Chapter 20: The Birthday Party
Today is the eighty-first birthday of Fang Qingfang's grandfather, Lu Rengui.
When he turned 80th last year, a big family held a big birthday banquet for him in a beautiful way, and invited all relatives and friends to celebrate his birthday. So this year, according to the meaning of the elderly, it is a low-key and simple pass.
His family booked a large box for him in a high-end restaurant in the city, and set up three tables of wine and food to celebrate his birthday. As the most affectionate old comrade-in-arms and former old neighbor, Li Jianzhong is of course indispensable.
Considering that the old man was not in good health when he just came back from the hospital, Li Zhengguo specially arranged for Li Feng to drive him. He himself kept calling Li Xiaoling and Li Hu, who were busy with their own business careers, to be sure to attend on time. It can be seen that he also attaches great importance to the birthday banquet of the elderly.
Li Feng took his grandfather to the birthday banquet hotel on time. Many people also came to the scene and sent red envelopes and birthday greetings to the old birthday star.
The two eldest comrades-in-arms, former old neighbors and business partners, naturally sat together. Fang Qingfang was dragged by her grandfather to sit next to him, and of course she also pulled her best friend Li Feng to sit next to her.
Before the waiter began to serve the food and wine, the old birthday star said to his old comrade-in-arms Li Jianzhong:
"Jianzhong, we are the two of us here are the oldest, look at this room full of people, is there anyone missing?"
Hearing Lu Rengui say this, Li Jianzhong glanced at the audience and replied, "No, Rengui, everyone should come tonight." ”
"No, you didn't see it. Lu Rengui shook his head, sighed and said, "Tonight, here tonight, except for you and me, who are the oldest, the whole room is full of children...... But are they still children? Look at my eldest grandson, Lu Wanyou, who is in his early thirties, and his youngest grandson is also in his twenties-five-five, do you think they are still children? In fact, what is most lacking here tonight is the real children, the great-grandsons that you and I dream of seeing and hugging day and night! Jianzhong, don't you think?"
Lu Rengui's words made all the people at the three tables sitting around the audience speechless, and they looked at each other with big eyes.
As soon as Fang Qingfang heard this topic, he turned his eyes and looked at Li Feng, and his face immediately darkened. These days, her ears can't avoid such words every day, and it's really annoying to listen to them.
"I said you kids, I really don't know what you think in your hearts, you don't take starting a family seriously. Lu Rengui took advantage of the fact that the people at the three tables listened to him silently, so he continued to speak very seriously, "I don't know how you understand this word? In fact, it is too easy to understand, in this word, it is to start a family first, and to start a business later, don't you understand? When our ancestors coined this word, they were all based on facts. I got married at the age of 20 and started a family. After that, I got a job, and then I had children and went to the battlefield as a soldier. After returning from the army, he began to start a real business. As for you, now that you have all reached the age of marriage one by one, you have even overgrown your age and become an old man, and you have not yet found a partner to marry and start a family. I talk about being busy with my work and career all day long, but I don't see how successful your work and career are? Grandpa, I am 81 years old today, how many years will God give me to live? So now I can only look forward to it early and late, and I hope that you will get married soon, so that I can see my great-grandchildren born in my lifetime, and I can kiss them and hug them. However, none of you are married, and you make me wait day by day, year after year, which really makes me anxious......"
Hearing the sentiments of his old comrades-in-arms, Li Jianzhong said hehehe: "Rengui, you are the emperor and the eunuchs are not in a hurry! Those who want to get married are not in a hurry, so what's the use of us being in a hurry? The times are different, and our old antique thinking may no longer be able to keep up with the times. Or to put it another way, it is popular in the current era, and everyone is not in a hurry to talk about marriage. Society has become a business first and then a family, and individualism and timely pleasure are more popular. ”
If this is the case, how will this society continue without passing on the family lineage? Since ancient times, men have been married and women have been married, and children have been passed down from generation to generation, and the family has been passed on from generation to generation...... This has been the case for thousands of years, and it is the truth that never deviates from its origins! There is an ancient adage: If you are not filial, you will be the greatest, and you will not remember all these ancient precepts?
