Chapter 638 He Shou
On October 8, in Pingxi City, the "scandal" about the supervision of the Lord and Princess Shatu is fermenting and has become a topic of relish after dinner for many people in the city. It is also on this day. Mr. Lu's birthday was on his 75th birthday. Yan Liqiang, Qian Su and Lu Bin received an invitation from the Lu family. In his busy schedule, he took the time to come to Lujiazhuang again to attend the Lu family dinner.
The Lu family’s family dinner was held very low-key and there was no big show. Except for the people and a few relatives and friends in the family, there were basically no invitations. When the meal was finally eaten, there were only five tables in the Lu family’s lobby!
Yan Liqiang, Qian Su, Lu Bin and Mr. Lu sat at the main table, and other junior female members of the Lu family were all sitting at other tables.
Lu Bin was originally not qualified to be on the main table in the Lu family, but now Lu Bin is lucky and respected by Yan Li and strong, and becomes the chief of the Workshop Office under the Supervisory Office. His status in the Lu family is now different from the past. Even when Butler Lu saw him, he was very polite.
As for Yan Liqiang, it goes without saying that he is already the son-in-law of the Lu family. From top to bottom, from Old Master Lu to the servant maid below, the Lu family was very kind when they saw Yan Liqiang.
The dinner was both lively and festive. No one talked about official business at the dinner table, but talked about some interesting things and family affairs around him. After three rounds of wine, the juniors of the Lu family took turns to toast the old man and said congratulations. If they had a family business, they also gave him a gift to express their feelings.
When it was Lu Beixin's turn, Lu Beixin came up and gave the old man a picture of Qianhou that was stabbed with needles and thread. The picture of Qianhou was unfolded, almost three meters long, and there were all kinds of flowers of longevity characters. It was full of joy, which made the crowd in the hall look long and praise them.
"Bixin, did you do this?" Mr. Lu asked in surprise.
"Of course, I have been using this for half a year to learn the skills of my sister-in-law. If you don't believe me, you can ask me how many sister-in-laws!" Lu Beixin said in a sweet voice.
"This is indeed made by Beixin. This girl, Beixin, has been in charge of so many people in the wool spinning factory this year, and has managed so many people in obediently. She will learn needlework and thread with us when she comes back in the evening. This Qianshou picture is really made by Beixin!" One of Lu Beixin's sister-in-law took the words cleverly, said with a smile, and glanced at Yan Liqiang, who was sitting next to the old man, "Whoever marrys Beixin in the future will be very lucky!"
Yan Liqiang looked at Lu Beixin with a smile, but Lu Beixin turned her eyes away, as if she hadn't seen Yan Liqiang, she turned a blind eye. After talking to Mr. Lu, she went back to her position directly.
When Yan Liqiang knew what Lu Beixin was thinking. Miss Lu had already heard about the scandals about him.
Others in the Lu family seem to be familiar with this.
When the juniors of the Lu family finished speaking and delivered all kinds of things, Yan Liqiang clapped his hands, and several servants of the Lu family carried the things he gave up.
"Hahaha, Liqiang, you are polite to me, come here for a meal and bring a few boxes of gifts." Looking at the three boxes that Yan Liqiang brought with him, Mr. Lu suddenly laughed, but he was also a little curious. He knew that Yan Liqiang was not an exaggerated person, and the gifts from the three boxes were too exaggerated. The things inside must be a bit strange.
"Hahaha, this is my little intention for the old man, Uncle Qian and Bin."
"Oh, Li Qiang, you are getting more and more refined as you learn. This is a three-piece gift for gifts!" Lu Peien joked next to him, and everyone next to him laughed.
"Brother Lu doesn't know that Uncle Qian and Bin are now two big housekeepers around me. One is responsible for me and the other is responsible for building things. If they don't help me, I have great skills. The things in this box cannot be made so quickly. So these three boxes are the three of us who are here to celebrate the old man's birthday today and share the same wish for the old man!"
"Oh, what's inside?" Lu Peien suddenly became curious.
"You will know when you open it." Yan Liqiang smiled and signaled that several servants of the Lu family opened the box. In the brightly lit lobby, a flashing silver light in the three boxes suddenly shook everyone's eyes, and a scream immediately sounded in the hall.
