Chapter 80 Know how to measure, know how to advance and retreat

The housekeeper took the kitten down, the old man didn't stop it, and everyone in the audience looked at each other, is this left?

"Let's get to know my family." The old man waved his hand.

It's really left!

Regardless of the future of the cat, the old man accepted what he had intended to refuse.

Everyone couldn't help but be a little impressed by Lu Mingqiao, the so-called bold and careful, probably that's it, but unfortunately, none of them tried to send the cat.

Jiang Zhili glanced at Lu Mingqiao, and only felt that this girl's thoughtfulness was a little scary, just by summarizing the old man's preferences in the public information, and convincing him to accept it when the old man had already refused, this was not an ordinary person.

Jiang Zhili took Jiang Chen to know his family, Jiang Chen pulled Lu Mingqiao throughout the whole process and didn't let go, he wouldn't leave her alone.

The scene just now made him sweat, and he wanted to help her several times, but she resolved it calmly and calmly.

Especially watching her go all out and strive for it, he was very moved, people have to work hard for what they want to do, and they have to exhaust it, don't keep it.

If the old man refuses for the first time, she will stop there, this cat will not be sent out today, let alone have a confrontation.

And Lu Mingqiao's hanging heart also fell, if the old man really didn't want it, she had no choice, but as a salesperson, she always wanted to maximize her efforts, and maybe it would be done.

As a result, as she wished.

This made Lin Ning very embarrassed, originally she planned to take advantage of the old man's birthday to make her relationship with Jiang Chen public, when both of them were not present, Lin Ning had already paved the plot for a long time, what two people do projects together, they both work in the same company, they are all academic tyrants and so on, now it's okay, Jiang Chen not only came, but also brought his girlfriend, Lin Ning suddenly became a joke.

Especially Jiang Chen and Lu Mingqiao, the two of them were brought in by Jiang Zhili, and looking at their clothes, they are more like a small couple, reasonable and legal.

And if Lin Ning really had such a good relationship with Jiang Chen as she said, why didn't she come with Jiang Chen.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this Miss Lin came by herself, wishful thinking, don't slap her face too loudly.

Therefore, Lin Ning felt that she had lost a lot of face, especially when Lu Mingqiao fought with the old man, she didn't lose, she underestimated this woman too much.

After such a fuss, when Jiang Zhili took Jiang Chen and Lu Mingqiao to introduce people, although everyone didn't know Lu Mingqiao's details, they were quite polite to her.

The matter of sending the cat was accidentally hit and hit crookedly, making people really mistakenly think that Jiang Zhili told Lu Mingqiao to send it like this, doesn't this also mean that Jiang Zhili agreed to the matter of the two?

When the father agrees, it is naturally difficult for outsiders to say anything.

Following Jiang Chen in a big circle, Lu Mingqiao found that there were some people, but Jiang Zhili didn't introduce them to them.

"Uncle Jiang, who are they?" Lu Mingqiao pointed to the women who had good faces and good figures.

"Just like you." Jiang Zhili said.

Well? What does it mean to be like her?

Before Lu Mingqiao could understand it, Jiang Zhili was going to take Jiang Chen away.

"Let's go, Xiaochen, go and tell your grandfather about your work and your future plans."

Jiang Chen looked at Lu Mingqiao, worried that she would be bullied alone.

"Oh, what are you worried about such a smart person as her, and you can't lose it, hurry up and follow me, I'm going to eat in a while." Jiang Zhili dragged Jiang Chen.

"Go ahead, I'm fine." As long as she doesn't deal with the old man, she has nothing to be nervous about.

Jiang Chen was pulled away by Jiang Zhili, Lu Mingqiao stood alone in the hall, surrounded by people in twos and threes, all of them were familiar and chatting with each other, she didn't know anyone well, so no one talked to her.

It's still a bit confusing.

"Although you are shameless, you are really good-looking." A woman walked over with two glasses of champagne and handed Lu Mingqiao a glass.

Lu Mingqiao looked at this woman in a small white dress, and only felt that she was so familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere.

"You don't know me? I'm Yan Yan. The woman introduced herself.

