Chapter 698: Landscape Painting
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
She wouldn’t even stay for two hours, let alone a day.
“I wasn’t bored,” Jiang Yue said.
“It’s good that you weren’t.” Liu Guixia smiled. “Oh right, Jiang Yue, you’ll be four years old tomorrow. What do you want to eat? I’ll make whatever you want tomorrow.”
Yes, tomorrow was her fourth birthday.
She was only three and a half years old when she first came here.
Unknowingly, she had already been in this world for half a year.
“Pork ribs.” Jiang Yue said without thinking.
“Alright, alright.” Liu Guixia and the others were all happy with this news. They all knew that Jiang Yue loved to eat pork ribs. Even if Jiang Yue didn’t say anything, they would have cooked this dish anyway.
This was the first birthday that Jiang Yue will be celebrating in their house. A few days ago, Liu Guixia and the others had already been discussing how to celebrate Jiang Yue’s birthday. Therefore, when they returned from the paddy field, Liu Guixia and the others brainstormed for ideas. They even said that they would invite their grandfather, Xue Da, over tomorrow to celebrate.
Liu Guixia and the others also prepared children’s gifts for her. Xue Yan also prepared gifts. Knowing that Jiang Yue was not a child, he did not buy toys. Instead, he drew a landscape painting for her. It was an ink painting with no other colors. It was extremely elegant and artistic.
He actually started on it a few days ago. Not only had he finished painting it, but he had also framed it with a scroll. He had even hung it in Jiang Yue’s room.
There was no need to give a birthday gift on the same day. It could be given before the birthday, but it was best not to give someone a gift after the birthday.
The painting was hanging on the wall next to Jiang Yue’s desk in the inner room. The wall was originally empty, but now there was a painting done by Xue Yan on it. It matched the room very well.
Everyone else in the family said that it looked good and even asked Xue Yan to draw a painting for their room to hang when he had nothing to do. They all felt that the room looked different with the new addition.
Even after dinner, Liu Guixia, Li Hehua, and the others were still talking about how to celebrate Jiang Yue’s four-year-old birthday.
Jiang Yue didn’t care how she celebrated her birthday. However, since her family was so excited, she naturally didn’t reject their desire to celebrate her birthday.
On one side, Jiang Yue was watching Liu Guixia and the others talk about her fourth birthday tomorrow. On the other side, in town, Mister Zhang had just returned home from the academy.
He had been busy handling the event. Today was such a big day for the academy. Everyone was enjoying themselves, including Mister Zhang.
It just so happened that they were having dinner at home. Mister Zhang had a simple dinner and went to the study to write two letters to the same person.
After he finished writing, the ink dried and he sealed the two letters.
Then, he called a servant called Ah Zhong in.
“Sir, what’s the matter?” Ah Zhong asked after he entered. He is very polite.
“There’s something I need you to do at Changyu,” Mister Zhang nodded. Then, he spoke about how his student Xue Yan’s jade pendant had been taken by Wei Zizhan. He even said, “The magistrate there is a good friend of mine. Go and find Wei Zizhan first. If Wei Zizhan is willing to return it, you can give this letter to my good friend after you take the jade pendant.”
As he spoke, he handed over a letter.
Ah Zhong received it respectfully.
“If Wei Zi Zhan is unwilling to return it, then you don’t need to give that letter to my good friend. Instead, give this letter to my good friend.” As Mister
Zhang spoke, he handed over another letter.
The contents of these two letters were actually similar. It was just that one of them asked the magistrate’s good friend to help him retrieve the jade pendant, while the other did not..