jdhmnovel Chapter 337: The Case of the Book Delivery to Shen's Mansion
Chapter 337: The Case of the Book Delivery to Shen's Mansion
Gu Qingqing looked around and found Old Yang and asked, "Uncle Yang, didn't the person who delivered the things say who sent them?"
"The other party just said that it was delivered according to the store's instructions and that it was you who ordered it. Don't you know about this?" Now it was Old Yang's turn to be confused.
When Gu Qingqing heard that it was her decision, she pointed at herself in disbelief and asked again, "They said I decided it?"
When Old Yang saw her reaction, he knew it was not her decision.
Old Yang continued, "I thought that I had never heard you say that you wanted to order a bookcase at home, so I asked about it at that time. The delivery guy said: It's an order from the wife of the Wen family. He also said that it is a great kindness for you to let your children study at home, so how can you write on a bench. I was a little confused, but the delivery guy was also very quick and skillful. After learning that this is the Wen family, the two of them unloaded the things in the yard skillfully, and then they left."
Gu Qingqing still frowned after hearing this, "It's not me. If I want to make something custom, I will definitely go to Yangcun Carpenter. I will never go to the town... Ah! I think I know what's going on."
As she spoke out as if she had suddenly realized something, she immediately succeeded in attracting everyone's attention.
"Mom, who is it?" Dahua and Erhua were anxious.
"That's right, sister-in-law, do you know who it is?" Luo Meihua asked curiously.
"Oh, is it someone you know?" Wu Shan asked.
Gu Qingqing said with a bit of a smile, "If I'm not mistaken, it should be the work of the Shen family. I met Manager Shen in the town today. He was very surprised to see us coming to the town today and said some nonsense. I asked him more at that time but he pretended to be mysterious and told us to come back and see for ourselves. Now I see that it should be his handiwork."
"How does he know how his children study?" Wu Shan asked somewhat puzzled.
Her thoughts came clear, and she remembered everything that had happened before.
Gu Qingqing said, "He came to our house a few days ago. When he heard the children reading, he went over to take a look. I think he saw that the study conditions here are difficult, so..." Gu Qingqing pointed to the desk when she said this. She didn't say the rest, but everyone understood.
"Hey, the same goes for the delivery guy. If he had said it was the Shen residence, there wouldn't be so much trouble." After Old Yang knew what was going on, he also breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's right. The deliveryman was at the entrance of the village. He just said he was looking for your house, so we brought him here. He also asked why you ordered so many desks. It was a waste of money. It turned out that someone else sent them. That mansion was really good to our children."
"Aunt, others only give gifts because of Brother Wuyan and Sister-in-law. Otherwise, why would they help our children when we have no relatives or friends in the village?" Luo Meihua smiled and took over the words of the village aunt.
"Oh, that's right. It's all Qingqing's credit that my eldest grandson can use such a good desk. If he doesn't study hard, I'll pull his ears off." The woman should have known that she had said the wrong thing, so she hurriedly changed the subject with a smile.
"Are these really for children?" Wu Shan sighed on the side.
Now that Gu Qingqing knew what was going on, she simply smiled and said to everyone, "Since it was sent by the Shen family in town, we can't let them down. Only when the children can use them and study hard in the future can we repay everyone the best. Otherwise, can we trouble everyone to help move all these desks into the house and arrange them properly?"
What's this for adults?
Mr. Shen sent sixteen small desks, which were just right for the study.
What Steward Shen said was: The Shen family saw that the Wen family had a hard time teaching their children, so they sent some desks over. Just treat it as something that the Wen family lady had decided on herself.
Little did she know that the waiter would only pass on half of the message. It was fortunate that Gu Qingqing met Manager Shen in the town today, otherwise Gu Qingqing would have had a headache.
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Seeing that everyone was crowded in the house looking at the well-decorated study room, Gu Qingqing was not in a hurry for the moment. She just glanced at the back. After all, these things were in her house and she could look at them whenever she wanted.
Then, her eyes were drawn to the bamboo fence in the open space opposite the study door.
Because she was very sure that there was no bamboo fence here before she went to the town, but now there was an extra bamboo fence here, protecting the persimmon trees inside.
She didn't ask who did it, it was just these few people.
The good news is that another bud has sprouted on the branch of the persimmon tree.
Everyone was very happy to see the new book case, and when they were about to leave, they saw two empty jars on the donkey cart and simply helped to move them into the yard.
After everyone left and seeing that it was still early, Gu Qingqing tied the donkey outside in the field and let it eat some grass.
She went back home, fetched half a basin of water, and directed Dahua to go to the ear room and scoop half a bucket of wheat bran.
Dahua came closer with the wheat bran in her hand and said, "Mom, are you going to give this to the donkey to drink?"
"Well, sprinkle the bran in the basin, and I'll let it drink some water."
At this time, Li Xin ran over and said, "Aunt, go and do your own thing. I'll go and feed the donkey some water."
After Li Xin finished speaking, he quickly picked up the basin and walked out.
"Walk slower, don't get your clothes wet." Gu Qingqing shouted at him when she saw him walking fast.
"I know, Auntie."
Only then did she have time to talk to Luo Meihua and Zhao Qin.
"Meihua, you guys should take care of your own things first. I'll clean these two vats. Tomorrow we can pickle the sour bamboo shoots directly in their vats. This will save us a lot of trouble." Gu Qingqing said to the two of them as she stretched her body and relaxed her arms in the yard.
Luo Meihua laughed at the side, "You are so busy that you can't take your eyes off the house. You didn't even notice all those things at home."
Gu Qingqing was startled by what she said, and then half-jokingly said, "What's new at home..."
As she spoke, she glanced across the front yard, trying to find the different land, and then she saw two bamboo poles on the open space on the west side of the Chuihua Gate, with bamboo shoots drying on them.
Gu Qingqing pointed at the bamboo shoots drying in the sun and asked, "But we dug a lot of bamboo shoots today, are those the leftovers?"
"Well, we're only making one jar today. Those grown men dug out too much, so we used hot water to blanch the excess and dried them out. This way, you can store them for your family to eat for a long time." Luo Meihua explained to her while she and Zhao Qin were cleaning another jar.