Chapter 237: Dragon Boat Festival
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Ye Muyu did not discipline him too much. After Chu Heng read Chu Jin’s notes and saw that his son did not do anything wrong, he naturally did not say anything.
While Ye Muyu was studying the different pastries.
Soon, it was the day of the Dragon Boat Festival.
Chu Heng had a three-day holiday.
Early in the morning, after breakfast, Ye Muyu and Madam Hu began to put the rice dumplings into the pot.
The Chu family’s pot was not big. One pot could only steam 50 rice dumplings. Ye Muyu and Madam Hu had made many different kinds of fillings, making a total of 260.
In total, they would need 180 to send to the few households and the old residence.
As tor Chu Heng’s classmates, they would give each family ten, so the number was not a small number.
Therefore, this pot was not enough.
She could only light the stove and steam it with a steamer.
She could barely finish steaming it three times, but each time, it would take an hour.
Madam Hu and Zhang Shu were taking care of the fire. Ye Muyu came out of the kitchen and saw Chu Heng coming out of the study.
“Am I disturbing your reading? Why don’t you close the door a little?” Ye Muyu thought about the smell of food coming from the kitchen and said subconsciously.
Chu Heng walked in front of her and reached out to touch the hair on her forehead. He frowned slightly. “Why are you so busy? Your body hasn’t recovered yet.”
“Actually, I wasn’t busy with anything. It was just too hot and I sweated a little.” Ye Muyu wiped the sweat off her forehead and prepared to help him close the window.
Chu Heng stretched out his hand to stop her. “No need. It’s a rare festival. I don’t have to read books. Don’t I have to give gifts to my clansmen later? I’ll prepare with you.”
Chu Heng was not actually reading all the books. Other than in the classroom, he was writing notes, writing village examination papers, and so on.
As the saying goes, students’ money was the easiest to earn, so he naturally would not let it go.
Ye Muyu looked at him and saw that he did not seem reluctant at all, so she did not refuse. “Alright.”
Chu Heng followed Ye Muyu into the storeroom.
There was a lot of wine and tea leaves in the storeroom.
Lu Chuan came in with a roll of red thread. “Madam, Master, this is the gift thread.’
“A pot of wine, a packet of tea leaves, thirty rice dumplings, and a packet of brown sugar.” Ye Muyu sat down on a stool and slowly packed the gifts. Lu Chuan was strong, so he was responsible for wrapping the red rope around the wine pot.
Chu Heng did not want Ye Muyu to be burdened, so he gave her the lightest tea leaves.
He made the brown sugar himself.
The three of them busied themselves for a while, and the Liu family’s gifts were all prepared.
“What gifts do you need for your classmates?” Ye Muyu asked Chu Heng.”
“I’ll just give everything but half the amount.” Chu Heng did not know many of his classmates, and some of them did not come from well-off families. If he gave too many gifts, the other party would feel pressured.
Therefore, gifting was also a skill.
“I’ll prepare for the Xie and Du families.” Chu Heng said. The Xie family had better conditions, so they definitely could not compare to them. It was fine as long as they expressed their feelings. Moreover, Chu Heng planned to give it to Xie Yu and not the Xie family.
After all, he was not familiar with the Xie family and did not intend to be close. As for Xie Yu, it was purely an accident.
When Ye Muyu heard this, she knew that the Du family was Chu Heng’s close classmate, so it was not strange for him to prepare a gift for them. As for the Xie family, she did not have to think about what to give them, but it made her less busy.
She nodded to show that she understood.
When the first pot of dumplings was ready, Ye Muyu had already packed all the gifts..