Lu Rengui brought out a lot of big truths to preach, and everyone lowered their heads. In the end, he set his eyes on the eldest grandson Lu Wanyou, who was sitting opposite: "Lu Wanyou, I said that you are in your early thirties this year, and as the eldest grandson, you should have played a leading role model." But what are you bringing with you? What are you busy with all day? I've never seen you bring your girlfriend back for grandpa and me to see. If you continue like this, you will become an old bachelor and miss the best age to get married and start a family. What's more important is that you, the one who takes the lead, don't get married, and the younger ones have an excuse not to get married. Grandpa, I'm asking you now, what do you think? Do you want to find a girlfriend to marry? When will you get married? Can you give me an accurate answer in front of everyone now?"
Grandpa's public number and forced marriage made Lu Wanyou feel very uncomfortable. He glanced at Li Feng, who was sitting next to Fang Qingfang opposite, and replied a little shyly: "Grandpa, this marriage and finding a girlfriend is not going to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, there are stalls everywhere for people to choose, and even if you buy a bad and inappropriate one, you can return it casually...... Besides, haven't I been busy with my work all these years......"
"Hehe, what kind of business are you busy with? Wanyou, I don't like to listen to your excuses the most!" Grandpa immediately interrupted him, "What kind of work and career are you busy with?" It's not grandpa, I'm criticizing you, you've been fooling around all these years! You've been fooling around with this investment, and as a result, you've lost all the money you have earned at home! Have you done less by spending money on investment, but who has ever made money? It's just an excuse not to find a partner and start a family? I suspect that you may not be a real man, maybe you're still a homosexual! ”
As soon as Lu Rengui finished saying this, everyone immediately burst into laughter.
"Rengui, don't take it seriously. Li Jianzhong waited for everyone to finish laughing, and then said, "Homosexuality is estimated not to be among us, but everyone should also watch out for each other." In today's society, although it is much richer than in our time, there is no shortage of food, clothing, and housing. However, a lot of bad and even corrupt ideas have also flourished from it. Like eating, drinking, prostituting, gambling, and taking drugs, society is a big dye vat. You young people, you must be self-disciplined and take care of yourself, otherwise you may be poisoned if you are not careful. Now is the era of highly strict laws, and more importantly, you are all adults, and you should understand that everyone who breaks the law is responsible. Therefore, each of us should be self-disciplined and never break the law and discipline. ”
"Jianzhong, I very much agree with what you said. But I'm here today to talk a little bit about these grandchildren in your family. Your grandchildren are not young, and they should all get married and start a family. Take Li Feng as an example, he is on par with Lu Wan, I remember that when I was a child, in the yard of the same unit, their group of children grew up playing together. ”
Lu Rengui said and turned his head around Fang Qingfang to look at Li Feng and said, "Li Feng, have you been following your father to be busy with your career and have no time to find a partner to start a family? Or have you never been able to find a suitable partner? Then I will be here today to be a matchmaker for you and introduce one to you." Look at how our family Lu Wanyou is, although his career is not successful, but others are okay. He is a little older than you, and there is a folk saying called 'childhood sweetheart'. I think if you are both busy with work and can't find a suitable partner, then you can consider each other...... Oh, if Grandpa and I say something wrong, don't blame Grandpa. Actually, I think Lu Wanyou and you should still be a good match, if you can really get together, grandpa, I will reward you with a wedding bonus!"
