"My daughter Qi Duxue and her fiancé Yang Hong will get married after the Chinese New Year, and it is finally possible but I hope that everyone can come and bless them at that time. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info "The old man Qi Taishan said loudly with some excitement, whether it was hypocrisy or what, everyone in the audience was also very face-saving, and for a while, Yang Hong and Qi Duxue became the focus of the scene again.

Yang Hong, who accepted everyone's blessings, moved in his heart, looked at the crowd, and saw Jiang Manwen standing there with a complicated expression.

Although he hadn't seen each other for less than a month, when he saw Jiang Manwen again, Yang Hong's heart trembled and found that Jiang Manwen was obviously thinner than before, and the whole person seemed to have lost its original brilliance and looked dull.

Facing Yang Hong's eyes, Jiang Manwen's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly took a step back, hid behind a tall man, and hid himself.

Seeing Jiang Manwen's action, Yang Hong was stunned for a moment, it was hard to imagine that this would be something that the confident and wise female deputy mayor could get out, this kind of evasive action was very inconsistent with her personality and style.

The two of them met again, but it was such a situation, which made Yang Hong sigh in his heart, but also secretly guilty.

He didn't expect Jiang Manwen to be present today, otherwise, he would rather be absent from the birthday banquet of the old man Qi Taishan, rather than let Jiang Manwen hurt even more because of this.

After the old man Qi Taishan finished speaking, the birthday banquet officially began, and all kinds of desserts and delicacies, as well as fine wines, were brought up.

When everyone was tasting the food and wine, the Qi family began to present the gifts they had prepared to the old man Qi Taishan, which was also one of the highlights of the birthday banquet.

The rules of the birthday banquet in each place are different, if there is a powerful or rich person in S City for a birthday, in the case of inviting many people, other people's birthday gifts will be collected in advance by special people and placed in a special gift room, while juniors or family members are to be offered in public at the birthday party.

This tradition has been inherited for hundreds of years in S City, which is not only a kind of family heritage, but also a manifestation of who has filial piety, according to legend, this tradition comes from the inner courtyard of the palace, when the emperor celebrates his birthday, all the princes will do everything possible to offer the best birthday gifts.

Yang Hong maintained a sneering attitude towards this situation, and in his opinion, this is the way rich people show off.

The clansmen belonging to the Qi family have sent congratulatory gifts to the old man of Qi Taishan, these congratulatory gifts have been specially and carefully packaged, and the things inside are also very good, some of which are even worth a lot of money.

Soon it was the turn of the two sisters, Qi Hong and Qi Shan, to give birthday gifts, the two girls twisted their waists, shook their hips, stepped forward, and when they passed by Yang Hong and Qi Duxue, they also deliberately glanced at the two of them provocatively, each holding a beautifully packaged gift box in their hands.

"Qi Hong, Qi Shan, congratulations to the old man on his good health, as blessed as the East China Sea, and longevity than Nanshan." Coming to the old man Qi Taishan, the two girls said in unison, as if rehearsed, put the gift box in their hands on the table, and opened the box at the same time, revealing the gifts hidden inside.

"It's!" Seeing the two stones in the box, everyone was stunned for a moment, and as the two women took out the two stones and put them together, everyone suddenly realized.

Among the two stones, any one looks unsightly and ugly, but when these two stones are put together, it is just a longevity character, which is atmospheric and innovative at a glance.

"Okay, if I'm not mistaken, these should be two top-grade Shoushan stones."

"Shoushan stone is a good thing, not to mention being able to combine two pieces into one Shou character, this is definitely a rare treasure."

Seeing the longevity character composed of these two Shoushan stones, everyone at the scene immediately burst into cheers and applauded, so that Qi Hong and Qi Shan were immediately proud like little roosters, raising their heads and chests, and the original distressing thoughts disappeared.

In order to get these two Shoushan stones, they also spent a lot of effort, in order to create this effect at this birthday banquet, it seems that they are bringing such a valuable thing to give a birthday gift to the old man Qi Taishan, but in fact, they are deliberately demolishing the stage.

If the gifts given by Qi Duxue and Yang Hong are not as good as the Shoushan Stone they sent, then both the old man Qi Taishan himself and Qi Duxue will be very embarrassed, after all, she is the old man's daughter.

Qi Taiguang, who is the father of two daughters, also showed his face fiercely, walked triumphantly to the front, raised his head in front of the old man Qi Taishan and said proudly: "Cousin, I don't know if the nieces gave you this Shoushan stone Shou character, are you satisfied with it." ”

Glancing at Qi Taiguang, who had been haunted by the small-bellied chicken intestines, the old man Qi Taishan smiled indifferently and said: "Of course, no matter what kind of gift you give, as long as it is a gift for my birthday, I like it." ”

"Hehe, that's right." Qi Taiguang smiled proudly, thinking that this was an excuse for the old man Qi Taishan to give himself again, so he turned his eyes to Qi Duxue and Yang Hong, and said with a smile: "I don't know what kind of gifts Duxue niece and her fiancé have prepared for you, and let us appreciate how filial she is as a girl." ”

Originally, seeing Qi Hong and Qi Shan take out these two pieces together to form a Shoushan stone, which is worth a lot of money, Qi Duxue felt bad in her heart, and when she heard Qi Taiguang's words at this time, she was even more sure that the father and daughter must have been prepared early in the morning, wanting to embarrass their family at this birthday banquet.

