On Saturday night, Mr. Lu returned to Beijing.

After dinner, grandpa called Lu Zheng into the study.

"Tell me, what preparations have you made in Wushan this time?"

Grandpa has always been very serious, almost never smiling, even with his father Lu Tianhe doesn't seem to communicate much, and the same junior generation, he is even more unsmiling, which makes people afraid from the bottom of his heart.

In the past, when I chatted with myself, my grandfather rarely asked about the situation in Wushan, and the first thing he said at this time was to ask Wushan about the preparations for the price breakthrough, and he was obviously extremely concerned about the central price and wage reform.

Lu Zheng pondered, and slowly talked about some of his views at the enlarged meeting of the party group yesterday, and said: "The main thing is to use sunshine to deal with it, the more transparent our policies are, the more credible the government will be, we are in power, we can't bury our heads in the car, we must let the ordinary people understand the operation of our government, not only policies, some public concerns, our government's information must be made public, so as to avoid rumors." ”

"The mystical way of governing is the remnant of feudal society, and it is the kings who deliberately fool the people in order to cover up the truth that they are just mortals, and we communists should eliminate the residual poison of feudalism, and this way of governing is not suitable for the development of modern society."

Grandpa listened and drank tea slowly.

Lu Zheng glanced at his grandfather's face, and said: "It is important to break the cult of personality, but it is the root of some problems to break the cult of the government and the cult of the ruling party. I don't think there's any need to deny this, otherwise, in the long run, it will have a worse impact than engaging in a cult of personality. ”

As he spoke, he sighed: "Some people, put the cart before the horse. ”

Immediately, his head was shocked, Lu Zheng covered his head, but saw his grandfather looking at him with a smile, and reprimanded: "Don't talk nonsense"

Lu Zheng pursed his lips and picked up the teacup, at this moment, he was more like a child.

Grandpa smiled and slowly lowered his head to taste tea.

"Daddy won't come tomorrow?" Lu Zheng couldn't help but scratch his head a little.

came out of his grandfather's study, chatted with his mother in the lounge, and heard that his father would not come back, Lu Zheng was slightly stunned.

"Well, I'm busy with work, so I'm not coming back." Han Jing said very casually while ironing her clothes with an iron.

The lounge is very quaint, and the modern style of Lu Zheng's residence in Osan is completely different, and even the cabinets are the kind of red sandalwood floor-to-ceiling cabinets

Engaged to his own dad and not coming back? Lu Zheng pondered and said, "Is it that my father doesn't have a good impression of the Sandru family?" Or, don't like white gauze bags? ”

"What white gauze bag?" Han Jing raised her head strangely.

Lu Zheng smiled and said, "It's Iris." ”

Han Jing couldn't help but laugh and said, "You kid, you give people nicknames. Don't think about it, get engaged to your marriage. ”

Lu Zheng snorted, but looking at his mother's reaction, he knew that his father definitely didn't treat Sandru's family very well, and too, the grandfather of the white gauze bag was not salty or light to himself, and perhaps, he didn't get along with his father very well.

Han Jing glanced at Lu Zheng, but remembered what her lover said to her in private, "After a few years, things will settle down, and this family will return to him, I think there will be no results in the future." ”

Han Jing knew her lover's thoughts, and she didn't like this family affair, but after getting along with the people of the Sandru family, she became more and more displeased, and Zhengzi was quite good in his career, although he didn't expect him to provoke the banner of the Beijing faction in the future, but since the political career was quite smooth, marrying a foreign woman didn't feel very reliable.

What's more, his family is not Soviet, what kind of beautiful man does he have to rely on to seduce the Greek female ship king to serve the country's economy.

Han Jing could faintly feel that her lover was actually a little dissatisfied with her father-in-law's decision.

"I like Iris girl a lot, but I don't know how to communicate with her, she's so cute, like a doll, delicate as if it can be broken when touched, I see her drinking water and I'm afraid she will choke." Han Jing smiled as she spoke, and said, "I heard that the little girl is very smart, and she may not be your virtuous helper in the future." ”

Han Jing has never had any expectations for her son's career, in this life, it is most important for a man to have a caring partner, and if Iris can reconcile with his son Qinse, they will definitely be extremely happy.

Iris, the little girl, doesn't know if it's really so young, but it seems that the love is just beginning, and she has learned so slippery Chinese for Zhengzi, innocent and cute, what's wrong with being a foreigner? I still like this foreign daughter-in-law.

Han Jing thought about it and smiled.

Lu Zheng was a little helpless, my mother seemed to like Bai Sha Bao very much, but she only knew that she had inadvertently saved Bai Sha Bao's life in the American hospital, and how could she know that Bai Sha Bao was hiding what kind of mysterious soul was hidden under the cute mask?

"By the way, you wait." Han Jing went out as she spoke, and when she came back, she held a small red box in her hand, and when she opened the red box, there was a green jade bracelet inside, which was crystal clear and emerald with water, and it was extremely warm to the touch.

