Song Sanniang's Journey to Wealth

Chapter 226 Daily Life in Xiantao Mansion

The next day, Song Sanniang brought gifts to visit the Tan family. She even went to the Tan family furniture store to see if Master Tan was there.

She saw that the furniture displayed in front of the Tan Family Furniture Store had changed from the traditional styles to the new styles that she and Master Tan had discussed before.

There are more customers in the furniture store than before, and there are more employees serving customers. Now they are serving customers.

Shopkeeper Tang was calculating his abacus at the counter with a smile on his face.

"Manager Tang, long time no see. You seem to be in a good mood." Song Sanniang said with a smile.

"Oh, Miss Song, you are finally back. How is it? Is the capital city fun? I, an old man, have never been to the capital city." Shopkeeper Tang stopped his work and said with a smile.

"The capital city is so prosperous, but I haven't been out much. I've been busy in the store." Song Sanniang replied.

Shopkeeper Tang was surprised and said, "So you are going to the capital to open a shop? That's amazing, Old Tan is inside, you can just go in directly."

After thanking him, Song Sanniang went into the backyard and knocked on the door gently. Master Tan's voice rang out, "Come in."

He was concentrating on painting something, but when he looked up, he saw Song Sanniang. He smiled and put down the brush in his hand, "You're back. It's been a long time."

Song Sanniang put the fine tea leaves she brought for Master Tan on the table. "Yes, it has been half a year. I brought you the finest tea leaves. It is Pu'er tea, black tea. Try it."

Master Tan took the tea box, opened it and sniffed it. "Hmm, it's really good tea. I don't drink much black tea on weekdays. I must try it later."

Song Sanniang asked about Master Tan's furniture, and then they chatted for a while before arriving at Tan's house.

In the courtyard of the Tan residence, all the women of the Tan family gathered together after hearing the news. Song Sanniang's gifts had already been moved in, and there were as many as two large boxes.

As soon as Song Sanniang entered the room, she was surrounded by the women of the Tan family. They pulled her one by one and said, "Oh, I haven't seen you for a while. How come you have grown so much taller?"

"Isn't it? He's become much whiter, and it looks like he's eaten a lot of good food in the capital."

"This outfit is different too. Although I'm still not wearing any makeup, I look better than before."

Song Sanniang was surrounded by a group of female relatives, and she started chatting with them with a smile, without even having time to greet Song.

Soon they were finally curious about Song Sanniang's dress, and Song Sanniang greeted Song.

Song smiled and said, "They are right. It seems that she has grown into a big girl."

Song Sanniang smiled and said, "It's still early, but it's true that I'm a little taller. I want to grow taller."

"It's not good for a girl to be too tall." Guan said disapprovingly.

"Yes, she is too tall, even taller than men, so how can she find a husband?" Bai also chimed in.

"What nonsense are you talking about? What's wrong with being tall? Only the children you give birth to in the future will grow taller.

Those men who don't dare to find tall wives must be too short themselves. "Cai disagreed with the two sisters-in-law.

"I'm still young and can still grow. I don't know how tall I will be in the future.

I bought you clothes, jewelry, and rouge and powder in the capital, but I don't know if you like them." Song Sanniang opened the two boxes on the side and

They gathered around and took the things out.

Bai happily picked up a box of rouge and said, "This is the new rouge from Meirenzhai, Zui Meiren. It's selling really well right now. It was sold out right after we put it on the shelves. I want this."

"This hairpin is really beautiful. The flowers look real. We don't see it often in our city." Tan Shulan said as she put the hairpin on her head and looked at herself in the mirror.

"These shoes are beautiful, they feel furry, and they are even inlaid with pearls. They are not cheap." Guan picked up a pair of pink embroidered shoes and looked at them carefully.

Everything Song Sanniang bought was in quadruplicate, so she didn't have to worry about them dividing it evenly.

Song Sanniang took out the clothes prepared for Song from one of the boxes. At her age, she no longer needed to dress up, so Song Sanniang did not prepare anything fancy for her.

She prepared two sets of satin jacquard pajamas for her. This was a piece of satin fabric she got from Jin. It was a tribute, and the He family didn't get much.

She asked an embroiderer to make four sets of pajamas. She gave two to her mother and the remaining two to Mrs. Song. There was not much fabric, and the pajamas were short-sleeved and with shorts.

I fell in love with Tan's product the moment I got my hands on it. This fabric has a soft texture, a smooth surface, and is very breathable. It is very comfortable to wear in summer.

She also prepared gifts for the children of the Tan family.

After having dinner at the Tan family, Song Sanniang left the Tan family and planned to visit Master Hu.

When I arrived at Master Hu's place, she was teaching Si Niang and the others. When she saw Song San Niang coming, she did not stop.

Song Sanniang sat down and listened to the class conscientiously, and only started chatting with Master Hu during the break.

Master Hu was also very curious about Song Sanniang's life in the capital, so he asked her about it, and Song Sanniang told him the truth.

When talking about the Pink House, Mrs. Hu's eyes were full of light. She felt a little sorry that she didn't get to participate in it, because she felt that this matter was very meaningful.

So she decided to get a book for women, which mainly contained some knowledge that she thought was useful to women, including the knowledge from the family medical book that she had copied for Song Sanniang before.

She will also include excerpts of what she has learned from teaching over the years into the book.

Song Sanniang thought this was a good idea. Nowadays, there are not many books for women to read.

Firstly, women did not take the imperial examinations. Although some women from wealthy families would read the Four Books and Five Classics, it would not have much effect on women themselves.

Women can only read some casual books or storybooks, but those storybooks are also very dull.

Song Sanniang and Master Hu got along very well, even though they were a bit older.

However, Song Sanniang's thoughts and Master Hu's thoughts can resonate with each other, so the age difference does not affect their conversation.

When Song Laoer came to pick up the children from school, the sun was about to set. The afterglow of the setting sun made the entire sky magnificent and colorful. Song Sanniang got on the carriage and listened to the chattering of Si Niang and others in the carriage. She was in a very happy mood.

Upon learning that Song Sanniang had returned to Xiantao Mansion, Master He San had an urge to run to see her, but he was afraid that his feelings would be exposed in front of her, and he was extremely conflicted.

He looked at the pottery statue on the desk that looked about 70% like him, and was caught in a dilemma.

The pottery statue was made by Song Sanniang herself. It shows Mr. He San waving a fan with a leisurely look.

Song Sanniang didn't know what gift to give him before. He had no shortage of money and had seen all kinds of rare things.

She thought of the past when people gave gifts, they would give portraits, but she couldn't draw, so she had to settle for a ceramic statue.

Of course, she didn't sculpt the face herself. She is clumsy and couldn't do it. It was the master there who listened to her description and helped her modify it. Anyway, if you round it off, it can be considered as her work.

After some hesitation, Master He San finally boarded the boat to the provincial capital the next day.