As the sky was about to set, everyone returned home after having a great time. The four sisters also wanted to go back, but little Ming'er was still clinging to Yuntang, somewhat reluctant to leave. In the end, she was carried away by Jiang Yanting.

Yun Tang finally had some free time, and took Yun Xuanmo for a walk by the Chang Lake, discussing the thank-you gifts for the Marquis' Mansion and his two uncles' families for their help tomorrow.

All her cousins ​​helped her today, and she just gave each of them a pair of pearl flowers and a piece of summer clothes material. It wasn't much, but it wasn't cheap either.

But it is only for close sisters that the gifts are given in person, but the gifts for uncle and aunt's family cannot be left to be taken back by themselves.

Yuntang received a lot of high-quality fabrics, expensive jewelry, and century-old ginseng as gifts today. He also received screens, jade, porcelain, antique vases, top-quality study treasures, famous calligraphy and paintings, etc.

They are either from powerful families or wealthy merchants. They are not short of money, so they naturally spend a lot of time thinking about the gifts when they are invited.

The gifts received that day filled the storehouse of the Princess Protector of the Country's mansion to the size of two courtyards, and 90% of the room was filled.

Yuntang had told Liu Changshi early on that everything should be classified from the beginning, with large items placed in one room and small items carefully placed on wooden racks, wooden cabinets, boxes, etc.

Then mark the items according to their type and order of storage, and make a list and hand it over to the warehouse manager, so that it will be convenient to find something in the future.

As for the gift book, it shows the order in which the gifts are received and registered. Of course, it cannot be the same as the order in which the gifts are put into storage, as long as all the items match in the end.

Just this kept them busy for the whole afternoon. Jiang Yanting, his two uncles and an uncle were also helping with the inventory.

Yuntang is the only master, how can two or three people handle all the work?

Fortunately, with their caring help, Yuntang was only busy selling Ningyu Dan and had some free time in the afternoon.

But a thank-you gift must be arranged.

After taking a walk to digest the food, the two returned to Tangfengyuan for tea.

Mother Yang also made a booklet of the birthday gifts that she and the fourth maid had counted in the afternoon and brought it to Yuntang for review.

These gifts were of course sent to Tangfengyuan by the Marquis' Mansion, the Prince's Mansion, the Duke's Mansion, the Duke of Chen's Mansion, and other Duke's Mansions, as well as the ladies of the aristocratic families. They were Yuntang's birthday gifts.

And the birthday gifts from my brothers, cousins, sisters, cousins-in-law, and cousins-in-law...

All of them were listed regardless of their value. Yuntang was deeply moved when he flipped through them.

In this life, she has managed to regain all the lost family affection. These gifts are the kindness of these people, and she accepted them with a smile.

Finally, Yuntang put all the gold necklaces, gold head ornaments, gold bracelets, gold ingots, as well as cinnabar, talisman pens, and embroidered handkerchiefs given by the four sisters into the space.

The remaining items were handed over to Mrs. Yang and stored in the warehouse in Tangfeng Courtyard.

The ceremonial decorations in the outer storehouse filled up two courtyards, and of course there were many silver ingots, ranging from one hundred taels to one thousand taels, with nearly one hundred thousand taels of silver in cash deposited in the storehouse.

Yuntang did not touch the batch of silver ingots and handed them over to Chen the accountant for management.

After arranging all this, when Liu Changshi, Zheng Guanjia and Chen Zhangfang came to report on today's affairs, he gave them a few instructions and let them leave.

That night, Yun Tang still followed Yun Xuanmo back to his yard.

The two of them drew talismans for an hour and then went to bed early. After all, today's social activities were more tiring than practicing, and they also felt a little tired.

The next morning, the two went to the small Taoist temple for morning prayers, and then returned to Tangfeng Courtyard for breakfast. Butler Zheng came over with the treasury book.

Yuntang flipped through the booklet in the outer warehouse. The most suitable item to give as a gift at this time was cloth. The most popular item given by customers yesterday was summer cloth, not spring cloth.

