Chapter 222: Swear Not To Be A Concubine (4)_1
Cai Wei pouted, and said disdainfully, "What’s so great about the palace? Even if they invited me with a grand palanquin, I would not be excited, hmph!"
There was another creak from the roof.
Mu Zhongqing looked up, eyeing the roof, and said, "This house has been around for a while, hasn’t it? The tiles are getting loose. I should have a couple of tile workers re-stack them later..."
After breakfast, Cai Wei and her mother planned to go visit the Nursing Homes. Now that the New Year had arrived, they thought it would be nice to bring some New Year’s goods for the old, young, sick and disabled residents there to help them experience the joy of the New Year.
Before setting off, Lady Du ordered Auntie Liu and Auntie Zhang to fill a large bag with all kinds of cabbages from the side rooms. They also took a roast goose, a big fish, half a basket of crabs, and half a roasted lamb to celebrate the New Year with them.
Passing by a cake shop, Cai Wei asked Zhang Bo to stop the cart. She personally went inside and bought three ’jin’ of soft grass seed cake, three ’jin’ osmanthus cake, three ’jin’ date cake, and three ’jin’ chuibing. After packing them in oil paper, she brought them back to the cart.
"Do we need anything else? We might as well buy it now."
Lady Du fully supported her daughter’s charitable act. She agreed completely with spending money on the Nursing Homes to support those old, young and sickly.
Cai Wei thought for a moment and said, "Let’s buy each of them a piece of clothing. The New Year is here, and wearing new clothes will cheer them up."
So, Zhang Bo drove the horse carriage straight to the ready-made garment shop they usually patronized.