Lu Zheng smiled: "A family heirloom for my daughter-in-law"

Han Jing glared at Lu Zheng and said, "This kind of thing is not a good thing Iris is young, but if you are engaged, you have to be good to others, don't think that you are a child, just coax as you like." ”

Lu Zheng coughed and said, "Your daughter-in-law is not someone who can coax her, you will know later." ”

The engagement ceremony was held in the small dining room of the Friendship Hotel.

The banquet hall was full of ribbons and flowers, and the engagement ceremony adopted a relatively simple Western cocktail party according to the agreement between the two parties, which looked like a slightly luxurious banquet at the Friendship Hotel, except for the occasional young man in a white shirt and a cheetah-like look among the guests, showing the difference in this cocktail party.

In front of the banquet room, several young men in civilian clothes with cold faces roamed around, preventing strangers from approaching.

Tonight's engagement ceremony, in fact, there are few guests, maybe it is more appropriate to call it a family gathering, but the second and third generations of the Lu family, the father of Lu Tianhe, the protagonist of the engagement, did not appear.

However, six or seven elderly people in the party called to celebrate or sent congratulatory gifts, which made the younger members of the Lu family happy, after all, this was just an engagement ceremony, if according to the previous tradition, it was just a meeting between the parents of the man and the woman.

Watching cousins, cousins, cousins and cousins get together to discuss who is on the phone, etc., each has the intention of showing off his excitement, Lu Zheng sighed softly in his heart, who knows that the seemingly powerful Lu family is actually in crisis, if it develops according to the historical trajectory, in the next ten years, the Lu family will turn from prosperity to decline, with the death of his grandfather a few years later as a turning point, in just a few years, the red flag of the Beijing faction was pulled out one by one, and his father encountered unprecedented challenges, and finally went into the wilderness.

Who calls it, some old people live longer? Compared with prestige, my father is no match for those old people who are still alive.

"Brother Zhengzi, haven't you seen my sister-in-law yet? I heard she's very young, right? The handsome girl who came to Lu Zheng to talk was Lu Caicai, a cousin of Lu Zheng's uncle's family, who was in the first year of junior high school in Beijing No. 39 Middle School.

Uncle Lu Tianqing is the grassroots department of the Palace Museum, and the aunt Huo Hongying, who works in the Ministry of Finance, is a woman who is very shrewd and strong, and she is also the master of ceremonies tonight.

Lu Zheng used to have a bad relationship with his cousins, cousins, cousins, and cousins, and he almost never communicated with them.

But Lu Zheng deals with all those officialdom figures who are round on the outside or round on the inside, and it is the norm to get along with the Ministry around fifty years old, so it is really difficult to integrate into the circle of the third generation of the Lu family, I just feel that they are too childish and can't talk together.

Regardless of the sister-in-law's side, in terms of the surname Lu, Lu Caicai is the youngest and youngest cousin of the third generation of the Lu family, but she didn't think Lu Zheng was serious and afraid of people, so she took the initiative to come over and speak.

Lu Zheng smiled and rubbed her little head and said, "Maybe." ”

In addition to grandpa and parents, uncles and aunts don't know the origin of the white gauze bag, only that they met a foreign girl who saved their lives in the United States, and they must be engaged to themselves in order to repay their kindness.

At the door of the banquet hall, there was a sudden commotion, and then I saw an old man in military uniform with a red face and high spirits striding in, Lu Zheng was taken aback, and hurriedly greeted him, shouting: "Grandpa, why are you here?" ”

Han Lao Haha smiled: "My own grandson is engaged, why, I am not welcome"

Lu Zheng was very excited, the two families are now more and more estranged, during the Chinese New Year, grandpa and grandfather do not look at each other, there is a tendency to not get along with each other, for his own sake, his grandfather also made an exception to step into the door of the Lu family.

The eldest brother Lu Tianhe was not there, and the second uncle Lu Tianxiang also hurried up to meet him, and said with a smile: "Old handsome, welcome." ”

Han Lao smiled slightly: "What does it matter if your surname Lu welcomes me or not, from Lu Tianhe, not counting my little grandson, you are not as good as the generation, your wife, I heard that you have made a lot of money recently?" ”

Lu Tianxiang's face was embarrassed, and he didn't dare to say anything, so he laughed wryly and flashed aside.

Lu Zheng was stunned, the second uncle is the director of the Liaison Office of the United Front Work Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, he is at the level of the ministry, his qualifications are mediocre and his popularity is poor, it seems that he is also taken care of organizationally by relying on the Lu family's Yu marriage to retire in the main hall, and the second aunt heard that she was doing business, but she didn't know what business to do.

Listening to my grandfather's meaning, it doesn't seem to be a good sign, is it also an official who sells approval slips?

Grandpa is upright, and he can't see this the most.

Seeing that Lu Zheng turned around and was about to go inside to report the news, Han Lao waved his hand vigorously, "Okay, don't ask Lao Lu to see my future granddaughter-in-law, I'll leave" His voice was loud, his tone had an indescribable majesty, and every sentence seemed to be an order in the army.