Before she knew it, her younger sister's 18th birthday had arrived.

  In the past, on this day, Cheng Shi and Ba Niang would prepare a table of good dishes, and the whole family would close the door to celebrate Xiao Mei's birthday together. At the banquet, brothers and sisters must recite couplets and poems, teasing each other, and the joy of their relationships was warm and harmonious.

  But this time, it wasn't at home, but on the largest wine building in Meishan... This was the idea of Zhi Zhou Lei Jianfu, he booked three floors of the wine building to celebrate his "virtuous niece's" birthday.

  Su Xun knew that this old fox was actually planning to marry his own daughter... Lei Fang had been infatuated with Little Sister for over two years, and Lei Jianfu had proposed marriage long ago. At first, Su Xun kept putting it off on the grounds that his daughter was still young, but now that she had grown into a big girl of sixteen or seventeen, Lei Jianfu would be a fool if he didn't take action.

  Su Xun had no choice but to tell the truth, and actually had a verbal engagement with the Chen family, only waiting for them to propose. Lei Jianfu heard this and said: "I'm afraid it will never come true."

  Su Xun asked why. Lei Jianfu sneered, "I remember that colleagues in the capital mentioned in their letters that Chen Xiliang had become a favorite of the imperial court and his future was highly valued. Moreover, there were also marriages between noble families in the capital and his family..."

  “…”, Su Xun was stunned at the time, wrote a letter to question Chen Xiliang, and indeed confirmed Leijianfu's words. Although Chen Xiliang explained in the letter that he would definitely make it up to him, it had already deeply hurt Su Laquan's self-esteem.

  So Xiaomei didn't marry anyone with the surname Chen after she turned 18.

  That poisonous oath, only a few close people knew. But the Lei family's eagerness to get Little Sister was already known throughout the city, and Lei Jianfu had to marry this daughter-in-law, otherwise what face would he have left?

  So the old man, without getting the consent of Su's family, issued invitations in his own name and invited more than a hundred prominent businessmen from Meishan City. Only after the wine table was set did he tell him about it.

  It's already been circulating on the streets for a long time, no need for Lei Zhi to inform Zhou Zhi, Su Xun has also known.

  Su Laoquan was both annoyed that he had been forced to take drastic measures, and also felt relieved... You, the Chen family, didn't treat my daughter as a big deal, but others treasure her!

  Today is also the little sister's 18th birthday, it's a day to bid farewell to the past and start anew. So he made an abrupt decision, today we won't stay at home, let's go out for dinner!

  But this decision did not receive a uniform response: First, the younger sister locked herself in her room and refused to come out. Cheng's family had been ill for years and rarely went out; as for Ba Niang and two daughters-in-law, they were even less suitable to attend such an occasion.

  After scaring his younger sister to no avail, Chen Xiliang had no choice but to take his two sons to attend... Actually, Su Shi and Su Zhe didn't want to go either, but since Lei Zhizhou had been very accommodating to the Su family for many years and their father-son duo was able to make a name for themselves in Shu thanks to Lei's help, they had to save him some face.

  They arrived at the Tao Ran Wine House, where Lei Fang had been waiting at the entrance. Seeing only Su family father and son, without Little Sister coming, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

  "How could you, wanting me to show off in front of my sister?" Su Shi felt very displeased with the way the Lei family was being so overbearing.

  "Not that meaning", Lei Fang hastily explained: "This is after all a birthday party for little sister..."

  "Don't worry," Su Xun said coldly: "Whatever I say goes, no need for her to attend."

  "Thank you, Uncle Lei, for your help." Leifang was overjoyed and sang a happy tune.

  "Calling a bit early, isn't it?" Su Xun felt that it was quite jarring, but in fact he rather enjoyed hearing another person call out to him like this.

  "Not too early nor too late", Lei Fang laughed and said: "Calling me early shows that you are sincere..."

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  In Su's house, Eighth Sister tried every means to persuade her, and it took a great deal of effort before she finally opened the door to Little Sister's room, only to see that she had already packed up all her luggage.

  "Where are you going?" Ba Niang's words of persuasion turned into a question.

  "That's how it is with our family, so as not to make Father have a hard time," Little Sister said calmly: "I can only leave for a while first."

  "You little girl", Ba Niang said with a mixture of tears and laughter: "Where can you go?"

  "I have my own plans." The calm on Little Sister's face was not feigned at all: "Actually, I've been wanting to leave for a long time. It's just that Third Brother said he'd make this an unforgettable eighteenth birthday for me, so I waited."

  "When was it said?" asked Bay Niang in surprise.

  "Four years ago..."

  "He probably just said it casually and should have forgotten about it already." Ba Niang sighed, thinking to herself, my silly little sister...

  "He can talk nonsense, but I have to take it seriously." Little sister said calmly: "Even if no one else believes him, I do!"

  The two sisters were talking when they heard a knock at the door in the front yard, and the younger sister's heart skipped a beat.

  "Could it be that he has really come?" Then Ba Niang put down Xiao Mei and said: "I'll go take a look."

  Little sister wanted to follow, but was stopped by Eighth Girl who said: "Girls should be dignified."

