The Transmigrated Farm Girl's Journey to Wealth

"Hey Fengzi, I'm going to deliver a holiday gift to your aunt. Can I go with her? I haven't seen her in so many years, I really miss her."

"Sure! Let's tidy up the carriage, put in a charcoal brazier, and lay out a quilt. You won't be cold inside."

Fang Xiaoning blinked. "I'll go buy a hot water bottle too. I'll warm my hands with it. I don't know if they have those here. I'll have Brother Shunzi check at the general store tomorrow."

What should we give as gifts for the Winter Solstice?

The mother and son looked at each other, both bewildered. They had never given gifts before, and in the old house, these matters were never their concern.

"What do you think?"

“It has to be the same on my mother’s side, otherwise if my father and brother gossip about it, the old man will turn the world upside down.”

"Then let's keep them the same."

"I'm thinking of giving her five catties of meat, two packets of pastries (the pastries can be from our own store), and a fish. What do you think? As for my aunt, we don't have to do it my way. I haven't seen her for so many years, and I heard she's having a hard time. She probably doesn't have warm clothes. I'd also like to bring her some fabric and cotton. What do you think?"

The reason for giving five catties of meat was mainly because these families had many members and were short of meat; as for her grandfather, it was just a side benefit.

Su was indecisive anyway, so she said, "It's fine, I have no objection."

The meat was pork belly that Song Shunzi brought from town, costing five jin for one yuan. The fish was also a large carp bought from town, each weighing about five jin. The pastry shop knew they wanted to buy ten pastry boxes, so they gave them ten for free. As for hot water bottles, sorry, they really couldn't buy them in their small town.

Su packed the gifts from each family into baskets and placed them all on the back of the mule cart. "Having a cart here is so convenient."

"Yes, the mule cart is tall. If it were a cart pulled by oxen, it would be difficult to move now, as the wheels would be stuck in the snow."

"Luckily, we bought mules back then."

The daughter-in-law is much more farsighted than them.

"Mom, Xiao Ning, come inside quickly, I'm going to deliver the gift!"

"Go."

"Father, I've brought you a holiday gift!"

"Hey, come in, come in!"

The gift-giver arrived, and Fang Youcai was naturally delighted. He had just eaten meat yesterday, and he could eat meat again today. Not bad at all!

While busy in the kitchen, Zhao took a moment to make him a bowl of brown sugar tea. "Are you cold? Drink it while it's hot to warm yourself up."

"It's not cold. The cotton-padded coat that Xiao Ning made for me is very thick, and there's an extra layer of padded jacket inside."

Fang Youcai touched his new cotton-padded jacket and grinned foolishly. His daughter had also made cotton-padded jackets and trousers for them all. They were so warm!

"It's warm. In the past, when it got cold, I wouldn't feel warm at all once I left the kang (heated brick bed). But this year, look, I'm not cold even when I go out to shovel snow."

"It's good that it's warm. What about Tiezhu and the others?"

"They're on the kang (heated brick bed), and we don't let them get up unless they need to, so they can hibernate. If they come out, we still need to light the brazier. You know we make rice crusts every day now, and the kang is always warm."

"That's fine, it's cold now and there's nowhere to play."

"No."

After a few casual words, Song Feng got up to leave, saying, "Father, I still need to deliver a gift to Grandpa, so I'll be going now."

"You're still going to see your grandpa? Didn't you stop having contact with him?"

"No, it's for Grandpa Ning and Grandma Ning's family. They also need to go. She's pregnant and it's so cold, so I didn't ask her to come along." To be honest, it was his first time visiting both families, and he was a little embarrassed.

Oh my, what a sensible child.

“My father is a cunning man. Wait a minute, I’ll ask Tiezhu to start the fire and go with you.”

"Tiezhu, Tiezhu, get up and get in the kitchen to start the fire! Hurry up!" He yelled at the inner room, then dashed into the kitchen. "Damn it, Fengzi is going to my dad's to deliver holiday gifts, and he also needs to go to my mother-in-law's. It's his first time going, and I'm afraid my dad will bully him, so I'm going with him. You pack your things, and I'll deliver the holiday gifts to my dad and mother-in-law's as well. We can hitch a ride, so we don't have to go."

Zhao was genuinely amused and annoyed that he would say her father was a bad person in front of her son-in-law. Was this man out of his mind? And how was he so clever, knowing how to hitch a ride?

Holding back her anger, she took a deep breath and said, "Wait a minute, I'll get ready now." She told herself not to argue with a fool.