Chapter 20 Rescue

Li Nuo's eyes narrowed slightly.

What the lady had prepared was originally a pair of jade ruyi, but now they have turned into two pieces of stone.

Someone replaced their birthday gifts!

The first thing he did was to glance at the maid who had already retreated. The maid's expression was very normal. It shouldn't be her. As a servant of the Song family, she didn't have the courage to do such a thing.

The point now is not who replaced the birthday gift.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were on them, waiting for the two of them to come forward to congratulate the old lady on her birthday. If they really sent the two stones up, not only would they lose face, but they would also disrupt the old lady's birthday party, and the consequences would be even more serious.

Song Jiaren had obviously thought of this as well, and a hint of helplessness appeared on her usually calm and composed face.

Li Nuo's brain was working rapidly, thinking about how to overcome the current difficulties. At the moment, everyone was looking at them, and it would definitely be too late to prepare again. How about he go up and perform a talent?

But he didn't have many talents, and they were all other people's. He couldn't go up and perform combing hair or shuttlecock kicking for the old lady...

If that doesn't work, he can still play shuttlecock in fancy styles. At this moment, he has already choreographed a set of moves in his mind. When he turned around and prepared to borrow Song Muer's shuttlecock, his eyes swept over Song Qian's gentle husband, and suddenly a flash of inspiration came to his mind...

Just when Song Jiaren was at a loss, someone suddenly grabbed her hand.

Li Nuo took Song Jiaren's hand, walked to the old lady, and said with a smile: "Jiaren and I also have a poem to dedicate to the old lady, wishing the old lady a long life of daylilies and longevity of pine and crane..."

"Dedicate a poem?"

The guests in the room were slightly stunned when they heard this.

After all, the beautiful woman already had a gift in her hand, but her silly husband presented her with a poem for no reason. I don't know what was going on.

However, compared to this, what surprised them even more was that the most famous fool in Chang'an did not seem to be that stupid. He did not drool nor giggle. He spoke fluently and his pronunciation was clear. He seemed to be no different from a normal person.

His appearance is outstanding to begin with. Putting aside his inner qualities and just looking at his face, he and the proud daughter of the Song family are a perfect match when standing together.

"Dedicate a poem?"

When everyone in the Song family heard this, they were shocked.

Of course they knew what level their daughter was at. Although she had an excellent talent in martial arts, she had never liked reading since she was a child and could not even recognize many words, so it was impossible for her to compose poetry. Li Nuo's stupidity was well-known in Chang'an. What kind of poetry could the two of them write together?

In this respect alone, they are quite a good match.

Daylilies prolong spring, pine and crane extend life... Even if you give this couple eight hundred years, they still cannot come up with these two sentences.

Could it be that Li Xuanjing taught them?

If the poem was written by Li Xuanjing for them, then everything would make sense.

At this moment, everyone in the Song family was extremely nervous. It was not that they did not trust Li Xuanjing, but that they did not trust Li Nuo. Even if the poem was written by Li Xuanjing, his stupid son might not be able to read it correctly.

The Song family has been preparing for the old lady’s 60th birthday for a long time, and there can’t be any mistakes.

Song Jiaren was also confused at the moment, but all she could do was stand quietly beside Li Nuo.

Li Nuo smiled at Old Madam Song and recited slowly in a magnetic voice: "I have planted five blessings for my family, and I will always cherish the joyous feasts. From now on, I will smile in the spring breeze and live a long-lived immortal in the world."

As a liberal arts student, Li Nuo dabbled in ancient poetry out of interest.

He can memorize some classic masterpieces that have been passed down through the ages.

But birthday poems are an extremely unpopular category, and Li Nuo only remembers one.

To be precise, half a song.

There should be a few more sentences between the first two lines and the last two lines of the poem he memorized, but he couldn't remember them and could only put together a quatrain. Li Nuo even forgot the name of the poet, and vaguely remembered that his surname seemed to be Li.

He muttered to himself, they are all from Old Li's family, please help, help them out...

After hearing Li Nuo recite the poem, everyone in the Song family finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Thank God, he was not wrong after all.

They didn’t really understand whether this poem was good or not, but it sounded pretty good, especially the last line, “From now on, I will smile like the spring breeze, and live a long-lived fairy on earth.” “Spring breeze”, “longevity”, both smile and fairy, how auspicious…

As expected, it is Li Xuanjing. Even if you don’t understand poetry, you can tell that this should be a good poem.

At the same time, the Song family's guests thought the same.

Especially those who understand poetry, they immediately felt the difference between this poem and the one written by Song Qian’s husband.

The first two sentences describe the birthday banquet scene, and the last two sentences are about blessings. The theme is clear and the context is clear. Especially the blessings in the last two sentences are catchy and sincere. I am afraid they can become famous sentences and be passed down from generation to generation...

He is really worthy of being called Li Xuanjing!

Some people couldn't help but speak.

"Good poem, good poem!"

"From now on, I will smile like the spring breeze and live a long-lived immortal. If things go as expected, these two lines of birthday poems will be passed down through the ages..."

…

Although everyone in the Song family could tell that the poem was quite good, they did not expect that several guests who practiced Confucianism would speak so highly of the poem that it would be passed down through the ages.

Life is only a few decades long, and it is nothing more than fame and fortune. Who doesn’t want to be remembered for generations?

