Carl took his seat and the housekeeper continued…
For more than 20 minutes, the guests had been invited to the banquet one by one. Only the children of the Browns were left outside the villa.
Helen glanced at Eric standing with his daughter Thea, looked unpleasant. She was not deaf. She heard the whispers around the housekeeper when he was talking.
She didn't expect that the story of they offending the Jones had been spread out!
This made her even more worried. If the Jones get it back, she doesn't know what's wrong with her daughter and her husband. Was there something wrong with them, especially her husband Frank, who identified Eric as a waste son-in-law.
Her daughter Thea didn't worry either. Every time she asked her to divorce Eric, she changed the topic, or simply says she didn't agree to divorce.
It's like she's the bad guy.
In particular, just now this loser offended Carl. He was the young master of the Lees. How dared he do that?
What she said was right!
This waste was a troublemaker!
At this time, Eric looked not bad in a suit, but Helen didn't like him, no matter how he looked!
"I ask you, have you prepared the gift for grandma? Don't take out any junk to embarrass me!" Helen snorted to Eric.
"I've been ready for a long time," Eric said, taking out a very simple carved wooden box.
"You!" Seeing the broken wooden box in Eric's hand, Helen almost fainted: "what the hell is this? Do you know what day it is today?"
"Mom, Eric has been prepared for the gift for grandma for several days. It shouldn't be too bad." Thea whispered to help. She couldn't help looking at Eric. To tell the truth, she also felt that the wooden box was too old.
"It's not junk, it's a priceless antique." Eric quickly explained.
It's not junk? Priceless? Helen couldn't help it. Just about to scold, the housekeeper's voice came again.
"Please show the presents for grandma, the young generations of the Browns!"
As the voice fell, hundreds of people from the Browns entered the villa one after another.
Helen glared at Eric, swallowed her scolding words, and hurried in with his daughter.
At this moment, in the Browns villa, the guests who came to celebrate have already taken their seats. The father-in-law was wearing a decent suit and smiling. Aunt Fiona was also busy.
Eric looked up at grandma Brown, who was in the right position. At this time, she was wearing a festive dress. She looked very happy.
What made Eric feel strange was, where has Chris gone?
He was the son of Uncle Fred and had a high status in the Browns. He should be the first to give birthday gifts.
And this guy, shouldn't we give a luxury gift and show off at this time?
Or wait for the final?
"Two birthday couplets. Wish grandma happy every year."
"Yvonne, a set of jade bracelets and jade pendants..."
When the box was opened, Eric standing behind nodded secretly. The materials used in this set of jade jewelry were the high-grade ice jadeite. It was even more rare and valuable to make a set.
Yvonne walked into the hall, because of Carl's heavy wedding proposal, Yvonne's appearance also affected the eyes of many people. At the same time, they were whispering, and talking about Carl's heavy bride price.
Eric couldn't help looking at Thea around him. Thea, dressed in a hip wrapped skirt, had a particularly attractive figure and a beautiful face. However, she has been married for three years, so few people paid attention to her.
Although Yvonne was peerless, most of the time, Eric's eyes were on his wife Thea. Just when the housekeeper said the birthday list from Carl, the people exclaimed, and many young women were envious. Eric clearly saw the envy in Thea's eyes.
Thea was not a money worshipper, but she was a woman after all. She also liked the feeling of being envied and looked up at.
But now Thea has already become the object of ridicule. Eric didn’t care, but Thea had strong self-esteem!
This was why Eric said before that Thea has borne more than himself in the past three years!
Eric thought to himself that when he made money, he would also give her a big surprise, which would surprise the whole Browns and even the whole city!
The housekeeper kept saying. After Yvonne entered the hall, it was soon Eric's turn.
Eric didn't realize it until Thea pinched Eric's back with his small hand.
"What are you thinking? It's our turn!" Thea reminded him angrily.
Looking at the broken wooden box in Eric's hand, Thea felt more worried. Thea thought Eric had just lost his mind because he was embarrassed to take out such a birthday gift.
Helen stood far away, looked in another direction, and looked like she didn't know the gift giver.
Thea, standing beside Eric, couldn't help glancing at the old wooden box in Eric's hand again and whispered, "can you really take this gift?"
"Of course." Eric was serious.
"Fine." Thea nodded, but her little feet moved to one side…
Eric took two steps forward, looked at the housekeeper and bowed slightly: "Eric, Mrs. Wu’s jade ring during the Three Kingdoms period, I wish grandma a healthy and happy life!"
The housekeeper was stunned!
During the Three Kingdoms, Mrs. Wu's jade ring?
Was this gift too expensive?
And…
Helen on one side also changed her face when she heard about Eric's gift.
Although she didn't study these so-called antiques, her husband Frank liked studying antiques very much. Naturally, she was also influenced by him. She knew that the Han Dynasty was the Three Kingdoms, much older than the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Although antiques were not more valuable as they were older, what did Eric just say? Was this Mrs. Wu's ring? How much was that worth?
Although Eric had a job now, in her opinion, it's good to give a birthday gift of about 10000. As long as it's not too embarrassing, she didn't expect this guy dare to attract so much attention!
"Eric, what are you talking about? What ring? If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense and make a fool of yourself!" Helen couldn't help yelling at Eric in a low voice and glared at Eric.
After all, there were many of the Browns waiting for birthday gifts, and they dared not make a noise and provoked criticism.
Thea also poked Eric's waist with a small hand and asked with her eyes.
The old housekeeper was also frowning. He has been in the Browns for more than 30 years. Of course, he knew Eric and Thea. He knew that Eric was not only the son-in-law of the Browns, but also had no work. How could he give such a valuable birthday gift?
However, he had a lot of experience. At the beginning, he followed old Mr. Brown and helped old lady Brown after his death. Although he was not one of the Browns, he had regarded himself as a Browns. Thea was like his granddaughter.
He has seen much about the secular world and knew that people couldn't be judged by appearance. Eric beat Henry violently last night, which also made him happy in his heart and changed his view a lot to Eric.
"This is really Mrs. Wu's ring, that's true." Eric said, carefully opening the wooden box.
The housekeeper saw Eric nodding to himself, and then said to the audience.
"Eric, the son-in-law of the Browns, presented Mrs. Wu’s jade ring of the Three Kingdoms. Wish grandmother a healthy and happy life!"
"Wow!"
At that moment, many children of the Browns gathered behind them, and startled voices came one after another!
The ring worn by Mrs. Wu of the Three Kingdoms?
During the Three Kingdoms period, there were a large number of talents, and many names were remembered. Naturally, there was no need to say more about Zhuge Liang and Cao Cao. Among women, Diao Chan, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao were also talked about with great interest.
However, anyone who really knew some history knew that there was another important person among the legendary women of the Three Kingdoms, Mrs. Wu.
"WTF, is this real?!"
"If this is real, the value will be completely immeasurable!"
There were many factors involved in the value of antiques. Just like the snow bottle obtained by Eric before, because it was loved by Princess Wencheng, its value has increased a lot!
Same with this ring!
Mrs. Wu was originally the wife of Sun Jian, king of Wu. After Sun Jian died, she wholeheartedly assisted her son. When her son died young, followed by Sun Quan, who became the great emperor of Wu. And Mrs. Wu assisted the three kings of Wu but did not Regent. She supported the country and worked hard, which was praised by later generations.
At that time, Mrs. Wu was quite similar to Grandma Brown today. Although grandma Brown was 70, she still worked for the Browns and was very strong.
"Is this really the jade ring worn by Mrs. Wu?"