Chapter 1338： Can't I go?

After all, young people are most likely to act impulsively. After failing to get together with Xiao Shen, it is not impossible for Feng Lu to use Xiao Jin as a substitute.

Mr. Xi's mind is a little active at the moment. Like a young man, he can't help but think about the story between Feng Lu and the Xiao brothers.

"Although I don't know much about Comrade Jiang and her lover, I also know that their cultural level is very high. Naturally, I believe what you said. Having parents like them is a blessing to the children in the family. I also believe that in Comrade Jiang and his wife, With their training, their children will become pillars of the country, just like you said.”

Father Xiao said these words very sincerely.

When Mr. Xi heard this, a look of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.

It's not that he is nosy, it's that he doesn't want to see a good family and a good child, because the Xiao family's actions out of nowhere will be affected.

“You are a sensible person and can see things clearly. There is absolutely no harm in it, no matter who you are.”

After hearing what Mr. Xi said, Father Xiao smiled and nodded: "That's what you said."

…

More than ten minutes later, Xiao’s father said goodbye to Mr. Xi and returned to Xiao’s house.

"You and the boss are hiding something from me."

Xiao's mother was sitting in the living room. When she saw Xiao's father coming in, she immediately said something.

It wasn’t a question, she was using a declarative tone.

“How do you say this?”

Standing in the center of the living room, Xiao’s father stared at Xiao’s mother.

"Not long after you went to Xi's house, the boss called me and said he had good news. But when he learned that you were not at home, he immediately dismissed me. I don't believe that there is nothing fishy here."

Since it is good news, there is no reason not to let her know.

"You think too much."

Father Xiao said something lightly, and then went to the study. Seeing this, Xiao's mother got up and followed.

“The boss asked you to call him back. You should call him now.”

  Xiao's mother followed into the study, she closed the door and looked at Father Xiao with a keen eye, as if Father Xiao didn't make this call in front of her, so she would just stand and wait, and she wouldn't leave anyway.

"you…"

Xiao's father had a headache and didn't know what to do with Xiao's mother.

“Old Xiao, you and I are already an old couple. Is there anything that you and the boss need to hide from me?”

Xiao's mother was obviously in a low mood. She said, "We are a family. Shouldn't we solve problems through discussion? Is it possible that you two think that I will hold you back?"

Seeing that Mother Xiao was not in a good mood, Mother Xiao sighed, and he sat down on the chair behind the desk: "You can sit down too."

Hearing this, Xiao's mother sat on the sofa nearby. She knew that Xiao's father was planning to tell what he had hidden from her.

“You have to promise not to get excited after listening to what I say, let alone do anything behind my back.”

Father Xiao looked solemn, his eyes locked on Mother Xiao, and he said: "If you can't do it, it will most likely cause changes in the boss's marriage, and it will also affect another family, and it will also affect an outstanding person. "

"so serious?"

Xiao’s mother’s expression became serious.

Father Xiao nodded.

Mother Xiao: "Just tell me, I promise to listen to you."

"Sure?"

Father Xiao asked.

Mother Xiao glared: "You and I have been married for many years, and you still can't trust me?"

"It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that once I said this, I was worried that you would forget all my words under impulse."

Father Xiao said this, but he still told what happened between Xiao Jin and Feng Lu. After hearing what he said, Mother Xiao was stunned. After a while, she came back to her senses, looked at Father Xiao steadily and asked: " What’s interesting to you is that the child Feng Lu had from her first marriage is our eldest child?”

Xiao's mother was shocked, and when Xiao's father nodded, she added: "Feng Lu was deeply shocked because our second son followed the Qin family's girl to the countryside. She drank too much, and then she lay on the same bed with our eldest son. , then she found out she was pregnant and married her first husband with the child in her belly. Is this what happened? "

Father Xiao said "Hmm".

“How could she do this?”

Xiao's mother looked angry and said: "She likes our second child, but she wants to sleep with our eldest child. Since she is pregnant with our eldest child, why didn't she tell our family clearly and chose to carry it with her?" What does she think of our eldest child marrying another man? "

Father Xiao was silent.

