"Guoping, are you here?" Li Yunshu, who was in charge of the kitchen, heard Zheng Guoping and the others coming and walked out of the kitchen.

"mom."

"sister in law."

Li Yunshu smiled and nodded, praising her sister-in-law Zheng Guofang.

"Kuniyoshi looks really beautiful today. This blue dress suits you very well."

"Grandpa Gu, Grandma Mu, Uncle Gu, Uncle, Aunt Guofang." Li Zhenzhen, who had changed into a white dress, walked downstairs and called everyone one by one.

The Gu family members all agreed with a smile. Zheng Guoping nodded with a smile on his face. He felt a little unhappy because Li Zhenzhen turned down the blind date.

Zheng Guofang smiled tenderly, "Zhenzhen is getting more and more beautiful."

"Thank you, Aunt Kuniyoshi."

"Will your father come back today?" Zheng Guofang asked.

Li Zhenzhen was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, but it will be later."

Today is my grandfather’s birthday. My father called yesterday and said that he would come back today to celebrate my grandfather’s birthday.

Hearing this, Zheng Guofang's smile became even more pronounced.

Li Zhenzhen knew that Aunt Guofang came to celebrate Grandpa's birthday just for her father. She had known for a long time that Aunt Guofang liked her father.

In order to become her stepmother, Aunt Guofang had tried to please her a lot.

"Did Xinmei and her family say anything?" Old Mrs. Yu asked Zheng Guoping.

Zheng Xinmei is the eldest daughter of Li Yunshu and Zheng Guoping. She works in the telegraph office as a telegraph operator. She is married and has a three-year-old daughter.

Li Yunshu smiled and said, "I forgot to say that Xinmei and her husband have something else to do and can't come today."

"Why aren't you coming again?" Old Mrs. Yu frowned. The Xinmei couple didn't come to her birthday party last time.

Except for the New Year's Day when the Xinmei couple would bring their children to visit, they seldom came to the house on other days.

Although she is not a blood-related granddaughter, Mrs. Yu still likes her very much.

This child is filial and kind, but too honest, so honest that it makes people feel sorry for him.

Mr. Li: "The child has something to do and can't leave. It's okay if he doesn't come. Okay, don't stand, sit down and talk."

Zheng Guofang sat with Li Zhenzhen and talked about everything from her schooling in Shanghai to her internship at the hospital. He also asked her if she had a boyfriend and if she liked anyone.

When I learned that she was single, I advised her to find one as soon as possible.

When Zheng Xinqiang heard this, he said, "Aunt, you are still advising my sister to date someone as soon as possible, but you are already in your thirties and you still don't have one."

"..." Zheng Guofang looked embarrassed.

Li Yunshu patted her son's head and said, "Your aunt must have someone in the house, so many people have been waiting for her."

"Sister-in-law." Zheng Guofang stamped her feet in shame and anger, glanced at Mr. Li and Mrs. Yu, and lowered her head in embarrassment.

Mr. Li looked away, and Mrs. Yu pretended not to hear anything. She pulled Mrs. Gu and said, "Shuping's dumpling shop has sauerkraut dumplings. Have you tried them? They are delicious. The sauerkraut taste is especially appetizing."

Mother Gu: "I haven't eaten it yet. I really like pickled cabbage. I'll ask someone to buy some tomorrow."

"Aunt Li's new sour plum soup is also very delicious. Adding ice cubes to it is very refreshing and thirst-quenching." Li Zhenzhen joined the group chat.

"Really?" Father Gu asked, "Then why don't we just make an appointment tomorrow or the day after tomorrow and go directly to the restaurant to eat."

"I think so."

Zheng Guofang saw that Mr. Li and the others had started talking about other things and didn't pay any attention to her at all, as if they didn't hear what her sister-in-law said. The shy smile on her face gradually disappeared.

Zheng Guoping's expression also changed.

"Happy birthday, Mr. Li." Mr. Li's good friend, Mr. Zou Siji, came with his grandson Zou Yunfan.

"Hey, Old Zou." Old Master Li stood up and went to greet him.

Everyone who was sitting also stood up.

"Happy birthday, Grandpa Li." Zou Yunfan, wearing silver-rimmed glasses, congratulated with a smile.

"Is it Yunfan? You're so big now." Old Master Li patted Li Yunfan on the shoulder.

"Where do you work?"

Mr. Zou smiled and said, "I am a graduate student at National Tsing Hua University and I don't have a job yet."

Old Mrs. Yu: "Oh, that's a top student."

Mr. Li brought his granddaughter and grandson forward and introduced them to Zou Yunfan.

"Lao Li, you will definitely like the gift I prepared for you today."

Mr. Zou patted Mr. Li on the shoulder and said.

"Really? Then I'd better take a closer look."

There was no room for everyone in the living room, so the younger generations stood up.

Mr. Li sat with Mr. Zou. Mr. Zou took out an envelope from his pocket and handed it to Mr. Li, "Take a look."

Mr. Li took the envelope and took out the contents, which turned out to be a photo that was well preserved.

The two young women in the photo are wearing cheongsams with wide sleeves and their hair is tied up in a bun with hairpins and pearl flowers inserted in the bun, full of classical beauty.

Mr. Li squinted his eyes and took a look. He felt that the two young women in the photo looked very familiar.

"This is..." Mr. Li also looked at his old friend.

Mr. Zou said calmly, "The one on the left is my mother, and the one on the right is your mother. This photo was taken by Yiba and her photo studio. Yunfan came back from vacation a few days ago, and I asked him to help me sort out old photos, and I found this photo."

His mother and Lao Li's mother had been close friends since childhood. They had a very good relationship and often visited each other after they got married.

His father's family was also an acquaintance of Lao Li's father's family, so the two had known each other since childhood.

Mr. Li's right hand holding the photo trembled slightly. He looked at the photo with red eyes and tears blurred his eyes.

When he was less than ten years old, his mother died of an epidemic.

After my mother died, my father burned all of her belongings. The few photos she had were also destroyed by my stepmother after she came into the family.

He tried desperately to engrave his mother's voice and appearance in his mind, but as time passed and he grew older, his mother's voice and appearance had become too blurry to be recognized in his mind.

But this photo made him see his mother's appearance again, and the voice and appearance in his memory gradually became clearer.

"Old Zou, thank you, thank you." Mr. Li's voice choked with sobs.

Mr. Zou patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "I just knew you would like this gift."

Mr. Li nodded, "I like it. This is the best gift I have ever received."

"Let me see. I haven't seen my mother-in-law yet." Old Mrs. Yu reached out and took the photo from her husband's hand, looking at it carefully.

"My mother-in-law is so beautiful. Lao Li, you don't look like her at all."

Mr. Li wiped the tears from his eyes with his fingertips and said with a smile, "I look like my father."

Mother Gu came forward to take a look, then turned her head to look at Li Zhenzhen who was standing behind the chair and looking down at the photo and said, "In your family, only Zhenzhen looks a bit like Auntie, no one else looks like her."

"Really?" Li Zhenzhen said in surprise.

Old Madam Yu nodded and said, "Yes, it looks just like Zhenzhen. Take a look for yourself."

Old Mrs. Yu showed her granddaughter the photos taken by the expert.

Li Zhenzhen looked at it carefully, and her delicate eyebrows gradually frowned.

"Strange, how could that be?"