Small things don't matter

  Yi Shui's mouth twitched slightly as he stretched out his hand to pull An Lan's hand and introduced her to Xu Qinglian: "Grandma, this is An Lan, my newlywed wife."

  Xu Qinglian looked An Lan up and down from head to toe, discovering that she didn't have any makeup on her clear and smooth face. Her beauty was pure and natural, making Xu Qinglian nod in approval, liking her more and more with each glance.

  An Lan felt a bit embarrassed being stared at by Xu Qinglian, glanced at Yi Shuihan, then slightly bowed her head and called out: "Grandma."

  An Lan's words made Xu Qinglian overjoyed. Since Yi Tianze was 23 years old, she had been looking forward to having a daughter-in-law. It has been seven or eight years now. Today, her wish finally came true, although it wasn't Tianze's wife but Shui Han's wife, she liked her just the same.

  Xu Qinglian couldn't help but laugh with her mouth wide open, nodding continuously and saying: "Good, really good, she's the kind of daughter-in-law I want."

  Anlan's face immediately turned red to the base of her neck. Since graduating from elementary school, neither her mother nor her teachers had used the word "well-behaved" to describe her again. Now, being suddenly praised with this word, she felt like she was back in her childhood for a moment. As a result, she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and for a while, she didn't know what to say, so she could only stiffly maintain a smile.

  Xu Qinglian was delighted to hold An Lan's hand, helping her tidy up a strand of hair in front of her forehead, and asked with concern: "It takes more than two hours to drive from Bin City, do you get carsick? Are you tired?"

  "I'm not carsick," An Lan hastily explained, "I'm not tired either, not one bit."

  Xu Qinglian looked at the girl in front of her, with a pure and innocent face, not pretentious, and without the elaborate dressings or heavy makeup that some girls nowadays wear to pursue fashion trends. She really liked her style.

  Although she had heard that Gu Anlan was her own grandson who was chosen at the blind date, although she also heard that this girl had put videos online to destroy Yi Shuihan and Ling Yuwei's engagement in order to marry into a wealthy family.

  What's wrong with that? She doesn't like Ling Yuwei anyway. So she thinks it's a good idea to ruin things, otherwise she won't have this daughter-in-law.

  "Grandma," Yi Yu Yan, dressed in a light apricot-colored cheongsam, reminded Xu Qinglian in a low voice: "It's getting late, are you going to hold my second aunt's hand at the door for much longer? Are you going to have your birthday banquet tonight or not? There are many guests waiting."

  "Oh, right, right," Xu Qinglian finally reacted, pulling Anlan's hand and saying: "Look, I'm so excited that I'm confused. Anlan, hurry up and go in with Grandma, your grandfather is still waiting inside, he has been looking forward to his granddaughter-in-law for many years."

  Xu Qinglian finished speaking and directly pulled An Lan to walk towards the courtyard, not even bothering to call out to Yi Shuihan who was standing beside An Lan.

  Yiyu Yan shook her head behind and said to Yishui Han, "Look, Second Aunt didn't bring any gifts or say a word of flattery, she just shouted 'Niangniang' and snatched our position."

  Yi Shuihan glanced at her and said lightly, "Was it your status that was robbed? I originally didn't have much status in Grandma's eyes, so you can just go be disappointed by yourself."

  Yi Shuihan finished speaking and didn't care about Yi Yu Yan's angry face, directly carrying things to follow behind An Lan. Just as they reached the door, Xu Shaoguang slapped him on the shoulder with a palm, his eyes fixed on Gu Anlan's back who had already walked ahead, and leaned in close to Yi Shuihan's ear, saying: "Second brother, your taste isn't bad, this one is no worse than your Yu Wei."

  Yi Shui Han turned back and gave him a white eye, saying irritably: "Aren't you talking nonsense? Among the 39 beauties selected, how much worse can it be?"

  Xu Shaogong couldn't help but wink at his companion beside him and whispered, "Why don't we also organize a matchmaking conference in the future?"

