"Third brother, why don't you go next, I'm nervous"

The fifth Cao Mincai's legs trembled uncontrollably, today's birthday gift is too meaningful to them, it can be called the first major event in their lives, if they don't perform well, it is likely to be a lifetime regret.

As for the order of birthday gifts, there is not much difference, Cao Hong is an only son and much older than these younger brothers, he often nods when he meets, rarely communicates for a long time, and as the boss, he is strong and confident, and he is the first to go up, which sets off his ambition even more.

But the remaining four brothers, except for Cao Ange, are all literati, and few of them have passed through a big scene, and Cao Ange and several brothers have not spoken for several years, and the relationship between them is still relatively cold, and now that no one is on top, a few people seem to have stage fright.

And the ranking of the grandchildren of the Cao family is ranked according to the order of birth, because Cao Jian has three wives and has a total of seven children.

Four of them were boys and three girls.

In addition, Cao Hong's age is much older than several people, so he naturally ranks as the eldest and Cao Ange is the second, and then ranks like this.

And on this occasion, a woman can't directly offer a birthday gift like Cao Ange and others.

And their position is: the three granddaughters are standing behind Cao Gong at this time, standing next to their grandmother to help bring tea and water, like a row of noodles.

"Well, yes"

The third brother Cao He glanced at the second brother Cao Ange not far away, and saw that his face was still dull, and nodded towards the two younger brothers, which was more natural, compared to the two younger brothers, because he was a little older and had seen more things, he was still relatively stable.

"Grandpa" Cao He, like Cao Hong, knelt down about five feet in front of Cao Gong, handed over a painting with both hands and said respectfully:

"Grandpa, grandchildren knew in his early years that grandpa liked to collect celebrity calligraphy and paintings, as well as precious cultural relics, today on grandpa's 60th birthday, I and the fifth brother and the seventh brother hereby collect the same, as grandpa's birthday gift to express grandpa's filial piety"

"Huh? The fifth, the seventh" Grandma Cao behind her seemed to be a little surprised, Cao He took the opportunity to call the two younger brothers who were more shy together, and helped the two of them to relieve the next embarrassment in a timely manner, this trick is really good.

Over the years, Cao He has done things everywhere to make Grandma Cao's books smooth, every time she sees Cao He, Cao He will almost make her feel that Cao He is a shrewd surprise, so after seeing Cao He's move, a gentle smile appeared on her face, and she likes her grandson more and more.

"Ah, the third brother called us, hurry up"

When the two heard that the third brother called their names, they were overjoyed, and they never thought that the third brother would let the two of them appear in this way.

I thought that I would make a fool of myself in front of my grandfather again in a while, after all, this kind of thing is not once or twice, but I didn't expect the third brother to relieve the two of them in such a big occasion today, and a little warmth rose in my heart, and more dependence.

The two of them came to both sides of Cao He in a nervous and small step, bowing their heads like the third brother, looking neither humble nor arrogant, and raising their hands to the birthday gifts they had prepared.

Cao Gong looked at the neat three people, each of them was holding atmospheric or valuable calligraphy and painting cultural relics in their hands, looking at the paper materials in their hands and the unique style of writing and ink, among which the jade looked even more expensive, obviously several people had been preparing for this for a long time, these juniors really had a heart.

Cao Gong's face and Mu laughed, his face was warm, this time Cao Gong stood up in person and picked up the jade in the hands of the fifth Cao Mincai, with the word "clean" carved on it.

The whole body of jade is white like mutton fat, the feel is delicate and silky, not to mention that the "clean" handwriting carved in the center of the jade is upright and atmospheric, it is obviously engraved by everyone, and the word "clean" is a perfect fit for Cao Gong's criteria for many years as an official.

And the only fly in the ointment is that this jade is too expensive, too flamboyant and extravagant for Cao Gong's always incorruptible style, even Cao Gong's first reaction when he saw this jade was slightly surprised, although he said that he was not omniscient about his own grandchildren, but they all knew about their respective situations, but how did such a valuable sheep fat jade grandson get it?

