Originally, Xu Jianguo planned to cook at separate tables, but later, considering that this was the first New Year's Eve dinner for the whole family in Jingzhou, it would not be good to eat separately, so he bought an extra-large round table through the system mall and replaced his original table.
The diameter of this large round table is about two and a half meters, and it has two layers. The upper disc can rotate, which is very similar to the ones used in restaurants in later generations, except that the glass turntable is replaced with solid wood.
There are seven people in Xu Jianguo's family, plus three old men, a total of ten people. It is definitely more than enough for them to sit around this round table and have a meal.
While Xu Jianguo was pouring wine for the three old men, Daya also fed Xiaohei and Erhei, who had been waiting for a long time, and even added a can of food to their respective food bowls.
As Xu Jianguo picked up the wine glass, lunch officially began. After the adults started eating, the little ones also started eating happily.
Looking at the children's greasy little mouths, Xu Jianguo felt a sense of accomplishment.
Because there was a big dinner in the evening, Xu Jianguo and the three old men did not drink much at noon, and each of them drank less than two taels of white wine.
After lunch, the task of cleaning up the dishes was given to the three girls, while Wen Sitian took Wenwen and Lele upstairs.
Xu Jianguo brewed a pot of black tea and sat on the sofa with the three old men to chat and help digest the food. Because he had converted the study on the first floor into a bedroom, the four of them could only stay in the living room.
"Jianguo, you have done a good job this year. Several old guys called me and praised you a lot!" Su Dingshan took a sip of tea and said with a smile.
"Of course I have to. I can't embarrass you!" Xu Jianguo said proudly.
"Tsk, I'm telling you, kid, stop showing off! I heard you were recommended to go to college. You probably don't know how many people are eyeing this recommendation. The more cautious you are at this time, the more secure you have to be."
"Grandpa Su, I understand, don't worry!"
"Well, as long as you know it in your heart!"
As they chatted, they somehow ended up talking about antiques and cultural relics. The three old men felt very sorry for the old items that had been damaged in recent years.
Su Dingshan picked up a cigarette from the table, lit one for himself, and suddenly said, "Some time ago, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage received a call from the Kingdom of Parrot. The caller claimed to be a member of the royal family of Parrot. They said that one of their barons was planning to visit our country for a visit and exchange. They emphasized that this was an unofficial visit, and that the baron was interested in our country's ancient culture and wanted to come and see it."
When Xu Jianguo heard this, his eyebrows raised slightly, and he wondered what on earth these people from Ying Country were up to. Could they be planning to use this opportunity to steal another batch of antiques and cultural relics from Longxia Country?
In fact, Xu Jianguo really guessed right on this point. According to the conspiracy of several people from the Parrot Country, since the founding of the New Longxia Country, many former Parrot Country spies have been dormant, and these people have more or less a few cultural relics that were obtained before.
The intelligence department's idea was to take advantage of this opportunity to wake up these spies while investigating the theft of cultural relics, and then bring the cultural relics in their hands back to the mainland of Parrot Country by special plane.
After all, as the face of the Parrot Country, it is definitely not possible for the Parrot Museum to remain closed like this.
Although the newly appointed director has borrowed a lot of cultural relics from other private museums, there is still a huge difference compared to the previous collection.
Xu Jianguo thought for a moment and then asked, "Grandpa Su, do you think there's something fishy going on here?"
Su Dingshan nodded without hesitation and said, "Your information channels don't allow you to access foreign affairs, so you don't understand the ins and outs of this matter. A while ago, a theft occurred at the Parrot Kingdom's Great Parrot Museum. They've been investigating for a long time but haven't found any clues. According to the intelligence our people have sent back, there's some evidence that proves this incident is related to him. Given the museum theft, their unofficial contact with the Cultural Relics Bureau this time makes us suspicious."
Xu Jianguo nodded and continued to ask, "It's obvious that these two things are related. Are the people from the Parrot Country only coming to our Longxia Country, or do they have other destinations?"
"They didn't mention that. They just said their baron was interested in our country's ancient culture."
"Grandpa Su, do you think there are any spies from the Parrot Country in our country?"
"Is there any need to think about it? It must exist!"
"Then do you think these dormant spies might be hiding some antiques?"
After hearing what Xu Jianguo said, the three old men's eyes suddenly flashed with brilliance.
"Absolutely possible! Are you saying that they wanted to take this opportunity to bring back those artifacts hidden in the hands of spies, so they chose to come to our country?"
“That’s right!”
At this time, Wu Tianlong on the side said: "Old Su, this is really possible!"
"It seems we have to talk to that guy Wei Guoqiang!" Wang Huaian said.
After the three old men reached a consensus, Su Dingshan looked at the watch on his wrist and said, "Jianguo, send us back. We'll come back in the evening. We have to stay up all night to celebrate the New Year. You should take advantage of the time to get some sleep in the afternoon, and we'll go back and take a nap too."
Xu Jianguo knew that they all had the habit of taking a nap, so he didn't try to keep them and drove them back.
When he returned home, the three girls had already washed the dishes and cleaned the dining table and kitchen.
After Xu Jianguo praised the three of them, he sent them upstairs and told them to take some time to rest.
He called Du Yu and Xu Xiaoshi out, first put the leftovers from lunch into the space, and then began to prepare the ingredients needed for dinner. Most of the ingredients were similar to those for lunch, so it was not difficult to prepare.
The dumpling fillings and wrappers for the midnight dumplings have already been prepared in advance. They are made of cabbage and pork and leeks and eggs respectively. We just have to wait until after the New Year’s Eve dinner for everyone to get together and wrap them.
Time passed quickly, and more than two hours had passed in the blink of an eye.
At this time, Wen Sitian and the children had finished their nap and the family stayed in the living room, some reading and some playing games.
Just as Xu Jianguo stood up to pick up the three old men, the phone placed on the wall suddenly rang.
Xu Jianguo walked over and answered the phone, saying, "Hello, this is Xu Jianguo!"
"Jianguo, the leader is now ready to leave from the West Hall!" Chen Jin's voice came from the receiver.
"Okay, Uncle Chen, I'm going to pick up Grandpa Su and the others now!"
"Okay, see you later!"
"Yeah, see you later!"
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