It's just because it's already mid-February, and it's obviously too late to make spring clothes, but it's just the right time to make summer clothes. Of course, the best-selling product on the market now is summer cloth.

Of course, what she had the most was cloth, and some of these cloths came from other cloth shops, some from Lan's Cloth Shop, but none from Xiu Yu Lou, which was more expensive.

The clothes for her and her ninth senior brother were all prepared by her seventh senior brother, so she didn't have to worry about it at all. Therefore, the cloth she had was all used for gifts.

She immediately gave instructions to Butler Zheng.

Twelve rolls of summer cloth were prepared for the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion. There was still a lot of plum blossom wine stored up from yesterday's banquet, so twelve jars were also prepared, plus twelve jars of peach blossom wine.

In addition, he also received a lot of study tools from others, so he gave a set to each of his eight brothers.

The second and third wives were each given a set of head ornaments, and the eldest and second sisters-in-law who did not come were each given a hairpin inlaid with gemstones and gold flowers.

Finally, I prepared six boxes of bird's nests, one box containing twelve birds, which was considered a big deal.

Thinking that Xiao Ming'er would get nothing, Yuntang prepared a box of pastries and a piece of sky-blue brocade with dark patterns for him.

The Marquis' Mansion has provided the most help, so this thank-you gift is quite generous.

After that, it was given to the two uncles' families. According to the gift standard of the Marquis' Mansion, it was reduced by half, removing the jewelry and adding a box of South China Sea pearls to each of them.

After giving away two princely palaces, we cannot just show no appreciation for Prince Cheng's palace.

Therefore, Yuntang gave his grandparents two boxes of bird's nests, two jars of plum blossom wine, two jars of peach blossom wine, and two pieces of cloth.

The thank-you gift to the Chen Guogong Mansion is of course to thank Zheng Yuanfang, Zheng Zizhuo and Liu Qianqian for their help.

Therefore, four jars of wine, two boxes of bird's nests, and two pieces of cloth were arranged, and two pieces of brocade were specifically given to Liu Qianqian.

These gifts could have been given as festival gifts under normal circumstances, but the Yuntang mansion’s treasury was full, and these things were either gifts received yesterday or things that the mansion had prepared for entertaining guests and giving gifts.

In fact, they are just food, clothing and accessories, which are all material possessions for Yu Yuntang. She quickly arranged everything and told housekeeper Zheng to send them out today on the grounds that he had worked hard to help yesterday.

After arranging all these, they finished their breakfast. Yun Xuanmo went to Qinglongwei to arrange the reception tasks for the next two days, and Yun Tang sat in the open pavilion waiting.

Not long after, Marquis Yong'an came through the garden with a group of people.

Yuntang asked the maid to serve tea, and asked Yang Po to go to the small kitchen to prepare osmanthus sweet wine egg custard and pastries.

Yuntang stood up and took a few steps towards him, then bowed with a smile outside the pavilion.

Today she was wearing a light blue robe embroidered with green bamboo, her hair was tied into a bun and a green jade hairpin was inserted in it. The noble lady's demeanor from yesterday was gone.

Marquis Yong'an looked at her bowing in a casual manner with a helpless expression on his face.

The people in the tribe had seen her once or twice, and they had only seen her dressed as a noble lady. When they saw her look today, they were also surprised for a moment.

Marquis Yong'an quickly accepted it and did not explain why she did so. He just invited everyone to sit in the open pavilion.

The people who came today were all those selected by the clan to work for Yuntang.

The 26-year-old Jiang Yancheng, the eldest grandson of the clan leader, also took the imperial examination in his early years but only passed the examination as a student. He has been working as an accountant for five years and this time became the chief accountant of the Imperial Tea House.

The 23-year-old Jiang Yanfei, the eldest grandson of one of the clan elders, has been working as a waiter in a restaurant since he was 15 years old. Later, he became a purchasing manager. He has experience in accounting and handling affairs. This time, he became the chief accountant of the imperial kitchen.

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