Chapter 380 New Year's Gift
"Here I come, brother-in-law, I'm coming!"
Jiang Lao San, who had been favored by his brother-in-law since childhood, always obeyed Li Lao Si's orders. Li Chengxiu, who finally waited for his brother-in-law to come to his rescue, quickly ran to the east wing with his precious son on his back.
"You guys sit down first, I'll take Azhu to his mother!"
Jiang Wan, who was originally chatting with his grandparents and mother, received a fat son and watched the roe deer running away happily.
“Ah, da…”
Little boy Li Rui tried to complain to his mother with slurred words, and then his adorable big fat head was held in the arms of his loving grandmother.
"Our little Azhu is here, grandma, come and give him a hug."
Xu held the fat boy in her arms, smiling happily. She was also careful not to scare the child with the scars on her face, so she tilted her face slightly to comfort him.
"Azhuo is growing up really well, a bit like your fourth brother when he was a child."
"Really? My eldest nephew looks like me?"
Jiang Yang looked at the big, sweet and soft little baby, and for the first time, saw the curiosity and joy of a child on his cold little face.
Jiang Wan held his equally small fourth brother in his arms and rubbed his little head lovingly.
"Well, our little four is an uncle now, and he's a big boy too!"
She pulled out an exquisite silver locket inlaid with jewels and put it on him gently. Jiang Yang looked down at it, smiled, and bowed to thank his elder sister.
Jiang Han, who was standing behind his sister, rubbed her shoulders skillfully.
"Sister, where's my New Year's present?"
The old lady sat aside, pouting and muttering.
"You're almost at the age to get married, yet you're still acting like a child in front of your sister all day long? What are you competing with Xiao Si for? Look at what you've achieved!"
When the old man saw that his wife was causing trouble again, he quickly spoke before his eldest granddaughter could open her mouth.
"The children can figure out their own affairs. Why should we, the elders, judge what is right and wrong? Why don't you learn your lesson?"
While teaching his wife kung fu, he took out a jade pendant of fine quality from his pocket and handed it to his great-grandson with a smile.
"My dear, your grandfather doesn't have anything good. This jade pendant was given to me by your grandson-in-law before you got married. I've been carrying it with me for several years and I think it's really good. I'll give it to Ah Zhu to play with. Just don't despise it."
Jiang Wan took out a small wooden box from behind his back, opened it, and inserted an exquisitely shaped hairpin into his sister's head, then looked at the old man and curled his lips.
"Grandpa, I haven't been home for a few days, and you've become estranged from me?
You think the New Year gift you gave to Ah Zhuo is not worth much, but the one your granddaughter prepared for you two elders is probably not as valuable as the jade pendant in your hand. So, should I still pay for it or not?
"Take it out! Why don't you take it out?"
The old lady interjected.
"If your grandfather doesn't want it, that's his business. Your grandma never complains about too much or too little. Even a mosquito leg is still meat! I still have to save up betrothal gifts for my grandchildren. I don't mind any amount, so hurry up and give it to me!"
"You really don't treat me like that."
He took off the specially made large gold bracelet on his wrist and gave it to the old lady, and gave the old man a pair of walnuts made of warm jade to rub around, and finally inserted another hairpin from the box into his mother's bun.
Jiang Wan smiled and shook his head.
"Look, mother. I had the same hairpin made for us. We can each get one. Doesn't it look nice?"
Mrs. Xu looked at her beautiful daughters in front of her, her smiling eyes full of satisfaction.
"It looks great! You two sisters are both known for your beauty. You look great in anything you wear."
"Well, it was all cleaned up with money, how could it not look good?"
As expected, when there were no outsiders around, the old lady was the one who would find fault with the family. Seeing that the eldest girl was the only one who didn't ask someone to make her a hairpin, she felt unbalanced.
"How come you three mothers all have hairpins, but your grandma doesn't? Big girl, your partiality is too obvious. I was so lucky that I helped you fight against old lady Cao in the palace!"
Jiang Han couldn't stand hearing people say bad things about her sister, because she was so good in every way! So she pouted, pointed at something on the old lady's left wrist, and retorted.
"Look at what you're saying, grandma. You didn't tear it apart and suffered any loss. Didn't you get a big gold bracelet from the Cao family for free?"
Old Wang quickly pulled up her sleeve to cover the bracelet and hid her arm behind her back as if she would rather die than give up her wealth.
"What are you talking about, girl? Where's the Cao family's bracelet? It's clearly from my Jiang family! I've carefully checked the style, pattern, and size, and it's exactly the same as my bracelet!"
"They were all sent by the late emperor, so aren't they exactly the same? There are so many identical things in the world, are they all yours, grandma?
Besides, this bracelet is the work of Concubine Xian. I heard that she made ten identical ones. The late emperor gave them as rewards to many families!
Jiang Han wrinkled his nose, apparently feeling that the late emperor was a bit unrefined. He looked up at his sister again and asked with some concern in his tone.
"Sister, the Cao family is clearly looking for trouble. What are you going to do?"
"Whatever happens, it's not worth worrying about such a small matter. Just do your job well and don't worry about other things."
Jiang Wan smiled nonchalantly and turned back to chat with the old lady.
"Grandma, the material of your bracelet is as good as the hairpins for the three of us. If you don't want it, I can exchange it for you."
"Who said I don't want it? I'm a real person and I just like big, real gold bracelets!"
"Do you still want this hairpin?"
The old man covered his wrist with his sleeve and shook his head repeatedly at his eldest granddaughter.
"No, no! I, an old woman, have no use for hairpins even though my hair has fallen out. You young people can use them. I'll just wear a bracelet!"
After talking to the old lady, Jiang Wan looked at the old man again.
"Why are you looking at me? I'm not being mean. This jade walnut is very good. The old man is very satisfied!"
Years of experience dealing with this wicked granddaughter taught Grandpa Jiang that as long as he didn't look for trouble, no trouble would come.
Sure enough, the eldest girl sat back with a smile.
After watching her eldest daughter settle the family down, Madam Xu returned to her chair, holding her eldest grandson in her arms. She held the jade pendant's tassel in one hand, letting the child play by himself, while she chatted with her eldest daughter.
"Wanjie'er, what Hanjie'er was worrying about just now, actually, mother also wants to worry about it.
The people in the Qinghe Mansion weren't fools. Everyone knew the Emperor and Empress were in love, and that the palace wouldn't hold another beauty pageant. So, were they suddenly jumping out and making such a fuss? Was that normal?
Also, I have dealt with the wife of the Duke of Qinghe several times. She is an extremely smart mistress of the house. How could she let such a mistake happen in her family?
I don’t quite understand.”
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