Chapter 19: Brothers and Family

Li Hong and Du Manlin took the first step to the Haitian Restaurant, and after ordering the dishes, the two came to the restaurant that symbolizes the meaning of reunion - "Full Moon Hall".

In the hall, a huge round moon is carved in the center of the main wall, and the verses of "Zhongtian Haoyue Bright World, Shengge Orchestra Reunion" are written on both sides of the moon; Clusters of crystal clear grapes hang above the table, and the silver light in the grape bushes makes the whole restaurant both warm and romantic. After a while, Kang Jiazheng and Kang Jiawei accompanied Kang Richeng and Du Na into the hall one on the left and one on the right. Li Hong and Du Manlin stood up to greet them.

"Brother Richeng, Sister Du Na, please sit down!" Du Manlin pointed to the seat and said.

"No, what the upper seat said was also sat by Mr. Kang and Director Li." Kang Richeng made entanglements.

Kang Jia pointed at Kang Richeng: "Look at it, let's see it again." Okay, don't call the boss, director or anything, you forgot again. This time you can't forget in vain, and you will be punished with three glasses of wine later. Jiawei, you remember it for him. ”

"Yathia!" Kang Jiawei responded in imitation of the tone of the Hong Kong police.

"No, no, three drinks will kill me." Kang Richeng waved his hand vigorously.

"He can't drink, so don't let him drink!" Du Na felt sorry for Kang Richeng.

"Okay, since the sister-in-law intercedes for the eldest brother, how can the younger brother not give face. But..."Kang Jiazheng deliberately slowed down his speech, "Big brother and sister-in-law also have to give me some face." ”

"Don't talk about face, it's life, and my sister-in-law is willing to give it to you." Duna laughed.

"How dare I ask for my life, I only ask my eldest brother and sister-in-law to promise me two requirements: first, let the broken mirror be reunited as soon as possible, and return Kang Zhengri to a complete home, so that his study, future and happiness cannot be affected because of the breakup of the family; Second, please ask the eldest brother and sister-in-law not to make corrections, and sit on the upper seat generously. Well, two requirements are not excessive, right? ”

"Cheng, I agreed to all two requirements." Kang Richeng looked at Du Na and hoped that she would agree.

Duna didn't say anything.

Du Manlin hugged her right hand: "Sister, the eldest brother has agreed, you can also make a statement!" ”

Duna shook her head and smiled bitterly: "He agreed, what else can I say?" For the sake of my children, I can only give in. ”

A series of applause suddenly sounded in the hall, and then Li Hong and Du Manlin hugged Du Na, and Kang Jiazheng and Kang Jiawei hugged Kang Richeng and walked to the seat.

After the two of them sat down, Kang Jiazheng said: "Let's arrange the seats according to the old and young generations of the Kang family today, the upper seat is the boss, and it has been implemented now." The front seat is the second child, and it should be me and Li Hong in terms of age. Jia Wei and Man Lin are the youngest and can only sit in the right seat. ”

"Who's sitting on the left seat? It can't be Zheng Xiaoya, right? Li Hong asked.

"It's really Zheng Xiaoya. However, there is another person, this person is also surnamed Kang, a few years older than Jia Wei. ”

"Who?" Kang Jiawei became interested.

"Don't worry, you'll find out in a moment." Kang Jia was looking back and looking out the door.

At this moment, there was the sound of small and heavy footsteps outside the door.

"Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive." As soon as Kang Jiazheng's voice fell, two familiar faces appeared at the gate.

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting." The person who came was Kang Jiaqi, Kang Jiawei's cousin, and I saw him and Zheng Xiaoya standing respectfully in front of everyone with their arms in hand, and they didn't feel awkward at all.

Everyone immediately understood what was going on.

How did they get together? Du Manlin thought so, and Kang Jiawei also thought so, both of them were confused by the facts in front of them.

"What, Jiaqi and I are not welcome?" Zheng Xiaoya was a little unhappy when she saw that everyone was silent.

Kang Jiazheng immediately stretched out his hands and applauded: "Warmly welcome the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl!" ”

"Please take a seat!" Du Manlin led Kang Jiaqi and Zheng Xiaoya to the left seat.

Kang Jiaqi and Du Manlin have only heard each other's names and have never met, so they don't know each other. Zheng Xiaoya first introduced Du Manlin to Kang Jiaqi. Just after the introduction, Kang Jiawei introduced Kang Jiaqi to Du Manlin. After finishing, Du Manlin stepped forward generously, clasped Kang Jiaqi's hand, and said, "Brother, thank you for giving Jiawei so much help." Without your help, it would be difficult for me and Jiawei to enter the marriage hall, and it was you who made my beautiful marriage with Jiawei. ”

"What are you talking about, who is Jia Wei, it's my younger brother, I can let my brother lose such a good daughter-in-law?" Kang Jiaqi looked at Kang Jiawei, raised a thumbs high, the meaning was very clear, and praised him for marrying a good daughter-in-law.

Kang Jiawei has always been grateful to Kang Jiaqi in his heart, but after all, he hasn't seen him for fifteen years, and although he is a cousin who is relatively close by blood, he also seems a little strange, and he doesn't know where to start with a thousand words.