Mother Xiao gritted her teeth: "The reason why the boss wanted to be transferred out was because of what Feng Lu did, right?"

Father Xiao: "I only heard about it from the boss later."

Mother Xiao: "Then when did you two know that Feng Lu's first child was the eldest child?"

“It was that time she followed the boss to our house...”

Before Xiao's father finished speaking, Xiao's mother laughed angrily: "You guys are so capable. Did she use what happened back then as an excuse to ask the boss for money to shut her mouth? Tell me, how much did you guys give her? "

Father Xiao: "The money was indeed given to the Feng family girl, but when Lao Feng found out, he took the money and personally gave it to the child's adoptive mother, but she didn't want it."

“No, who has the money now?”

Xiao’s mother asked.

“Lao Feng saved it and said that he would hand it over to the child directly when he is admitted to college.”

After a slight pause, Xiao's father continued: "I went to see the old leader today because I wanted him to help inquire about the child's college entrance examination status. The boss called home, presumably to tell me about this."

Xiao's mother did not answer, but she said: "I heard someone in the compound say that there is a young man who looks very similar to our eldest son. I remember that I told you this when I got home that day. , but you told me not to listen to the wind and rain, and also said that I like to think about things, but it’s better now. I don’t think too much, and what others say is obviously the truth. "

Father Xiao said in a deep voice: "Do you think it would be good for the boss and the Feng family's girl to be spread out? Do you think it would be good for the boss, our family, and the child if the child's life experience is made known to everyone?"

Hearing this, Xiao’s mother was speechless for a moment.

"The girl from the Feng family was not honest in what she did. She was sorry for her first husband. But after the **** man knew the truth of the matter, he did not get angry at the child. He still raised the child as his own. The **** man later married her. My wife also treated the child as her own and raised her from a young age to an adult, which shows that she is really good to her child.

So, after I heard about the child, I agreed with the boss and decided not to tell you about it, lest you act impulsively behind our backs and make everything messy. "

Father Xiao looked serious: "Do you know what the child's adoptive parents do? One is a scientific researcher, the other is a well-known national athlete, and was the top scorer in the national college entrance examination with perfect scores a few years ago, and is now a professor at Shuimu University. The couple has a total of six children, but each child is well-educated and belongs to someone else's family in their compound. "

After a long silence, Xiao’s mother said, “Can’t we recognize our eldest grandson?”

“The boss has promised the child that he will maintain the current relationship.”

  Xiao Jin came to visit Xiao's father and Xiao's mother two days ago. When chatting with Xiao's father alone, he told Xiao's father about the conversation between him and Mingrui in the hospital ward. At that time, Xiao's father didn't say anything.

"what relationship?"

Mother Xiao frowned, looking puzzled.

Father Xiao: "What the kid means is that in front of him, the boss will be just 'Uncle Xiao' for the rest of his life. He is also indirectly telling us that he will not recognize his relatives as the Xiao family."

Xiao’s mother was surprised: “Does the child know?”

Father Xiao nodded: "Yes."

Xiao’s mother was puzzled: “Why didn’t his adoptive parents hide it?”

"Some things can't be hidden from each other, not to mention that the child is very smart and lives in the same compound with the boss's family. He looks down without looking up. Just from the looks of the child and the boss, don't you think he can guess something? "

“He doesn’t recognize us, it seems like he was raised well by his adoptive parents!”

“What is this thing you said?”

Father Xiao's face was very ugly: "We say that Comrade Jiang and his wife are the adoptive parents of the child, but in the child's heart, Comrade Jiang and his wife are his biological parents. This is not what you call "nurturing". , Comrade Jiang and his wife are really good to their children, and the children can understand this sincerity and regard them as their biological parents. Besides, is blood relationship really important in my opinion? Come on, it’s nothing.”

"Why is it not important? If we are related by blood, we are a family!"

Xiao’s mother retorted.

“That’s because you have little knowledge!”

Father Xiao looked at Mother Xiao and said, "Some parents give birth to several children, and as a result, none of them can be relied upon. So what do you think?"