Hearing Lu Rengui say this, Li Feng looked up at Lu Wanyou, who had been watching her across the table, and hurriedly interrupted him: "Grandpa, don't talk about it! Brother Wanyou is in my heart, I only treat him as a big brother." ”
"Hehe, feelings can be cultivated. ”
Lu Rengui turned his head to look at Lu Wanyou and said: "Wanyou, you kid, I found that you have always looked at Li Feng in the wrong way, tell the truth, do you like Li Feng? If so, quickly and boldly confess to her! But Li Feng is a girl with a high cultural character, and she is also in charge of such a big business with her father." So if you want to pursue others, you have to get rid of a lot of bad style and problems in you, and you have to work hard to improve yourself!"
Lu Wanyou heard his grandfather say this, and quickly looked away from Li Feng, his face was a little red with shyness.
Just as Lu Wanyou opened his mouth to say something, Fang Qingfang couldn't help but accuse his grandfather: "Grandpa, please don't say it again!
Hearing Fang Qingfang's accusation, Lu Rengui turned his head to look at her, and said with a little anger: "Fang Qingfang, why did you say that grandpa and I messed up with the mandarin duck score? Okay, I'll talk about your problem now." You're the first of these kids to get married. But what's going on, not long after you married that Wang Dong, you suddenly divorced the marriage without telling everyone. And until now, you haven't told your family the reason for the divorce! You, you really treat marriage and divorce as if you were a child! Fang Qingfang, you have always been my grandfather's most optimistic and beloved child, but your previous divorce made me very disappointed. Think about it, now that you are quite old, can't you be more mature? You have to think more about cause and effect in doing things, and you must be responsible. ”
Hehe, Fang Qingfang is really burning. Originally, she just wanted to fight for Li Feng at a critical time and wanted to help her get out, but she didn't expect to be caught by her grandfather and counted down fiercely!
She wanted to find an explanation to deal with her grandfather, but she couldn't find the right words for a while.
At this time, her mother Lu Keli, who was sitting on the other side of her, spoke: "Dad, accept your point out, I will definitely discipline Fang Qingfang's child well." To be honest, we still don't know the truth about her divorce from Wang Dong! We have asked both of them many times, but they don't say anything, and we are in a hurry. Fang Qingfang's child is really not young, he will be thirty soon, I talk every morning and night, I am anxious to urge her to find a partner to start a family as soon as possible, or let her remarry Wang Dong, but she doesn't listen at all!"
Before Lu Keli's words fell, the door of the box was pushed open. Wang Dong strode in with a big bag of gifts, followed by his father and mother, who were leaders in the Provincial Health Department, and they were also carrying big bags of gifts in their hands. When I came in, I smiled and nodded to greet everyone.
Wang Dong walked up to Lu Rengui with the diameter of the gift, and said to him with a smile on his face and a very flattering tone: "Grandpa, I'm sorry, we're late, but I bought you a gift bag, I hope you like it." Just now, I heard someone mention my Wang Dong's name outside the door. Haha, isn't there something good that comes to mind?"
Reaching out to take Wang Dong's big bag of gifts, Lu Rengui smiled happily. He stood up, moved his chair with his hand, and said to everyone, "Everyone squeeze in, and then move the chairs and let them sit here." It's not too late, and the meal hasn't been served yet. ”
Lu Keli hurriedly got up and took the gift from Wang Dong from Lu Rengui, took it aside and put it down. And everyone got up and moved their chairs to add seats.
"You don't have to move, let him sit with us. Fang Qingfang said to everyone, pulled Li Feng to give up his seat, and then walked over to another table without looking back. As for Wang Dong's family's uninvited arrival, she felt a little surprised and her face was full of unhappiness.
"Fang Qingfang and Li Feng, you two can't go away, come back here and sit!" Lu Rengui shouted as he wanted to stop.
"Fang Qingfang, did you hear it, come back and sit here, accompany your grandfather!" Lu Keli shouted a little angrily.
Fang Qingfang ignored the shouts of her grandfather and mother, and moved a chair with Li Feng at the other table and sat down.
Everyone was a little surprised that such a disappointing episode happened, especially Wang Dong and his parents, who were very embarrassed and embarrassed......