Before Chen Mo finished painting the color, Chen Kangmei walked in. "Xiao Mo, your mother and they are also here, and we are also ready to pay homage to the old man's birthday, you can prepare. Sister-in-law, don't stay in the house all the time, you are still young, you should play with other children more. ”

Liu Xia smiled bitterly and said, "I want to too, but her body is not good, and the kindergarten teachers dare not accept it." She couldn't stand the food in kindergarten, and going to school was more like going to suffer. ”

"Her own physique is not good, and she still needs to strengthen exercise in order to enhance her immunity. When she's older, I'll put you in touch with the medical school in Switzerland and give her a proper check-up. Although Western medicine is not as good as Chinese medicine in terms of maintenance, we must find out the root cause of the disease, don't you say? ”

"You run more outside, and also help us Aunt Liu, see where the doctors are excellent and the technology is advanced, this grinding is exquisite, it really makes me and her father feel at ease for the rest of our lives."

Chen Mo put the electronic piano aside and said to Yiyi: "Yiyi, we are going out to celebrate grandpa's birthday, will we get this electronic piano done tomorrow?" When my brother gets it done, he will send it to you and teach you how to play the piano. ”

"Good ......"

Liu Xia said: "Don't be so troublesome, Da Mo, you have it done, I will bring her over a few times a week in the future, although you are not a professional teacher, but it is enough to enlighten her." You are patient with her, and she also likes to go out and be with you. We're just trying to nurture her interest, not necessarily asking her to learn anything. ”

Chen Mo nodded and said, "No problem, anyway, as long as I don't have a deal, you can send her over." ”

This time Chen Yizhou's birthday is definitely not the most lively, because there are no guests invited to this birthday. But under the arrangement of Chen Jianguo and his three siblings, it became the most solemn in these years.

The old man is not in good health, and no one knows if this is his last birthday, because even he himself has no confidence. So last night, the three brothers and sisters held a family meeting without telling the old man, and today's birthday greeting, the whole family knelt down. And as long as he is alive, this program will continue in the future.

At half past six, although the sun had not yet set, Aunt Hu had already prepared two tables of wine and food. In addition to a few big dishes sent by the Hutongkou Hotel, the banquet is also very rich.

In the hall of the main house, Chen Yizhou sat on the top, Cao Zhongmou and Kang Xuedong sat on his left and right, Li Boqing has a long memory today, sitting on Cao Zhongmou's side, far away from Kang Xuedong, he was choked enough last time, and he has not fully recovered to this day.

Chen Jianguo's two brothers are the first to accompany them, except for Cao Zhongmou, they are all people in the same industry, and there are too many topics to talk about. From the international environment to national policies, from personnel changes to industry trends, when we talk, we forget about time.

Hearing that the meal was ready, Chen Yizhou and Cao Zhongmou laughed and said, "Since the meal is ready, let's sit down and talk while eating." ”

Kang Xuedong, who knew the inside story, said with a smile: "Teacher, don't worry, Brother Jianguo has also arranged a program today, and it won't delay much." ”

Chen Yizhou sighed and looked at his two sons a little strangely. Because their Chen family was a merchant family during the Qing Dynasty and had a good family background, this became a typical example of being criticized during that period. Chen Jianguo's brothers are both relatively sleek personalities due to their backgrounds and their own personality factors.

None of them went to college, and they had a bit of a market atmosphere, which made Chen Yizhou, who has always prided himself on being a literati, very disappointed in these two sons.

In some ways, he is much better to Kang Xuedong as a student than to his two sons. The son is just a continuation of his bloodline, and Kang Xuedong is his proud disciple.

These two sons are not close to themselves, because of their own personality differences, if it weren't for the fact that they are father and son, they would be people from two worlds at all. When I was young, there were many conflicts between father and son, but when the grandchildren were older and the two sons were getting older, the relationship between father and son eased a lot.

So he really couldn't guess what the two sons were going to do. Before he could ask, he saw Chen Jianguo beckoning, two daughters-in-law and three grandchildren, plus the daughter-in-law, a group of people came in.

Luo Chaoying looked at his son standing behind Chen Jianguo, and deliberately left a little distance, and saw Kang Xuedong with Liu Xia preparing beside him, and couldn't help asking, "What are you doing here?!" ”

Liu Xia said with a smile: "Today is the teacher's birthday, our junior can't just bring a mouth, and he doesn't want to bring gifts, so we have to kowtow to him a few times." ”

Luo Chaoying immediately understood, and also stood beside Chen Mo. "Although I am not the daughter-in-law of the Chen family now, I still treat the old man as my own father, and I should follow this head."

