Chapter 718 Good soil
Jiang Xia parked the car, got out quickly, and walked forward: "Grandpa Jiang, I'm sorry, I'm late."
Mr. Mai said with a smile: "We are not late, we arrived early. We just arrived. Let me introduce you."
Then Mr. Mai said to the people around him, "This is the comrade Jiang Xia I mentioned."
In addition to his old friend who is in the seafood business, the people that Mr. Mai brought with him this time include his family (including his adopted son’s father-in-law and his family) and a team of lawyers.
He wants to formally recognize his son before the New Year and try to have a reunion dinner on New Year's Eve.
"Xia Xia, this is Xu Bodong, Old Xu, you can just call him Grandpa Xu. He's been my friend for many years, and he came here specially to see the fish in your cages."
Jiang Xia smiled and nodded, "Grandpa Xu, I've heard a lot about you. Welcome to our S City! I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time."
Old Xu smiled and held out his hand: "No, we just passed the customs too. We really trouble you to come pick us up in person! I always hear Old Mai mention you, and today I finally get to meet you!"
Jiang Xia shook his hand and joked, "Grandpa Jiang, are you saying bad things about me? I wanted to invite him to dinner, but I haven't been able to do so for a long time. Today I finally have the chance!"
Mr. Xu laughed out loud: "Haha... So this is true? He always said good things about you in front of me! He said that you are very good at business at a young age, very hardworking, and just like him when he was young."
Jiang Xia smiled: "Really? This is the highest compliment I have ever heard. I am flattered! I guess I have to do my best to be a good host today."
Mr. Mai smiled and said, "You can't escape today! You have reserved this meal! Let me continue to introduce you. This is my relative, Mr. Tan, Grandpa Tan! This is Mr. Tan's wife, Grandma Tan."
Jiang Xia smiled and nodded politely: "Grandpa Tan, Grandma Tan, hello, welcome to S City. Sorry for keeping you waiting. Please don't mind if I didn't greet you."
Mr. Tan smiled and stretched out his hand to shake hands with Jiang Xia: "Hello, Old Mai's granddaughter is my granddaughter, you don't have to be polite to me."
Mrs. Tan did not reach out her hand. She held the Hermès bag in both hands, wearing a perfume, and stood there smiling, "Are you Xia Xia? You are so pretty! Prettier than the big stars in Hong Kong Island!"
She looked at Jiang Xia. He didn't look like Lao Mai at all!
I don’t know how Old Mac decided that she was his granddaughter.
Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Grandma Tan, you are overpraising me. How can I compare with celebrities? I am just born with fair skin, which can hide three flaws."
Mrs. Tan just smiled and was too lazy to say anything more.
Mr. Mai continued to introduce: "Nianshan, you already know them. This is Nianshan's wife. Xia Xia, you can call them Uncle Mai and Aunt Tan first!"
Jiang Xia greeted with a smile.
Mai Nianshan looked at Jiang Xia lovingly and said, "I haven't seen you for a while, Xia Xia seems to have lost weight?"
Tan Zhiying smiled warmly and held Jiang Xia's hand: "This is Xia Xia! You are so beautiful! You look like someone from our family! I finally get to meet you! I always hear the old man mention you, and I have wanted to come and meet you for a long time. Thank you for taking care of my old man! Today I finally have the chance! Thank you very much!"
Jiang Xia: "Of course I should. I always hear Grandpa Jiang say that his son and daughter-in-law are very filial. He also said that Aunt Tan's soup is delicious."
Tan Zhiying smiled: "Really? Filial piety is what we should do. Father-in-law treats us better."
Finally, Mr. Mai introduced his two grandchildren: "This is my grandson Mai Jinping and granddaughter Mai Xiaoan. Xia Xia is one or two years older than you. Call her sister."
Mai Xiaoan secretly glanced at Jiang Xia.
Mai Jinping smiled and said, "Sister Xia Xia."
Mai Xiaoan: "Sister Xia Xia."
Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Hello."
Finally, they finished greeting each other, and Jiang Xia invited everyone to go to the Friendship Restaurant Shanzhenlou for dinner: "My wife has already made a reservation there in advance."
