The birthday dinner officially began, men and men, women and women got together, talking about topics of interest to themselves, Luli also took a glass of champagne, took a shallow sip, only felt that this thing was sweet and sour, and the taste of orange juice made for his sister back then was similar, is this also wine? Drinking all the champagne in one gulp, he picked up another glass of white wine, he thought it was the same as what he had drunk in his hometown, who knew that it was foreign wine in his mouth, it was a sour smell as usual, so angry that he put the wine glass down and turned his head to the side.

Lin Zhenqiang, Zhong Hansi, and Zhou Bingcheng were talking to the baby-faced man, and Lu Li already knew at this time that this person's name was Ou Zihao, who was Ou Pei Linying's brother-in-law, and was also the current head of Ou's Enterprise, 56 years old this year, "...... Howard really doesn't know what to do! Ou Zihao said, "The things of the year have passed in the past, and my sister-in-law has already explained to him that it has been entangled for such a long time, which is annoying." ”

Hans Zhong smiled and said, "This Howard is also very affectionate. ”

Everyone smiled at the same time.

Lu Li walked up to Zhang Dadong and sat down, and asked suspiciously, "Is this......?" What Mr. Xiao, what the hell is going on? ”

"In fact, there is nothing remarkable, he is a native of Panyu, Guangdong, his ancestors are in business, the family is very rich, a family surnamed Meng in the same township, and the Xiao family is not only a township party, but also a business partner, the male owners of the two families have a close relationship, so after their respective wives are pregnant, they set up a baby parent. It was the twenty-second year of the Republic of China (1934). ”

"No, not twenty-two years, twenty years." Lin Zhenqiang interjected and explained: "When the two children were born, it was a boy and a girl, and the Xiao family and the Meng family were overjoyed, and they implemented this matter. Wait until you are older. Xiao Yuan's ancestors had not yet prepared for their marriage, and they were about to be liberated, and both families were worried that after the arrival of the Communist (Industrial) Party, they would have a communist wife, so they wanted to go to Hong Kong. But Xiao Yuan's ancestors still had what to expect, so they agreed with their old friends. The Meng family transferred their property to Hong Kong, but the Xiao family stayed in Guangdong. If the situation changes, then agree on a strategy to go north or south. ”

Lu Li frowned deeply, but he didn't say much, just listened quietly, "After the liberation, the situation was okay at the beginning, after all, the regime was unstable, and the country did not have much turmoil; But wait until the time of the three anti and five anti. The ancestors of the Xiao family, as the local big landlords and gentry, were suppressed by the state - almost without any legal procedures, they were directly shot. ”

“…… Xiao Yuan is ...... Mr. Lu, what do you call people like him in your place? ”

"I don't know, maybe it's called a bitch, right?"

Lin Zhenqiang smiled and explained a few words to a few people. He really didn't know how to translate the word pup, and pondered for a moment. Come up with a phrase in English, "...... Call people like him sonofbitch. ”

Ou Zihao was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said a word, and everyone burst into laughter.

"He's saying that this name is too in line with Xiao Yuan's personality!"

Lu Li couldn't help but laugh at it.

Lin Zhenqiang laughed for a while, and then said: "It is said that Xiao Yuan has been shot by his father since he was seventeen or eighteen years old. I was bullied by my neighbors, and it wasn't until 67 that I smuggled from Guangdong to Hong Kong. He was 35 years old at the time. His fiancée, who is the same age as him, is really regrettable, two years before his arrival. Because of a car accident, he died in Taiwan. ”

"Taiwan?"

"Yes, soon after the Meng family arrived in Hong Kong, they heard that Chinese mainland was going to use force to take back Hong Kong, and they felt frightened at that time, thinking that Hong Kong was not a place to stay for a long time, so they packed up their families again and went to Taiwan again. In the first few years, their family's business in Taiwan was very good, but after entering the 60s, they encountered a series of adverse events, first the death of their daughter in a car accident, and then the sniping in the business field, and suffered a lot of losses in the stock market. It is said that the old master of the Meng family had a dream by chance, and dreamed that Xiao Yuan's ancestors told him that he was innocently killed, and his wife also suffered together, leaving only one son, who was exiled in the countryside and humiliated, these are the end of the Meng family's unfriendly relationship. And now his business is damaged, and his daughter is dead, which is also due to the retribution of hurting the yin owl. ”

"Nonsense!"

