Chapter Ninety-Eight: Congratulatory Gifts
"What about the Wu family?" Li Ruo immediately asked, the eldest princess of Yongle sent a congratulatory gift, the Wu family will not send it, Mama Hong stretched out her head slightly to look at a bunch of congratulatory gifts, and was about to answer, when a timid report came from the little girl outside: "Old lady, the Wu family sent someone to send a congratulatory gift." ”
Mama Hong turned her head to look at Mrs. Chen, whose face was even more ugly, Li Ruo sat sideways on the edge of the kang, took the beauty beat, and knocked Mrs. Chen's leg while persuading softly: "Wife, over the years, first Daddy won the Jinshi, and then the fourth uncle won the Jinshi, and now Daddy is leading the Shangshu Order, which is also very important in the imperial court, and these congratulatory gifts are also because our Li family has gone up step by step over the years, and it is not what it used to be." ”
"You kid, you know it." Old Madam Chen smiled bitterly, "She, the eldest lady, recognized her ancestors and returned to her ancestors, that is, we recognized your Weng Weng for abandoning his wife and children back then, what kind of glorious thing is this?" Our Li family is really going to be different from what it used to be, and today's congratulatory gift will not be delivered to the door! These congratulatory gifts are sent to slap our Li family in the face and strengthen her momentum! ”
"Wife, since she recognized her ancestors and returned to the sect, she can't write two words with this pen, which strengthens her momentum and also strengthens the momentum of the Li family." Li Ruo followed Mrs. Chen's words and persuaded.
Old Madam Chen snorted, "You will put gold on your face." ”
"That's what Sister Ruo'er said." Mama Hong answered, "She is now the eldest lady of the Li family, just like Sister Ruo in the past." Today's congratulatory gifts, to say that they are all her face, the ancestor is too high to hold her, the old lady has been gone for so many years, the old ancestor said those things, long in the past, now this branch recognizes the ancestors and returns to the ancestor, no matter what, in the eyes of outsiders, it is a happy event for the Li family, you know, naturally want to congratulate you. ”
"Don't talk to me like that!" Old Madam Chen looked tired.
"Lady." Li Ruo didn't dare to say more, Old Madam Chen sighed, "Sister Ruo, you see, people are prepared, they came prepared, they were sent by Pei Qiqi, and they stepped on us first with the momentum of the ancestor of the Chen family." Old Madam Chen's words suddenly stopped, and then continued: "Maybe she took the Chen family's ...... Immortal! How did she get on it? Now that Huainan Wangfu and the eldest princess have been added, what does she want to do? If sister, the wife is not angry, but the wife is afraid. Since she has the ability to catch up with these people, can she still do what she said, have nothing to rely on? What did she do when she came to Li's house? ”
"Lady." Li Ruo was said by Mrs. Chen's few words, and her heart was also raised, what the wife said was right, did she really go back to the Li family because she was lonely and helpless?
"You look at her well, this is ...... I'll discuss it with your father when I go back. Old Madam Chen's voice was gloomy, Li Ruo answered in a low voice, lowered her head and beat Old Madam Chen's legs, and did not speak again.
The congratulatory gifts of each family were carried into the Yutan Temple.
Mama Su and Mama Kong stood side by side under the porch, looking at a bunch of things that several mothers-in-law shouted and put down, Mama Kong sighed first, and Mama Su sighed, "I'm ashamed." ”
Mama Kong wanted to laugh but couldn't, "How did such a person fall like this now?" ”
"yes." Mama Su sighed again, "Not to mention the old Li Xiangguo, it was when the little Li Xiangguo was there...... Alas. ”
Li Yan paced out of the room, looked at the pile under the corridor, and then looked at Mama Su and Mama Kong who were standing side by side and sighed, and then looked at the pile, inexplicably, "What's wrong?" What's going on again? ”
"This is the congratulatory gift that the old lady just sent over, and the eldest lady is happy to return to the sect." Mama Su pointed to the pile and explained.
"What's wrong with this gift?" Li Yan didn't understand even more, what did he sigh at the congratulatory gift?
"These congratulatory gifts were sent in a bunch." Mama Kong reacted quickly and quickly explained, "There is no discussion between the congratulatory gifts sent by each family, and there are always ...... before and after those who rush to the door one by one."
"Oh." Li Yan understood, "I understand, these congratulatory gifts were sent to the old lady first, and then they were sent by the general manager after she saw them in a pile, is this a big deal?" ”
"It's not a big thing, it's just because it's a big thing that can't be put on the table, so it shouldn't be like this, why bother losing face in a trivial matter." When Mama Su reacted, she thought a little more than Mama Kong, and borrowed the words to mention Li Yan.
"Mama Xie's guidance." Li Yan understood as soon as he heard it, and Mama Su looked at Mama Kong and laughed, "I'm really curious, it stands to reason that the eldest lady is so smart and icy, how can she ...... I don't even know a lot of things. ”
"I never paid attention to these people's sophistication before, and I saw too little." Li Yan took Mama Su's words and replied, thinking about it, it seemed a little unreasonable, and explained more, "I was sick and weak when I was a child, and I only thought about how to survive, how to heal, how to recuperate, and I couldn't take care of anything else. ”
"No wonder, the eldest lady's body is definitely worrying." With unconcealed pity, Mama Su stroked Li Yan's almost always cool hand. "None of this is a big deal, the eldest lady still has to take care of her body and bones first, and when she is well, she can say anything else."
"Thank you, Mama." Li Yan thanked him, looked at a bunch of things and asked, "Who sent them?" ”
Mama Kong hurriedly beckoned Lu Die and the others to move the pile of things into the house, Li Yan sat on the kang, watched Yushu open the box one by one, and showed her the congratulatory gifts.
The congratulatory gifts of the Chen family and several other families are the norm, Pei Qing's congratulatory gift is a piece of mutton fat jade pendant carved with complex patterns, Su Mama took the jade pendant from Yushu's hand, looked at it carefully and smiled: "The seventeenth master is really careful, the eldest lady looks, this is the Zhilan Yushu around the Li family emblem, the Li family's son, everyone has a piece, several other families in the capital, there are also such rules, the girl and the Xu, when the lord crowns the ceremony, the elders will give a piece of such a jade pendant to show its virtue, this is a new pendant, the seventeenth master is really careful." ”
Mama Su said while carefully looking at Li Yan's expression, such carefulness is something worth pondering.
Li Yan sighed, Pei Qing arranged her identity, and this jade pendant was ready.
Chen Yanfeng's congratulatory gift was contained in a half-old boxwood box, Li Yan picked up a thumb-sized, rust-colored old seed material in the box, turned around and looked at it twice, and finally remembered that this was the rope on Chen Yanfeng's broken purse.
Li Yan snorted, and brought the seeds to Mama Su, "Has he changed his purse?" ”
Mama Su was stunned, "Who got a new purse?" Eldest Miss is talking about that ancestor? ”
"It must have been replaced with a new one, the old purse is useless, and this ornament is useless, so I took it as a congratulatory gift. I'll be courteous and affectionate. Li Yan threw the seeds back into the box.
Mama Su looked at the seed, and then at Li Yan, her expression changed.