Lin Yu said, "These mushrooms were all picked by myself. I dried them while the weather was nice. They're quite delicious. You can try them."
This stuff is quite precious, so their factory doesn't produce it. Even if the villagers manage to collect it, they just eat it themselves.
Therefore, it is a very presentable gift.
Li Huizhu now pays great attention to health preservation, so of course she knows the value of these wild mushrooms.
It was all the old lady's kind gesture, and she accepted it with great joy.
After this experience, Li Huizhu liked Lin Yu even more.
"You absolutely must eat at home; you'll meet your uncle later."
Lin Yu nodded: "Then I'm sorry to bother you."
It will be late afternoon, almost evening.
Lin Yu and Li Huizhu got along very well. Li Huizhu asked her about the situation in the brigade and about her work, and Lin Yu answered in a very knowledgeable way.
She would also take every opportunity to show concern for Li Huizhu's health and well-being.
Li Huizhu grew increasingly fond of the conversation and exclaimed, "Oh my, Auntie finally understands what it's like to have a daughter. Sons aren't at all considerate; daughters are so much better."
She was starting to regret not having children sooner.
If I had had children when I was young, I might have actually had a sweet and caring daughter.
Lin Yu then said, "Auntie is my elder, so it's only right that I care about you. Actually, Yunze cares about you too, but he's just too embarrassed to say it."
Li Huizhu looked at her son. He was a good boy, but not particularly considerate.
"Sigh, he doesn't know anything about caring. But Yunze is a good person, he will definitely treat you well. If he doesn't treat you well, Auntie will stand up for you."
Lin Yu nodded: "Then I'll thank you in advance, Auntie."
"Huizhu, do we have guests?"
Before Gu Henglin even stepped into the house, he heard Li Huizhu's laughter and guessed that a guest must have arrived.
Otherwise, the three of them are usually very quiet.
Lin Yu looked up when she heard the sound and saw a sprightly old man walk in.
He looked to be in his sixties or seventies, with graying temples, and dressed in a military uniform, looking very imposing.
Gu Yunze is more similar to him than Li Huizhu.
Seeing him is like seeing Gu Yunze decades later.
His aura was even stronger than Gu Yunze's, and his gaze was extremely sharp.
Lin Yu stood up: "Hello, Uncle, I am Lin Yu."
"It's Comrade Lin Yu! I'm so glad to finally meet you. Yunze, why didn't you tell me beforehand?"
Gu Yunze scratched his head and looked at his mother, thinking that Li Huizhu would say something.
Li Huizhu felt guilty; she only remembered that she needed to prepare to entertain Lin Yu and forgot to tell her husband about it.
Gu Henglin immediately understood what the mother and son meant; they had left him behind again.
He pointed at the two of them and said, "Hmph."
Lin Yu quickly smoothed things over: "Uncle, you're busy, so don't worry about me. I'm the younger generation, and it's my duty to visit you. Seeing that you're in good health puts my mind at ease."
Gu Henglin felt extremely relieved after hearing this.
This is what the art of speaking is all about.
In his family, his wife speaks to him rudely, and his son barely speaks to him.
Now finally someone can cheer him up.
So he didn't care that the mother and son had forgotten about him; that was just his status in the family anyway.
Gu Henglin then turned to chat with Lin Yu: "Comrade Lin Yu, you didn't come here specifically to see us, did you?"
Lin Yu smiled and said, "Uncle, just call me Xiao Yu. I'm here at Director Li's invitation to attend a meeting."
Gu Henglin recalled that there was indeed a conference recently, but it was a national conference, and Lin Yu was still able to get an invitation!
After finding out the situation, Gu Henglin realized that Lin Yu's food factory was indeed different from what he had imagined.
That's not just a revenue-generating unit; it might even be promoted as a national model.
"Alright, alright, young people should focus on their careers. Perform well at the meeting. Don't be nervous. In Beicheng, no one dares to bully my family."
Although Lin Yu and Gu Yunze are not married yet, in Gu Henglin's heart, she is already his daughter-in-law.
"I'll have Yunze drive you there on the day of the meeting."
Then they'll see that Lin Yu has powerful backers and isn't someone anyone can bully.
Lin Yu understood his meaning and felt grateful; she wasn't ungrateful.
In such a big city, having someone to rely on will definitely make things easier.
"Yes, thank you, Uncle."
"Okay, okay, let's stop talking about work and have dinner."
The group ate a meal together and then sat down to chat for a long time. Gu's parents were now extremely satisfied with Lin Yu.
If the two weren't still unmarried, Li Huizhu wouldn't have been willing to let Lin Yu leave.
He instructed Gu Yunze to take the person to the guesthouse safely.
After Gu Yunze drove Lin Yu out, gossip about his girlfriend started circulating in the compound.
Many people saw them come in that afternoon, but they were too embarrassed to ask.
After the two left, the neighbor went to the Gu family's door.
In response to their questions, Li Huizhu happily replied, "Yes, that is Yunze's girlfriend."
"What does that girl look like?"
They had been sitting in the car the whole time, and none of them had seen what the others looked like.
Li Huizhu smiled and said, "She's very pretty."
When everyone saw her smiling, they asked her if she was very satisfied with her future daughter-in-law.
Li Huizhu naturally said yes.
But the neighbors were unhappy on her behalf: "But that child is from the countryside."
Gu Yunze is the son of a cadre, and he's currently a regimental commander. He's young and promising, so how could he marry a country girl?
"Could he have been scammed in the countryside?"
Many women here even considered introducing their own relatives' daughters to Gu Yunze, as they were very dissatisfied that Gu Yunze ended up marrying someone from the countryside.
Li Huizhu naturally knew what they were thinking, but she liked Lin Yu very much, and she felt a little unhappy when she heard them belittling him like that.
Even Gu Henglin, who was standing next to him, frowned as he listened.
He hadn't expected that these military family members would have such a disdainful attitude towards people from the countryside. It seemed these people needed further education.
Li Huizhu showed no impatience and continued to smile as she spoke:
"That's not quite right. Yunze is the regimental commander, and the female comrade is the factory director."
"What do you mean?" Her question immediately piqued everyone's curiosity.
Li Huizhu took a sip of water and said slowly, "Old Gu, where's the newspaper? Bring it over for them to see."
Gu Henglin happened to have that newspaper in his possession, so he took it out and handed it to her.
Li Huizhu opened it and pointed to the article on top: "Look, this is my son's girlfriend."
The women looked up and exclaimed, "Is this the factory manager named Lin Yu?"
Li Huizhu was proud: "Yes, it's her. And she didn't come here specifically to see us; she came to attend some kind of meeting."
"Old Gu, why don't you talk to them and tell them what kind of meeting it is again?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com