Chapter 60: Gift for the Dog

Xu Yin's face also changed slightly. She didn't expect Jiang He to deliberately add insult to injury. But now that things have come to this, she can only step forward and open the box in her hand: "The daughter-in-law wishes the old lady good luck every year."

In the box was a handmade headband. The dark green satin was embroidered with a peach picture with excellent meaning. The two sides were rolled with sky-blue lace with fine stitches, and the lining was warm rabbit fur.

This headband looks beautiful and exquisite, but compared with the birthday gifts given by Jiang Shan and Jiang He just now, it seems too simple.

Looking at Mrs. Jiang again, she has no smile at this moment. She said coldly: "Second brother, is this the birthday gift you prepared?"

Xu Yin said: "This is a headband sewn by my daughter-in-law. My daughter-in-law specially put herbs that have the effect of clearing the mind and calming the spirit in it. Wrapping it on the forehead is good for the health of the old lady. I hope the old lady likes it."

However, Mrs. Jiang's face was as gloomy as water, and there was no expression of love on her face.

Seeing this, everyone also whispered.

"What kind of birthday gift is this! It's worth at most one hundred taels of silver. How could Madam Jiang be so rich and noble, and she would not be willing to look down on such a shabby gift?"

"If you ask me, Madam Jiang is too unfilial. She is not willing to spend even this little money on the old lady."

Xu Yin's face was ugly. This headband was the result of her careful production for half a month. Although she didn't like the old lady, she still made this headband with her own hands with a sincere filial piety to her elders.

Moreover, she added carefully proportioned herbs to it, just for the health of the old lady.

Her idea was to repay evil with virtue, and perhaps she could move the old lady with sincerity and let her not be so harsh on her and her daughter.

As a result, she was said to be so unbearable.

Is everything in this world to be measured by money and face?

Is sincerity so worthless?

Old Madam Jiang looked at the kneepad without a trace of joy on her face. She waved her hand and told the maid impatiently, "Take it away!"

The maid came forward and took the box with the headband without any care and threw it into the pile of gifts.

The box hit another box and then rolled to the side, and even the headband inside fell out, but the maid just looked at it indifferently and had no intention of picking it up.

This attitude was in sharp contrast to the old lady's joyful order to the maid to solemnly put away the birthday gifts from Jiang Shan and Jiang He.

Xu Yin's heart was also a little heavy. The gift she made with sincerity was thrown away by the other party.

She had originally held a glimmer of hope for Old Madam Jiang, but now it was completely gone.

After Xu Yin presented the gift, Jiang Tingyi presented the gift immediately.

"My granddaughter prepared this pair of jasper bracelets for my grandmother, wishing her a long life."

The jasper bracelets Jiang Tingyi gave were of very ordinary quality. Although they were both jewelry, their value was far from the night-shining pearls Jiang Minghao had given them.

In the eyes of the crowd, it caused another round of heated discussion.

"Both mother and daughter gave such shabby birthday gifts. This is too unfilial."

"Filial piety comes first. Besides, as an important member of the Jiang family, she gave such a shabby gift. Isn't this deliberately making everyone laugh at the Jiang family?"

The crowd's pointing and talking made Xu Yin and Jiang Tingyi feel embarrassed.

Jiang Tingyi was fine. She didn't put much thought into her pair of jasper bracelets. But Xu Yin made her own headband, which was a lot of thought, but they treated it like this.

Jiang He pretended to be surprised and said, "Hey, sister-in-law, are you out of money? You gave me such a shabby gift. Alas, if you don't have money, you can tell me in advance. I'm not the kind of person who is stingy. I will definitely lend you money. Aren't you embarrassing our Jiang family in front of everyone?"

This speech was full of sarcasm. It sounded like it was for Xu Yin's good, but in fact it was just adding insult to injury.

Su Chen, who was below, also frowned when he heard it.

Su Chen didn't bother to pay attention to this gift-giving link, but after listening to Jiang He's words, he became more and more inappropriate.

Looking at Xu Yin again, although she was trying to be calm, it was still not difficult to see the disappointment in her eyes.

This scene made Su Chen's eyes flash with a hint of coldness.

Just at this moment, Jiang Minghao suddenly said, "Oh, I almost forgot that there is a younger generation in the second house, Su Chen!"

As he said this, Jiang Minghao looked at Su Chen from a distance with a provocative look, and said with a smile, "Su Chen, what kind of gift have you prepared for the old lady? Don't tell us that your gift is as shabby as theirs?"

This was obviously a blatant squeeze.

Snap!

Su Chen threw the chopsticks in his hand and stood up.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Su Chen slowly walked to the old lady's table, but did not take out any gifts.

Instead, he bent down and picked up the headband made by Xu Yin from the pile of gifts next to the table.

Afterwards, Su Chen handed the headband back to Xu Yin and said, "Aunt, this gift is not wanted by others. Let's take it back."

"Take... take it back?" Xu Yin was also a little stunned. Could the birthday gift she gave away be taken back?

Su Chen nodded and said calmly, "Well, Aunt, don't you have a pet dog in your backyard? I think it just needs a headband. Why don't we take this headband back and give it to it."

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall suddenly fell into a dead silence.

Everyone thought they had heard it wrong!

Su Chen actually said that he wanted to take the gift for the old lady back and give it to a dog!

"Su Chen!" Jiang He frowned, "Explain clearly!"

Today is the old lady's 70th birthday. Su Chen actually said such words in public. He simply didn't know how to write the word death!

However, Su Chen did not even look at Jiang He, and said lightly: "Give it to a dog, at least it can bark a few times, and maybe it will understand that you are doing it for its own good and will repay the kindness. But if you give it to a person, you will only get a cold shoulder and cold treatment."

"In this case, isn't it clear who the gift should be given to?"

Birthday gifts are a manifestation of filial piety.

And if filial piety is regarded as dirt by the other party, is it necessary to show filial piety with a shameless face?

"Su Chen!" Jiang He was choked by Su Chen's words and his face turned pale and blue, and he was obviously very angry.

Su Chen's words clearly meant that the old lady was not even as good as a dog!

"Old lady!" At this moment, the maid's scream suddenly came.

Turning around, I saw the old lady next to me pointing at Su Chen with her trembling hands, rolling her eyes in anger, cold sweat all over her forehead, and almost fainted on the spot!

Suddenly, there were screams at the scene, and a large group of people immediately surrounded the old lady, pinching her Ren Zhong and pressing her temples.

Jiang He was furious and said sternly: "Su Chen, if you make the old lady angry, I will be the first to peel off your skin! And my second sister-in-law, Tingyi, you are all to blame!"