Chapter 24: Finding Faults
It didn't take long, and while everyone was waiting, many people walked in from the main entrance outside, including the Xiao family, and some other families who were invited by the Xiao family to come, and after a while, everyone completely filled the vacant chairs.
At this time, no one came in outside, it was very timely, a group of maids outside suddenly walked in with a group of people at this moment, this group of people was the highest power of the Xiao family.
Walking in front of that group of people was Xiao Zhan, the current head of the Xiao family, and beside Xiao Zhan, Xiao Tian, who had not appeared for a long time, was walking slowly, and on the other side, it was Xiao Ran's mother Murong Wan, and behind the three of them, the six elders of the Xiao family also followed.
"I've seen the patriarch, the head of the family!" A group of people who were originally sitting in the seats hurriedly stood up and said, and then the discussion quickly spread, Xiao Tian was out of the customs, but few people knew, and now it appeared directly in front of everyone's eyes, does it mean that thinking of this, everyone in the Xiao family showed a smile in the corner of their eyes.
Xiao Ran's table also stood up, and Xiao Tian and the others walked directly towards a table in the middle with a group of elders.
When everyone sat down again, a team of maids outside immediately brought up a plate of colorful, colorful, fragrant and delicious dishes, and during this period, Xiao Zhan stood up: "Today is the fifteenth birthday of my daughter Ling'er, thanks to all my uncles and brothers coming to dinner, I Xiao Zhan thank you again!" After saying this, Xiao Zhan directly picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it all.
"The head of the family doesn't have to be polite, Ling'er is like our own daughter, likable, we, as uncles, naturally deserve to come to congratulate!" Xiao Zhan's second brother, Xiao Tian's second son, stood up at this moment and laughed softly.
As he said this, the crowd around him suddenly resounded with a sound of pandering.
"Ran'er, Ling'er, you two come here!" Xiao Zhan suddenly turned around and beckoned to a corner.
"Uh, okay!" Xiao Ran was drinking water, almost squirting out a mouthful of water, his expression was quite innocent, today is none of his business, Xiao Ran doesn't want to go over at all, but his father spoke, this point is still going to be given in front of him, right?
At that moment, Xiao Ran directly led Ling'er through the crowd and walked towards the central dining table, while the old man Tianxin and He Fan stayed where they were and did not follow.
"Grandpa, father, mother, hello uncles and uncles!" Xiao Ran and Ling'er bent down after they came to everyone.
"Well, good, good, Ling'er, this is a gift for you!" Xiao Zhan and the others responded happily, and then spoke out alone.
As soon as these words came out, the next person took out a green pill bottle and handed it to Ling'er.
"This is a bottle of high-grade cultivation elixir, which is good for your current cultivation!" After the Great Elder said this, he sat down with a smile, and all the elders behind him also took out the gifts they had prepared one by one, and after a while, Ling'er had five or six bottles of pills in his hand, and he didn't even have anything else.
"Ling'er, this is made by my mother for you, do you like it?" Murong Wan took out a pink handkerchief from her sleeve, the handkerchief was light purple, and a blooming peony was embroidered on it, which looked very good.
"Thank you, mother!" Ling'er suddenly became happy, this is the girl's favorite thing.
After everyone took out their gifts, everyone's eyes all turned to Xiao Ran, for no other reason, just because Xiao Ran kept bowing his head and not speaking at this moment, which is not like his usual style.
"You guys are also sitting here, there are just two more seats!" Xiao Zhan pointed to the empty seat next to him.
"En!" Xiao Ran and the two sat down in agreement, and before Xiao Ran could speak, Xiao Ran felt that the atmosphere around him was a little weird, and raised his head cautiously, and suddenly found that almost everyone's eyes were focused on Xiao Ran's face.
"What do you think I'm doing?" Xiao Ran asked very appropriately, and after saying this, he stroked the hair on his forehead with his hand.
"Ahem!" Xiao Tian's old face flushed, after all, he was his grandson, although he knew that it would not be successful, but in front of so many clansmen, it made his old face blush.
Seeing that Xiao Ran didn't have any consciousness, Xiao Tian's old face turned even redder, and he stroked his beard slightly and said lightly: "Everyone has said it, shouldn't you, as a brother, show it?"
"Uh" Xiao Ran rolled his eyes suddenly, thinking that these people were trying to do something, but he didn't expect it to be such a small thing.
"Ling'er, you also know that your brother is strapped for money, and he can't come up with anything good, there is a bottle of liquid medicine and an elixir here, so I'll give it to you as a gift, you have to work hard to cultivate!" Xiao Ran said as he took out two small blue and white porcelain bottles of solid color from his arms.
After Xiao Ran finished saying this, Ling'er next to him hadn't taken anything yet, Xiao Ran felt cold all over his body, and then looked around, only to see that at this moment, not only his own table, but even the people farther away shifted their eyes to Xiao Ran.
"No, this guy will actually give pills? I thought that Bacheng was something to please girls, but I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it!"
"That's it, when did this guy change his surname?" The people next to him also looked at Xiao Ran in surprise, as if Xiao Ran was sending the pill to something terrible.
Even Xiao Tian, who was sitting opposite Xiao Ran, was slightly stunned, and glanced at his grandson with surprise in his eyes, only Xiao Ran's parents and Ling'er and the old man of Tianxin who had just joined in had not received the slightest influence.
Xiao Ran's parents had known about it for a long time, not to mention the old man Tianxin, only the remaining people who still had no change in their views on Xiao Ran maintained a look of disbelief.
Suddenly, the Great Elder sitting next to Xiao Ran seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly looked at Xiao Ran and said with a smile: "Ran'er, I didn't expect you to send this, I thought you would give a doll or something, then I think Ling'er must be happy, Ling'er, you said yes?" The first half of the sentence was said to Xiao Ran, but the second half of the sentence was said to Xiao Ran.
How smart is Ling'er? Can you not understand what the Great Elder means? In addition to the fact that Xiao Feng is his grandson, Ling'er didn't have a good impression in the first place, and immediately replied: "I like everything that Brother Xiao Ran gave me!"
As soon as these words came out, the great elder's face turned red instantly, he was so embarrassed, but it was not good to attack in front of the juniors.
And Xiao Feng, who was not far away, was originally the opposite of Xiao Ran, and when he saw his grandfather deflated at this moment, he immediately stood up and said, "I don't know what Xiao Ran's cousin sent?
"yes, yes, let's open our eyes!" the group immediately chimed in.
Hearing the commotion below, Xiao Zhan didn't have the slightest reaction, but Xiao Tian's brows gradually wrinkled, the elders in front had just sent a first-grade pill, and now they asked Xiao Ran to open it, how could Xiao Ran send a pill that exceeded their grade? Isn't this deliberately ugly for his grandson?
At that moment, Xiao Tian coughed dryly and said, "Okay, these are not for you, what's so beautiful? Why are you fooling around? The two brothers and sisters like to give what they want!"