Chapter 316, Entering the Banquet, Giving Gifts
"Everyone, please take a seat."
Gu Qian looked at the guests from all walks of life who were getting up, and said in an understatement.
After hearing this, everyone sat down.
Gu Qian held Jiang Li's hand and walked all the way to the main table. Looking at the people at the main table, he introduced: "Elders, this is my future wife Jiang Li."
The voice fell.
Everyone at the main table remained silent.
Gu Qian's eyes were a little colder, he glanced at Gu Yao, and his voice was low with a hint of hostility: "Don't you know how to call someone?"
Gu Yao frowned, but still looked at Jiang Li: "Hello, sister-in-law, I am Gu Yao."
"Hello."
Jiang Li nodded slightly with a gentle voice.
She took a look at the second young master of the Gu family. His appearance was also very good and somewhat similar to Gu Qian's, but his features were less calm and more assertive.
Gu Yao finished saying hello.
The old people of various backgrounds and the uncles who had been silent at the main table looked at each other. They knew that what Gu Qian just scolded Gu Yao was actually meant for them.
"Miss Jiang, I have admired your name for a long time."
"Miss Jiang is as beautiful as on TV."
"..."
Several uncles spoke one after another.
Gu Qian introduced in a calm tone: "This is my second uncle, third uncle..."
"Hello, second uncle, hello, third uncle."
Jiang Li greeted him very politely and looked at the two old people at the main table: "These two are the second grandfather and the third grandfather, right?"
"Xiao Jiang, sit down and eat. The food will be cold soon." The second grandfather looked at Jiang Li and said calmly.
However, there is still a hint of majesty in his words.
This is the majesty of the elders and the majesty of the wealthy families in the capital.
Jiang Li and Gu Qian sat down together.
Everyone started to move their chopsticks.
The entire Gu family's banquet hall was extremely quiet. "Eat without talking or sleep without speaking." This is also one of the Gu family's family rules.
Jiang Li ate the vegetables Gu Qian put in the bowl, tugged at the corner of the other party's clothes, and asked in a low voice: "Why don't everyone say anything?"
"They advocate "eating without talking or sleeping without talking", so you don't have to worry about it."
Gu Qian reached out and picked up another piece of meat and put it in Jiang Li's bowl.
Jiang Li snorted and didn't say anything else. She just felt that the meal was a bit depressing and did not feel like "home" at all.
Is this a wealthy family?
She began to understand why Gu Qian and Jin Lanting left various prestigious schools in the capital and went to city A to attend college.
If she lived in such a repressive wealthy family, she would probably have run away long ago.
The meal is over.
The old people at the main table all had average appetites, so they just took a few bites.@·No mistake, the first one~~
The uncles and uncles would look at Jiang Li from time to time, with a strange look in their eyes, but they didn't say anything out loud.
If placed in other families.
As Jiangli is an artist in the entertainment industry, I am afraid that the family elders have long disagreed with him having dinner at the same table.
However, in the "fight for the successor", everyone has seen the thunderous methods of Gu Qian, the eldest son of the direct line, and no one in the family dares to touch this person's bad luck.
Jiang Li ate quietly, but as he ate, he realized that something was not right about the atmosphere.
Most of the uncles and uncles put down their chopsticks, and I was the only one who was still eating unhurriedly. Others seemed to be waiting for me.
"..."
"It's okay, don't worry about them."
Gu Qian took the food for Jiang Li in a leisurely manner, without any intention of paying attention to the other members of the family who had stopped using their chopsticks.
Follow the rules at home.
Until the head of the family or the heir of the head of the family puts down his chopsticks at the head of the table, other people cannot leave the table even if they are full.
"Forget it, forget it, I'm full..."
Jiang Li refused with some embarrassment.
Gu Qian glanced at Gu Yao coldly and said in a low voice: "Gu Yao, you are still growing, stay with your sister-in-law to eat for a while."
Gu Yao: "..."
Gu Yao's face was full of reluctance, but he still silently picked up the chopsticks and took a casual bite of the food.
Put it into a bowl.
Ten minutes later.
Jiang Li waved her hand again and said softly: "I'm really full, that's all."
"good."
Gu Qian slowly put down the chopsticks in his hand, looked at everyone and said calmly: "When everyone is full, go back and rest."
Said.
Gu Qian looked at the people at the main table: "Second Grandpa, Third Grandpa, uncles, Lili has brought you some gifts. Let's go sit in the garden together."
"good."
Everyone stood up and left the banquet hall together.
The ancestral home of the Gu family, in the garden.
The two old men sat down on the chairs first. After all, they were old and would inevitably feel tired if they stood for a long time.
"Bring the stuff up."
Gu Qian said casually.
One of the servants immediately took the "meeting gifts" Jiang Li bought at Liulichang, and each item was beautifully repackaged.
"Antiques from Liulichang?"
"This is worth a lot of money."
"Can Miss Jiang afford the salary?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, looking at the dozen or so beautifully packaged antiques, and then looking at Jiang Li with slightly changed eyes.
If it is an antique, the price may not be cheap.
Gu Qian could tell what these people were thinking at a glance, and explained in a calm tone: "Lili bought this with her own salary, as a token of her gratitude to the elders."
"Everyone has a look. If you don't like it, you can return it directly to me."
As soon as these words came out.
The expressions on the uncles' faces were also a little strange, and they all had smiles on their faces: "Then thank you Miss Jiang for your kindness."
Antiques were given to everyone one by one.
Among them, those belonging to the second grandpa and the third grandpa are the two most “valuable” pieces of porcelain.
However, these two people did not look carefully. Their eyesight was not good, and they were too lazy to ask someone to identify it. They just let the servants bring a gift.
"It's our first meeting. This is a gift from the old man to Miss Jiang. Don't dislike it, Miss Jiang."
Second Grandpa said.
Third Grandpa also asked someone to bring out a gift.
Both of these pieces are expensive antique jewelry, which would be worth at least five million at an auction.
"Thank you, second grandpa, thank you, third grandpa."
"Qian'er, we're a little tired, so we'll go back and rest first." The second grandfather looked at Gu Qian and said, not planning to stay any longer after giving the greeting gift.
"Okay, grandpas, please go back and rest first. I want to take Lili to Jin's house in the evening, so I won't have dinner at home."
Gu Qian nodded slightly.
The two old men left first with the support of family servants.
The uncles and uncles opened the antique calligraphy and paintings given to them by Jiang Li one by one and began to appreciate them carefully.
"Hey, isn't the authentic painting of "The Rotating Streams and Mountains" from the Southern Song Dynasty in the family's warehouse? This one is..."
Some people looked at the calligraphy and painting in their hands, frowning slightly and showing confusion.
Gu Qian's tone was nonchalant: "The one in the family warehouse is a fake, but this one is real."
Chapter completed!