After about a quarter of an hour, Xiao Yi's side could be regarded as adjusting his state. may verify the sentence "I don't smell the fragrance of the orchid room for a long time, and I don't smell the smell of the Bao City for a long time", and after enduring the smell of ecstasy for a long time, this sense of smell will really be numb.

After Xiao Yi took the initiative to say hello, he put the meeting gift that he and his mother Zhao Qingru bought when they went shopping a year ago in front of the second elder of the Gu family. What was given to Lieutenant Colonel Gu's father, Old Man Gu, was a case of wine, Red Star Flashing Brand Erguotou, which was different from the common ones on the market and belonged to the internal supply of the army. According to Lieutenant Colonel Gu's current level, he can naturally get it.

If nothing else, it is very likely to become Xiaoyi's mother-in-law's old wife Gu's side, it is a boxy brocade box, and there is a pure gold bracelet inside, which is not too heavy, but it weighs nearly 17g. In addition, two large cans of protein powder, a box of dried bird's nest, a number of Yanjing special pastries, three vacuum-packed Yanjing roast ducks, and of course, a big blue fruit basket. Lin Lin always piled up the table of eight immortals in front of him.

I don't know if it was intentional or unintentional, and I didn't deliberately give a gift to the aunt of the Gu family alone. But as long as you pay a little attention, those bits and pieces of gift boxes are also counted as the aunt of the Gu family.

The future daughter-in-law came to the door for the first time, and as the future father-in-law and mother-in-law, she naturally had to give a meeting gift. Generally, in addition to giving a red envelope, some small gold ornaments will be prepared to show the satisfaction (degree) of the in-laws with their future daughter-in-law.

The first time the woman went back to the man's house, the future father-in-law and mother-in-law gave a red envelope. Turn around and wait until the man goes to the woman, and the old man and the mother-in-law will also wrap a red envelope of about the same amount. After turning back to each other, the man made a dowry, as long as it was not too harsh, the man would give the gift as part of his daughter's dowry and "return" it to the man.

So whether it's the first door-to-door meeting gift, or the subsequent gift money, in fact, most of them are just a formality.

Lieutenant Colonel Gu naturally knew very well how virtuous his parents and eldest sister were, and he was afraid that something would go wrong, so he prepared a red envelope in advance. According to the Gu family, or the background of Lieutenant Colonel Gu, it is not impossible to seal a red envelope of 10,000 yuan, but it will definitely be distressed. So Lieutenant Colonel Gu thought about it for a long time, and then prepared "1999", which means "a long life".

Compared with the 10,000 pieces that mean "one in 10,000 miles", it is barely a good meaning.

Who would have thought that Mrs. Gu buckled the buckle for a long time, and only gave Xiao Yi a thin red envelope.

The red paper bag outside was not dropped, it was still the red paper bag specially prepared by Lieutenant Colonel Gu when the family sat around two days ago and mentioned that the fifth day of the first year of the junior high school would come to visit, in front of the second elder of the Gu family and the aunt of the Gu family.

The red paper bag is printed with a golden monkey holding a red peach. Because the bear child of the Gu family's aunt wanted it at that time, he was accidentally contaminated with two drops of soy sauce juice. Although it was wiped clean in time, it can't be seen if you don't look carefully.

But in the red envelope, Lieutenant Colonel Gu deliberately pretended to be "a long life" must have shrunk. After all, nearly 20 hundred-yuan bills are packed in red envelopes, no matter how bad they are, they are a little thick, and it is absolutely impossible to look more like they are not loaded like now.

Rao is Xiaoyi didn't care about this, when he knew that the conditions at Lieutenant Colonel Gu's home were not very good, he thought that no matter how much he received, he didn't care too much, but he just followed the custom. When Lieutenant Colonel Gu went to see her and her mother, she returned the greeting gift.

But there are some things, even if you are prepared in advance, when you really face them, you will still care about them in your heart. When Xiao Yi turned out to be a thin red paper bag, just a light pinch and realized that there would be no more than two banknotes in it, and it was not even as thick as the red paper bag outside, the arrogance that had already been integrated into his bones instantly aroused a trace of dissatisfaction in Xiao Yi's heart.