Yan Yan, female star Yan Yan, a newcomer who has been in the limelight in the past two years, has acted in many TV series.

No wonder a newcomer suddenly appeared, and it turned out that he had caught up with the Jiang family.

"That's my boyfriend." She gestured to a man not far away.

Lu Mingqiao looked over, it was Jiang Zhiyi's youngest son Jiang Ming, and he was also Jiang Chen's cousin.

This boy has found a female star to be his girlfriend, but it can be regarded as a fixed match, it is quite common for the rich second generation to praise female stars, especially to make an unknown newcomer popular, if you don't like it, you won't spend so much money.

They were all brought to the family banquet, and they must have planned to marry.

"See the girls?" Yan Yan pointed to the people Lu Mingqiao had noticed just now.

"They were all brought in by the sons and daughters of the Jiang family, from all walks of life, but no one can be pulled to the old man like you."

When Lu Mingqiao heard this, he suddenly realized, no wonder Jiang Zhili said that like her, these are some women that the Jiang family disagrees with, but the little sons can't be separated!

In this way, she really resembles them.

"So, I can understand what you just said, you are complimenting me?" Lu Mingqiao asked, saying that it didn't matter if she was shameless, and that she was good-looking, he was praising her.

"Of course it's a compliment on you, if we had half of your courage, we wouldn't be able to marry now." Yan Yan said that although people in the entertainment industry are thicker and have stronger psychological quality, they don't dare to make mistakes in front of the powerful, for fear that a mistake will ruin their future.

Therefore, you can only be obedient, well-behaved, and gentle, so that you can rely on your boyfriend to give you some resources, although the family does not recognize your identity, but in the end you can still get real benefits.

"Look at that girl, I knew the third son Jiang Yuan when I was in college, and I have been with him for seven years, and after graduation, I raised her like a canary, I don't go to work, I just learn illustration, painting, and playing the piano all day long, and I haven't said that I want to marry her." Although Yan Yan is also a person who can't get married, they also have a chain of contempt, she has a job anyway, and she can still live if she leaves the Jiang family.

But can a canary?

The best ending for the little finches is to be so nameless and unshared, and if it is not good, it will be miserable in their own way.

"So, what do you do?" Yan Yan asked.

"Start a company." Lu Mingqiao told the truth.

"Then you are very remarkable, you should be able to enter the eyes of the old man in business." After knowing what Lu Mingqiao was doing, Yan Yan admired her even more.

Lu Mingqiao smiled and didn't answer her.

"Where are you sitting at dinner?" Yan Yan asked Lu Mingqiao again.

At this moment, everyone has been going to the restaurant one after another.

What does this mean when she asks this, doesn't she have a seat? Shouldn't it, the visitors are guests, are they eating, let her watch?

"You're here for the first time, don't you know? When eating, only the Jiang family will be at one table, and we, the guests, will be assigned a separate table. Yan Yan said scientifically.

So that's the case, Lu Mingqiao nodded.

In fact, to put it bluntly, she is indeed a guest.

But with such a point, it seems that they don't take them seriously, which means that they are not qualified to go to the Jiang family's dinner table, this kind of division is still very hurtful to people's self-esteem, but this can't blame anyone, if you feel that it hurts your self-esteem, don't come, don't you still rush to come, you have to bear it.

If this is the case, then there is nothing to be done, for today's scene, Lu Mingqiao feels that he is already very friendly to her.

She looked at Jiang Chen, still talking to the old man, when Lin Ning came to her with a group of people.

Lin Ning lost both face and face today, so she couldn't afford to lose, so she told people Lu Mingqiao's personal information everywhere.

said that she is old, born in a small rural area, with a bachelor's degree, but she is quite scheming, relying on her posture to charm Jiang Chen, and she is a ruthless woman who will do whatever it takes to marry a wealthy family.

Originally, everyone was not convinced by her, and when they said this, they looked at her with disdain.

It's not terrible to fish for girls, but I'm afraid that fishing girls are educated, but the result is not so literate, and I went to study the books that the old man reads, and I really do everything.

"Miss Lu, where is home?" A lady asked.

"What's the matter?" When Lu Mingqiao saw that they were with Lin Ning, he felt that these people should have no good intentions.

