Chapter 60: The Gift
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Yan Li and Mrs. Yan went to Qi's house to pay New Year's greetings.
After greeting Mrs. Qi, Mrs. Yan stuffed a red envelope for Qi Tanying and Qi Yukun, which was the second New Year's gift that the sister and brother received in the New Year.
In addition, Yan Li also prepared a gift for his fiancée.
What he prepared was a white jade and lotus hairpin, the hairpin was white throughout, and two semi-open lotus flowers were intimately nestled in the branches.
Seeing this hairpin, Qi Tanying suddenly understood Yan Li's intentions.
His face was hot, and he quickly closed the lid.
Bian Yanli was still asking on the side, "Do you like it?" ”
Qi Tanying nodded.
Yan Li smiled, staring at her with burning eyes, Qi Tanying and his eyes intertwined, suddenly remembered something, and said to Yan Li: "I'll come when I go." ”
After a while, she returned, holding a crow-blue purse.
"Here's it." She handed the purse to Yan Li.
Yan Li took it and took a closer look, the purse had fine stitches, exquisite embroidery, and very elegant color matching.
The purse was swollen, and he didn't know what it was containing, Yan Li glanced at Qi Tanying with an inquiring look, and the latter softly urged him to open it and take a look.
Yan Li did so, it turned out that there was a golden pig the size of a woman's palm in the purse, which was very cute.
Looking at this cute golden pig, Yan Li was stunned for a moment and suddenly smiled.
His fiancée is really interesting, he is a pig, so she bought a golden pig and gave it to him, for a while, Yan Li didn't know what to say.
It's not that he doesn't like the gift from Qi Tanying, but he thinks that this golden pig doesn't even have a rope hole, and can only be put in a purse on weekdays.
Qi Tanying didn't know what he was thinking, and he was very happy to see that he couldn't put down the golden pig.
After returning from Qi's house, Yan Li took a detour to Qiyizhai and asked the shopkeeper Luo to find a craftsman to make a hole in the golden pig's ear, and wear it with a rope and hang it around his waist.
On the third day of the new year, Mrs. Qi took a pair of children to Jiang's house to visit the New Year.
The elders get together to talk, and the juniors don't bother. Since moving out of Jiang's house, Qi Tanying has rarely come to Jiang's house, and the two sisters, Jiang Yi and Jiang Mei, miss her very much and have been pestering her to talk.
Jiang Yi said: "Sister Tan, Ah Yan has learned a few more poems recently, shall I let it recite it to you?" ”
Qi Tanying smiled and nodded.
Jiang Yan asked people to bring Ah Yan over, and after Ah Yan saw Qi Tanying, he flapped his wings flutteringly, "Sister Ah Tan, Sister Ah Tan." ”
The rough voice and excited tone made people laugh.
At this time, Jiang Mei explained with a smile: "Since Sister Ah Tan moved away, the second sister has been chattering in front of Ah Yan. ”
Hearing this, Qi Tanying gently touched her little cousin's head.
Jiang Yan hurriedly asked Ah Yan to recite the newly learned poems, Ah Yan was very face-saving, and memorized several poems in a row.
"Ah Yan is amazing!" Qi Tanying threw some food into the food bowl as a reward.
Just as the cousins were happily teasing the parrot, a crisp female voice came from outside.
"What's so great about being able to recite poems, and being able to sing small songs is really powerful."
Jiang Yi's face lengthened when he heard this, Jiang Mei lost a smile on his face, Qi Tanying looked in the direction where the voice came from, it turned out to be Jiang Yao and Jiang Yue, the sisters from Jiang Erfang's room.
The Jiang family's room and the second room have always had little contact, and the girls in the two rooms did not let each other go to each other like cockfights when they saw each other. Unexpectedly, Jiang Yao and Jiang Yue would take the initiative to come to the long room.
The sisters brought a parrot with them.
Jiang Yi and Jiang Mei obviously expressed their dislike, but Jiang Yao was very proud, she looked at Qi Tanying, "Cousin Qi, don't you think this flat-haired beast is familiar?" ”
It's familiar.
