Chapter 13: The Soldiers Are Coming
In the next few days, the mansion was unusually calm, if it weren't for the occasional news of the Liu family's family from Qingxi's gossip, Ran Qiunian would have thought that the days had returned to the time when the Liu family had not yet been accepted into the mansion.
"There must be a demon when things go wrong, and I don't know what kind of bad Liu Yunyao has been holding back recently?"
Hearing Qingxi say, these days, Liu Yunyao is unexpectedly abnormal, she doesn't go to deliver soup to her grandmother every day, but she doesn't go out of the house, and she doesn't know what to make in the house, Ran Qiunian pursed her lips and turned a page of the book with her chin on her chin.
"No matter what crooked tricks she makes, Miss Ben's soldiers will come to block the water and cover the earth, and she will not be able to turn over the flowers."
"In a few days, it will be my grandmother's birthday, and there will be a big event in the house, so I have to prepare for the birthday in advance."
Ran Qiunian thought carefully about what gift she gave her grandmother at this time in her previous life, but she could only remember that this day was not so pleasant.
Ran Qiu thought about it, she forgot it, in her previous life, on the day of her grandmother's birthday, she announced in public the decision to marry Liu Rumei as her stepwife to the relatives and partners in the shopping mall who came to the banquet.
This time, my grandmother was very opposed to my father's marriage to Liu Rumei as his stepwife, and it stands to reason that the same thing should not happen again, but when she thought of her father's temperament, Ran Qiunian couldn't help but have a headache.
Whether the old thing will repeat itself is really hard to say.
"Miss, what's wrong with you?"
Qingxi saw that Ran Qiunian's face was getting worse and worse, so he hurriedly poured a cup of hot tea for Ran Qiunian.
"It's okay, I'm just worried about what birthday gift to give to my grandmother, it must be something that my grandmother likes."
Ran Qiu came back to his senses and covered up two sentences.
"As long as it's given by Miss, there's nothing the old lady doesn't like, and Miss doesn't have to worry too much."
Ran Qiunian nodded indiscriminately, stood up, and walked around the room, but his mind was also thinking about how to deal with Ran Lin's possible actions that day.
Speaking of birthday gifts for grandmothers...... With that, you can start with this!
"Qingxi, come here, on my grandmother's birthday, you go and help me find ......"
Ran Qiunian's eyes lit up, called Qingxi, and commanded a few words in her ear, Qingxi nodded again and again, and after getting the order, she went out of the house to help Ran Qiunian prepare things.
"Nian'er, what have you been doing mysteriously these days? I didn't even pay attention when I was reading a book. ”
Xiao Yin's errands in his hands have suddenly been reduced a lot, and the time he has been in the mansion has naturally become longer.
Thinking of Ran Qiunian's Spring Imperial Examination that he talked about every day, Xiao Yin spent most of his time in the study, and even so, he still took part of his time every day to check Ran Qiunian's homework.
"Big brother, it's really early to come today, have you eaten?"
As soon as Ran Qiunian saw Xiao Yin, she thought of the books she was reading under pressure, and her head began to ache faintly, she hurriedly laughed, and came to Xiao Yin's side with her eyes, trying to delay some time.
"You girl, just read a few pages of the book, how can you go back and forth like a sentence, you really don't like it, why don't you give up?"
Xiao Yin originally wanted Ran Qiunian to be able to read a few more words, at least to reach the basic level of the young lady, to be able to read the accounts, and not to let people be fooled in the deed.
Ran Qiu learned very quickly, and basically mastered all those things, but he still gritted his teeth and insisted on learning every day. This is what Xiao Yin is most puzzled about.
"Nian'er doesn't like to read, but what my grandmother and eldest brother said are right, Nian'er is the young lady of the Ran family, and of course the more you learn these things, the better. Besides, even that Liu Yunyao can do it, I don't want her to see my jokes. ”
I'm afraid that the last sentence is the voice of my heart, Xiao Yin didn't debunk Ran Qiunian, seeing that this girl was very firm-hearted, she also appreciated her a little more in her heart.
"You are Miss Ran, you don't have to compare with others."
Xiao Yin rubbed Ran Qiunian's hair, took out Mr. Chunqiu's notes, and continued to explain to Ran Qiunian.
Ran Qiunian touched the hair that had been rubbed by Xiao Yin just now, and was a little flattered by Xiao Yin's rare closeness, she was stunned for a while, and was soon attracted by the wonderful content of Xiao Yin's story, and listened to it with relish.
In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the birthday of the old lady of Ran Mansion, and the house was full of joy early in the morning, and the servants were busy, and at lunchtime, the relatives and friends who came to the banquet came to the door one after another to send congratulatory gifts.
Ran Lin wanted to greet the guests in person, and several juniors in the house who had taken over the family industry were also called together to help, and Xiao Yin was also called to the front hall.
It was rare for Ran Qiunian to be idle alone, but he didn't look relaxed and leisurely.
I saw that she couldn't stay walking around the room at her feet, looking at the door from time to time, as if waiting for someone.
"Miss, Miss!"
Qingxi's voice made Ran Qiunian's footsteps pause, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly ran to the door and whispered to Qingxi, who was walking quickly towards him:
"How's it going, everything is arranged, right?"
"It's all arranged, this time the old lady's birthday, the eldest lady's birthday gift is definitely a unique wonderful, and it will definitely win the applause of the house."
Qingxi thought of the things that the eldest lady had ordered him to arrange, and his eyes couldn't help but light up a little.
