AWB Chapter 148 The Shen Family’s Gift
Chapter 148 The Shen Family’s Gift
When Wen Wuyan and Gu Qingqing returned to the gate again, they saw a luxurious carriage coming towards them. Then they looked at each other and saw each other's confusion.
Gu Qingqing looked knowingly and asked, "Who is it?"
Wen Wuyan burst out laughing and shook his head, answering: I don’t know.
When the carriage came closer and they saw the people sitting in the carriage clearly, they were both surprised and hurried to meet them.
"Manager Shen, why are you here?" Gu Qingqing asked in surprise.
Manager Shen got out of the car and laughed, "From what Madam Wen said, I came here abruptly?"
Being teased by Manager Shen, Gu Qingqing also realized that she was just surprised and said the wrong thing. She hurriedly smiled and said, "It's my fault. I was really surprised to see Manager Shen coming today."
Wen Wuyan also helped by saying, "It's a bit noisy at home today, Manager Shen, please come in quickly."
The couple thought that Manager Shen happened to come today for something, so they didn't think much about it and invited him into the house first.
"Hahaha, no hurry, no hurry. You guys, you didn't even inform the family about such a big event as moving into a new house, what's the matter? Do you think that since Chen An has returned to the border, you don't plan to have more contact with our family?"
After hearing the other party's condemnation, Wen Wuyan and Gu Qingqing instantly understood why the other party came, and both of them were ashamed.
"Manager Shen, you are joking. It is indeed our fault for not thinking things through at this moment, and we are not satisfied with Manager Shen. The reason why we did not alarm the Shen Mansion was because we were afraid of causing trouble to you. We did not expect that we did not do the job perfectly." Wen Wuyan apologized repeatedly.
In fact, he and Gu Qingqing were thinking about something else.
The reason why they didn't tell the Shen family was because in their opinion, if they told them, it would be suspected that they were trying to get a free gift.
But inviting Jiang Qingyan is different, because their family’s drawings were drawn by Jiang Qingyan.
Steward Shen was a shrewd man, so how could he not see what was going on? He first said “hmm”, and then said earnestly, “Mr. Wen, even though Chen An is just a child, we in the Shen family will recognize anyone he chooses. But to be honest, it was our Madam who was concerned about you, and asked me to keep an eye on it. Otherwise, we would have missed such a great day. So, the Master and the Madam knew that today was a big day, so they sent me here specially.”
Manager Shen waved to the coachman, who then lifted the curtain of the carriage to reveal the gifts inside.
Wen Wuyan and Gu Qingqing were surprised again. They had no idea that the other party not only cared about this matter, but also sent someone to deliver a gift at this time.
Wen Wuyan was even more ashamed, and bowed to Steward Shen at the same time, "We did something wrong, please let Steward Shen convey our apologies to Mr. Shen and Madam Shen. Come in quickly, I'll find someone to move the things."
At this time, there was a circle of people standing at the door. The men who were originally in the front yard heard that another carriage was coming, so they came out to watch the fun. Now when they heard that they needed to move things, several people came out immediately.
Wu Shan had met Manager Shen before, and this time he came over to show his face. He and Wen Wuyan acted as guides to lead people into the yard.
Gu Qingqing took Zhao Bei and others who were holding gifts into the study room in the middle courtyard.
Gu Qingqing thought the gift from the Shen family was very generous.
A kang screen made of huanghuali wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl shows the scenery, and the layers and three-dimensionality of mountains, forests and rivers are expressed through stitches of varying lengths.
There is also a huanghuali kang table inlaid with mother-of-pearl.
A pair of cowpea red bottles from folk kilns, the willow-leaf bottles have a lipped mouth, a narrow neck, sloping shoulders and a thin lower part. The shape is exquisite and elegant, and they stand tall and graceful.
Even if Gu Qingqing didn't know much about this, just by looking at the bottle that was taller than the flowers, she knew that this thing was very expensive.
Gu Qingqing knew that wealthy families loved to display this. The last time she went to the Shen Mansion, she saw a pair of them placed in their living room as decoration.
There is also a pair of jade evil-repelling objects, which are about the size of an adult's palm. The jade is bluish-brown in color, and is carved into a round shape with strange beasts lying down, round eyes, open mouth, horns on the top of the head, wings on the body, and a long tail.
It's not big, but it's suitable to be placed at home as a talisman.
A set of wooden fish stone tea sets and two boxes of tea.
Two rolls of colorful satin and even two loads of white rice.
These two loads of rice weigh at least eighty kilograms.
From furniture, kang tables, bottle decorations to jade to ward off evil spirits.
From food to tea sets and tea leaves to cloth for daily use, Mrs. Shen's preparations were very complete and thoughtful.
Gu Qingqing ordered the food and quickly asked Daxin to pass a message to Wen Wuyan.
After hearing what Daxin handed over, Wen Wuyan was grateful to Manager Shen again.
Steward Shen said with a smile on his face, "The two families interact with each other because they care about each other. I just said that if Young Master Chen An likes a family, we in the Shen family will never step on the powerful and flatter the inferior. You are both smart people, so you should interact with each other more often in the future."
"We thought too much. Thank you, Steward Shen, for reminding us. Next time we go to town, we will go to your house to ask for tea. We will trouble Steward Shen again then." Wen Wuyan said.
"Hahaha, good, good, just come on." After saying that, Manager Shen turned around and looked around, then curiously said, "I just heard Boss Jiang say that your house has big white walls. Speaking of which, we haven't had time to visit your new home yet. Mr. Wen, could you please show us around?"
The large white walls in Wen Wuyan's house are truly rare. It's not that there were no large white walls in this dynasty, but none were as white as theirs.
Except for the wooden partitions, only the master's study in the Shen Mansion has white walls, and the overall color is white and gray. The walls of other rooms are covered with high-quality white paper.
Manager Shen just took a quick look at one room in the Wen family, and he did make a comparison in his mind.
"Brother Wen, we were just chatting just now. Why don't you take me and Manager Shen for a walk?"
Wen Wuyan saw that Boss Jiang was also curious about the decorations in the house, so he apologized again and again, "I am really sorry, let's take a look now."
Jiang Qingyan got a hand warmer with a jade bamboo carved on it from somewhere and held it in his palm. "Brother Wen, don't underestimate yourself. Your family is busy today. We are honored that you can take the time to accompany us."
"Hahaha, Boss Jiang, you came with an invitation, but I, Shen, came uninvited. It's my honor to be accompanied by Mr. Wen." Manager Shen was more familiar with Wen Wuyan, so he spoke more casually.
When he said it as a joke at this time, not only did it not make people feel that he was making fun of it on purpose, but it was also a sign of familiarity.
Similarly, he had just met Jiang Qingyan. Since they were the only two from the town, and they both had their own opinions based on their backgrounds, they were able to chat with each other quickly.
"I'm so sorry, this way please."
After Wen Wuyan took them to visit the study and the east wing, Steward Shen and Jiang Qingyan both frowned at the same time.
【1】Refers to: the head of the family.