After being reborn as a man, the woman improved her family's fortunes through education.

Chapter 319 Sitting in a Row, Distributing Gifts

After working through the night, Jiang Changshou was granted leave by his superior the next day, allowing him to go home and rest for a day with a salary.

Well, after all, he finished more than ten days' worth of work in the middle of the night, so the holiday was naturally generous.

Jiang Changshou didn't mind that the holiday was too short. His family had no connections in the imperial court, and it was already rare for them to get such relatively fair treatment through their own abilities.

Upon returning home, Landlord Jiang didn't rush to catch up on sleep. Instead, he summoned his substitute steward, Li Shan, and asked him to bring up the letters and packages belonging to his beloved grandson.

"Grandpa, you've stayed up half the night, why don't you catch up on some sleep? Can your body handle it?"

Despite working half the night shift, Jiang Changshou's complexion was normal, and he didn't seem particularly tired. At least he still had the energy to read the letter.

"It's alright, it's just the time it takes to read a letter. I'm not that weak yet. Here you go."

"Yes."

Li Shan acted quickly, first handing a thick letter to his grandfather, then personally carrying a large package half his height up and gently placing it on the floor of the hall.

While the old man was reading the letter, I first untied the package and, right under his nose, took out the various wooden boxes inside and arranged them neatly from largest to smallest.

Jiang Changshou opened the envelope, took out the letter, and found it filled with his grandson's thoughts in tiny, delicate characters.

In the letter, Jiang Xiaoqi recounted his experiences in the south after Chunyi and made a list of the things he had sent this time.

The above clearly explains which items are exclusively for the grandfather and which items the grandfather can decide to give to the younger generation.

Jiang Changshou watched and laughed, occasionally muttering to himself, "This child, wherever he is, he always thinks about home, sigh."

After reading the letter in the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, Jiang Changshou finally turned his gaze to the wooden crates lined up on the ground.

He gestured for Li Shan to open the largest box. As soon as the lid opened, a strange fragrance wafted out.

Inside the box were bottles and jars, with different floral dews labeled on the porcelain bottles.

Two bottles of Ningxiang Dew, two bottles of Qiuse Dew, one bottle of Lanyou Dew, and one bottle of Ci'an Dew.

He reserved a bottle of "Ci'an Dew," the most delicately scented dew, for his wife.

He then took out the "Lanyou Dew" and thought he would send it to his second granddaughter, who was already married.

"Fragrant Dew" is for the Third and Fourth Sisters, and "Autumn Dew" is for the Fifth and Sixth Sisters.

Besides these six porcelain bottles, there were two smaller porcelain bottles in the large wooden box. Yes, these were specially given to him by his grandson, the grandfather, and they were the "sleep-inducing essential oil".

After carefully putting away his two porcelain vases, he opened the other smaller boxes.

The second box contained ten fans made of purple bamboo. Two of them had rather valuable pendants, while the rest had ordinary pendants.

However, in terms of craftsmanship alone, all ten fans are extremely exquisite.

Jiang Changshou first took out two fans that were quite different from each other. His grandson had said in his letter that he had specially changed the pendants on these two fans, and that they were specially made for his grandfather.

The remaining eight purple bamboo fans will be given to my son Jiang Wenqing (two), my second grandson-in-law (three), and my future third grandson-in-law (three), which is just right.

The two jars of berry wine were a gift from his grandson, as were the various flower teas. Hmm, there's a bit too much; he can share some with his granddaughters. Girls like them should like these pretty flower teas.

The silverware was a gift from his grandson as a token of his filial piety, but there was just too much of it. Oh well, let's give a set of wine cups and a wine pot to the second daughter.

Finally, there are the tie-dyed fabrics, each dyed in a different shape. Regardless of size, they are all basically cut into squares.

It's perfect as a tablecloth, and you could even make it into clothing, though it has a bit of an exotic feel that would be too conspicuous in Beijing.

Well, I'll keep a few pieces as tablecloths and give the rest to my granddaughters. I don't care what they use them for; the little girls won't dislike pretty dyed fabric anyway.

Jiang Xiaoqi knew that her grandfather was not stingy, and he did not mark each of the remaining items as being for a specific person.

The distribution of resources was entirely up to the grandfather, which was actually another form of filial piety.

Letting your grandfather experience being "Santa Claus" is more interesting than simply giving him something.

The process of distributing things among the whole family is also a fun game.

Unable to attend to his grandfather's needs for the time being, Jiang Xiaoqi would often send him a bunch of different things to amuse him.

These items may be valuable or worthless, but they all share one thing in common: they are rare in the capital and are all very practical.

Jiang Changshou had just finished dividing the items and carefully hidden his own portion before asking the substitute housekeeper, Li Shan, to call the younger members of the family over.

As soon as Jiang Lan'er, Jiang Lian'er, Jiang Fei'er, and Jiang Wei'er entered, their eyes lit up as they looked at the remaining items on the ground.

Of course, Li Shan had already removed the empty boxes, and the few boxes that remained didn't look too empty.

This was Jiang Changshou's usual practice. Jiang Lan'er noticed that the box didn't seem to be full, but she didn't say anything.

It was already quite rare for their grandfather to regularly share the things their younger brother sent back with his daughters, considering that the four of them were just illegitimate daughters of the Jiang family.

Nowadays, they can learn skills from Master Zhao and Master Su, and they can also receive gifts from their younger brothers from time to time. I ask you, what family's women can enjoy such treatment?

Let alone illegitimate daughters, even legitimate daughters from prominent families, how many of them can be carefully tutored at home by a private tutor?

Looking at his granddaughters' expectant eyes, Jiang Changshou felt a mixture of affection and pride.

He wouldn't tell his granddaughters that they gave him, their grandfather, the best of everything. Haha, he couldn't say it, lest his granddaughters get jealous.

"These are all rare things that Mingfei brought you. Your eldest sister and brother-in-law are working in another place, so they will send packages to her. I won't worry about it."

Your second sister has already married out of the family, and I've taken everything that was given to her. Except for an extra set of wine utensils, everything else is the same as yours.

Don't think I'm being biased. After all, she's a married-out daughter, and I should at least give your sister face in her husband's family.

“Grandfather, what are you saying? Even if Second Sister wasn’t married out, it’s only right to give her more. Second Sister is Seventh Brother’s sister from the same mother, so they are different.”

Besides, we already get so much each time. Whenever there's a flower viewing party, the other young ladies are incredibly jealous of us.

Jiang Lian'er is quite eloquent now. Perhaps it's because she's been studying with Master Su for a long time. I don't know if her IQ has increased, but her EQ has certainly improved.

"Good, good, you're all so sensible, haha, isn't it normal for other families' daughters to envy our Jiang family's daughters?"

How enviable! Haha, look at all the nice things your brother sent back—they're all things your daughter would love!

Before long, the food was distributed, and Li Shan also delivered the portion intended for the Second Miss Jiang Xiyue and her husband to the Li family.

The granddaughters happily left, clutching their own share of the goodies.

Only then did Landlord Jiang feel sleepy. He called for someone to come up and quickly washed up.

"Ah~"

Landlord Jiang recalled his grandson's often-quoted phrase: "Sixty-something is the age to really push yourself!"