Chapter 70: The National Day Family Banquet
On the day of the National Day, it is the season of high autumn and cool, the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the geese flying in the south are broken. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Ding Mu's family of three drove a car, holding some special-grade chicken, duck, fish, rice, flour, oil and salt, and came to his grandfather's small yard in the East Second Ring Road. Grandpa is exercising in the yard. The old man was also born in the military, although he was engaged in civilian work, it is said that he was also a good man in both civil and military affairs. In his old age, he is still deaf and blind. When exercising, he held a rather heavy solid iron rod, slammed his left three times, and slammed his right three times.
"Grandpa, I'm here!" Ding Mu greeted him as soon as he entered the small courtyard.
"My grandson is here, old woman, my grandson is here. Seeing Ding Mu coming, Grandpa was very happy, poked the iron rod on the ground, stood on the ground, and called out to Grandma who was chopping stuffing in the kitchen.
Grandma came out of the kitchen quickly, and when she saw that Ding Mu had grown so tall, her eyes were red with joy, she wiped her hand on her apron, grabbed Ding Mu's hand, and kept asking long and short questions.
Grandpa hated grandma for chattering, and repeated his words over and over again, and drove grandma to the kitchen to continue cooking.
Ding Mu's mother followed in and said to her grandmother, "Mom, you rest, I'll come." ā
"No, no...... You don't have to touch your hands. Ding Mu's grandmother pushed and didn't let Ding Mu's mother help. But this is also polite, how can Lin Yu wait to eat. As the youngest daughter-in-law of the Ding family, Lin Yu gave birth to the only eldest grandson of the Ding family, and has a very good relationship with her mother-in-law. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were happy and busy in the kitchen.
Ding Guoxuan and Ding Mu's grandfather didn't have anything to say, so they put the things they brought into the kitchen and went into the house to watch TV. Grandpa Ding Jianhuai gave Ding Mu an iron rod and said to the school: "When I was a child, I exercised with my grandfather, can I still pick a stick?"
"It's been a long time, you go back to the site, I'll try. Ding Mu picked up the stick, full of thoughts. When I was a child, I lived with my grandfather for a long time, and my grandfather exercised with an iron stick every day, and Xiao Ding Mu saw that it was fun, and he also wanted to learn, and his grandfather found a short stick with an ash rod, and he was really proficient in practicing over time. When I was in elementary school, I relied on this hand to perform Sun Wukong in the class, and I was really admired.
"What, it won't be?" Grandpa asked as he looked at Ding Mu in a daze.
"How can it not, this is a child's work. Ding Mu grinned, ready to play, for Ding Mu's current strength, this iron rod was like a straw. This kind of kung fu with a stick, the difficult will not, the will not be difficult, Ding Mu is familiar with this, with the tiger's mouth as the axis, dance, left and right bow, the faster the dance. After a while, it was like a thunderous wind, a storm, dense but not sparse, and amazing.
Ding Jianhuai was very happy when he saw this, and applauded: "Yes, yes, after so many years, your ability to pick up a stick has not been lost, and it is better than when you were a child." ā
Ding Mu pretended to be modest and said, "The main thing is that now that the strength is much greater than before, it feels easier." ā
"That's right, you do get a lot stronger. Like a man. "Grandpa looked at his grandson, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, and he couldn't close his mouth.
The weather was good, and the grandfather and grandson chatted in the yard. After a while, the other relatives of the family gradually arrived. Ding Mu's aunt, sister-in-law, and two uncles all arrived, as did Ding Mu's two cousins. The second aunt married abroad and only returned to China once in a few years.
Ding Mu's two cousins are not a few years older than Ding Mu, but one has just graduated and is working, and the other is still in college. The friendship between the three people is quite iron.
Greeted the grandparents, and the three of them chatted in the courtyard while fighting the landlord. The aunts, who are daughters, naturally went to the kitchen to help cook, and Ding Mu's two uncles went into the house to talk to Ding Guoxuan.
Ding Mu's genes are quite good, the three boys are all sunny handsome guys of about 1.8 meters, but originally Ding Mu was afraid that he could tie for second place with Liang Zun of his sister-in-law's family at most, slightly inferior to Wu Jun of his aunt's family, but now he surpasses two of them and has become the first in appearance without controversy.
Wu Jun said: "Xiaomu, you said that you have studied well since childhood, and the two of us have never liked to study, so we can't compare to you." How did you go to college and become so handsome? ā
Liang Zun also said sourly: "My dad entrusted me for a long time to let me go to an ordinary undergraduate, you kid can, and I took the exam for a direct doctorate." Do you know how long my mom talked to me?"
