After sending off the carrier pigeons, Little Xin'er immediately had Zisu prepare over a dozen gift boxes of pastries and tea bricks from Chayulou Tea House.
Peilan took the stack of prepared invitation cards and called for Lingxiao, instructing him to dispatch people to deliver them to the addresses listed. This round of gifting served as Little Xin'er's return courtesies; since every person of status in Linjiang City had visited her, she was now reciprocating to every last one of them.
First was Manager Ma from Jingshang. Then, in turn: Zhang Fake of the Zhang family in the Capital; Wang Tai of the Wang family in the Capital; Li Jiang of the Li family in the Capital; Zhao Kang of the Zhao family in the Capital; Manager Zhou of Jiehuafang; Huang Yiren of Rongxiangsheng; the major grain merchant Zhong Huaishan; Manager Luo of Quanweizhai; and Yang Shitou, leader of the Transport Gang.
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