At noon on New Year's Day, at the entrance of the restaurant, after seeing off all the guests, only my family members were left. Everyone wanted to go back, but my sister Qingqing and brother-in-law Zhang Zhihao invited everyone to their home for a visit.
Zhang Yucai, who was standing by, was particularly enthusiastic and attentive to his in-laws today.
At today's house-warming party, the most important table of guests were brought by the in-laws, and they are of great value.
This relative-in-law is really rich. This richness does not mean how much money he makes, but that he can handle anything in the county. If it can be done with money, he can do it faster than you; if it cannot be done with money, he can still do it.
"This kid Xiuyuan, I felt he had great potential and was not ordinary when I first met him. Now it's true. I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. When I went to toast him, my legs were shaking, but Xiuyuan was chatting and laughing with a group of leaders..." Zhang Yucai kept praising him all the way.
Xiuyuan felt a little embarrassed. It was so inappropriate to praise him so harshly in front of so many family members.
"Xiuyuan really made your sister and brother-in-law proud today..." Aunt Zhang also echoed.
After my sister and brother-in-law came to their new home, they were polite to Xiuyuan and no longer treated him as a junior in their conversations.
After sitting for a while, Xiuyuan stood up and said goodbye, preparing to go home to rest for a while to sober up. He had a dinner arranged by Zhou Yutang, the director of the Education Bureau, in the evening. Before leaving, Xiuyuan told his sister to come over in the evening.
There is no need to bring my brother-in-law to the dinner party tonight. It's just a small event at school, so there's no need to bring the couple. Besides, my brother-in-law won't feel comfortable going.
At around six o'clock, a group of people had gathered in the private room of Huangyuan Hotel, including Xiuyuan, Zhou Yutang, Song Kang, the principal of Experimental Primary School, Gong Min, the head teacher of Xiuyuan's nephew Zhang Mingxuan, and Xiuyuan's sister Qingqing.
Even Gong Min sat below Qingqing.
At this dinner, Qingqing felt uncomfortable, and Gong Min felt even more uncomfortable than Qingqing.
The immediate superior, the principal Song Kang, was there, and the immediate superior's superior, the director of the Education Bureau, Zhou Yutang, was there. As a class teacher, she needed to be flattered and polite in the eyes of most parents, but at this dinner, she was just an ordinary faculty member.
She is even worse than an ordinary parent like Qingqing, because that ordinary parent has a younger brother who is the secretary of the county magistrate. She chats and laughs with Director Zhou, and even a big man like Principal Song Kang needs to put on a smile.
Today's dinner was supposed to be about chatting about the children's situation at school, but that was just an excuse for the gathering. The only two people who actually talked about the children were Qingqing and Gong Min.
The main reason is that the two of them don’t talk about this, and there is nothing else to talk about.
After three rounds of drinks, Xiuyuan came over with a glass of wine to toast Gong Min.
"Teacher Gong, Mingxuan still needs your attention at school." Xiuyuan said to Gong Min with a smile.
Gong Min quickly stood up with her wine glass. She felt more comfortable chatting with Qingqing, but she felt too much pressure facing a young man like Xiuyuan.
There was no way. The principal, who was in power at the time, had to put on a forced smile in front of this young man. How could I, an ordinary teacher, not feel pressured when facing him?
"Secretary, you are too polite. This is what we should do." Gong Min said.
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