Chapter 467 Brother-in-law
There were too many people, so we split the table into two.
The men were drinking in the living room, while the women and children were sleeping on the kang. Although Chen Guichang and Wang Yunying had moved from the village to an apartment building a long time ago, they still retained the habit of sleeping on the kang. There was a kang in their master bedroom.
The fried dishes were all in double portions and were brought into the living room one after another.
After Cheng Yu got married, she was very opposed to having carved radishes on the plate, saying that a family dinner was a family dinner and there was no need to make it fancy. However, in order to show off Chen Jiang's cooking skills, she allowed a dish with carved radishes to be served every time.
Chen Jiang carved two heart-shaped radishes for a platter last night. Although today's dishes are not as filling as those made at Chen Guisheng's house, they are still a normal amount.
There are spare ribs, chicken, fish, braised pig's trotters, various fried foods, and seafood as well.
Because the woman's table was full of children making noise, the meal had not yet begun, so the food was temporarily placed on the dining table and covered with a plastic bag to keep it warm.
Chen Juan was worried about Zhao Shunfa, so she went over to tell him not to drink too much. If he sang after drinking too much, it would be a joke.
"Chen Juan, if you are worried about him, just sit here and watch him." The speaker was the eldest brother-in-law Wang Jianming. Wang Jianming was a regular worker at the paper mill. The paper mill had been profitable in the past two years, and the salary there was higher than that of other units. The monthly salary was 1,500 yuan, which was a good unit in Jiao County.
He is not very tall, but looks very energetic. He wears a neat suit, has a middle-parted hairstyle, and has shiny hair oil. Because he works in a good company and has a high income, he speaks with a sense of superiority.
Chen Juan blushed at Wang Jianming's teasing, stuffed the apple cider vinegar into Zhao Shunfa's hand and walked away.
"Clear the place, clear the place. No one is allowed to come here." Chen Jiang sat between Chen Guichang and Chen Guisheng and said to Zhao Shunfa seriously, "Shunfa, drinking apple cider vinegar is cheating. It will be confiscated."
Zhao Shunfa smiled and handed the apple cider vinegar in his hand to Liu Fucheng, who was sitting on his left. "Second brother-in-law, please keep it for me. I definitely won't drink it."
Liu Fucheng sat there expressionless and said nothing.
He is a regular worker at the winery. Because of his position, his salary is not as high as Wang Jianming's. Although he is tall, he instinctively feels shorter than Wang Jianming.
Brothers-in-law will also compete secretly with each other, and the economic foundation directly determines the status of returning to the mother-in-law's home.
"You think your second brother-in-law is honest, right?" Chen Jiang took the bottle of apple cider vinegar and placed it in front of him, saying cunningly, "I'll keep it for you."
Zhao Shunfa was speechless and just smiled.
Just accept it. He didn't believe that he and Lu Jingyou could not drink more than Wang Jianming and Liu Fucheng.
Chen Guilan, Xu Yue'e, Chen Mei and Chen Ju were chatting animatedly on the kang. One of their children had just turned one year old, and the other had just learned to crawl. They were crying and laughing, and there was no place for others to sit.
Wang Yunying and Cheng Yu were busy cooking in the kitchen.
Su Jiaojiao had no choice but to move a stool and sit at the bedroom door, replying to Ding Linyu's text messages with her mobile phone.
Ding Linyu asked her when she would start work.
Su Jiaojiao told her to just come back after the Lantern Festival. There was no rush at the new factory. They had told the employees during the holiday before the New Year that they would start work on the 16th day of the first lunar month.
"Jiaojiao, my brother confiscated the apple cider vinegar. How can I get it back?" Chen Juan's mind was full of this.
"Let my sister-in-law ask for it." Su Jiaojiao continued to reply to text messages without raising her head.
Chen Juan understood and went to the kitchen to tell Cheng Yu about the apple cider vinegar.
When Cheng Yu heard this, he immediately put down the shovel and went to the living room. Without saying a word, he took the bottle of apple cider vinegar in front of Chen Jiang, gave it directly to Chen Juan, and went back to the kitchen to cook.
Chen Jiang smiled awkwardly and said nothing.
