Chapter 428 Mysterious New Year Debt Collection (1)_1
On the thirtieth day of the month, before dawn had fully broken, Mo Yan rose from her bed. Aunt Lixiu’s nephew had woken up even earlier, having already washed up and begun preparing breakfast. Once the family had eaten and cleaned up the dishes, Xin Er, Tang Xin, and Lixiu’s nephew started preparing for the New Year’s Eve dinner. It was the Mo Family’s first year in Liu Yang Village, and no one wanted any mishaps.
Mo Yan entered the storeroom to record the gifts that had been received over the past two days in the ledger, so she could refer to it later for reciprocal social exchanges. The gifts had been delivered yesterday while she was at the shop, and she hadn’t looked at them closely upon her return. Now, observing the pile of New Year’s gifts that had accumulated in the room, she felt like a wealthy farmer suddenly transformed into a tycoon.
It was no wonder she felt like an uncultured bumpkin—it was just that the gifts she received were much more numerous than those she had sent, and they included a number of valuable items. If possible, she would have preferred to return all those expensive gifts.
"A box of various gems, a peck of black pearls... twenty mink pelts, two bear skins, three tiger skins, hmm, I can’t let Mao Tuan see the tiger skins; the poor fellow would definitely feel distressed..."
Mo Yan counted while muttering under her breath, then suddenly noticed something amiss: the Lius, Yan Junyu, and the Han Family had all sent their gift lists with their presents, which she had already checked. So where did all these extra valuable gifts come from?
Besides the gems, pearls, and animal skins, there were also various expensive medicinal herbs and even dozens of local gazetteers, describing various prefectures of Great Chu as well as neighboring small countries and ethnic tribes—a comprehensive and rare collection.
Not to mention the thoughtfulness behind them, the sheer quantity of such valuable items would have been a dowry worthy of a daughter from a wealthy Beijing family with several successful shops, capable of supporting the Mo Family for more than a decade if sold.
Mo Yan marveled at the grandeur of the gifts from the anonymous giver, without a trace of greed in her heart. She carefully compared the items with other families’ gift lists, ensuring they weren’t from the Liu Family, Yan Junyu, or the Han Family. Then, an idea suddenly occurred to her.