After answering the phone, Chu Tianqi still did not enter the house, but stood there, lit a cigarette, and smoked it.

"Big brother, aren't you cold?" a voice sounded behind him.

Chu Tianqi turned around and found that Yangmei had walked out of the door, and after the other party reminded him of this, there was really a hint of coolness. His coat hung on a hanger in the house, and he was now wearing only a shirt on his upper body. So he said: "It's not cold, I just answered the phone and was about to go in." ”

Yang Mei said: "The banquet is about to begin. ”

"Okay, I'll go in right away. As he spoke, Chu Tianqi snuffed out the cigarette butt in the trash can.

Yang Mei suddenly looked embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "Big brother, they are like that, don't be surprised." ”

"What?" Chu Tianqi didn't quite understand.

"It's our relatives who ...... you," Yang Mei lowered her head halfway through her words, "Don't listen to them." ”

Chu Tianqi understood that Yangmei meant that her relatives welcomed and patted her, and some people even bluntly asked them to help. Chu Tianqi smiled slightly, resolving the embarrassment for the other party: "I don't think it's inappropriate, they are all relatives, so everyone should naturally speak casually, so it's better." ”

"Thank you, big brother!" Yang Mei raised her head with a relieved smile on her face. Then he smiled slightly, "I'm afraid you will be the focus of their toast in a while, I just happened to see the amount of alcohol in the eldest brother." I heard Lirui say that the eldest brother is very good at drinking, and several people in the Public Security Bureau can't drink you. ”

"Good boy, he's got everything. Chu Tianqi remembered that during the Spring Festival last year, he had inadvertently talked to his younger brother about Qu Gang and others' attempts to pour alcohol.

"Big brother, it's hard to match four hands with two fists, and you can be more leisurely for a while. Yang Mei reminded with concern.

"Okay. After answering, Chu Tianqi found that many passers-by were staring, and he realized that it was inappropriate for the two of them to stand like this, so he hurriedly said: "You go back quickly, I will arrive later." ”

After answering "yes", Yang Mei walked towards the hotel.

Looking at this back with a ponytail and a simple and generous dress, Chu Tianqi was very happy, happy for Lirui, and happy for his parents. From Yangmei's views on those relatives and her concern for herself, it can be seen that she is a sensible and self-respecting girl. In these two meetings, Yangmei's impression of Chu Tianqi has always been that he is not polite, nor humble nor arrogant. My younger brother can have such a girl by his side, and I believe that life will be very happy.

After smoking the cigarette in his hand, Chu Tianqi returned to the small banquet hall. When he returned, many people were looking for him, and the seats had changed a bit.

Seeing Chu Tianqi returning to the house, he asked Wenwu to make a gesture to the hotel catering manager who was waiting next to him.

The catering manager nodded and said the word "start the food" into the walkie-talkie.

Soon, a steady stream of cold dishes was served, followed by hot dishes from time to time.

During this period, people at each table opened the liquor and drinks one after another, and poured them into each cup. There are also people who specially surround Chu Tianqi and continue to carry out "friendly exchanges".

Seeing that a lot of dishes have been served, Wenwu stood up, looked around at everyone, and then said, "Everyone be quiet, quiet." ”

Under the statement of the civil and military, the noise stopped.

"Today, Chu Lirui and Yangmei are engaged, and both of their relatives and friends are there, and now they are starting to change their words. As he spoke, he asked Wenwu to make a gesture to Yangmei.

Under the guidance of Yao Wenwu, Yangmei came to Chu Yuliang and You Chunmei. She raised a glass of wine from the tray to be held by Wenwu with both hands and handed it over: "Dad, please drink!"

Chu Yuliang, who was not smiling, was already less serious today, but now he was even more smiling, he turned his head to look at his wife, responded happily, reached out to take the wine glass, and drank it all.

Yangmei immediately poured the wine for Chu Yuliang again.

Taking a cup of tea from the tray, Yang Mei raised her hands again and shouted to You Chunmei: "Mom, Yang Mei will give you tea!" Compared to the slightly jerky and nervous when he toasted Chu Yuliang just now, now this salutation, the voice is both crisp and loud.

"Eh......" replied with a trill, and her hands trembled slightly, You Chunmei took the teacup with one hand and handed over the red envelope with the other, "Good boy!"

"Mom, I don't want it. Yang Mei's face was redder than just now, and she excused herself.

"Gotta have to be, it's the rule. With that, You Chunmei stuffed the red envelope to the other party.

Chu Yuliang turned his head to look at his wife, his eyebrows raised slightly, probably saying in his heart: Didn't you ask me to be properly reserved? Where did your reservedness go?

You Chunmei must have understood what her wife meant, so she glanced at each other fiercely, Chu Yuliang smiled slightly in response, and then both of them showed happy smiles, especially You Chunmei was full of tears.

After Yangmei changed her words, Chu Lirui also changed her words, and she also got a red envelope, which was a detail that was not discussed in advance. Because of local customs, generally the woman does not need to give a red envelope to her future son-in-law.

With such a change of words, there are more common topics, and the two sides are more enthusiastic.

In the "opening of the banquet" to the civil and military, everyone at the table raised their glasses, and the engagement banquet officially began.

After drinking this wine, the woman's relatives found a better way to communicate, and they toasted "Mayor Chu" and toasted to "his eldest brother". Although he felt that he was suspicious of being noisy, Chu Tianqi couldn't ignore these people, so he could only drink other people's "respect" while slowing down the rhythm of drinking with conversation.

After Chu Lirui and Yangmei began to toast, Chu Tianqi found an opportunity to leave, he said hello to everyone at the table and walked to the main table.