"Chen Jiang, tell me, are you afraid of your wife?" Wang Jianming started to tease, "If you're not afraid of your wife, go get her back."
"Okay, okay, stop making trouble and let the meal begin." Chen Guichang started chatting with Lu Jingyou as soon as he sat down. He said that he had been to the imperial capital once when he was young, and there must be a lot of changes now.
Lu Jingyou answered every question, and talked to Chen Guisheng from time to time, and poured tea for the two old brothers very attentively. For him, chatting with elders was better than talking with Wang Jianming and Chen Jiang.
He knew at a glance what kind of people Chen Jiang, Wang Jianming and Liu Fucheng were. They just wanted to make their presence felt at the dinner table.
Wang Jianming and Chen Jiang saw that the old brothers Chen Guichang and Lu Jingyou were chatting happily, so they did not go forward to join in. Older people are nostalgic and always talk about their youth.
It’s okay to mention it once or twice, but if you mention it too often, your children will get annoyed.
As the son-in-law, Wang Jianming had heard Chen Guichang say this many times, and Chen Jiang had even heard it so many times that his ears were callused. It was nothing more than that his father went to the northwest to sell sheep a few years ago, and then got lost and ended up in the imperial capital.
It was clearly an embarrassing thing back then, but now when he talks about it, he feels proud of it. After all, he is a person who went to the imperial capital.
Now, Chen Guichang finally found someone who was willing to listen to him talk about the past. Wang Jianming and Chen Jiang both breathed a sigh of relief and let Lu Jingyou, his nephew-in-law, bear it all!
Zhao Shunfa was sitting next to Lu Jingyou, but he couldn't get a word in. Besides, Chen Guichang had always had some complaints about him, so the relationship between them had always been very delicate.
Chen Jiang immediately opened the bottle, stood up and poured the wine one by one. After pouring, he placed the bottle in front of himself, showing the full momentum of a brother-in-law.
"Today, our entire family, including my daughter and her husband, my niece and her husband, and my nephew and her husband, are all here. We are all here." Wang Jianming spoke in a serious official tone and asked Chen Jiang, "How do you drink this wine?"
"You are the boss, you have the final say." Chen Jiang threw the ball to Wang Jianming. He knew that Wang Jianming was the most difficult person at the table. Wang Jianming relied on the fact that he was a small section chief in the unit, and he also acted like a section chief when he came back.
"Everyone drinks their own way. Drink if you can, and drink less if you can't." Chen Guisheng was often told by Xu Yue'e and Chen Juan at home, "We're all together after such a hard time, don't get drunk."
He would get drunk at home if he wanted to, he wouldn't embarrass himself by doing it outside, let alone embarrass his son-in-law.
He still has this little bit.
"Uncle, there are so many of us, it won't be lively if we don't talk and laugh. How about this, we team up to drink, and as long as one person gets drunk, the team loses." Wang Jianming felt that as the boss, he had to set some rules for the drinking table. He had participated in many drinking parties at work and was very good at these things.
"There are only seven of us. How do we form a team?" Chen Jiang even counted the number of people: Chen Guichang's two elder brothers, two brothers-in-law, two younger brothers-in-law, and him.
"I'm not joining the team." Chen Guichang waved his hand. "If you want to drink, you can drink."
"I won't participate either." Chen Guisheng was a little annoyed.
"I'm responsible for pouring wine for you and acting as a referee." Chen Jiang knew his position very well.
"Xiao Lu, this is your first time here. You choose first. Who will you team up with?" Wang Jianming asked Lu Jingyou. He knew that Lu Jingyou was in real estate and should have a higher income than him, but he was in the imperial capital and had nothing to do with them, so he didn't need to worry about it.
"Brother-in-law Zhao and I are on the same team." Lu Jingyou smiled slightly. This was his first time to have a drinking party where everyone had to form a team. Wang Jianming guessed that he would choose this and said to Liu Fucheng with a smile, "Xiao Liu, our team is completely dependent on you."
Su Jiaojiao sat at the door and listened with a slight smile on her lips. Wang Jianming was the one clamoring to form a team, but he let Liu Fucheng take the lead. He is really a veteran!
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