Chapter 157 - 135: Attending the Birthday Banquet_1
Qian Yixiu really wanted to ask if Uncle Liang had accidentally given her the gift meant for his own child, but then thought better of it. Shopkeeper Cui was employed by her mother, and she didn’t want to offend him.
As she pouted in frustration, a young master in the Capital City was laughing heartily. Little Bean, who was both small and mischievous, well, that was something you should be toyed with. And you even dared to call me Uncle, huh!
Seeing Qian Yixiu staring blankly at the toy in front of her, Shopkeeper Cui chuckled helplessly. He didn’t know why the Young Master enjoyed both helping this family and never forgetting to tease this little girl.
After Shopkeeper Cui took out several packages for his own Young Master and Young Master Cousin (Song Huaijin), he took out another package, saying it was a token of his own goodwill.
He mentioned that Master Duke had already written a memorandum about the pitiful lives of the families of missing soldiers, and the Imperial Court should provide them with relief treatment, which he had presented to the Emperor himself. The Emperor had already instructed the Ministry of War to handle this matter, and it might not be long before the court distributed a certain amount of relief money to them.
This was a great deed done by Liang’s lineage for the soldiers of the Great Qian Kingdom. Even though their own family did not lack this bit of silver now, those families that had lost their loved ones might be waiting for this money desperately.
Qian Yixiu was also comforted by this thought.
Looking at the items before her, despite being toys, they were actually made of real silver and produced by the top silver workshop in the Capital City, Jade Kirin, with patterns engraved on them – definitely worth at least fifty or sixty taels of silver.
So Uncle Liang had a brain cramp, spending so much silver to make her annoyed – well, she wouldn’t fulfill his wishes.
Once she figured that out, she started smiling, saying to Shopkeeper Cui, "Please thank your Young Master for me, I really like this much silver."
Shopkeeper Cui laughed heartily.
Qian Sangui teased with a laugh, "Kids these days, always spouting nonsense." He then said to Shopkeeper Cui, "My apologies for Old Master Cui, the child of a humble family has no filter."