Chapter 387: Childhood Friends in the Hutong

There were other people toasting at the table, including Fu Jingyou.

Lu Yuanzheng just smiled and nodded slightly, without stopping him.

Even if he wasn't driving, Lu Yuanzheng couldn't drink just any alcohol in his position.

But the friendship is there.

Some things, like taking care of children, may be acceptable in private, but cannot be agreed to casually at the dinner table.

Lu Yuanzheng couldn't say it out loud, so he tacitly allowed Fu Jingyou to block the wine for him, which was also a way to send a message to the outside world.

He already knew about this, so there was no need to talk about it.

Lu Yuanzheng spoke tightly and tightly, and his brother-in-law, who tried to block the wine for him, drank a full cup in one gulp every time.

The father and son fought in pairs, and their attitude was clear.

After a few rounds, the people at the table understood what was going on and stopped talking, praising Lu's son-in-law for his good drinking capacity.

The other young men at the table seemed a little neglected.

But it doesn’t matter. We are all young and energetic guys, and we don’t like the twists and turns in officialdom.

Ling Yuan, the son of Secretary Ling of the farm branch in the northern suburbs of Beijing, sat among the young men and looked back frequently.

Xie Fei noticed the direction he turned his head and gently pushed him.

I was trying to remind him to stop, but he seized the opportunity and muttered:

"Didn't Lu Xiaobao always follow you around? You didn't marry her, so how come you let a country girl marry you?"

Ling Yuan glanced furtively at the table with the female guests.

All the elders present, who were male, had little time at home when they were young.

More than ten years ago, the women and children in the family basically lived in the front and back alleys, and everyone knew each other.

Lu Xiaobao has been handsome since he was a child, and after returning from the countryside for a few years, he seems to be even more handsome.

Her eyelashes were as thick as small brushes, her lips were red, and the skin on her hands and face looked whiter than the steamed buns served in the restaurant.

It's hard to imagine that she not only got married, but also gave birth to two children.

Xie Fei frowned slightly and scolded softly:

"Don't talk like that."

Ling Yuan curled his lips, "If you really don't like her, you should at least tell her in the beginning, you don't care about her, but I do!"

They all grew up in the same alley. If he marries Lu Xiaobao, it would be better than marrying an outsider.

Ling Yuan thought about it and glanced sideways at the young man next to the main seat.

It looks okay...

I just don’t know if he is a good person at heart, just like he appears on the surface?

Xie Fei's slender sword-like eyebrows suddenly lowered, and his clear cat-like eyes became gloomy.

They grew up together, and among the girls, Lu Xiaobao was the best looking.

The one who took the lead among the boys was Xie Fei.

Many people have some degree of male chauvinism in their bones, so the neighbors in the alley all like to praise Xie Fei.

Excellent grades, good looks, blah blah.

In addition, Lu Xiaobao always loved to chase after Xie Fei in the past, which made Xie Fei develop the temperament of a proud young master.

Everyone else is happy to praise Xie Fei, but Ling Yuan is not.

He doesn't buy Xie Fei's tricks.

The angrier Xie Fei acted, the more Ling Yuan felt his eyesight was lame.

Everyone knows each other well. Besides, Lu Xiaobao not only has a beautiful face, but he has also been outstanding since childhood, right?

This time, he was the only one among their group who was admitted to a prestigious high school.

If he looks down on such a capable person, what else can he look up to?

Ling Yuan thought about it and glanced at Xie Fei, "You got your college entrance examination results by yourself, right?"

It doesn't look very smart, so why does it make people doubt its authenticity?

"Are you done yet?"

Xie Fei frowned and slammed his chopsticks on the table.

There was quite a commotion here, and the elders at the tables on both sides cast their eyes over.

Unlike Xie Fei's gloomy expression, Ling Yuan waved his hands and smiled brightly:

"Xie Fei and I were just joking, it's okay!"

The elders shook their heads, laughed and turned away.

The table returned to calm and Ling Yuan no longer paid any attention to Xie Fei.

He gets angry even when I tell him a joke. His temper is even more fragile than that of a girl. It's so boring.

Not only is it boring, but it's also just as annoying as when I was a kid!

Towards the latter half of the dinner, someone at the men's table started smoking.

Lu Miao used the excuse of going to the bathroom, said hello to Tang Mei, and took the two children outside to get some fresh air.

She tried to move as quietly as possible, but with two children, she was too conspicuous.

Ling Yuan saw it at a glance.

Patting the other young man next to him, Ling Yuan said "Let him go", then stood up and left the private room.

Lu Miao took the children to the door of the state-owned restaurant on the first floor to get some fresh air.

The elders gathered together and drank some wine, so a dinner party was basically inevitable.

It was already dark outside. I looked at my watch and realized that the meal had lasted more than two hours.

If it wasn't difficult to refuse, she would never come to such a dinner party.

A bicycle with a flashlight in its basket passed by the entrance of Guoxing Hotel. When Xiao Mingyi saw it, he jumped for joy:

"Mom, look at the car. It has two wheels!"

"Mom saw it, it was a bicycle."

"Bicycle, what's a bicycle? Mom, what's a bicycle?"

Little Mingyi hugged his mother's thighs, tilted his little face up, and his little brain was a little confused.

Just as Lu Miao was about to explain, he suddenly heard a "chuckle" from behind him.

A tall, handsome young man squatted over and poked Mingyi's face and said:

"That little two-wheeled vehicle just now is a bicycle."

After saying that, he looked up at Lu Miao with a grin:

"Long time no see, Lu Xiaobao. Girls change a lot when they grow up. You become more and more beautiful."

In this day and age, this statement seems a bit frivolous.

Lu Miao was a complete stranger to him, so he couldn't help but hug Ming Xia tightly in his arms, and then pulled Ming Yi back to the brighter side of the state-owned hotel.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Although Lu Miao said it had been a long time since we last met, Ling Yuan could see the unfamiliarity in her eyes and couldn't help but feel hurt.

"No, I'm Ling Yuan, the one who broke my leg while picking persimmons for you when we were kids. You haven't forgotten me, have you?!"

Lu Miao tried hard to search through his memory, and actually found some scattered fragments. He couldn't help but soften his mood and smiled:

"You've changed so much, I hardly recognized you."

The boy in front of me has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he exudes a sunny and cheerful aura. Who can associate him with the clumsy bald little boy in my memory?

It's the kind with a long runny nose.

Lu Miao was amused by the scenes of his childhood.

Ling Yuan didn't care much. Seeing that she remembered, he took the initiative to pick up Ming Yi and said:

"Sit down and talk?"

His expression was calm, and it was obvious that he had something serious to say, rather than any other motive.

Lu Miao nodded gently, "Yeah."

I didn't go anywhere else, just stayed on the first floor of the hotel.

Lu Miao sat at the table holding the child, and Ling Yuan asked for a pot of hot tea.

After chatting about their respective majors, Ling Yuan went straight to the point and said:

"I'm pretty straightforward. You can answer as you see fit. It's okay if you don't want to answer."

Lu Miao raised his slender eyebrows slightly.

Without waiting for her to express her opinion, Ling Yuan asked:

"When you were in the south, did you voluntarily marry the comrade named Fu mentioned above?"

Lu Yuanzheng only introduced his son-in-law's surname and did not mention his name, so Ling Yuan naturally didn't know it.