  She had no choice but to let Ba Niang go herself, and Xiao Mei sat anxiously in the house, so she walked to the door and gazed at the Moon Gate Cave. She could only hope that from there, that big guy with a bad smile on his face would flash out. "Updated quickly, no ads, Bayi Chinese."

  The sound of footsteps grew louder, and Little Sister felt her heart racing as she saw her second sister-in-law and several men carrying poles on their shoulders.

  "That's my sister's room." Mr. Shi pointed to his little sister's room and said, "There's no one at home to help, so I'll trouble you gentlemen to carry it in."

  "Of course." Several of the husbands-in-law were about to enter Xiaomei's room. Xiaomei blocked their way, saying: "Second sister-in-law, what is this?"

  "The coal supplier who has been supplying our family for years has come, saying that he wants to wish you a happy birthday." Madam Shi also looked puzzled and said: "Your mother and sister-in-law are entertaining guests in the front room, do you want to go out and see them too?"

  "No need"... The little girl shook her head, but still stepped aside and let those porters carry the gifts in.

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  After seeing off Qian Yuanwai, Madame Cheng came to Xiaomei's room with the support of Baba and Wang Fu, and saw her daughter staring at a gift list with Shi Shi.

  When she heard them coming, Shi turned her head and said in surprise: "Mother, come and see what's going on." She took the gift list from her younger sister's hand and handed it to Madame Cheng. Madame Chen took a look and saw that it listed:

  A pair of sheep fat jade bangles

  A pair of white silk sachets with fragrance

  A pair of gold-inlaid pearl hairpins

  A Bianjing Baorui Studio's first-class calligraphy and painting mounting

  Upper-grade sunset brocade with five colors, each one pi (bolt of fabric)

  Lao Kong Duan Zhou Zi Shi Yan two sides

  Dong Zhu Yip Hu...

  This is just the first page, and there are as many as eight pages behind it, with a total of over 40 gifts... none of which are inexpensive.

  Madam Cheng is a connoisseur, and although there aren't any priceless treasures among these items, each one is extremely valuable. There are also some very expensive things among them, and when added up, they're probably worth tens of thousands of taels.

  "What's going on?" Mrs. Cheng was also shocked and hastily instructed her daughter-in-law: "Quickly chase them back." She originally thought that the other party was just being polite, but she didn't expect it to be a gift of this magnitude?

  Wang Fu hastily went to the front yard, only to find that as soon as he opened the door, another guest arrived with a team of porters.

  "Who are you looking for?" Wang Fu asked with a tight face.

  "My surname is Tu", the other person held a bird cage in his hand, inside which was a colorful parrot, and continued: "Su Xiaomei, may you live as long as Mount Nanshan..."

  "This is a gift for Miss Su..." The other person was slightly embarrassed, and Wang Fu smiled and said: "I was her acquaintance when she was in Qing Shen County. Today is Miss's birthday, so I specially prepared some small gifts...". He then said to the porters: "Quickly carry them in."

  "This...", Wang couldn't stop him, nor could he not stop him, so he had no choice but to invite him to sit in the front hall and went back to report to his mother-in-law.

  Madam Cheng went out and took a look at this man with the surname Tu, and she also recognized him. Wasn't he the one who made his fortune by selling soy sauce? Now he already owns tens of thousands of taels of property and has become a wealthy local tyrant.

  "What does this mean?" Although it was embarrassing to tear open the gift list in front of him, Mrs. Cheng knew that his gifts wouldn't be too shabby either. Of course, she had to ask clearly: "Otherwise, this gift can't be accepted."

  "Little sister is eighteen years old, as her uncle, I naturally have to show my concern." Tou Guanren smiled and said: "I met Old Qian on the road, he has accepted it, Madam can finally take a break, right?"

  "Doesn't need such an expensive gift! It's going to spoil the little girl." Mrs. Cheng thought, are we that familiar?

  "Ah, madam, don't say that." Tu Guanren said seriously: "My niece is not young anymore, she should prepare some dowry. This is the custom of our Meishan, so don't decline it."

  As they were talking, someone called out at the door.

  Madam Cheng thought to herself, "One frog is caught, two frogs are also caught. I might as well invite them all in."

  It's actually Cai Chuanfu...

  "Isn't Master Cai in Chengdu?" asked Officer Tu with a smile after the exchange of greetings.

  "Ah, my master's 18th birthday", Cai Chuanfu had grown a beard and was also fatter, but compared to the past, his aura was a hundred times stronger. He smiled: "Not to mention in Chengdu, even if I'm outside Sichuan, I'll have to fly back..."

  One after another, people came to present their gifts throughout the whole morning and afternoon, until all the rooms were filled up and some even had to be placed in the courtyard.

  Looking at the house full of beautifully packaged gift boxes, Mrs. Cheng only remembered that she had seen such a scene when her father celebrated his 80th birthday many years ago. But now, this is in the Su's house, and it's an 18-year-old girl's birthday!

  The two sisters-in-law of the little sister, although they are not ordinary people, have also been thoroughly subdued. The cave is so big that this little girl's face is simply going to reach the sky...

  The neighbors naturally sensed the unusual phenomenon of the Su family, surrounded by their front door, watching the people who came to give gifts, and discussing it in a flurry... Although they couldn't help but wonder, everyone knew that there must be more good shows to watch!

  As expected, an even bigger show came in the afternoon.

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