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"Promotion? Of course not. How do you know how to think about this! Dad put his mobile phone and wallet on the coffee table, sat down next to Wu Xiaolang, and continued: "Besides, your dad and I have just been promoted to the position of director, and we haven't made any achievements, how can we rise so quickly." ”

"What's the good news?"

Wu Xiaolang looked at his mother, who was full of smiles, but did not answer Wu Xiaolang: "Ask your father!" I'm going to cook for you two. ”

"Your mother is embarrassed! Ha ha! ”

Dad smiled on the side, and then said to Wu Xiaolang: "That's the case, won't it be the twentieth anniversary of my marriage with your mother in a few days......

"Oh, that's the good news........."

Wu Xiaolang was a little deflated when he heard this, he thought it was good news.

Mom and Dad have to celebrate their wedding anniversary every year, and when I was a child, I would take my whole family to play together, which would be a big day to look forward to in Wu Xiaolang's heart.

But since he grew up, his parents no longer brought their big light bulbs when they went out to eat delicious food and have fun on their wedding anniversary, Wu Xiaolang finally struggled to go out to play once a few years ago, but after being shown a face of affection, Wu Xiaolang is now not interested in mixing with his parents' wedding anniversary.

"You kid, your parents have been married for twenty years, why are you unhappy?"

"What do I have to be happy about, and you don't take me out to play......"

"This ......"

Dad's face was a little embarrassed, and he said, "This time, the unit has dedicated 20 years to the unit in order to reward me and your mother, so we took a month's vacation to travel around Europe, cough!" It just so happens that Xiao Yu is also on summer vacation, if you want to go with us, it's not impossible to ........."

"What? Travelling around Europe? Still a month? ”

Wu Xiaolang's eyes widened, the fairy tales he read when he was a child were all about Europe, what castle king, princess, witch...... In fact, he has long wanted to go to Europe to play.

"Yes, it's all arranged by the unit, if you want to go along, we only need to pay for another person."

Dad was sitting precariously, and while talking, he secretly glanced at Wu Xiaolang.

At that time, the country was in a hot period of reform and opening up, and talents in finance and economics at all levels of government were particularly scarce, so his parents were arranged together to the subordinate institutions of the Ministry of Finance of City A as soon as they left the university, and later got married, and gave birth to Wu Xiaolang two years later......

This kind of diligent and down-to-earth qualifications, let alone government departments, even in private companies, will give big welfare rewards to the two couples on their 20th wedding anniversary.

"Uh......"

Wu Xiaolang just wanted to thank his father happily, but when he saw his father sitting next to him with a little embarrassment, he suddenly became embarrassed.

Looking at Dad's expression, it is clear that he doesn't want to let his light bulb go bad, and he and Mom's European two-person world is sweet for a month, but he is embarrassed to say it directly!

"Or ...... I'm not going? ”

Wu Xiaolang looked at his father tentatively.

Dad was really happy, but he still cleared his throat and said in an official tone: "This, you can go to the drop!" But if you really don't want to go, your mother and I won't object........."

"Humph! Is it biological? ”

Wu Xiaolang complained in his heart, and said quietly: "Then I'll stay at home, don't go." ”

"Haha! Good son! ”

Dad hugged Wu Xiaolang under his arm: "But after all, your mother and I have been gone for a month, and your mother and I are still very worried about you being home alone, I have already told your Uncle Li, you can go to him for anything this month, and he will help you." Don't worry about eating, just go to your Uncle Li, and I'll settle the bill when I come back. ”

"Hmph~ Dad, you're exposed, you didn't plan to take me on a trip at all, so you have already arranged these......"

Wu Xiaolang was embarrassed again, and his father was no longer embarrassed, but laughed and said, "Next time!" Next time we'll go play together as a family of three. ”

"Okay......" Wu Xiaolang shrugged helplessly, and said, "You can rest assured that I'm home alone, I will take care of myself." ”

Thinking of staying at home alone for a month, Wu Xiaolang's heart suddenly became inexplicably refreshed, in fact, it is good to think about it carefully at home alone, so that he can bring Xiaoxue home as a guest, hehe!

"That's not going to work!"

Here, my mother came from the kitchen wearing an apron.

"How can I let Xiao Yu be alone at home without control?"

"Discipline? Mom, I'm so old, do I still need to be restrained? ”

"Of course! It is said on the Internet that teenagers are the most likely to learn badly, especially after the sudden freedom of the environment. In the past, your father and I have always watched you, of course you are honest, but your parents are suddenly not by your side, you are not heavenly! ”

"Hey!"

Wu Xiaolang was depressed, and his mother loved the fuss articles on the WeChat circle of friends. Although my mother can distinguish most of the foolish articles on WeChat, she still can't avoid the vulgar choice to believe some articles about the healthy growth of teenagers.

"And how do you want to control me? Why don't you take me on a trip! Anyway, I'd love to go! Wu Xiaolang spread out his hand, looking indifferent.

"Then you don't have to ......" Mom smiled happily and said to Wu Xiaolang: "I have already thought about it, when I go to Europe with your father, I will let your cousin come here to watch you, your cousin is a top student of Peking University, let your cousin come to see your parents rest assured!" ”

"Cousin?" Wu Xiaolang was surprised: "Is it my aunt's cousin?" ”

"Or do you have a second cousin?"

Mom gave Wu Xiaolang a blank look, and then went back to the kitchen to pick vegetables.