  The person next to him couldn't help but punch him in the back and said, "Speak softer, if Yiyu Yan hears you, she won't directly pull out your ears and chop them up to cook and eat."

  Xu Shaogong curled his lips, if he held a matchmaking meeting, Yi Yu Yan would have cut off his ears, but the key is that she probably wouldn't cut off his ears with a knife, instead she would actively help him choose a beauty.

  The house in the military district's compound has a flavor of old Beijing siheyuan, with houses built around it on all sides and a small garden in the middle, planted with typical southern flowers and plants, among which a white magnolia is blooming with a faint fragrance.

  Compared with the surprise of other guests who saw this courtyard, An Lan seemed much calmer, because for her who grew up in Qin Garden since childhood, it was really nothing.

  Surrounding the garden are several houses, a study, a living room, bedrooms and a large banquet hall for gatherings.

  The banquet hall faced the garden, actually it was a whole house on the east side that had been connected together. When Xu Qinglian led Anlan in, Yi Xunkuan was sitting on the sofa drinking tea, and as soon as he saw them come in, his face broke into a smile as he looked at them.

  An Lan felt a bit uneasy, as she had grown up in a family without grandparents or uncles and aunts since childhood, so in her mind, elders were just her parents. Facing even older generations of elders,

  She had no experience at all and didn't know what to do when they first met.

  So she couldn't help but look at Yi Shuihan beside her, with a clear plea for help in her eyes, because at this moment, apart from him, she couldn't think of anyone else.

  Yi Shui Han immediately stepped forward, stretched out his hand and grasped hers in his own, giving it a slight squeeze to reassure her.

  An Lan, who was initially flustered, slowly calmed down the moment her hand was grasped by Yi Shuihan, and then involuntarily gave his hand a slight squeeze.

  Yi Shuihan glanced at her and then took her hand to stand in front of Yi Xunkuan, saying loudly: "Grandfather, don't you want a granddaughter-in-law? Today I've brought one back for you."

  At the age of eighty, Yi Xun's ears were a bit deaf, fortunately, Yi Shuihan's voice was loud enough for him to hear clearly that his grandson had brought back his granddaughter-in-law.

  Yi Shuihan said after finishing this sentence, and turned his face to An Lan: "Don't you hurry up and call Grandpa?"

  An Lan nodded immediately, then very seriously bowed slightly: "Grandpa!"

  "Haha," Yi Xun couldn't help but burst out laughing with joy, and seeing An Lan's expression, he said to his wife who was walking over: "Look at this kid, so well-behaved and sensible!"

  An Lan couldn't help but be embarrassed again, being praised with "well-behaved" twice in a row was really not something she was used to, at the age of 26, she was still being treated like a child and praised for being "well-behaved".

  Yi Shuihan noticed her unease, grasped her hand tighter and leaned in close to her ear, saying softly: "Don't mind him, Grandfather is a soldier, he fought in the Korean War."

  An Lan had always thought that Yi Shui Han and his sister were just rich second-generation kids, but it turned out they were actually red third-generation kids.

  Yi Xun Kuan was a military man by origin, and his usual style was relatively straightforward. Now that he saw such an obedient daughter-in-law, apart from praising her with a "well-behaved", he couldn't help but soften up at once.

  Xu Qinglian took out the gift that had been prepared long ago and handed it to Anlan, saying: "This is a little thought from Grandpa and Grandma. If you don't mind, Anlan, put it on."

  An Lan hastily took it over. It was actually a jade bangle, and judging by its color, it seemed to be quite old. Since it was given by her grandfather and grandmother, she couldn't bear to disappoint the elderly couple.

  She picked up the bracelet and was about to put it on her hand, but at this time she heard a cold voice with a hint of dissatisfaction from behind: "Mom, why did you take out this bracelet?"

  The one speaking was Yi Xushan. Just now, he and Shao Hanyan were entertaining guests over there, so An Lan didn't see him when she came in. This moment, I guess he saw everyone gathered here, so he walked over.