"Isn't that just nonsense! But the old man believed it, and at that time, the Meng family saw that the environment in Hong Kong had stabilized, and they also had the intention to operate the business in Hong Kong, so they asked someone to secretly return to China in advance, found Xiao Yuan, and brought him to Hong Kong. ”

"That's a good thing, isn't it? What does it have to do with Pei Daxiang? ”

"When Xiao Yuan first arrived in Hong Kong, the situation was really miserable, he suffered a lot on the mainland, and he was so thin that he could be blown down by a gust of wind. After the body is better, I began to enter the enterprise of Mengshi to study, and began to master a little knowledge in the economic field. The ancestors of the Meng family were really good to him, knowing that he would not know much, and at the beginning, he was asked to go to work at a "Huawen Weekly" owned by Meng's enterprise. Helplessly, Xiao Yuan has a bitter hatred for the Communist Party because of what happened to his father and family! Huawen Weekly soon became a well-known magazine in Hong Kong, especially for reporting anti-mainland remarks and news from hearsay. ”

“…… Around 70 years, the ancestors of the Meng family transferred him out of the weekly magazine and moved into the management of Meng's enterprise, during which two things happened, the first was because of the business, he met Pei Dazhuo, but at that time he only knew Ou Zijie, and by the way, he saw Pei Dazhuo; The second thing is that Meng Fanying and his wife, who almost became his brother-in-law, died in Malaysia. ”

"Oh? Does this matter have anything to do with him? ”

"No one knows what the truth of the matter is, but before the incident, Xiao Yuan and Meng Fanying went to Malaysia to discuss business together, which is undoubtedly confirmed. At that time, Xiao Yuan said that after the business was negotiated, he broke up with the Meng family and returned to Hong Kong in advance, but when he called the hotel where the other party lived in Hong Kong, he couldn't find the two fathers and daughters - this is Hong Kong dialect, which is what the couple meant. ”

"So, what about later?"

Later, the incident was treated as a robbery, and the Malaysian police worked hard, but they couldn't even find the bodies of the husband and wife, let alone catch the murderer. Therefore, although the ancestors of the Meng family were in pain, they were helpless. It wasn't until more than two years later, when the local government wanted to develop a certain piece of land, that during the excavation, two bodies that had almost turned into white bones were found and examined. It is Meng Fanying and his wife. And according to the laboratory test, the female corpse was still pregnant at the time, two corpses and three lives, which is really tragic to say! At that time, this incident was the headline content of all newspapers and magazines in Hong Kong! ”

Lu Li sighed faintly and said, "For ordinary people, it's just an extra after-dinner conversation, but for the elders of the Meng family and Mr. Xiao, I can't imagine it." What a ...... this is. Five thunders hit the top of the general bad news! ”

"I agree with that!" Xiao Yuan's loud voice suddenly came from the side, and everyone stood up politely, "This posterity is right, very right!" My old man is an old man, just for this matter, and he can't afford to get sick. Speaking of which, it was also the biggest mistake I made in my life, if I hadn't broken up with them that day. If you rush back to Hong Kong to handle business, or. My eldest brother and sister-in-law would not have suffered such misfortune! ”

Zhong Hans glanced at him at the same time and did not speak. At that time, he was in the Department of Justice, of course, at a much lower level than now, but he also participated in extradition trials. Although the final result of this case is that Xiao Yuan escaped from the shackles of the law with the strength of Ou Pei Linying, facts speak louder than words, and more than 90% of the practitioners in the Hong Kong legal profession have discovered most of the truth from the information submitted by the Malaysian police! Xiao Yuan's current words are just to deceive a child like Lu Li!

Xiao Yuan pulled open the sofa with a smile. Sitting down next to Lu Li, he, like Zhou Bingcheng, can speak quite fluent Chinese, "Hou Shengzi, from the mainland?" ”

"Yes, Tian (Tianjin)."

"Tian (Jin), I haven't heard of this place name, where is it?"

"It's not very far from the north (Beijing)."

"Oh, I remember, when the Republic of China was in the past, many people chose to live in Tian (Tianjin) and Qing (Island) to be their dukes, does that mean there?"