Sister, I am also the fourth generation of red, the second generation of officials, so worthless?!

However, a good tutor still made Xiao Yi suppress this dissatisfaction.

In fact, it is not only the small one who has changed his face in an instant. Lieutenant Colonel Gu on the side also became angry because he vaguely realized something after seeing the red envelope that his own mother, Mrs. Gu, had taken out for a long time.

Lieutenant Colonel Gu exhaled secretly, holding back the anger rising from the bottom of his heart, and made his voice sound normal: "That, mother, didn't you also prepare some gold jewelry." ”

"Ah, yes, yes, be prepared. Mrs. Gu naturally noticed that her Yongzi was a little unhappy. But this matter is really not to blame for Mrs. Gu's side, who let this originally prepared "a lifetime last", let Old Man Gu secretly rub and embezzle, to pay off the gambling debt owed yesterday.

Mrs. Gu had just found out about this, but the family didn't have that much cash for a while, but when she found out about it, Lieutenant Colonel Gu had already gone to the city to pick up people early. After coming back, the mother and son didn't get along alone at all, and asked Mrs. Gu to tell Lieutenant Colonel Gu that the money in the red envelope was missing. Even, Mrs. Gu didn't have time to communicate with her eldest daughter.

Mrs. Gu stubbornly took out the second meeting gift prepared by her son, a boxy, palm-sized red box.

When the man is hired, in addition to the gift money, he must also prepare the so-called hardware, rings, dragon and phoenix bracelets, gold necklaces, and gold earrings. Generally, it is expensive to pick, of course, it is also interesting, and it is made up at will. After all, these days, there are fewer and fewer girls wearing gold jewelry. But gold will not lose time, the so-called gold in troubled times. If you really don't have enough money, you can melt those gold ornaments, and you can exchange some money for it.

Therefore, this time, after Lieutenant Colonel Gu knew that the meeting gift he prepared was a bit thin, he thought that he would buy the hardware anyway, so it was better to take advantage of this opportunity to embezzle one or two pieces as a meeting gift, and it would be better to buy less when he turned around.

It's a pity that Lieutenant Colonel Gu made such a thorough arrangement as much as possible, but he still couldn't stand his own pig teammates dragging their feet there. If you don't talk about the aunt of the Gu family, the eldest sister of Lieutenant Colonel Gu can be favored by the second elder of the Gu family for decades, and sometimes even Lieutenant Colonel Gu, the only son, has to step aside.

Just because the aunt of the Gu family has perfectly inherited the genes of the second elder of the Gu family, it can even be said that "the blue is better than the blue". Whether it is looks or temperament, the whole complex of one family and two elders. Therefore, the gold ornament prepared by Lieutenant Colonel Gu made his eldest sister steal the dragon and turn the phoenix, and the brand-new thousand-foot gold bracelet became an old gold-plated small chain, which seemed to be nothing strange.

However, the aunt of the Gu family didn't feel that there was anything wrong with what she did, and even the second elder of the Gu family had such an idea. Of course, the reason why this is like this is mainly because when Xiao Yi just got out of the car, his pale face ran to the corner of the yard to turn over acid water before he entered the house.

This belly has the seed of their old Gu family, and they are pregnant with a baby before they enter the door, even if they are from the capital, the girl from the boss's family at the top of their own Yongzi has to lower their figure and restrain their temper, otherwise it depends on whether their own Yongzi will marry into the door.

"Dad, mother, the Zhao family's sister has given a lot of good things. ”

On the side, the aunt of the Gu family and her own bear child have been flipping through the large and small gift boxes on the table, and while flipping through them, they have not forgotten to think in their hearts about which good things can be pulled back to their own homes. As a result, after a while, the aunt of the Gu family turned over the brocade box with gold bracelets that was very well packaged.

Xiao Yi and the aunt of the Gu family opened the box almost at the same time.

