This year it was New Year's Eve on the 29th of the lunar year, and everyone was free until the end of the year. Su Yan decided to have a party on the 28th of the lunar year, inviting all the relatives from the Lu and Su families to come, just as a party for Lu Ting's 40th birthday, and to celebrate her son's admission to his ideal university.
This time we are inviting quite a lot of people, all relatives from both sides, including my mother-in-law Hua Min's family, my father-in-law's two younger brothers and sister, my mother Jiang Lingling's brothers from her family, and my father Su Qingshan's brothers and sisters.
As for Lu Ting and his father-in-law’s colleagues and friends, since it was inconvenient to invite them, they were not invited.
There were two tables for Lu Fengnian’s descendants, and with those of his relatives, there were at least ten tables.
There is no need to worry about the food, as there is enough space for chicken, duck, fish and meat. If there is not enough, go to the market to buy some. But if Su Yan is preparing ten tables of banquet, she will definitely not be able to handle it alone, so she must hire a chef.
Su Yan tried to ask an acquaintance she knew but failed. In the end, Lu Ting went to the military district canteen to find two chefs to help.
There were twelve dishes on each table, two cold dishes: cold beef and Quanjude roast duck, two soups: angelica fish soup and fruit sweet soup, and the remaining eight hot dishes: four-happiness meatballs, mutton pot, cumin lamb chops, braised pork elbow, salted egg yolk crispy pork, braised hairtail, braised prawns, and garlic cabbage.
During this year, many people in the market had secretly started doing small businesses. After the great movement ended and the educated youth returned to the city, no one reported them.
All the relatives knew that Lu Yiming started making money at a young age, and they all began to praise him for being smart and capable.
When they arrived at Su Yan's house with four courtyards, they were still shocked. They probably would not be able to catch up with her in this lifetime.
Lu Fengnian's two younger brothers and only sister all thought that Lu Ting must have received his grandmother's dowry in advance, otherwise how could he have the money to buy such a big house.
No matter how jealous they were, they couldn't say anything as everyone was there. Even though Hua Min's proud elder sister Huali was jealous, she still had a beautiful smile on her face.
Although her brother-in-law has retired, he still has some power in his hands. Her eldest nephew is now at the level of deputy division commander, and his son is so promising. She is so busy trying to curry favor with him, how could she possibly offend them?
Her husband will retire in a few years, and her son and daughter are not doing very well. Although they all have jobs, they are no match for her brother-in-law's sons.
Su Yan also understood that when you stand at a certain height and look down on those people, even if they are jealous of you in their hearts, they will still try to curry favor with you on the surface, but in fact they will not get anything good.
When you have nothing, and you try hard to please these people and give to them, they may laugh at you in person and even step on you.
If you want others to respect you, you must first work hard, to the point where most people cannot reach a level. Then they will naturally look up to you and flatter you.
After eating and drinking, everyone chatted together. Seeing that Lu Yiming was handsome and had been admitted to a prestigious university, these people all wanted to help him find a partner.
Huali also wanted to introduce the daughter of her husband's leader to Lu Yiming, but knowing that Su Yan would not agree, she asked Hua Min to act as a lobbyist.
Hua Min scolded him directly, "Big sister, you've lived for so many years and still haven't lived a clean life? Don't even mention that Yiming's marriage is not my responsibility. Even if it was, I can't introduce him to a partner when he's only fifteen."
Hua Min pretended to be surprised, "Sister, Yiming is only fifteen years old. I thought he was eighteen or nineteen because he was so tall."
"If age is calculated based on height, why haven't I seen you grow to 7 or 8 meters? My Yiming is tall, but his face is very tender. He is a famous handsome man in our military compound."
Huali muttered quietly to herself: "What's so good about being good-looking? But there are very few people like him who are both good-looking and well-educated, and whose parents are both capable. Why do all the good things go to my eldest sister's family? Her grandchildren are also in elementary school, and even if they work hard, their grades are above average."
"Well, your Yiming is a handsome man, isn't it all because your daughter-in-law is beautiful?"
"My daughter-in-law is indeed beautiful. Ting'er has good-looking facial features except for being a little dark. Their children have inherited their best qualities and are very smart."
Seeing that her sister-in-law kept showing off Lu Ting's children, Huali felt bored. Lu Ting's children were excellent.
But the children of other sons are not so outstanding. Lu Jin's eldest daughter is a bit rebellious, the second daughter is a bit introverted, the only son is a bit naughty, and the youngest daughter has no sense of existence.
Lu Chen's eldest daughter is spoiled and pretentious, and the youngest daughter is a crybaby. Lu Yu's son seems okay, but his daughter is naughty.
As for Lu Shu, she was possessed by the devil in order to have more sons. She gave birth to five children, three daughters and two sons, and she is still having more. How can she feel uncomfortable if she doesn't make it a 3:3 tie?
Not only did this beautiful girl lose her figure, but her face also looked much older. Who could tell that she was only two or three years older than Su Yan?
Others who are thirty-four or thirty-five look like they are in their twenties, but Lu Shu is thirty-seven or thirty-eight but looks at least forty years old, and looks older than Lu Ting.
Even Gu Li, who had been working in the art troupe, looked much younger than her. Not only did she have so many children, but none of them were particularly good at studying. Their grades weren't as good as her grandchildren's.
So Lu Shu took the initiative to talk to her, and Hua Li casually said a few perfunctory words. Hua Jing looked at Lu Shu and sighed.
She smiled and said to Su Yan, "Yiming weighed 7.62 jin when he was born. I thought he would be extraordinary when he grew up. I didn't expect him to be so promising."
"Thank you, aunt, for helping to look after Yiming."
"Why thank you? I should thank you too. If Lu Ting hadn't helped my daughter find a job, her life wouldn't be so easy now."
Huali also felt that her younger sister's family was lucky. Thanks to her eldest sister, her eldest daughter lived a better life than her own daughter. It seemed that she had to spend more time with her eldest sister in the future.
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