It seemed that seeing the doubts flashing in Grandpa Cao Yuhuan's eyes, Cao Min explained in a timely manner:

"Grandpa this jade for mutton fat jade, is a friend of mine accidentally bought, coincidentally, my friend owes me a lot of favors, not long ago my friend heard that grandpa's 60th birthday is imminent, and he is about to leave our Changzhou, before leaving this jade in his hand, to show kindness"

may be because he was too nervous, Cao Mincai's words were trembling, and even the words were only roughly spoken, which was not coherent enough.

After listening, Cao Gong laughed, I didn't expect that during this time, the fifth grandson had such an experience, Cao Mincai, who had not shown mountains and rivers for more than ten years, finally satisfied the old man Cao once this time, and even said three good words, did not care too much about the details, and finally accepted this piece of jade carved with the word "clean".

Cao Gong was in a good mood, and opened the hands of the two one by one again, and found a handwriting and a landscape painting in the hands of the two, although it was not too good, but the filial piety had arrived, and this was enough.

Cao Gong praised the three grandsons loudly, smiling with a greasy face, and some friends around him also praised when they saw this.

Say something "Brother Cao has such a filial grandson, I really envy us old guys"

Cao Gong smiled even more heartily after hearing this.

When the three brothers saw that their grandfather was so happy, they knew that things were done today, so they blessed their grandfather a few words and retreated.

On the way, the seventh Cao Xing whispered gratefully to the third brother:

"Thank you, third brother, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't know what to do for a while."

Cao He waved his hand.

"You are my younger brother, what do you care about this, but the second brother is ......"

Speaking of the second brother Cao Ange, the three of them looked a little gloomy, Cao Hecai is the brother of the same father and mother as Cao Ange, they are half-brothers, even if the two have little contact in the past six years, but the blood relationship is still closer than the two after all, so the two did not speak again, and at the same time there was some embarrassment in their hearts.

There are five grandchildren in the family, and the eldest brother Cao Hong likes to be alone, and the relationship with several people is not very good, so forget it.

But for Cao Ange, the second brother who is a descendant of the Cao family, Cao He's move by the three of them really has a kind of meaning of snubbing and isolating Cao Ange.

Although the brothers and Cao Ange have not spoken for a few years, after all, they are their own brothers, except for Cao He, they are all half-brothers, and the Cao family is not royal, plus the family education is very good, there is no discord between aunts.

On the contrary, because of the death of Cao Hong, the eldest son of Cao Gong, Cao Jian has always been in charge, and there is no struggle in the family at all, looking at the relationship between Cao He and the two brothers, it can be seen that the relationship between the Cao family is very harmonious.

It's just that Cao Ange was a little extreme and made a big mistake back then, but after all, several years have passed, and the Cold War has time to end, not to mention that this is still a brother.

In fact, Cao He himself wanted to call the second brother in advance, but looking at the second brother's state today, he didn't open his mouth in the end.

In the past few years, several people have known that Cao Ange has been very unsatisfactory.

is hindered everywhere in the officialdom outside, and now he is only a petty official, because of the Yong'an Dynasty system, the military generals have no real power, just a name, and they have not been summoned once in the past few years.

If this is the case, forget it, but it is still targeted everywhere, and there has been no war to fight all these years, it is too difficult to make meritorious contributions.

And at home, first of all, the family's white eyes and cold words, now Cao Ange has been divided into a courtyard alone, except for Qing'er, there is no one around to communicate with him, except for a small-bellied chicken intestine cousin who has a cold sneer every day.

Over the years, several brothers have seen it in their eyes but can't do anything, just like at this time, several people can only watch the second brother ask for more blessings, hoping to behave well today and get the appreciation of some officials, so that the future will be easy to go!