Don't look at Xiao Yi, who is always led by his own mother Zhao Qingru on weekdays, feels that this girl is definitely missing a key component in R&D and manufacturing, or it is installed wrongly, and the parts that should belong to Xiao Yi are accidentally installed on Xiao An, who is more introverted (like a girl). But Xiao Yi is a girl paper after all, so she naturally still has a sensual and careful side.

Therefore, Xiao Yi didn't think to accept it the moment he saw the brocade box taken out by the old woman of the Gu family. Even if Lieutenant Colonel Gu helped her take it from her own mother, she didn't think about opening it immediately. However, Lieutenant Colonel Gu opened it easily, but Lieutenant Colonel Gu's eldest sister also opened the brocade box containing gold bracelets that Zhao Qingru advocated giving to Gu's wife almost at the same time.

The two sides are contrasted, and the rhythm of slapping the face in minutes is mined.

Lieutenant Colonel Gu, whose face was gloomy, found a golden luster on his eldest sister's left wrist that was covered by a thick green sweater.

"First...... Eat!" Lieutenant Colonel Gu almost gritted his back molars and said word by word.

"Then eat, Reiko didn't hurry up and bring the hot dishes. Yongzi, I have already eaten with your father and your eldest sister, and you also know that your father is not in good health, and Lei Lei is small and can't stand hunger. ”

"......" Facing the cold scorching of the half-table scraps that were re-served on the half table, Lieutenant Colonel Gu finally broke out. Xiao Yi on the side was surprisingly calm, but Xiao Chen, who had not spoken much, twitched a little involuntarily at the corners of his mouth.

Xiao Chen had seen a lot of excellent products before, but he never thought that she could meet such a strange family, which was really a big opener.

Zhao Qingru, who was far away in Yanjing, never thought that she would have a flash of inspiration and decided to give Gu's wife, who may become her future in-laws, a gold bracelet that was not too light, and it could have such a good effect. Even if he only learned from Xiao Chen about the whole process of his daughter's first visit to the door this time, Zhao Qingru couldn't help but sigh at his nerdy man's place, and even drank half a bowl of white rice porridge that night.

Of course, in front of her only daughter who had just fallen out of love, as a fake mother, Zhao Qingru still had a gloomy and very angry expression.

"Mom, did you find out about this family earlier...... Xiao Yi nestled in Zhao Qingru's arms very hurtfully, pursed his mouth, and asked the doubts in his heart after a long time.

"Little One, you're still young. When you get married and have children, especially after giving birth to a daughter, you will be able to better understand the thoughts of your parents. You have to be strong since you were a child, you don't want to lose to any boy, and your father and mother don't want to hold you back. Because behind you, there are parents who serve as an umbrella for Xiaoyi, so that you will not be hurt in the slightest. Even if your parents are gone in the future, you still have a few Xiaoyuan Xiaoan. ”

"Mom, I can protect myself. ”

"I know, Xiaoyi, you have always been the pride of your mother. But in this world, even in the more open-minded West, there are still unfair differences between men and women. Especially in China, the idea of preference for sons over women is still very serious. Therefore, my parents only hope that the family that the younger one will find in the future does not want to be high-status, how good the family background is, and how rich it is, but only hopes that it will be a kind-hearted and knowledgeable family. ”

"Mom...... You might as well help me find it. Xiao Yi was silent for a long time, and said this coldly.

"Little One. Zhao Qingru frowned slightly.

"Help me find someone with similar conditions to our family. I know that my father has a thick book of son-in-law candidates that he looks like, and I will pick one that is pleasing to the eye, talk about it for two or three years, and if there is a problem, I will prove it. ”

"This is something after you are twenty-five years old, if you are not married at that time, your mother will help you arrange a blind date. Zhao Qingru reached out and pinched her daughter's tender little face, and said softly, "As for now, Xiaoyi, you still have peace of mind about your studies, and think about what work you plan to do in the future." ”

Zhao Qingru didn't want to influence the marriage of her own children, at most, she looked at the son-in-law and daughter-in-law who were pleasing to the eye, and secretly arranged contact on the side. After all, it's an emotional thing, and the twisted melon is not sweet. And the Zhao family, even related to the Zhao family, the families in one camp do not need to deliberately marry now, choose to keep a low profile appropriately, and after gathering enough strength, they can better take off again when they turn back.

