peaceful ancient life

Chapter 40
By the fifth day of August, one-fifth of An Ning's "Legend of Concubine Yang Gui" had been written.

The sixth day of August.

An Ning was dressed in a pink brocade dress with a chest-length skirt, a crescent-colored shawl, and a hosta and two delicate flowers slanted on her hair, making her look extremely delicate.

The well-dressed An Ning was in a good mood, and asked Ah Zi to put the things she had collected into a basket, and went ahead to put the basket on the carriage.

These were An Ning's birthday gifts that An Ning was planning to give to Mrs. Tai.

Today, the An family and others all dressed up and prepared to go to the Shengyang Hou Mansion to celebrate Mrs. Tai's birthday.

When they arrived at Shengyang Hou's Mansion, after An Ning's family met Mrs. Tai, An Jin took An Wenye, An Wenhan and An Wenyu to the front yard to help greet the male guests.

Yang Shi, An Nuannuan, and An Ning were in the flower hall in the backyard to keep company with Mrs. Tai.

An Nuannuan and An Ning sat next to Mrs. Tai, chatting and making fun with her. Every time a female guest came in for a ceremony, Mrs. Tai would grandly introduce An Nuannuan and An Ning to them.

This made An Ning receive a lot of greeting gifts, and she was really in a good mood~
Mrs. Tai and An Nuannuan laughed when they saw An Ning's little money fan, their eyes were full of doting.

After the birthday guests are almost full, the presenting session begins. This presenting is limited to the relatives of Mrs. Tai. The congratulatory presents of the guests are all directly handed over to the housekeeper of Shengyang Hou Mansion for registration and bookkeeping after entering the mansion.

Seeing that it was time to offer gifts, An Ning asked Ah Zi to go down first to prepare the things she would use later.

As soon as AhZi went down, the presenting began.

Li Yuqing and his wife from An Guogong's mansion were the first to come out to present gifts. What they presented to Mrs. Tai was a deep sea blood coral the size of two basketballs. This blood coral has a strange shape and bright colors, and is a rare treasure.

As soon as the Duke of Anguo's mansion took it out, the people present aroused admiration. You must know that such a large blood coral is probably not found in other places except the palace.The biggest ones I have seen before are only half the size of this one, but the ones I see now are all the size of an adult's palm, which means that the Anguo Gongfu's wealth and prosperity can produce such a large blood coral, and it is worthy of the Anguo Gongfu.

Next came An Jin and An Nuannuan, who took out a Jade Guanyin statue bought in Qibaozhai. Although it was incomparable with the previous ones, it was done with care.

Everyone here knows that An Jin's family came to Beijing not long ago from their hometown in the countryside, and they were not well-established country gentlemen before. With An Jin's salary, they were able to produce this Jade Guanyin, which is considered intentional for An Jin and the others. .After all, just looking at this Jade Avalokitesvara would cost several hundred taels of silver.

Mrs. Tai looked at Baiyu Guanyin and thought, every time she saved a dowry for Yu Qing who was not yet married, she would also save a dowry for Yurou (An Nuannuan), until after Yuqing married, Yurou's dowry They are still in the storeroom in their own yard. Since it was the dowry saved for her at the beginning, it is time to give it to her now.

Mrs. Tai decided to talk to Sheng Yanghou after today's birthday banquet was over, and then asked Mrs. Hou Wang to take stock and send it to Yurou.

Immediately after were the relatives of Mrs. Tai's natal family, and then everyone in the Shengyang Hou's mansion. The gifts they presented were all treasures, but they were incomparable with those from the An Guogong's mansion.

After they finished offering, it was the turn of Mrs. Tai's grandchildren and grandchildren.

Brothers and sisters Li Yuan, Li Yun, and Liu Xuan all sent hand-copied poems, embroidery, decorations and the like, and even the three brothers An Wenye sent exquisite small decorations directly selected in Qibaozhai.

