Chapter 348

Lei Tingjun knew that today was A-Qiang's new family dinner.

A bunch of my close colleagues from the company who were able to make time all came back for dinner today.

Lei Tingjun, as the CEO of Dongfang Construction and A-Qiang's most trusted elder brother, and also a partner, should logically be the one to go.

However, Lei Tingjun only asked the brothers who were going to Pingquan County to take back the gifts he had given to A-Qiang for his new home, telling them that he had other things to do and couldn't leave, so he didn't go back with everyone.

More than a dozen of the guys from the Thunder Transport Team went there.

Although A-Qiang's parents are gone, he has many brothers, and he can't let those snobbish relatives look down on him!

The group of brothers drove four or five cars back in a grand procession to support A-Qiang, and the pickup truck bed was full of things for A-Qiang.

Although everyone felt a little disappointed that Boss Lei couldn't come along, they could understand.

Who told him to be the big boss now? Everything in the project can't function without him.

Even Zhou Peng took this opportunity to go back to Pingquan with everyone, since Pingquan is his home and he wants to come back and visit often.

Moreover, how could these young people from Pingquan possibly miss such a rare opportunity to show off their current status in front of their former elders and fellow villagers?

Then, let those brothers in the Eastern Factory see for themselves that Zhou Peng has finally made a name for himself!

Everyone else went back, but Lei Tingjun stayed in Pingdong City.

He went to the construction site alone to inspect and supervise the work, wearing a safety helmet, and patrolled the development zone, which was under construction at a great pace, twice.

When the workers see Lei Tingjun, they stop and greet him with great respect: "Hello, Brother Lei."

Lei Tingjun raised his face slightly and nodded to the workers.

Lei Tingjun walked to the base of a steel frame and saw a crane continuously lifting bricks and cement. Lei Tingjun also got into the crane and went up with several workers.

Reaching the newly erected rooftop, Lei Tingjun stepped onto the steel frame, walked to a corner, and smoked a cigarette.

A worker saw him standing there and called out to warn him, "Brother Lei, don't stand there, it's dangerous!"

"Okay, I know. You guys go ahead with your work." Lei Tingjun took the cigarette out of his mouth, held it in his hand, and flicked off the ash.

He just wanted to find a place to have a smoke.

Standing on the roof of this new building, you can see in the direction of Pingquan County.

Recently, Lei Tingjun seems to be smoking more and more frequently.

Before, he would carry a pack of cigarettes with him and it would last him a week, mostly for handing them out. Now, he finishes a pack in two days.

He held the pure silver lighter in his hand.

He refilled the lighter fluid after it ran out once.

Perhaps due to his unusually irritable mood today, Lei Tingjun finished one cigarette and then took out another to light.

He stood atop the steel frame, gazing into the distance. He smoked three cigarettes in a row, then stomped out the cigarette butts at his feet, picked them up, and turned to walk down.

After coming downstairs, Lei Tingjun strode straight to the pickup truck, opened the door, got into the driver's seat, started the car, made a U-turn, and left the construction site.

He drove towards Pingquan County.

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Ah Qiang's house is very lively today.

Originally, A-Qiang thought that a simple new family meal would only require two or three tables.

To his surprise, the number of friends, relatives and friends who came today filled six or seven tables, more than double what he had originally expected.

The vegetables and meat they had originally bought might not be enough, so A-Qiang quickly asked one of the people helping in the kitchen to go to the market and buy more vegetables and meat. He also asked a brother to go to the grocery store and bring back more than a dozen cases of beer and a case of drinks.

The Chen family, including Ah Qiang, has never been so bustling with visitors since his father passed away.

It really does prove that saying true—

When you're poor, no one cares even in the bustling city; when you're rich, even distant relatives come to visit.

Today, Zhu Shuangyan's younger sister also came over. The little girl is probably not much older than Luo Chunyan's younger brother. She is quite lively and was playing in the yard with Aqiang's other relatives' children.

After A-Qiang took Zhu Shuangyan home, he discussed with her about meeting her parents.

Zhu Shuangyan also went back and told her parents about her relationship with Aqiang.

Zhu Shuangyan's parents are honest, hardworking people who have worked hard all their lives. Their expectations for their daughter are not that she should be successful, but that she should find a good partner in the future.

However, Zhu Shuangyan is a very capable girl. From childhood to adulthood, she has never caused her parents any worry, whether it was in her studies or her work.

The day after returning to Pingquan, Aqiang bought gifts and went to Zhu Shuangyan's house.

Zhu Shuangyan's parents were quite satisfied with Aqiang. They found the young man to be handsome, strong, capable, and reliable, and he was also good to their daughter.

Having met Zhu Shuangyan's parents, their relationship was considered settled.

Today, A-Qiang was hosting a family banquet and had originally invited Zhu Shuangyan's parents to join him for dinner. However, Zhu Shuangyan's parents said that they had only just started dating and were not yet married.

It wasn't appropriate for Ah Qiang's parents to go along when he was moving into his new house and hosting a banquet for his relatives.

They didn't come.

That's often how it is; the more unassuming a family is, the more they value etiquette.

However, Shuangyan is still young, so it's fine for her to come along and play.

When Ji Wanmei arrived, she saw Zhu Shuangyan being looked up and down by several of Aqiang's aunts, as if they were looking at a new bride. They were all very curious and joking, asking her when she and Aqiang would get married.

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