When Zhu Tingfang came in, he saw his grandmother and stepmother enjoying a pair of short swords. Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying stood beside them, and their happiness was beyond words. He knew immediately that it must be Hua Qi's early gift. Before he could stand still and speak, he heard Zhu Er's voice.
"Brother, Uncle Hua Qi gave Yingying and her brother-in-law a pair of daggers as a gift. What is he giving you and your future sister-in-law? Don't be stingy, show them to me!"
"I... haven't seen it yet." Zhu Tingfang said these words unnaturally. Seeing that Madam Tai and Jiu Niang were looking at him with a smile, as if they would not stop until they had a look today, he wanted to say that such a gift should not be opened on the wedding day. But what he didn't expect was that Zhu Er, who was always talking about something else, actually interrupted again.
"Brother, are you waiting to watch it with your sister-in-law someday?" Talking dirty is addictive. When Zhu Er made such a joking remark, he saw Zhu Tingfang suddenly turn his head and stare at him. There seemed to be a murderous look in his eyes, which frightened him so much that he shuddered and hurriedly shut up. But before he could think of a way to get away with it, the lady also learned from him.
"Hua Qi was probably afraid that he would miss your wedding with Yingying if he went to Huairou, so he sent the gift in advance. Dalang, just like Erlang said, don't be stingy, let us see what Hua Qi sent."
Seeing Zhang Shou's smile, Zhu Ying was curious, and his stepmother nodded to him encouragingly. Zhu Tingfang suddenly regretted why he didn't learn from Zhang Shou and open the gift to take a look. You know, with Hua Qi's bad personality, it is entirely possible that he would have packed a book of erotic paintings in a brocade box as a gift to him!
If only Zhu Er and Zhu Ying were stirring up trouble, he could still refuse, but his grandmother and stepmother also acted like they just wanted to know, so he really couldn't get away with it. He looked down at the brocade box that was about the size of two adult palms, thinking to himself that if the thing was outrageous, he would definitely teach Hua Qi a lesson when he saw him later.
With this profound understanding and not very high expectations, Zhu Tingfang finally slowly opened the small brocade box in his hand. When he saw clearly what lay inside, he couldn't help but be stunned.
Zhu Ying, who was extremely curious, rushed forward. When she saw the contents of the brocade box clearly, she couldn't help but exclaimed in admiration: "Uncle Hua actually gave me a jade pendant... Hey, this isn't a jade pendant, this isn't a carving, this is a natural pattern!"
The old lady and Jiu Niang were very suspicious of what Zhu Ying said, and although Zhu Er used to be afraid of his brother, today, since he had done something stupid, he simply sneaked forward boldly, snatched the brocade box from Zhu Tingfang, and presented it to his grandmother and stepmother in a flattering manner. As a result, when the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law saw the pair of disc-shaped objects in the brocade box, the old lady couldn't help but marvel at it.
On one piece of stone, one can vaguely see the word "red", while on the other piece of stone, one can vaguely see the word "jade".
"I thought it was something else, but it turned out to be agate! Ordinary agate is not as valuable as Hetian jade, but the ones with patterns on them are very popular among scholars and writers, and the patterns actually resemble words, which is even rarer. But the most rare thing is that the words on these two pieces can actually match. Hua Qi's gift is really... Hua Qi's thought is probably no less than Yingying's pair of swords."