Qi Tanying was about to speak, when she saw Jiang Yi snort coldly, "Ah Mingming is the third brother's beloved thing, but you asked for it." What cheekiness! ”
Jiang Yao glared at her back, "Give it to me and it's mine, you are obviously jealous that the third brother treats me better than you." ”
The dispute between the youngest daughter's family, you say a word to me, Jiang Mei and Jiang Yue will occasionally interject, and I hear some noise in my ears.
Qi Tanying persuaded a few words, but no one would let them, so they had to let the two birds compare each other. Jiang Yi asked Qi Tanying to be a witness, but Jiang Yao felt that Qi Tanying was a relative of the long house, and it was inevitable that she would be biased.
She asked Jiang Zhenyu to come over.
Jiang Yao felt that Ah Cong was originally Jiang Zhenyu's, although he ceded his love to himself, he would definitely favor Ah Cong when judging.
After a while, Jiang Zhenyu and Qi Yukun came over together.
Before he could say hello to Qi Tanying, he was pulled over by Jiang Yao.
When I asked, I learned that Ah Yan and Ah Cong were going to compete, and the two cousins asked him to be the referee, but Jiang Zhenyu was actually a little unwilling.
For the Chinese New Year, no matter which side loses, it will be unsightly. He pulled his two younger sisters aside, and without knowing what he said, Jiang Yi and Jiang Yao decided not to compare.
The weather outside was cold, the charcoal in the house was very much, and it was a little stuffy after staying for a long time, Qi Tanying planned to go out for a walk.
As soon as she left, Jiang Zhenyu followed.
"Cousin Qi."
Qi Tanying stopped, and Jiang Zhenyu ran over quickly, holding a brocade box in her hand.
Jiang Zhenyu handed over the brocade box, "Cousin Qi, this is my New Year's gift to you." ”
"I can't take it." Qi Tanying refused.
Jiang Zhenyu was a little anxious, "I picked this gift with Cousin Kun, you will definitely like it." ”
As he spoke, he opened the box in front of Qi Tanying's master and servant, and inside was a white jade epiphany hairpin.
Qi Tanying still refused to accept it, "Cousin Zhen, I can't accept the hairpin, I appreciate your kindness." ”
Tinglan also said on the side: "Third son, my girl can't accept your things, it's not in line with etiquette." ”
"!" Jiang Zhenyu was very unhappy, "I gave gifts generously, and I didn't give them privately, why didn't I agree with the courtesy?" After speaking, I will force the hairpin to Qi Tanying.
Ting Lan stepped forward and stopped him, "The third prince still don't have to embarrass my girl." ”
Jiang Zhenyu was a little annoyed, "I'll talk to Cousin Qi, what's the matter with you, a maid, get out of the way!" ”
"Third brother, what are you doing?"
There was an angry shout not far away, Jiang Zhenyu heard the sound and saw that the owner of the voice was Jiang Liangyu. Jiang Liangyu didn't come alone, along with him were Jiang Xiuyu and Yan Li in the second room.
Qi Tanying was stunned, was she dazzled, why did Yan Li appear here?
Jiang Zhenyu took advantage of Qi Tanying's stunned moment, stuffed the box into her hand, and then turned around and ran away.
Qi Tanying looked at the box in her hand and couldn't cry or laugh, this... It's a hot potato.
Jiang Zhenyu's inattention made Jiang Liangyu very angry, seeing that the wedding date of his cousin and Yan Li was approaching, that stinky boy actually made trouble and gave gifts in front of his fiancé, I really don't know what to do.
Although angry, it is necessary to explain it so as not to misunderstand it further.
"Brother Jinghe, my third brother has always treated Cousin Tan as a sister, don't misunderstand." He said, "The contents of that box should be a makeup gift he gave to Cousin Tan." ”
Yan Li chuckled, "The third prince has a heart." ”
Jiang Liangyu didn't know what to say for a while. After thinking about it for a while, he made an excuse to leave with Jiang Xiuyu for a while, leaving Qi Tanying's master and servant and Yan Li in the garden.