  An Lan clearly felt that the bracelet shouldn't be worn on her wrist, so she immediately returned it to Xu Qinglian: "Grandma, An Lan has just arrived and hasn't even brought a gift for Grandma yet. How can I have the nerve to take Grandma's gift? It's better for Grandma to keep it for someone else in the future."

  Xu Qinglian hadn't even spoken yet, but Yi Shuihan had already taken the lead and snatched the bangle back from An Lan's hand, grabbing her wrist and putting it on, saying: "Since it was given by Grandpa and Grandma, how can we return it? Besides, although this bangle was prepared for Big Brother's wife, who made Big Brother not get married? We took the lead, so Grandma, you can just prepare another one for Big Brother."

  "Right, right, right," Yi Xun Kuan immediately picked up Sunzi's words and then glared at his own son: "Look at you, Tianze isn't even married yet? Can't be so biased."

  Everyone couldn't help but burst out laughing, and Yi Yu Yan immediately joked with Yi Tian Ze: "Big brother, if you don't hurry up and get married, not only will the bangles Grandma prepared for your wife be snatched by Second Brother, I think even the little down jacket prepared for your child will be snatched by Second Brother's child!"

  Yi Yu Yan's words raised the laughter by a few decibels, and An Lan's awkwardness was immediately dispelled. Shao Han Yan took the opportunity to urge everyone to take their seats quickly, and the crowd dispersed again.

  Everyone dispersed, and Yi Shuihan said faintly to his grandparents and parents: "Then I'll take Anlan over there to sit with Yu Xuan and the others. We'll come back later to toast you, Grandpa and Grandma."

  Yi Xun nodded, gesturing for them to hurry up and take their seats. An Lan was then pulled by Yi Shuihan's hand, walking together towards the table where Yi Yu Yan was sitting, secretly letting out a sigh of relief in her heart, thinking that there shouldn't be anything else after this.

  Yi Xun Kuang and others, including his son's wife, all walked away. Only then did he glare at his own son and say: "Xu Shan, what's going on with you? What did you mean by what you just said?"

  Yi Xushan hadn't even had time to respond when Shao Hanyan said quietly on the side, "Xushan means that the bracelet should be kept for Ling Yuwei for now."

  "What's left for Ling Yuwei?" Yi Xun Kuang immediately became unhappy, his face cold and severely criticizing his son: "So you're still hoping that your own son will get a divorce?"

  "Dad, Shui Han and Yu Wei have been in love for five years, you're not unaware of that, are you?" Yi Xiu Shan instinctively defended himself: "Besides, last month's 20th was originally the day Shui Han and Yu Wei were supposed to get engaged..."

  "If it weren't for this woman taking out that video, today would have been a success for Shui Han..."

  "Didn't Shui Han bring Gu Anlan here today?" Xu Qinglian interrupted her son's words, saying irritably: "Anyway, I think Gu Anlan is not worse than Ling Yuwei. What's the point of taking out the video? It's not bad for a girl to know how to seize opportunities. Besides, Shui Han is such a big shot, and he's also the CEO of a company. If he didn't want to marry her, there are plenty of ways to get out of it. But Shui Han chose to marry her, doesn't that prove that in Shui Han's heart, Ling Yuwei isn't that important?"

  "Alright, let's not discuss this for now. Everyone has taken their seats over there," Shao Hanyan reminded her mother-in-law on the side: "Mom, it's your birthday today, don't let Anlan ruin the atmosphere. There's always tomorrow, and besides, Shuihan is such a big person, he knows what he's doing."

  Xu Qinglian nodded and then pulled her husband with her hand: "Old man, why don't you hurry up and say a few words?"

  Yi Xun Kuang quickly got up and jokingly said to his wife, "It's your own birthday banquet, you don't go say a few words, it's not like I'm the one having a birthday?"

  "Who made you the leader?" Xu Qinglian couldn't help but complain: "If I don't ask the leader to say a couple of words, won't others think that I'm undermining the leader?"

  "Haha", Yi Xun Kuang laughed loudly and pulled his old partner: "Let's go, just say a few words."

