"Hello, uncle, aunt!"

"Oh, it's Feng ...... Uh, Feng ......"

"Uncle, aunt, it's okay if you call me Xiao Feng, or you can call me Xiaochen. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"Hey, then we'll call you Xiao Feng......"

The first thing I did when I met the second elder of the Du family was to determine the title first. Although Du Xiaodi had said it countless times in front of his parents, making his parents treat Feng Xiaochen as an ordinary junior, the worker couple still hesitated to call each other their official titles when facing the director from Beijing. After seeing Feng Xiaochen's sincere and humble appearance, the second elder really adapted to his role, no matter how high the other party's status is, after all, he is also his own uncle, and he is the elder of the other party.

The family hugged Feng Xiaochen and led Feng Xiaochen into the house and asked him to sit down in the living room. Du Minghua sat opposite him, took out a cigarette, and signaled to Feng Xiaochen, who quickly waved his hand, saying that he did not smoke. Du Xiaodi's mother, Che Yueying, brought out the teapot and teacup from the kitchen, greeted the two of them, and let the two of them chat while drinking tea, while she returned to the kitchen to continue preparing the meal. Du Xiaodi was embarrassed to stay in the living room for a long time, and went into the kitchen to help his mother. Du Xiaoyuan and Du Xiaoyi hid in Du Xiaodi's room, happily fiddling with the four-speaker tape recorder that the prospective brother-in-law had just given to their home, especially Du Xiaoyuan, who was ecstatic in his heart.

In the living room, the prospective Weng and son-in-law were chatting endlessly:

"Xiao Feng, how many people are in your family?"

"Four people, my parents, myself, and a younger brother. ”

"What do your parents do?"

"My dad is a middle school teacher, and my mom works in a big group. ”

"I heard Xiaodi say, you don't have a high degree of education, but you know a lot of things, and you are particularly valued by leaders. How did you get to work in the capital?"

"It's a long story, my grandfather turned out to be a metallurgical engineer......"

Feng Xiaochen honestly reported his resume to Du Minghua, in fact, he had also told Du Xiaodi about these things before, and Du Xiaodi must have also reported to his parents. Du Minghua took it out and asked him at this time, firstly, to confirm whether the information reported by Du Xiaodi was correct, and on the other hand, there was some element of having nothing to say. Don't look at this kind of casual chatter, people with social experience can judge the other party's character, character, and ability from it, which is actually an examination of the father-in-law to the hairy son-in-law.

With this time, Feng Xiaochen is also observing Du Xiaodi's family.

The second elder of the Du family, in fact, is not "old" at all, Du Xiaodi told him that her father Du Minghua is only 43 years old this year, and her mother Che Yueying is 42 years old. Don't laugh, in later generations, many units applied for youth projects, or selected outstanding young people, etc., all of them were based on 45 years old as the age boundary, according to this standard, the second elder of the Du family is really a good year.

Du Minghua was originally a welder, but because of a work injury, one hand was disabled and he could no longer hold welding tongs, so he had to retire from illness, allowing Du Xiaodi to take his post. Today's Du Minghua lives at home, in addition to doing housework, he usually plays cards and chess with those old workers who are really retired in the factory, which sounds very pleasant, but is actually boring. When Feng Xiaochen was talking to him, he could feel that he had a heavy twilight, which was not something that should have been seen in a man in his early 40s.

Che Yueying has no formal job, and is currently working as a family worker in the factory, that is, doing chores such as washing vegetables in the canteen and cleaning in the office building. She is a very typical image of a factory family, enthusiastic, cheerful, and without too many scheming. When Feng Xiaochen entered the door, she looked Feng Xiaochen up and down for a long time, and after looking at it, she didn't hide her satisfied expression at all, which made Feng Xiaochen suddenly have a strong impression of her.

Looking at Du Xiaodi's home, this is a two-bedroom unit with its own kitchen and bathroom, which is a very good house in this era. The two bedrooms are roughly about 10 square meters, one is lived by Du Minghua and his wife, and the other is lived by Du Xiaodi and his sister Du Xiaoyi. Feng Xiaochen saw that there was a folded folding bed in the corner of the living room, which must be where Du Xiaoyuan slept at night.

The living room where they are sitting now is only seven or eight square meters, with a round table in the middle, to be exact, a round table top resting on a square table of eight immortals. There was a cupboard against the wall, and a few stools of different sizes, and that was all the furniture in the living room. As far as the eye can see, everything seems simple and old, showing the poverty of the family. Only the nylon tablecloth on the dining table was brand new, and even the smell of some chemicals could be faintly smelled, which was obviously temporarily added to welcome him as a "distinguished guest".

