Wen Xuanbo took a few brothers in front, a row behind a few daughters-in-law, then a generation of grandchildren, and finally Jin Nanxue's granddaughters.

He sat on the soft couch, smiled and watched the children and grandchildren kowtow to him, and shouted auspicious words in his mouth, and his heart suddenly became comfortable again.

After kowtowing, each room began to offer birthday gifts to the old lady.

First of all, the people of the big house, Wen Xuanbo and his wife prepared a jade Pixiu antique and a box of precious medicinal materials for the old lady, and He smiled and praised a few words and ordered people to put them away.

Then there are two four-room couples, the fourth master can be regarded as the old son of the He family, and it is inevitable to spoil two points on weekdays, but he has been raised since he was a child, and his limbs are not diligent, and he is still a white body, and he has no achievements in the establishment of a career but he likes to be vassally elegant, chanting poetry and painting, and usually always sighs that he is only eight buckets high but is not born at the right time.

This time, he sent another picture of five blessings and birthdays drawn by him.

The fourth old man approached He Shi with a bright smile, and said that this painting was a masterpiece that he had worked hard to draw for several months.

The reason why I say "again" is because almost every year on He's birthday, the birthday gifts offered by the four masters are all kinds of birthday pictures drawn by themselves. However, for this young son, the He family is always more and more distressed, who has made this son repeatedly unhappy, and he can only live by relying on the long house.

Sure enough, the servants on both sides of the He family smiled and took it over and opened it on the spot to appreciate it, praising her youngest son's birthday gift the most to her heart.

Jin Nanxue secretly glanced at the eldest lady Zhang, only to see that Zhang lowered his eyes and did not look at the mother and son in front of him, but the corners of his mouth carried a trace of ridicule that could not be concealed.

Jin Nanxue couldn't help but laugh secretly, the inside of this mansion was actually not as peaceful as it appeared on the surface.

Wait for the birthday gift of the two sisters-in-law to finish, it is their turn to be here in the second room, the second room is a set of clothes, shoes and socks sewn by An's own hands and an ancient pine bonsai, the bonsai is about two feet square, the ordinary boxwood base, the shape is unique and fits today's meaning, compared with the big house it seems very ordinary, but according to the economic conditions of the second room to be able to come up with such a birthday gift is already very good.

Fortunately, He didn't say anything, just glanced at it and waved his hand to ask his subordinates to take it down.

The third room sent an old birthday star wood carving, the wood used is more precious rosewood, but unfortunately the size of the whole wood carving is too small, it doesn't look atmospheric enough.

When the third room was originally divided, it was about the same as the second room, and he didn't get much property at all, although the third master is currently taking care of the affairs of the Hou Mansion all the year round, and the actual remuneration is not much more than that of the housekeeper of the Bofu, and there is a family to support, it is already considered a dedication to be able to come up with such a birthday gift, how can there be money to buy more expensive ones?

He pulled the corners of his mouth, which was considered to be a pass.

Next is the grandchildren, first of all, the eldest son of the long house, Jin Yunsheng, the eldest of the grandchildren, is now studying in the Guozijian, only to see that the birthday gift he took out is also a wood carving of the old birthday star, the difference is that Jin Yunsheng's wood carving is made of fine golden silk nanmu, and the size of the wood carving in the third room is nearly doubled.

Jin Yunsheng hid the smug look on his face, bowed to Jin Changqi and his wife and pretended to be apologetic: "I don't know that the third uncle and third aunt actually gave the wood carving, otherwise the nephew will have another birthday gift." ”

The three-room couple was embarrassed and didn't know what to say.

Some of the remaining grandchildren sent poems copied by themselves, and some sent jade beads from outside, and the two brothers Jin Yunjue and Jin Yunge each presented a pot of marigolds brought by Jin Nanxue.

These two pots of marigolds are blooming luxuriantly, and several huge golden yellow flower disks are very festive together, and the old lady rarely praised the two brothers.

An Shi looked at his daughter with satisfaction, and her daughter was thoughtful.

In the end, it was the turn of the granddaughters of each room, Jin Nanxue, as the daughter who got married, was precious, and first stepped forward to send a gift list, which was prepared by the Hou Mansion, which naturally looked very valuable in the birthday gifts, among which there was a white marble as the bottom, tourmaline Magu offered a birthday bonsai, and the carving was lifelike and a rarity.

But Jin Nanxue knows very well that this birthday gift is really not enough compared to the birthday gift given to the old lady of Jin Anbo Mansion, although both of them are Bofu and Wenxuanbo Mansion is still married to Yongcheng Hou Mansion on the surface, but Jin Anbo Mansion is currently in its heyday and Wenxuanbo Mansion has long been in decline, and now it is just barely supporting the façade, just by the two birthday gifts sent by Lian, you can see many of them.

He didn't know the difference between them, so he praised them with satisfaction, and asked someone to place this bonsai directly on the Duobao Pavilion on the left side of the main hall.

"Humph! If there is anything to be proud of, she will show off. ”

Jin Nanxue heard a cold snort behind her, and she didn't need to look at it to know that it was Jin Rao, the maid of the long house, who was yin and yang again.

There are many women in the long house, in addition to Jin Nanyue, the concubine who has married into King Chen's side concubine, Jin Rao, the concubine, is older, and she has turned fifteen years old this year to the age of leaving the cabinet, I heard that the Zhang family has begun to look for someone for her outside, at this time Jin Rao is naturally flattering her mother everywhere, knowing that her mother does not wait to see people in the second and third rooms, so Jin Rao usually looks high when she sees people in the second and third rooms, and she will be sarcastic when she has the opportunity.

Jin Rao was actually full of jealousy of Jin Nanxue's cousin in the house, and always felt that if she was a few years older, where would it be Jin Nanxue's turn to marry into the Hou Mansion, such a good family affair would naturally be more suitable to choose the daughter of their long house, so when she saw Jin Nanxue, she felt that it was unpleasant everywhere.

Jin Nanxue didn't want to pay attention to this cousin, but she didn't hear it, and raised her feet to the side to let the other sisters step forward.

The birthday gifts prepared by the rest of the granddaughters are similar, they are all needlework done by themselves, such as wiping their foreheads, shoes and socks and other daily necessities, and Jin Rao gave a pair of forehead wipes embroidered with the word "longevity" and a pair of shoes with five blessings for longevity. He respectfully held his hands in front of him and said a lot of auspicious words, which made He laugh again.

Jin Rao and the other sisters were all delivered, and Xingyan smiled at everyone: "Sister Nanxue is still light, she doesn't have to do needlework for her grandmother by herself, she just needs to take the birthday gift prepared by the Hou Mansion and offer it, and she will win a lot of sisters." ”

Jin Nanxue knew that she was deliberately telling everyone, so that everyone would know that she didn't have a grandmother in her heart at all, and only took the birthday gift from the Hou Mansion to make up for it.

Squinting at her and smiling, Jin Nanxue put on an elegant and dignified posture and said: "It's okay, you don't have much money on a girl who hasn't been out of the cabinet, everyone knows it, grandmother and his old man don't care if the things you send are worthless, and my cousin doesn't have to be presumptuous." ”

What if I just rely on the Hou Mansion? you off!