Xiao’s mother: “I can only blame the parents for not raising their children well.”

"What you say makes sense, but equally, as adoptive parents, if you carefully educate children who are not of your own blood, the children will naturally be close to their adoptive parents and will not pursue the so-called blood relationship. In short, I will tell you about the matter now. Make it very clear, if you don’t want to make a mess, just maintain the status quo and don’t do anything unnecessary.”

“Our eldest grandson is the top scorer in the national college entrance examination!”

"Don't talk about our eldest grandson! Besides, my child is the top scorer in the college entrance examination, does it have anything to do with us?"

…”

"Besides blood ties, what have you done for that child? Have you cared about clothing and food, or cared about his education? Or when he was sick or bullied, you stayed by your side as a relative and helped the child out. ?”

“We didn’t know about the existence of that child earlier!”

"Don't make excuses for yourself. Neither you, me, nor the boss have done anything for that child, so don't think about saying anything in front of the child today. The only thing we can do is All we can do is not cause him any trouble.”

“Okay, okay, stop preaching, I understand what you mean!”

Mother Xiao felt aggrieved because she was obviously her grandson, but she couldn't recognize him. But at the same time, he knew very well that what Father Xiao said was reasonable.

A few days passed in a blink of an eye, and Mingrui received the admission notice from Beijing Foreign Studies University, and then came the day before Jiang Li hosted a banquet to celebrate Mingrui.

“Can’t I go?”

Xiao Jin came to the compound where Xiao's father and Xiao's mother lived after work. At this moment, he was sitting in the living room, frowning slightly, looking at Xiao's father and Xiao's mother sitting opposite him: "Why?"

“Does that kid look a lot like you?”

This is Father Xiao’s voice.

“It’s just that the eyebrows and eyes are half or sixty percent similar, but what does it matter?”

Xiao Jin was puzzled. He said: "Mingrui knows about the relationship between me and him, and Comrade Jiang should also know about it. Their family lives in the same compound as mine. Although they don't see each other very often, they don't meet often." Young Master, others didn’t say anything when they saw it. Dad, I don’t understand what worries you have!”

“Your dad is worried that the child looks too much like you. If you show up in the hotel tomorrow, others will look at you..."

Before Xiao’s mother finished speaking, Xiao Jin said, “What’s this?”

Obviously, after Xiao's mother's explanation, Xiao Jin understood the meaning of Xiao's father's words. He said: "There are many people who look alike in this world. Could it be that just because they look alike, they are said to be incomparable?" Are people related by blood?”

Father Xiao was silent for a moment, and then said, "I'm overthinking it. Since you're going tomorrow, have you thought about how much gift money you'll take?"

Xiao Jin: “It’s obviously a hundred, but I will give you another red envelope.”

“Shall we also prepare another red envelope?”

Xiao's mother looked at Xiao's father.     "Just do it."

Father Xiao nodded.

At the same time, the Feng family.

“They didn’t notify us. If this goes...wouldn’t it be bad?”

Feng Wei was called over by Mr. Feng. The two fathers and sons were in the study at the moment. Mr. Feng told him that Mingrui was admitted to university and was the top scorer in the national college entrance examination. He then said that Jiang Li held a banquet in the hotel to celebrate Mingrui. , asking Feng Wei to go with him to the hotel to congratulate Jiang Li.

However, Feng Wei felt that showing up without an invitation was a bit embarrassing and inappropriate.

“Do you care about your face?”

Mr. Feng looked directly into Feng Wei's eyes: "I don't care, so why do you care? Besides, who knew we weren't invited? Don't forget, no matter what, the Feng family is that child's wife. Home!"

“But we haven’t interacted with anyone in more than ten years, and we haven’t paid much attention to other people’s children. If we suddenly show up at someone’s celebration banquet, we are bound to be gossiped about!”

Feng Wei expressed his concerns.

“Can someone say a few words to you and lose a lot of money?”

Mr. Feng disagreed: "That's it. Don't go back tonight. Push me to the hotel tomorrow at noon."

Mr. Feng made the final decision.

"…Fine."

