Chapter 165: The Bracelet
Cen Hongmian saw that Cen Xiyan performed well, although it was expected, but he was secretly relieved, through getting along all the way back to Beijing, he really appreciated this sixth sister, not very old, but not arrogant, calm and intelligent, although he grew up in the countryside, he did not see the slightest childishness, compared to other sisters in the mansion, he was more friendly, and he was very comfortable to get along.
Cen Hongmian smiled at Cen Xiyan and blinked, Cen Xiyan smiled back, then turned his gaze away and listened intently to what Old Taijun Cen said.
Looking at the appearance of the old lady Cen, it seemed that she did not mean to recognize people for the time being, and Cen Xiyan was not in a hurry, so he concentrated on answering the old lady's words, and no longer looked elsewhere.
Jingshuang and Yingxue were blessed with Cen Xiyan as early as when they were luggage, and then quietly retreated to the corner, they tried their best to reduce their sense of existence, but they were actually quietly observing these people in the room.
Cen Lao Taijun and Cen Xiyan's ancestor and grandson only said a few words, and soon, two more groups of people came.
One is a plain lady, in her forties, very dignified and beautiful, but her temperament is too cold, and there is almost no expression on her beautiful face, as if she is wearing a mask, and she does not vent half of her emotions.
When this woman came in, Cen Xiyan heard that there was a subordinate outside, saying that the eldest lady was coming, and she knew that this was her father Cen Fu's main wife, Li.
In the information given by the moon to Cen Xiyan, Cen Xiyan knew that the eldest lady of Cen Mansion, Li, had been worshipping the Buddha behind closed doors for many years, and usually only recited scriptures and copied scriptures in her courtyard behind closed doors, rarely went out, and did not care about anything.
I saw that she saluted Mrs. Cen and said hello, and then she didn't look at Cen Biao, so she walked straight to her own place and sat down, like a statue, her eyes were silent.
The people in Cen Mansion were obviously used to the appearance of the Li family, and the girl served her tea, so she quietly stepped back and stood up.
When Cen Xiyan was considering whether to stand up and greet the eldest lady Li, another person came in outside, it was a young man about eighteen or nineteen years old, who was fair-skinned and handsome, chic and graceful, but a pair of peach blossom eyes flashed, looking a little frivolous, walking with weak soles of his feet, unstable under the plate, should not be good at martial arts.
The men of the Cen family practice martial arts more and take the road of military attaché, Cen Hongmian is the only special case, he broke out of the career path of a civil official, looking at the person in front of him who looks like a gentleman, Cen Xiyan thought about it for a while, and then he knew that this should be the fourth young master Cen Hongyu, who is the most useless of Cen Fu's three sons!
Sure enough, when Cen Biao saw Cen Hongyu coming in, his brows furrowed involuntarily, his eyes stared at him sharply, Cen Hongyu was so frightened that he was scared, and the mouse saw a cat, so he hurriedly and obediently asked the old lady and Cen Biao to say goodbye, and then obediently retreated to the side.
At this time, Mrs. Cen suddenly smiled and took off a permeable green bracelet from her wrist, pulled Cen Xiyan's hand, and put it on her wrist.
Cen Xiyan thought of the position where her wrist was close to her elbow, and she also brought an enamel bracelet that she had never left since she was a child, that thing seemed to be the key to her crossing, but she had never understood it, for so many years, she never let people touch that bracelet, at this moment, she was afraid of being touched by Cen Lao Taijun, so she reflexively wanted to withdraw her hand.
However, the idea of shrinking her hand only flashed in her heart, Cen Xiyan immediately stabilized herself, did not let herself dodge, the old lady successfully put the jade bracelet on her wrist, because the position of the sleeve was low, and she did not touch the enamel bracelet hidden in the sleeve.
The old lady's behavior made several ladies and young ladies present change their faces, and Cen Xiyan noticed that someone stared at the jade bracelet on her wrist fiercely.
"Grandmother, this is too precious......" Cen Xiyan said. Cen Xiyan is a knowledgeable person, this bracelet, at first glance, is the best old pit glass emerald, and it is still some years old!
She was really surprised that Mrs. Cen would give her such a valuable meeting gift.
Not only Cen Xiyan was surprised, but many people present were very surprised, the old lady's personal big girl Xia He, opened her mouth in surprise, and tried to close it again, earlier, the old lady obviously only needed to shake a golden step to Miss Six as a gift, and let her keep it, and put it in the box behind her, why did the old lady suddenly change her mind? !
"Six girls, I've been out there all these years, I've suffered you, and now I'm back, don't see outside, this house is full of your relatives, this bracelet is just a gift for my granddaughter as a grandmother, you can take it with peace of mind." Old Mrs. Cen took Cen Xiyan's hand, her tone was very kind, and her face was very kind, just like an ordinary grandmother who really loved her granddaughter.
"The granddaughter is grateful to her grandmother for the reward." Cen Xiyan smiled affectionately and generously accepted the bracelet.
She is not obvious on the surface, generous and calm, but in fact, she has secretly sounded the alarm in her heart! She doesn't think that Mrs. Cen behaved like this because she got the eyes of the old lady, and she really loved her granddaughter, if she really loved her, would she almost ignore her for ten years? A woman like Mrs. Cen who has lived in a deep mansion in Gaomen all her life, but she is an old man, what is this old lady's idea? What is she calculating?
"Okay." Old Mrs. Cen nodded with a smile, and then said: "The sixth girl was still young when she left the house, and many people are afraid that they don't remember it, right?" The people in the mansion are almost all here now, so take a look. ”
Cen Xiyan agreed, got up, next to each other, recognized a circle of people, and also received a bunch of meeting gifts, because Cen Lao Taijun gave Cen Xiyan the best jade bracelet, others naturally did not dare to give too light gifts, some people prepared things before were not valuable enough, so they reluctantly took off hairpins, jade pendants and other objects from their bodies, Cen Xiyan did not refuse, and received things one by one.
Among them, the gift of the eldest lady Li is the most special, which is a string of Venus small leaf red sandalwood Buddha beads, which were not taken from her body, but taken from the hands of the first middle-aged maid standing behind her, which seems to have been prepared for a long time.
After receiving a circle of gifts and recognizing a circle of people, Cen Xiyan finally matched the information about Cen Mansion in the information that Moonlight gave her.
The development of the Cen family for several generations has many branches, but in this generation, there are only three rooms in the lineage, Cen Biao is the eldest son of the lineage, inheriting the title, his wife, sons and daughters are naturally all from the big house, and the Cen family present now is also mostly from the big house.