To be honest, modern people may not pay attention to so many rules, but the old and the young still have to talk about the inferiority.

This is one of the cultural essences of China a few years ago, and if you don't even talk about this, it is really a pill.

The Zhou family is actually very disciplined, for example, when eating, the first place is always grandpa, and others must not sit there, even if the old man is not at the table, unless there is not enough space, no one else can sit over.

Another example is a big dinner in the family, when there are many elders, the elders sit at the same table, and the younger generations are absolutely not allowed to serve at the table. If you can't sit down, the fathers will sit up according to their age, and they can only be men, and women, such as daughters like Zhou Fangyuan's aunt, are not qualified to sit over. Not to mention today, the elders of several families are here, and the table is full, so get Zhou Fangyuan over at this time.

Zhou Fangyuan knew that his grandfather wanted to determine his status in this family, and it could basically be said that his father's generation was no longer as good as his position in the old man's heart, but having said that, sitting directly over still made Zhou Fangyuan feel a lot of pressure. Especially the elders at the table were staring at him, and Zhou Fangyuan didn't know how to fiddle with his hands and feet.

The other members sat down in turn, the fathers sat at two tables, and then the daughters and daughters-in-law of each family, as for the juniors, obediently, roll to the door, except for Zhou Fangyuan, even if it is a few of his cousins, they have to be far away, and they can't even come to this table to toast.

It can be said that the rules are very big, especially today is a rare super gathering of the Zhou family, and even the other branch was invited over, but it has not been contacted for more than ten years, and today it is actually gathered together, to be honest, Zhou Fangyuan has seen this meeting for the first time in his two lives.

"Brother, say a few words. ”

Grandpa turned his head to look at the eldest grandfather and said.

"I won't say it, today you are the master, I won't overstep my bounds. ”

Grandpa said with a smile.

This doesn't matter, after all, they are brothers of the same generation, and it doesn't matter who speaks. Basically, it is at whose house to have a dinner, then the family will come out to speak, today's master is Zhou Fangyuan and a family on their side, and grandpa is the head of the family.

The old man didn't say anything anymore, but stood up and cleared his throat.

"Today, our old Zhou family hasn't gathered so together for a long time, I discussed it with a few of your uncles and uncles, and I think this kind of event will have to be held often in the future. You all have a family now, and we can understand that you are busy with work, and we old ghosts are idle every day, so it's not bad to find a reason to kill time. In the future, if you have time, go home more often, and don't know that you are busy with work all day. ”

These words were said to the fathers, and a group of middle-aged people nodded when they heard this.

Grandpa looked in the direction of the juniors again, "You are all the future of the Zhou family, study hard, work hard, and strive to be more and more promising." ”

It's a simple entrustment, but it also contains the ardent expectations of the elders. Especially at the age of the old man, they don't care about eating and drinking, and the better life of their children and grandchildren is what they care about the most. As for those who don't work hard, then I'm sorry, and don't expect your family to help. The most important thing in being a family member is to treat everyone equally, and a bowl of water is even. Being good for this and bad for that is the bane of family conflicts, and the old man has done a good job of this...... It's really good, in the last life, Zhou Fangyuan's family of three was so down, and the old man also gave some help in life at most.

For example, if you have a New Year's or holiday dinner or something, you can bring some food for your children when you leave, and they can often get the most.

But that's all, except for these little things, work and financial help are not to be thought of. The old man is not short of money, but he can't make an exception, if he opens this opening, it will inevitably leave a message for other children, if they all help, but it is unlikely, simply no one will help, it is your own business to mix badly, and it has nothing to do with the old man.

This is a very realistic thing, but Zhou Fangyuan also feels that there is nothing wrong with doing this, after all, for the elderly, family harmony is more important than anything else.

Grandpa only said these two words, and the grandchildren, whether they were his direct grandchildren or not, all nodded one after another.

Grandpa was satisfied and took the lead in taking a drink, and the others raised their glasses.

Then Grandpa sat down, and suddenly reached out and slapped Zhou Fangyuan on the back, "You say a few words." ”

"Huh?"

Zhou Fangyuan's eyes widened, and his mouth was long enough to fit into a big steamed bun.