Take 10,000 steps back, even if you really need to get married, Zhao Qingru and her nerdy man Zhou Wentao have the same opinion, and push the second boy Xiao An out, as for the baby girl Xiao Yi, it is best to find a man she likes, and the most important thing is to like Xiao Yi.

"Hey. The next day, when I went back to the compound to see my old lady and Zhao's mother, Zhao Qingru, and my sister-in-law and best friend Qian Yinan in front of me cleaned up the dishes, I sighed a little annoyed.

"Qingru, are you still worried about Xiao Yi's affairs?" Qian Yinan, who had already gotten the latest situation, naturally knew that what could make his only sister-in-law and best friend so troubled was Xiao Yi's matter, "It's not that the two of them broke off very cleanly, and the lieutenant colonel surnamed Gu didn't bother much." ”

"That kid is quite familiar, and knows that entanglement is not good for his future. Zhao Qingru threw the edamame in his hand into the stainless steel basin in front of him.

For the only daughter of his own family, he was buried like this by such a family who didn't know the so-called, not to mention that Zhao Qingru, who was a mother, couldn't swallow this breath, the Zhao family, which has a tradition of fine spoiled sisters, and even the Xu family, which was far away in the magic capital, didn't want to let go easily.

Naturally, this account will not be counted on the head of the second elder of the Gu family and the aunt of the Gu family, and all the accounts will only be counted on the head of Lieutenant Colonel Gu. He didn't even need to pick a bone in the egg, deliberately wore a small shoe, as long as he said hello on the road to Lieutenant Colonel Gu's promotion, signaling that "it must be handled fairly and impartially according to specific rules and regulations", to put it bluntly, it is enough to drink a pot of wine without letting Lieutenant Colonel Gu borrow any momentum from it.

In Huaxia, between these people, there will be a "face" involved.

Zhao Qingru didn't think there was anything big wrong with a person like Lieutenant Colonel Gu, who was capable and selfish, and worked hard to seize every opportunity to climb up for the future. Selfishness, human nature. If it were her, maybe she would be like this, who wouldn't want to live a good life. High-ranking officials, how many people can resist this temptation?

It's just that Zhao Qingru will never hand over her baby girl to such a son-in-law who will make her daughter feel wronged, not to mention that the two are not compatible, one is machismo, and a bit patriarchal, and the other is also strong everywhere and is unwilling to lose to boys. Now it's in the honeymoon phase, and it's good to look at each other anywhere. Once you are more familiar with it, you will only be on the tip of the needle, and you will not give in to each other.

No matter how extraordinary the status of the two is, after entering the marriage hall, they are completely different from lovers. No matter how beautiful the red and white roses are, they can't escape the washing of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and one day they will turn into mosquito blood on the wall, or white rice at the corner of the mouth.

Therefore, if you want to join hands for a lifetime, even if it is only a short few decades, in this increasingly fast-paced and impetuous 21st century, the two people complement each other's temperaments, and they are always stronger than each other, and they can go further.

Therefore, for Lieutenant Colonel Gu, who did not continue to entangle, the Zhao family had formed a tacit attitude, and they didn't care, just that they didn't have anything to do with it after that. Anyway, it's impossible to take advantage of the situation, if Lieutenant Colonel Gu can make some achievements with his own strength, it will not be in vain for his own ability.

It's just that if you don't settle the pig teammates in your backyard who will only lag behind, Lieutenant Colonel Gu wants to rise further, or even continue to stay in the barracks, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult.

"I found out that Xiao Yi was really hurt because of this visit. ”

"It seems that Xiaoyi's girl is not emotional, she doesn't like people, it's just that, she really likes it...... Hey, I don't know who this looks like?" Qian Yinan also sighed, not thinking that the little girl who was so smug on weekdays would be so affectionate.

