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Chapter 1049 Zheng Banqiao's "Ghost Life"

The things to do today are really not small, nothing else, the second grandpa's [-]th birthday!

This matter was only received by Yang Jing the day before yesterday.He just got off the plane the day before yesterday when he received a call from his grandmother, who told Yang Jing the news and told him that the second generation of Lao Li's family would go.

This is no small matter.It is a great thing for a family to have an old man who celebrates his [-]th birthday.

As the old saying goes, life at seventy is rare since ancient times, and life at eighty is old.In ancient times, an 80-year-old old man was an absolute old birthday star. You don’t have to worship the emperor, and the emperor has to bow his hands to pay tribute to you.

In ancient times, people with a long life must have great blessings, so even the emperor is willing to take advantage of this kind of blessing.

Now, with the continuous improvement of living conditions and medical conditions, there are more and more 80-year-olds.But no matter what, there is an old man in a family celebrating his [-]th birthday, let alone that family, as long as the whole family has the conditions, they have to come to celebrate their birthday.

No, when Yang Jing called his mother, she told him the details.

Yang Jing's grandfather has four brothers and sisters, and his grandfather is the third child, but he is the eldest son in the family because there are two older sisters above him.Grandpa's eldest sister passed away 20 years ago, and now there are only three of them left.Grandpa's second sister, Yang Jing's second aunt, is also 90 years old this year. She is ten years older than Yang Jing's second grandpa, but her birthday is later, in September, so this year not only will the second Grandpa celebrated her [-]th birthday, and she also celebrated her [-]th birthday for my second aunt.

When the elders in the family celebrate their full birthday, they celebrate it one year in advance, that is, they celebrate the false age.So this year, two elderly people in the old Li family celebrated their [-]th and [-]th birthdays respectively.

This is a great joy for the whole family of Lao Li's family.So this time the second grandpa celebrates his [-]th birthday, Yang Jing's family of three, Yang Jing's family of five, Yang Jing's family of three and Yang Jing's uncle will all come. Li Yinuo comes because he needs to go to school No, otherwise that girl would have to come too.

It's just that Yang Jing didn't know the second grandpa's birthday, nor the second aunt's birthday, so he didn't make any preparations in advance.

But now that mom has explained the situation, Yang Jing has to prepare a gift.

Needless to say, the whole family has a lot of treasures here, and it is more than enough to pick out a few as birthday gifts.

Yang Jing knew that because there were parents and mothers who participated in the birthday celebration, they, the third generation, did not have to give birthday gifts to the elderly alone, and the second generation of the old Li family represented all of them.Of course, if Yang Jing and the others want to give it, there is no problem, but the value of the gift must not exceed the gift given by the elders, otherwise it will be against the rules.

In other words, Yang Jing needs to prepare four gifts for his mother and the others, and one gift for his grandparents. Even though his grandparents won't come, he still needs to express it.

Later, Yang Jing asked the eldest cousin again, asking if she planned to give a birthday present.The eldest cousin said that those who are married and have a family should give it away, but those who are not married and have a family should not give it away, so Yang Jing prepared two more sets of gifts.

He and his eldest cousin have already married, and they have to give the second grandpa a birthday gift.So Yang Jing prepared a total of seven gifts.

It would not be easy for others to prepare these seven sets of gifts in a hurry, but it was nothing to Yang Jing.There are still many treasures in the basement of Haisiheyuan.Those treasures are not qualified to be exhibited in the Grand Canal Museum, but they are also extremely precious antique works of art for ordinary people.Especially Lao Na really collected a lot of miscellaneous treasures back then, such as Wenwan lion head walnuts from the Qing Dynasty, birdcages made of rosewood embedded with gold and silver, and ivory carvings from the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, Yang Jing was only in the basement. After walking around, the birthday gift to be prepared was ready.

But when preparing the gift, Ge Ge suddenly said: "Yang Jing, I suddenly remembered that my grandma will have her [-]th birthday this year!"

"Huh? Your grandma is also a horse?"

"Well, it's a horse. It's 79 weeks this year, and it's [-] years old. But my grandma's birthday won't be until the end of the year."

"My lady, don't say anything, I will choose a good gift for my wife."

Gege smiled and said: "I didn't mean that. I just suddenly remembered the things of the past few years. I still remember that year when you just came back, we went to Uncle Jiang's to choose a birthday present for Grandma, and you gave it to Grandma A bracelet carved from Hetian white jade, my grandma likes it so much, I still wear it on my hand and can't bear to take it off."

"Hey, lady, my husband used such a bracelet to fool you back then, lady."

"Go, what nonsense!" Gege punched Yang Jing coquettishly, "I didn't follow you for the sake of your treasures. I fell in love with you, it’s just that some fool was afraid of this and that, and kept me waiting for several years! Hmph, now you have the nerve to say it.”

