Chapter 468: The Fifth Step.
On June 30th, Ruan Jiaojiao changed into a crescent white straight cheongsam, coiled up her long hair, put on a round and full pearl necklace and a mutton fat white jade bracelet given to her by Ji Huai'an, painted a shallow makeup, and was ready to go.
Opening the door, outside the house were Ji Huai'an and Nian Nian Nian father and son in a black tunic and Qingqing, who was also wearing a crescent white cheongsam and embroidered with bauhinia flowers on the skirt.
As the two children grew up, they began to look more and more like Ji Huai'an, and every year they were simply a copy of Ji Huai'an.
went downstairs to meet Fu Zhanbo and his wife, who had dressed up, and the three of them stood together, which had to make people marvel at the strength of genes.
The family said goodbye to the left-behind Charlie housekeeper, Dongdong housekeeper and Fusheng, and drove to the gate of the heavily guarded Port City Convention and Exhibition Center.
Entering the auditorium through layers of security checks, Fu Zhanbo and his wife were specially introduced into a seat marked with their own name, and their seat was relatively back, and next to them was Mrs. Lu, who was in-law.
Ji Huai'an's seat was in the first row of the viewing seat, and Ruan Jiaojiao did not sit next to him, but in the guest seat on the rostrum. Nian Nian and Qingqing, as family members, are in the back like their grandparents, and their aunt Fu An'an's seat is also in the second and third rows of the front.
A few hours before the ceremony began, the family was not seated, but was received by the elders in the auditorium lounge, and now they had to go to the back to see the familiar elders.
"Uncle Gu......"
Entering the rest room, Ruan Jiaojiao greeted them one by one, and Ji Huaian and her children also greeted them.
The room was full of big people who were going to speak on the rostrum later, and the current person in charge of the Yun family was the chief executive of the current port city, so he was naturally among them.
Gu Changshan is now sitting in the first place in the Xia Kingdom, with a compelling momentum and a sense of oppression. It's just that when facing Ruan Jiaojiao's family, he is still kind and loving, as if they are not in the Hong Kong City Convention and Exhibition Center now, but in Gu Changshan's house, and there has been no change in the slightest.
After greeting Gu Changshan and other big people who had dealt with the house, Ji Huai'an was still there to chat, Ruan Jiaojiao slowly walked to the sofa where the old gentleman and his wife were sitting, bent down and said softly: "Grandpa, grandma." ”
"Jiaojiao, grandma hasn't seen you for a long time, how is life lately?" The old lady looked very good, and her mental state was also very good, and she took Ruan Jiaojiao's hand with a smile.
Without waiting for Ruan Jiaojiao to answer, the old lady gently squeezed Ruan Jiaojiao's hand, "Ouch, my little hands are a little cold, I heard that the air conditioner is turned on outside today, the temperature will be a little low, do you bring a coat?" I still didn't bring it, grandma prepared a sweater and a small cardigan, you can put it on later. ”
She said as she covered Ruan Jiaojiao's hand.
This scene reminded Ruan Jiaojiao of the scene when she wore a cheongsam to Xiyuan as a guest in winter, and the old lady was distressed to find cotton pants for her.
However, she did bring a white coat today, which was held by Ji Fei along with Qingqing's coat, and she also wore thick stockings on her legs, which will definitely not be cold later.
"Grandma, don't worry, I've brought a coat, and it won't be cold later. Are you still used to eating and living with your grandfather? If there's anything wrong, be sure to let me know. ”
"Everything's fine, everything's fine. Our room was beautiful facing the sea. It's really bothering you, Jiaojiao. ”
The old gentleman's mental state was not very good, and the corners of his mouth raised a smile to watch Ruan Jiaojiao and the old lady talk, but his eyes were a little empty.
As soon as the old lady finished speaking, the old gentleman, who was a little slow to react, seemed to recognize Ruan Jiaojiao, and there was some excitement in his eyes, "It's Jiaojiao...... It's Jiaojiao......"
The old gentleman's voice was very soft, and his speech speed was a little slow, but Ruan Jiaojiao, who had been paying attention to him, heard it.
"Grandpa, it's Jiaojiao here."
Ruan Jiaojiao's voice trembled slightly, and her eyes moistened unconsciously.
When she came to this world, she was most happy not to create so much wealth and status, nor to do many, many other things that made her proud. Rather, it may be because of the butterfly effect, which has brought about today's consummation.
In Ruan Jiaojiao's original world, grandpa had stood in Shenzhen many times looking at the port city on the other side, and had set foot on the other side of the river four times in his life, but he failed to arrive this fifth time, this regret was not only his, but also the regret of thousands of compatriots in Xia Kingdom.
The old gentleman's eyes were cloudy and his reaction was slow, but this did not affect his good mood of witnessing this historic moment, and did not affect his good mood of curling the corners of his mouth from beginning to end.
Ruan Jiaojiao held the old gentleman's outstretched hand and asked him to take a closer look at herself.
The old gentleman's hands were thin and rough, with a little coolness, and the back of his hand, like his face, left bits and blots of time.
Ruan Jiaojiao clenched his hand, trying to cover the warm and slightly cool palm like the old lady had just done.
"It's really delicate...... Jiaojiao is a big girl, and she is getting more and more beautiful......"
Ruan Jiaojiao smiled and nodded with tears in her eyes, "It's a big girl, a big girl who is getting more and more beautiful." ”
When she first met the old gentleman, Ruan Jiaojiao was only 18 years old, and now she is a mother of two children, and she will enter the 40 mark in less than two years.
After nineteen years, no matter how many years, she will always be a child in front of the old man.
Ji Huai'an took Nian Nian Qingqing to finish chatting over there, and also came over to say hello softly.
Nian Nian and Qingqing are no strangers to the old gentleman, and there is a whole photo of them and the old gentleman at home. From sitting in his old man's arms when he was babbling to toddlers laughing at his thighs, from ignorance and immaturity to youth, as long as Ruan Jiaojiao's family returns to the capital, they will definitely visit once a year.
The old gentleman is a great person, and he is also an indispensable loving elder in the memory of Nian Nian and Qingqing.
The family of four stayed in the rest conference room for half an hour, and after going out, Ruan Jiaojiao packed up her emotions and followed the people who came to the door to the lounge where the dignitaries of the sunset country were located at the other end.
She is a nobleman named by the queen herself, and she is also a good friend of Prince Char, who attended the ceremony on behalf of the sunset country.
Compared with the cordial warmth in the Xia Guo lounge, the meeting between Ruan Jiaojiao's family and Prince Char was much more polite.
Prince Char has a good relationship with Ruan Jiaojiao, but has a better relationship with Nian Nian, and he is a year-old friend, especially like his talent in art painting and unique artistic vision. According to Xia Guo's words, it is the mountains and rivers that meet the bosom friend!
The family exchanged pleasantries with Prince Char for nearly ten minutes, most of the time communicating with him every year, and the two agreed to hold a charity art exhibition together on Christmas Eve, and then said goodbye and left.