  Yi Xiu Shan waited until his parents were far away before glaring at his wife and saying, "What did you mean by what you just said? Did I say that I wanted to keep the bangle for Ling Yu Wei?"

  "Are you implying that besides Ling Yuwei, there's another woman in Shui Han's life?" Shaohanyan's mouth quickly curled up into a mocking smile: "Don't worry, Shui Han isn't that promiscuous. Besides, the mother had prepared three of those bracelets, one for Tianze, one for Shuihan, and one for Yuxuan."

  Yi Xushan immediately fell silent, he didn't like Gu Anlan at all, because he simply couldn't bring himself to like her, except for her.

  The Peach Blossom Debt

  She is the daughter of Gu Yunbo, and also because she used a video to destroy her son's engagement with Yu Wei, making him think that Gu Anlan is just like his father Gu Yunbo, a hypocrite and a deep schemer.

  Shao Hanyan looked at her silent husband and continued to say: "You should feel honored just now, your son and daughter reacted quickly enough, otherwise, I'm afraid you would have been laughed at."

  Yi Xiu Shan was scolded by his wife and felt slightly unhappy, so he coldly said: "Alright, today is Mom's 77th birthday, let's hurry over. Later we'll have to substitute for Dad and Mom to toast the guests."

  Shao Hanyan was slightly stunned, then fell silent, and followed Yi Xushan to walk towards her parents-in-law. In such a situation, she wouldn't quarrel with her own husband, would she?

  An Lan was led by Yi Shui Han to the table where Yi Yu Yan and Liu Yun Xi were, Liu Yun Xi was someone she knew, but not very well, so when she sat down, she just nodded slightly and greeted them briefly.

  Yi Shuihan was originally going to sit at the same table as her, but before his butt had even landed on the chair, he was pulled away by Shao Yifu and Xu Shaoguang, saying that a big man like him couldn't sit with a group of women, and must go drink with them instead.

  "Brother, you can go now. Sister-in-law has me and Yunxi to take care of her," Yi Yu Yan pushed Yi Shui Han with her hand: "Don't worry, no one can take Second Aunt away."

  A Chinese banquet, because it was already late, the dishes were served quickly. An Lan sat between Yi Yu Yan and Liu Yun Xi, this table was all young women, estimated to be related to the Yi family.

  Yi Shuihan walked away, and Yi Yuxuan immediately said to the people at the dinner table: "My second sister has just arrived, everyone can't target her when they get crazy later, anything is aimed at me."

  Yu Yan's words had just fallen when a girl opposite her said, "Hey, Yu Yan sister, look at your attitude, it's like someone is going to bully her. Besides, if she competed with Er Ge fairly and squarely, who would be afraid of being targeted?"

  An Lan felt something was off when she heard this, and her eyebrows furrowed slightly. Just then, Liu Yunxi beside her said, "Yanhong, what are you talking about?"

  "Have I always spoken like this?" The woman called Yan Hong by Yun Xi said with a carefree tone, "Sister Yu Wei has never thought my words sounded unpleasant."

  An Lan immediately understood that this girl was taking sides for Ling Yuwei, and she must have a very close relationship with Ling Yuwei.

  "Let's eat, let's eat," a girl next to Yu Yan stood up and urged everyone to pick up their chopsticks: "Don't just sit there, hurry up, we're all starving. This roasted suckling pig has to be eaten while it's hot, otherwise the skin won't be crispy."

  "Right, right, we're here to have a big meal, not to fight with words," the woman next to Yunxi took over and picked up a piece of suckling pig skin with her chopsticks and put it in Anlan's bowl: "Second sister-in-law, I'll offer you the suckling pig skin!"

  The woman named Yanhong across from them couldn't help but burst out laughing at the scene, and said to the woman beside Yunxi: "Bijun, didn't you know that wine is used to toast gentlemen, while pigskin has always been used to toast pigs?"

  Bi Jun was taken aback, the pig skin in her hand had already been placed in An Lan's bowl, and now it was neither possible to take it away nor not to take it away. So the public chopsticks were awkwardly suspended in mid-air.

