In a blink of an eye, the next month came, my little sister’s eighteenth birthday.
In previous years, on this day, Mrs. Cheng and Banniang would prepare a table of delicious food, and the whole family would close the door and celebrate the birthday of their little sister together. At the table, the brothers and sisters would make poems and make fun of each other, and their family happiness would be harmonious.
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But this year, it was not held at home, but at the largest restaurant in Meishan... This was Zhizhou Lei Jianfu's idea. He booked the entire three-story restaurant to celebrate the birthday of his 'virtuous niece'.
Su Xun knew that this old fox was actually trying to seduce him... Lei Fang had been obsessed with his little sister for more than two years, and Lei Jianfu had also proposed marriage early in the morning. At first, Su Xun kept rejecting it because his daughter was still young, but seeing her
If Lei Jianfu has grown up to be a girl of sixteen or seventeen, he will be a fool if he believes it.
Su Xun had no choice but to tell the truth. He actually had a verbal engagement with the Chen family and was just waiting for someone to propose marriage. Lei Jianfu heard this and said, "I'm afraid I'll never be able to wait."
Su Xun asked why? Lei Jianfu sneered and said: "I remember my colleagues in Beijing mentioned it in their letters, saying that Chen Xiliang had become a favorite of the officials, his future was very promising, and a wealthy family in Beijing married his family...
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"..." Su Xun was dumbfounded at the time, and wrote a letter to question Chen Xiliang, which confirmed Lei Jianfu's words. Although Chen Xiliang explained in every possible way in the letter, saying that he would do something neat, it had already deeply hurt Su Laoquan's self-esteem.
That's why a little girl made a vicious vow not to marry anyone after she turned eighteen.
Only a few people close to him knew about the poisonous oath. But the Lei family's desire for a younger sister had spread throughout the city. Mr. Lei Jian must marry this daughter-in-law, otherwise what else would he have to say about his dignity?
Therefore, the old man, without the consent of the Su family, spread the invitations in his own name and invited more than a hundred prominent gentry and businessmen in Meishan City. After setting the banquet, he told him about the matter.
In fact, the news had already spread on the street, and Su Xun already knew it without Lei Zhizhou informing him.
While Su Laoquan blamed his overlord for bowing, he also felt relieved... Your Chen family didn't take my daughter seriously, some of them pawned her as a treasure!
Besides, my little sister turns eighteen today, and it’s the day to bid farewell to the past and hit the road again. So he decisively decided not to do anything at home today, but to have a banquet with the whole family!
However, this decision did not receive a unanimous response; first of all, the younger sister locked herself in the house and refused to go out. Mrs. Cheng has been ill and has not gone out for several years; as for the eighth mother and two daughters-in-law, they are even less suitable.
attend such occasions.
After intimidating his younger sister to no avail, Chen Xiliang had no choice but to angrily bring his two sons to attend... In fact, Su Shi and Su Che didn't want to go, but Lei Zhizhou had taken good care of the Su family for many years, and their father and son were well-known.
In Shuzhong, thanks to Lei Zhizhou's push, he must always save some face for him.
When he arrived at Taoran Restaurant, Lei Fang had already been waiting eagerly at the door. He couldn't help but be a little disappointed when he saw only the Su family father and son, but no younger sister.
"Why, you still want my sister to show up?" Su Shi felt very unhappy with the Lei family being so powerful.
"That's not what I meant," Lei Fang quickly explained: "After all, this is a birthday party for my little sister..."
"Don't worry," Su Xun said with a cold face, "I have the final say on everything. She doesn't need to attend."
"Thank you, my father-in-law, for helping me..." Lei Fang was immediately overjoyed and sang loudly.
"Did you call me a little early?" Su Xun felt that it was very harsh. In fact, he preferred to hear another person call him this way.
"It's not early, it's not early," Lei Fang said with a smile: "I am sincere if I call early..."
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In the Su Mansion, the Eighth Niang tried her best to persuade the younger sister to open the door and saw that she had packed all her luggage.
"Where are you going?" Ba Niang's words of persuasion turned into a question.
"The Lei family is like this, in order not to make things difficult for dad," the younger sister said lightly, "I have to leave for a while."
"You're a little girl," Banniang said, dumbfounded, "where can you go?"
"I have my own concerns." The calmness on the girl's face was not fake at all: "In fact, I have wanted to leave for a long time, but the third brother said that he would let me have an unforgettable eighteenth birthday, so I waited.
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"When did you say that?" Ba Niang asked curiously.
"four years ago……"
"He probably just said it casually and should have forgotten it long ago." Banniang sighed and thought to herself, my silly sister...
"He can say it casually, but I can't take it seriously." The younger sister said calmly: "Even if everyone doesn't believe him, I do!"
While the two sisters were talking, they heard a knock on the door in the front yard, and the younger sister's heart skipped a beat.
"Is he really here?" Banniang left her little sister and said, "I'll go take a look."
The younger sister wanted to follow, but Banniang stopped her and said, "Girls, you have to be reserved."
