Chapter 529: Chapter 529: Belated Full Moon Gifts
Qin Jiu’s arrival gave little Wen Yi a sense of novelty.
He sat on Qin Jiu’s lap, staring at him with big eyes, and Qin Jiu also looked at him.
"Yiyi, I’m your elder brother."
Wen Yi babbled in baby talk, which left Qin Jiu utterly confused. He turned to Yi Chichi with a questioning gaze.
"Aunt, what’s the little brother saying?!"
"Probably saying hello brother."
Don’t ask her for more details, she couldn’t understand it either.
Yi Chichi took his luggage to the guest room, "You watch the little brother, and I’ll unpack your luggage."
"I can do it myself."
Qin Jiu quickly stood up holding Wen Yi, wobbling as he followed her.
"No need, you two just need to bond."
However, not speaking the same language, trying to bond was less effective than imagined.
Mainly because Wen Yi didn’t want to cooperate.
Seeing Yi Chichi taking Qin Jiu’s clothes out and hanging them in the wardrobe, his excited little hands patted his arm, eager to go over.
Qin Jiu had no solution, holding him and coming to the wardrobe, then the little guy leaned forward trying to get into it.
"You can’t go down there, there’s nothing fun in the cabinet. I’ll bring you toys, let’s play with toys."
Saying this, he ignored Wen Yi’s resistance, came to the suitcase and pulled out a toy car.
Vintage style, with a wind-up key.
With a twist of the key, the car started chugging along.
Wen Yi’s eyes lit up, babbling and wanting to see the car.
Qin Jiu asked Yi Chichi, "Aunt, can I put him on the floor?"
"Go to the main hall, there’s more space there."
Dirt wasn’t a concern, even if the floor had some dust, it would be bath time after playing, just right.
"Then I’ll take the little brother out to play."
He picked up the toy car and gave it to Wen Yi, and the little guy immediately spread his little hands to hold it.
Then, the two brothers headed to the main hall.
Yi Chichi organized his clothes, arranged his schoolwork on the desk, then took a sheet to make his bed, laid a thin quilt and a pillow before coming out.
"Xiao Jiu, give the little brother to your great-aunt to watch, and quickly go take a bath."
Wen’s mother called from the kitchen after heating water, Qin Jiu responded, completing the handover with Yi Chichi, then took his change of clothes to bathe.
Yi Chichi didn’t bother with Wen Yi, the little guy was currently focused on the toy car, and the novelty wouldn’t wear off anytime soon, so he wouldn’t crawl around.
Thus, she was relieved to open another suitcase. Before having time to check and inventory the items, a thick envelope fell out.
Yi Chichi, "..."
She wasn’t interested in opening the envelope, so she set it aside to give to Qin Jiu when he came out.
Then proceeded to take out items one by one.
"Why bring milk powder again."
Wen’s mother, who came out after settling Qin Jiu, saw her taking out four cans of milk powder and was nearly speechless.
"Must be Grandpa who asked him to bring it."
In the past, when returning to Beijing, Grandpa worried she wasn’t getting enough nutrition and sent malted milk essence and adult milk powder.
And the Beijing Eight Treasures.
Once Wen Yi was born, Grandpa worried she didn’t have enough milk and the baby would go hungry, so he began to send baby formula.
The little guy never lacked for milk powder.
Now that he was on supplementary food, the milk powder couldn’t keep up with consumption.
But since Qin Jiu brought it, she could only give it to Wen’s mother, "Mom, you can put these away."
"No rush, see if there’s anything else to store together."
That was reasonable.
So, Yi Chichi continued taking items out, revealing the Beijing Eight Treasures, Wen Yi’s clothes and shoes, a pair of small silver bracelets, and a Peace Pendant.
The Peace Pendant was made of top-quality mutton fat jade, smooth to the touch.
It also came with a woven red rope, and Wen’s mother advised, "Don’t let him wear it yet."
"Alright."
Yi Chichi hadn’t planned to let him wear it, as the little guy was curious about everything at this age.
His hands were quick, and whatever he grabbed he liked to put in his mouth.
Figuring he was teething, with uncomfortable gums, anything that went into his mouth was used for grinding and chewing.
The Peace Pendant was too dangerous for Wen Yi at his age.
She had just stowed away the Peace Pendant, and Wen Yi, who was studying the toy car, became interested in the box holding the pendant.
He put down the toy car and crawled over, reaching out to grab it.
"This isn’t for playing."
Seeing this wasn’t good, Yi Chichi quickly moved the box out of his reach.
The little guy was momentarily stunned, looking up at her, calling out, reaching his little hand to pat the ground in frustration.
"I’ll give it to you when you’re older."
Yi Chichi remained unfazed. Qin Jiu came out just then, seeing the mother and son stalemate, with Yi Chichi holding the box containing the Peace Pendant, he quickly spoke, "Aunt, this Peace Pendant is from Grandmaster Song and Grandma Song for Yiyi."
The implication: it’s okay to keep it, also okay to wear it.
Yi Chichi and Wen’s mother were stunned for a moment, "Prepared by Mr. Song and his wife?"
"Yes."
Qin Jiu nodded, came over and reached into the bag, pulling out a small box, which he opened to reveal a small gourd.
The gourd was exquisitely carved, small in size, but made of type A green jade, green enough to seem almost dripping.
"This is from Grandpa Ma for Yiyi."
Yi Chichi, "..."
Both of these items were really precious, and accepting them felt slightly nerve-wracking.
She glanced at Wen’s mother, noticing the troubled expression on her face, solidifying her thoughts.
Wen’s mother held the same view, feeling these were too valuable, and having them was unsettling.
So she returned the boxes to Qin Jiu, "Keep these with you, and return them to Grandpa Song and Grandma Song when you return to Beijing. They’re too valuable."
Upon her refusal, Wen’s mother instantly breathed a sigh of relief and added, "Xiao Jiu, listen to your aunt, these items are too valuable for us to accept."
Returning a gift was quite challenging.
Qin Jiu, looking as if he expected this, said, "When Grandmaster Song and Grandpa Ma asked me to bring these, they knew you wouldn’t accept them, yet they still asked me to bring them. The reasons are all in the letter, you can read it yourselves."
In any case, he wouldn’t help return them.
He was only responsible for delivering them.
"Where’s the letter?!"
"Here."
Qin Jiu took the thick envelope she had set aside, opened it, revealing ten banknotes, and four pieces of letter paper.
He handed the banknotes to Yi Chichi, "These are Grandmaster Song’s late full moon gift for Yiyi."
This could be accepted, no need for formality with their own grandfather.
Yi Chichi accepted it and put it in her pocket, Qin Jiu smiled joyfully and then handed over the letter paper, "This is from Grandmaster Song and Grandpa Ma."
Yi Chichi first read Mr. Ma’s letter, the content was short, just two sentences.
No refusal allowed.
When an elder grants a gift, one mustn’t decline, and it’s not yours to decline anyway. If he wants to refuse, let Wen Yi do it when he grows up.
Mr. Song’s letter was a bit longer, but the intent was similar to Mr. Ma’s.
Both meant no refusal was allowed.
Yi Chichi felt a bit helpless, "Mom, what should we do now?"
Wen’s mother could only say to accept, the elders had spoken to this extent, further refusal would harm their relationship.
"Keep them, and send more gifts to the three elders in the future."
"Okay."
So, Wen Yi now had a Peace Pendant and a small gourd.