When it was An Ning's turn, An Ning took the small wooden box from Ah Zi and walked out with a smile on her face: "Grandmother, Ning'er will make you a rare little spell as a birthday present. Look after you, don't blink!"

Mrs. Tai smiled and said: "Okay, okay, grandma is watching."

An Ning asked a few maidservants to move a small table and put it on the right hand side diagonally opposite Mrs. Tai. Behind the table was a dead corner with no one around.

An Ning came to the table, stood facing Mrs. Tai and the guests present, picked up the small wooden box, opened it, and smiled at Mrs. Tai, "Look clearly, there is nothing." Then she pointed the small wooden box to Mrs. Tai Madam and everyone present flipped back and forth to let everyone see that there is nothing in Li Mian.

Mrs. Tai and others looked at her with interest, wanting to see what she was playing with.

An Ning closed the small wooden box, put it on the table and turned it around a few times before opening it, then raised her head and smiled at Mrs. Tai: "Look at it." Then she took out a long silk scarf from the box, picked it up and said with a smile: "Pretty isn't it?"

Li Yun exclaimed, not only the wives present were surprised, even the well-informed Mrs. Tai showed a surprised expression.

Everyone stared closely at An Ning and the small box on the table.

An Ning picked up the silk scarf, looked at it, and muttered, "Today is grandma's birthday, so it's not good to give a silk scarf." While talking, she smiled mischievously at Mrs. Tai and said, "Let's change to another one." .”

Mrs. Tai smiled and nodded.

Everyone in the hall stared at An Ning nervously, without blinking their eyes, for fear of missing something.

An Ning stuffed the silk scarf into the box, then took out a handkerchief from it, shook her head dissatisfied and stuffed it back, took out the jade pendant, stuffed it back in, and took out a beautiful flower to return. Unsatisfied, she took out again, and took out another hosta, finger pull... Finally, she took out a bouquet of flowers, and An Ning was finally satisfied.

The people in the hall were also stunned, feeling very strange. Could it be that she really knows magic spells?
An Ning looked at the flowers, nodded and smiled and asked Mrs. Tai, "Grandma, how about giving you these flowers?"

Seeing Mrs. Tai smiling and agreeing, An Ning picked up the bouquet of flowers and thought for a while before shaking her head and eyebrows, "Isn't it not unusual for Ning'er to send flowers for my grandmother's birthday? Or should I change it?" Madam replied that she took the flower with both hands and kneaded it, turning the flower into a big birthday peach. This birthday peach looks fresh and delicious, with dewdrops on it.

Under everyone's amazed eyes, An Ning came to Mrs. Tai with a birthday peach in her hands and said with a smile: "Grandmother, this is a fairy peach stolen from the Heavenly Queen Mother's Yaochi. Ning'er dedicated it to my grandmother. Such as the East China Sea, Shoubi Nanshan!"

Mrs. Tai produced birthday peaches by herself, and she narrowed her eyes with a smile: "Well, well, this is the most interesting birthday gift my grandmother has received."

An Ning smiled sweetly at her. Fortunately, she is in good physical condition now and her hand speed is very fast. Otherwise, she really wouldn't be able to make this magic trick better. After all, magic is all about fast words.

In modern times, her hand speed was not so fast.

Seeing that Mrs. Tai was so happy after regaining consciousness, the others respectfully praised An Ning.

Some people even inquired with her, wondering how she did it so miraculously.

Peaceful but silent.

Mrs. Tai saw that everyone was asking about An Ning, so she hurriedly changed the subject.

Those people saw that it was not easy to inquire, and praised Mrs. Tai and An Ning, especially An Ning. After all, Mrs. Tai's attitude towards An Nuannuan and An Ning today is obvious to all. An Nuannuan has nothing to praise for the time being, but An Ning just revealed With such a move, it attracted everyone's attention, and they all said good things without money.

An Ning blushed a little while listening, she didn't know that she had so many advantages!shy!

(End of this chapter)