I had no choice but to let Ba Niang go and see by herself. The little girl was restless in the house, so she had to walk to the door of the house and looked at the moon door hole. She just hoped that the big man with the evil smile would emerge from there.
Noisy footsteps sounded, and the little girl felt her heart jumping into her throat. She saw her second sister-in-law and several men carrying burdens.
"That's my sister's room." Shi pointed to the younger sister's room and said, "I don't have any labor at home, so I'll ask some of my elder brothers to carry it in."
"Of course." Several porters were about to enter the younger sister's room. The younger sister stopped and said, "Second sister-in-law, what is this?"
"The cashier who provides our family with charcoal all year round is here, saying he wants to celebrate your birthday." Shi also looked puzzled and said: "My mother and sister-in-law are waiting for guests in front, do you want to go out and see them too?
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"No more..." The little girl shook her head, but still stepped away and let the porters carry the gifts in.
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After seeing off the money clerk, Mrs. Cheng, with the support of Banniang and Wang Fu, went to her younger sister's room and saw her daughter and Mrs. Shi in a daze over a gift list.
Hearing them coming in, Mrs. Shi turned around with a surprised look on her face and said, "Mom, come and see what's going on." Then she handed the gift list to Mrs. Cheng from her younger sister's hand. Mrs. Chen looked at it and saw
Listed above:
‘A pair of mutton-fat jade bracelets,
A pair of silk white brocade sachets,
A pair of gold and jeweled dragonfly hairpins,
Bianjing Baorui Zhai's head looks like this,
One piece of each five colors of fine sunset cloth,
Laokeng Duanzhou purple stone inkstone with two sides,
A pot of Dongzhu..."
This is just the first page, there are eight more pages, a total of more than forty gifts...all of them are valuable.
Mrs. Cheng is from everyone and knows the best. Although there are no priceless treasures among these gadgets, each one is very valuable, and there are also some expensive items among them. In total, they are probably worth thousands of dollars.
"What is this?" Mrs. Cheng was also surprised and hurriedly ordered her daughter-in-law: "Bring her back quickly." She originally thought that the other party was just meaning, but she never expected that it would be such a congratulatory gift.
Wang Fu hurried to the front yard, but as soon as he opened the door, another guest came with a team of porters.
"Who are you looking for?" Wang Fu looked nervous.
"My surname is Tu..." The other party held a birdcage in his hand, with a large colorful parrot inside, and said, "Little sister of the Su family, Shoubi Nanshan..."
"This is for the little sister of the Su family..." The other party felt a little embarrassed and smiled at Wang Fu: "We are her old friends in Qingshen County. Today is my little sister's birthday, so I specially prepared some small gifts..." Then he said to the porters: "Hurry and carry it in."
"This..." Wang Fu had no choice but to stop him or not, so he had no choice but to ask him to sit in the front hall and go back to report to his mother-in-law.
When Mrs. Cheng went out, she saw the man with the surname Tu and realized that he had made his fortune by selling soy sauce. Now he has a fortune of tens of thousands and has become a wealthy gentleman.
"What does this mean?" Although it was difficult to open the gift list in person, Mrs. Cheng knew that his gift would not be too light. Naturally, she had to ask clearly: "Otherwise, I cannot accept this gift."
"My little sister is eighteen years old. As an uncle, it's natural for me to express my gratitude." Tu Guanren smiled and said: "I met an old man on the road. I can accept his money, but my wife can have a bowl of water." .”
"Then there's no need for such a thick gift? It will kill the little girl." Mrs. Cheng thought to herself, are we familiar with each other?
"Hey, madam, what are you talking about?" Tu Guanren said sternly: "My niece is not young anymore, so she always has to prepare some dowry. This is our custom in Meishan, so don't refuse."
While I was talking, someone called the door again.
Mrs. Cheng thought to herself, even if you want to catch a toad, you can catch two toads, so just invite them both in.
It turned out to be Cai Chuanfu...
"Isn't Master Cai in Chengdu?" After the ceremony, Tu Guanren asked with a smile.
"Oh, it's my aunt's eighteenth birthday." Cai Chuanfu grew a beard and became fatter, but compared with back then, his aura was a hundred times stronger. He smiled and said: "Don't say it's just in Chengdu, it's Outside Sichuan, I have to fly back..."
In this way, throughout the morning and afternoon, there was a constant stream of people giving gifts, so that all the rooms could not accommodate them, and some even had to be placed in the yard.
Looking at the beautifully packaged gift boxes filling the house and courtyard, Mrs. Cheng only remembered that she had seen such a formation when her father celebrated his eightieth birthday. But now, this was in the Su family, and an eighteen-year-old girl was celebrating her birthday. Birthday!
Although the younger sister's two sisters-in-law are not ordinary people, they were completely suppressed. Guaguai Longdidong, this sister-in-law's reputation is as high as the sky...
Naturally, the neighbors had already noticed the strange phenomenon in the Su family. They gathered around the door of his house, watching the people giving gifts coming in and out, and they all talked about it... Although it was really unknown, everyone knew that there must be something else. What a show!
Sure enough, in the afternoon, there was an even bigger scene.