  "Who told you that?" Yu Yan was extremely unhappy, staring at the woman named Yan Hong, her voice clearly filled with anger.

  "Is that Yu Wei?" Yan Hong shrugged and then picked up a piece of fish with her chopsticks and put it into her own mouth.

  Biqiun said to Anlan with some embarrassment: "Second sister, I really didn't know there was such a saying. That...I'll put this pigskin back for now and use red wine to toast you later."

  An Lan, however, had already picked up the crispy pork skin and taken a bite, then said lightly: "I think the crispy pork skin is not bad, just as you said it's quite crunchy. Besides, being human is tiring anyway, so occasionally being a pig is pretty good too. Haven't you heard that song 'Happy Little Pig'?"

  "Haha," said Liu Yunxi with a smile: "Actually, everyone wants to be a happy little pig, Yu Yan, don't you think?"

  Yiyu Yan hastily nodded and chimed in: "That's right, when I was little, my grandma always said I was a lovely little pink pig."

  "Who's been talking about me?" Xu Qinglian happened to walk over and stood beside An Lan and Yu Yan: "What's going on, girls? Who wants to be a little powder puff?"

  "No, it's Second Aunt, she's singing 'Happy Little Pigs' that song," Yi Yu Yan hastily explained to her own grandmother.

  "Really?" Xu Qinglian turned her head to look at An Lan: "Sun's daughter-in-law, can you sing the song 'Happy Little Pigs'?"

  An Lan slightly smiled and thought, "Who can't sing this? Isn't it a nursery rhyme? Those who have attended kindergarten should all know it, right?"

  "Second Aunt will definitely sing," Yu Yan urged on the side: "Second Aunt, it seems like you didn't bring Grandma a birthday gift, so just sing a song for Grandma to hear, and consider it a birthday gift. This way is both economical and hassle-free."

  "Go away, you little miser," Xu Qinglian poked her granddaughter with her finger, but turned her head to look at Anlan: "Or, will you help me sing this song?"

  "I...I don't sing very well," An Lann said with a flushed face, she hadn't sung in five years.

  "De de de, today is not a singing competition, why do you have to sound so good?" Xu Qinglian gave her a white eye, then shouted to the whole audience: "My daughter-in-law wants to give me a song as a gift, what do you think of this gift?"

  "Good!" The whole field responded with warm applause and enthusiastic clapping, and it's estimated that everyone also hoped to add some fun to this birthday banquet.

  An Lan didn't expect things to turn out like this, while Yi Yu Yan had already pushed her off the seat. "Second sister, hurry up and go sing on stage, I'll go catch a few kids to be your backup dancers."

  An Lan has no way out, fortunately she is a musician, although the song doesn't sound particularly good, it's not difficult to listen to either, it's a popular and acceptable kind, after all, it's just a children's song.

  She was pushed onto the stage by Yu Yan, and someone handed her a microphone. The music started quickly, she cleared her throat, and then sang along with the melody:

  Small things are never neglected and big things are never confused. I am a clever and happy little pig.

  Often feel grateful and contented with work, don't be too bitter, health is the best gift I love.

  Friends get along well and don't mind giving out I am a kind and lovely little pig

  Every day singing loudly occasionally humming hehe haha never easily get angry

  The happy little piggy is having a wonderful time every minute and every second.

  Stretch stretch lazy pig I want you to be as happy as me

  An Lan's voice is clear and clean, with a hint of childishness, interpreting this children's song very well. With Yu Yan leading several kids in the back to make funny and playful dance accompaniment, it adds a lot of fun to the song, causing laughter and applause from the audience.

  Xu Qinglian was beaming with joy and said to her husband: "I'm just a happy little pig!"

  Yi Xun Kuang poured cold water on her right away: "You're not a happy little pig, you're clearly a confused old pig!"

  "Go away, you're just a foolish old pig!" Xu Qinglian glared at her husband unhappily: "Don't disturb my mood, today is my birthday!"