So, the most valuable gift at the old lady’s birthday party was actually this poem?

For a moment, everyone's eyes looking at Li Nuo and Song Jiaren changed slightly.

Li Nuo was not worried about the content of the poem.

What the ancients wrote can be passed down for hundreds or thousands of years, and when they are read by a modern person like him, their quality is naturally verified.

Among the guests of the Song family, there were obviously some knowledgeable people.

The crisis was resolved. Li Nuo thanked the elder of the Li family and was about to pull Song Jiaren away when someone suddenly asked, "You two, are going to give grandma a poem?"

Li Nuo turned his head and saw that the person who spoke was the woman named Song Qian.

She is the daughter of Song Jiaren's second uncle Song Lian and Song Jiaren's cousin.

When everyone in the Song family heard this, their faces changed.

Song Lian even wanted to sew his daughter's mouth shut.

It was a blessing for a fool to recite the poem completely and not disrupt the old lady's birthday party. But she actually jumped out to make things difficult for him. Did she think the birthday party was going too smoothly?

Old Madam Song laughed and came to the rescue of Li Nuo and Song Jiaren, saying, "They are a family, so giving them one gift is enough. I like this poem very much. I give this pair of pearls to you. I hope you will be happy in the future and cherish each other."

She smiled and took out the pearls given by Song Jin and his wife from the box, putting one in Li Nuo's hand and one in Song Jiaren's hand.

Song Lian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.

It seems that the old lady really likes this gift. Tonight, they are the first juniors to receive a return gift from the old lady.

Seeing her grandmother defending Song Jiaren like this, Song Qian pouted and whispered, "They are a family, and so are others. Why are they special..."

Song Qian was extremely indignant.

Before Jia Ren was born, she was the apple of the Song family's eye.

Everyone pampered and coaxed her.

But after Jiaren was born, especially after she showed her amazing talent in martial arts, she was the absolute focus wherever she went.

When talking about Miss Song, people only think of Song Jiaren, and no one knows her as Song Qian.

So, she has disliked this cousin since she was a child.

The only thing that made her feel better was that she married a good husband, while Song Jiaren married a fool. Only when she thought of this did she feel better.

Until tonight, when she saw Song Jiaren and her husband stealing the show at her grandmother's birthday party, Song Qian felt jealous again and couldn't help but mutter something.

Although Song Qian's voice was small, everyone around her still heard it.

The atmosphere in the birthday hall was a little awkward.

Song Lian's face turned pale, but he couldn't scold his daughter in public, otherwise it would only further ruin the atmosphere of the birthday party.

Just as this awkward atmosphere began to spread, Li Nuo coughed lightly and said, "Actually, the poem just now was written by the beauty. I have another poem dedicated to the old lady..."

Everyone in the Song family looked at Song Jiaren and did not believe the first half of Li Nuo's words.

A beautiful woman who can compose poetry is like the sun rising in the west.

Could it be that Li Xuanjing had anticipated the current situation and specially prepared two poems?

…

Strictly speaking, Li Nuo can recite two birthday poems.

This second song is more famous than the first one, but it is a little special. There is a risk of causing the old lady to have a cerebral hemorrhage due to anger, so Li Nuo ruled it out at the first opportunity just now. Now he has no choice but to take it out even if he doesn't want to.

Old Madam Song looked at Li Nuo kindly and said, "Then I would like to hear..."

Li Nuo said with a smile: "Old Madam Song is not a human being..."

The smile on Old Madam Song's face froze, the guests in the birthday hall also stood there in a daze, and everyone in the Song family's faces changed drastically.

Damn it, the old lady’s birthday party was ruined by this idiot!

Song Lian was even more angry. It was all his daughter's fault. Why did he have to say that?

Before the Song family could make any move, Li Nuo pointed to the picture of the “Goddess of Yaochi Celebrating Birthday” hanging on the wall and continued, “The Goddess of Yaochi has come down to earth.”

Old Madam Song was stunned for a moment, and then a bright smile appeared on her face.

The Holy Mother of Yao Chi is the chief of the female fairies, a fairy, not a human. This sentence is certainly not an insult, but a compliment, which just hits her heart.

Everyone in the Song family breathed a sigh of relief. Not to mention, this idiot was quite good at flattering people. The old lady believed in the Holy Mother of Yao Chi the most, and the flattery was very accurate.

However, before they could catch their breath, Li Nuo pointed his finger at Song Yu in the crowd and said, "All of your descendants are thieves."

Song Yu was stunned for a moment, then anger appeared on his face. This damn fool, he just called him a dog and now called him a thief. This was intolerable. He immediately rushed out and prepared to drag him away first. This fool dared to make a scene at the old lady's birthday party. Let's see who dares to protect him!

Li Nuo pointed at the birthday peaches Song Yu had just presented to him and said, "I stole the peaches to present to my loved ones."

Looking at Song Yu who was angrily striding towards him, Li Nuo showed a puzzled expression.

The others also looked at Song Yu.

The anger on Song Yu's face melted away in an instant, replaced by a concerned expression. He reached out to help Li Nuo straighten his collar, then turned to Song Jiaren and said, "Jiaren, you are really something. Your brother-in-law's collar is crooked, and you don't even help him straighten it..."

(End of this chapter)