Under such conditions, Ding Mu couldn't help but spit out bitterness with dirty words: "You don't know, you will be liberated when you go to college, and my eight years of study are equivalent to eight years of high school." Do you know how hard it is in advanced physics? I still have to do homework and problems every night in school. ā
The two looked at each other, laughed, and said in unison: "You deserve it!"
"Alas, the school is frustrated, the card field is proud, it's my turn to be proud, the plane has wings. "Ding Mu played the card.
"Fried!" Liang Zun played four seven cards.
"Big bomb!" Ding Mu made four eights.
"Hey, hey, big fried. "Wu Jun is forty tens.
"Four twos. Ding Mu had the last laugh, and then played his cards, "I won with a king." 48 times, 72 for one person, no credit. ā
Oops, the two of them hung their heads and paid for it.
"You guys, gambling again. "A gust of incense, it was Ding Ning, the cousin of Ding Mu's second uncle's family, who came. The uncle is working in other places, and the cousin of the uncle's family, Ding Kite, is studying abroad and can't come back.
"My sister is here, and the second uncle and second aunt are also here. The three of Ding Mu put down their cards and greeted them enthusiastically.
Ding Ning is nine years older than Ding Mu, but he is very good at learning, especially good at mathematics, and has made great achievements in computer algorithms. It's a pity that her appearance inherited the shortcomings of her parents, and she can only be regarded as average, otherwise she can at least be an Internet celebrity.
"Sister Ning, are you still teaching in school? Now an engineer of your level in an IT company who is engaged in algorithms has an annual salary of at least 500,000 yuan. Wu Jun works in a headhunting company and has been advocating Ding Ning to change jobs.
Ding Ning ignored him, pinched Ding Mu's face and said, "Xiao Mu, why is his face still so tender when he was three or four years old." ā
"Don't pinch your brother's face. Ding Mu's second uncle, Ding Guoteng, walked over, patted Ding Ning's hand away and said, "Xiaojun, don't keep letting your sister change jobs." A few of you are also looking for a boyfriend, and it is a serious matter to introduce a boyfriend to your sister, and it will be twenty-nine after the New Year. ā
Ding Guoteng is more than 50 years old, and has been the director of the central ministries and commissions for many years, and he is a powerful and successful person, but the only knot in his heart is his daughter's marriage.
Ding Ning pursed her lips and expressed dissatisfaction. Ding Mu suddenly thought about something and said, "Second uncle, do you know Mei Tianlin? It is said that his father seems to be Mei Zhibai." ā
Ding Guoteng said: "Of course I know." Mei Zhibai's father Mei Mingli is one of the eight elders of Dahua, and he is very familiar with your grandfather, and he is an old buddy. In the past, when the Great Catastrophe was great, he hid in your grandfather's yard and lived. Mei Zhibai also lived here when he was a child. When I first graduated, he was my immediate boss, and now he is also a high-ranking official. Mei Tianlin is out, the president of Meigao Pictures, the movie two days ago, what kind of flowers, was made by their company, and the box office was hundreds of millions. Why do you ask about him? Do you know, introduce your sister as a boyfriend? No, I have seen Mei Tianlin's kid, he is too demonic, like a woman, and he is several years younger than your sister. ā
"No, no, it's not my sister's introduction, and he's already engaged. I'm just asking, we had a meal together a few days ago, and we got acquainted. Ding Mu explained.
Ding Guoteng thought about it and agreed: "Mei Zhibai's character is okay, and his son should be good." Alas, Xiao Dingmu, I think you are getting more and more handsome, you can follow his path to the entertainment industry in the future, and it is not bad to be a star. ā
Before Ding Mu could speak, Ding Mu's grandfather Ding Jianhuai appeared out of nowhere again, and said angrily: "Nonsense, how can my grandson be a drama, study for a doctorate, engage in research in the future, become a great medical scientist, and overcome cancer, how good." ā
At this time, Ding Guoteng was suddenly silent. Ding Mu said unashamedly: "That is, my grandfather said, if you are not a good looker, you must be a good doctor." "Taking grandpa's words out to block people is Ding Mu's stunt, and Ding Guoteng has no choice but to laugh it off.
"It's time to eat!" A woman's voice came from the kitchen, it should be Ding Mu's sister-in-law, only she had the loudest voice.
