Chapter Ninety-Six: The Embarrassed Jin Yueji
That night, Jin Yueji arranged for someone to help prepare gifts, and planned to visit Zhou Xin in the hospital the next day, in fact, she didn't think about visiting Zhou's house directly, but after thinking about it, she still felt that it was more appropriate to go to the hospital.
The next day, Zhou Bingyi also asked for leave, and accompanied Hao Dongmei's mother and daughter to the hospital to thank Zhou Xin, and when she arrived at the gate of the hospital, Jin Yueji looked at the "Zhou's Medical Hall" that occupied three floors, and couldn't help but have doubts in her heart, so she asked Zhou Bingyi:
"Bingyi, this is the hospital opened by your brother? That's probably a lot of money, right? ”
Zhou Bingyi saw that the expression on Jin Yueji's face was a little serious, and knew that her suspicion was committed again, so she could only look at Hao Dongmei for help, Hao Dongmei knew what Bingyi meant, of course she also heard what her mother meant, so she said a little angrily:
"Mom, why do you care about this? Today we are here to thank Bingkun, you don't have to worry about other things. ”
After Zhou Bingyi finished speaking, he hurriedly added:
"Mom, I don't know exactly how much Bingkun will cost to open a hospital, but his money comes from a regular way, when he was in college before, he opened a garment factory in the south, and I heard that the income is very considerable."
After hearing Zhou Bingyi's words, Jin Yueji put her mind at ease, she still knew her son-in-law quite well, and knew that her son-in-law should not lie to her, so she nodded and said:
"Then if that's the case, let's go inside."
As he spoke, he took the lead and walked into the hospital, and Bingyi and his wife hurriedly followed.
After a while, Zhou Xin walked down from the office to greet the three of them after receiving the report, and when he learned that Jin Yueji came to the hospital, he didn't have a good impression of Jin Yueji, and his disgust with Jin Yueji deepened.
If Jin Yueji went to the Zhou family to express her gratitude, it would be okay, but now she still avoided the Zhou family to thank him alone, which made Zhou Xin more and more dissatisfied. But for the sake of her being an elder after all, basic etiquette still has to be done.
After Zhou Xin went downstairs, he saw Jin Yueji and Zhou Bingyi waiting in the hall, so he pretended to smile and greeted him, and said to Jin Yueji:
"Aunt Kim, why are you here in person?"
After finishing speaking, he said to Zhou Bingyi with some dissatisfaction:
"Brother, why didn't you inform me? I don't have anything here, so what can I do to receive my aunt and her old man? ”
Jin Yueji looked at Zhou Bingkun, with the gratitude and blessing of curing Dongmei, and her first impression of him was very good, and she hurriedly said:
"Bingkun, you don't need to receive me, an old woman, in fact, we are here today to thank you, thank you for saving Dongmei, you don't know how worried I am because of Dongmei's affairs over the years."
Although she knew that Jin Yueji would come because of the treatment of Hao Dongmei, she still made Zhou Xin feel a little unhappy when she said it like this, so she replied casually:
"You don't have to be so polite, since Sister Dongmei married into our Zhou family, aren't we just a family? Since it's a family, there's no need to say thanks. ”
Jin Yueji listened to the meaning of Zhou Xin's words, and felt a little unhappy in her heart. After all, in her eyes, their family is not a daughter, strictly speaking, it is more like a son-in-law, although the two families have not said anything, but now Zhou Bingyi has been living in their house, isn't it proof?
Seeing that the old lady was a little unhappy, Zhou Xin patted her head without waiting for her to speak, and then said apologetically:
"Look at my brain, how can I keep you standing here and talking? Just grieve you first, go to my office and sit and talk. ”
Jin Yueji glanced around, the hall was full of people, and it was indeed not the place to speak, so she nodded. Zhou Xin ordered someone to prepare some tea, and took the lead in front of him to his office.
After a while, several people sat down in the hospitality area of Zhou Xin's office, and tea was also brought to the front desk.
"Aunt Kim, I'm really sorry, I didn't prepare any good tea here, if I knew you were coming, I should have brought some of the top green tea that my father brought back from your province, and now I can only grieve you to drink some ordinary green tea."
As soon as Zhou Xin's words landed, the expressions of the three of them became a little ugly, especially Jin Yueji's face, but she knew that she was responsible for her own losses before, so she didn't say anything, and Zhou Bingyi said with some questioning tones:
"Bingkun, what are you talking about?"
Zhou Xin pretended to have an innocent expression and scratched his head to show that he didn't know what he said wrong.
"Bingyi, how do you speak? We came today to thank Bingkun for curing Dongmei, and Bingkun just thinks that the tea that served us is a little poor, don't make a big fuss. ”
Jin Yueji hurriedly dissuaded Zhou Bingyi, although she knew that Zhou Xin should have done it on purpose, but she knew that she had done it wrong before, and today was to thank Zhou Xin, not to come to find trouble.
Then she thought about it, and felt that she should solve the previous misunderstanding well, the previous words were not necessary, and now that Hao's father has also died, coupled with Zhou Xin's kindness in curing Dongmei, it is not so difficult for her to take the initiative to accept soft.
"Bingyi, you take Dongmei out to check first, and I'll talk to Bingkun."
"Mom~"
Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei shouted in unison, although they were both a little worried, but the direction was completely different, Hao Dongmei was afraid that her mother would be strong and provoke her benefactor; And Zhou Bingyi was worried that his younger brother would not choose what to say and provoke his mother-in-law.
"Alright, you two just listen to me out."
In the end, under the strength of Jin Yueji, the two of them went out a little reluctantly, but before going out, both of them gave Zhou Xin a look, but Hao Dongmei was apologetic, and Zhou Bingyi was a warning.
Zhou Xin looked at the different eyes of the two, and only felt funny in his heart, is this the legendary elbow turning out? In fact, he can also understand that most people are more tolerant of outsiders and a little harsh on their own families.
"Bingkun, in fact, I know that it was our fault for asking Secretary Huang to send the gift back before, but there was indeed a misunderstanding here, and you know the situation at the time, I didn't have time to tell Secretary Huang that he took the wrong gift."
Zhou Xin looked at Jin Yueji with an apologetic face, and didn't plan to appreciate it, since he had already said this, he simply opened his words:
"Aunt Jin, in fact, I can understand you, from that special period, it is normal to be cautious about anyone, plus because of Cai Xiaoguang's matter, you will definitely have an opinion on my family, if there is no interaction between the two families, I can accept it.
But it's a bit too much to send back the gifts we sent, my dad is the saddest, and even if there was a misunderstanding, he didn't see your family to give us an explanation. In fact, your family just doesn't look down on our family, and there is no need to explain it now.
In my opinion, you don't need to come over to thank me, I think our two families should not get along well, of course I still recognize Dongmei's sister-in-law, so be it, I won't send you anymore. ”
When Jin Yueji heard Zhou Xin's words, her face became ugly, since 77 years later, how could she have been so angry, especially if she took the initiative to come to the door and was driven out, she was also grateful to herself, plus she needed to pay attention to her own image, so she could only say:
"Okay, I won't bother your Zhou family again, but I will still repay your great kindness to Dongmei."
"There's no need, if you really don't want to go, you can return it to my brother."
After Jin Yueji listened, she got up and left the office, Zhou Xin looked at the back of Jin Yueji leaving, and breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, but this matter is still rotten in the stomach, if you let Zhou's father know, I am afraid that I will not be scolded.