"I heard Lin Ning say that you are from the countryside? And then only went to college? This tone is as bad as only going to elementary school.

"That's right." Lu Mingqiao admitted.

The disdain on the faces of this group of people is even stronger, this kind of phoenix woman is the most scheming, which one of the academic qualifications present is not above her?

I dare to show off this condition.

"Then you have to eat more later, after all, if you don't come here, you may not be able to eat in your life, and there are things that you may not have seen, so increase your knowledge." The meaning of these words is obvious, it is to humiliate Lu Mingqiao.

Yan Yan looked at Lu Mingqiao, under normal circumstances, they, the guests and girls, choose to endure it, because if they are tough, they will only cause trouble for their boyfriends, and if they make their boyfriends angry, they will not have good fruit to eat.

They're used to this kind of cynicism.

"I think it's unlucky for you to say this, old man's birthday, you said that I have never seen anything at a birthday banquet in my life? Then you can think about it, what is it that makes a big living person unable to eat and see for a lifetime? "It's not something from the underworld, so I've never seen it.

Lu Mingqiao said very vaguely, without a single dirty word, but it was enough for people to understand.

The face of this scolded lady changed, but she didn't expect this woman's reaction to be unusual.

If the average girl wants to hear this, don't they all have tears in their eyes, and they are aggrieved and forbearing?

Why did she understand that meaning? If you say this at the old man's birthday banquet, I'm afraid you don't want to live, right?

"Come with me to the old man to comment on the theory, and I will also ask what rare things you have prepared, so that people have never seen them." Lu Ming Qiao Chen didn't react to the woman, and grabbed the woman's wrist.

"Ahh

"You let go of me!" Can't go, won't it be over if you go?

Lin Ning pushed Lu Mingqiao away, and Lu Mingqiao fell down, and she would do the same if she touched porcelain.

Originally, the screams of the noble lady had already attracted people's attention, so when Lin Ning pushed Lu Mingqiao, the old man and his party happened to look over.

Jiang Chen saw Lu Mingqiao being pushed down, so he hurriedly walked over and helped her up.

"Miss Lin, what are you doing?"

"I didn't push her either! I just pulled them both apart. Lin Ning explained that she didn't expect things to turn out like this.

"She didn't push me." Lu Mingqiao stroked his clothes, pulled Jiang Chen and said, "It's a good day, don't pursue it, let's go to the restaurant." ”

After finishing speaking, he pulled Jiang Chen and left the scene, and there was a reason for leaving quickly, because if they didn't leave, it would be easy for people to think that they were quarreling, and to withdraw quickly was to transfer the gunpowder to Lin Ning and them, and let them explain.

After this woman caused a storm, she actually left lightly, leaving Lin Ning and the others speechless, it really seemed that she bullied Lu Mingqiao, and Lu Mingqiao was generous and didn't care.

What's going on?!

Jiang Zhili came over with a bad face and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Third uncle, don't blame me." The noble lady explained, still hiding behind Lin Ning.

"Xiao Ning, I know you are angry, but on different occasions, don't make trouble at the old man's birthday banquet, you take care of the overall situation, if you really feel that you can't live with Lu Mingqiao, you can go back first."

Jiang Zhili's euphemistic wording was actually driving her.

"Uncle Jiang, are you driving me away?" Lin Ning was so angry that she almost cried, her eyes were red, she was also a strong person since she was a child, and now she can't be bullied.

"It's better to go back, you and she can't both sit at the main table, what is it like?" He reminded Lin Ning again.

"Can she sit at the main table? How can it be? Lin Ning asked, the old man was too easy to talk to.

"Whether you can or not, you don't have a chance to sit next to Xiaochen, it's not me who speaks for her, it's me who is saving your respect, it's better to go back."

Jiang Zhili's words still have some truth, so far, Lin Ning has been crushed by Lu Mingqiao and has no power to resist, and she still thinks that she can win back a game by eating later.

But there's only one chance left, what if you lose again? Then she will be completely laughed at to death.

She calmed down and went over to say goodbye to the old man.

All the staff arrived at the restaurant, the restaurant was very large, and there were really two tables.