In fact, the mother originally wanted her eldest son to sit at the main table, and Yangmei's parents also had this meaning. But Chu Tianqi knew that this kind of occasion was not the size of the official position, but the ranking of seats according to seniority, so he asked the civil and military to put him at another table.

Compared with the two tables, the main table was much quieter, because many elders of Yangmei went out to toast the leaders such as "Mayor Chu" and "Director Lei".

Chu Tianqi sat down at the head of the main table, first poured a glass of wine for each of Yangmei's parents, and then drank it for himself. He picked up the wine glass with both hands and stood up: "Uncle and aunt, thank you for agreeing to Yangmei and my brother's engagement, and thank you for cultivating a good daughter who is knowledgeable and reasonable." ”

"Chu ...... The mayor ......" Father Yang also hurriedly got up and stammered.

"Uncle, you sit, the juniors give you a toast, you should sit. Chu Tianqi held the cup in one hand, held the other party's arm with the other, and signaled, "But don't call me 'mayor' or anything, just call me 'Tianqi'." ”

Father Yang sat down in his seat with embarrassment and uneasiness.

Compared with her wife, Yang's mother is more calm. She hurriedly took over the conversation: "His eldest brother is a family, you're welcome, you're welcome." At the same time, reach for the other person.

Father Yang followed and raised his glasses, and the three of them touched their glasses together, and then drank them all.

With this glass of wine, Father Yang puffed up with tears in the corners of his eyes, twisted his head to the side, and wiped it gently.

Mother Yang also lost the composure she had just now, and tears flowed down her cheeks directly. While wiping her tears of happiness, she muttered: "My family Meimet is sensible and has a strong personality, and now that I meet your family, I am completely relieved, this is her blessing." If there is something that Meimei can't do, you should talk about it and train it. ”

Obviously feeling the respect of her in-laws for her family, You Chunmei's waist straightened, and she also said generously: "The family doesn't talk about the two families, you are polite, eldest sister." Mei Mei is the daughter-in-law of our Chu family, and it's too late for me to like it, so how can I discipline her? Besides, Mei Mei is so sensible, she won't make us angry. ”

"Yes, yes. Father Yang took a stubble and agreed with his mother's words.

At the main table, in addition to the parents of the Chu and Yang families, there is another person sitting there, who is Yang Mei's uncle.

Chu Tianqi poured wine for Yangmei's old uncle, poured it for himself, picked up the wine glass with both hands, and stood up: "I salute you two glasses of wine, the first cup is for the uncle, and the second cup is for the teacher." ”

When the other party heard this, his spirit was lifted, and his face was shocked: "Do you recognize me?"

Chu Tianqi smiled slightly: "At the beginning, I only felt that you were familiar, but just now I remembered that you are a teacher of Kang Yucai in County No. 1 Middle School." ”

"Yes, yes, I'm Kang Yucai, I'm Kang Yucai. Kang Yucai was excited and sighed, "I have taught so many students, and there is no shortage of good to them, but many people are busy with their careers and have long lost contact." In your junior year of high school, I was transferred from the county agricultural job to the county No. 1 middle school, and I only temporarily gave you a week of history class, and you graduated. I really didn't expect that after so many years, you still remember me, recognize me as a teacher, and recognize me as a relative of a teacher. ”

"Teacher Kang, as a student, remember that the teacher is right. I still remember that my aunt was Ms. Wang Guifen, who taught us English for the next class. Chu Tianqi thought of Kang Yucai's wife's name again at this time.

"Lao Wang, Lao Wang, come here, eldest nephew, no, Mayor Chu still remembers you. Kang Yucai was a little incoherent and beckoned to the other table.

A medium-sized woman with curly hair walked over, it was Wang Guifen. Wang Guifen was also obviously a little excited, and took Chu Tianqi's hand: "The top student of the first middle school back then, the current mayor of Chu, can you still remember me?"

Chu Tianqi said: "Teacher Wang, aunt, I'm really sorry to think of you and Teacher Kang now." ”

"I haven't even taught you for a day, and now you're busy with so many big things all day, and you can still remember the two of us, it's really rare, it's so rare. Wang Guifen shook the other party's arm as she spoke.

In this way, Chu Tianqi toasted Kang and Wang two glasses of wine, and the two of them gave this outstanding student a glass in return. Kang and Wang's glasses of wine were almost all drunk with tears of excitement.

Seeing that the eldest son successfully touched the other party's closest relatives, and looking at the eldest son's unique big mind, You Chunmei and Chu Yuliang glanced at each other, exchanged a look, and showed a smile of relief and pride.

After toasting at the main table, Chu Tianqi went to the two tables to toast, and then returned to his place.

Although Chu Tianqi tried to keep a low profile as much as possible, he seemed to have become the protagonist and the object of frequent toasts. That is, he, if he were someone else, I am afraid that he would have been drunk by this enthusiasm a long time ago.

The eldest son was held by everyone, and even the people who helped were leaders of the county bureau, and the woman had a very high opinion of her family, You Chunmei felt very angry and very happy. It seemed that his brother had no intention of stealing the limelight, but Chu Lirui did not feel a trace of displeasure, and his face was full of pride in having such an outstanding brother.

Looking at the relieved smiles of his parents, looking at the happy appearance of his younger brother and his younger family, and then looking at the happy faces of all the guests and friends, Chu Tianqi was happy in his heart, and a stone fell to the ground in his heart. He has not implemented the other half, which is likely to affect his younger brother's family, and it has become Chu Tianqi's heart disease for a long time. Today's younger brother can be so festively engaged, which can be regarded as a temporary matter of his heart.