Originally, according to Qi Duxue's idea, she wanted to carve a jade longevity character for her father, but the Shoushan stone longevity character taken by Qi Hong and Qi Shan's two daughters, whether it was novelty or value, was a grade worse, if she really came out with such a gift, it would not only be her own face, but even the old man's face would be damaged, and the guests present would definitely talk about it, even if they didn't say anything, they would definitely take this matter as a joke behind their backs.

Thinking of this, Qi Duxue secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but she couldn't help but look at Yang Hong with a sense of worry in her heart.

Regarding the birthday ceremony, she kept asking Yang Hong what it was, but Yang Hong always said that it hadn't arrived yet, and she would naturally be able to see it on the day of the birthday banquet.

"Don't worry, I've got you covered." Stretched out his hand and patted Qi Duxue's jade hand, Yang Hong comforted in a low voice, felt the convergence of everyone's eyes, and calmly raised his head and smiled: "You should be Uncle Qi Taiguang, I didn't expect you to be so interested in the birthday gifts of the two of us, people who don't know still think it's your old man's birthday, don't worry, when your old man's birthday, we will definitely give a big gift." ”

Qi Taiguang, who was a little proud and ready to watch a good show, changed his face slightly, but at such an age, he still had a little bit of the city, and soon returned to the appearance of a kind elder again: "Hehe, it is worthy of being the son-in-law selected by my eldest brother, and he must have prepared a very precious birthday gift for the old man, you see, everyone is waiting here, let's take it out quickly and let us have a look." ”

"Yes, yes, let's see what kind of birthday gift it is, whether there is that Shoushan stone."

I don't know if it was Qi Taiguang's deliberate helper, or if it was unintentional, after Qi Taiguang finished speaking, someone immediately shouted.

When a person shouted such words, it immediately aroused the thoughts of other people present to watch the excitement, and everyone else who was idle and had nothing to do also shouted along, looking like they didn't think it was a big deal.

Looking at Yang Hong and Qi Duxue, who were still indifferent in the midst of everyone's shouting, Qi Taiguang and his two daughters couldn't help but steal joy in their hearts.

"Oh, Sister Twilight, you didn't forget to prepare a birthday gift for your uncle, did you?" Qi Hong pretended to be surprised and said, his eyes scanning the hands of Yang Hong and Qi Duxue.

Hearing this, everyone at the scene immediately looked at the two of them and found that the two of them did not take any gifts, and the scene was quiet for a while.

With so many people coming to celebrate the birthday of the old man Qi Taishan, if the daughter didn't even bring a gift, it would be really unusual.

"Hehe, I think they probably don't have the face to take out the gifts they prepared, if it's not as good as that Shoushan stone, the face of Old Man Qi's family will be lost."

"However, I can't say it if I don't prepare a gift, it will become a joke when the time comes, I have to say that this move of Qi Taiguang's father and daughter is really a bit ruthless."

"That's right, I heard that the relationship between Qi Taiguang and the old man Qi Taishan has always been very bad, there were contradictions when he was young, and this time at the birthday banquet, he put such a heavy amount of blood, it seems that he deliberately made the old man Qi Taishan's family ugly."

After a short silence, the crowd of onlookers immediately began to discuss, and Qi Taiguang's father and daughter stared at Yang Hong and Qi Duxue triumphantly and gloatingly, as if they were forcing the two to make a statement.

In the eyes of the three of them, whether it is a father or a daughter, they have been pressed by the old man Qi Taishan and Qi Duxue for so many years, and today they finally created this opportunity.

Qi Duxue, who was standing next to Yang Hong, was nervous and anxious to hold Yang Hong's hand, she was afraid that Yang Hong would really forget to take the birthday gift, but after looking up and seeing Yang Hong's calm appearance, her heart was inexplicably calmer.

"It's coming!" Just when everyone in the audience was talking, Qi Taiguang and the two women were ready to continue to ask, and the old man Qi Taishan was also secretly anxious and trying to figure out how to round the field, Yang Hong, who was standing there, whispered softly.

Some people who were relatively close around looked at Yang Hong with strange expressions when they heard this, and just when they didn't understand the meaning of his words, at the door of the open-air banquet hall, a tall and strong figure walked in from outside.

"Excuse me, please excuse me." The dull and thick voice sounded, and the gathered crowd, hearing the prestige, the tall and strong figure exuded an inexplicable sense of oppression, which made these social elites, who were used to arrogance on weekdays, swallow a mouthful of saliva, and hurriedly dodged a road without daring to stop it.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Yang, I'm late." The tall and sturdy figure came to Yang Hong all the way unimpeded, and apologized guiltily.

"It's okay, you're just in time." Glancing at the martial idiot Ma Zhenhu, Yang Hong waved his hand absently and said, "How is it, have you brought something?" ”

"Yes, here's the thing." Martial idiot Ma Zhenhu hurriedly handed a rectangular ordinary package in his hand to Yang Hong respectfully.

After finishing his work, the martial idiot Ma Zhenhu nodded at Qi Duxue, and after saying hello, he stood behind Yang Hong like a bodyguard.

Patting Qi Duxue's jade hand, Yang Hong turned his head and glanced at the three Qi Taiguang women who were a little stunned, and his eyes finally fell on the old man Qi Taishan: "I'm sorry, Uncle Qi, I made you wait for a long time, but I finally caught up, this is the birthday gift that I and Duxue prepared today, I hope you can laugh." With that, he stepped forward and placed the ordinary rectangular package on the table.

"Okay, you two have a heart." The old man Qi Taishan nodded with a smile on his face, he didn't care what the gift was, and the two of them made him happy.

This novel is from Reading Books