Chapter 175 - Chapter 175: Chapter 175: Mid-Autumn Festival Gift (1/2)
Chapter 175: Chapter 175: Mid-Autumn Festival Gift
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“Husband, look how impressive your daughter-in-law is! Don’t these mooncakes look especially beautiful, packaged like this? They have an air of elegance and luxury!” Su Wenyue said of her masterpiece, a touch of pride shining on her face, rejuvenating her spirit. Han Yu had originally wanted to dissuade Su Wenyue from doing these things, but seeing her so proud, he could not bear to stop her. His gaze then shifted to the few unique and clever boxes, and his eyes lit up.
“You’re saying this is a mooncake gift box?” Han Yu picked up one of the boxes and inspected it for a while. The box was not only exquisitely beautiful on the outside but also featured a concealed latch that could be pressed to open, revealing several mooncakes with different fillings inside. The patterns on the mooncakes were also particularly refined and attractive. Han Yu opened a few more mooncake gift boxes, which were divided into different levels of quality, some featuring two layers that could be pulled open like drawers, with more mooncakes in the lower layer, and each containing a set of utensils for cutting and eating the mooncakes.
Han Yu suspected that these boxes used the secret skills passed down from Lu Ban, not knowing what else his little wife’s brain contained to come up with such novel ideas, but he admitted that an ordinary food item had transformed under her craft. It now seemed unique and was dignified enough to be a gift, more so than typical gold, silver, or jade objects.
If the idea for the gift box was inspired by Noble Consort Li, the small mechanisms inside it were Su Wenyue’s own brainstorm. In her previous life, Su Wenyue had spent her spare time in the Sikong Family’s library and accidentally triggered a mechanism that uncovered a yellowed booklet, likely unknown even to the Sikong family—that was the secret of Lu Ban that Han Yu had suspected. However, Lu Ban’s secret skills were too ingenious, and Su Wenyue dared not reveal too much, using only the basics she knew for small touches like these.
“What about it? Isn’t this mooncake gift box nice! I was thinking of sending more embroidery work since it doesn’t cost much besides time, but now that I’m pregnant, the old women won’t let me do needlework. Embroidery isn’t that easy to come by either—larger pieces would take a whole month even with day and night work, so that plan is not feasible. And if there’s too much of something, it loses its rarity. My embroidery skills are good, but it’s better to use them at critical moments,” she said.
Su Wenyue selling embroidery for money or as gifts—aside from the fact that she was pregnant and the old women wouldn’t allow it—even if she weren’t pregnant, Han Yu would not agree. Previously, he didn’t know this was her intention and thought she enjoyed it, which is why he hadn’t stopped her. But now that he knew, he wouldn’t indulge her!
“That won’t do. Don’t even think about it in the future, even after the child is born. Doing too much embroidery could damage your eyes, and I, Han Yu, am not so destitute that I would need you to harm your body to plan for such things. If we’re ever short on silver, just let me know, and I’ll surely find a way,” Han Yu said unequivocally, his tone leaving no doubt that it was a matter of principle.
Su Wenyue didn’t argue with Han Yu and simply pointed to the mooncake gift box in his hand.
“I understand, we still have enough silver at home. But there are so many people we need to give gifts to: big holidays, small celebrations, births. We have to give gifts for all occasions, so it’s necessary to think of ways to save silver. That’s why I came up with this mooncake gift box. With this, adding a few pieces of cloth or some food will be more than enough,” Su Wenyue said, feeling proud that she was becoming increasingly virtuous and motherly.