Chapter 15: The Gift
Xiao Lan'er really didn't know how to tell the girl in front of her that she was going to celebrate her birthday without a gift, didn't she embarrass herself?
Tao Xiushui understood the meaning of the person in front of her, but she still smiled and walked in calmly. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
When he was about to enter the house, his sleeve was pulled by Xiao Lan'er and said, "If you don't want to go in without a gift, I'll go to my brother to help you figure out a way."
Tao Xiushui thanked this young lady for thinking about her.
Shaking his head, "No, I have a way, let's go!" ”
Xiao Lan'er saw that the face of the person in front of her was flat, overflowing with confidence, and she shook her head powerlessly and said nothing.
The first time the two met, they hadn't reached the point of being too familiar, and some things were not easy to say.
Tao Xiushui entered the old lady's house, and saw that there were more people in the room than just now, twice as many as just now.
In the Prime Minister's Mansion before, she had never seen so many people.
I didn't squeeze forward, I just found a position to stand on at the back.
Listening to the people in front of me laughing happily:
"Our brother's gift to the ancestor is really interesting, it is a big tiger pillow, and it really coaxes our ancestor as a child"
"That's knowing that our ancestors don't lack anything, this is what my brother personally described, and let Xiuniang do it"
"Yes, ancestor, this is a piece of filial piety from my brother"
Tao Xiushui listened to the chirping of the people in front of him, and guessed that this brother might be the one who studied in the capital.
It's really interesting to be able to give this thing to my grandmother, and to see this person's heart.
Mrs. Tao, who was sitting on the high platform in front, smiled from ear to ear when she listened to everyone's praise, and asked the mother-in-law below, "Brother said when will you come back?"
Mrs. Tao stood aside and hurriedly said:
"Mother, my brother said in the letter that his homework is tight during this time, and he may not be able to come back until the Chinese New Year."
"Alas! It's going to take so long, but it's okay to let him stay there a little longer, just to read more."
"That's what the lord said."
While a few people were talking, they heard a rough and rough old male voice snort vigorously:
"Gu Ran sent this broken thing, and Dalang thought of it, so I said that I would let my Erlang also be a companion, but you are not allowed, this time it's okay, my brother doesn't even have a person to discuss in Beijing, so there is someone to give this gift to my grandmother."
After the sound, there was silence in the room.
Old Mrs. Tao said first: "Second master, this is my big day, can you not say these troublesome words, I like my brother to send me this thing, what's wrong?"
"It's up to you whether you like it or not, and I'll tell you the truth"
"You don't look at your Erlang is a ......, forget it, I won't say more in front of these guests today, you go to the male guest to find someone to chat, don't make me angry here"
Tao Xiushui listened to the two of them, and deliberately stood on tiptoe to look inside.
Only then did she realize that next to the old lady's hand, there was an old man.
This man is unusually thin, his cheeks are sunken, his eyes are big and his nose is protruding, his hair is gray, and he looks like this man is not careful.
But at this time, she was able to find trouble with the old lady, and she secretly laughed a little in her heart.
This is the first time Tao Xiushui has seen the second old lady at this time, and he just knew that this is not the right match with the old lady
At this point, the atmosphere in the room was extremely awkward.
Mrs. Tao didn't dare to interject casually when talking to her elders.
After a short time, I listened to the old lady Xiao who was sitting on the side:
"Second old lady, the old man of my family is here today, why don't you talk to him"
"Go, why don't you go, I have something to find Brother Xiao!"
When the man had finished speaking, he got up and walked away.
Only the heavy exhalation of the crowd was heard.
It seems that this second old lady is very difficult.
Old Mrs. Xiao rounded the field again and said, "Old sister, why don't you continue to accept gifts from your grandchildren, but the children are waiting?"
"Yes, grandmother, my eldest brother is not here, isn't there still my little grandson?"
An eleven or twelve-year-old child, who stood in front of the old lady at some point, raised his cute little face and said crisply.
Mrs. Tao smiled with satisfaction, "Thank you old sister for helping me out, you also know the temper of the second old lady, if there is no old sister to deal with it today, this one will not go away so easily"
"Say a kind word, hurry up, the grandchildren are waiting"
Old Mrs. Xiao still spoke kindly.
"Okay, it's our turn Junying, what gift did you prepare for Grandmother!"
"Since the eldest brother prepared it is strange, of course mine is not bad" Tao Junying smiled and asked the mother-in-law next to him to get his own gift.
After that, everyone didn't care what Tao Xiushui took, she was thinking about the second old lady.
If she doesn't have an old lady as a backer in this family, the second old lady doesn't know if she can help her.
Later, she heard Qingzhu say that the Tao family has many branches.
They are all an ancestor, and they used to be a big family doing business together.
But never made a penny in those years.
Later, since he came to Mrs. Tao's generation, he advocated dividing the family.
After that, they went their separate ways and started their own businesses.
But the strange thing is that none of those branches have started a business, only Master Tao has grown the family business.
Until now, all the side branches have lacked jealousy, and they are looking for trouble every now and then.
It seems that these branches also want to get a piece of the pie in Master Tao.
At this time, Tao Xiushui was thinking about his thoughts, and before he thought about it, he heard someone shouting, "Tao Xiushui, I don't know if you have prepared any gifts for your grandmother today, you won't come empty-handed!"
The crowd heard only a burst of laughter.
Tao Xiushui was taken aback when she heard this, she didn't expect it to be her turn so soon.
In the past few days, she has already thought about it, and the gift to this old lady can't come up with something substantial, after all, she is now depressed and can't have money.
It's better to think about it and get something spiritual.
In the past, although she was the concubine of the Prime Minister's Mansion, she read and read with her sister-in-law.
The two were taught by a gentleman named Han Won in Kyungchu.
This person used to be a strong man, but he resigned because of an emotional blow.
At that time, her prime minister's father cherished his talents, so he personally recruited this person to the mansion, and taught a few people in the mansion to read and learn calligraphy when he had nothing to do.
This person is very knowledgeable, and Tao Xiushui also learned well at that time.
However, in order not to embarrass her aunt, she didn't dare to be better than the eldest lady in anything.
No matter whether you read or write, it's a mess on the surface.
Although Han Won is a sixty-year-old man, he has a unique vision.
knew that she was deliberately clumsy, but she never broke it.
Only every time she leaves homework, she will be specially given a point or two.
Among them, writing was taught to her by Mr. Han himself.
So in private, no one knew that she had written a good hand.
At that time, in order to express the depression in her heart, she wrote as long as she couldn't sleep.
Writing daytime characters on a dark day, I really practiced the words well.
Although it is not comparable to Mr. Confucian Gongming of the current dynasty, it is almost the same.
So Tao Xiushui has already thought about the gift he wants to give.
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Happy Week!