster in her mother’s hand greeting her, she was busy holding her head and running out, “I didn’t think about it, I was just looking.”
Grandma Song was about to chase after her and hit her, “You can’t even look, if you dare to enter Yue’er’s room one more step, I’ll see how I’ll deal with you.”
Song Wangyue stopped her and picked up the box containing the jade bracelets, “I’ll keep this box, but take the rest.”
Inside were four pieces of fabric, two fine cotton cloths, two pieces of silk, and several boxes of delicate snacks. The reason she didn’t stop her just now and let Song San Xiao carry the things to her house was because it was time to eat.
“These are all brightly coloured fabrics, it’s useless for Grandma to take them away, and these snacks, you can save them for when you are hungry. Since people are giving you a thank-you gift, it’s yours.”
“How can I use so many? It’s taking up space in my house, so I’ll help Grandma carry it over.”
As she said that, Song Wangyue was about to move it, but Grandma Song was not willing to let her precious granddaughter do such heavy work, so she immediately shouted, “Lao San, get in and move the things out.”
Song San Xiao had just run to the courtyard and had not yet caught his breath, when he heard the words he hurried back and went to the door to stare at the chicken feather duster in Grandma Song’s hand, “You, you put the duster down.”
Song Sanxiao dared to come in and move the cloths, but they were so heavy that he couldn’t lift them up at once.
“Why didn’t I see you talking so much when we were eating rabbit meat?”
He had to skin and slaughter rabbits, but in the end he only got two pieces of meat, “You’re still saying that, those two pieces of meat weren’t even enough to stuff his teeth.”
“Little Uncle has finished moving, this box of snacks is for you.”
Song Sanxiao suddenly had the strength to pick up the cloths in one go and staggered out the door, since Yue’er had said she would give it to him, Mother couldn’t stop her.
As expected, Grandma Song disagreed, “It’s a pity to give him such a good snack, Yue’er keep it for herself.”
“These snacks are all fresh and have not been put away for long. It just so happens that there’s a box in one house, I’ll send it to Second Uncle and Second Aunt later.”
Although the Song family was wealthier than the average family, they were not a wealthy family either. The eldest, Song Lin – Yue’s father – went to the county to sell hunting trophies and would occasionally buy Song Wan Yue one or two pieces of dim sum to satisfy her cravings, and since she had never seen boxes of them, she naturally didn’t know that they wouldn’t last. If not, you could have eaten more days.”
Song Sanxiao came running back and nimbly carried the rest of the things to his mother’s house, and Song Wangyue gave him the box of dim sum she had just given him. Song Sanxiao took it and ran back to his house in a flash, closing the door with a bang.
When Grandma Song was about to criticise her, Song Wangyue had already picked up the box containing the pipe and placed the box of snacks in her hand, “This pipe looks like it’s for Grandpa, Grandma, help me take it over.”
Grandpa Song loved to smoke and had made his own pipe out of wood.
“Now your grandfather will be overjoyed.”
When she took the things out, Song Wangyue carried another box of dim sum to Song Shu and then carried the remaining box to her mother.
Xu sat on the bed with her half-finished embroidery work in front of her, wondering what she was thinking about.
“Mother.”
Xu looked up, looking at her daughter for a moment in a trance.
“What’s wrong Mother?”
Xu’s eyes cleared over and looked at her daughter, seeing that she looked at ease and not in any way different, thinking that she had overthought things.
She had been taught to read and write since she was three years old, so maybe she had actually read in some book about how to save people.
She patted the seat in front of her, “Yue’er come and sit by Mother.”
Song Wan Yue put the snacks on the table and sat over.
Xu looked up and stroked her hair, just as she was about to say something, the door banged open and a panicked voice rang out, “Aunt Song, big brother Song Lin has had an accident!”
