Seeing Gu Zhang had nothing more to say, Zhang Ze quickly instructed the coachman to carry the things inside.
After they carried the items into the main hall, Zhang Ze took his leave.
The family gathered around the items spread across the table in the main hall, staring in utter amazement.
On the table sat four kinds of pastries and four red-lacquered assortment boxes.
There were also four bolts of silk and four brocade pouches.
Mrs. Chen reached out, her hand trembling, to touch a bolt of cyan, cloud-patterned brocade on the table. "This... this is brocade, isn't it?"
She pulled her hand back halfway. "My hands are too rough. I'd hate to snag the fabric."
Gu Fei opened a red brocade pouch and found a gold ingot and two silver ingots inside.
The gold ingot was shaped like a small fish and the silver ingots like lotus flowers, symbolizing abundance year after year.
