Chapter 130 Birthday Gift

Li Anan raised his head, his eyes slightly red.

"Uncle, it has nothing to do with Ah Dai."

Although he and Ah Dai often ridicule each other, this time it's really none of his business.

In fact, she didn't feel so bad when she was on the hill just now, but she couldn't help it when she saw her uncle.

Li Xiao's brows furrowed even more, and he waved his hand to wave Li Zheng away.

"you……"

He looked at his pitiful niece and felt that the little girl would cry if he spoke a little harsher.

"You get up first."

Li Anan didn't know why he wanted to cry even more. As soon as he stood up, tears fell to the ground.

"Why are you crying? Who bullied you?!"

"No one is bullying me, it's just that the doctor who wants to become my disciple is not accepting anyone anymore..."

Li Anan sniffed.

"Uncle, don't worry. I won't be coming down the mountain recently."

Li Xiao should have been happy to hear this, but when he looked at Anan's red eyes and listless look, he just couldn't be happy.

By the way, in addition to liking pharmacology, Anan also likes sweets. I have some time now, so I can go pick some fruits.

Li Xiao was so busy trying to make Anan happy that he forgot to be angry.

The day passed quickly.

Today is Yin Ning's fifteenth birthday, and it is the first birthday the family has celebrated since they were exiled here.

Both families got up early and started preparing.

Jiang Wan bought a beautiful small makeup box to put the wind chime she made. After the wind chime was hung up, the small makeup box could also be used by her cousin to store things.

She prepared the wind chimes because she was short of money. Later, when she made some money, she bought a small gift for her cousin and put it in the small box.

She prepared wind chimes, and my mother...

Jiang Wan sneaked into the pharmacy and was caught by her mother as soon as she opened the small box on the counter.

"Mother, you know that I made the wind chimes, but I don't know what gift you made for my cousin. Today is my cousin's birthday and you're still hiding it from me."

"Of course, you have to be the first to open the gift. You are not allowed to peek. If I catch you again, I will punish you by making you eat okra tonight."

Jiang Wan: “…”

What a terrible punishment! Never mind. I won’t watch it anymore.

The mother and daughter each packed their own gifts and brought some food from home.

The mother and daughter hadn't eaten the pork leg Baozhu's family sent them last time, so they pickled it with salt. It was only two or three days old, so the pork leg wasn't too salty, so it was just the right amount to make soup.

We also have some fat ducks at home, so we brought one over to cook.

There are also dishes that I picked up myself.

Normally, whenever I go there to get something, my uncle and aunt always push it back. Today is my cousin's birthday, they won't refuse it anymore, right?

Song Wenhui did not refuse, but she kept talking about it for a while. Jiang Wan did not join in the fun between her mother and her aunt, but went directly to her cousin's room.

"Wow! What a beautiful bed!"

As soon as Jiang Wan entered the room, she noticed that the bed in the room had changed a lot. The simple wooden bed had been replaced with a beautiful bunk bed.

The bed had a curtain drawn up, and it looked like it was made of linen.

That's right, linen is cheap. If it were a gauze curtain or cotton cloth, who would be willing to spend that?

With such a nice bed, if you put down the curtains at night, it will become a private little space.

Jiang Wan was drooling with envy. Really, why didn't she think of the bed issue?

I have been sleeping on the bed since I came to the village. I am used to sleeping with my mother and I have ignored the problem of the bed.

When she returns home later, she will definitely talk to her mother about changing the bed.

Look at how beautiful my cousin's bed is. The bed frame is beautiful and the inside of the bed is beautiful. Although the inside is also made of wooden boards, this time there is dry straw on the wooden boards, and reed mats on the dry straw.

It's not that hard and it feels cool when you sleep on it.

"Cousin, is this a birthday gift from your uncle and aunt?"

Yin Ning’s smile was so sweet.

"My parents said this is just the first gift and they will give me another gift in the evening. I don't know what it is."

Jiang Wan made a bold guess.

She thought it might be a small piece of jewelry.

My aunt has been selling snail meat for quite some time, and my uncle should have handed in the 500 coins he earned as a teacher, so he must have saved a lot of money.

"Cousin, do you want to come over and sleep with me tonight?"

When Jiang Wan heard about sleeping on the new bed and was about to agree passionately, she suddenly thought of A Niang.

If she came over to sleep with her cousin, then her mother would be the only one left at home, and she was worried.

"Forget it, I have to stay at home with my mother."

Yin Ning also thought of this and didn't mention it again.

The two sisters whispered to each other in the house for a while, and then the smell of meat began to waft out from outside.

Jiang Wan didn't go to the kitchen to help, after all, her mother's cooking skills were also very good. With her aunt's help, lunch was definitely worth looking forward to.

"cousin……"

Yin Ning looked at Jiang Wan expectantly.

Before calling my cousin, I let it slip that I was preparing a birthday present for her.

Of course she couldn't help but be curious.

"Didn't you say you prepared a birthday gift for me that you made yourself?"

Yin Ning's eyes fell on the box that her cousin brought into the house. Could this be the box that her cousin made herself?

Jiang Wan smiled mysteriously, patted the box and said, "Cousin, please close your eyes first."

Close your eyes?

Yin Ning closed his eyes obediently.

Then she heard the lid of a box being gently opened, followed by a series of jingling sounds.

What a strange sound, what is my cousin doing?

"Okay, you can open your eyes now~"

Jiang Wan had already sorted out the wind bell and lifted it high.

As soon as Yin Ning opened his eyes, he was dazzled.

“So beautiful…”

Beautiful shells of various colors were strung together with hemp ropes, arranged in an orderly manner, very eye-catching. With a slight movement, they collided with each other, making the same pleasant tinkling sound as before.

Image source: Internet, the one in the article is just similar

"Cousin, this is called a wind chime. You can hang it on doors and windows, or on your bed. But it will be a bit noisy if there is wind, so you can take it down when the time comes."

"Feng Ling...what a beautiful name."

Yin Ning took the wind chime in his hand and gently touched the beautiful shells. Some were big, some were small, some were thin, and some were thick.

My cousin must have spent a lot of effort looking for so many beautiful shells.

After finding it, you have to drill holes in it one by one to thread the rope.

The thought of it made her feel sad.

She really felt her cousin's kindness...

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