Chapter 193, Gift
After seeing Zhou Jingwan off, Daohua turned around and returned to the old lady's yard.
When I entered the house, I found that Yan Yihan and the others had not left yet. I was immediately surprised. As usual, they would not stay in the old lady's house for such a long time. I didn't know where they had gone to play.
Even Yan Zhiyuan and several other adults are still there.
"Big sister, you are finally back. Please open the gift and show it to us."
Seeing Daohua coming back, Yan Yile immediately came over, pulled her and pointed at the gifts given by Dong Yuanxuan and others and said.
Before Daohua could say anything, the old lady spoke first: "I was wondering why the sun rose from the west today. I thought you guys stayed to chat with me, but I didn't expect you guys were eyeing your eldest sister's gift."
Sun immediately smiled and said, "Mother, the children just want to join in the fun. It's because their eldest sister's birthday party was so well organized."
Madam Li looked up at Sun and said, "It's just a meal for everyone. Second sister-in-law, why do you think it's a birthday party? Did I invite anyone?"
Sun's face froze, and she felt a little annoyed.
She found that her sister-in-law was becoming more and more disrespectful in her words, and she would turn hostile in front of so many people.
"If you can't speak, don't speak!"
Yan Zhiyuan glared at Sun, then looked at Madam Li with a smile: "Sister-in-law, she is just like that. Don't bother with her."
Mrs. Li glanced at Yan Zhiyuan, didn't say anything immediately, and picked up the tea to drink.
She understood what was going on in Sun's mind. When she said Daohua was holding a birthday party, she was simply thinking that Yihuan's birthday would be in two months, so she also wanted to hold a party or something.
She wanted to hold a birthday party for her daughter, and she wouldn't stop her. She could just pay for it herself. But she used her daughter as a pawn and tried to take advantage of the public. It was really disgusting.
Thinking of this, Madam Li put down her teacup and looked at the old lady: "Mother, my second brother and sister-in-law mentioned birthday banquets, which gave me some ideas. Now that the children in our family are getting older and older, and each of them has their own social circle, I think we should let them plan their own birthdays in the future."
Whether you can invite people and who you can invite depends on your own abilities.
Sun wanted to object immediately. The second and third wives were dependent on the first wife for their livelihood, and they had no official positions, so how could they know anyone?
Unfortunately, Mrs. Li did not give her this opportunity.
"This way, we can also train the children's social skills. At the same time, after a banquet, they can also have a general understanding of various expenses, so that they won't be clueless when they become the head of the family in the future."
Old Lady Yan nodded: "That's a good idea."
Sun was anxious: "But who will pay for this expense?"
As soon as she said this, she lowered her head and wanted to slap herself. She was too blunt. Wasn't it obvious that she wanted the public to pay for it?
Madam Li's lips curled up, a hint of sarcasm flashing across her eyes. This Sun was still so calculating. After thinking for a moment, she smiled and said, "Daohua is the eldest sister. I calculated that her birthday this time cost less than ten taels of silver."
"Then let's calculate it this way from now on. For the girls' birthdays, the public will give ten taels of silver. As for the brothers, since you often go out and meet many people, you can give twenty taels."
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Seeing that Sun was about to say something, Madam Li smiled and interrupted her: "Of course, if parents want to help, they can give it privately."
"Our family isn't as wealthy and well-off as those wealthy families. Naturally, our children can't develop that extravagant lifestyle. We should do things within our capabilities. Second brother, third brother, what do you think?"
Yan Zhiyuan curled the corners of his mouth, smiled and nodded. He didn't say anything on the surface, but in his heart he was madly complaining about Mrs. Li being too stingy.
What can you do with twenty taels of silver?
But Yan Zhiqiang said, "Twenty taels of silver? Isn't that too much? This is enough for us to eat in our hometown for a year. How about giving me a little less?"
Hearing this, Daohua couldn't help herself and immediately leaned on the old lady's shoulder, facing inward, covering her mouth and laughing softly.
My second uncle and aunt looked distressed that they didn't have enough money and had to pay for it out of their own pockets. But my third uncle was better. He just said it was too much and asked them to take some back.
Why didn't she realize before that her Third Uncle was such a lovely person?
Old Mrs. Yan glared at her granddaughter, signaling her to be careful about the impact.
Daohua then sat up straight, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up.
Unable to gain any advantage, Yan Zhiyuan and the Sun family both gave up their efforts.
Yan Yile didn't care about all this. She went up to Daohua again, pulled her and asked her to open the gift.
Daohua didn't think much of opening a gift. She asked Wang Maner to bring the gift over and opened it in front of everyone.
"Wow, what a beautiful cup! Why is it transparent?"
Yan Yile reached out and picked one up to take a look.
The others looked over, also with a look of surprise on their faces.
This is a complete set of wine utensils, a wine jug and eight cups.
Yan Zhiyuan often traveled outside and had some experience. He recognized it immediately: "This is a glass cup. It is said to have been brought in from a foreign country. It is very rare."
"Mr. Dong is indeed worthy of being from a marquisate. He gave away a complete set of glass wine utensils as a gift. This is really generous."
Hearing this, Yan Yile immediately looked at Daohua: "Big sister, there are eight cups, can you give me one?"
Daohua smiled faintly and was about to refuse when she saw the old lady quickly take the cup from Yan Yile's hand: "Give it to me, what are you giving it to me? This wine set is complete. If you take one away, it will be incomplete. Besides, it's just a cup, what can you do with it?"
Yan Yile pouted and said, "Is it okay for me to enjoy it?"
The old lady ignored her, put the wine glass into the box, and motioned Wang Maner to take it away.
Daohua ignored Yan Yile and picked up another gift to open it.
"It's a glass mirror!"
As soon as the box was opened, Yan Zhiyuan spoke.
Daohua quickly picked up the mirror and looked at herself.
God bless her, she has been in ancient times for eleven years, and she finally sees what she looks like!
"Grandma, look."
After taking a look at herself, Daohua immediately turned the mirror towards the old lady.
The old lady looked at herself in the mirror and was immediately stunned: "How come it's so clear?" Then she said, "Why do I look so old? There are so many wrinkles on my face."
Upon hearing this, Daohua immediately covered her mouth and laughed.
Sure enough, no matter how old they are, women care about their appearance.
The old lady rolled her eyes at her granddaughter and sighed, "When I used a bronze mirror before, I didn't feel anything, but this glass mirror reflects people very clearly."
"I want to see it too, I want to see it too!"
Yan Yile also came over, and Daohua handed the mirror to her without saying anything.
"Be careful, don't drop it." The old lady warned. She had never seen this glass mirror before, and she knew it must be very precious without anyone telling her.
Yan Yihan and Yan Yishuang couldn't help it at this time, and they all gathered around Yan Yile to look at themselves in the mirror. Even Sun squeezed over.
Sun looked at herself in the mirror, touched her face and sighed, "In our family, Daohua is the most blessed. Look, she can receive such a wonderful gift on any birthday. She's much better off than us elders."
Madam Li raised her eyes and glanced at the jealous Sun. This time she did not refute. In the whole family, her daughter was indeed the most blessed.
(End of this chapter)
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