In the spacious hall of the Chu family, Jin Xiuying sat there with a gloomy face, unable to see any happy look.

Chu Xuanyue walked into the hall, and after seeing Jin Xiuying, her expression changed several times one after another, although this person was her biological mother, but over the years, she had brought her far more pain than happiness, hesitated again and again, and finally walked over and said, "Mom, I'm back." ”

Different from the ordinary mother-daughter relationship, seeing her daughter who had been separated for more than 20 years, the old lady did not have any joy after getting together, but on the contrary, a heavy disgust flashed on her face.

Facing Chu Xuanyue's greeting, she just snorted in her nostrils, and then turned her head away and kept fiddling with the rosary in her hand.

Qin Haodong had heard his mother mention the ruthlessness of this grandmother many times before, but today he saw it with his own eyes, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

Chu Xuanyue originally wanted Qin Haodong to take his daughter-in-law to say hello and say hello to the old lady, but seeing her attitude, she immediately dispelled this idea.

Since people have given a cold ass, there is no need to rush to paste it with a hot face on your side.

Seeing that the atmosphere was in embarrassment, Chu Xuanli hurriedly said, "Since the little sister is back, everyone sit down, sit down." ”

Fortunately, due to Chu Shanhe's firm attitude, the rest of the Chu family was quite enthusiastic about Chu Xuanyue, at least on the surface, after sitting down, they immediately surrounded some cousins and cousins, and Yingying Yanyan kept talking.

Chu Xuanyue took a group of daughters-in-law to mingle with the daughters of the Chu family, saying hello one after another, chatting about homely things, and looking quite lively, but Qin Haodong's side was deserted, and only Chu Mingli sat here with him alone.

The juniors of the Chu family, led by Chu Mingcong, were still very resistant to Qin Haodong's return, and when they saw this scene, they secretly sneered in their hearts, Lao Tzu can't afford to mess with you, but I don't care about you, see if you are embarrassed or embarrassed alone, and you are not ashamed.

Qin Haodong didn't care anymore, he drank tea leisurely and ate dessert melon seeds, in his opinion, these people were not the best, saving a lot of trouble.

As time went by, more and more guests came to the Chu family to celebrate his birthday, and Chu Mingli also got up and followed Chu Xuanli to entertain the guests, leaving only Qin Haodong himself in front of a huge dining table.

A sneer flashed on Chu Mingcong's face, "Aren't you a good kid? ”

At this moment, the master of ceremonies at the door shouted loudly: "Han Wuji, the head of the Han family, has arrived." ”

Hearing this clear shout, everyone present was slightly stunned, in the past, the head of the seven great families like them had a birthday, and other families also sent a second-generation child to celebrate their birthday, and it was rare for the head of the family to come in person, but I didn't expect Han Wuji to come in person today.

After being slightly stunned, Chu Xuanming immediately greeted him and took Han Wuji into the hall.

Surrounded by many people, Han Wuji walked into the hall and said to Chu Shanhe, who was sitting in the chief, "Master of the Chu family, I wish you a long life. ”

The other party is also the head of the family, Chu Shanhe didn't dare to hold it up at all, stood up and said: "Han family master, the old man is just celebrating his birthday, and it is really an honor for you to be there!"

Han Wou-Ki simply said hello, and then looked around in the crowd.

Chu Xuanming hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Master Han, please take a seat at the VIP seat on your side." ”

With Han Wouji's identity, he is definitely one of the highest-ranking greeting guests, and it stands to reason that he should sit in the VIP seat.

But he didn't pay any attention to Chu Xuanming next to him, and under the gaze of many people, he strode towards the ordinary seat next to him.

Seeing Qin Haodong sitting here alone, he immediately saw the meaning contained in it, and couldn't help but be happy in his heart, although Qin Haodong came to the Chu family, the relationship between them was not harmonious.

This is definitely good news for other families, if the Chu family has the strong support of the Tang Sect, then what else is there to do with them.

The reason why I personally came to Chu Shanhe to congratulate him on his birthday today was to get closer to Qin Haodong, and it seems that this strategy is very correct.

"Mr. Qin, old man, have I had the pleasure of sitting with you? ”

Qin Haodong glanced up at Han Wuji, how could he say that this was also Han Jieyu's grandfather, and this old man had always been more upright, he nodded, pointed to the seat next to him and said, "Sit down!"

Seeing that Qin Haodong agreed, Han Wuji sat next to him with a happy face.

Chu Shanhe sat on the main seat, and couldn't help but be annoyed when he saw all this, these descendants of the Chu family are really straw bales, and they tried their best to invite Qin Haodong, but they couldn't see the importance of this overlord of the imperial capital.

If the juniors of the Chu family gathered around Qin Haodong at this time, I am afraid that Han Wuji would not be able to drive people away, but now he has cheapened others for nothing.

And at this moment, Qi Guofan, the head of the Qi family, and Zhao Cangqiong, the head of the Zhao family, came one after another, and after a simple hello, the two old men also ran to Qin Haodong and sat down.

There was not much time, and the heads of the seven great families of the imperial capital gathered, but the other six people all gathered around Qin Haodong, and the stars talked around him like the moon, and Qin Haodong just responded with no saltiness.

At this time, even if the Chu family was stupid, they could see that the purpose of these six families was not to celebrate his birthday, but to curry favor with Qin Haodong.

Chu Shanhe's face was pale, and he tried his best to let Chu Xuanyue's mother and son return, in order to prove his relationship with the Tang Sect to other families.

The result is good, these old foxes can see that the relationship between the Chu family and the Tang Sect is not so harmonious, and it is simply a waste of previous achievements.

