Yang Chengbi listened to her daughter's speech, her eyes looked lovingly at He Tianran, who had turned her head and quietly rubbed her eyes, she stroked the back of the child's head, and the other party seemed to be trying to maintain a normal demeanor in social situations, and smiled shyly at Yang Chengbi.

The woman quipped to her husband:

"Do you understand what the kids just said?"

Cao Fengyao sighed, pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and shook his head:

"It's cloudy and foggy, and it's the same as those romance TV series on TV now, it's too far away for me to experience it, and I don't understand it very well."

Yang Chengbi asked with a smile and precision:

"Then did you understand what your daughter just said?"

Cao Fengyao glared at his wife, didn't he just say that his elbow would not be turned out? Seeing this, Cao Aiqing hurriedly picked up the dishes and put them in his father's bowl, and said obediently:

"Oh, Dad~~ We're telling the truth!"

Cao Fengyao was caught between these two women, and he was really in a dilemma, and now he had a daughter and a wife, and there was no one to unite with him.

"Yes, you are telling the truth, I can understand it, you will stand with this kid today, it's not that he doesn't love it, but Qingqing, don't forget, after this kid left last time, I still remember what you said to my father."

Cao Aiqing made a big red face with a "sigh", looking at her parents who understood and smiled at the corners of their mouths, among the people present now, only He Tianran didn't know why.

"Let's eat."

didn't let her daughter continue to be embarrassed, Cao Fengyao picked up the chopsticks again and started again.

After the previous Q&A, He Tianran's spirit gradually relaxed, and he passed the most difficult hurdle of meeting his parents this time, but this does not mean that Cao's father and Cao's mother's "investigation" of him is over.

Especially Cao Fengyao, thinking that his father-in-law made things difficult for him in every way, and it was to investigate his knowledge and character, but he spent a lot of effort to marry Yang Chengbi, and now it is his turn to be this father-in-law, and finally realized the feeling that the cabbage was arched by a pig, how can he easily give up and let go of He Tianran?

He thought for a while and said, "Xiaohe, just now Qingqing said that you are already working, is it an internship?" ”

"Yes."

"At your company?"

"No, my dad arranged for me to join Sequoia Capital, and I am currently following an uncle, doing chores and learning investment from him."

He Tianran replied respectfully.

"Ah, that's a great opportunity, you have to make the most of it......"

"Well, I understand, thank you Professor Cao for your concern......"

“……”

“……”

After answering this, the two of them were silent for a while.

What Cao Fengyao thought to himself was, huh? What did my father-in-law ask me before?

And He Tianran was thinking, a little nervous, what is Professor Cao going to ask me later?

Fortunately, at this time, Cao Aiqing gave He Tianran a look, and the girl looked at the gift they brought when they came, He Tianran understood, and immediately got up and said:

"By the way, Professor Cao, I came over this time and brought you and your aunt a few bottles of wine, why don't we try it?"

After he left the table, he took out two high-end wines, one red and one white, from the plastic bag he brought and handed them to Yang Chengbi.

"You should take it out earlier, you guys just drink white, I'll taste this red wine when it wakes up, Xiao Ai, today my mother can make you make an exception, do you want to have some?"

"Okay~"

Cao Aiqing nodded obediently.

Yang Chengbi got up and brought the wine glass, He Tianran unpacked the liquor package, and filled the wine bottle with both hands for Cao Fengyao.

And in between pouring wine, Yang Chengbi suddenly asked:

"Xiao He, what were you talking to Feng Yao about in the living room just now?"

"Uh......"

He Tianran thought about how to speak, after all, the question just now was not suitable for mentioning in the context of eating.

Fortunately, Cao Fengyao didn't mind this, and took the initiative to say:

"Just now he asked where our cat went, and Ai Qing told him before."

Cao Aiqing, who was picking up vegetables, took a slap of chopsticks, and a little sadness appeared on his face.

Yang Chengbi glanced at her husband reproachfully when she heard this, but also sighed and recalled:

"Think about it, the Bodhisattva has been in our house for more than ten years, right? I remember that it seems to have been bought by Xiao Ai when he was a child, how old is it? ”

"I was six years old, because I happened to be in the first grade at the time, and I got a perfect score on my first exam."

Cao Aiqing added.

Yang Chengbi smiled: "Yes, fourteen years, the Bodhisattva has blessed our family for fourteen years, and now that Xiao Ai Qing has grown up, he will have to rely on himself when he is outside in the future." ”

"Okay~!"

