Since being slapped by He Ying last time, Lu Tao has never been to her house because of shame and regret. Every time he returned to the rented house of "Green Bank Mansion" on the weekend, he also tried to avoid meeting He Ying, so the two had not seen each other for more than a month.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, He Ying took the initiative to come to his house, which surprised Lu Tao and made him feel extremely embarrassed. Especially when she asked him why he didn't introduce Du Xiaoyu to her, he was even more red-faced and couldn't think of anything to answer her.

Fortunately, Du Xiaoyu came out of the kitchen at this time, happened to hear He Ying's words, and explained with a smile: "Political Commissar He, this is no wonder Lu Tao. I've only known him for a month, and I didn't officially establish a relationship until the first two days, so it's normal that he didn't introduce me to you. ”

He Ying showed an imperceptible expression of loss on her face, glanced at Lu Tao, and said in a joking tone: "Lu Tao, you are very charming! Xiaoyu is such a beautiful girl, you have caught up with it in less than a month, and the level of flirting with girls can be said to be amazing!"

Then, she turned Lian Lian to Du Xiaoyu, and said in her words: "Xiaoyu, you are a very simple girl, and Lu Tao's level of flirting with girls is so high, you must pay close attention to him in the future, don't let him pay attention to it anymore." In my opinion, most handsome men are more attentive, you must be careful!haha!"

When Lu Tao's mother and sister heard her words, they all showed disapproving expressions on their faces, but they couldn't say anything, so they had to accompany her and smirk twice.

Du Xiaoyu thought He Ying was joking, so he smiled and said: "Political Commissar He, you may have misunderstood Lu Tao a little, although he is handsome, he is not a flowery person, I am still very relieved about this." ”

He Ying looked at her a few times, and saw that she was looking at Lu Tao with affection, her face was full of happiness and sweet smiles, her heart suddenly ached, she stood up and said to Lu Tao's mother: "Auntie, I just heard Xiaoyu say that you will celebrate your birthday tomorrow at noon!

Lu Tao's mother and sister quickly stood up and thanked her with a smile on their faces.

Du Xiaoyu said: "Political Commissar He, if you want to drink birthday wine, go to the O'Neill Hotel on Saturday! That day is also Lu Tao's birthday, we have discussed, and Auntie's 50th birthday banquet will be arranged on that day." ”

He Ying asked a little surprised: "Lu Tao, are you really going to hold a birthday banquet for your aunt at the O'Neill Hotel?"

Lu Tao knew the reason why she was surprised, pointed at Du Xiaoyu and said: "This is arranged by Xiaoyu, she has a very good relationship with the deputy general manager of O'Neill Hotel, and she is also a diamond card member of the hotel, so she can arrange the banquet a little better, and she can also get discounts, so she booked two or three tables there." ”

He Ying heard that the banquet was arranged by Du Xiaoyu, so she couldn't say anything, so she nodded and said, "Okay, I will definitely come over on Saturday to celebrate Auntie's birthday." ”

At about half past nine in the morning of the next day, Lu Tao came back from buying vegetables in the vegetable market, and had just entered the community, when he suddenly received a phone call from Zhou Youliang.

Lu Tao knew that he must have gotten the news from He Ying, and when he saw that he had talked about this, he would be embarrassed to refuse, so he had to say: "Director Zhou, today is indeed my mother's fiftieth birthday, but she doesn't want to set up a banquet, so today is for our family to reunite and celebrate my mother's birthday." However, because some relatives in Qingxi County were going to come over for a drink in two days, we decided to book two or three tables of banquets at the O'Neill Hotel on Saturday to receive relatives from our hometown. You've always treated me like my own brother, and you're a relative of mine, so would you like to have a glass of wine at the O'Neill Hotel on Saturday?"

When Zhou Youliang heard his last few words, he was very satisfied with "um", and said: "Okay, I was going to come to your house at noon today as an uninvited guest, since you said that there will be birthday wine on Saturday, then I will listen to your arrangement and go to celebrate your mother's birthday on Saturday!"

After Lu Tao thanked him, he hung up the phone, and was about to take the elevator when the mobile phone rang again, and it was Xie Benzhu calling. The content of his phone call was similar to Zhou Youliang, first complaining that Lu Tao did not tell him about his mother's fiftieth birthday, and then said that he was going to come over for a drink to celebrate his birthday, Lu Tao had to say what he said to Zhou Youliang again, and finally invited him to the O'Neill Hotel on Saturday for a drink.

Immediately afterwards, Fu Lei, Su Yetai, Huang Zeke, and Zou Xianghong all called, all with the same meaning, saying that they wanted to celebrate Lu Tao's mother's birthday, and Lu Tao had to invite them to O'Neill for a drink on Saturday......

At around 4 p.m. on Friday, Lu Tao's three uncles, aunts, two aunts, two cousins, two cousins, and a cousin, a total of 12 people, took three small cars and drove 200 kilometers to Taolin County.

Among the relatives of Lu Tao's parents, in terms of family conditions, Lu Tao's family is indeed the most difficult: his father died early, and he was seriously ill before he died, and he spent a lot of money on treatment, and owed a lot of debts to relatives. At that time, Lu Tao was only a few years old, and his sister Lu Ping had just graduated from primary school, and his mother worked hard to raise their two siblings independently, and sometimes she had no money, so she had to go to Lu Tao's uncles and aunts to borrow money.

In order to support Lu Tao to study, her sister Lu Ping went to work in the south after graduating from junior high school, and the money she earned was sent home, partly for debt repayment and partly for Lu Tao's study. But because he owes a lot of debts, until Lu Tao graduated from university, his family still owes relatives more than 100,000 yuan in foreign debts. At the beginning, Lu Tao did not choose to go to graduate school after graduation, but was admitted to work in the local taxation bureau because his family was too poor and he needed to work quickly to make money to pay off his debts......

However, the family conditions of Lu Tao's relatives are all good: The two uncles are both in business, and although the business is not large, they can earn 200,000 yuan a year, and they can be regarded as well-off families in Qingxi County; the eldest uncle Tian Guodong is the head of a certain township in Qingxi County, and the second uncle Tian Guoliang is the vice principal of a certain elementary school; the third uncle Tian Guoyong is a middle-level cadre of a certain bureau; and although her aunt Tian Suying is a housewife, her husband is a small construction Baotou and can be regarded as a wealthy family in the local area......

It is precisely because these relatives are all in better condition than Lu Tao's family, and they have debts to these relatives, so they will always involuntarily reveal a sense of superiority in front of Lu Tao's family, especially in front of Lu Tao and Lu Ping, their sense of superiority is even worse.

Lu Tao's mother probably also felt the condescending attitude of her brothers and sisters, and she didn't feel very comfortable, so as soon as her daughter got married, she went to live in her daughter's house. Moreover, after Lu Tao worked for two years, she asked her sisters and brothers to pay off all the debts of more than 100,000 yuan owed to their relatives......