Dinner
After a while, Liba's visa had been issued, everything was ready, she was relaxed, and she was about to slip away, but her parents insisted on practicing it for her. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Jinjin, your parents are proud of you, this time Dad has invited most of your relatives and friends, and you will rarely come back in the future, so let's have a good meal with them." ”
She couldn't resist it, and she knew her parents' thoughts, so she had to agree.
That night, the always frugal parents specially booked a dozen tables at the best hotel in town, and invited relatives and friends for an early breakfast.
She stood at the door to greet guests, like a welcoming lady, but her figure was not up to par.
Out of politeness, she smiled all the time, her mouth was almost crooked, but she still had to smile, and she had a headache looking at the people coming in and out.
The guests of the banquet came in twos and threes, most of them she knew, but there were also some unfamiliar faces, and when the guests came, they could finally sit down to eat, but they were pulled out by Mo Tan to toast.
Father has been happy tonight, "Jinling, you are the first international student from our small county, let's go, let them see, my daughter is out of breath." ”
She couldn't bear to interrupt him, what was this, she hadn't returned to China yet, since her father said so, she had to make some achievements.
I don't know if my father did it intentionally or unintentionally, so he first brought her to the aunt's table.
She greeted politely, but only greeted.
"Auntie, second aunt, third aunt, good uncles!"
The people sitting at this table are all from my mother's family, but the relationship between my mother and them has always been bad, not even close.
Aunt Xiao Tengyun is a two-faced person, sleek and accidental, because she married the section chief of a state-owned enterprise, she never took their family seriously.
The second aunt Xiao Tenghai and the third aunt Xiao Tenglan are the aunt's own sister, the mother's half-sister, and the appearance of the aunt.
She still clearly remembers that every time she sees a group of them, their smiles are always very gentle, when they were young, they were ignorant, and they stupidly praised them for being beautiful, indeed, compared to their mothers, they are really beautiful.
Xiao Qinglan's biological mother died when she was a few years old, and later, her father married another wife, and there are these sisters who are not sisters.
However, Xiao Qinglan's stepmother was not good to her, she married her off early, and didn't let her study more, her destiny in life is to work for others and be a housewife, not as good as those pampered sisters.
Later, when she gradually became sensible, she realized that those shouts and warmth were just hypocrisy, because the questions they asked never changed.
No, here it is again, the aunt has a lot of her up and down, her eyes are mixed with imperceptible contempt, and she asks her lukewarmly, "Jinling, how old is this year? What grade are you in? Why do you suddenly want to study abroad?"
Before she could answer, she turned to Mo again.
"I said you too, parents always have to have a little brain, how can the child say whatever it is, Jinling is only this age, you want her to study abroad, I'm afraid you have to borrow a lot of money from the bank." ”
My father was about to answer, but he was stopped by Mo Jinling.
"Auntie, what are you talking about? I'm not too young, it's just right to go abroad now, and I can learn a lot of things, besides, I was lucky a few days ago, I made a lot of money buying stocks, and it was enough to study abroad." ”
The expressions of the people at the table were different, Xiao Tengyun's face changed and changed, and he was still smiling, Xu felt that it was inappropriate to talk to Mo Jinling as a child, and turned to her mother, Xiao Qinglan.
"You have to take care of him as a wife, don't read much and don't see less, how can you be obsessed with stocks, of course it's good to make money, and thanks to your good luck, but how many people are bankrupt because of this!"
Second Aunt Xiao Tenghai agreed, "Sister is right, we all know that it is not easy for you to raise two children, Jin Ling is afraid that he is a little too willful, if there is anything difficult, just say it, we can still help you a little." ”
Although the mother is more sincere, she is also a person with a true temperament, and she has always been straightforward in her life, and of course she will not let outsiders say this about her husband and daughter.
"Although we are a little tired, we don't care about others borrowing money, and even if you are rich, you usually don't see how much you have helped us, Jinling's money to study abroad is earned by herself, where is your turn to talk here!"
At one point, several people were even more unforgiving.
"Come on, it's just that your family likes to brag about themselves, who doesn't know what the situation of your family is, if you don't have money, you don't have money, pretend to be a big guy, it is estimated that your money is also from an unknown source, what stocks do you know, and you are embarrassed to ask for credit here, we are here to give you face." ”
The relationship between my mother and these half-sisters has always been bad, she knows that in the past few years, when the family encountered difficulties, this group of people has fallen into the ground.
