Chapter 591: Repressed Hate

Seeing everyone staring at him, Zhou Lao Er dragged a tray forward, and the birthday man carved out of jade said, "Father, my son wishes you a long and healthy life."

Zhulan saw that Changzhong's jade horse and Shouxing Weng's were made of the same material.

Zhou Shuren was very happy to celebrate his birthday, "I have a heart."

Seeing that his father likes it, Zhou Laoer feels at ease, and it is not in vain for him to bother thinking about gifts.

Chang Lian sent calligraphy and painting, with pine on the painting, and a poem he made beside it. Zhou Shuren read the poem and gave it a high evaluation.

Sifang's gift was prepared by Su Xuan, a single copy, it was rare that Changzhi didn't have a pained expression on his face.

Zhou Shuren had already worn Xuehan's gift, but Changzhong had no gift to prepare, so he recited a blessing.

Then there are the gifts from the grandchildren. The children of the Zhou family are not to spend money recklessly, and each has their own small coffers. However, the gifts prepared by Mingyun and the others together do not mean to compare, and it seems that there is a lot of tension between brothers. with love.

Zhou Shuren stroked his beard and said to Mingyun, "Not bad."

Ming Yun kept in mind his grandfather's teaching that the children and grandchildren of the Zhou family should be united at home, and they could only count on outsiders if they wanted to, so he stood up, the idea was his own, and he deserved his grandfather's praise.

Boss Zhou grinned foolishly. He was proud of the big house with many sons, and the son was the eldest grandson. Although he was not good at studying, he was good at giving birth to sons. See, his son was praised by his father.

Boss Zhou looked at the other two sons without losing his smile. They were skinny, but they were comfortable to look at. There were four grandchildren standing in a row, of which the eldest house occupied three!

Zhou Laoer looked at Mingyun greedily, and then turned his attention to Mingrui. Fortunately, his son is not bad, otherwise he would be even more sour. Looking at Changlian from the corner of his eye, the second room has at least one son, and the third room is a son. I don't know, how does he think the third room is the life of a daughter!

Chang Lian felt the second brother's gaze, what does it mean, it hurt his heart, he still didn't believe it, and when Sanfang had a son, he slapped the second brother in the face severely.

Changzhi's eyes fell on the lady. Speaking of which, it's been almost a year since they got married. He worked hard and the child should come. He was still thinking about it. He listened to his father's temper and refused to take the imperial examination. , ready to give birth to two babies!

Su Xuan secretly pinched Chang Zhi, the man was staring at her, the sister-in-law had already noticed.

Changzhi hissed, and honestly withdrew his gaze.

The two granddaughters of the Zhou family also prepared presents together, and these two girls copied scriptures.

Then came Wu Yan, which cannot be regarded as a gift prepared by Wu Ming. Wu Ming sent it, it should be said to be a gift from the Wu family, and there was also a gift from Rong Chuan. Among the gifts of these two people, Rong Chuan's copy of calligraphy and painting , Wu Ming is an antique bottle.

The gifts from his family were finished, and the guests came to the door one after another. Zhou Shuren regretted that he would not be able to see Zhulan's gifts until evening, so he got up and took his sons to the front yard.

Zhulan is here to welcome the female family members. Fortunately, the female family members did not bring their daughters and granddaughters, otherwise, the backyard would really not fit. Today is Zhou Shuren's birthday, and the juniors have all returned to their own courtyard.

Tao Shi sat beside Zhulan, "Liu Shi is seriously ill, so it's true."

Zhulan, "How do you say that?"

Mrs. Ran answered, "If you are not seriously ill, Mrs. Liu will definitely be there on this occasion."

Zhulan was silent, so these two always thought that Mrs. Liu was pretending to be sick.

Dow smiled, "I can have a satisfying meal today."

Ran shook her fan, "The ears are also quiet."

Zhulan smiled, in the battle between Ran's and Liu's, Ran's was the winner, she heard from Shuren that the third prince has warmed to Master Ran again, and the Ran's family is doing well now.

Zhulan looked at Mrs. Ran, Mrs. Ran's temperament was indeed good, not to mention Mrs. Ran's grandchildren, she had heard from Ming Yun that they were also top-notch. Zhulan picked up the teacup and drank tea, but she had thoughts Well, the Ran family is still associated with the prince. If Miss Ran only has a princess and no prince, the grandchildren of the Ran family will be rare good sons-in-law.

It's a pity that Zhou Shuren's official position is not as high as Mr. Ran's, and the eldest and second child are white. He married a daughter from a high family, and his granddaughter was angry.

Tao Shi was very well-informed, and said in a low voice: "The fifth prince's mansion is decorated with lanterns and festoons, and it is very grand to marry a wife."

Ran's fan covered the corner of his mouth, "It's all for my own face."

Otherwise, why would the fifth prince care so much about marrying a concubine? He just wanted to save face for himself.

Zhulan thought in her heart, she can see clearly!

In Yaohou Mansion, Yao Yao was sitting in her mother's room, and picked up Yao Xin's dowry list, "Mother, is this too much? No matter what, I will marry the fifth prince as a concubine."

There are no valuable items on the dowry list, they are all flashy, which makes people think that Yaohou's mansion is down and out of money.

Bai took the dowry list, "Yao Xin's dowry is from the Hou's house, this dowry was given to me by your father, it's ridiculous to have to pass it from me."

Over the years, she has carried so many blames for the master, and she is getting more and more tired.

Yao Yao squinted her eyes. Father used to be close to the Fifth Prince, but now he treats Yao Xin so much. Doesn't it mean that he dislikes the Fifth Prince, "Father really hurts people. If you look down on the Fifth Prince so much, why do you use me as a pawn?"

Hearing this, Mrs. Bai clenched her fists. To the master, the three of them are just pawns, and the hatred that has been suppressed rolls in their eyes.

In the afternoon, the banquet at Zhou's family was over, and Zhou Shuren was drunk a lot. The rare opportunity was that he was not afraid of being tricked by Zhou Shuren, and Zhou Shuren drank too much.

Zhulan saw off the officials and family members, and counted the gifts. Many of the gift lists were from merchants in Jinzhou, but the gifts had arrived and no one could come in.

They piled up for half the room, and after Zhulan looked at them, she said, "It's your birthday and get rich."

These things are sold, almost catching up with the income of the government for more than half a year.

Mrs. Song said: "We still have to change it back."

"That's right, the left hand is the right hand."

Mrs. Song thought, this is just a gift between officials. When you enter the capital, there will be more powerful families. If you don’t invite you, you will lose face. If you go, you will be given gifts. For some powerful families who made their fortunes during the war, there are too many good things Yes, I really don't like it in general.

Zhulan sorted and registered the presents. It was almost dark, so she stood up and rubbed her arms. She was getting old, how long it had been, and her arms were sore.

Back at the house, Zhou Shuren was washing his face, Zhulan asked, "Why didn't you rest for a while?"

Zhou Shuren's voice was hoarse, and he drank a few glasses of water before saying, "I miss your gift."

Zhulan laughed, "I'll take it out right away."

Zhou Shuren pressed his eyebrows and sat on the chair to wait. It doesn't matter how bright his smile is today, these people are pouring him so hard that he has a headache.

Zhulan took out the paintings and showed them to Zhou Shuren one by one, "This is a gift. I will draw one every year for your birthday in the future."