After hesitating for a moment, Feng Wei nodded, and then he asked: "But Lulu, do you want to say something?"

“What did you say to her?”

Mr. Feng's face was dark, and he glanced at his eldest son: "Or are you just looking for trouble and asking others to have a good celebration party because something went wrong with your sister?"

“Dad, who do you think I am?!”

Feng Wei felt that he had been wronged. He said: "I just thought about whether Lulu was the biological mother of the child..."

Before the next words could be spoken, he was cut off by Mr. Feng: "What about the biological mother? What she did back then was what a biological mother should do? Since she chose to leave the child alone, she is no longer qualified to call herself a mother."

Feng Wei: “…” There is nothing to say.

“She has done embarrassing things again and again and taken Comrade Luo Yanqing as the victim. How can she have the face to appear in front of the man she has hurt again?”

Mr. Feng became angry when he mentioned Feng Lu and wanted to slap himself in the face. How could he raise such a despicable and shameless daughter?

"Dad! No matter what Lulu did wrong, she is also your daughter and my sister. As family members, we cannot be like others..."

Feng Wei's words were once again interrupted by Mr. Feng: "What did I say about that evil girl? She doesn't know how to behave, she acts without thinking, and her temper comes. If I had known that she was such a virtuous person, I shouldn't have had your mother back then. Give birth to her!"

“Lulu can do wrong things again and again. In the final analysis, it’s because we didn’t teach her well.”

After listening to Feng Wei's words, Mr. Feng looked at him quietly for a moment, then waved his hand to chase him away: "Okay, you can go out, I will be alone for a while."

“Dad, what Lulu did is in the past, there’s really no need to bring it up whenever we talk about her!”

Walking to the door of the study, Feng Wei turned to look at Mr. Feng: "This way you can be less angry and it won't do any harm to your health."

Mr. Feng did not answer. His eyelids were drooped, not knowing what he was thinking.

The next day, it was around 11 noon.

The hotel where Jiang Li held the banquet was not chosen at random. Well, to be more precise, he didn't choose it at all and just booked it at his own big hotel.

Why do you say that?

This is because Jiang Li has not forgotten his promise to the old lady, her grandmother in this body, to regain the glory of Yujia Restaurant at the right time.

With the advent of reform and opening up, the restaurants belonging to the Yu family in Beicheng and several other big cities returned to Jiang Li's hands one after another. Jiang Li began to renovate them, revealing the Yu family's recipes and heritage in the form of a large hotel. .

After all, we have to keep pace with the times!

Under Jiang Li's careful operation, the hotel that was renovated from Yujia Restaurant was fortunate enough to be among the first batch of five-star hotels in the country, and it has an extremely good reputation.

“Godfather...why are you here?”

At the entrance of the hotel, Jiang Guoan and Mingrui accompanied Jiang Li to receive guests. Suddenly a jeep drove over and stopped slowly. Jiang Li was a little surprised to see that the people getting out of the car were Luo Yanqing and Director Song. The smile on his face became particularly bright in an instant.

“Today is a good day for Rui Rui. Can Yan Qing and I not attend?”

Director Song's eyes were full of smiles. He patted Mingrui on the shoulder: "Well done, your parents will be proud of you!"

Mingrui stood next to Jiang Li, and he just smiled.

“Godfather, please go in and sit down first, we have to continue to receive visitors here.”

Jiang Li said and looked at Jiang Guoan. The next moment, Jiang Guoan led Director Song into the lobby.

"dad."

Mingrui called Luo Yanqing at this time.

"Um."

Luo Yanqing responded, and then he said: "It's amazing!"

Jiang Li said with a smile: "Your father is praising you!"

Mingrui was a little embarrassed: "My dad praised me the day the scores came out."

“Are you happy?”

Jiang Li asked.

Mingrui understood what Jiang Li meant, and he nodded "Yeah".

He was naturally happy when his father praised him.

At this time, Jiang Li moved his eyes to Luo Yanqing: "Why don't you go inside and rest?"

"Need not."

Luo Yanqing shook his head and said: "As a father, I should be here with you to receive the guests."