Friendship Restaurant Shanzhenlou is a joint venture between a local catering company and a company from Hong Kong Island. It has high-end and luxurious decoration, the chef is from Hong Kong Island, and the restaurant's service standards are relatively high.
Jiang Xia treated today's meal as a business reception meal, so naturally he went there to have a more upscale and formal meal.
You can tell what the word “Friendship” means by looking at the name of the restaurant.
Mr. Mai and his team have two special cars to pick us up.
Mr. Mai called Mr. Xu and said, "Let's take Xiao Xia's car. I've never been in a jeep before."
Then he told Mai Nianshan to take good care of his father-in-law and mother-in-law.
Old Xu smiled and said, "Let's go! I haven't sat there either."
So the two old people went and took Jiangxia's car.
Jiang Xia opened the car door and invited them in.
In the car, the two elders and Jiang Xia talked about the purpose of Mr. Xu's visit.
Mr. Xu runs dozens of international hotels, restaurant chains, seafood and dry goods chain stores, and seafood wholesale in Hong Kong Island and abroad.
He came here this time to invest in the hotel and the wharf, and purchasing seafood was secondary.
The main reason is that his company owns a seafood wholesale market, so he gave Mr. Mai some face.
"Mr. Mai and I are very optimistic about the development of the mainland."
Jiang Xia smiled and said, "I won't let you down. Now that it's open, as a key open city, the speed of development is definitely changing with each passing day."
"Yes." Mr. Xu looked at the low houses on both sides of the road and the huge difference between them and Hong Kong Island. He thought about the situation when he had to leave. Decades have passed. His home and company are in Hong Kong Island. He can't just move his family back if he wants to. One move will affect the entire body, and he doesn't know what the policy will be.
The Chinese people believe in returning to their roots, and if there is an opportunity, they would like to come back and do their best to help their hometown.
He was late, unlike Jiang Lao who had done so much over the years, donating to build countless schools and roads. Of course, he did not have the financial resources of his old friend.
Mr. Mai asked Jiang Dong: "When will Xiaodong come back?"
When he met his son, he hoped that everyone would be present, without missing a single one.
Jiang Xia nodded: "He should be back the day after tomorrow."
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In the black car behind, as soon as Tan Zhiying got in the car, she took off her socks and threw them into the storage compartment on the door.
Today she wore a pair of gauntlets specifically so that she wouldn't have to make direct contact when shaking hands.
Mai Xiaoan said, "Mommy, that woman's clothes are so tacky."
She doesn't like Jiang Xia when she sees him.
Mai Nianshan warned his daughter: "An An, don't be so rude."
It's okay for other people to say that, but what would her adoptive father think if he heard her talking about Jiang Xia so bluntly? Tan Zhiying looked at her daughter who was wearing perfume and reminded her, "Your father is right. She is your granddaughter who your grandfather found with great difficulty. Don't be so petty in the future and get along well with her. People here dress like this, but she can wear it. If she wants to wear it, your grandfather can buy it for her, even more than you."
To put it bluntly, it was all thanks to Mr. Mai that his daughter could live such a good life. However, they are not his biological children and grandchildren. The grace of raising them is already greater than anything else. Mr. Mai wants to give everything to his biological children and grandchildren, and no one will say anything.
And everyone thinks it's right! Old Tan also taught his granddaughter: "Your mother is right. If her father hadn't been separated from your grandfather, she would be wearing your clothes and living the same life as you are now. And you don't even know where you are. An An, remember, you are a family from now on. She is your sister, and you should treat her like you treat Jin Ping."
Mai Xiaoan didn't say anything else, pouted, and was dissatisfied in her heart: She thought that the woman was looking for relatives because her grandfather was rich, so she deliberately approached her grandfather! She had been looking for the person for so many years and still couldn't find him, so how could she meet him at the station by chance? It sounded like a conspiracy! Mai Jinping glanced at his sister and patted her shoulder.
He understood his sister. She was the little princess of the family and her grandfather loved her the most. Now, her grandfather talked about Jiang Xia every day and wanted to recognize his biological son.
It's normal for my sister to feel unhappy and unhappy.
(End of this chapter)
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