Chen Yizhou was full of emotion, and couldn't help but sigh: "Why is it so, why is it so, you guys, you are too attractive!" ”

Cao Zhongmou stood up, pulled Li Boqing aside, and said with a smile: "The eldest son is filial, and the family is peaceful." Uncle Chen has a successful career and a good family in his life, and I really admire this junior. I think this liturgical initiative is good! We Chinese do not worship ghosts and gods, only respect ancestors, this excellent traditional culture, or to inherit from generation to generation, so that all young people know where their roots are. ”

Chen Kangmei said with a smile: "Brother Cao said it well, and he is worthy of the name of a talented man." Dad, my daughter is not filial, since she worked, she has been running around the world, she has not been able to serve by your side, and this time she is not well prepared, she did not call Guobin and Weiwei back, and when you celebrate your birthday next year, we must have gathered the whole family. ”

Chen Yizhou said with a smile: "The country, the country, first the country and then the family, first take care of the country, and then take care of the family." As long as you are conscientious and can dedicate your strength to the country, even if you are not by my side, my heart will be happy. ”

Under the leadership of Chen Jianguo, everyone knelt down and kowtowed to Chen Yizhou three times before getting up. Originally, they wanted to listen to Chen Yizhou's teaching, but they obviously overestimated his physical endurance. After Chen Yizhou sat down, he was still emotional and a little out of breath. However, Chen Mo was prepared, and hurriedly brought over a bag of oxygen and let him inhale a bag of oxygen, and then recovered.

After his breath calmed down, Chen Yizhou didn't say much, waved his hand and said, "Because I'm an old man, I've delayed everyone's dinner." The world is big, and it is big to eat a full stomach, so let's eat first. ”

The men sat at one table in the dining room, and could have set up two tables, but a group of women thought that it would be more meaningful to sit in the courtyard and eat under the vines, so they insisted on sitting in the courtyard.

Yu Ting took a look at the opportunity and pulled Chen Mo and said, "Take care of your Uncle Li tonight, he hasn't recovered yet, don't let your godfather pour him wine again." ”

"Don't worry, Aunt Yu, it won't be today."

Li Shan also came over and said, "You also drink a little less, and you will go to work tomorrow." She was also shocked when she saw everyone kneeling down just now. Her parents are not from the capital, and there are few relatives in the family, all the time, they have been living as a family of three, even if they go back to their hometown, they also eat a few meals, and leave, and they have never felt this kind of etiquette.

She almost wanted to kneel down just now, because she felt that with this kneeling, there was no separation between her and Chen Mo at all. But after all, she hasn't married Chen Mo yet, and now kneeling is a bit unjustifiable. After a moment's hesitation, they were already up. This made her secretly regret it in her heart.

"Don't worry, you won't drink too much today."

Chen Mo's words are naturally not empty words, originally on such an occasion, the men were together, so they naturally had to have fun, but today it involves the distribution of family property, so everyone will leave a little amount.

Chen Yizhou ate a small half bowl of vegetables, a bowl of soup, and a small half bowl of rice, and he was full of food and drink. He left, and the atmosphere at the banquet became even more enthusiastic. Chen Mo helped him to the main room and sat down, and asked, "Grandpa, do you want to rest for a while, we will have to eat for a while." ”

"Leave me alone, you can go to dinner too. Tell your mom in a moment, and let her stay after eating. ”

"Okay."

After talking to Luo Chaoying about what was going to happen for a while, Luo Chaoying learned that the sister-in-law came back from Mexico on purpose, not for her birthday, but for the distribution of family property. She pondered there, the old man was more sorry for Xiao Mo, this time the distribution of family property will not treat him badly! But thinking about the power of this sister-in-law, and the second daughter-in-law's calculations, her heart also became heavy, no matter how she calculated, if the old man dared to treat Xiao Mo badly, she would also be a villain and make trouble again.

A large table of people ate happily, and Chen Mo's little face was stained with a lot of oil. I only looked at the dishes on the table one by one, and I didn't dare to eat anything. Because of her recipe, there are too many ingredients to avoid, soybean oil, peanut oil, and vegetables made of blended oil can't be eaten, and the only thing that can make her stomach stand it is sesame oil. She can't eat all kinds of spices, she can only put a little salt in any dish, and the most pitiful thing is that she can't eat too much even meat, and she can drink a bowl of broth, which has reached her limit, and she can only look at the chicken legs and chicken wings that children like to eat the most.

Chen Mo has always felt that Yiyi's fate is the most pitiful, but she has been born in this world, and all they can do now is to help her create an environment where she can survive, and strive to let her live like a normal person.