Chapter 24: Everything Under Control (Part I)
At this time, someone came out of the back room - seeing the middle-aged man who came out, the unsmiling face, Jiang Yucheng knew that the biggest challenge he was about to face, the legendary final boss was about to appear...... Jiang Yucheng secretly prepared himself. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Dad... I'm back..."
Xiao Qi first said softly - although there was still a smile on his face, even Jiang Yucheng could see it at a glance, Xiao Qi was obviously pretending. The coquettish attitude of the little daughter when facing her mother and brother just now has completely disappeared.
"Ah, I'm back..."
Uncle Zhou just nodded slightly, and there was still no other expression on his face—his attention didn't stay on his daughter for too long, but quickly turned to Jiang Yucheng beside Xiaoqi......
"Uncle Zhou is so ......" Jiang Yucheng greeted first, "I'm back with Xiaoqi......"
"Oh, it turned out to be Yucheng......"
Jiang Yucheng tried hard to read something from the changes in Uncle Zhou's expression - but I don't know if Jiang Yucheng himself is not good at learning, or Uncle Zhou's poker face is too good, all in all, from Uncle Zhou's expression, Jiang Yucheng can hardly read anything useful: the only thing he can see is Uncle Zhou's "sure enough" and "everything is under control", the posture of a "superior".
It seems that Uncle Zhou has long expected that Xiaoqi will find him as a boyfriend? Jiang Yucheng secretly thought - if this is the case, then what kind of attitude does Uncle Zhou have towards him? Jiang Yucheng still remembered that when his father called him, he once mentioned a sentence - Uncle Zhou once expressed to his father that the two families wanted to get married, but what if Uncle Zhou was just polite at that time? What if Uncle Zhou has a new arrangement now and can't look down on himself? Jiang Yucheng knows. For myself, the situation is not optimistic after all......
At this moment, the other elders of Xiaoqi's family are basically not in the living room - some are in the back room. Some are busy in the kitchen or other places. Zhang Luo had a family banquet at noon. However, after Uncle Zhou met Jiang Yucheng. The other elders also entered the living room from the back room in turn—and at the same time, their attention was also focused on the boy who was standing with Xiao Qi and had never seen him before.
At the same time. Jiang Yucheng also began to carefully observe the elders who came in - the white-haired old lady in front of her was naturally Xiaoqi's grandmother. She looks a little thin and has gray hair, but her spirit is quite good, and she is probably in good health. The old lady was dressed in clothes that were obviously handmade, and the fabric looked like it was gorgeous—noticing the foot-operated sewing machine in the corner, Jiang Yucheng reckoned. This dress should be the fabric bought by the children, and the old lady herself made it by hand.
And the other two middle-aged men who look to be in their fifties should probably be Uncle Zhou's elder brother, that is, Xiaoqi's two uncles. The three brothers of the Zhou family look quite close. Except for Uncle Zhou, it is really not easy to tell who is older and who is small than the other two. Zhou Siqi's two uncles both wore glasses and looked slightly richer, but one of them looked a little darker, with a little more wrinkles on his face and wore big brown sunglasses, while the other was relatively whiter and less wrinkled, wearing ordinary style glasses. In contrast, Uncle Zhou is the youngest of the three brothers, and of course he looks younger and more energetic - compared with the two uncles, Jiang Yucheng feels that he looks like Zhang Fengyi in terms of temperament and appearance - especially like Cao Cao played by Zhang Fengyi in "Red Cliff".
"That, Brother Yucheng, let me introduce you......" Uncle Zhou didn't speak, Xiaoqi first introduced the elders to Jiang Yucheng in turn, and Jiang Yucheng also greeted these elders one by one, fulfilling the courtesy of his junior. And next, it is natural for Jiang Yucheng to introduce himself:
"I am Xiaoqi's neighbor and classmate, my name is Jiang Yucheng..."According to the "abdominal draft" prepared in advance, Jiang Yucheng began to introduce himself...... However, before he could finish speaking, Uncle Zhou spoke first-Jiang Yucheng's prepared lines were interrupted abruptly.
"Well, this kid is the one I told the eldest brother and the second brother before," Uncle Zhou said to his two elder brothers, "Lao Jiang's son." ”
"Old Jiang?" Xiaoqi's second uncle asked, "Is it that old Jiang from the management bureau?" ”
"Well, it's that old Jiang-" Uncle Zhou nodded, "Now that others are in the project department in Iraq, they won't be able to come back until the end of the year." ”
"Ah, I remembered when you said that...... Xiaoqi's second uncle nodded suddenly, "I saw Lao Jiang last year, when he had just returned to China ......"
