Hu Xiaohui's home is in the family compound of the Jicheng Military Region, not very close to the train station.
It took the group more than half an hour to drive to their destination.
After parking the car, Xu Zhengyang got out, opened the trunk and took out two large suitcases.
The houses in the Jicheng Military Region family compound were newly built in 1988. Although they are all red brick buildings, they were considered quite good in the early 1990s.
Hu Xiaohui's home was on the third floor. After Hu Zhijun locked the car door, the four of them walked upstairs talking and laughing.
Because they knew in advance that their daughter would come back with her boyfriend, Hu Zhijun and Tian Guifang had already prepared the ingredients for dinner at home.
Stir-fried dishes with dumplings is their family’s custom for entertaining guests.
After entering the room, the couple asked Xu Zhengyang to sit down, then Tian Guifang went to make tea, while Hu Xiaohui was busy opening her luggage bag and started taking things out.
The luggage bag contained all the specialties that she and Xu Zhengyang bought from Jingzhou.
Looking at his daughter busying herself there, Hu Zhijun's face was filled with happy smiles.
But when he saw the two packs of Panda cigarettes with the words "special supply" written on them that Hu Xiaohui took out from the luggage bag, he was stunned for a moment. He thought to himself, wow, he is worthy of being the son of a lieutenant general. He can give away these special supply cigarettes as a gift.
Not to mention him, even Hu Xiaohui's grandfather didn't receive such treatment when he was in power.
But that's not all. After taking out the two packs of special-supply cigarettes, Hu Xiaohui took out two bottles of special-supply Moutai from her luggage bag. Judging from the slightly yellowed stickers on the bottles, these two bottles of Moutai should be quite old.
At this moment, Hu Zhijun looked at the cigarettes and Moutai liquor on the coffee table. Although he had a smile on his face, he was not as happy as he had imagined.
Because he felt more and more that the gap between his family and Xu Zhengyang's family was really too big. There was nothing wrong with the couple, but he was worried that if his precious daughter really married into the Xu family, she would be bullied because of her humble origin.
At this time, Tian Guifang, who had made tea, also walked in from outside. At this time, she didn't notice anything unusual and still poured a cup of tea for Xu Zhengyang with a smile.
Xu Zhengyang took the tea somewhat stiffly and quickly said thank you.
After a while, Hu Xiaohui finally took out all the gifts for her parents from her luggage bag. However, when she looked at her parents with a smile, she suddenly found that there seemed to be something wrong with the expressions on their faces.
However, she did not ask, but pretended that she knew nothing and continued to talk and laugh with them.
After Hu Zhijun and Tian Guifang chatted with Xu Zhengyang for a while, they looked at the time, got up and went to the kitchen to start preparing dinner.
After they left, Hu Xiaohui stood up and sat next to Xu Zhengyang, whispering, "How is it? Are you still nervous?"
"I'm not nervous anymore. It seems that meeting the parents is not as difficult as I thought!" Xu Zhengyang said with a smile.
"It's not difficult at all, you're just imagining things!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhengyang did not try to argue, but just scratched his head and laughed foolishly.
While Hu Xiaohui and Xu Zhengyang were whispering, the couple who were busy in the kitchen had worried looks on their faces.
"Zhijun, what's wrong with you?"
"Did you notice the things my daughter just took out?"
"No, what's wrong?"
"Two packs of specially supplied Panda cigarettes and two bottles of aged Maotai. Not only me, but even my dad didn't get this kind of treatment back then!"
"Are you worried that the gap between our family and Xiao Xu's is too big, and if she marries into someone with a higher social status, her daughter will be bullied?"
"Yes, Jingzhou, a Lieutenant General of the Central Security Bureau, what a concept! In ancient times, this would be the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard, the commander of the personal guards around the emperor! But look at the two of us, although one is a colonel and the other is a lieutenant colonel, the gap between us and a lieutenant general is still too big."
"You, I really don't know how to say hello to you!"
"What do you mean?" Hu Zhijun asked with some confusion.
"Our daughter has already been to Xiao Xu's house. Did you know about this?"
“I know!”
"Then do you think that if the people in Xiao Xu's family are difficult to get along with, should our daughter be in this state when she returns this time?"
Hu Zhijun thought about it and shook his head.
"You're a father, but you don't even understand your own daughter's temper. You just keep worrying about her!"
"No, don't be so quick to criticize me. Tell me what you mean."
"The meaning is very simple. Since Xiao Xu can come to visit us with so many good things, it proves that her family recognizes our daughter. Otherwise, why would they bring so many things to our door? And you don't know what kind of temper our girl has. Although she is a little stubborn, she also has a sense of shame and can understand good and bad words. If Xiao Xu's family really looks down on her, she will definitely not continue to pester us and will definitely leave without looking back. But look at the two of them, don't they look like they are unhappy with each other?"
"It seems not to be the case! So what you mean is that Xiao Xu's family doesn't mind the difference in status between the two families?"
"nonsense!"
"Hahaha, after hearing what you said, I suddenly feel better!"
"Don't be silly and make dinner! The two kids have been on the train all day and they'll be hungry!"
"Okay, just wait and see!"
The couple worked in the kitchen for nearly two hours and finally brought six dishes, a soup and several plates of steaming dumplings with big stuffing to the table.
Afterwards, Tian Guifang asked Xu Zhengyang and Hu Xiaohui to wash their hands and eat. When they heard the noise, they quickly got up and walked towards the restaurant.
"Uncle, aunt, thank you for your hard work!" Xu Zhengyang said.
"Hey, it's not that hard. Sit down and try it to see if it suits your taste!"
"yes!"
"Xiao Xu, can I have something to drink?"
“I can drink it!”
"Okay, they say the more you drink, the better the dumplings. Let's drink less today and have fun!"
"Okay, I'll listen to you!"
Just like that, after some white wine was poured into the four people's cups, this sumptuous family dinner officially began.
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