"Brother...", he called brother, and Kang Jiawei was speechless.

"I'm satisfied to hear you call me brother. Jia Wei, I know that you and Man Lin are muttering in our hearts, muttering how can Zheng Xiaoya and I walk together? Kang Jiaqi stroked Zheng Xiaoya's hair, "I'll tell you about the romantic romance of the two of us now." ”

"Okay, everyone's listening!" Li Hong applauded.

Kang Jia is waving his hand: "Wait, drink and eat first, and when you are full, you can talk about your romantic history vigorously." He waved again.

Everyone sit in their assigned positions.

Kang Jia looked around and sat down: "Since everyone is here, let's start!" ”

Li Hong glanced at him and deliberately asked, "What to start?" ”

Kang Jiazheng frowned and looked at her: "Reunion banquet, your brain hasn't burned out, why don't you forget today's theme." ”

Li Hong glared at him: "Your brain has just burned out!" ”

Kang Jia was raising his glass: "Now I announce that the Kang family reunion banquet will start now, please stand up, raise your glasses, and toast to the reunion of the Kang family!" ”

The four men drank their glasses almost at the same time. But the women are in trouble, you look at me, I look at you, and no one moves the cup.

"Don't drink?" Kang Jiaqi stared at the four women in turn, "Don't drink, I'll drink." As he spoke, he wanted to snatch Zheng Xiaoya's wine glass.

Zheng Xiaoya refused, protected the wine glass, and muttered: "Don't be reckless, leave some ability to compete with your brother." ”

According to the age of men, Kang Jiawei is the youngest, and he is naturally the youngest. In this way, Du Manlin is the youngest among the four women.

"I'll give you a glass first!" Du Manlin shook the wine glass in his hand, dried the wine in one go, and then took a picture of the wine glass.

Then, Li Hong and Du Na also dried up the wine.

Zheng Xiaoya hesitated.

All eyes were on her. Du Manlin asked puzzledly: "Xiaoya, you don't drink, do you want to marry Brother Jiaqi and be a concubine with me?" ”

"No, don't wronged me. I heard you call me sister-in-law, and I felt awkward and excited, and I forgot to drink when I was excited. I drank it right away, right away. Zheng Xiaoya raised her neck, and sure enough, in the blink of an eye, a full glass of wine disappeared.

According to the customs of the Kang family, the banquet is officially started after drinking the first glass of wine. The first link after the start was to toast in turn between various families according to the generations from childhood to adulthood, and the first to appear was the youngest Kang Jiawei and his wife.

Du Manlin first poured Kang Richeng and Duna full wine.

Kang Jiawei raised his glass: "This glass of wine is for the eldest brother and sister-in-law, I wish the eldest brother and sister-in-law a happy life full of flowers, full of wine, and a full moon and a round reunion of husband and wife!" ”

Kang Richeng and Du Na looked at each other and smiled, and raised their glasses.

Du Manlin poured wine for Kang Jiazheng and Li Hong again.

Kang Jiawei raised his glass again: "This glass of wine is for the second brother and sister-in-law, first of all, thank the second brother and sister-in-law for not disliking poverty, and recognize our poor brothers, and secondly, I wish the second brother and sister-in-law a prosperous career and a sweet family!" ”

Kang Jiazheng and Li Hong didn't say a word, their necks lifted, and the wine was dried.

Du Manlin stuffed the wine bottle in his hand to Kang Jiawei. Kang Jiawei understood and poured wine for Kang Jiaqi and Zheng Xiaoya.

Du Manlin raised her wine glass with a smile: "I will honor the third brother and sister-in-law with this glass of wine." ”

Zheng Xiaoya's eyes widened and her brows furrowed: "It's still called the name, don't call it sister-in-law, it sounds so awkward." ”

Du Manlin waved his hand: "That's not possible, your identity has changed now, call you Xiaoya, you are not awkward, but I am awkward." ”

Zheng Xiaoya smiled dumbly and raised her glass with Kang Jiaqi.

Du Manlin said again: "Before drinking, I want to say a few words to Xiaoya. Brother Jiaqi lost his parents when he was a child and grew up by eating hundreds of family meals. Although he and Jiawei are cousins, they are better than brothers. If it weren't for Brother Jiaqi's help of 150,000 yuan, Jiawei and I might not have done the marriage by now. Therefore, from this point of view, Brother Jiaqi's responsibility is as great as his father, and his kindness is as great as the sky, and Jiawei and I want to repay the great benefactor for a lifetime. Xiaoya, you became my cousin-in-law, I never dreamed of it, it was really unexpected. I hope your feelings for my brother are genuine and loyal. To put it mildly, if you want to play with my brother's feelings, then I will not let you go first, and Jiawei will not let you go. ”

"Manlin, what do you say. Am I like someone who plays with your brother's feelings? I can swear that so far, there is only one person who has really put me into my feelings, and that is Kang Jiaqi. Zheng Xiaoya said with an oath.

Du Manlin looked at Kang Jiaqi: "Brother Jiaqi, since the relationship between you is real, then I sincerely wish you two happiness and happiness for a lifetime!" ”

Du Manlin shook the cup, and the three of them smiled heartily and did it.