Chapter 114: The head of the Uesugi family is unwell and is recuperating in bed
After Lu Mingfei sat down, he was a little distracted, thinking about a philosophical question in his mind - in this time and space, did Grandma Chen marry the wrong man or give birth to the wrong child, turning his father-in-law into his mother-in-law.
Otherwise it would be difficult to explain why my brother-in-law suddenly changed his surname.
However, as the only one of the three guests who came with a mouth, he looked thoughtful when he said nothing (don't ask, if you do, all the family heads here have the ability to see through appearances), and I thought that the family's hospitality failed to satisfy the guest.
The family's biggest creditor sent someone to visit. Logically, the eight heads of the Eight Snake Families should come out to meet him, but now the situation is that five are missing three.
The Inuyama family is the largest entertainment industry overlord in Tokyo and even in the whole of Japan. Compared with several other families, their business is relatively single. It is the only family besides the three major families that does not rely too much on the support of "Su-san".
It is understandable that the head of the Inuyama family did not attend, but the Miyamoto family is a leader in the shipping and construction industries, and is a family that relies more on "Susan", but the head of the Miyamoto family did not show up either.
In this regard, Tachibana Masamune explained for the two: "The head of the Inuyama family is currently on a business trip to the Okinawa Peninsula, and the head of the Miyamoto family also went abroad to attend a technology seminar some time ago and cannot return for the time being."
And these words indeed successfully attracted Lu Mingfei's attention.
Although he had no interest in these two small five families, there was still the big three families. He came all the way to Japan just for the girl from the Uesugi family.
The five family heads present were all smart people, and just from the changes in his eyes one could tell that Mr. Batman really cared about the absent family heads.
It's just not clear whether he cares about pomp or circumstance or something else.
The head of the Inuyama family has a reinforced group of beautiful girls under his command, and the head of the Miyamoto family is the strongest scientific research talent in the family. The former can meet his personal needs, and the latter can meet the needs of the organization behind him.
Tachibana Masamune saw Lu Mingfei's reaction and kept it in mind, then slowly explained the reason why the last patriarch was absent:
"As for the head of the Uesugi family, her health is not very good. She has been resting in bed recently. I hope you will forgive me."
The origins of Susang's spokesperson are mysterious. The Eight Snake Families mobilized a lot of resources but could not find out through which channel they arrived in Japan. By the time they contacted the delegation, they had already checked into the Peninsula Hotel.
Moreover, they had no prior contact and it was unclear what country they were from. Although the head of the Sakurai family and Mr. Batman spoke in Japanese, it was obvious that the other two could not understand it at all, so they remained silent.
So after sitting down, Tachibana Masamune naturally changed the language of conversation to the international common language - English.
Lu Mingfei had been listening with his ears perked up. When the four key words "Head of the Uesugi family", "she", "poor health" and "bed rest" appeared at the same time, he felt excited, nervous and complicated.
Of course I was excited because I knew exactly where my wife was, but I was nervous because there was something wrong with my wife's health.
In a world with supernatural powers, it stands to reason that many difficult and complicated diseases can be solved by non-scientific methods, but his wife's body is still so weak that she has to stay in bed to recuperate.
How can a hybrid of human and dragon be associated with weakness?
The information provided by Potato Chip Girl clearly stated that even those mixed-race species with the worst bloodlines had physical fitness levels at the level of top athletes compared to normal humans.
There is no reason to be so poor that you need to lie down and recuperate for a long time.
Unless it is a congenital defect or a serious injury later in life that causes the body to be deficient in blood and qi.
No matter which one it was, Lu Mingfei could not accept it.
Based on this, the subsequent questions about why the eldest brother-in-law and his wife have different surnames, whether they have become cousins from siblings, or whether the three families have few members and the three siblings have to separate and inherit the incense of each family to maintain the inheritance, are temporarily irrelevant.
He showed a well-placed smile of concern: "Is the head of the Uesugi family not feeling well? I happen to know an old Chinese doctor. Would you like me to ask him to come out and help?"
This was not nonsense. In his previous life, he injured his arm when he ran to Europe to save his brother and Zero. Due to the long journey and escape, he was unable to get proper rest and suffered from a hidden illness.
The injury is to the right hand, which is a relatively serious injury for e-sports practitioners. If anything goes wrong, it is very likely that his professional career will end prematurely.
Fortunately, when he went back to visit the coastal area where he lived in his childhood, he met a man who was obviously very young but claimed to be an old Chinese medicine practitioner. The man gave him three boxes of medicine for a course of treatment, which cured his disease immediately and allowed him to return to the court as soon as possible.
"Master Xia is handsome, kind-hearted and a skilled doctor. As long as the money is in place, he can treat any difficult or complicated disease."
Although Lu Mingfei has not yet looked for the old Chinese doctor since his rebirth, and he doesn't know whether he is still in the same place after the change of time and space, it is okay to borrow his name.
Anyway, it is impossible for the people from the Eight Clans of Sheqi to really agree to it.
And just as he thought, Tachibana Masamune shook his head slightly, rejected his kindness, and said that they had invited the best Chinese and Western doctors in the world to regulate the body of the head of the Uesugi family.
