Chapter 59: Presenting a Gift in Public

"Let's start the banquet!"

Seeing that all the guests had arrived, Jiang Shan shouted with full energy.

Instantly, gongs and drums sounded, and two rows of beautiful maids in colorful clothes entered the banquet hall with exquisite dishes in their arms.

For a moment, the tempting aroma of the dishes filled the entire hall, making people salivate.

In addition to the dishes, jars of fine wine were constantly brought up.

Soon, someone saw something.

"This wine seems to be brewed by Jiaquan from Zuixianju!"

"Not only that, these dishes are also from Zuixianju's private room. Each table of banquets is worth at least five hundred taels of silver!"

"The eldest and third masters of the Jiang family are really filial sons. They are willing to spend a lot of money to prepare such a luxurious birthday banquet for the old lady!"

Just then, at the end of the two rows of colorful maids, a man in festive red clothes walked out, smiling and bowing to the old lady Jiang on the main seat, saying: "I am Qiu Tian, ​​the manager of Zuixianju. On behalf of Zuixianju, I would like to congratulate the old lady on her longevity!"

This scene caused everyone to constantly admire.

For a while, the vanity of the old lady Jiang was also satisfied to the extreme. She smiled from ear to ear, looking at the two sons below, and was extremely pleased.

The greatest achievement of her life was to give birth to these two filial sons, as well as three well-behaved grandchildren, Jiang Mingxuan, Jiang Yuewu, and Jiang Minghao.

Her son and grandchildren are very hardworking, which is why she has such a decent 70th birthday.

On the other hand, Xu Yin, Jiang Feng and others are neither her biological sons and daughters-in-law nor can they please her, which really makes her despise them.

However, now Jiang Tingyi is finally useful. She can provide a place for her granddaughter Yuewu in Tianyue College, which is not in vain for the Jiang family to provide her with food and drink and raise her for so many years.

At this moment, Jiang Tingyi, who was thought of by Mrs. Jiang, was sitting in her seat in silence, looking at the exquisite banquet in front of her, but she didn't eat a bite.

Su Chen on the side smiled lazily: "Why not eat, these are all your Jiang family's money. This birthday banquet will cost at least 10,000 taels of silver."

Jiang Tingyi shook her head: "No appetite."

Su Chen knew that she was nervous about what would happen in a while, and didn't say anything else.

The wine was flowing and there was laughter.

After three rounds of drinking, Jiang Shan stood up and shouted: "The younger generation presents a gift!"

The birthday gifts brought by the guests had been handed over to the housekeeper before entering the banquet hall.

And this link is that the younger generation of the Jiang family presents the birthday gifts they prepared to the old lady in public, and also shows them to the guests.

At that moment, everyone in the Jiang family stood up and came to the old lady's seat, presenting their birthday gifts to the old lady one by one.

"The birthday gift prepared by my son for my mother is a picture of pine and crane longevity!" Jiang Shan took out a calligraphy and painting from his sleeve and unfolded it in public.

After the calligraphy and painting were unfolded, it immediately caused a burst of praise. It turned out that this picture of pine and crane longevity was woven entirely with fine gold and silver threads, and was inlaid with plump pearls. Even the scroll of the picture was made of the most luxurious golden silk red sandalwood. The whole scroll was ten feet long and glittering, looking both majestic and luxurious.

A middle-aged man near Madam Jiang praised repeatedly, saying: "This scroll is the most suitable to be hung in the living room, and it can also set off the old lady's elegant and noble temperament. If such a scroll is placed in our Guibao Building, it will be worth at least five thousand taels of silver!"

As soon as these words came out, the scene was even more in an uproar, because this middle-aged man was the shopkeeper Wan of Guibao Building, a famous shop in Qinghe City. He said that this pine and crane longevity painting was worth five thousand taels, so it would definitely not be less than this number.

"Master Jiang is really filial, what a generous gift."

"Hanging such a scroll in the house really shows the class."

Old Lady Jiang smiled from ear to ear and said to Jiang Shan: "Why spend this money!"

Jiang Shan smiled and said: "Being filial to my mother is what I, as a son, should do."

Afterwards, Jiang Mingxuan and Jiang Yuewu came forward to present birthday gifts. Because they were of the younger generation, they did not present such expensive gifts like Jiang Shan, but each presented a beauty pill as a birthday gift.

Everyone also praised: "The beauty pill can delay the traces of time and keep the face forever. One pill is worth at least one thousand taels of silver. What a filial child."

Old Lady Jiang was also very satisfied. She said to Jiang Shan with a frown: "These two children are in need of cultivation resources, and they are still spending money on me, an old woman. You, as a father, don't care."

She said so, but the expression of Old Lady Jiang clearly showed that she liked these two beauty pills very much.

Then, Jiang He and Jiang Minghao presented their gifts respectively.

Jiang He presented a red ginseng that has the effect of prolonging life, while Jiang Minghao presented a night-shining pearl as big as a longan.

These two birthday gifts are also very valuable.

Old Madam Jiang was naturally very happy and ordered people to collect these two birthday gifts solemnly.

Then, the eyes of everyone present were focused on Xu Yin and Jiang Yuewu.

The family of the eldest son and the family of the third son of the old lady have already presented birthday gifts. Everyone wants to know what kind of birthday gifts the second daughter-in-law and second granddaughter of the old lady have prepared for the old lady?

Outsiders may not know, but the people of the Jiang family all know that the old lady has always disliked the second daughter-in-law and second granddaughter, and has never given them a good face. I don’t know if Xu Yin and Jiang Tingyi will hold a grudge and not be careful enough in preparing gifts?

Under the gaze of everyone, Xu Yin and Jiang Tingyi stood up from their seats and came to the old lady.

In their arms, each of them held a box, which obviously contained the prepared birthday gifts.

Jiang He was next to them, with a smile on his face, saying: "After all, the second sister-in-law is a woman, and she is more careful than us old men. I think she should be able to give a gift that will satisfy my mother."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes were focused on Xu Yin.

Many people in the Jiang family shook their heads secretly. They knew that Xu Yin didn't have much money. The economic lifeline of the Jiang family was in the hands of Jiang Shan and Jiang He. Even though Xu Yin was the second wife, she only received a small monthly salary from the family.

In this way, she was definitely not comparable to the wealth of Jiang Shan and Jiang He.

But Jiang He had to say such a thing at this time, obviously to embarrass Xu Yin.

If Xu Yin's things were much more shabby than Jiang Shan and Jiang He, she would inevitably be ridiculed, and more likely to be criticized and accused of being unfilial.