On Old Man Huo's birthday, almost all the powerful people in the city came to congratulate him on his birthday, and even the emperor sent someone to send gifts early, and the thick stack of gift lists, even the registration list took a lot of time.

Those rewarded gifts were finally handed over to the Qin family to take care of, although she handed over her right to be the housekeeper, but the key to the account room was always tightly held by her, and even the account book handed over to Huo Jiuge was fake, so now it is nominally Lin Shu who takes care of the house, but because the financial power is in the hands of the Qin family, everyone listens to her, including the banquet held this time, because the budget is not enough, the pomp and circumstance are not as good as in previous years.

The old man didn't say anything on the surface, but when he heard the ridicule of others, he still showed embarrassment, at this time Huo Jiuge stood up and said: "Recently, there was news from the border pass that Qiang Di intends to unite the surrounding tribes and try to raid my Northern Zhou border, and the soldiers stationed at the border pass have to add clothes when it is cold, and they have to eat when they are hungry, and each of these expenses adds up to a lot of expenses. ”

Her words directly made the other party speechless, the Huo family has such a capable person as Huo Chengqi, even if the banquet is simple, but when he says it, his face is bright.

"Jiu Ge is right." Old Man Huo touched his beard, and then looked into the distance, as if he wanted to look at his grandson who had not returned home for a long time across thousands of mountains and rivers, but no matter how hard he tried, he could only see the red walls and green tiles, thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel sad: "The front-line war is tight, how can I, an old man, be embarrassed to spread out and waste." ”

As soon as the two grandchildren sang and harmonized, they directly blushed when the person said it.

Although the budget for this birthday banquet was not as good as the previous Qin family's operations, Lin Shu still put a lot of thought into the link, and this idea was given to her by Huo Jiuge.

She said that the old man likes to watch plays the most, so this year it is better to invite a troupe to come to the house to perform a play for him; In the past, what he cared about most was their children and grandchildren, so Huo Jiuge and Huo Changqi did a lot of handicrafts, and when everyone saw the red ribbons tied to the book, they all asked who made such a new and clever note.

Lin Shu smiled and said: "Who else can it be, naturally our ingenious Fifth Miss, in order to organize this birthday banquet, she has been preparing for a long time, you see-" She pulled a red ribbon, turned the side with words in front of people's eyes and said: "She wrote these words word by word, but it took a lot of time!" ”

When Lin Shu learned that the old man's birthday banquet was prepared by herself, her first reaction was actually to refuse, on the one hand, because it was a bit unpolite for her to prepare such a grand occasion as a concubine; On the other hand, when the Qin family left, he also took away the key to the account room, as the so-called Qiao woman is difficult to cook without rice, and if there is no silver, the banquet she holds will not be on the table at all.

When she was at a loss, Huo Jiuge came to the door, she said that she had a way to make a banquet grand and lively even if she didn't spend money, and now everyone was Huo Jiuge's idea.

A group of powerful people looked at the lively scene in front of them and said: "But anyone who is skillful can come up with this idea, but this Miss Huo is not only thoughtful, but also extraordinarily literary, just this good hand is enough to practice for a long time, she really deserves to be the daughter of General Huo, and ordinary women are really not as good as her bearing and talent." ”

Old Man Huo also felt that his face was shining when he heard it, and he said with a smile: "Jiu Ge's character follows the boss of my family, not to mention that he is active and resourceful. ”

"It is the blessing of the Huo family to have a daughter like this"

The crowd just laughed and went to the stage.

Qin Shi followed behind them, her face was pale, looking at the red ribbons in her eyes, she said angrily: "It's just an opportunistic carving insect trick!" ”

Huo Qingshang originally thought that this banquet was new, but when she learned that all this was Huo Jiuge's idea, she immediately felt that these red ribbons fluttering in the wind began to dazzle, she held a beauty fan in her hand, looked at the stage from afar, and her face showed a touch of imperceptible cruelty.

