Chapter 21 She prepared a special gift for you!
"Is she the wife of senior official Gu? Why does she dress like that?"
"It's the birthday banquet of master Gu today. How could she dress a casual attire as if she doesn't know the social niceties at all."
"That's right. At least she is the daughter of the Xu family. Who knows that she will be so socially unpolished."
Standing near Tang Anran, some ladies discussed in a low voice. Although they had tried to lower their voice, Tang Anran still heard that clearly.
She didn't know that today was the birthday banquet of grandpa Gu at all. But now looking at Gu Wenjing and Gu Wenya, she had already figured out what they wanted to do.
They had shown their repugnance to her before. Now they deliberately took her here without telling what was going on, obviously for the aim of making her look dumb.
Young as they were, what a black heart they had!
"Grandpa, we met sister-in-law outside, so we came in together." Gu Wenya released Tang Anran's wrist and walked to grandpa, saying with a smile, " And sister-in-law told us that she prepared a special gift for you!"
Immediately Gu Wenjing finished her words, Gu Wenya, who stood near Tang Anran, turned to her and asked, " sister-in-law. Where is the gift you just mentioned?"
After this, all the people in the living room stopped talking and looked at Tang Anran, waiting for her to take the gift out.
Tang Anran frowned and her hands hanging at her sides unconsciously clenched.
Now, she wore a white jersey dress and a pair of white plain-toe shoes and her hair draped over her shoulder without any hairstyle.
The twins told grandpa that they had met Tang Anran outside the door and Tang Anran had prepared a gift for him, which indicated that she had known that today was the birthday banquet of grandpa Gu.
However, Tang Anran came here dressed in such a casual attire, which clearly showed that she did not respect master Gu and the Gu family.
Tang Anran knew their scheme immediately. If she couldn't take the gift out right now, then not only would she lose the face but grandpa and the whole family would become a joke today.
But she totally had no idea about this birthday banquet. How could she prepare a gift before and take it out now?
Seeing Tang Anran stood empty-handed and didn't say anything, all the guests started to discuss.
Except for grandpa. He was a smart person and realized that Tang Anran was teased by Gu Wenjing and Gu Wenya after he saw Tang Anran's reaction.
He took a sip of his tea and said to Tang Anran with a smile, "Do you want to give it to me privately?"
Tang Anran understood that grandpa was extricating her from the dilemma. If she followed his words and said "yes", then all the problem would be solved at once.
However, Gu Wenya speaked out first, after she heard what grandpa had said, " Good things should be shared altogether! Sister-in-law, please take out the gift quickly. I can't wait to have a look. Don't be a stingy person."
Since Gu Wenya had said that, others would definitely continue to comment her if Tang Anran accepted grandpa's help.
Taking a deep breath, Tang Anran smiled to all the people and said, "Of course I can give the gift to grandpa now, but I need to prepare some staff first."
"Whatever you need, you can tell me and I will help you." Immediately, Gu Wenjing said as a triumphant smile rose from the corners of her mouth.
She was pretty sure that Tang Anran wouldn't take anything out in such a short time so that she said that unctuously.
Tang Anran nodded her head and told Gu Wenjing the things that she needed now.
Due to the high work efficiency of the servants, Tang Anran got everything she needed within an hour which were also placed in the yard according to her request.
There was some vertical drums in the roomy yard, and among the vertical drum was a piece of blank paper with some ink on the table nearby. Meanwhile, all the people stood around.
Although they had seen the things, they could not guess what kind of gift that Tang Anran was going to present to master Gu .
While they were discussing, a bright red figure came out from the crowd.
The woman dressed a red embroidered skirt and wore a golden semi-mask on her face, striding to the center of the yard.
Before everyone figured it out, she had already begun to flick the sleeves to beat the drum. So a low voice sounded at once.
After the first drumbeat sounded,the woman moved faster and faster, so the vertical drums were beaten one by one. She waved the long sleeves and danced lightly among the drums.
The voice of the drum had an effect of rocking people's heart, and with her movement speeding up, the drumbeat became more and more cheerful, making all the people's emotions ups and downs.
As the first section came to its peak, her movement suddenly slowed down. Then she flicked the sleeves to touch the ink and slightly threw it to the blank paper.
She was using the sleeves to write!
All the people around were shocked, including Gu Wenya and Gu Wenjing. Only master Gu still stood calmly, touching his beard and smiling.
It was difficult to use the light long sleeve to beat the drum, which needed a lot of strength. What's more, she was now using it to write characters on the thin paper, which was much more difficult than beating a drum because the paper would be broken if she couldn't control the strength perfectly.
The two sleeves had perfect cooperation---one was beating the drum while the other was dipping in the ink and writing on the paper.
As the last stroke of the last character was written done, the voice of the drum stopped at the same time. The woman stretched her hands and took the sleeves back.
It was an awesome show! And all the people were shocked. And what surprised them more was that after the women took off the mask on her face, Tang Anran's face with light make-up showed up.
"Grandpa, I wish you happiness and longevity!" Holding the paper which she had written congradulations on, Tang Anran walked to master Gu and said with a smile.
On the paper was " happiness and longevity", which was in good handwriting.
All the discussion stopped. It was so quiet as if one could hear a pin drop. Tang Anran's hand holding the paper began to sweat.
Was the gift good?
At the moment that she didn't know what she should do next, a sound of clapping came suddenly. She turned back surprisingly and saw Gu Wuyang standing at the door of the yard who wore a black suit, clapping for her.