Chapter 108: Family Banquet

"Haha, okay, you've eaten enough today, you can't eat any more, I'll make it for you tomorrow." Zhang Xin looked at the noodles reluctantly and put down the chopsticks.

"Grandma Cui, my family also runs a small restaurant, but it's the first time I've eaten such delicious noodles." Grandma Cui heard that Zhang Xin's family opened a restaurant, thinking that it was no wonder that eating these sausages brought by Zhang Xin tasted so good, and a bold idea gradually took shape in her mind.

Li Cui sat at the dinner table of his house very reluctantly, opposite Li Changhui with a serious expression, and next to Li Mo, the three of them faced a table of rich dishes, and they had no appetite.

Recently, when Li Changhui was talking in the city, he was criticized by the mayor by name, saying that several anonymous letters had been sent to the mayor's office, and the content of the letters was to report Li Changhui's various bad behaviors, including collecting money and using his power to help others find positions in the steel plant, and even some people accused him of abandoning his wife, raising several women outside, and so on.

A few days ago, Mayor Wang's daughter in the city next door just met with Li Mo, and Mayor Wang was also very satisfied with Li Mo's son-in-law, and said that if Li Mo and his daughter got married, he would definitely use his connections to help Li Changhui get the position of mayor.

Li Changhui is now in a dilemma, if he doesn't try his best to fight for it, if his opponent is elected, then he will definitely not have a good time in the days to come. Now he puts his only hope on Li Mo's body, recently because of this incident, Li Cui also moved out of the house, if he hadn't personally picked her up in front of her school today, she might still be choked, and she might not come back to see it during the New Year.

Li Changhui now looks at Li Mo like a savior, with Li Changhui's so many years of hard work and mixing in the human field, he has long understood the thoughts of these two children, but now at a critical juncture related to his future, he has to give up these children's affections, and the incident with Li Mo's father back then has been pressing on his heart, and he will never accept Li Mo as his son-in-law.

"Xiao Mo, how did you feel when you saw Mayor Wang's daughter that day?" Li Mo didn't tell Li Cui that he had met with the girl, Li Cui heard Li Changhui's inquiry, didn't show too much emotion, and the hand hidden under the table squeezed his thighs tightly, trying to control himself, for fear that he would explode if he couldn't control it.

Li Mo glanced at Li Cui, ruthlessly, don't turn his head to face Li Changhui, and restrain himself from looking at her.

"Well, it's good, at first glance, it's a well-bred girl, and I can talk to it quite well." Li Mo picked up the chopsticks and pinched some food for Li Cui and put it on her plate.

"The school is not as good as home, the conditions there are not very good, you better move back to live." Li Cui tried her best to show that a younger sister should be like her brother, and picked up the dishes in the bowl and took a bite.

"No need, I'm doing well at school, and besides, my brother is not about to get married, if I live at home, it may not be suitable, so I should adapt to the environment in advance."

Li Changhui listened to the conversation between the two of them, and felt that the two children had slowly begun to accept this matter, and were very pleased, seeing that their grand cause was about to be realized, the more they thought about it, the happier they became, but they didn't expect that although their daughter was a little stubborn, she still understood the importance of it, and when she finished her studies in the future, she must find a good family for her daughter.

The nanny brought a big bowl of corn rib soup, steaming, and she had a special appetite at a glance, Li Changhui was very satisfied with Li Cui's performance today, and quickly picked up the small bowl in front of her and helped her fill a bowl of soup, the nanny knew that Li Cui couldn't eat greasy, so every time she made soup, she would carefully filter out the oil on the soup, so that it would be more refreshing to drink, but today Li Cui just took a sip, and the fishy smell of pork was close to her internal organs, and she instantly felt her stomach churning, and quickly covered her mouth and ran to the toilet.

"I'll go see her." Seeing Li Cui's reaction, Li Mo felt a little worried, and after talking to Li Changhui, he hurriedly got up and chased after him.

Li Cui was retching by the pool at home, fortunately she didn't eat much just now, otherwise her stomach would be even more uncomfortable, Li Cui vomited for a few minutes, then rinsed her mouth with the water from the faucet, and walked out. Li Mo was standing outside the door, and when he saw her coming out, he looked back at her with his eyes, and finally landed on her lower abdomen.

Li Cui was a little furious by him, and in order to avoid embarrassment, she took the initiative to speak. "Let's go, the meal isn't finished yet."

"Wait a minute." Li Mo grabbed Li Cui's arm, and his eyes glanced at Li Cui's lower abdomen again.

"You vomited a lot just now, I guess it wouldn't be." Li Mo didn't say the word pregnancy, because he knew that if this incident really happened, it would definitely be his biggest obstacle, and even more so his hesitation.

"What do you think, I just don't have a good stomach lately, so I feel nauseous when I eat greasy things, you should treat that incident as if it never happened, let's not mention it in the future, you get married and take the bright road that belongs to you." Li Cui pretended to deny it lightly, shook off his hand, and walked back to the living room.

"I'll just tell you that school is not as good as at home, you see that your stomach is broken." Although Li Changhui is snobbish and wealth-oriented, he still cares about Li Cui very much, after all, he only has such a child, and he is very distressed when he sees that Li Cui's health is not very good, and persuades her to come back and live.

"I'm doing well at school, Dad, it's not too early, I'll go back first, I still have classes tomorrow." Unable to say anything more, Li Cui picked up his coat from the hanger, draped it on his body, and ran out.

Li Cui walked alone on the asphalt road, watching the people coming and going next to her, everyone had their own story, everyone had their own safe haven, but now it seemed that it was just her wishful thinking.

Li Cui clutched her stomach, squatted on the edge of the sidewalk, and cried bitterly.

Li Mo and Li Changhui chatted in the living room for a while, Li Changhui had the intention of cultivating Li Mo to enter the government and work in the government from a long time ago, after all, it is better to have someone close to him than to trust those who do not know the bottom, Li Changhui analyzed the current policies and trends for Li Mo, and also briefly introduced the municipal government, several very important people in the house, Li Mo's brain is very good, and because he used to be a soldier, he is thoughtful and decisive, Li Changhui is secretly glad that he adopted Li Mo in the first place, Although it was with guilt back then.

Li Mo returned to the bedroom, locked the door gently, and suddenly seemed to be a different person, his eyes were full of helplessness and sadness, he picked up a photo of his bedside, it was Li Cui's birthday last year, Li Cui had to pull him to take a photo as a souvenir, the person in the photo smiled brightly, Li Mo rubbed Li Cui in the photo with his fingertips, and his eyes exuded endless sadness.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, but I have to finish this, and when I'm done, I'll take you away, let's go to a place where there is no one and live well."

Zhang Xin washed the dishes and sorted out these herbs in the yard with Grandma Cui, some of the parts of these herbs were different today, some herbs had to use their leaves, and the roots of some herbs had medicinal value, Zhang Xin thought it was very interesting, so she stayed in the yard and listened carefully to Grandma Cui's explanation.

The dog took the snake and went outside, he wanted to take out the snake gall bladder of the snake, wash it and put it together with these herbs, and play a medicinal effect together, Zhang Xin had not seen what structure was in the snake's body, but thinking that the scene was still a little bloody, he didn't go to see it.

After a while, Lynch came back from outside, he had just finished eating and went to the village chief's house, and told him that the history and culture of the village were very worthy of study, and that he hoped to stay for two more days and study it well.