Overwhelmed

Chapter 83

Grandpa's birthday is very lively, because it is not a full year that happens every five and ten, so although all the Lu family members are present, it is not too grand and solemn.

In the words of grandpa, this is just a family banquet, so don't be overly cautious.

Of course, the scale of this "family banquet" may be different from that of other families. The gifts presented by the children and grandchildren alone can fill up the entire warehouse.

As the current head of the family, our family's attention is second only to the old birthday grandfather today.

So when my father and mother presented gifts to my grandfather one after another, everyone's burning eyes fell on my elder brother and me.

This makes me a little nervous.

In fact, because I have no memory of the past, before I came to this island, I only had a vague impression of this old man, and this vague impression came from the information Wan Li prepared for me at the beginning. A few words.

After making up some genealogy yesterday, I got a general understanding of the old man's life.

However, it is precisely because I have understood a little bit that I dare not easily regard him as a pure and kind elder.

Grandpa obviously loved Eldest Brother very much, because the gifts presented by Eldest Brother were not directly put into the storage like those given by Mom and Dad, but opened the box on the spot.

After examining it carefully, Grandpa took out a shining jade bi from the box and put it in his palm to play with carefully. After that, he did not leave his hand until he left for a rest, but kept holding it in his hand. In his hand, it shows how much he loves the piece of beautiful jade sent by his elder brother.

When the eldest brother was about to step down, grandpa stopped him and let him sit with his father on the newly installed chair behind him.

I don't know if I'm overthinking it, but I always feel that the fact that grandpa called to stop the eldest brother seems to be... a little bit for the elder brother?

But soon I didn't have the heart to think so much, because it was my turn to present the gift soon.

Because I don’t know anything about grandpa’s habits, I asked my parents what they need to pay attention to at this time, but my father threw it to the housekeeper uncle of my family, so I didn’t offend the old man today. Taboo.

The wealth of the Lu family did not explode overnight, but through the hard work of dozens of generations, the Lu family is what it is today.

The grandfather who once stood at the highest point of the Lu family, the gift given to him by the old man, naturally cannot be measured by money.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but glance at the beautiful jade that my elder brother gave me in my grandfather's hand, thinking that the origin of this piece of jade must be extremely extraordinary.

Thinking of this, I raised my head and smiled at Grandpa, and then asked Wan Qi behind me to hand over the gift I prepared to the butler beside Grandpa.

Grandpa seemed a bit surprised by my smile just now, which gave me a headache as I used to be serious about myself.

But after all, he is an old man who has experienced strong winds and waves, and his ability to accept is more than twice that of those yelling aunts and aunts at home.

With narrowed eyes and slightly creased eyes, after taking out the painting I sent from the long box and unfolding it, there was a trace of surprise for the first time in those eyes that had always been smiling kindly.

"Xiaoyuan, did you draw this?" After carefully looking at it for a long while, Grandpa handed the painting to the housekeeper at the side, and leaned slightly to ask me.

I smiled at him embarrassedly, and replied obediently: "Grandpa, although I have studied painting, I majored in oil painting, and I haven't specialized in Chinese painting to this level."

Seeing that grandpa raised his eyebrows slightly, without any sign of impatience, I continued: "I asked a friend to help me draw the pines, cypresses and rocks. The words are filled in."

When I learned that everyone had to personally prepare gifts for grandpa every year, I discussed with Brother Bai about what to give.

The conclusion is that for an old man who has never been short of money and has almost nothing he has never seen or experienced, the thoughts of his children and grandchildren are far more considerate than expensive and worthless gifts.

So this picture of Longevity, which was painted by Big Brother Bai himself, and it took me more than half a month to fill the ink marks with the word "longevity", will now appear in the hands of the old man.

Hearing what I said, the old man was obviously quite satisfied. After seeing my regrets with a smile, he nodded and said "Yes", and then told the housekeeper to hang this painting in his study after the family banquet is over. Go, obviously I still like this picture of longevity.

It wasn't until I returned to the seat next to my mother and sat down that I was slightly relieved. At the same time, I was also happy that the result of my joint efforts with Big Brother Bai was liked by Grandpa.

Later, when it was the turn of the family members to present gifts, I noticed that it was not only the gifts from the parents that the grandpa didn’t read. When I saw that the grandpa received the gifts from the parents without even looking at them, I thought Is the old man dissatisfied with his parents?