Yang Jing was moved, grabbed his daughter-in-law's hand and said, "Daughter-in-law, how can we see a rainbow without going through wind and rain! Our relationship has gone through many tests, and our relationship will definitely be stronger in the future. Pure gold is as solid as gold soup! We will definitely spend a lifetime together hand in hand! I will treat you well for the rest of my life."

The two wanted to hang out in the basement for a while, but the phone rang at an inopportune time.Yang Jing answered the phone, it was indeed my mother.

"We have already passed Cangzhou, and we will arrive at Yanjing South Railway Station in about [-] minutes. Hurry up and pick us up!"

After hanging up the phone, Yang Jing shook his head helplessly and sighed, making Ge Ge laugh out loud.

"Let's go quickly, don't waste time, or parents will bear you again."

In this way, the couple drove with gifts, and Morris and Clark drove the rented Coaster minibus to the exit of Yanjing South Railway Station and waited together.

After waiting for a while at South Station, I saw a large family coming out of the station.

The Toyota Coaster minibus rented by Yang Jing is prepared for a family, and this big family is also a family of thirteen or four.

"Xiao Jing, how is the gift that I asked you to prepare?" Mother Yang asked her son as soon as she got in the car.Originally, according to the wishes of grandparents, aunts and uncles, this birthday gift was prepared by the family. How can there be an elder who celebrates a big birthday, and the gifts of several families are prepared by a younger generation?This is unreasonable.

It was Yang's mother who vetoed this statement. In Yang's mother's words, my son is not short of these things now, and if he prepares a birthday gift, he will definitely look very tall. Isn't this also embarrassing for our parents?
Although Yang Jing's grandfather is the third child in the family, he is the eldest son. His second brother celebrated his [-]th birthday, so he can't be too shabby as the eldest brother, but it's not a good idea to prepare birthday gifts for the elderly. It's a simple matter, so Yang's mother simply handed it over to her son.

Everyone in the family knew that my nephew had a lot of good things and was not short of the money, so they agreed to Mama Yang's proposal.Now that Mama Yang has seen her son, of course she is concerned about this issue.If her son can't come up with good things, it will be a shame to Li Ping.

The family also wants to save face, okay?

"Hey, who dares to disobey the orders of your empress dowager Lafayette? Don't worry, Mom, I have already prepared my second grandpa's birthday gift." As he spoke, Yang Jing took out the birthday gifts from the trunk of the car. He took it out of his pocket.

"Here, this is a gift from my grandpa and my grandma. Do your staff members think it is suitable?" Yang Jing took out a scroll and pulled it out. Although everyone couldn't understand what was written, this scroll The momentum of the calligraphy can be clearly felt, so everyone can't help but nod in unison.

Only after the old uncle read it carefully, he asked with some doubts: "Xiao Jing, is this Zheng Banqiao's writing?"

"Well, that's right, this painting is indeed a painting called "Gui Shou Shou" written by Zheng Banqiao, one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou."

"Yo, then the value of this painting will be great." The old uncle sucked his teeth.

"Hey, old uncle, you don't know this, right? There are several paintings of "Gui Shushou" in the basement of my yard, and this one by Lao Zheng can only be regarded as ordinary."

"Ah? Why do you still have it?"

"Well, let's say Dong Qichang's, like Tang Bohu's, like Xu Wei's." The old uncle was speechless after hearing this.

This is really helpless, who made the song "Gui Shu Shou" written by Cao Cao, a generation of heroes, too famous?In particular, the phrase "an old man with a strong ambition for a thousand miles" has become an eternal quatrain.So since Cao Cao, many calligraphers have more or less written this poem, or a certain sentence in this poem.

At the beginning, Lao Na often brought good things to the house, including these calligraphy and paintings.Among them, Lao Na collected four or five pieces of "Gui Shi Shou" in those years.

It’s like hanging in the Grand Canal Museum with Huang Tingjian’s handwritten "Gui Shi Shou", whether it is Dong Qichang, Tang Bohu or Xu Wei, it seems that they are not as good as Huang Tingjian in calligraphy. After all, Huang Tingjian is one of the four famous calligraphers in the Northern Song Dynasty. , and Huang Tingjian wanted it even earlier.

Therefore, in the end, Yang Jing chose to hang Huang Tingjian's "Ghost Life" in the Grand Canal Museum exhibition. As for the remaining works, except for Tang Bohu's "Gui Life" which was hung in the wing room, the others It's all in the basement.This time it happened to be taken out as a birthday gift.

"Uncle, what do you think of this painting as a congratulatory gift from my grandparents?" Yang Jing asked.

The old uncle shook his head helplessly and sighed: "You kid even took out Zheng Banqiao's words as a birthday gift, what else can I say? This must be possible."

"Hey, that's it. Come, come, let's take a look at the gifts I selected for you and see if you like them"

(End of this chapter)