Chapter 288: Talking about marriage
The meal came up quickly, six cold dishes, twelve hot dishes, and a full table was set.
Mrs. Xiao asked diligently, "What kind of wine does Commissioner Gao drink?" β
Xiao Ningning frowned: "Mom, you don't want to call him by the head of the high department, how awkward it is, isn't it good to call him by name directly?" β
Mrs. Xiao smiled: "That's right, they are all about to become a family, and it is indeed too raw to call it like this." Gao Fei, I heard Ning Ning say that you rarely drink spirits, so let's have some wine? β
Gao Fei: "Yes, my amount of wine is very shallow, and I can barely drink a little wine." β
Xiao Ningning ran to the wine cabinet like a butterfly and took out a bottle of red wine and put it on the table: "Just drink this bottle." β
Ding Kaiwen picked up the wine bottle, saw the 'Margaux' logo on it, and said in surprise: "This is the top wine produced by Bordeaux first-class chΓ’teaux, I haven't bought it in the United States, but my uncle's house actually has it?" β
Mrs. Xiao: "This is Li ...... Someone else gave it to your uncle, he has not been willing to drink it all these years, and it seems that he can't keep it today. β
Xiao Wanting: "It's all family, there's nothing to hide, and this bottle of wine also has a bit of origin." One year I had a birthday, Li Shiqun knew that I liked to drink two glasses, so he gave me this bottle of wine as a birthday gift, which is said to be very valuable. β
Ding Kaiwen opened the cork, raised his nose and sniffed, and couldn't help but praise: "Good wine!" β
Xiao Ningning snatched the wine bottle: "I'll pour the wine." β
Starting from Xiao Wanting, she poured wine one by one, and it was her turn, but she put down the wine bottle.
Ding Kaiwen: "Ning Ning, such a good wine, why don't you have a little wine?" β
Xiao Ningning: "Don't drink." β
Xiao Wanting: "Ning Ning, are you afraid that I will talk about you?" I'm against you drinking outside, there are no outsiders here, it's okay to drink less. β
Xiao Ningning: "Don't drink." β
Mrs. Xiao smiled and said, "Ning Ning, your father has spoken, then drink a little." β
As she spoke, Mrs. Xiao motioned to Liang's mother to pour wine for Xiao Ningning's wine glass.
Xiao Ningning covered his wine glass and muttered: "I said I wouldn't drink it, don't pour me wine." β
Everyone was puzzled, not knowing which tendon was wrong with this eldest lady, whether she was unhappy or what. Usually you don't need to persuade yourself, you can get drunk and drunk, but today such a good wine is in front of you, but you don't want to drink anything.
Gao Fei: "Kevin has lived abroad for a long time and is a connoisseur of foreign wine, he says it is a rare good wine, why don't you taste it?" β
Xiao Ningning: "Do you want me to drink?" β
All eyes looked at him, and Gao Fei coughed lightly in embarrassment: "Of course, it's your own business that you like to drink, and I have no right to interfere." β
Xiao Ningning stared at him and didn't give up: "Do you let me drink?" β
Gao Fei replied helplessly: "Let." β
Xiao Ningning picked up the wine bottle and poured himself wine, then puffed out his cheeks funny, looked at his parents with a look of surprise, and said, "What's wrong?" Do you deny me? β
Ding Kaiwen smiled: "Ning Ning, finally someone can control you, congratulations!" β
Mrs. Xiao was happy in her eyes, and it can be seen from this little thing that her daughter is infatuated with Gao Fei.
Mrs. Xiao said while giving Gao Fei vegetables: "Gao Fei, how old are your parents this year?" β
"My father is 65 years old, and my mother is 58 years old."
"They have always lived in Tianjin?"
Gao Fei: "Yes." β
"Are there any other siblings in the family?"
"Originally, there was another sister, but when she was nine years old, she unfortunately died."
"Oh...... In this way, you are also the only child in the family, so why don't you take your parents to Shanghai to enjoy Qingfu? You can also do your filial piety. β
"I wrote to ask twice, but they are used to life in Tianjin and don't want to come to Shanghai, so all I can do is send a little more money home."
"Yes, it's understandable that older people can't leave their homeland."
Mrs. Xiao interjected: "Then what is the family's plan for your marriage with Ning Ning?" β
"This ......"
Gao Fei was difficult to answer for a while, he didn't tell his family about this at all, let alone have any plans.
Xiao Ningning: "Gao Fei, haven't you mentioned me to your parents yet?" β
Xiao Wanting: "Ning Ning, girl's family, be steady, don't make a lot of noise at every turn!" β
Gao Fei stubbornly made up nonsense little by little: "My parents have never been in good health, and it is difficult to withstand such a long distance and bumpy fatigue, coupled with rampant banditry, the road is not smooth. So I'm going to not let them come to Shanghai! β
Xiao Wanting frowned: "Marriage is not a child's play. Your parents don't attend, doesn't that seem inappropriate? β
Gao Fei: "...... There is another reason for this, that is, because of customs, my family hopes that I can go back and get married. β
Xiao Ningning: "Go to Tianjin to get married?" How's that going to work? Do we all have to go to Tianjin with our family? β
Xiao Wanting nodded: "This is really a difficult problem to solve. β
Gao Fei had an idea and said: "So I thought of a way, although my parents can't come, they still hold a wedding in Shanghai." In the future, if there is a chance, I will take Ning Ning back to Tianjin to hold it again, won't everyone be happy? β
Xiao Wanting and his wife glanced at each other and nodded, although they didn't feel very satisfied with this arrangement, but there was no better way, they couldn't let their parents risk their lives to come to Shanghai.
Xiao Ningning is now sipping wine, she heard Gao Fei say, 'I will take Ning Ning back to Tianjin to hold it again', her heart has long been happy, as for who will not come to her wedding, in her opinion, it is not so important.
Xiao Ningning blurted out: "Then when are we going to hold a wedding?" β
As soon as the words came out, she immediately realized that this sentence should not be asked by herself anyway, according to the degree of civilization of the people in this era, girls should not participate in the discussion of their marriage, let alone such an anxious bride.
Ding Kaiwen smiled: "Ning Ning, you really dare to say anything!" β
Mrs. Xiao: "Alas, fortunately, there are no outsiders today, otherwise I would have been laughed at to death!" β
Xiao Ningning blushed and said, "They all say that there are no outsiders, so what's wrong with me asking?" If I don't ask, don't you have to ask too? β
Ding Kevin quipped: "Then when do you want to get married?" β
Xiao Ningning thought about it seriously and said, "I think it will be okay next month." β
This time, even Liang's mother, who was waiting on the side, covered her mouth and snickered, and Mrs. Xiao said in a half-reprimanding and half-doting tone: "Ning Ning, are you ashamed?" Don't shut up yet! β
Xiao Wanting: "Ning Ning has no mouth, and a child has a heart. However, I do think that next month will be good as well. β
The date was set like this, as for how it was good, no one asked, and Xiao Wanting didn't say anything.
The Xiao family is anxious to let their daughter get married, Gao Fei is indifferent attitude, anyway, getting married a day earlier or a day later is a procedure that must be followed for him.