Chapter 80 - 078 Giving His Wife a Facial [190+ Votes]
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The next day, Zhang Shanni and her husband got up early. Each went their separate ways at the door; Xie Jingchen went up the mountain to check on the hunting pits while Zhang Shanni headed to the front yard’s kitchen to help her mother-in-law prepare breakfast.
After breakfast, accompanied by Zhou Xiuhua and Xie Tiesheng, Xie Jingchen and Zhang Shanni visited the Xie Family Ancestral Hall, arriving at exactly nine in the morning.
Given that there were sixteen senior kinsmen to visit just from the paternal side of the family, interacting with peers was relatively simple—just giving them sweets was sufficient. Of course, if there were male elders, they would also need to distribute cigarettes.
Early in the morning, the ancestral hall was crowded with adults and children. As Xie Tiesheng was senior in age, the elders of his generation were at least seventy years old, making him the youngest among his peers.
Xie Jingchen had two baskets on his back, both filled with gifts he and his young wife had prepared. In those days, not even disposable bags were available, and newspapers in the village were in high demand. Fortunately, Xie Tiesheng still maintained some influence, so there was a small pile of newspapers at home. Last night, after returning home, Zhang Shanni had carefully wrapped each family’s gifts.
While the wrapping was nothing fancy, each gift was meticulously organized by family, ensuring no mix-ups—a more systematic approach that both Mr. Xie and Elder Tiesheng implicitly approved.
As for candies and pastries, Zhang Shanni could handle such minor matters herself. Materials were incredibly scarce; even sugar required tickets, and it took considerable effort from Old Xie to gather enough sugar tickets to allocate half a kilo to each of the sixteen families.