"This isn't right, is it? So many gifts... they're too expensive."
During a quiet moment, Ms. Chen pulled Fang Yue aside and asked in a hushed voice.
The Fang Family had grown more prosperous in recent years, and Ms. Chen had seen her share of wealthy landowners and Martial Scholars who came to visit.
Those people usually brought only small gifts, like a box of pastries, a tin of tea leaves, or some local specialty.
This was the first time she had seen someone as "generous" as Chubby right from the start.
This was nothing like what Scholar Liu had brought before. Chubby's gifts weren't just more numerous; one could tell just by looking at them that they were far more valuable than anything Scholar Liu had given on his several visits.
"It's fine, Mother. I'll give him a gift in return next time I go to the Prefecture City," Fang Yue said softly, reassuring Ms. Chen.
He also explained Chubby's identity—the man who had paid a high price to trade rooms with him for the woodshed.