During Du Xiaodi's days in the capital, Feng Xiaochen also asked her about the family's economic situation, Du Xiaodi was always vague, and Feng Xiaochen could only rely on his own brain to imagine the specific situation. Du Minghua is retiring from illness and can get a retirement salary, Du Xiaodi's salary is all handed over to the family, plus Che Yueying's income as a family worker, the whole family has an income of about 130 yuan a month, which is barely a subsistence family. However, there are three unmarried children in the family, two of whom are still growing up, and they can't eat enough.

Alas, the children of the poor have long been in charge, if it weren't for such a family, Du Xiaodi probably wouldn't be so hardworking and sensible, right? Feng Xiaochen muttered secretly in his heart.

As he spoke, the dishes were already served one by one, and the table was soon full. In order to welcome the prospective son-in-law to the door, the Du family and his wife also ruthlessly shed some blood, killed chickens, bought fish and meat, and a table full of shiny hard dishes, which made Feng Xiaochen deeply feel the sincerity of the Northeast people. Du Xiaoyuan and Du Xiaoyi were both shouted out, and they were responsible for holding the dishes and chopsticks and setting up the stools without touching their feet, and then the guests and hosts sat down.

As soon as the banquet opened, Che Yueying gave Feng Xiaochen a big chicken leg, and tore a large piece of it from a steamed hoof and put it in the bowl, which was half a catty. Rao is Feng Xiaochen has always regarded himself as a foodie, and he is also dumbfounded at this time, worried about whether he can handle it.

"Xiao Feng, eat more, you're welcome!"

"Thank you, Auntie......"

"Thank you, it's all a family, come on, come on, you eat another piece of fish......"

"Don't, Auntie, I really can't eat it, let's give it to Xiaoyuan and Xiaoyi......"

"Leave them alone, they won't be polite!"

"I'm not going to be polite either. ”

"That's right, family......"

Che Yueying looked at her prospective son-in-law, and the more she looked at it, the more she liked it. This young man has clear eyebrows, speaks gently, and smiles are very different from those uneducated young workers in the factory, and he looks so atmospheric. Such a young man can fall in love with his own girl, and he also comes all the way to ask for a kiss, which is really the creation of a girl. As a mother-in-law-to-be, Che Yueying only felt as sweet as drinking honey in her heart.

"Uncle, aunt, in the last letter I wrote to Xiaodi, I said that I wanted to seconded Xiaodi to the capital because of the relationship, and now I will explain it to you in detail. Professor Cai of Jingcheng University of Technology, Xiaodi also knew him in the past, and Master Li Qingshan also knew him. He is a highly respected old professor, very well-known in the industry, and his academic attainments are also very high. My plan is to let Xiaodi become an assistant in his research group first, and at the same time learn some theoretical knowledge of welding and metal materials from him, and strive to be admitted to Professor Cai's graduate school in the future, so that he can be assigned to work in a large unit in Beijing in the future. ”

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Feng Xiaochen began to introduce the details of Du Xiaodi's secondment to Du Minghua and Che Yueying.

"Can this girl still be admitted to graduate school?" Du Minghua asked in disbelief.

Feng Xiaochen said: "It's man-made. Xiaodi is very smart, but he just doesn't have the opportunity to read. After arriving in Beijing, Professor Cai promised to find a few graduate students to help her with her homework, and I would also give her make-up classes, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem to get a graduate student. ”

"Brother-in-law, I heard that you are not also a junior high school graduate, how can you give my sister a make-up lesson?" Du Xiaoyi interjected with a smile next to him. On the way back from the train station just now, she chatted with this brother-in-law for a while, and felt that her brother-in-law was very approachable, without any official appearance, and there was no difference between Zhang Amao and Li Agou in the neighborhood, so she didn't stop talking.

"Xiaoyi, what are you talking nonsense, your brother-in-law...... Uh, your brother Feng is very capable......" Che Yueying reprimanded Du Xiaoyi, but she didn't pay attention to bringing out the word brother-in-law. Du Xiaodi listened to the side, and could only pretend to be quails and hide his head tightly.

Feng Xiaochen didn't care about the title, but turned his head to Du Xiaoyuan and Du Xiaoyi, and said seriously: "Xiaoyi is right, I do have a junior high school education. However, I have been self-taught all along, and I have mastered five foreign languages, so I have the opportunity to be transferred to Beijing to work. In fact, although your sister is also a beginner in Chinese, she taught herself Japanese during her studies in Japan, and now she has reached the level of being able to read professional materials on welding in Japanese.

You two should have this spirit too, and don't just know how to play all day long. Our country is now engaged in modernization, and the importance of knowledge will become greater and greater in the future, and the iron rice bowl is no longer reliable, and only knowledge can change destiny, do you understand?"