Hehe...... Jiang Yucheng's feelings in his heart can only be condensed into these two words: Should he be glad, glad that his father is still relatively famous, glad that Uncle Zhou's friendship with his father seems to be good, or should he express indignation at Uncle Zhou's obvious "dismounting" of himself?
Under normal circumstances, for the "door-to-door son-in-law", the most unwilling situation is obviously because of his own performance, which leads to the future father-in-law and mother-in-law leaving a very bad impression on themselves - in this way, they will be in great trouble in the future, and it is more difficult to reverse the first impression, and if the girl's family has a bad impression of themselves, then they will obviously encounter very big trouble in their future interactions with Xiaoqi, to put it seriously, It is possible to be directly forced to break up.
There is no doubt that thanks to Uncle Zhou's friendship with Jiang Yucheng's father, Uncle Zhou obviously knows Jiang Yucheng very well, and at least so far, he has a good impression of Jiang Yucheng. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Uncle Zhou to tell Jiang Yucheng's father about marrying a family no matter what. But despite this, Jiang Yucheng was still not happy at all - it was obvious that Uncle Zhou had deliberately interrupted his words before. The result of this is that he is now very passive in front of Uncle Zhou, and it is easy to be led by the nose, and he has no initiative at all.
Sure enough, the worst that Jiang Yucheng had predicted happened - whenever he introduced his situation in the future, he would always be interrupted by Uncle Zhou. For example, when Jiang Yucheng said that he was now a sophomore, Uncle Zhou would say, "Oh, you two are at Renmin University, aren't you—I remember you seemed to be studying chemistry...". It sounds as if Jiang Yucheng has no secrets in front of Uncle Zhou - Uncle Zhou seems to know everything about him......
"Yes - this major is chemistry, minor computer ......" Jiang Yucheng was slightly dissatisfied.
For Jiang Yucheng, this is of course very unpleasant. But it is obvious that Jiang Yucheng has no countermeasures against Uncle Zhou's "dismount", and can only hide his emotions in the depths of his heart. After all, he and Uncle Zhou are out of an unequal status - after all, they are juniors, and they still have to marry other people's daughters...... In front of Uncle Zhou, he obviously only has the power to parry, and it is definitely impossible to counterattack.
In contrast, Uncle Zhou's two elder brothers, that is, Xiaoqi's two uncles, are more approachable in comparison - Jiang Yucheng thought that they were both rich people worth millions of dollars, and they must have some aristocratic temperament, but he didn't expect them to be very hearty and approachable - in Jiang Yucheng's opinion, they were even a little lacking in scheming.
Come to think of it, this dynasty has only been less than eighty years since the founding of Taizu, the old family has been overturned in the wave of revolution, and the new aristocracy has not been formed - the so-called "rich but three generations", the real family needs time to conceive, and from the perspective of Xiaoqi's grandmother, the prosperity of the Zhou family is obviously just starting from Uncle Zhou's generation, and Xiaoqi's generation is only the second generation, of course, there can be no aristocratic temperament.
However, although the performance of the two masters does not look like aristocrats, they also do not look like nouveau riche -- Jiang Yucheng estimates that it may be because although they have made a fortune by relying on the struggles of their own generation, they are well-educated intellectuals after all, and their quality and self-cultivation are naturally stronger than those "big bosses" whose education level is not high enough.
Not only the two uncles, Xiaoqi's grandmother is also a very kind old man - when her "grandson-in-law" comes, she doesn't ask herself questions very much, and rarely expresses her opinions. She spoke very reservedly, but Jiang Yucheng could feel the delicate care in the old man's words—this was in stark contrast to Uncle Zhou. In contrast, although Uncle Zhou is also very meticulous, the whole person gives Jiang Yucheng a feeling of not being angry and arrogant.
Jiang Yucheng can feel that although his grandmother is the spiritual leader of the family, in fact, Uncle Zhou is the real head of the family - in the face of Uncle Zhou's aggressive posture, he can still resist at first, but later he completely raised his hands and surrendered, completely stopped taking the initiative to speak, and was led away by Uncle Zhou's nose.
"By the way, Yucheng, you studied chemistry, right? Are you busy studying? Uncle Zhou asked Jiang Yucheng - although he gave Jiang Yucheng a feeling of "everything is under control", it was obvious that he could not really know everything about Jiang Yucheng. While dominating the topic, Uncle Zhou will also ask Jiang Yucheng some questions.
Chemistry...... Yes, I studied chemistry at Renmin University...... Jiang Yucheng thought secretly. The Faculty of Science, where I am located, is a small college in Renmin University: it is small, it has hundreds of students, which is still much larger than a college that has expanded from a department like the Ma Academy; Let's put it big, it's still too far from traditional compounds such as courts and commercial courts.