Chapter 444: Personally Painted Works
It was a glass pen holder made in the mid-Ming Dynasty, from the same period as the Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup, which is well-known in the antique world.
It is said that this pen holder has been placed in the imperial study since the time of Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty, and later became Emperor Yongzheng's favorite stationery treasure.
The staff wore gloves and carefully carried the tray to show everyone.
I saw a glass pen holder on a black velvet tray. It was dark green in color, with nine dragon reliefs carved on the outside. The cup rim and base were both covered in gold. Under the spotlight, it was transparent and shining.
I blurted out: "How beautiful!"
Xiao Shiqiu leaned close to my ear and whispered, "Do you like it? If you do, I'll find another similar one."
I quickly declined, "No, no, I'm not a cultured person. I just saw something beautiful and said something casually. You don't have to take it seriously."
I'm not being polite. I'm not a person who likes writing, so why do I need a pen holder?
In fact, the pen holder inlaid with rhinestones suits me better than the one made of glass.
"Miss Huang." Su Yao suddenly spoke, and everyone at the table immediately looked up at her. She asked slowly, "I wonder what gift Miss Huang prepared for Grandpa Tang today?"
Huang Tianyi and I are just here to eat and drink, so there is no need for us to prepare any gifts.
Tang Yi said hurriedly: "Xiaoyi and I gave him a double-sided embroidered screen. It's placed behind my grandfather."
Su Yao said quietly, "Ayi, I know this is a gift from you. I went to Jiangnan to place an order for it in the first half of last year. I'm afraid you didn't know Miss Huang at that time."
Tang Yi chuckled: "Isn't it the same if I give it to her? This is the birthday gift we both give together."
Su Yao raised her eyes slightly and said coquettishly: "You are you, she is she, how can they be the same."
Su Yi frowned and scolded lightly: "Yaoyao, that's enough, don't go too far."
Turning to Tang Yi and Huang Tianyi, he said, "Don't bother with her. Yaoyao was spoiled at home. The Su family only had one girl in three generations, so..."
So what? So everyone has to give in to her?
Huang Tianyi is not the type of person who would settle things peacefully.
She said with a forced smile, "I'm not from here, so I don't really understand the local gift-giving rules.
Where we go, we usually give one gift per family. It turns out that in City A, each person gave one gift. So, did Miss Su's family give four gifts?
Su Yi was a little displeased. He glared at his sister and said to Huang Tianyi apologetically, "Miss Huang, you're joking. The customs in City A are no different from those in other places..."
Su Yao interrupted Su Yi, with a look of nobleness in his expression, and said: "I prepared a birthday gift for Grandpa Tang.
He said that gift-giving requires the thought behind it.
As a younger generation, a gift that I put my own thought and effort into personally represents the most sincere meaning, so I gave Grandpa Tang a painting that I personally drew.”
Huang Tianyi's red lips curved up as she laughed out loud, "Oh~ A personally drawn work. So your previous works weren't drawn by you? That's why you had to emphasize it?"
Su Yao's face darkened, and she realized that there was something wrong with her words just now. However, she thought that she had experienced the open and secret struggles in such wealthy families, so she would not lose her composure because of a few words.
She didn't respond to Huang Tianyi's words, still holding her chin up slightly with a sense of superiority, "Since Miss Huang doesn't have a family background, it won't be easy for you to enter the Tang family unless you put in some effort to make Mr. Tang value you a little more.
I'm thinking about you, but it's a little late now."
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