"Dad! Do you really want your cousin to come? ”

"Yes, I have already spoken to your aunt and uncle on the phone, they just received a scientific research project, and they are busy during the summer vacation, so they don't have time to accompany Mengting at home. Just let your cousin come to our house, didn't you sister and brother have a very good relationship when they were young, with your cousin here, your mother and I will also feel at ease. ”

"That's ......"

Wu Xiaolang was a little entangled, he didn't reject his cousin coming, and he was a little happy.

It's just that what he's worried about is that his cousin is now a slim and mature girl, and when his parents are not at home, will it be inconvenient and embarrassing for him to share a room with his cousin in a lonely room or something?

It's okay if you don't have a blood relationship, but it's embarrassing because of blood relationship!

"Xiao Yu! It's your mother's decision, and neither of us has a problem! Dad looked at Wu Xiaolang's face and seemed to be very reluctant, patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "But your mother is right, your cousin is a good student with excellent character and learning, this time you should take this opportunity to study more with your cousin." ”

"Okay......"

Wu Xiaolang nodded, anyway, there are so many rooms at home, and it is not inconvenient for my cousin to come and live for a month.

"When your cousin comes, you will also take your cousin to have a good time in our city A for a few days."

"Hmm."

Dad saw that Wu Xiaolang's ideological work had been done, so he happily got up and went to the kitchen to help Wu Xiaolang's mother, although there are not many dishes to buy today, but later my mother will show her skills to make a table of Huaiyang dishes from her hometown.

The popularity of Huaiyang cuisine is the lowest among China's major cuisines, and Huaiyang restaurants are rarely seen in other places except for the Huai'an area of Yangzhou.

There are countless Sichuan restaurants in the streets and alleys, and there are many restaurants and restaurants that specialize in Shandong cuisine, Cantonese cuisine and other cuisines, but only Huaiyang cuisine does not seem to be favored by restaurants.

And the reason is because Huaiyang cuisine is the most delicate, just like the Jiangnan brocade embroidery, a dish has to be prepared for a few days and nights, all kinds of dishes have very high requirements for knife skills, and it is naturally very time-consuming to do, and it is difficult to popularize among the people.

But in the high-end banquets and state banquets in the Great Hall of the People, Huaiyang cuisine is definitely the protagonist.

"Dad, are you going to travel around Europe this time, will you go to Turkey and Ukraine? I read the news that it was a mess over there......"

Wu Xiaolang is a liberal arts student, he pays more attention to current affairs, and knows that Europe is not peaceful now, not only the situation in Turkey and Ukraine is turbulent, but also terrorist attacks often break out in Central and Western Europe, and he wants to persuade his parents not to go to unstable places.

"Don't worry! This trip around Europe is arranged by the organization, and we are also going with a couple of old cadres in Beijing, I heard that they are not small, there will be special people to accompany and protect them along the way, and our ambassadors in various countries will also arrange all the way, and there is absolutely no problem with safety. ”

Dad is deboning the fresh osmanthus fish, and Mom is going to make squirrel osmanthus fish tonight.

"Besides, it's not as messy as you think, news, you know. Help me get the scissors ......"

Wu Xiaolang handed the scissors to his father and asked on the side, "Then which country did you start traveling around Europe from?" ”

Although there are many European countries, but the place is just that place, the total area is about the same size as China's land area, and Europe has never had an emperor like Qin Shi Huang who shook the past and the present, otherwise Europe can become a unified country.

Conversely, if China had not had the unification of the Six Kingdoms by the First Emperor at the end of the Warring States Period, it is likely that China would have now been divided into countless smaller states that also used the Latin script, but were different, as Europe did.

"You're in the right question!"

Dad looked at Wu Xiaolang and said with interest: "This trip around Europe is exquisite, if you want to experience the most glorious Renaissance era from modern society to Europe, then you have to take Britain as the preferred starting point from west to east; And if you want to experience the slow transition from the Renaissance to the Industrial Age, the first place to start is Istanbul, Turkey. Then gradually head west from Turkey. ”

"For Mao is Istanbul, Turkey?" Wu Xiaolang held his chin and wondered, "Isn't the Renaissance mainly in Italy?" ”

"Uh... It's not because Turkey is in the east of Europe! In terms of tourist routes, it is more efficient to go to Istanbul first and then to Greece and Rome........."

"Oh..."

Wu Xiaolang nodded, and continued to listen to his father's various literary and historical science, plus Kan Dashan...... Since he was a child, Wu Xiaolang likes to listen to his father talk about these novel things, and his father seems to be very satisfied with telling his son about them.

The dinner was very rich, although my mother belonged to the level of Huaiyang cuisine, but after all, she had practiced for so many years, and her skills were at least passable, which was much better than Wu Xiaolang's mother who knew almost nothing about Huaiyang cuisine in her hometown when she was a child.

During the meal, Wu Xiaolang had already learned their specific itinerary from his parents, and his parents' visas would be issued three days later, which was a special case, and his father was not a big leader, and he did not need to be strictly censored when he went abroad.

Three days later, my cousin, who was far away in Huangshan City, would arrive in City A, and my parents specially instructed that Wu Xiaolang didn't have to go to the airport to see them off that day, and went directly to the train station to pick up my cousin!

"It's okay for my cousin to come, but I don't know if she knows how to avoid it after she brings Xiaoxue to the house......"

With this doubt, Wu Xiaolang went back to the room.