Seeing Jiang Xiaoli's confused look, Grandma Jiang explained to her, "Your grandfather had a younger sister named Jiang Yingyu, but she passed away a few years ago due to poor health."
Grandpa Jiang looked at Jiang Xiaoli with even more affection, "Yu-mei was just as lively as Xiaoli when she was little."
Grandpa Jiang nodded, "It should be someone from our Jiang family."
Grandpa Jiang was delighted to hear this. "That's right! Xiao Li should belong to our Jiang family."
After dinner, Li Guizhi took the opportunity to give everyone the gifts she had brought.
A little girl named Jiang Qingwan from the second branch of the Jiang family immediately unpacked the fan. "Wow, this round fan is so beautiful!"
When the others saw this, they all opened their own gifts. Their gifts were all different, including oil-paper umbrellas, paper cuttings, tea sets…
Although the Jiang family values traditional Chinese culture highly, the younger generation knows very little about these traditional Chinese artworks.
Jiang Qingwan, who was the first to open the gift, moved next to Jiang Xiaoli and asked, "Sister Xiaoli, is it okay to dress up in ancient costume in China?"
Jiang Xiaoli nodded, "Of course! We have clothing from all the dynasties. Do you like this?"
The little girl nodded, "Yes, I saw that the clothes they wore in the TV series were all flowing, like fairies."
"When I get back to China, I'll have some clothes custom-made for you and send them to you, okay?"
Jiang Qingwan nodded her little head, "Thank you, Sister Xiaoli."
Everyone else was also very pleased with the gifts the mother and daughter had prepared.
Especially Grandpa Jiang, who received a Zisha teapot. "Oh my, Master Hu Nan hasn't made many teapots in recent years, this is a rare find!"
Li Guizhi smiled and said, "I'm glad you like it."
Grandma Jiang smiled and said when she saw that everyone liked the gifts they received, "From now on, Guizhi and Xiaoli are family with us. Don't be too polite, let's all get along well."
The dinner party tonight was a joyful occasion. Perhaps because it was the first time everyone had met, Jiang Xiaoli felt that the second branch of the Jiang family didn't have as many problems as Jiang Chengle had described.
Back in the courtyard, Li Guizhi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Xu Feng pulled Xiao Muyu to the front yard living room to help her practice her spoken English. When they returned, she put down her book and asked, "Sister-in-law, judging from your appearance, the dinner party tonight must have gone well, right?"
Li Guizhi nodded with a smile, "Yes, everyone is very kind."
Did they like those gifts?
From the moment they started applying for passports, Xu Feng helped Li Guizhi come up with ideas for gifts.
After thinking for a long time, they all agreed that even if a wealthy family like the Jiang family gave them something very valuable, the family might not care much about it.
In that case, it would be better to give some more unique items.
Chinese traditional culture has been passed down for thousands of years, and there are very distinctive representative items in all aspects of life, including clothing, food, housing, and transportation.
Jiang Xiaoli even went to find Ren Zhiyi's grandfather and got a few good things from him, one of which was the purple clay teapot she gave to Jiang Er's grandfather.
Li Guizhi sat down and thanked them, "I really owe you a lot for helping me choose so many; they all seem to like them."
Xu Feng patted her hand, "Hey, sister-in-law, why are you being so polite with me!"
Jiang Xiaoli stood outside the living room, looking at the scene in the courtyard. She hugged Xiao Muyu and said, "Xiaoyu, look at all the lights in the Jiang family compound. Aren't you scared?"
Xiao Muyu hadn't felt anything at first, but after hearing what she said, she suddenly remembered the horror novel that she had recommended to her a couple of days ago and felt a chill run down her spine.
She slapped Jiang Xiaoli's hand away, "Don't scare me!"
"Hehe, the atmosphere's all set..."
Xiao Muyu decisively went inside and sat between the two mothers to complain, "Xiao Li dragged me to play mahjong all night last night, and now she wants to tell me ghost stories. She doesn't want me to sleep!"
Li Guizhi immediately shot her a dagger, "You brat, how can you be so annoying!"
Jiang Xiaoli pursed her lips and gave an innocent smile, "I didn't expect her to be so timid."
Xiao Muyu hid behind Li Guizhi, "You did this on purpose!"
Jiang Xiaoli also poked her head out from behind Zong Jiayu, "Hey! Coward!"
The two were bickering from a distance, and just as Li Guizhi was about to get up and start a fight, Zong Jiayu said with a smile, "Godmother, calm down, I'll take her out."
The two sat down side by side at the stone table in the courtyard. Zong Jia reached out and pinched her cheek. "Why did you tease her on purpose?"
Jiang Xiaoli turned her head and lightly bit his hand. "Hehe, I just thought it was fun. Look at this courtyard, the atmosphere is just right."
Zong Jia chuckled, "You!"
She looked up at the sky and said, "Ayu, look, the moon is so bright tonight, like a light bulb."
Zong Jia put his arm around her shoulder, and the two leaned against each other, looking up at the night sky. The scene was peaceful and harmonious.
The Jiang family's grand banquet to celebrate the reunion of relatives was scheduled for August 17th, a date that Grandpa Jiang had consulted a fortune teller for, considered extremely auspicious.
A few days before that, Jiang Chengle had taken the opportunity to take the group around Chongqing from his grandfather.
After touring all the attractions in the foggy city, Li Guizhi and Xu Feng were too tired to walk any further.
Xu Feng leaned back on the sofa and said, "You young people should go out and have fun. Let us rest for a day."
Jiang Chengle finally got his wish. When they went out today, he was the first to jump out and say, "Xiaoyu, when we came to Wudu before, I said I would take you to the hospital and the medical research institute. Shall we go today?"
"Let's go! We'll go together!" Jiang Xiaoli put her arm around Xiao Muyu's shoulder. "Come on, let's go check it out. I want to see how much the whole hospital will cost!"
Jiang Chengle asked curiously, "Little Pear, what are you doing researching how much it costs to build a hospital?"
Jiang Xiaoli said very confidently, "Because I want to build a hospital for future medical stars and let our Xiaoyu become the hospital director."
Jiang Chengle nodded thoughtfully, "Okay, let's go take a look today. I'll ask someone about this."
Jiang Ruixin happened to be visiting the hospital today, and when he saw his nephew and niece outside the hospital, he was full of questions.
"Ah Le, Xiao Li, what brings you to the hospital? Is someone feeling unwell?"
Jiang Chengle smiled and explained to Jiang Ruixin, and immediately received an assistant to guide them on a tour of the hospital.
Xiao Muyu was attracted by the various advanced medical equipment in Jiang's Hospital. "Wow, Xiaoli, do you know this? I don't think it's been introduced to China yet, but this is already the third generation!"
The assistant smiled and explained, "That's right, this device was exclusively developed by Jiang's Medical and has not yet entered the Chinese market."
There are many similar examples. Xiao Muyu pouted after taking a stroll around Jiang's Hospital.
Jiang Xiaoli patted her on the shoulder, "Don't worry, we'll have all these advanced devices in the future."
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