"My girl is naturally like me. Zhao Qingru was a little unashamedly narcissistic. Xu thought of something, Zhao Qingru changed the topic, "By the way, yesterday Yevgeny called, saying that Ranran's girl gave birth to a big fat boy safely." ”

Ranran, Xu Ranran, the eldest daughter of the Xu family's removed cousin Sanhai gave birth to a local daughter in the countryside in the mountains. Xu Sanhai was divorced after being removed from the Xu family's family who had traveled westward, and in the early nineties of the last century, he went to the north to do business with Lao Maozi, and not long after he was lucky enough to accumulate the first pot of gold, he remarried the girl of the fighting nation and gave birth to two sons and a daughter.

As the child of the previous wife, Ran Ran was sent to her father Xu Sanhai by Zhao Qingru and his family, who happened to go to the north for a trip (on a mission). But the stepmother who was born in a fighting nation didn't like Ran Ran very much, especially after finding out that Xu Sanhai didn't treat this girl very well, even if she didn't deliberately abuse her, it just kept Xu Ran from starving to death.

Over the years, Xu Ranran, who was reluctant to return to China, has been living with several orphanage children. As for the living expenses or something, in addition to Xu Sanhai (forced) to pay a part, the big head was Zhao Qingru, and the old man of the Xu family paid secretly.

Ran Ran chose to study at the university at the end of Lao Maozi in the north, and insisted on becoming a reporter after graduation, which can be said to have endured a lot of hardships. Fortunately, she married a good husband, Yevgeny, who grew up in an orphanage. The two have a good relationship, and they have been holding each other for at least three years. This time this big fat boy is already the third child born to Xu Ranran, who is only twenty-eight years old.

On the contrary, Xu Sanhai, who also lives in Moscow, did not have a good time.

When Vatatova was willing to marry Xu Sanhai, that face accounted for a large part of the reason, of course, because Xu Sanhai was able to speak well and had a little ability to make money. But the years are urging people to get old, Zhao Qingru is in his forties at this time, and as the third-ranked cousin of Sanhai, he naturally already knows the destiny of heaven. The crisp cucumbers of the year have long since turned into old gourds.

The most critical thing is that in the nineties of the last century, the political situation at Lao Maozi's head was turbulent and the Soviet big brother collapsed, which was tragically affected for Xu Sanhai, so that the first pot of gold earned by that good fortune quickly shrank. Over the years, I haven't made much money.

In Western society, where white people sing the main tune, it is an unavoidable phenomenon that is "racial discrimination". Xu Sanhai had a hard time on Lao Maozi's side, especially when he returned home, he was despised by Aunt Vatatova, who had become a tiger's back, and gave birth to three children.

At this time, he is still trying to support his family.

Back then, Zhao Qingru and Zhou Wentao went north to the realm of Lao Maozi, called it a honeymoon, and adopted a lovely blonde girl, Yelena. Yelena is about the same age as the younger siblings. It's just that after Yelena was adopted, she was unwilling to leave her hometown and follow Zhao Qingru and Zhou Wentao back to Yanjing. Zhao Qingru was not reluctant, in addition to sending living expenses on time every month, she did not forget to communicate by phone and letter every once in a while.

Yelena has not yet graduated from high school, but she was discovered by a talent scout because of a shopping trip, and entered the fashion circle to become a model, and after several years of hard work, she is also famous. Zhao Qingru doesn't know much about the profession of fashion model, but she also knows that it is eating youth rice, and the competition is quite fierce.

Although Yelena is not her own daughter, she adopted something because she was not able to live together, and she did not go through the relevant procedures in the end. But Yelena also called Zhao Qingru Mommy, so at the beginning, Zhao Qingru didn't approve of Yelena being a model. But in the end, Yelena is willing. Zhao Qingru had no choice but to settle for the next best thing, in addition to suggesting that Yelena remember to take care of cultural classes, she also suggested taking time to take a fashion design interest class.

Yelena really has a lot of talent in clothing design, and when she can't continue to be a model, she can still consider becoming a designer.

As for being in the same orphanage as Yelena, Evgeny has already grown up and is working hard in their favorite fields. In that mission back then, if there were no Yelena and these people, Zhao Qingru would most likely not be able to come back. So over the years, I have helped openly and secretly, and I only think I have repaid the favor.