Lu Li smiled bitterly and nodded, "Yes, Mr. Xiao." ”

"So, you were also smuggled?"

"Uh......" Luley hesitated, how should this be answered?

Xiao Yuan looked at him with a strange expression, misunderstood, and patted him on the shoulder hard, "What are you afraid of?" It's not a shame, I was the same back then, smuggled here! Fuck your mother, top your lungs, dick your mother! He scolded a few times in a row, biting his cheeks tightly, and his expression was full of hatred and hatred that could not be concealed! His expression was so clear and clear that it was not Luli, but everyone else.

"I really can't estimate (imagine) how there can be such a party in the world, which is simply a cancer on the special body of human society! Dick you old mother! ”

Listening to him scolding like this, Lu Li was extremely embarrassed, he was also a party member, listening to what the other party said, it was all facts, and there was no room for even a word of rebuttal! With a sigh in his heart, he stood up and walked out of the hall.

The light outside the hall was much darker than inside, and occasionally someone could be heard talking, and one or two men and women passing by with trays around them, bringing freshly baked food into the hall for guests to enjoy. He walked a few steps in the hall leisurely, and when he looked up, there was an oil painting hanging at the turn of the stairs on the second floor, and two small spotlights were installed on the top of the frame, and the light was projected on the canvas, which was very clear, it was a full-body portrait of Ou Pei Linying and a man, the husband and wife were sitting on chairs side by side, the woman was holding a girl in her arms, and there was a boy, standing beside the man, no need to ask, this is the family portrait of the Ou family.

Lu Li walked up the stairs and looked at the few people on the painting seriously, the quality of the oil painting is quite good, and it can be clearly seen that the man also has a baby face, which is seven or eight points similar to Ou Zihao he saw just now, and it is about his brother. It was the first time for Luli to visit an oil painting and he only felt that this special work of art was ......

Before this thought could flash, there was a sound of footsteps above the stairs, he felt a little rude, and hurriedly thought about walking downstairs, but he stopped the other party, "Mr. Lu?" ”

"Mrs. Ou, Miss Ou. I'm sorry I ......."

"It's nothing, if you want to see it," Ou Pei Linying nodded politely, and casually turned on the switch on the stairs, and the lights were bright. Lu Li didn't want to leave, and stood side by side with the mother and daughter, looking up. "This oil painting was arranged by her husband on her tenth birthday. Today, it's been almost ten years. Originally, I was going to. took a photo with his family, and later he said that the image was not as good as oil painting. ”

"Yes, I agree with that."

Ou Chenli suddenly pursed the corners of her mouth contemptuously, and said a few words in English, Ou Pei Linying patted her daughter's arm, "Don't be like this, frequently, you can't be rude to guests like this." ”

Naturally, Luli didn't understand. But he has a special sense of perception of words and colors, and he guessed that it was nothing more than a joke that he had never seen such a thing as oil painting. "Actually, the last time I came to Hong Kong, I bought a German camera and went back to the mainland, and in the past few months, when I was at home, I also took photos with my family and friends. Of course. All the film I could use was black and white. ”

Ou Pei Linying didn't know why he was in the mood to tell a story, but she still nodded politely. "Huh?"

"The camera I bought was from West German Zeiss and the quality was very good. The photos taken at that time were really good, the picture was clear and the picture quality was soft. My family and friends, I, and I can't put it down. I always think. The camera is the best vehicle for retaining the beautiful moments in memory. But now that I'm looking at an oil painting like this, I know I need to revise my mind. This kind of thing may not be as clear and delicate as a camera, but it has a thick and solemn flavor. I think it's my closest family to this canvas. I will definitely feel a special sense of respect and serenity. For those family members who are still alive on canvas, I will definitely pity and care for them! Hey, what's wrong with you guys? ”

Ou Pei Linying and her daughter glanced at each other, and they both saw the fluorescent tears in each other's eyes! I really can't imagine that speaking for an almost stranger can cause such a huge stirring of emotions in my heart? "No, nothing, Mr. Lu, you said it very well, really, very, very well."

Lu Li smiled shyly, "You are too polite, I just feel it, this is about people with the same heart, the same heart, right?" ”

"What a heart!"

