Xiao Xueling and the others just walked with their front feet, and Lu Chen's back feet also followed.

When Xiao Rou saw Lu Chen coming back, she couldn't help but ask curiously, "Chen'er, why did you come back so soon?"

Lu Chen said casually as if he was fine: "The outside is the same as the inside, so it's better to stay inside and accompany my father and mother." ”

Lu Tianfeng and Xiao Rou didn't care much about it, nodded, and then the family of three sat silently in their positions, waiting for the birthday banquet to begin.

After waiting for about a cup of tea, it was time for the guests to arrive, and Xiao Zongyun ordered a house slave to announce the start of the birthday banquet.

Of course, there is one more important step to do before we begin.

That is, the Xiao family sent a congratulatory gift to Xiao Zongyun.

"Grandpa, this is the birthday gift I started preparing for you three months ago. ”

Xiao Xueling, as a genius of the Xiao family, was naturally the first to give a gift, she showed a well-behaved smile and took out a pale red jade the size of a baby's fist.

When everyone saw this gift, they immediately knew the goods: "This is blood warm jade, right? This jade is worn on the body, it has the effect of nourishing the body and qi and blood, if you wear it all year round, it may even achieve the effect of prolonging life, this piece of blood warm jade, at least worth 300,000 taels!"

"This Xiao Xueling is really filial!"

"With such a filial granddaughter, Old Man Xiao is so blessed!"

"If only I had a filial and talented granddaughter like Xiao Xueling. ”

Hearing this, the guests immediately did not hesitate to send praise.

"Haha. ”

Xiao Zongyun has a good face, Xiao Xueling gave such a good gift, which attracted everyone's praise, making his face light and happy.

In addition, Xiao Xueling is the daughter of the Xiao family and his favorite granddaughter, which makes him even more happy, he can't help laughing, looks at Xiao Xueling with doting eyes, and says: "Xueling, your grandfather likes this gift very much, but next time you are not allowed to break the bank, as long as you have the heart, even if you send an ordinary stone to grandpa, grandpa will be very happy." ”

Xiao Xueling smiled and sent a beautiful sentence, "There is nothing to break the bank, as long as grandpa likes it." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Zongyun's wrinkled old face smiled like a blooming chrysanthemum.

Next, other Xiao family members sent congratulatory gifts one after another, although the gifts were not as valuable as Xiao Xueling, but they were also worth a lot.

The total value of these gifts is almost two million taels, and all the guests can't help but be very envious when they see Xiao Zongyun receiving such a heavy birthday gift.

This greatly satisfied Xiao Zongyun's vanity, and he couldn't close his mouth when he smiled.

Soon, the gift was basically given, Xiao Zongyun was ready to let people have a banquet, although there was still a family that did not give a birthday gift, but that family had been deliberately ignored by him, and he didn't care about the family's birthday gift, it wouldn't be a good thing anyway.

However, at this moment, a strange voice of yin and yang sounded: "I said Xiao Rou, you came to attend the old man's birthday banquet today, didn't you prepare a gift?

It was none other than Liu Ru who spoke.

She looked at Lu Tianfeng's family with a sinister smile, it was obvious that she did it on purpose, when she was at the gate before, she was not lightly angered by Lu Chen, and she has always been a person who must be compared, how could she not want to retaliate when she was angry like that.

She has always stubbornly felt that Xiao Rou's family's birthday celebration is fake, and eating and drinking is real, so it is impossible to take out a gift, she wants to take advantage of this to confirm the fact that Xiao Rou's family is eating and drinking, and when the time comes, she will be able to humiliate unscrupulously and let out a bad breath.

Of course, even if she mispredicted, it doesn't matter, she has a second plan!

"The congratulatory gift is not for you, what are you doing in such a hurry. ”

A calm voice sounded, and an emaciated figure stood up from next to Lu Tianfeng and Xiao Rou, it was Lu Chen.

He took out a wooden box from his bosom, walked to the main table, and said, "This is a gift prepared by my mother." ”

"Yes, I have a heart. ”

Xiao Zongyun raised his eyebrows, replied lukewarmly, and then lost a look, and immediately walked out of a Xiao family slave next to him, wanting to take the wooden box in Lu Chen's hand.

Before, Xiao Zongyun would personally accept the congratulatory gift from whoever sent it, but when he came to Lu Chen, he asked the next slave to take it, and the difference was very obvious, and he didn't even mean to open the wooden box to see it.

This family has already lived in a small mountain village in embarrassment, and he must not be able to prepare any good gifts, probably some tattered things, so he doesn't want to open it, so as not to be ashamed.

However, just when the slave of the Xiao family was about to take over the wooden box, suddenly, a figure flashed and took the wooden box first, it was Liu Ru, she smiled and said: "Come, let me see what congratulatory gifts you have prepared for the old man." ”

Squeak.

Liu Ru opened the wooden box and revealed the contents inside.

It was a black, viscous liquid with a spicy, pungent smell.

"What the hell is this?"

Liu Ru immediately pinched her nose and screamed in disgust, then turned her head to look at Xiao Rou and shouted: "Xiao Rou, I said that if you don't have the money to prepare a gift, then you can't prepare it, why bother to bring such a disgusting thing as a gift, what kind of thing is this? Is it the mud you dug out of your village?"

"Old man's birthday, you got such a thing, what do you mean, you! Deliberately make the old man unhappy, angry old man, isn't it?"

Liu Ru's last sentence is definitely reprehensible, she is not stupid, she knows that Xiao Zongyun doesn't want to see Xiao Rou's gift, but she opened it in order to humiliate Xiao Rou, Xiao Zongyun will definitely be unhappy, so she used this trick to lead to trouble.

Really.

Xiao Zongyun's face immediately became extremely gloomy and ugly, and the wrinkles on his face trembled, and those who were familiar with his temper knew that this was a sign of anger.

Suddenly, Lu Chen's faint voice sounded: "I said that if you don't have knowledge, just shut up, don't scream here, be embarrassed!"

"You!" Liu Ru was so angry that she trembled.

Lu Chen ignored her, and said lightly: "This thing is a second-grade elixir, called rejuvenation mud, after swallowing, it can be rejuvenated and increase its life span by five years." ”

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire banquet hall fell silent.

Then, the crowd burst into laughter.

What rejuvenation mud, they have never heard of at all.

Moreover, like this kind of life-increasing elixir, the value is incomparably huge, looking at the entire Liuyang City, it is very difficult to find an elixir that can increase one-year lifespan, Lu Chen actually said that this black slimy disgusting thing is an elixir that can increase one-year lifespan?

How is this possible! What a joke!

"Alas, I thought there would be people who knew the goods, but I didn't expect them to be a group of people with eyes and no beads, just since you don't believe it, then I will take back this gift and let it fall into your hands, which is a bit of a tyrannical thing. ”

In the face of everyone's ridicule, Lu Chen was not annoyed, but let out a light sigh, and then he was about to take back the rejuvenation mud.