Cao Aiqing raised her little face, showing her playful side in front of her parents.

"Of course, if you can't rely on yourself, you can also rely on Xiaohe~"

Yang Chengbi patted He Tianran on the shoulder.

"Mom~!!"

Listening to the conversation between their mother and daughter, He Tianran felt very interesting, having such a wife and daughter shows how happy Cao Fengyao's family is in normal times, but He Tianran didn't dare to really give the words of the future mother-in-law next, at least for now, the father-in-law is still eyeing himself......

He Tianran raised his wine glass, the two of them touched it, and he asked, "Professor Cao, I'm actually quite curious, why does a cat choose to name it 'Bodhisattva'?" ”

After a glass of wine, Cao Fengyao let out a shallow "tsk" and opened the chatterbox.

"That will be busy with work, with Qingqing they get together less and more, remember that year I was studying in Dunhuang, Ai Qing called me to talk about family life, I happened to finish watching the Guanyin Bodhisattva in Cave 57 to listen to the Dharma map, I remember this very clearly, Ai Qing told me that I bought a cat at home, and asked me what the name was, I thought for a while, and turned my head to look around, and said that it was simply called. Bodhisattva'Okay, bless Xiao Ai Qing with healthy growth, cat, anyway, it is also offered at home, but I didn't expect it, the Bodhisattva really accompanied Qingqing for 14 years. ”

"I see."

He Tianran listened carefully, and saw Cao Aiqing looking at him with a smile, and his heart was sweet.

He knew that Cao Fengyao could tell the details of these families, which could be regarded as having a little trust in himself, which meant that he, an outsider, was slowly integrating into this family.

It's just that Cao Fengyao didn't make him happy for too long, and it was estimated that he was talking and thinking, and he thought of an idea to test He Tian's nature, so he asked casually:

"By the way, Xiaohe, test you, do you know how Guanyin Bodhisattva came from?"

“……”

I'm from India.

He Tianran almost blurted out, but fortunately, the words stopped the car.

If this question can be connected, it will definitely add points, but if the answer is too thin, it is better not to say, but the context of religious history is too complicated, it is a serious book to go up, trace the prototype, He Tianran is absolutely not that ability, not to mention that the person sitting next to him is a historical master, since he can ask it, he must have the answer in his heart, and face the battle head-on, it's okay to say it right, and if it's wrong, it can only be an axe.

However, Brother Natural is not a fuel-efficient lamp, not to mention the gold content of this librarian, on this issue, he pulls back to his strong field, and he can still answer the right questions.

So, what are his strengths?

Tell a story!

I saw him pause, and said without thinking:

"Professor Cao, I know less about the things in the official history, but Buddhism has been transmitted to our Middle Earth after thousands of years of development, and a lot of history has been combined with our folk customs and entertainment, for example, after you asked this question, I thought of a play in our traditional opera, called "Guanyin Dedao", I think I may be able to answer your question from the perspective of folk entertainment."

"Oh? Let's hear it. ”

Cao Fengyao was interested, he didn't expect He Tianran, who studied finance, to really talk to himself on this issue.

The eyes of several people converged on He Tianran, he looked around, cleared his throat, and said:

The general content of this play is to say that Guanyin was a third princess named Miao Shan in her previous life, one day, her father King Miao Zhuang chose a son-in-law for Miao Shan, Miao Shan was dedicated to the Buddha, and he was definitely unwilling, so he left the palace and entered the White Bird Temple as a nun.

Now, her father is not happy, forcing Miaoshan to return to the vulgar, and Miaoshan saw the suffering of the world, set up the ambition of Pudu sentient beings, and resolutely refused, King Miaozhuang thought that you are a good princess, you want to be a nun, this is not to lose the royal face?

So, in a fit of rage, he put his daughter to death. ”

Hearing this, Cao Aiqing let out an "ah" and said, "Then this King Miaozhuang is a little inexplicable, so he will put his daughter to death?" ”

He Tianran smiled: "I ignored some plots, but the result is like this, in fact, many stories in ancient times, it is not to tell you logic, but to convey a thought to you, so in the eyes of our modern people, what I think is unreasonable is very fresh in the eyes of the ancients." ”

Yang Chengbi was also curious: "What about later?" Since this play is called "Guanyin Attains the Tao", Guanyin can't just ...... Well, go, right? ”

"Of course it's not over yet."

He Tianran continued:

"This is wonderful, people have set up great ambitions to purify all sentient beings, and the gods in the sky are watching, so they didn't die in the end.