It is a long table with a separate meal system, and the tableware on the table is very elegant, the Kunting tableware of Yishui, the chopsticks on the main table are ebony and gold-inlay, and the chopsticks on the guests' table are inlaid with silver, always reminding them that these people can not look at the door that can enter the Jiang family, but they can't get on the main table of the Jiang family.

Although inlaid with silver, there are more than 2,000 pairs of chopsticks.

The housekeeper came to Lu Mingqiao and asked, "Miss Lu, where are you sitting?" ”

Lu Mingqiao looked at the old man, he lowered his eyes and crossed the two walnuts in his hand, and never looked at them.

And the housekeeper didn't arrange where she sit, but came up to ask.

This is a bit interesting, if she dares to sit at the main table without her strength, the old man will probably have to treat her.

I can tolerate her for a while, because he does have feelings for cats, but it doesn't mean that he can always let her.

It's to see if she understands proportion.

"I'm sitting here." Lu Mingqiao pointed to the guests' tables.

"I have to trouble you to go back to the old man, just say that I know the sense of proportion and will not offend, and the other thing is that Jiang Chen and I will make a living first, and then seek love, and we will not mess around, so let him rest assured."

The butler smiled, and then went to whisper a few words in the old man's ear.

After listening to this, the old man said, "Let's serve the food." ”

Jiang Chen saw Lu Mingqiao sitting at the guest table, and wanted to move to that table, but Jiang Zhili held him down, he hoped that there would be no more turmoil, and it would be stopped.

"She picked it herself, it's the most suitable, you've embarrassed her in the past."

Lu Mingqiao looked at Jiang Chen and motioned for him to eat.

"Why didn't you go to that table?" Yan Yan asked in a low voice.

"Not then."

The dishes of this birthday banquet are also very unique.

The old man's three sons were all not to be outdone, and the three families invited three celebrity chefs each.

The per capita consumption of the restaurant where the celebrity chef is located is tens of thousands of yuan, and ordinary people can't afford it.

But it's not ordinary to have money, not to mention the dishes, even the chef can invite him to his home.

However, no matter how extravagant the dishes are, with Jiang Chen's bowl of longevity noodles and jade in front, these refined, beautiful, and strange things are overshadowed.

"Look at this fairy grass silver chrysanthemum soup." Yan Yan gave Lu Ming Qiao Science again.

"In the middle is a piece of tofu, 108 knives each cut horizontally and vertically, no chef with ten years of knife work can't cut this, it must be as thin as a thread, this soup is selected from five years of old chicken boiled for 24 hours, the soup is clear and delicious."

Lu Mingqiao felt that it was quite eye-opening, if you want to say how different the food of the wealthy is, then no, just this tofu, who has never seen it and who has not eaten it?

But the difference is that no one's tofu can cut it into flowers with 108 knives, and then simmer this piece of tofu in chicken broth for 24 hours.

Things may not be as rare as the lady said, but the approach is different.

The dishes of the whole birthday banquet are also very Chinese, there is no imaginary big fish and meat, mountain and sea delicacies, if you have to use one word to describe it, that is, the eggplant that Grandma Liu ate in the Grand View Garden.

Wang Xifeng said: "This eggplant is not difficult, you pick the eggplant to the skin, only leave the meat, cut into dices and fry it with chicken oil, and then use chicken shop meat, mushrooms, new bamboo shoots, mushrooms, dried beans, all kinds of dried fruits cut into dices, simmer dry with chicken soup, collect the sesame oil, and then mix it with bad oil, put it in a porcelain jar, and take it out when you eat." ”

After hearing this, Grandma Liu shook her head: "My Buddha! Pour ten chickens to go with this eggplant! Strange smell! ”

That's the essence.

In the upper class society, contrary to ordinary people, why is chicken not more expensive than eggplant?

But people use chicken as a foil to eggplant.

Just like this bowl of fairy grass and silver chrysanthemum soup, it doesn't matter how old the hen is, or how long it has been boiled, it is all for this piece of tofu.

Lu Mingqiao felt that it was far from being as real as a bowl of clear soup noodles.

After eating, the old man called Lu Mingqiao for the first time and wanted to talk to her alone.