Luli stood in front of the oil painting with the mother and daughter for a while, and suddenly there was a soft gurgling sound in his stomach, "Huh? Ou Pei Linying and her daughter looked at each other and chuckled, "Mr. Lu, if you are hungry, there are all kinds of food in the hall, what do you like, you are welcome." ”

Luli was indeed a little hungry, smiled at the two of them, turned and went downstairs, followed the waiter, and approached the long table in the hall,

Near each side of the door, there was a long table with bright silver metal trays on top of which were filled with a variety of foods, unbeknownst to Luli, most of the parties were held in the form of buffets, and guests could take whatever they liked. Near the window, there were several huge potted plants, the plants inside were huge, and the delicate branches could not bear the weight of the green berries, and they hung their heads deeply.

Pick up a shrimp ball and stuff it into your mouth, chew it a few bites, it is a sweet and fragrant taste, chew it in your mouth, full of relish! "It's delicious!" He muttered to himself, looking at the table, there were so many delicious foods! Isn't each one as delicious as shrimp balls? Looking carefully, there is a feeling of no way to get off, which one should I eat? Look at a glassware full of small red beads in the middle, scoop up a spoonful, a little salty, take another bite, wow! The delicious flavor fills the whole body, and this is the first time in my life that I have tasted it! He didn't know that this was the famous caviar in Western food.

Looking up, the guests were talking and laughing, no one noticed the situation on his side, he was really a little hungry, picked up a small spoon, and made a good meal! It doesn't matter what you put in your mouth, whatever you can put on this long table is sure to be delicious! It wasn't until there was suddenly another person next to him that he stopped his movements and looked to the side embarrassedly, "Uh! ”

It turned out to be Ou Pei Linying's mother and daughter and a few female guests standing beside him, all the women were slightly red and delicate, and they were looking at him with a strange smile. "Yes...... Rise...... Belch! ”

The girls laughed more cheerfully, but Ou Chenli didn't laugh, whispered a few words to her mother with disgust, turned around and walked away, "Mr. Lu, is it comfortable?" If you haven't had enough to eat, you're welcome. ”

Luli took a few deep breaths, tried to suppress the physical discomfort, and said, "No, I used it very well, I mean, these things are very tasty. I've never eaten anything so good, it's amazing. ”

"Thank you, you're comfortable with it, that's the best. To tell you the truth, dinner parties like this are always held at home, but unfortunately, many guests come after afternoon refreshments, so such things are more for the guests to enjoy than to put on display. But Mr. Lu, you,...... When you meet a guest like you, you won't be a pearl! ”

"Then I'll have to eat more!"

"If you could, it would be best to eat them all."

Luli blinked, looked at the table full of delicacies, and suddenly became bolder, "Mrs. Ou, these things...... It's so delicious, can I pack it? ”

Ou Pei Linying was stunned, why are you still addicted? "Well, well, if you insist."

Lu Li deliberately pretended to be confused, as if he couldn't hear the polite refusal in this sentence, and nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice, "Then thank you so much, thank you so much!" ”

Ou Pei Linying was helpless, the words had already been spoken, and she couldn't go back, she said: "However, Mr. Lu, can you wait until the end of the banquet?" ”

"Of course you can, I'll wait until it's over and then go back to these things, Xu Yunjian must like it very much, you don't know, he's the most greedy."

"Xu Yun Sword?" Ou Pei Linying felt that the name was a little familiar, and when she thought about it seriously, she recalled that it was the boy who ran from the mainland for the last incident, "You mean, these things are going to be brought back to him?" ”

"Of course! He's my best friend, how can he be the only one for me? Good things are naturally meant to be shared with more and more people. ”

Ou Pei Linying nodded, but as soon as this question was answered, she changed her initial attitude, two laugh lines exploded on her face, and she turned around to greet her, "Andrew?" Andrew? ”

"Yes, ma'am."

"Pack up all the rest of the things, put them away later, and leave them to him when Mr. Lu leaves."

Andrew didn't hear the conversation between the two of them, and he didn't know what was going on in front of him, so he just nodded and turned around to make arrangements.

After this matter was dealt with, Ou Chenli didn't know when she appeared next to her mother and said, "Mommy, cut the cake!" (To be continued......)