The Time Traveling Anchor and Her Eight Hundred Fence-Sitters

What you get is what you expect, and what you ask for is what you wish for.

Hearing this, He Xulan's eyes suddenly turned red.

Born in the He family and being the only eldest daughter in the family, He Xulan was taught from an early age to be sensible, know when to advance and when to retreat, to be able to hold her own and be able to produce.

"Know the general situation, know when to advance and when to retreat, be able to hold your ground, and be able to deliver" These words may seem complicated, but in the end, it's just one sentence -

Don't lose face for the He family.

As a young lady of the He family, the He family provided He Xulan with a life of ease and comfort without worries about food and clothing.

They are surrounded by people, wearing fans in the summer and fur coats in the winter. They are worlds apart from ordinary people.

But He Xulan also understood that her life was destined to be like this.

Even if she can get married, take charge of the household chores, and rely on her husband's family to erect a monument and set up a memorial archway, she will be bound by the etiquette of a woman for the rest of her life.

Just like her mother and grandmother, she was about to have children, take care of her parents-in-law, and live a mediocre life as others described her as "a virtuous woman with noble character."

No one ever asked her what she wanted, or what kind of life she wanted.

Everyone wished her peace and happiness.

But the premise of this "peace and joy" is often "don't forget your identity."

Yes, she is He Xulan.

But before these three ordinary words there is an inescapable name:

The eldest daughter of the He family, He Xulan.

Hearing Zhao Mianmian wish her "all that you get is what you expect, all that you ask for is what you wish for", He Xulan couldn't help but feel warm inside. She raised her hand to wipe the corners of her eyes and spat out with a half-crying, half-laughing tone:

"How come your little mouth is as sweet as honey!"

As she spoke, He Xulan asked Zhihe to take out a pair of small kumquat earrings from her dressing box and put them in Zhao Mianmian's hand.

"Well! I don't have any reward money, but for your kindness, Third Sister will not let you go empty-handed today."

As soon as Xiao Jinju's earrings were in hand, a prompt immediately popped up on the public screen in front of Zhao Mianmian:

【Gold Coin+100】

Zhao Mianmian's eyes lit up when she saw this, and she happily ran back to her Linlan Courtyard with the things.

**

For He Xulan's coming-of-age ceremony, as an older brother, He Shiqian should have come back.

However, He Shiqian used the excuse of being busy with official business as an excuse to send a letter and two boxes to express his feelings.

One of the two boxes is for He Xulan and the other is for Zhao Mianmian.

The one given to He Xulan was a set of garnet head ornaments.

The garnets were of excellent quality, each one was crystal clear and full of color. Even Madam He had never seen such beautiful garnets. She couldn't help but smile and sigh:

"I think this face is very valuable. There are only a few sets of this quality in the palace. I'm afraid your eldest brother must have spent a lot of effort on it."

Several relatives of the He family immediately echoed:

"That's right, garnets of this quality are rare, and they can be made into a whole set of jewelry. This is the first time I've seen it. It's really beautiful."

"Although Brother Qian didn't come back, he sent a gift like this, which shows that he cares about Sister Lan."

"Oh, if you ask me, the girls from your He family are lucky!"

He Xulan was naturally happy to have obtained a set of good things.

But I thought that my eldest brother had not been home for a long time since he went to work in the northwest.

It would be fine if he couldn't come back during the holidays, but this time he didn't even show up at her coming-of-age ceremony. It was hard not to feel a little disappointed.

Of course, even though she was disappointed, He Xulan did not show it in front of others.

She just smiled, and then exchanged a few polite words with everyone, then turned her gaze to Zhao Mianmian, who was standing in the corner, holding a box but looking worried.

What Zhao Mianmian was holding in her hands was the birthday gift that He Shiqian had "incidentally" brought for her.

The box looked large, but once Zhao Mianmian picked it up, an embarrassing system prompt popped up on the public screen in front of her:

【Gold Coin+500】

Zhao Mianmian:

【? ? ? 】

When the audience in the live broadcast room saw this, they all laughed at her on the public screen:

[Hahahaha, five hundred gold coins, are you so stingy? ? ]

[No way, this is really what He Shiqian gave to our anchor? ]

[It should be. Yu Pu brought it over. He said that He Shiqian specially sent someone to bring it back from the northwest. One is for He Xulan and the other is for our anchor. It can't be fake.]

[Although it is He Xulan's birthday and she is the eldest daughter of the He family, in terms of age and status, our anchor cannot and should not compare with her.

But He Shiqian can't be so partial to one as to ignore the other, right?

The garnet headpiece given to He Xulan looked very valuable, but they gave our host a broken box? ? ?】

[Hey, the box hasn't been opened yet, don't jump to conclusions too early, it might be a good thing.]

[Haha, forget it. I know what the coins are without even opening them.]

[Oh my god, are you guys that awesome? ]

[What's so hard about this? I bet fifty cents, beads, and more beads.]

[It’s still an integer like 500. Five, at most five, no more! ]

[Hahahaha, no way, you sent the anchor away with just five South Pearls? ]

[Oh, it’s good enough to have one, the other members of the He family didn’t give anything. ]

[Why are you so anxious? The host’s birthday hasn’t come yet! ]

[It's not us who are anxious, it's the anchor who is anxious. She is anxious to upgrade. But looking at this situation, it seems that even if all the gifts are collected, the anchor won't be able to save up 30,000 gold coins to upgrade. ]

When Zhao Mianmian heard the audience in the live broadcast room say that there were South China Pearls in the box, she didn't even feel like opening it.

Ever since she came to the capital, it seemed that everyone liked to give her beads.

At first, Zhao Mianmian thought it was beautiful and practical, and she often asked Dongzhu to embellish her clothes and shoes.

Later, I gained more and lost more, and the novelty of it disappeared.

After getting his hands on the box, the total number of gold coins increased a little. Zhao Mianmian naturally handed the thing to Dong Zhu behind him and continued to hide behind everyone as a decoration.

It’s just that Zhao Mianmian was not interested in the box, but that didn’t stop others from being curious.

Seeing that He Shiqian was so generous, several cousins ​​from the He family envied He Xulan and turned around to encourage Zhao Mianmian:

"Sister Mianmian, what's in your box? Why don't you open it and take a look?"

The one who spoke was the legitimate daughter of the He family's side branch. According to seniority, she was He Xulan's cousin and was called He Xinyi.

As soon as He Xinyi opened her mouth, eyes from all directions instantly turned to Zhao Mianmian who was hiding in the corner.

Suddenly becoming the target of everyone's criticism, Zhao Mianmian subconsciously hid behind Dong Zhu.

Before she could speak, someone in the crowd made a sarcastic remark:

"Oh, my dear sister Xinyi, you are really good at making trouble. Today is Sister Lan's birthday. Why do you have to see that little girl's birthday gift?"

"A little girl from the countryside, even if Brother Shi Qian gave her something good, could it be better than Sister Lan's pomegranate face?"

He Xinyi pretended not to notice the sarcasm in the other party's words, and took two steps forward with a smile on her face.

Zhao Mianmian originally thought that she came to rescue him, but who knew that He Xinyi stretched out her hand and pulled Zhao Mianmian out from behind Dong Zhu unexpectedly.