Jiang Li: "Wouldn't it delay your work?"

Luo Yanqing: "No problem."

“Grandpa Xi, you are here, come in quickly!”

Seeing Mr. Xi and his wife, Xi Guobang and his wife, as well as Xi Jingyu and Xi Chenyu getting out of a small car, Jiang Li hurriedly stepped forward to greet them.

“Are we not late?”

Mr. Xi asked with a smile.

“Not too late, not too late.”

Jiang Li said with a smile that when Jiang Guoan came over, without even waiting for her to speak, Jiang Guoan took two quick steps and led Mr. Xi and his party to the banquet living room on the second floor with a smile on his face.

Since many guests have already arrived, brother Jiang and his wife, Jiang Guosheng (second brother Jiang), are upstairs helping Jiang Li greet the guests.

“You are here, please come in!”

"Congratulations!"

Xiao Jin came here with her daughter Xiao Tong and her youngest son Xiao Xuan, along with Xiao's father and Xiao's mother.

Mingrui called "Uncle Xiao", and then Jiang Yilin led Xiao Jin and his group to the banquet room on the second floor.

Just now, Jiang Yihong, Jiang Yilin, Jiang Yikai, and Jiang Yihao came down from the second floor and went to the hotel entrance to help usher guests up to the second floor.

Speaking of which, there are several banquet rooms on the second floor, which are quite large in size and can accommodate many tables for banquets.

Originally, Jiang Li held a banquet to celebrate Mingrui this time, and only invited people with whom he was close and Mingrui's substitute teachers from various subjects to gather. Unexpectedly, many people came to congratulate him after hearing the news.

Fortunately, the hotel is owned by the hotel, and the kitchen is well stocked with ingredients, so you don’t have to worry about too many guests and not enough banquets.

"Congratulations!"

This is the voice of Mr. Feng. Not only Feng Wei but also Fang Su came with him.

Jiang Li looked natural and greeted the three of them with a smile.

Even though the Feng family is unexpectedly coming, they have already appeared in front of them, so there is no reason to turn them away. Besides, the Feng family is Mingrui's maternal family after all, so Jiang Li is not so narrow-minded that he doesn't want to see the Feng family come to express his congratulations.

Introduced to Mingrui, but Mingrui's expression was indifferent and he politely greeted Mr. Feng and the other three.

He did not call Mr. Feng grandpa, nor uncle Feng Wei. Similarly, he did not call grandma Fang Su, only a simple greeting of "hello" and "thank you."

“Unhappy?”

After Jiang Yihao and Mr. Feng left, Jiang Li saw Mingrui standing beside her with a stern face and not saying a word, so he couldn't help but ask.

"No."

Mingrui shook his head.

Luo Yanqing remained silent, but his eyes fell on Mingrui.

Jiang Li: "The visitors are guests. Besides, no matter what, they are related to you by blood. What's more, they are here to congratulate us. You can't show that you are unhappy, do you understand?"

"Um."

Mingrui nodded lightly.

“It’s good that you understand.”

Jiang Li's eyes showed relief, and she said: "Joining the workforce in the future means that you have integrated into society. It means that you will meet all kinds of people and may have to deal with these people. If you get emotional because of trivial things, If you don’t want to see the other person, it may affect your work.”

 Luo Yanqing: "You are right to listen to your mother."

Mingrui: “I’m listening.”

“Oops! We’re late!”

Wu Yue's family came by taxi. When she saw Jiang Li, Wu Yue looked embarrassed. She smiled and said, "It's all my fault, Xiaoran's father. He was ready to go out, but he was called to help by his neighbor." I’m busy, and when I’m done, I’ll be running out of time!”

Jiang Li said with a smile: “It’s not too late at all!”

“It’s good that it’s not too late.”

Wu Yue smiled and congratulated Jiang Li and Luo Yanqing with her lover. When her eyes fell on Mingrui, Wu Yue said: "Young man is very powerful!"

Mingrui smiled: "Thank you!"

“What are you thanking for? You are really amazing. Auntie praises you without any regrets!” (End of Chapter)