Chapter 522 Relatives
As he spoke, Uncle Li's eyes were blurred by tears.
Seeing her long-lost relative, Old Lady Shang choked up and asked, "Erzhu, are you doing okay?"
Uncle Li nodded repeatedly: "I'm fine... fine, but cousin, you left the capital quietly not long after getting married. Where have you been all these years?"
When Tan Chen saw this, he knew that the two old men needed some time to reminisce about the past, and the entrance of the alley was not a good place to talk.
"Uncle Li, please get in the car first. We can talk about it when we get back."
After being reminded by Tan Chen, Uncle Li also reacted. He said hello to his companions and got on the back seat of the car.
The car drove less than a hundred meters and stopped in front of their new home.
Uncle Li jumped out of the car first, helped Mrs. Shang open the door, and helped her get out of the car.
"Slow down, elder sister. I'll support you."
Old Mrs. Shang thinks she is not that pretentious and still needs someone to support her when she walks.
After deliberately hiding for a moment, she walked into the yard with her three-inch golden lotus feet.
She was very familiar with this area. Before she got married, her home was nearby, but the house had changed hands now.
The past is too painful to recall, so Mrs. Shang tries not to be too sad.
When Shang Ruoting heard the sound of a car outside, she knew that Tan Chen had picked up her grandmother. When she went out, she saw that Uncle Li had followed them and seemed to be very familiar with her grandmother.
Just as she was about to ask something, Tan Chen gave her a look, signaling her not to ask first.
Shang Ruoting tactfully didn't ask, thinking that Uncle Li was a guest, so she took him and grandma to the living room.
When Tan Chen saw the two old people enter the living room, he called Shang Ruoting out.
"Ruoting, let's go make some tea for Uncle Li and Grandma."
Shang Ruoting knew that there must be a reason why Tan Chen asked her to come out. She said hello to Old Lady Shang and Uncle Li, then walked out.
Arriving in the yard, Shang Ruoting couldn't wait to grab Tan Chen and asked in a low voice: "What's going on?"
Tan Chen pulled Shang Ruoting's hand and went to the kitchen, saying that he was going to make tea to entertain the guests, and he really was making tea.
"Wife, Uncle Li and Grandma just called me cousin."
Shang Ruoting was shocked. She had never heard Old Madam Shang mention any relatives.
Seeing the old man suddenly have a cousin, she was really curious.
"What did they talk about?"
Tan Chen shook his head: "Just now, the two of them just recognized each other at the entrance of the alley. I didn't think it was a good place to talk, so I suggested we go back home and talk."
Shang Ruoting knew that she could not get any useful information from Tan Chen, so she simply stopped asking.
After the tea was brewed, she brought it to the living room.
I saw that Old Lady Shang's face was covered with tears, and Uncle Li was not much better, he kept wiping his tears.
When Mrs. Shang saw Shang Ruoting come in, she took her hand and introduced her to Uncle Li.
"This is my only granddaughter, Shang Ruoting."
Shang Ruoting and Uncle Li had met each other before and were not strangers, but they were both unaware of this relationship before.
It seemed that Uncle Li was a relative recognized by grandma, so she politely changed her tone and said, "Hello, uncle."
Uncle Li nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay, it's fate. If you hadn't bought this house, your grandma and I might never have seen each other again in this life."
Uncle Li's parents are Old Lady Shang's second uncles. The ancestors of the Li family had a rule that the recipes of "Li's Imperial Cuisine" were only passed down to the eldest son.
As for Mrs. Shang's father's generation, she was the only daughter in the family. Her father cared too much about his daughter and thought that if she got the "Li's Imperial Cuisine", her life would be much better in the future.
Therefore, in the absence of a son, the rule that a nephew should be adopted as the heir was simply ignored by Li's father.
For this reason, Mrs. Shang's second uncle often came to her house to quarrel with her father, hoping that one of his sons could be chosen to inherit "Li's Imperial Cuisine".
But Li's father was stubborn. For the sake of his daughter, he turned against his own brother, so that the two families had little contact with each other afterwards.
Although the elders of the two families had an unpleasant quarrel, it did not affect the relationship between Mrs. Shang and Uncle Li.
Old Mrs. Shang is only one year older than Uncle Li. The two have been playing together since they were young and have established a deep friendship.
Later, after receiving the true teachings from the Li family, Old Lady Shang secretly taught some to Uncle Li.
Unfortunately, Uncle Li had no talent for cooking, so he couldn't even learn some basic dishes.
Later, Mrs. Shang got married, and with the changes in the situation, Li's father and mother passed away one after another. She left the capital with "Li's Imperial Cuisine" and Old Man Shang.
Unexpectedly, what was coming could not be avoided, and in the end, there was no way to escape the fate of having bad background...
Seeing that the two old people still had a lot to say, Shang Ruoting tactfully left the house and left the space to them.
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