But there is no way, after all, it is now a birthday banquet, and the guests are gathered, so he can only endure it, just wait for the birthday banquet to end and teach these ignorant juniors a hard lesson.

The smugness on Chu Mingcong's face had disappeared, originally he wanted to see Qin Haodong embarrassed and embarrassed, but now, the heads of the six great families were like stars holding the moon, this was a shame, it was simply a kind of show-off.

With the arrival of the guests, the time is almost up, and then it is time for the juniors to present the birthday gift to the old man, and the master of ceremonies shouted: "Next, please present the filial sons and grandsons of the Chu family." ”

According to the order of the gifts, the eldest son should come first, Chu Xuanli was also prepared, holding a big red gift box in his hand and said: "Father, today is your birthday, here I wish you the old man a happy family like the East China Sea, and a longevity better than Nanshan." ”

The family member standing next to him immediately stepped forward to take the gift box in his hand, and at this moment, Chu Xuanming, who was standing next to him, said: "Big brother, should we show it in public as a gift to our father, so that the guests can see our filial piety as children." ”

Chu Xuanli hesitated for a moment and said, "It's okay, everyone is smiling." ”

After speaking, he stretched out his hand and opened the gift box, which was a jade Buddha.

This jade Buddha is about 20 centimeters high, and the material is fine mutton fat jade, which looks crystal clear, and it is a good thing at first glance.

After seeing this jade Buddha, the surrounding guests immediately began to discuss.

"In the end, it's still the Chu family, and the congratulatory gift that the son of the family took out is a jade Buddha, which is really extraordinary!"

"In my opinion, this Jade Buddha is worth at least a few million......"

"How is it possible, such a big mutton fat jade and jade Buddha will cost at least 10 million or more......"

Chu Shanhe also nodded with satisfaction, obviously very satisfied with his son's gift.

After the display, the family put away the Jade Buddha, and it was the turn of the second child Chu Xuanming to present the gift, and everyone's eyes looked over with great interest, not knowing what gift he had prepared for the old man.

"Lift it up. ”

Chu Xuanli waved his hand behind him, and Chu Mingcong immediately walked up with two family members carrying a huge gift box, which looked quite heavy.

In the puzzled eyes of everyone, Chu Xuanming opened the gift box, only to see that there was also a jade Buddha inside, but this jade Buddha was about 50 centimeters high, both in terms of material and size, it was much better than Chu Xuanli's statue.

The guests were in an uproar: "Oh my God, how much does it cost to make such a big jade Buddha......

"It's still the second young master's generous shot, don't say it's the craftsmanship of this jade Buddha, it's such a big piece of jade that is worth more than 100 million. ”

"This Jade Buddha is so beautiful, it's definitely a rare thing......

Hearing everyone's praise, Chu Xuanming said triumphantly: "Father, knowing that you are going to celebrate your 80th birthday, I asked people to find this piece of good jade for three years, and invited famous craftsmen to carve this jade Buddha for you as a birthday gift, which means that our Chu family will shine with Buddha light in the future, you will be old and healthy, and you will live a thousand years old!"

"It's rare, the second child has a heart!"

A bright smile bloomed on Chu Shanhe's face, obviously extremely satisfied with this reason.

Chu Xuanli's face was instantly ugly, he was just generous, but he was not stupid, Chu Xuanming chose the same gift as himself, and offered to show it publicly, which obviously wanted to trample himself under his feet.

Chu Xuanming turned his head and said proudly: "Big brother, I'm really embarrassed, I didn't discuss it with you before, you see that our gifts actually collided together." ”

Recently, with the improvement of Chu Xuanli's cultivation, his status in the family has become higher and higher, and he has obviously been compared to him.

Today's gift was carefully planned by him, and he had already heard that Chu Xuanli was preparing a jade Buddha, so he deliberately asked people to make a bigger one with better materials, the purpose was to compare Chu Xuanli in front of everyone.

Chu Xuanyue, who was standing next to her, shook her head secretly, after so many years, her second brother still likes to play tricks like that, and even her own eldest brother does not let go.

I just stepped on the eldest brother, I'm afraid that the next one will be herself, thinking of this, she turned her head to look at Qin Haodong next to her: "Son, are our gifts ready?"

Qin Haodong smiled slightly, "Don't worry, everything has me, and I won't let you be ashamed." ”

Sure enough, as soon as they finished speaking, Chu Xuanming turned around, looked at Chu Xuanyue with a wicked smile and said, "Little sister, it's time for you to show your filial piety." ”

Seeing Chu Xuanyue and Qin Haodong who were empty in their hands, he pretended to be surprised and said, "Little sister, today is my father's 80th birthday, you won't even prepare a gift, right?"

Chu Xuanyue looked embarrassed and turned her head to look at Qin Haodong.

Qin Haodong gave his mother a comforting look, then took two steps forward and said to Chu Xuanming: "What do you mean, if you don't prepare a gift for the old man, you have no filial piety?"

Could it be that the old man values money so much, and distinguishes the filial piety of his children according to the size of the gift?"

"I ......"

Chu Xuanming wanted to improve his status in the family through the Jade Buddha he had carefully prepared, but now he was blushing by Qin Haodong's words.

If he said that Qin Haodong was right, then his gift would be prepared in vain, and if he denied Qin Haodong's statement, it would be equivalent to saying that his father was a greedy person for money and good things.

At this time, Jin Xiuying, who was sitting next to Chu Shanhe, snorted coldly and said: "Sharp teeth, of course our Chu family does not distinguish filial piety by gifts, but it is also a basic etiquette to give a birthday gift on the birthday of the elders, if you don't prepare a gift, don't stand here and force words." ”