"That's good, listen to my command when the time comes, and now let's go to my grandmother to congratulate you on a happy birthday."
After listening to Qingxi's words, the big stone in Ran Qiunian's heart was half lowered, and then he was relieved to pull someone to go to his grandmother to stay.
Today, the old lady changed into a new dress, and sat in the hall in good spirits, Ran Qiu Nian didn't go early, and there were already many ladies and wives who came to congratulate in the hall.
Liu Yunyao was also among them, sitting with Liu Rumei in the middle of the hall, next to the Sanfang family.
Ran Qiunian saw Liu Yunyao at a glance, although she changed into her favorite white clothes on weekdays today, she was still dressed in plain clothes.
I have to say that Liu Yunyao is very good at how to dress up to highlight her own advantages, she is not suitable for strong colors, she is dressed in plain clothes, and I feel very sorry when she looks at it.
"Grandmother, today is your birthday, Yun Yao heard that grandmother likes to worship Buddha, so she deliberately closed the door for a month and prepared a hand-copied Buddhist scripture for her grandmother, hoping that grandmother can like this birthday gift, and also hope that the gods and Buddhas will bless grandmother with good life and health, and the pine crane will be evergreen."
No wonder there is no one to see these days, it turned out to be a recede in the house to copy Buddhist scriptures.
Ran Qiunian knew that Liu Yunyao, a woman, would never know how to converge so easily, I was afraid that it was difficult to impress the old lady with food, so she turned to work the birthday ceremony to please the old lady.
I have to say that Liu Yunyao's trick is not bad, this gift is indeed prepared very carefully, and it is also sent to the old lady's heart.
"Bring it up and I'll take a look." As soon as the old lady heard the things sent by Liu Yunyao and saw the thick Buddhist scriptures, she knew that the person who copied the scriptures had definitely spent a lot of thoughts, and suddenly her tough attitude softened a little.
"I really have a heart, Ginkgo, and I appreciate the red envelope."
Although the old lady didn't have a good impression of Liu Yunyao's identity, she was attracted by the beautiful handwriting on this Buddhist scripture, and she couldn't put it down a little bit because of this hand-copied Buddhist scripture.
People of her age have never seen anything good, and the most rare thing about this gift is a heart, and Liu Yunyao's gift is unique in that pair of gold and silver jewelry.
"Thank you, Grandmother."
Liu Yunyao's heart was overjoyed, but she pretended to be generous and decent, and stepped forward to worship her birthday and receive the reward in a soft voice, she sat back in her position and secretly pinched it with her hand, some bead-like hard objects, Liu Yunyao had a number in her heart, and she couldn't help but smile a little arrogantly on her face.
The old lady rewarded him very generously, and when she gave it a reward, it was a bag of golden beans. Liu Yunyao compared the juniors of the Ran family who had given gifts before, and the reward she received was the most generous.
This greatly satisfied Liu Yunyao's vanity.
"Sister Liu is really attentive, such a thick Buddhist scripture, I'm afraid it will take a whole month to copy, no wonder my grandmother likes it so much."
Ran Susu, the third-room sister sitting next to her, glanced at the reward in Liu Yunyao's hand, and couldn't help but speak with some envy.
"If you can do your filial piety for your grandmother, Yun Yao will be satisfied."
Liu Yunyao saw that the young lady of the third room, who was still ignoring her, took the initiative to talk to her because of the change in the old lady's attitude towards her, and suddenly became even more determined to please the old lady.
"Grandmother, Nian'er is late, grandmother isn't angry with Nian'er, right?"
Ran Qiu Nian saw that Liu Yunyao had finished sending the congratulatory gift, and he became angry with a pretentious look, and when everyone was focusing on the gift given by Liu Yunyao, he made a voice to attract everyone's attention.
"Nian'er, I'm still thinking about why you can't come back as a girl, you used to be the most lively. Come, come to Grandmother. ”
As soon as the old lady saw that her favorite granddaughter was coming, she didn't care about the Buddhist scriptures sent by Liu Yunyao, put it in her hand, and reached out to call Ran Qiu to read it.
"Grandmother, Nian'er wishes my grandmother a happy birthday, and she smiles always without worries."
Ran Qiunian snuggled into her grandmother's arms with ease, smiling and coquettishly to her grandmother.
"You narrow girl, grandmother is happy to see you, and naturally she smiles. This congratulatory message is fresh, appropriate to the occasion, ginkgo, and red envelopes. ”
Ran Qiu Nian smiled and took an identical golden bean red envelope from Ginkgo biloba, glanced over Liu Yunyao under the seat, flipped the golden bean red envelope in his hand twice, and stuffed it to Qingxi behind him indifferently.
"Thank you, Grandmother."
Liu Yunyao didn't expect that she had worked hard to copy the scriptures for a month in exchange for such a reward, and when she came to Ran Qiunian, it was just a few words of effort, and she could get exactly the same reward.
Liu Yunyao suddenly felt that the reward in her hand was a little ridiculous, her face was hot, she only felt that there were mocking eyes all around, and the red envelope that she was holding in the palm of her hand became hot at this time, and she clenched the red envelope all of a sudden.
"Miss Ran is really still the most favored, no matter how hard others try, they can't catch up, I really don't know what grandmother likes about that girl."
Ran Susu jealously glanced at Ran Qiunian, who was holding the moon in the stars, and then glanced at Liu Yunyao, who had a somewhat bad face, and was a little gloating.