  Xu Shaogong looked at Gu Anlan walking down the stage and said to Yi Shuihan: "I heard that Ling Yuwei signed up for Haoge Voice this year, I think it's better to let your wife participate too. Your wife has a musical talent, maybe she can even get a better ranking than Yuwei."

  Yi Shui Han gave him a cold glance and said: "One nursery rhyme, and you think you have a good ear for music? Besides, Gu An Lan doesn't like to sing."

  "How do you know she's not interested? You've only just met her!" Xu Shaokong still wouldn't give up, saying: "Or else, I'll discuss it with your wife and let her participate in that good voice thing. I'll invest in an advertisement, and we can compete to see whose investment gets a higher ranking - Rainie Yang or Gu Anlan."

  "This idea is not bad," Shao Yifu chimed in from the side: "We can make a bet, or else you two will be the bankers and we'll place our bets?"

  "Get out! When are you going to stop gambling?" Yi Shuihan glared at Shao Yifu with a bad temper: "Be careful that Yun Xi sees your gambler's nature and doesn't follow you."

  Run Run Shaw shrugged and said, "Gambling isn't like going to a brothel, besides, a small gamble is just for fun."

  "That's right," Yi Tianze said with a smile on one side: "In fact, Gu Anlan also likes to gamble. She even gambled with Ling Yuwei on playing golf."

  "Is it true?" Ye Xingming became interested and immediately looked at Yi Shuihan and asked: "Who won in the end?"

  Yi Shuihan hadn't even had a chance to speak when Yi Tianze calmly took over the conversation: "In the end, I won. Alright, the roast goose is here, and it's made from lychee wood, so hurry up and dig in. If you're slow, there won't be any left."

  "Roast goose, roast goose," Shaw Yifu hastily called out to Ye Xiangming, who was still curious: "Hurry up, your favorite goose butt..."

  "Get out, you like goose buttocks, I like eating goose head."

  An Lan returned to the dinner table, perhaps because she had just sung a song, the dinner table immediately became much quieter, but she could still feel that the woman named Yan Hong opposite her was not harboring good intentions towards her.

  Fortunately, the woman didn't say anything else. Liu Yunxi helped her pick up a piece of fermented tofu and put it in her bowl, smiling lightly at her: "I heard this nursery rhyme for the first time, the lyrics are really good, they make me want to be a happy little pig."

  With a faint smile, she naturally knew that this remark was more flattering, so she didn't say anything, and simply picked up the tofu and said faintly: "Thank you!"

  A few minutes later, Yi Shuihan came to find her: "An Lan, Grandfather said that when we got married, you didn't give a toast to the elders. Let me take you to give a toast to the elders tonight."

  An Lan nodded and stood up, smiled apologetically to everyone, then followed Yi Shuihan to the wine table not far away. The waiter had already handed them the prepared wine.

  Shao Hanyan walked over and stood beside Anlan, leading them to the oldest table, which was apparently all elders, as Yi Shuihan's grandparents were also at that table.

  At this table, apart from Yi Xunkuan and his wife, there was also Shao Hanyan's father, Yi Xunkuan's comrades-in-arms, etc. Anlan didn't get much of a share, anyway, as soon as Shao Hanyan introduced her, she immediately called out politely.

  After toasting the oldest elder, it's time to toast the parents. The parents include Yi Shuihan's father and mother, as well as his aunts, uncles, cousins, and other relatives.

  Fortunately, the elders did not make things difficult for them, and the toast was just a symbolic sip, then all the elders came to pay their respects, and a cup of wine had not been finished yet.

  "Alright, grandma has instructed that we only need to toast the elders, and can skip the peers," Shao Hanyan said to Yi Shuihan who was about to head to another table: "Anlan is a girl, and they just got married, so it's better if she drinks less."

  Yi Shuihan nodded, just as someone on the other side started to make a ruckus. He then said in a low voice to An Lan: "I'll go over first and deal with those troublesome guys. You should also hurry back to your table, and remember not to let them drink too much."

  An Lan nodded, waiting for Yi Shuihan to leave before thanking Shao Hanyan and asking where the restroom was. Then she walked calmly in the direction of the restroom.

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