After receiving the acceptance letter, Comrade Lao Du and Ren Surong began arranging a graduation banquet for Du Chen. Deep down, Du Chen resisted it; it was time-consuming, laborious, and thankless. Plus, he'd be like a monkey on stage, thanking everyone and everything. It was boring, utterly boring. He also had some social anxiety, so he tried to avoid going on stage if possible.
"Mom and Dad, can we cancel my graduation party?"
Du Chen hesitated for a moment, but still spoke to Comrade Lao Du and Ren Surong who were discussing enthusiastically.
"No graduation party? Stop making trouble and go have fun somewhere else!"
Ren Surong said something to Du Chen casually, and then prepared to continue discussing with Comrade Lao Du.
"Chenchen, why don't you hold a graduation banquet?"
Comrade Lao Du wanted to hear why Du Chen didn't hold a graduation banquet. After all, this was also a moment to make him proud.
"Dad, look how much trouble it is to hold a graduation banquet. We have to book a restaurant, decide on the menu, and notify everyone one by one. If you charge money, no one will be happy about it, and we may not even make any money. If we don't charge money, we will have to pay a lot of money. Do you think we should consider it?"
"Why not? Your father hasn't taken back the gifts he gave out yet. If he doesn't take them back, won't they all be wasted? Besides, your brother and your sister Miaomiao both had graduation banquets, so it wouldn't be appropriate not to have one for you."
"What's inappropriate about this? Besides, I can't accept gifts when my brother gets married. My brother held a graduation party, and I held one too. Everyone would think our family is so poor that we can't even afford to eat, and we're just waiting for this to make money!"
"We didn't charge any money for your brother's graduation banquet! It was just two or three tables of people eating together!"
Comrade Lao Du quickly said that he was unwilling to take the blame.
"Right, you see, my brother only has two or three tables. It wouldn't be appropriate to expand it here. Let's just have two or three tables as a token of our respect. Isn't that right?"
Du Chen insisted on his own idea. He didn't want to go on stage and act like a monkey. Wouldn't it be enough for him to go on stage and eat and drink by himself?
"Old Du, look!"
Ren Surong looked at the insistent Du Chen and waved her hand to indicate that she didn't care. What bad intentions could she have? She just wanted to show off. Her two sons had made great achievements, so why shouldn't she show off?
"Mom, let's go back to the living area someday!"
Du Chen saw through his mother's little thoughts and decided to change his approach.
"Why go back?"
Ren Surong asked Du Chen unhappily.
"Go back and chat with your old friends and have a meal!"
"What's the point!"
"Mom, you said there are so many things to do at the banquet, who are you going to talk to? How can you have the time, right?"
Du Chen's words touched Ren Surong's heart.
"You're right! So when are we going back to the living area?"
Ren Surong immediately asked Du Chen happily.
"Mom, wait until you pass your driving test, and then you and Auntie Xiaojia can go back together! Then you can drive a car, and that will be so impressive!"
"Great! Good idea!"
After hearing Du Chen's words, Ren Surong's eyes lit up. Wouldn't this be more impressive?
Comrade Lao Du on the side secretly gave Du Chen a thumbs up, sighing that his eldest son was too capable.
"Chenchen, what do you think about the graduation banquet?"
Seeing that his wife was persuaded by his son, he still had to hold the graduation banquet. It wasn't like he didn't do well in the exam, so Comrade Lao Du directly asked Du Chen for his opinion.
"Dad, I think we can just invite two or three tables, and invite relatives, friends, and the exam staff."
Du Chen just wanted to have a simple meal, so the fewer people he invited, the better.
"Okay, then let's do as you say and call fewer people!"
In the end, Comrade Lao Du and Ren Surong both compromised and followed Du Chen's idea, inviting fewer people and having everyone get together.
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"Lao Du, you're really amazing! Now that you're rich, you don't have to worry about the two children anymore. It's great! It's really great!"
On the day of the graduation banquet, Comrade Lao Du stood at the door of the private room with a smile on his face to greet the guests. As soon as Mi Duan arrived at the door, he spoke to Comrade Lao Du with envy.
"Haha, the kid is doing well, so we can worry less!"
Comrade Lao Du laughed out loud, he loved to hear such honest words.
Looking at the smiling Comrade Lao Du, Mi Duan was truly envious. He had watched Comrade Lao Du grow from a worker to where he is today. Not only was he successful, he also didn't have to worry about his two children. Comparing the two, his own children were far behind his.
"Mi Duan, come in and sit down quickly. You must eat and drink well today!"
"Don't worry, I came here today just to drink your good wine!"
Not to mention that Comrade Lao Du was chatting with his friends over here, in the private room, Du Chen and a few others were also chatting there, and today Liu Yi also came to the city from the living area specifically to attend Du Chen's graduation banquet.
"Liu Yi, how did you do in the high school entrance exam?"
"It's still the same level. I didn't get into No. 1 Middle School, but got into No. 2 Middle School."
"That's not bad, second in the city, pretty good!"
"Well, it's okay. My parents are pretty happy anyway."
Liu Yi smiled. Although he was not very satisfied with his results, he was not disappointed either.
"Sister, do you want to go to my homeroom teacher? One teacher, three generations?"
Du Chen chatted with Liu Yi for a while, then turned to ask Gu Yue. Du Chen's homeroom teacher first taught Du Bin and Ding Miaomiao, and then Du Chen. This time it was Gu Yue's turn, which was also a wonderful fate.
"sure!"
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