Chapter Twenty-Eight: Asking Her to Be Embarrassed
Wearing a newly made dress, Sun Qing knelt in front of the old lady of the General's Mansion according to the rules.
In order to celebrate this grand day, Sun Qianzhong sent invitations to all the wealthy families in Chujing, inviting them to come together to celebrate the old lady's birthday.
On the main seat of the inner room, the old lady sat gracefully and luxuriously, and her kind smile soaked through her eyes. "Okay, okay, get up."
Zhu sat in the head position with a smile, except for her, the other positions were full of noble ladies with various colors of gold and jade, with thousands of manners, but these Sun Qingyi didn't know them.
Blessed to all the ladies present, she obediently stood up and stepped aside.
As the concubine of the General's Mansion, she must stand here.
The sound of gongs and drums outside, the sound of laughter came from afar, and the General's Mansion had always been quiet, and such a lively scene made the old lady can't help but be overjoyed.
She stood as far back as she could, looked around the inner room carefully, and then looked boredly at the tips of her shoes.
There was no Sun Qingwen on such an important occasion, and if she missed such a good performance scene, she had no place to cry.
However, these people chatting are too boring, as if chatting for the sake of chatting, and the seemingly harmonious and comfortable atmosphere makes Sun Qing panic.
She tried to narrow her presence, but she was noticed.
"Old lady, this is the daughter of the General's Mansion, right? looks like the deceased Mrs. Zun, who is carved out of the same mold. A lady smiled kindly.
The corners of Sun Qingyi's mouth twitched, the white of her eyes kept rolling in her heart, and a shy smile appeared on her face.
This woman didn't go out with a brain, what kind of deceased lady did she mention on such a festive day?
Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, not only the old lady, but also Zhu's expression was a little strange, and she nodded unnaturally, trying to divert the topic.
"Grandmother, Qingwen is here to celebrate your birthday!" Before the people arrived, the sound had already reached the inner room, but the sound as crisp as a silver bell successfully attracted everyone's attention.
Dressed in a blue emerald cigarette shirt, a pleated skirt with scattered flowers, mist and green grass, and a light blue emerald water thin smoke veil, she portrayed her coquettishness and liveliness to the extreme.
As soon as he saw Sun Qingwen, Zhu immediately smiled, and then said angrily: "Wenwen, on such an important occasion today, you are not allowed to mess around like in the past."
Sun Qingwen immediately lowered her head knowingly, her pink face was a little shy, and she nodded slightly, "It's not because I'm too happy that I want my grandmother to see the gift that my granddaughter has carefully prepared for her." ”
"Okay, don't teach the child today." The old lady sat on the first place and said with a smile that at her age, what she wanted to see most was a harmonious family.
And the other ladies also set their eyes on Sun Qingwen, wanting to see what gifts she had prepared for the old lady.
"Grandmother, this is a white jade Guanyin that my granddaughter bought after running all over Chujing." Sun Qingwen took a beautifully carved box from the handmaiden's hand as if offering a treasure.
This white jade Guanyin is not big, but at a glance, you can see that it is not an ordinary market product, and the lifelike carving technique makes Guanyin like a shrunken living person.
Who doesn't know that the old lady loves to stay in the Buddhist hall in her spare time, and this gift is appropriate.
"The old lady is really blessed to have such a filial granddaughter."
"That's right, Second Miss Sun's boudoir name is well-known in Chujing, and the old lady is still worried that after the second miss participates in the Shangsi Festival next year, countless noble children will come to the door to propose marriage."
"This is the old lady's blessing!"
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Everyone should praise kindly, so that the old lady smiled proudly, who didn't want to listen to good words, nodded with satisfaction again and again, and praised Sun Qingwen as her good granddaughter.
Sun Qingyi looked at all this with a faint smile, this one made Sun Qingwen earn enough face.
Holding her head proudly, Sun Qingwen walked quickly to the old lady, holding her arm affectionately, like a pair of very close grandchildren in the eyes of outsiders.
"Hey, sister, what good things did you send to your grandmother?" Suddenly, Sun Qingwen turned her head to Sun Qingyi and asked, her big eyes full of cunning.
The Zhu family seized her moon silver, even if she wanted to buy anything for the old lady, she was stretched, she just wanted to ask it when there were so many people, so that she would lose face.
"My sister laughed, of course my sister's gift is not as precious as what you gave to your grandmother." Sun Qingyi replied indifferently, didn't she just want to make a fool of herself? But it won't let her get her wish.
"But my sister is so curious, can my sister let my sister take a look?" She had already seen that today was a good opportunity, and asked reluctantly.
There are many ladies from well-to-do families here, and maybe next year's Shangshi Festival will have the participation of the sons of these families, and it is not certain that she will be able to fly on the branches at that time.
Sun Qingyi just smiled faintly and didn't say anything, her attitude was already obvious, she didn't want to take it out.
But such a refusal became a cover in Sun Qingwen's eyes, it must be because she couldn't take the gift she gave, so she had to give it to her grandmother in private, but how could she let her go so easily.
"Sister, you can take it out for us to appreciate and appreciate, who doesn't know that the eldest lady of the General's Mansion is a talented girl who is proficient in everything." Sun Qingwen said proudly word by word.
Talented? No, Sun Qingyi should be a well-known daughter of no talent, and she was even used as a negative teaching material, becoming an example of a wealthy family educating their daughters.
Not only did she want to see it, but she also asked others to watch it together.
Sun Qingyi hooked the corners of her mouth disdainfully, she didn't want to slap Sun Qingwen in the face so directly, but who made her so blind.
In her opinion, the birthday picture embroidered by Cheng Xue is much more meaningful than the expensive white jade Guanyin.
"Then please help me get it." Sun Qingyi turned around quietly and said to Lu'er, who was standing behind her, with a gentle and generous demeanor.
Midori nodded, turned around and went to the inner room.
This makes Sun Qingwen very angry, pretending to be a lady, obviously a child with a mother and no mother, and she will pretend to be tall at nothing.
She looked forward to seeing the gifts she had prepared, and would laugh at her when the time came.
Except for the gifts from the guests in the hall outside, the gifts given by the ladies were all put in the inner room by Lu'er, and after a short time she entered, she took out a piece of embroidered cloth and opened it in front of the old lady and the ladies.
"This is a birthday gift from the eldest lady to the old lady." Lu'er said softly in a gentle voice.