It's just that later the king of Miaozhuang burned down the White Bird Temple, which made a big taboo, and soon after, he was infected with a strange disease, and he needed to get the hands and eyes of his relatives to be cured.

Hand and eye, that is really a hard cut and ripped of things, if it is gone, it is really gone, Miaozhuang Wang and his relatives are unwilling, at this time only Miaoshan stood up and offered his hands and eyes to heal his father.

After that, King Miaozhuang had clear eyes, and finally saw the true face of the relatives and ministers around him, and the relationship with Miaoshan eased, and finally it was the father and daughter who were filial for so long.

Later, after the death of the king of Miaozhuang, the soul came to hell to be tried, because of the evil done in life, was sentenced to eternal life, Miaoshan knew the news, then hung a rope around his waist, then a zhang zhang went to hell to cry out for his father, saying that he burned the White Bird Temple is not the original intention of his father, but a traitor's trick, hoping that the Buddha will read his filial piety and forgive his father.

However, the rules of heaven do not tolerate it, and there are no two methods, and such wicked people must not be spared.

At this time, Miao Shan said that if the Buddha refused to accept the favor, she could be punished for her elderly father.

The judge upheld the original verdict, and the Buddha was not persuading, so Miao Shan cut the rope and fell into the abyss for her father, and just after she practiced her words, in the depths of hell, a lotus platform slowly rose, and I saw Miao Shan sitting on it. ”

After He Tianran finished speaking, everyone was immersed in the story, this answer may not be as good as the standard answer in Cao Fengyao's heart, but it can also be called a different way, and the answer is very clever.

"This story seems to be a bit of a foolish and filial piety, moral kidnapping."

Yang Chengbi recalled the details of the story and gave an evaluation.

Cao Fengyao nodded:

"Yes, there are quite a lot of folk tales like this, take this play as an example, Jingyue Huangmei, Yuchuan Kun, the plots deduced in each place are different, but just like Xiaohe said halfway, remove the dross in these stories, it is nothing more than loyalty and filial piety, and the traditional ideas of renunciation, this proposition is too grandiose, you can say it deeply, you can also say it shallowly, but no matter how the society develops, people today can still understand the truth that they want to express."

The middle-aged man made a summary statement, and looked at He Tianran's eyes with a little satisfaction, after all, they weren't arguing about right or wrong at the beginning, He Tianran was able to tell this story, which in itself means that he really has something in his stomach, and this kid is honest when he should be honest, and he is alive when he should be lively, which is really rare.

received Cao Fengyao's initial approval, and the next exchange, He Tianran became much more natural.

As mentioned earlier, aside from the appearance of the family background, compared with the strengths of Guo Huai and Shen Qiuxu, He Tianran does not seem to occupy anything, but his personality and temperament have been favored by Cao Aiqing, but if you really talk about reality, it is not a matter of distance, and the latter two can only be thrown out of a track by He Tianran.

The current natural brother must have good looks, be cultivated, speak well, dare to act, dare to speak, dare to think, and his family background can be put aside first, just talk about the prospects of his profession, it is really a bright light within reach.

Looking for such a He Tianran as a son-in-law, not to mention the golden beetle son-in-law, that is to directly fish out the little white dragon, and the word "riding the dragon fast son-in-law" is put on He Tiantian, which is well deserved, and there is no exaggeration at all.

Of course, as parents, Cao and Yang feel that the most important thing is that Cao Aiqing likes it.

A meal, the four of them ate until ten o'clock in the evening, He Tianran chatted a lot during the meal, from the tense atmosphere at the beginning, to the laughter at the end, Yang Chengbi is the more he looks at He Tianran, the more he likes it, Cao Fengyao has a straight face from the beginning, and then he can only listen to He Tianran's gossip with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

After the meal, the Cao family had the habit of taking a walk after the meal, and because the time was a little late, a group of people went to the community below for a walk.

……

……

"You don't drink much, do you?"

"It's okay, I'll be a lot more sober when I come out to blow the wind, so where is this."

In the community garden late at night, the square dance organized in this little community just ended, so most of the people who walked were middle-aged or elderly people in groups of three, husband and wife, and sisters chatting and passing by them, so that some laughter could be heard from time to time along the way.

Cao Fengyao and Yang Chengbi walked in front, the middle-aged man kept his hands behind his back in a graceful manner, his wife naturally held his arm and walked slowly, and the young couple followed a few meters behind them, whispering.

"When you think it's almost time to take a walk, call a substitute driver, you drink, don't drive yourself."