"Ahh ”

Grandpa glanced at Zhou Fangyuan and said slowly.

"Uh, grandpa, this, this is not in accordance with ......"

"I said yes, and that's what we all agreed on. ”

Grandpa had an unfathomable smile on his face.

Zhou Fangyuan subconsciously looked around, and as a result, whether it was grandma, the eldest grandfather, the third grandfather and others, including the seventh grandfather who had just regained contact, and his grandfather and grandmother, they all had encouraging smiles on their faces.

The sweat on Zhou Fangyuan's forehead came down as soon as he brushed it.

That's worse than just now.

If it is said that just sitting at a table can be explained by the fact that the old man likes him very much, then let him stand up and speak in front of so many people, but it really roasted him on the fire.

You know, he only needs to get up one stop now, but he can go straight past his father. Even if the father doesn't care, when he is a son, it's completely incorrect, right?

But the problem is that now my father is also encouraging, and the old man is pressing on the side...... Zhou Fangyuan suddenly realized that it was a mistake for him to come back today. He still doesn't know how to gather so many people, coupled with his father's earth-shattering words just now, his brain is not in chaos, but he hasn't completely eased up. Immediately after that, he sat with his elders, and now let him stand up and speak, isn't this embarrassing for him?

"Grandpa......"

"Huh?"

The old man's majesty is getting heavier and heavier, just a snort from his nose made Zhou Fangyuan subconsciously shrink his neck.

"What, if you don't say it's okay......"

"What do you say?"

"I, I ......"

Of course not, but isn't this a discussion, why don't you even give a chance to discuss, are you a tyrant?

Zhou Fangyuan shouted in his heart, but he also knew that there was not much time left for him.

The old man has already spoken, and it seems that he has no intention of modifying it at all, and his side has not responded for a long time, which is undoubtedly a low look, and even with his own one, he will be secretly chewed his tongue, which is not a good thing.

Whew-

Zhou Fangyuan let out a sigh of relief.

Forget it, anyway, several old people agreed, and it wasn't rude for me to do this, after all, I couldn't help but listen to my elders. And after all, it is not ancient now, although the etiquette still has to be taught, but it is definitely not as strict as in ancient times. It's just that his family has always been relatively strict, and he himself is used to this feeling, and the more crowded it is, the more so. But now this situation is obviously not comparable to usual, so what else do you have to worry about?

Thinking of this, Zhou Fangyuan gently pushed the chair back, then stood up and looked around.

Good guy, more than a hundred pairs of eyes are staring at him, Rao is used to seeing the scene, and he is still a little frightened in his heart.

Taking a deep breath, he calmed himself down as much as possible, recalling the scene of many meetings in the company's conference room, Zhou Fangyuan quickly calmed down.

A faint smile appeared on his face.

"Grandpa loves me so much that he insists on me standing up and talking. Today, many elders are here, uncles and aunts are here, and I, as a junior, really shouldn't stand up. But there is no way, the elders have an order, drive the ducks to the shelves, I hope that all grandparents, grandparents, grandparents, and uncles and uncles will not be surprised. ”

Zhou Fangyuan raised his head and drank the liquor in the cup, and turned the mouth of the cup upside down, proving that there was no wine in it.

Then he poured himself a new glass.

"I was really surprised and happy today, I haven't seen so many relatives together since I can remember. Including the uncles and aunts of the Seventh Grandfather's family, as well as brothers and sisters, it is my honor to meet you and know you, and this cup is for you. ”

As he spoke, the second glass of wine was served.

Then fill the glass.

"Finally, I would like to say that we are all relatives, and we all have the same blood in our bodies. In the future, I hope to have more contacts, just like my grandfather just said, when people are older, they will feel lonely and like to be lively. Our parents are busy with work, and my generation, there are several older brothers who have also started to work, everyone will be busier and busier, and the time to accompany the elderly is getting shorter and shorter, or that sentence, I hope you can go home more often when you have time, chat with the elders, and accept the teachings of the elders. Many of these experiences are life experiences that take many years for us young people to comprehend, and they are invaluable to young people.