After watching the whole audience, I realized that the gifts that grandpa had really seen, including me and my eldest brother, could be counted with one slap, and almost all of them were concentrated in the grandchildren, and the gift of Lu Mingzhao was also specially opened by the old man. , seems to be quite satisfactory.

As for the gifts from parents, the old man just waved his hand and let people take them away.

When I asked my mother suspiciously, she smiled and told me that my grandfather was used to being serious when he was young.Although he looks very kind-hearted now, the sons who grew up watching his cold face still treat him respectfully and cannot relax, which makes him very impatient.

On the contrary, the children of the grandchildren, because of the relationship of the next generation, are very popular with his old man.

Of course, this fondness is only reflected in the few grandchildren who are fond of his elders.

Although the old man's body is still strong, he is old after all, after such a long time, there is a trace of exhaustion on his face.

He waved his hand to let us juniors continue playing, and went back to the room to rest first.

As soon as the old man left on his front feet, I also slipped on my back feet.

It's really a conditioned reflex to have been ravaged by those aunts, aunts, cousins, and cousins ​​for the past month. Just now after my grandfather said let us continue, I obviously noticed that a few female relatives who came in before the banquet obviously looked at me with bright eyes. It seems to me.

But having said that, are these guys a group discussion?How much resentment is there for alcohol in my family, and if I catch me and my eldest brother, I will launch a mental attack!

The most irritating thing is that at this time, Mom and Dad will never take action to save my elder brother and I. Instead, one face is happy to see the success and the other is full of relief. What kind of trouble is going to happen!

Taking Wan Qi to shuttle through the plum grove that was in full swing on the island, after finally avoiding a few sisters and sisters who were chasing after me, I sat in the octagonal pavilion deep in the plum grove and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Master, drink a cup of hot tea to warm up your body." Not long after sitting down, the servant in charge of taking care of the place brought a pot of hot milk tea and some appetizing snacks.

After taking the milk tea handed over by Wan Qi and motioning him to sit down together, I felt a little leisurely and set my sights on the endless plum grove outside the pavilion.

The Lu family's ancestral house has a history of hundreds of years. When the ancestors of the Lu family brought most of their wealth and family members to this island to prosper because of the war, they built this mansion.

Hundreds of years have passed, and the outside world has changed with each passing day. The Lu family on this island has spread all over the world and established a huge family. Only this ancestral home of the Lu family still alive on the island Quietly retaining the original simplicity and ancient meaning, the guardian of the endless descendants of the Lu family.

The origin of this plum grove is said to be that the patriarch who built the ancestral house here loved plums among the Four Gentlemen the most.Later, there were more and more Lu family members, and this mansion was expanded again and again, but the plum trees in the garden, like this mansion, have bloomed and withered on this land for hundreds of springs and autumns.

Being in such a place where everything in sight is full of ancient charm, even I, a big layman, can't help but feel that I am also elegantly infected by the fragrance of plum blossoms.

Just as he was looking at Mei Lin in a daze, the bamboo curtain at a corner of the pavilion was suddenly lifted open.

The next moment, Wan Qi, who had been sitting beside me, quickly stood in front of me like the wind, tightly grasping the hand that was reaching out to me.

Seeing this, several people behind the man rushed forward and shouted "let go" in Italian.

Only then did I have time to look at this man.

I actually noticed it when he lifted the curtain.Just sitting in such an environment, suddenly seeing a blond foreign man appearing, somewhat gives the illusion of time travel.

It's just... why does this person's eyes make people feel so uncomfortable.

"Wan Qi, let him go." From the corner of the eye, I caught a glimpse of the guards outside the pavilion who were notified by the servants who took care of the place, but there were no guards who rushed in at the first time. I felt a little bit about the identity of this man Only then did he speak to Wan Qi, motioning him to let go of that man.

"Mr. Wilson, Wan Qi is being rude." After slightly bowing to the man, Wan Qi turned around and retreated behind me.

Wilson... I always feel that this surname is a little familiar, but I really can't remember where I saw it for a while, maybe it was mentioned in the materials Wan Li gave me back then.

Judging by Wan Qi's appearance, he obviously knew this man, and it was rare to see him with a cold face. Presumably, his impression of this man should not be very good.

It seems that we need to ask him in detail later.

The man obviously also noticed the situation outside the pavilion. Although he was still a little inexplicably excited, he finally didn't reach out to me again.

It's just that obviously predatory eyes still made me frown.

"finally found you!"

I finally raised my eyebrows in amazement when the well-spoken Chinese came out word by word from the Italian man's mouth.