Cao Aiqing instructed with concern.

He Tianran nodded: "Well, by the way, tomorrow weekend, will you go back to school?" ”

"I ...... It's hard to say. ”

The girl's face was embarrassed, if she didn't go home on weekends, she would spend a two-person world with He Tianran, but since she fell in love, she went home a lot less, which made her parents complain, so it was indeed a little difficult to come back this time and want to leave the next day.

He Tianran was not surprised when he heard this, and as soon as his eyes rolled, he smiled and said:

"It's okay, the principle that I've always flattered is that there are always more ways than difficulties, it's a big deal that I'll drive over to find you to go out and play, and I'll send you back at night, anyway, I'll be fine tomorrow, and seeing my parents is this kind of thing, with the first time, are you afraid of the second time? Maybe I'll be able to eat another meal! ”

Cao Aiqing couldn't help but be happy when she heard him make a big fuss, but she was too shy, so she could only glance at him and whisper:

"You're thick-skinned......"

Seeing the beauty's shyness, He Tianran's heart moved, like a cat scratching unbearable, and he couldn't help but flirt again, he also said in a low voice:

"Ai Qing, the chicken soup that our mother stewed today is really delicious, will you? If you can, can you stew it for me in the future? ”

Cao Aiqing couldn't see her toes with her head down, her parents were a few meters away from them at the moment, her heart was about to jump out, He Tianran still didn't give up, like an annoying repeater in her ears:

"Will you? Could it be? Could it be? ”

"Yes! Oops, you're so annoying! ”

"Haha~"

The evening breeze is cool and people's hearts are rippling.

He Tianran didn't continue to tease the girl, but straightened his waist, put his hands behind his back, and slightly touched Cao Aiqing beside him with his right arm, and when the girl raised her head to look at him, he raised his chin with a smile towards the middle-aged couple walking in front of him.

The girl immediately understood the meaning, and looked at He Tianran's bright eyes, as if there were two stars embedded in them.

Then, she mustered up the courage and secretly followed the example of her mother, stretched out her hand, passed through her lover's arm, and wrapped it together......

At this time, there was no sound, the parents walked slowly in front, and the two people in the back were like two children who were imitating their parents, they were clumsy, young, afraid of being discovered, afraid of making a sound.

They learned so much in the same way, but they seemed to look at each other, and every time they looked at each other, they caught a kind of hot and intense -

Firmness.

A kind of firmness that can go on forever.

He Tianran lowered his head and sang softly in Cao Aiqing's ear:

"Love is just one word, I only say it once, you know I will only show it with action~"

Cao Aiqing was almost amused by his deliberately low and out-of-tune voice, she pretended to be angry and pinched the tender meat of his arm fiercely, and He Tianran immediately gasped.

The girl looked at his funny appearance of enduring pain and not daring to say anything, and then turned her eyes to look at the back of her parents not far away, and felt that the people around her were so real and vivid, and the incomparable happiness filled every inch of her heart, which made her say this sentence from the bottom of her heart:

"The Peony Pavilion is finally over."

However, after He Tianran heard this, he didn't react for a while......

Cao Aiqing thought that her boyfriend just didn't know how to answer, but when she shifted her gaze to He Tianran's face again, the other party's expression revealed a kind of ...... Confused.

"What...... "The Peony Pavilion"?"

He Tianran was confused.

And at the moment when Cao Aiqing was surprised, Yang Chengbi in front slowly turned his head and noticed the intimate actions of the young couple behind, she smiled and dragged Cao Fengyao and motioned him to look back.

Cao Aiqing was a thief and subconsciously wanted to withdraw her hand, but He Tianran suddenly clamped the crook of her arm and didn't let her run away.

The gaze he looked at her was so above board that it gave the girl a fearless strength in her heart.

"Ahem~"

Ahead, Cao Fengyao interrupted Cao Aiqing's thinking with a light cough, she thought that her father would let the two separate, but the middle-aged man looked at them for a few seconds, saw that neither of them had the intention of flinching, and finally turned his head with a wry smile.

"Forget it, I can't take care of your daughter for the rest of my life."

"She's not your daughter~"

"Hey~"

In this kind of joke, the old couple raised their steps again and walked forward slowly.

"Let's go, don't hang on, let's follow."

He Tianran shook his arm and woke up Cao Aiqing, who was still standing in place, staring at the back of his parents.

The girl came back to her senses, looked at the lover next to her and smiled, and the hand holding him tightened even tighter, and she nodded her head seriously:

"Hmm!"

(End of chapter)