Seeing her mother's bad face, she lost the interest in playing dumb riddles.
"Auntie and second aunt, I respect you as elders, and I leave you a little room to speak, but if you say this again, don't blame me for not reminding you, I really think that our family is easy to bully. ”
Xiao Tengyun's face changed suddenly, and he stood up all of a sudden, knocking the table on the ground.
"Mo Jinling, that's how you talk to your elders? That's how your parents taught you? It's really that you don't read much and don't have much knowledge, no wonder, it's not a family, you don't enter a family, you don't go out of a country, your father can't come up with money for you to study! If you want to borrow money from us, no way!!"
The aunt at the next table, that is, my father's own sister, saw that there was such a big commotion here, and hurriedly came over to persuade her.
"Jinling, how can you talk to your aunt like this, apologize quickly, you are also an aunt, don't worry about being like a child, what are you talking about, when did people ask you to borrow money. ”
Mo Jinling puffed out his cheeks, raised his head high, but didn't speak.
Father Mo Tan pulled his aunt away and asked her to leave this matter alone, after all, this is a grievance between the two families.
Seeing Mo Jinling's appearance, Xiao Tengyun was even more angry, she glanced at her husband sitting beside her, and was angry.
"Lao Liao, you have something to say, look at me, what kind of bullying has been made by their family. ”
After hearing this, Liao Zhengwen immediately taught her a lesson with a straight face.
"Mo Jinling, apologize to your aunt, right away!!"
Xiao Qinglan protected his daughter behind him, and Mo Tan stood in front of them again, protecting his wife tightly.
"Lao Liao, I think, forget about today's matter, I invite you here today, not to invite you to quarrel, but to let everyone sit together and get together, don't say it too ugly, there must be room for everything. ”
Xiao Tengyun did not give up, and Liao Zhengwen also had an attitude of not apologizing and vowing not to give up.
"Brother-in-law, my daughter is not so used to it, this is called disrespectful to the elder, and she will be said by others to be untutored. ”
Mo Tan glanced back at his daughter, she was looking at him with a bright look, putting aside other messy thoughts, he looked straight at Xiao Tengyun, and his eyes became more determined.
"Jin Ling is not wrong, it is you who are the elders who speak out of proportion first, on weekdays, your sister lets you and doesn't care more about you, today your sisters sing and harmonize, what does it mean to know in your heart. ”
Xiao Tenglan, who hadn't spoken much, suddenly popped up, pointed at Mo Tan's nose and began to scold.
"Yo yo yo, I'm a long acquaintance today, what do you mean that our sisters sing and harmonize? Say it like we bully you, I see, my sister is right, you are setting up this game today just to borrow money from us, tell you, no!!"
Mo Jinling endured it again and again, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, if his own efforts couldn't even protect his closest people, it would be meaningless.
Afraid that she would suffer, her mother held her hand tightly and prevented her from standing up, and in the end, she persuaded her mother.
Those dark eyes were like falcons, looking at the group of people opposite, and there was a trace of clammy and cold breath in the dry air.
"Okay, there's no way, there's no way, since everyone is here today, let's make it clear, since you think that you are here to give us face, then we don't want this face, please!"
Liao Zhengwen slammed the cup on the ground, "We won't leave today, you, Mo Jinling, must apologize, it's really lawless, isn't it." ”
She smiled coldly, "Uncle, no, I should call you Section Chief Liao, you listen to your aunt so much, I'm afraid you don't know what she's doing outside." ”
Xiao Tengyun slapped over, but unfortunately, she dodged it.
"Auntie, why are you in such a hurry?"
She pulled Liao Zhengwen's sleeve and hurriedly explained, "Husband, don't listen to children's nonsense, I really didn't do anything, I definitely didn't do anything to be sorry for you." ”
She snorted and said casually, "Uncle, what do you think is wrong with Auntie? I didn't say what she did to be sorry for you." ”
Liao Zhengwen's face was so black that it couldn't be darker, and he wanted to have a seizure, but he found that there were a lot of people around him watching the excitement, so he had to push away the woman who was still holding him, and left angrily.
Xiao Tengyun staggered up from the ground, where did he still have the heart to care about others, and chased him out in a panic.
"Husband, you...... You listen to me. ”
Suddenly, the table left in twos and threes.
A meal, unhappy parting.