Ding Mu's grandfather's house is very traditional, and women can't eat at the table, so they can only eat in the kitchen. There's no way, Ding Mu's grandmother eats in the kitchen, so whether it's a daughter or a daughter-in-law, they have to follow their mother in the kitchen. The only one who can eat at the table is Ding Mu's sister Ding Ning. This woman never goes into the kitchen, and she has been pampered since she was a child, and she always eats at the table.
In the dining room, Ding Mu's grandfather Ding Jianhuai, second uncle Ding Guoteng, father Ding Guoxuan, eldest uncle Wu Daoheng, sister-in-law Liang Shanyan, Wu Jun, Liang Zun, Ding Mu, and Ding Ning have a table.
The relatives of the Ding Mu family are all from famous families. Because Ding Mu's grandfather married his daughter and required the right family, the old men of the Wu family and the Liang family were both old cadres at the army level. It's just that the old men of both families went early, and although they left some good properties, they are also very good.
The eldest uncle, Wu Daoheng, used to be a professional Go player in the Dahua Chess Academy, and he could only play the sixth dan of the profession, and he retired before reaching the first line. Later, he set up a tutoring class to teach children to play Go. In the past few years, the business has been good, and it can be regarded as worry-free. Liang Shanyan, the brother-in-law, is a professional painter of the Dahua Painting and Calligraphy Institute, although his reputation is okay, his reputation is not good, and his works do not sell well, so they don't sell much. The standard of living is the same as those famous first-line painters, but there is no problem in buying a house and supporting his wife and children.
This is the ordinary family in the capital. If you count Ding Mu's uncle who is the mayor of other provincial capitals, plus a second brother-in-law who immigrated abroad as a chair professor. If you put it bluntly, the Ding family can also be a third-rate family in the capital. It's just that this kind of family has not a thousand but eight hundred in the capital, which is really nothing.
The Ding family has only one advantage, that is, they are all from revolutionary families, and the older generation are all simple and thrifty, red and dedicated old revolutionaries. Therefore, this backbone generation also does their duty. Therefore, whether the third generation is smart or not, at least they are kind-hearted and do not engage in crooked ways. Family relations are also particularly harmonious.
At the dinner table, in order to celebrate Ding Mu's admission to a good university, his grandfather specially opened a bottle of Moutai that has been treasured for many years, which is the old Moutai that has been stored from the 70s to today. The old man was so old that he only took one cup and stopped drinking it.
The eldest uncle, who is a good drinker, frequently raises his glasses, and the younger brother-in-law is also very good at drinking, and respects Ding Mu's father with the eldest uncle. Ding Mu's father laughed: "I usually don't drink with you, mainly because I don't drink while driving, and I don't drive when I drink, but now Ding Mu can also drive, do you think I'll be afraid of you." He has been an official for many years, and the second uncle of the alcohol battlefield also hurriedly poured a glass and drank with him: "Why don't you drink while driving, don't drive when you drink, you think that the usual wine is not good, today Dad opened Lao Moutai, you will drink even if you don't drink a drop of alcohol!
Everyone laughed, and several people knew that Ding Guoxuan had to buy things, eat things, and use things at a high level. If there is a father, there must be a son, and Ding Mu pays a lot of attention to learning from his father.
Ding Guoxuan was not embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Look at it, they are all third-generation drivers now." It's really fast, in a few years, I will meet the fourth generation. Ding Ning's age is not young. I bought the house where our family Ding Mu got married. ā
As soon as these words came out, the grandfather suddenly stretched his brows, Ding Mu's face turned red for no reason, but the second uncle was worried, and Ding Ning didn't care. What kind of character Ding Guoxuan is, the second brother ridiculed himself, and he used his words to tease his heart. However, the fact that the two brothers can talk like this and sarcastically mock each other is a very good manifestation of their relationship.
The second uncle has been upright all his life, and his only worry is the marriage of his daughter Ding Ning, and his daughter is not too bad, but too demanding. It's hard!
"Ning Ning doesn't worry about getting married. Brother-in-law Liang Shanyan said, "It is a decent thing to be able to marry a wife who is a university teacher." Second brother, you don't have to be too anxious. ā
"The emperor is not in a hurry, and the eunuch is in a hurry. As soon as Ding Ning spoke, everyone at the table burst into laughter. She is also an only daughter, a princess who has been spoiled by her parents since she was a child, and the only woman in the Ding family who can eat at the table. The person in the capital who dared to harm Ding Guoteng in front of him was his daughter. The whole family had lunch happily, and then dispersed, and they could only get together again during the New Year.