Chapter 1371 The Gift Not Given

Like most people, Yamamoto Ayane's birthday celebration was not complicated. Everyone ate, drank, played and played games together, and the whole morning passed.

After singing happy birthday and eating cake, with the encouragement of everyone, the most enjoyable part came, which was opening the gifts.

In fact, when Japanese people give gifts, it doesn’t matter how valuable the gift is. If the gift is just right and popular with the owner, it is undoubtedly the best. Moreover, it is best to give gifts privately rather than in public.

The same goes for opening gifts. They should be opened in private rather than in public. However, because of everyone's instigation, Yamamoto Ayane was not considered rude.

The gifts were gathered and piled up on the entire coffee table. The packaging boxes were large and small, but without exception, they were all packaged very delicately and beautifully. After all, this was a material manifestation of expressing your feelings to the other person, and no one would treat them casually.

"Ayane, let's start." Naomi Fukuoka encouraged her from the side.

"Yes." Yamamoto Ayane, who was a little nervous and expectant, responded, reaching out and picking up a palm-sized gift box piled on top.

After unpacking the outer packaging, there was a paper box inside. When the paper box was opened again, the gift finally revealed its true appearance.

It is a crystal ball, as big as a fist. Inside the ball, a colorful underwater world appears before everyone's eyes. There are fish, shrimps, crabs, turtles...all kinds of creatures, all lifelike. Under the gentle shaking, all the underwater creatures started to move, as if they were really swimming.

"It's so cute, I like it very much." Yamamoto Ayane picked up the crystal ball and said excitedly. Although this is just an ordinary handicraft, it is very delicate and has a certain appeal to girls. The bedside is undoubtedly a pleasing thing to look at.

"As long as Ayane likes it." The person who answered was one of her classmates. She was also very happy. The gift she gave out was praised by the owner, which meant that she gave it appropriately and appropriately.

Yamamoto Ayane carefully put away the crystal ball and opened the second gift box, which was a picture scroll.

The scroll is not long, only about 70 centimeters and about 30 centimeters wide. The content is a landscape painting. At the foot of a solitary mountain, there is a big tree. Under the tree is an old man who is fishing. In front of the old man is a fish. A stream flowing through a lonely mountain.

The whole painting looks very elegant, with a sense of tranquility. In the upper right corner of the painting, there are a few lines of poetry written in Chinese characters. People present can't understand it, but they don't know how serious it is.

Yamamoto Ayane also didn't recognize the Chinese characters on it, but of course she wouldn't dislike the gift and expressed that she was very satisfied.

A girl next to her also took the initiative to introduce: "This is called "Fishing Picture" and was painted by a very famous painter in ancient China." She seemed to have a partial understanding of China and explained the origin of this painting. Obviously, this A gift from her.

"Thank you, Tomoko." Yamamoto Ayane thanked her.

Only Li Xuehao looked strangely at the side and suppressed a smile. This was not a painting painted by a famous ancient painter. In fact, it was just a "copy", not even a handicraft. I wonder who the girl who gave the gift was. It wasn't that she was deceived by someone, or that she got it from somewhere based on her little knowledge of "China".

Seeing this, Li Xuehao couldn't help but think of a big joke that happened on TV some time ago. A treasure appraisal program identified a tea bowl, which was said to be an antique from the Southern Song Dynasty. It was listed as a Japanese national treasure tea bowl and was worth 2,500 yuan. Ten thousand yen, but a year later, she was slapped in the face. A certain Chinese aunt was shocked when she saw it and found it incredible, because the tea bowl she made was actually worth so much money...

Of course, Li Xuehao would not expose the similar joke in front of him. After all, that would not only embarrass the girl who gave the gift, but also Yamamoto Ayane.

Ignoring this, Yamamoto Ayane opened the third gift, which was a rectangular box about one foot long. After opening, there was a black writing brush inside.

In Japan, writing with a brush is called "calligraphy", and "calligraphy" is a required course in schools. Children must learn to write with a brush from an early age. One thing can prove that writing with a brush is very popular in Japan. , for example, there will be calligraphy competitions during the New Year, as well as activities such as New Year's writing tests, etc.

Therefore, in Japan, giving a writing brush does not seem shabby. It is also a blessing and encouragement.

"Thank you, Meili." Yamamoto Ayane also expressed her gratitude to the author.

Next, the gifts were presented to everyone one by one. Basically, there was nothing too out of the ordinary. Even Yamamoto Ryota behaved well and gave a cute doll instead of a box as he originally planned to give. Strawberry flavored drink.

To be honest, Li Xuehao hopes to see that cola scene, which will definitely be exciting. Of course, it may be a very bad memory for Ryota Yamamoto.

"It seems... I didn't see someone's gift." After all the gifts were opened, Naomi Fukuoka looked at someone thoughtfully and said.

Li Xuehao felt a little uncomfortable when she saw him. His gift hadn't been given yet. He originally planned to wait until he went out with Yamamoto Ayane to give it, but Fukuoka Naomi seemed to want to see his gift specially. She was the first to encourage Yamamoto Ayane just now. Opening gifts, otherwise no one would dare to make such a suggestion in front of her, a third-year senior and the head of the kendo club.

"Who didn't give a gift?" Ryota Yamamoto asked loudly like a fool. How could anyone not give a gift on my sister's birthday? But after asking, he suddenly realized that among the many gifts his sister received, none of them were very expensive. This was not in line with someone's behavior. After being stunned for a moment, he looked over, "Machinaka, is that you?"

"Ahem..." Li Xuehao was a little embarrassed when he was asked directly. Originally, he didn't want to show it in public, mainly because it was too eye-catching. But at this time, he couldn't wait to give it away when he was alone with Yamamoto Ayane, especially since Yamamoto Ayane was still looking at him expectantly.

He took out a delicate small box from his pocket. It was not very big and could be wrapped by one person with his hands. He handed it to Yamamoto Ayane.

"Ayane, open it quickly and take a look. What is it?" Her classmates and friends beside her couldn't wait. After all, this was a gift from her lover. Although it didn't look like a big gift, it seemed very precious.

Fukuoka Naomi also stared at the exquisite and compact gift box, and Yamamoto Ryota looked excited, finally able to see the precious gift Manaka gave to his sister.