Okay, that's all, I hope everyone can eat, drink, have fun, don't be restrained, just take this place as your home!"

After saying that, the third cup was drained with his head tilted.

Good guy, liquor in the forties, three glasses in a row without saying a word, although it is not a great thing, but Zhou Fangyuan's attitude is still satisfying.

"Good!"

Someone shouted on the spot.

Zhou Fangyuan subconsciously glanced at it, it was the third uncle.

Third uncle, tsk, such a big person, he still looks like that if he doesn't adjust it.

Speaking of which, the third uncle can now be said to be Zhou Fangyuan's loyal embrace, otherwise he would not have applauded his nephew in public as an uncle. Although Zhou Fangyuan's performance was really good, he was generous, first apologized, then welcomed, and finally stood in the position of "master" and put forward some expectations for the future. In modern times, where etiquette is no longer too important, such performance must not be considered bad. Of course, there may be people who are far better than him, but the problem is that the Zhou family itself is not a wealthy family, that is, there are more people, and they can only be regarded as very ordinary before.

Now that Zhou Fangyuan has emerged, the Zhou family finally has the signs of condensing into a big family, if it is his distant cousins, it would be good to be able to speak clearly under the gaze of so many people, even if it is a father, I am afraid that only a few people such as the uncle can do this, Zhou Fangyuan did not stumble throughout the whole process, nor did he show shyness, which is indeed good.

The third uncle applauded, in fact, other people also thought it was good, but why was he the only one who applauded?

Because he really thinks that his nephew is extraordinary now, and he doesn't talk about those industries or anything, just his own experience.

The third uncle had learned from Zhou Fangyuan before, and Zhou Fangyuan also instructed him to get a barbecue restaurant, Korean-style barbecue, which is still fresh in today's Chinese land. Today's people have a strong curiosity about all kinds of things, especially the younger generation, so once this barbecue restaurant opened, it didn't take long for it to become one of the most famous restaurants in Beitong City. Later, although there were competitors, the competitors obviously could not be the opponents of the third uncle, the reason is very simple, the farm side provides all kinds of raw materials with zero profits, and the third uncle pursues good things while ensuring profits. The meat is the freshest meat, the dish is the cleanest dish, and the price is not expensive.

Anyway, the market is huge, and not one restaurant can eat it all, so everyone can coexist.

Today, the third uncle's barbecue restaurant has opened more than a dozen, but not only Beitong, basically wherever the farm of the Yuanfang Group opens, the third uncle's barbecue restaurant will follow, which is completely taking advantage of Zhou Fangyuan.

But Zhou Fangyuan doesn't care, it's just to make less money, his relatives make money, and he is happy.

He won't open the opening of letting his relatives enter the distant group, but it's no problem to help his relatives make money, more than a dozen barbecue restaurants, how can it be millions of dollars a year, mainly because of the low cost.

has money in hand, the third aunt has already quit her job to concentrate on running her own restaurant, and the third uncle, of course, the job is still there, and not only here, he is doing very well. There may be help from the city leaders, but he himself can be a man, he didn't have money before, but now he has money, and he is naturally generous, and everyone understands it every New Year's festival or something. You can do things yourself, and there are people to help you above, and now the third uncle is already the director of the Beitong County Bureau, which is not much better than the deputy director of the Beitong City Municipal Bureau, and even further, he is the executive deputy director. It can be said that in his career, he has opened up a new world.

And all this, the factors brought by Zhou Fangyuan occupy a large range, so the third uncle now likes Zhou Fangyuan very much, and he is surrounded by Zhou Fangyuan at home.

The third uncle took the lead, and the others also applauded, not like a family dinner, but like a company dinner.

As Zhou Fangyuan sat down, everyone finally began to move their chopsticks, and the atmosphere around them suddenly became warm.

Within a few minutes, children began to run around the floor, and adults drank and talked loudly.

But it's a pity that Zhou Fangyuan didn't feel the slightest joy, he had three glasses of wine before, and he was really a little drunk. Now that the dish has just eaten two bites of food, it has been pressed, but the voice of the grandmother is heard in my ears again.

"Yangyang, I heard that your company is doing well now?"

Yes, I really can't eat this meal!

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