The three boxes are the first batch of silver coins newly minted by the Manufacturing Bureau Mint. Each box contains ten thousand silver coins worth an imagination, and three boxes of three thousand taels, a total of 30,000 standard silver coins.
This is the first time that the standard silver coins minted by the mint have been shown to outsiders, and there are so many. The people of the Lu family have never seen such exquisite silver coins. They are all shocked. Lu Penn's eyes flashed. Before the servants below took the silver coins, he rushed to the front, grabbed a handful of silver coins and came back, and gave them to Mr. Lu on the table for reward.
Mr. Lu held the exquisite silver coin and rubbed the exquisite patterns on it with his hands like an artist carved. Even though Mr. Lu claimed to have been knowledgeable all his life, he widened his eyes at this time and looked at the silver coin in his hand with an incredible look!
"What is this? How could it be so exquisite and delicate?" Old Master Lu asked, touching the edge of the silver coin.
"This is a silver coin. The manufacturing bureau has a new mint. There are weights on it!" Yan Liqiang smiled. "I know that the old man celebrates his birthday today, so I brought some here and gave him a reward for the old man. Everyone is happy." Yan Liqiang said, and also took a silver coin, clamped the middle of the silver coin with two fingers, blew it hard on his lips, and then put it in Old Master Lu's ear. Old Master Lu suddenly heard the silver coin in his ear making a pleasant beeping sound.
Not only Mr. Lu, but everyone around him heard it
"Ah, it will still ring." Old Master Lu looked at Yan Liqiang in surprise, thinking it was very interesting.
"The sound of this silver content is crisp and long. The sound of the high copper content is sharp when blowing, and the sound of the more leaded blowing is low. As long as you are familiar with it, you will know whether the silver coin is pure or not, and whether it has been mixed with other things."
After Yan Liqiang said this, not only Mr. Lu, but the others on the table also curiously took a silver coin, put it to his mouth and blew it hard, and then it sounded.
Mr. Lu tried it and found that it was true. He was very happy all of a sudden. Looking at the other people in the hall, they looked at the three boxes of silver coins with curiosity. Mr. Lu directly called Butler Lu over and asked Butler Lu to send the silver coins as his birthday today. Everyone in the Lu family had a share. Even ordinary errand chefs could be divided into four or five. The other juniors of the Lu family had more, at least one hundred or more.
After getting the exquisite silver dollars, the Lu family all smiled happily and was filled with a happy atmosphere.
For a moment, the hall of the Lu family was filled with the sound of inhaling and blowing. Mr. Lu's grandson shouted happily in the hall, "I heard it, I heard it", which made Mr. Lu laugh.
When Mr. Lu wanted to share some lifespan for Lu Beixin, he found that Lu Beixin had left the hall at some point.
"This girl" Mr. Lu shook his head helplessly.
"Ahem, I'll go out and see where Beixin is going," Yan Liqiang took the opportunity to say.
"Okay, okay, Liqiang, you go there. It's almost done here, so you don't have to worry about it. You and Beixin have been missing for many days. Have a good chat. A few days ago, the girl said that there are some things in the wool spinning factory and I want to ask you."
Since the old man said that, what else could Yan Liqiang say? Then he left the hall and walked towards the backyard of the Lu family. Along the way, the servants of the Lu family saw him, and no one stopped him. They stood respectfully and greeted him with a smile.
However, Yang Liqiang, who came to the backyard, did not go to the small courtyard where Lu Beixin lived, but went directly to the garden in the backyard. There was a large pond in the garden, full of lotus flowers, directly connecting to Lianhua Lake outside Lujiazhuang.
When Yan Liqiang arrived, Lu Beixin was sitting alone in the pavilion by the pond, playing a piano placed on the table in the pavilion. The leisurely sound of the piano was floating in the night, and the moonlight in the sky was shining, which made a unique artistic conception.
Lu Beixin knew that Yan Liqiang was coming, but she gave Yan Liqiang a blank look, and did not speak, and focused on playing the piano. There was still some resentment in the sound of the piano.
Chapter completed!