Looking at Huo Jiuge, who was like a spring breeze, he said fiercely in his heart: Just laugh! Laugh while you can laugh out! Because soon you will fall into the endless abyss

Huo Jiuge didn't know what was waiting for her, and before the play started, it was customary for their grandchildren's children to give gifts to Old Man Huo.

The Qin family rushed over with her children at this time, and for some reason Huo Qingwu was also in the team, obviously she was the child of the second aunt, but she always followed the Qin family, and she was extremely distant from her mother-in-law.

A group of children are arranged in a row in order of eldest and youngest, because of the absence of the eldest grandson Huo Chengqi, so the first place is the eldest son Huo Changqing in the second room, he has just won the Jinshi, and he will go to the Hanlin Academy in a few days, and his position in the old man's heart also has a pivotal position.

I saw that after he bowed uprightly, he presented the gift this time.

According to his own words, this is a thousand-year-old Polygonum multiflorum that he bought from the crane god doctor, which has the effect of reviving the dead, and it is a rare treasure whether it is used as medicine or as a tonic.

The crane doctor in his mouth is now a hot figure in the capital, and he refuses to send people to invite him to the mansion to treat his illness, but now he is willing to sell such a valuable gift to Huo Changqing, it seems that the two of them have a good personal relationship.

Old Man Huo happily accepted the gift, and just as he was about to hand over the prepared red envelope to Huo Changqing, Huo Jiuge spoke: "I heard that the traces of this crane doctor are erratic, even if he has carried out free clinics in the capital in the past few days, but he is also a closed-door thank you, only treating the people every day, and refusing all invitations, I don't know how my cousin has a friendship with him, so that he is willing to sell you such a valuable thing?" ”

Huo Changqing was speechless for a while, and at this time Huo Changbai interjected: "My brother's friends are all over the world, how can you, a woman in the house, know the story?" ”

Huo Changbai obviously healed the scar and forgot the pain, and dared to say such things to Huo Jiuge, had he completely forgotten that he was grounded and then contracted the epidemic?

"What Changbai said is that we men naturally have a set of rules and rules that belong to us, and it is normal for you to not know as a woman, Sister Jiuge."

Huo Changqing's words were high-sounding, which showed his gentlemanly bearing, but why didn't Huo Jiuge know when he met him, and dared to swagger and deceive outside under his own name, and now he danced in front of him, he was simply looking for death!

Huo Jiu Ge said with a smile: "Cousin misunderstood what I meant, Jiu Ge doesn't believe in your ability, brother, it's just that now the rivers and lakes are sinister, some liars specialize in swaggering and deceiving with other people's names, some can't tell the difference, and it is common to be deceived." ”

Just when the two of them were arguing on this issue, someone on the side had already stood up and said: "It is said that this He Shou Wu has been a rare treasure for more than a hundred years, and it has even begun to transform into a human form for more than a thousand years. ”

His proposals were echoed by others, and Huo Changqing's face had changed a little, but it was at this time that Old Man Huo opened the box containing He Shou Wu.

What caught people's eyes was a He Shou Wu that had begun to take on a human shape, it was black as a whole, and the shape was somewhat like ginseng, this is indeed a first-class treasure, yes, Old Man Huo accepted the envious eyes of people while loading things.

But when he was loading the box, his hand accidentally touched the thing, and it was immediately stained with a layer of things, and the sharp-eyed housekeeper also found this, at this time he immediately packed the things for the old man, and then pretended not to see anything, and continued to stand behind the old man Huo with the things.

Old Man Huo also immediately hid his hand in his sleeve, and he squeezed out a reluctant smile and said to Huo Changqing: "You are about to enter the Shihanlin, you must be more diligent and cautious in the future." ”

As he spoke, he handed the prepared red envelope to him, with a hint of warning in his eyes.

Others can't notice it, but Huo Changqing feels it clearly.

He took the red envelope embarrassedly and replied respectfully: "Yes." ”

(End of chapter)