I heard that we went to my grandparents together in the evening, Alvin realized that this was the Chinese custom of meeting the elders, he had studied the customs and etiquette of China, and knew that he should bring gifts to the elders, so he discussed with Li Sizhi: "What do you think I should bring to my grandparents?"

Li Sizhi has been abroad for a few years, and knows that in Britain and the United States, it is enough to bring some flowers, fruits and other small gifts for the first time like this, but it is not suitable in China, but Alvin is a foreigner, and if he goes to his grandparents and brings popular gifts in China, he seems to be careless.

It's just a piece of mind, Li Sizhi thought for a while, and said to Alvin: "You are a foreigner, you don't have to completely abide by our customs here, my grandparents are excellent people, I have an idea, why don't the two of us go and cook them a pure British style dinner, what do you think?"

Alvin even said a good idea, after lunch, the two went to a nearby large shopping mall to buy a bunch of things, and at four o'clock in the afternoon, Li Sizhi took Alvin to his grandparents.

When the two arrived at the gate of the compound where Li Bosxia and his wife lived, Alvin saw that there were soldiers standing guard at the gate of the courtyard, and if they wanted to enter, they not only needed someone to come out of the courtyard to guide them, but also to carry out a strict security check on the things they were carrying.

Alvin was a little stunned and asked, "Your grandparents, are they very high-status people?"

"It's the kind of people who have made a certain contribution to the country," Li Sizhi tried to explain to him, "This is an affirmation and protection of them by the state." ”

Only then did Alvin realize that the girl he liked might have a much better family background than he imagined!

Li Boxia personally came out to pick them up, Alvin saw that Li Boxia was full of white hair and walked a little slowly, so he hurriedly supported him with Li Sizhi left and right, Li Boxia saw Alvin with a sunny smile, and knew that this was a child who grew up in abundant love and materialism, such a child may be a little simple, but he is also a person who really understands love and life.

The three of them entered the courtyard, Li Sizhi's grandmother was sitting in a wheelchair, she looked Alvin up and down a few times, and her impression was very good, at least she looked very imposing on the outside.

Li Sizhi accompanied her grandmother to gossip a few words, and went to the kitchen with Alvin to cook, and the cook at home heard that they were going to cook Western food, so they studied humbly.

Alvin and Li Sizhi were busy for more than two hours, cooking a meal of pure British style: roast beef with pudding, fish and chips, haggis, sausages and mashed potatoes, and a venison pie with a unique British character.

When Li Mulin and his wife came over, Alvin and Li Sizhi had already served all the prepared dishes on the table, and the family sat down around the table.

"Grandma, my primary school is at Harrow School, where special attention is paid to the students' hands-on ability, we have a special handicraft class, cooking is one of them, the teacher will teach us how to cook various dishes, our school graduates, should be able to cook a good meal. ”

Li Boxia nodded, he knew that Harrow School, which is a well-known aristocratic private school in the United Kingdom, and Eton College is known as the "double pride" of British private schools, foreign education pays more attention to children's independent living ability and hands-on ability, which is also where our education needs to learn.

After dinner, the family chatted together, Li Mulin asked about his career plan, Alvin solemnly said: "I like to read and do learning, my father is also very supportive of me, as long as I can grow in knowledge, I can work anywhere, I have already talked to Sizhi, if there is a suitable working environment for me here in Huaxia, I can also sign a work contract here." ”

This is better, Li Mulin said in his heart, Li Sizhi had better settle in China after getting married, after all, a lot of business here needs her to take care of, Alvin is a doctor from Columbia Business School, and has the experience of teaching at Oxford University, with his resume, the business schools of first-class universities in China will be welcome.

Waiting until a little more than nine o'clock, Li Muyu hurriedly came over, Li Sizhi introduced his uncle to Alvin, Alvin greeted him, Li Muyu nodded, asked him to sit down and talk, Alvin sat down, looking at Li Muyu's eyes, he actually felt an invisible pressure, it was really a strange feeling.

Li Muyu sat down and drank a few sips of tea, and began to chat with Alvin, his topic was very jumpy, although the content of the chat was nothing more than the British terroir, human feelings, politics, economic ecology, but he was incisive and incisive, every word was fine, Alvin said to him for more than ten minutes, and he was so nervous that he sweated: Li Sizhi's uncle is also too knowledgeable and wise, as a native of the British, he can't catch his topic and can't keep up with his train of thought!

Feng Lanxin saw that her prospective son-in-law was embarrassed, and hurriedly comforted him: "Alvin, don't be depressed, chat with your uncle, there is no young man who doesn't sweat, let me say a word to the university, even if it is an old professor in your school, chatting with your uncle, I'm afraid it will be difficult, you are still a child, this reaction is too normal!"

Li Muyu smiled, speaking of which, he had already tried out Alvin's level, and he was still a down-to-earth and serious child, so he was no longer embarrassed for him, and asked him about studying abroad at Columbia University with Li Sizhi, Li Sizhi answered his uncle's question for him, Alvin picked up the tissue on the table and wiped his sweat, and then felt relieved.

Li Muyu was very proud in his heart, he remembered very well that he had also been admitted to Su in this way, Su's age was about the same as Alvin, but the depth of thinking was much deeper than Alvin's, which may be related to Su's growing up environment since childhood and the experience accumulated in the shopping mall over the years.

Li Muyu talked to Li Mulin for a while, Li Mulin left with his wife and Xiaoxian, Li Boxia asked about his youngest son's opinion of Alvin, Li Muyu said: "This child is steady, gentle, patient, and a person who knows how to enjoy life, I think he is very complementary to Sizhi, but whether it can be done depends on his father's attitude, we can not mind the identity of his family, his father may not care about our identity." ”

Li Boxia nodded and said: "I have already explained to Si Zhi and asked her to tell Alvin about the situation of our family, foreign marriage, not as free as she imagined, Alvin can not care about anything, but not necessarily he doesn't care either, their family wants to marry our family, I'm afraid it will have to be investigated by the British intelligence department, and it's the same on our side, and there are still a lot of troubles!"