GBP Chapter 42 New Year's Gifts
Chapter 42 New Year's Gifts
"I'm so angry!"
Pei Rujing returned from the society's first gathering with a furious expression.
Granny Feng asked in bewilderment, "What's wrong with the county princess?"
Qinghe said, "The county princess went to Wangchun Tower for a gathering today and happened to run into Miss Pei."
Pei Rujing angrily said, "That bitch Pei Ruyan, how dare she say that my participation in the mahjong club damages the reputation of the Duke's mansion? How dare she, a mere concubine's daughter, point fingers at me!"
Pei Ruyan was born to Consort Wang and was the only daughter of Duke Pei besides Pei Rujing. She was deeply loved by Duke Pei.
Pei Rujing's good mood was completely ruined the moment she saw Pei Ruyan.
Granny Feng advised, "Why should the county princess pay any attention to her? The second young lady has been taught by Aunt Wang to be short-sighted and always thinking about trivial matters. She has long become a laughing stock in other people's eyes."
Tingzhu chimed in, "That's right. Relying on the prince consort's favor, she dares to dream of marrying into a powerful family and becoming the mistress of the house. Doesn't she fear she might hurt herself in the wind?"
For Pei Rujing, mocking Pei Ruyan is politically correct!
Hearing this, Pei Rujing's expression softened: "I'm waiting to see Pei Ruyan make a fool of herself!"
Granny Feng immediately changed the subject: "Was today's gathering of the society interesting?"
Pei Rujing nodded: "The members of the club are all good at playing mahjong and they had a lot of fun."
A society is an organization where like-minded people come together. They all love playing mahjong and are quite good at it. That's why they disliked their mahjong partners at home and joined the society to find mahjong partners with even higher skills.
Pei Rujing had limited mahjong partners to find in the Marquis's mansion, but joining the club eliminated that problem.
Moreover, Pei Rujing received more invitations, and was frequently invited to play mahjong at other people's homes.
Pei Rujing doesn't always accept invitations; she's selective and only accepts invitations from people who are good at mahjong.
After all, Pei Rujing is now recognized as having the highest skill level in mahjong clubs.
After being diverted by Granny Feng, Pei Rujing enthusiastically talked about the several rounds of mahjong she had played that day, boasting about how skilled she was and how she had dominated the game.
After listening attentively to Pei Rujing's boasting, Granny Feng said, "Princess, the New Year is almost here. The New Year's gifts for all the masters in the manor have been prepared. Would you like to take a look?"
Pei Rujing didn't care about such things and waved her hand, "It's fine as long as the nanny makes the arrangements."
Qinghe came up carrying a set of clothes: "Princess, Yunxiu Workshop has delivered the young master's robes."
Back then, Pei Rujing had a complete set of robes made for Wen Zongji at Yunxiufang, including an outer robe and an inner garment.
Pei Rujing immediately said, "Send someone to tell Wen Zongji to come over and try it on to see if it fits."
Granny Feng quickly intervened: "Princess, it's just a robe, it's not worth interrupting your son-in-law's reading."
Pei Rujing thought to herself, "Then let's talk about it during the meal."
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After dinner, Wen Zongji tried on the robe under Pei Rujing's urging.
The robe was made of moon-white fabric, with bamboo leaves embroidered on the cuffs and chest.
After several months of medicinal supplementation, Wen Zongji had become much more robust and upright. Wearing this moon-white robe, he looked exceptionally handsome, as calm and composed as a gentle breeze.
Pei Rujing's beautiful eyes sparkled: "So beautiful!"
Wen Zongji raised an eyebrow and asked her, "Is the person prettier or the clothes?"
Pei Rujing smiled, pursing her lips: "Guess!"
Wen Zongji countered, "Do you want me to guess or not?"
Pei Rujing rolled her eyes at him.
Hearing their conversation, Granny Feng and the others lowered their heads, smiled faintly, and remained silent.
Since the robes fit well, Wen Zongji didn't take them off to avoid any trouble.
Granny Feng presented the list of New Year's gifts: "Young Master, these are the New Year's gifts prepared for the young masters. Please take a look."
Wen Zongji took it and looked at it, and found that Granny Feng had really put her heart into it, catering to everyone's preferences.
Wen Zongji smiled and said, "The nanny has made excellent preparations. That's fine."
Granny Feng continued, "At the Jade Pavilion, the county princess has prepared a set of jewelry for the second young lady. What do you think, young master?"
Wen Zongji glanced at Pei Rujing.
Pei Rujing had no guilty conscience at all. Granny Feng was originally her person, so what Granny Feng prepared was naturally what she had prepared.
"You're too kind, Your Highness."
Wen Zongji was not one to dwell on such things.
Pei Rujing smiled and said, "She's your sister, so of course I won't mistreat her."
Wen Zongji stroked his chin: "The county princess commissioned a robe for me. In return, I should prepare a New Year's gift for her as well."
Pei Rujing's eyes lit up: "That's only right! What are you going to give me?"
She was still looking forward to Wen Zongji's gift.
Wen Zongji kept everyone in suspense: "There are still a few days until the New Year. The county princess will know then."
Pei Rujing: "...You deliberately piqued my curiosity."
Wen Zongji smiled but did not refute. He got up and left the main room to return to his study to continue reading.
Pei Rujing glared at his retreating figure: "You bad guy."
Back to the study
Wen Zongji stopped reading and started thinking about what kind of story to write for Pei Rujing.
That's right!
His plan for Pei Rujing's New Year's gift was to write her a storybook.
Pei Rujing is of noble status and has no shortage of money, so even the most expensive things are nothing to her.
The key issue is that Wen Zongji is very poor; he can't afford expensive things, so he might as well do it himself.
Pei Rujing enjoys reading martial arts novels.
What a coincidence!
Wen Zongji had a whole bunch of story ideas in his mind.
He was just debating whether to write a low-level martial arts story or a high-level martial arts story. After pondering for a long time, Wen Zongji decided to write a low-level martial arts story.
The world of High Martial Arts is too vast; it would take at least a million words to write it.
Nowadays, there are no computers. Even if he wrote a million words by hand, he still wouldn't finish writing them, even if he wore his hands out.
The word count for a low-brow martial arts novel is much shorter. If you control the pace, two or three hundred thousand words should be enough.
He couldn't finish writing it in just a few days; he could only write a portion first.
After nearly two months of reading, he had completely absorbed the original owner's memories and made them entirely his own.
At the same time, he filled in the gaps and reorganized the knowledge of policy theory and legal principles that the original owner was not good at, forming a problem-solving approach unique to Wen Zongji.
Having benefited from the exam-oriented education system of later generations, Wen Zongji's greatest strength lay in maximizing his academic performance in a short period of time.
This is also thanks to the original owner's solid foundation!
At this point, Wen Zongji could finally breathe a sigh of relief and no longer have to push himself too hard.
Setting the books aside, Wen Zongji took out a blank sheet of paper and began to conceive the story he wanted to write for his young wife.
Wen Zongji did not have the ability to remember everything he saw, so it was impossible for him to copy the storybook from his previous life word for word.
However, he has good writing skills, and with a complete outline, writing a storybook is not difficult.
The main purpose of storytelling is to tell stories, and the key is to tell those stories well!