Hearing this, Lu Mingfei felt relieved and said with a long sigh, "That's good. I hate to see old, sick and disabled people."
He said it casually, but the others present secretly kept it in mind and marked the visit to the family's medical center in their itinerary.
"Everything our family has now depends on you all. We don't have much to offer you, so let's just use the Japanese tea ceremony."
Eight guests gathered around the stove to make tea. Yabuki Sakura excused herself temporarily due to her low status, and the head of the family, Tachibana Masamune, personally entertained the guests.
He had perfect manners, his movements were light and his expression was solemn. His postures for washing cups, boiling tea and pouring tea were as standard as in a textbook, which made Old Tang feel very impressed.
Although Old Tang is a Chinese American and his adoptive father likes to make tea when he has nothing to do, it is obvious that he has never seen such a solemn and dignified tea ceremony culture.
In fact, he has been confused from the moment he left the house until now.
Lu Mingfei told him a lot of things to pay attention to last night, but when he went out in the morning and saw Zero Time, who was dressed like a fairy, he forgot one third of them. After seeing the Genji Heavy Industries, which was as black as a monument, he forgot another third. The remaining things were not enough to cope with such complicated tea ceremony etiquette.
The biggest Japanese gangster personally made tea for him. Should he use two fingers or four fingers to knock on the tea? Should he keep half of it or drink it all? Lu Mingfei, who was standing nearby, noticed that he looked like he was sitting on a stove. He knew that Old Tang must have forgotten how to act like a big shot, so he leaned over and whispered:
"Don't panic, this old Deng is not Japanese, his tea ceremony is completely copied from a book."
Although Tachibana Masamune's tea-making process was meticulous, Lu Mingfei could see at a glance that he didn't understand it at all, because he had used the same method back then.
In order to pursue his wife and please his brother-in-law, he learned a lot of things related to Japanese culture, including Japanese tea ceremony etiquette.
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His knowledge of the tea ceremony all came from his uncle Chu, the second-generation rich man. After reading some books and watching some video materials, he dared to claim that he had some understanding of it.
However, when he confidently demonstrated his tea ceremony to his brother-in-law and his wife, he only got the comment "Why make it so complicated when it's just brewing tea?"
After returning home, he burned the book "My Views on Japanese Tea Ceremony".
"How did you know that?" Old Tang stared at Tachibana Masamune. Apart from his three-dimensional facial features, this old guy was a completely qualified Japanese old man.
"My intuition is that he doesn't have the unique twistedness of the Japanese, and his Japanese has a slight accent, which sounds a bit like vodka."
"What kind of outrageous description is this?" Old Tang felt that this guy was talking nonsense.
"I'm not going to lie to you. I knew a guy who played games on NAVI. He spoke Japanese in the same tone."
"What is NAVI?" Old Tang was confused.
Seeing this, Lu Mingfei was surprised to realize that NAVI had only been established this year, so he changed the subject and said, "Don't worry about trivial matters. Just learn from me later."
"Oh." Old Tang nodded silently, then glanced at Ling who was sitting on the left side of Lu Mingfei without leaving any trace, thinking that this girl was really generous. She sat steadily without raising her head.
The table at the Awakening Temple was large enough that even if they spoke in a low voice, the other side could not hear clearly, and soon Tachibana Masamune handed over the tea.
The etiquette is also very strict, with ancient silk mats, rotating cups, and bending over to serve tea, which makes people feel tired.
Lu Mingfei responded with the same courtesy, then blew on the tea, took a sip, and sighed, "Good tea."
Old Tang followed suit and took a sip, only to find that it was hot and bitter. He didn't know why Big Head Bear said it tasted so good, but he still praised it for the sake of adapting to the local customs.
Tachibana Masamune was somewhat surprised by the two men's action of drinking right after picking up the tea. Just now, he saw them returning the greeting in a formal manner and thought they were knowledgeable. Sure enough, he had been away from the Western world for too long and could no longer keep up with the pace there? Finally, it was Zero's turn. The same process was followed, but the mysterious beautiful girl did not move at all. She lowered her head to study the ancient silk gauze in front of her, and had no intention of accepting the tea at all.
Lu Mingfei noticed that her hands on her thighs had been clenched into fists without her noticing, as if she was enduring something. He immediately stood up with a smile and took them for her, saying:
"Sorry, like I said just now, Sanwu hates all physical contact, whether direct or indirect."
Seeing this, Tachibana Masamune smiled and didn't care. It was just a quirk. He had met many girls with weirder quirks than this girl in the Western world.
Even though Lu Mingfei brought the tea to Ling, Ling had no intention of drinking it. She just sat there quietly like a quiet beautiful girl.
Her reaction made Yuan Zhisheng frown slightly, but considering that this was a distinguished guest of the family and that his father and the others had no objections, he could only suppress these concerns temporarily.
While Lu Mingfei admired Tachibana Masamune's skillful tea art and his style of a contemporary tea master, he remembered Zero's abnormality in his heart and thought about asking him what happened after returning.
They all have Russian accents. Could it be that they have met before? (End of this chapter)