Chapter 8: The Birthday Banquet of Meifu (6)
Mei Yixuan came to the birthday banquet site, and sure enough, the guests had already found their places and sat down. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The silk screen in the middle was now pulled away from the middle, revealing the middle field. The old lady had been helped to the Taishi chair in the middle, looking at the guests with a smile on her face.
Mei Yunchen said a few words about the scene, which means to thank you for coming to attend the old mother's birthday, and I hope you can come and return happy.
Next, Mei Yunchen took everyone in the Mei Mansion to kneel down and kowtow respectfully to the old lady in front of the guests, wishing the old mother happiness such as the East China Sea, longevity than Nanshan, good health, and eternal happiness.
Then, with a wave of her hand, Mei Yunchen walked over with a half-human-high red coral tree and put it in front of the old lady.
The old lady exclaimed in surprise, "Oh my God! Where did you find this? It's so beautiful!"
Mei Yunchen smiled slightly and said respectfully: "Mother, this is a small congratulatory gift prepared for you by an unfilial son and daughter-in-law, I hope you can smile." But he didn't say a word about where he got it or how he got it.
The old lady didn't ask any more, and said with a smile: "I'm bothered!"
Mei Yixuan peeked at the red coral tree in front of her with the corner of her eye, and she was secretly surprised.
The red coral trees in the delicate bonsai are all crystal clear and brightly colored, and the whole tree naturally grows into the shape of a macaque. It looks like snowflakes, like feathers, translucent, and the hairy cilia on the back of the body are clearly visible, and the most commendable thing is that the monkey's right hand is holding a fairy peach, which is an auspicious beauty of the fairy monkey's birthday, and it is no wonder that the old lady exclaimed out of shape.
All the male and female guests at the scene were also shocked by this birthday gift, and no one had ever seen such a naturally generated, unique shape and far-reaching coral tree. Such a coral tree is very valuable, and I don't know where Mei Yunchen got it. Just this point, it can be seen that Mei Yunchen is filial to his old mother.
With Mei Yunchen's pearl and jade in front, the birthday gifts in the back are not enough.
Mei Yunkai's birthday gift is a jade jade Buddha, this jade jade Buddha carving is exquisite, emerald green and crystalline, transparent and flawless, and it is also a rare jade product. The most important thing is that it is carved with a portrait of an old lady, but her face is a little younger than that of the old lady.
The old lady on it was kind-hearted, her eyes radiated a kind light, and her round chin was blessed when she looked at it. The color of the whole jade Buddha is pure and lifelike, which makes people have a sense of washing the soul, tolerance and peace, tranquility and open-mindedness at a glance, which can not but be said to be a miracle.
Although the Jade Jade Buddha can't be compared with the previous red coral, it is not far behind, and it also shows that Mei Yunkai has put a lot of effort into preparing for the birthday ceremony. Although the value of this jade Buddha cannot be compared with the coral tree, judging from the old lady's demeanor, the old lady may recognize this jade Buddha more in her heart.
The old lady's two concubines, Mei Yunxin and Mei Yunmeng, had already moved out of the Mei Mansion, because the old lady had brought their respective children together. They knew that even if they tried their best, they might not let the old lady see it, so they symbolically gave each of them a jade pendant.
The old lady didn't see anything unusual at all, and still praised with a smile.
Next up is the younger generation.
First of all, Mei Junjie and his wife in the big house, they may have worked hard behind their backs, and the birthday gift they gave was a spinach-green jade screen, on which a picture of a pine crane prolonging life was carved.
Crane, regarded as a fairy in the folk, is a symbol of nobility and elegance, and the two kinds of immortals are combined, meaning that the old lady is as noble and long as a pine crane.
This crane birthday jade screen, the old lady also liked it very much, and praised it again and again. This made the eldest lady also add a lot of light to her face, and she couldn't help but glance at the second lady.
The second lady stood in place with no change on her face, but only she knew what was going on in her heart.
Originally, Mei Yixuan should have been the next, but Mei Yingxuan rushed ahead and insisted on speaking out in advance: "Grandmother, granddaughter is not talented, I prepared a congratulatory gift for my grandmother, I hope my grandmother likes it." ”
"Oh, what did Ying Xuan prepare?"
"Bring it up!" Mei Yingxuan waved her hand, and two brightly dressed and pretty maids below walked up carrying a table, and a maid behind her was holding a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.
Everyone saw that the second lady of the Mei family was preparing to compose poems and paintings on the spot, which couldn't help but arouse everyone's interest, and everyone turned their attention to the table.
Mei Yixuan was also interested, I don't know what kind of alternative way this one wants to attract the attention of everyone at the scene, and her eyes glanced at the men's seat intentionally or unintentionally, as if she wanted to attract the attention of the people over there. Could it be that someone is over there, is it Mei Yingxuan's favorite person?
Mei Yixuan didn't expect Mei Yingxuan to really have two strokes, only to see her splash ink, and with a wave of enthusiasm, she wrote a huge "longevity" on the unfolded white paper with little effort, and inscribed the words "Fu Ru Donghai, Shoubi Nanshan" next to it, and on it were "grandmother's fifty-five birthdays".
The two maids picked up the written text panel vertically, went around the field, and received a circle of praise.
Mei Yingxuan bowed to everyone, with a decent smile on the corner of her mouth, her bright eyes were as bright as stars, and she looked like a gentle and elegant lady.
Mei Yixuan secretly sneered, if everyone knew what kind of virtue this seemingly noble and gentle lady in front of them was, they didn't know how they would react. She doesn't have time to rectify her now, and in the future, she will let her know what will happen if she offends her Mei Yixuan.
Right now, Mei Yixuan was in no mood to pay attention to her, because it was her turn to give her birthday gift.
Mei Yixuan bowed with low eyebrows and bowed, and said to the old lady on the Taishi chair: "Granddaughter wishes grandmother the tree of life to be evergreen and the water of life to flow forever. The granddaughter had no other ability but to embroider a forehead for her grandmother by herself, hoping that her grandmother would like it. ”
As he spoke, Mei Yixuan stepped forward in person, holding the exquisite embroidery forehead in both hands, and handed it to the old lady.
Mama Gu, who was beside the old lady, bowed down and took the wipe of her forehead, and respectfully handed it to the old lady. The old lady looked at her forehead carefully and said approvingly: "Yes, you have a heart!"
"Thank you grandmother for compliment!" Mei Yixuan thanked respectfully and bowed down.
Next, the third lady Mei Suxuan and the children in the second room all presented their gifts, and Mei Yixuan was not in the mood to remember, she just hoped that the birthday banquet would end early, so that she could go back to her own courtyard to renovate the slave who betrayed her.
Unexpectedly, the end of the birthday greeting is the real beginning of the birthday banquet, some of the prepared high-ranking ladies have come to show their style at the birthday banquet one after another, each with their own unique skills, or play or sing or dance, the opposite male guest seat and the ladies of each province from time to time even whisper, evaluation. There are also those who have admiration for outstanding women, and they are secretly ready to test it after returning home, if both parties are interested, then today is not in vain.
Mei Yixuan only then knew why people from all over Kyoto came to participate in the birthday, it turned out that the drunkard did not mean to drink, and the birthday was actually a blind date meeting in disguise between men and women!