At dusk, when the two returned home, Xiao Hechuan's hands were full of things, while Jiang Sui was holding her two lotus flowers, looking beautiful alone.
The Xiao family had closed their shop early today and came back to prepare dinner together. They made it especially sumptuous, and everyone prepared gifts for Jiang Sui.
Especially Xiao's mother, who made a special trip to a silver shop today and picked out a silver bracelet for each of her two daughters-in-law, and bought an extra pair of pearl earrings for Jiang Sui.
The reason she gave the two daughters-in-law the silver bracelet was to treat them equally, so each of them got one. Besides, she had never bought anything for the two daughters-in-law. If she only bought one for Jiang Sui, she was afraid that the second daughter-in-law would feel uncomfortable and think that she was unfair.
Although, given Zhou's personality, she would just sulk alone and not say anything, but as a mother-in-law, she can't be ignorant, right?
The earrings are the birthday gift I specially gave to Jiang Sui today. The pearls are meant to be cherished. I wanted to buy a pair of jade earrings, but after thinking carefully, they are not suitable for her age and will make her look old-fashioned if she wears them.
Madam Song also took a leave in the afternoon and brought Xuxu to the Xiao family. Xiao Qin went to pick her up in person.
When Jiang Sui and his wife came back, the door of their house was not closed and the aroma of food wafted out from inside, all of which were Jiang Sui's favorite.
Xuxu and Yuange were playing in the yard. When they saw Fourth Auntie coming back, Yuange pulled Xuxu aside to greet her, saying sweetly:
"Aunt Four, happy birthday and good luck!"
Xuxu also spoke along, although her pronunciation was not very clear, her baby voice was very cute.
Yuan Ge'er was good at his studies. After he entered the private school in Jeju, the teachers there liked him very much and always praised him for being smart and quick to understand things. He was also very hardworking at home and would ask his knowledgeable uncle for help whenever he didn't understand something.
Jiang Sui bent down and touched their heads:
"Good boy, thank you for your blessings!"
"Aunt, your flower is so beautiful." Little Xuxu said again in a baby voice, pointing at her lotus.
She didn't know that this was a lotus. Jiang Sui looked down at the two lotuses in her arms. Under any other circumstances, she would have given her one, but not today. These two lotuses were of great significance to her and she couldn't give them to others, not even to children.
"Xu Xu likes it. Can I take you to pick it later?"
Xuxu nodded obediently. At this time, Xiao Lanlan had already walked out of the kitchen after hearing the sound. She joked:
"Oh, our most beautiful wife is back."
Hearing these joking words, Jiang Sui gave her a reproachful look in return, looking very charming.
Xiao Hechuan took advantage of this opportunity to take all the things he had into the room, arranged them, and tidied them up for her, looking like a real husband.
When everyone saw Jiang Sui, they all asked her happy birthday. At this moment, Jiang Sui was satisfied, because this was the day she received the most blessings since she grew up.
At dusk, Father Xiao brought several of his sons and set up an eight-immortal table in the yard. He also went to the restaurant to buy a few jugs of aged wine. Food and delicacies were placed on the table, including chicken, duck, fish, and mutton. With the setting sun, the years were peaceful.
Fortunately, happiness is silent, otherwise it would be deafening.
Xiao Lanlan pushed Jiang Sui to sit in the main seat. She was the protagonist today. Xiao Hechuan and Xiao's mother sat on her side respectively. Before the meal started, everyone took out the gifts they had prepared.
Xiao's mother and father were husband and wife, so she just had to give the gift. She first took out the pair of pearl earrings, put them in a small box and gave it to Jiang Sui. Although they were not worth much money, she meant to cherish them.
"Come here, Sui Sui. I don't know if you like it or not, so I picked it for you according to my own preferences. I wish you a happy birthday and all the best. Thanks to you, our family can have such a good life today. I am grateful to you from the bottom of my heart. Bringing you home is the best thing I have done in my life. Come, let me put it on you!"
As she spoke, Xiao's mother's eyes turned red. Seeing how beautiful Jiang Sui was today, she suddenly remembered the time when she first arrived at the Xiao family last year. She was a skinny figure with less than 20 grams of flesh on her body, a sallow complexion, and a look of panic in her eyes.
Because at that time, Jiang Sui didn't know what he would face in the future, and whether the choice he made was correct?
Now she was sure that she had made the right bet!
Although what Xiao's mother said was very sensational, she still wanted to say:
"Mom, I like earrings very much, but I don't have pierced ears, so I can't wear them..."
The air froze for a moment, and Xiao's mother held the earrings with embarrassment, followed by laughter from the crowd.
"Oh! Look at my memory. I forgot that you don't have pierced ears. But it doesn't matter. You are already sixteen. I will pierce a pair for you tomorrow."
In ancient times, when a family had a daughter, her ears would be pierced by the elders of the family when she reached her teens. When Xiao Lanlan was twelve years old, her mother had pierced her ears. Poor original owner Jiang Sui, who had only been in this world for a dozen years and had never felt the love of a mother, was lucky for Jiang Sui.
Whenever he thought of this, Jiang Sui felt unbearable heartache and silently vowed to live a beautiful life in this strange world using her body.
"Okay!" Jiang Sui responded obediently, his eyes also red.
Then, Xiao's mother took out two silver bracelets, gave one to Zhou and Jiang Sui respectively, and put them on them personally.
"You two are both my daughters-in-law. You have suffered a lot in the Xiao family. I haven't bought you any good things, but don't despise them. I'll give you one each. I'll treat you all equally. When it's your birthday, Yuemei, I'll prepare an extra birthday gift for you. Just take good care of your pregnancy, eat and drink well, and you don't have to worry about anything else." She put a silver bracelet on Zhou and patted the back of her hand soothingly.
Zhou smiled happily. She had never owned a decent piece of jewelry before. This was her first, so she was particularly happy. She kept looking at the silver bracelet and liked it more and more.
Next came Xiao Lanlan. The gift she prepared for Jiang Sui was a pair of embroidered shoes with irises that she had embroidered herself.
Today she was not giving her a gift as a sister-in-law, but as a good sister. She asked Mrs. Qi what flowers represented friendship. Mrs. Qi told her that if she wanted to be a good sister, she should embroider irises.
Iris is a common flower that represents friendship.
Her needlework was not particularly good, so she specially consulted a female teacher who specialized in needlework in the girls' school and started preparing for more than half a month in advance. With the master's personal guidance, the finished product of her embroidered shoes was unexpectedly beautiful after she finished it.
Jiang Sui was amazed at the first sight when she got them. They were so exquisite, even more exquisite than the pair on her feet.
"Oh my God, Lanlan, you are so amazing. I can't bear to wear such beautiful embroidered shoes. They are like a work of art."
"If Fourth Sister-in-law likes it, I will buy embroidered shoes for you and Second Sister-in-law in the future." Lanlan was very thoughtful and never forgot to bring Second Sister-in-law along. The mother and daughter took good care of Zhou's emotions.
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