Outside the iron gate, Director Shen looked at Xian Fangfang, who was sitting on the ground clapping her hands and laughing, then kicking and crying, and then rolling on the ground, with his brows furrowed so tightly that they could kill a fly:
If you want to go crazy, go somewhere else. Today, his son and daughter-in-law are both back, and he has planned to treat them to a dinner. The guests will be here soon, and he can't let Xian Fangfang ruin his family's happiness.
She waved to the driver to take the man away. Xian Fangfang struggled desperately and opened her mouth to bite, but the driver slapped her in the face. Xian Fangfang shouted, "Uncle Shen, help! Help! There are bad guys!"
Driver: "Director, this woman is so noisy..."
Director Shen: "Take her away in a car."
"yes."
The driver breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't want to walk with a lunatic holding on to him. What if he was bitten by her accidentally? Who knows if he would be infected with the madness?
Xian Fangfang was dragged to the car by the driver. She recognized it as the factory director's car, so she stopped struggling and stood there cooperatively, waiting for the driver to open the door for her. She even turned around and smiled at Factory Director Shen:
"Uncle Shen, do you know? My aunt asked me to marry you. She said that Uncle Shen likes me very much, but I don't like Uncle Shen. I only like Brother Shen Yu. I want to marry Brother Shen Yu. Only when Brother Shen Yu and I are together can we be happy forever!"
Director Shen's face suddenly turned as dark as the bottom of a pot: What the hell does that crazy woman Jiang Yushan want to do? She really deserves to be killed!
In order to prevent Xian Fangfang from talking nonsense again, the driver quickly stuffed her into the passenger seat and secured her with a seat belt.
Director Shen said, "Send her to the security department for interrogation first. Maybe we can get some information from her about other bad things the Yuan couple did. Let Xiao Zhang from the union contact the mental hospital and her family."
"Understood." The driver closed the door and drove away.
Master Jiang swept the floor with a bamboo broom. After a while, guests arrived one after another. In addition to Director Shen’s other friends, several deputies from the factory also came.
There were two tables for the banquet. Chefs Gan and Jiang showed off their skills today, preparing more than 20 dishes from the north and south. All of them were exquisite, colorful, fragrant and delicious. Just looking at them was a feast for the eyes and made people salivate. When they tasted them, they were even more praiseworthy.
Director Shen used to be invited to other people's children's wedding banquets and grandchildren's full moon banquets. His son was getting old and didn't even have a partner. He was anxious, but he couldn't tell his son, otherwise his son would dislike him for being nagging. Now his son finally brought his daughter-in-law home, how could Director Shen miss the opportunity? As soon as he received a call from his son from Province Y, he immediately started to prepare. He wanted to invite a few more tables, but he was worried that his son and daughter-in-law would say something to him. After all, the two children had just come back from other places and had not had a good rest before they had to entertain guests.
In fact, we could have invited them again in two days, but Director Shen couldn't wait. His son was like a lazy cat, and he would disappear without a trace, without even saying hello. Who knows when the couple would run back to Mengzhou or somewhere else.
Grandpa Xu and Grandma Xu had already said that their two children’s wedding banquets would be held in the capital.
So he had to hurry up and hold a banquet to announce that his son had gotten married, and soon, he would be a grandfather!
Shen Yu and Meng Tao toasted the guests, who came prepared and took out big red envelopes.
Meng Tao was naturally not polite when given red envelopes and accepted them all. The welcoming banquet that her future father-in-law had promised turned into a wedding banquet, and she didn't even have the chance to dress up and change her clothes.
But she didn't care. Or she could say she was used to it. Simplicity was the characteristic of that era. When she and Shen Yu held their engagement party in Linshui Village, she didn't dress up specially. She just wore a new dress and an apron and worked inside and outside the house.
They all knew about Tian Zhigao's betrayal of his rural engagement and marriage to Xian Fangfang. At that time, Meng Tao, Tian Zhigao and Xian Fangfang were confronting each other, and two deputy factory directors were present and witnessed it with their own eyes.
Deputy Director Xie asked, "Director Shen, are you kidding us? This Meng Taohua and that Meng Taohua just have the same name?"
Director Shen laughed, "It's the same person. When this girl came last year, she had just finished the autumn harvest and worked in the production team every day to earn work points. The sun tanned her and she became thinner from exhaustion. After a winter, she looks different, doesn't she?"
"Oh my, what is this called? Girls change a lot when they grow up. She changes so fast. She looks like a fairy. I really can't recognize her at all!"
Deputy Director Zhao nodded repeatedly: "Miss Taohua's appearance and temperament are indeed completely different now. I didn't recognize her! She seems to have grown taller? Yes, she has grown taller and fatter! She was like a little bean sprout at that time... If Old Shen hadn't said it, I would have thought that this plump and beautiful wife was found by Shen Yu from the capital, hahaha!"
Meng Tao: "..." Where is she fat? Is this old man drunk and blurry?
Director Shen smiled and said, "Although she is not from Beijing, this marriage was arranged by her grandparents in Beijing. It's a long story. This is what happened later. It's also because Shen Yu and Taohua are destined to be together. They knew each other and started dating. Grandpa and grandma were concerned about their grandson, so they called to inquire about Taohua's family situation. They found out that she was Meng Shengli's granddaughter. Back then, this old man Meng followed grandpa Shen Yu to fight the Japanese! Grandpa and grandma didn't care about the New Year, and immediately came from Beijing to hold an engagement party for the two children. Now, they are going to get the marriage certificate."
“So there is such a connection?”
"That's wonderful, what a wonderful fate!"
Deputy Directors Xie and Zhao were amazed.
The guests also praised: "The boy is energetic and the girl is pretty, what an enviable couple!"
"What a perfect match! It's been a long time since I've seen such a perfect, well-matched couple. I just can't get enough of looking at them."
"Congratulations, may you have a baby soon and live a happy life!"
“…”
Director Shen raised his glass to thank the guests and was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.
The banquet lasted from the afternoon to the evening. After eating and drinking, they had a tea party. Meng Tao found out that Master Jiang and Master Gan not only knew how to cook, but also could make some delicious snacks. She liked them very much and learned a few tricks from them.
However, the guests all praised the new daughter-in-law of the Shen family for her ingenuity and her ability to make delicious tea, which was mellow and sweet with a long-lasting aftertaste.
Meng Tao did not dare to take credit for it and just said that he did not know how to make tea, he just boiled the water and brewed it directly.
Shen Yu then explained that the reason why the tea tastes so good might be because of the tea leaves. These teas are famous teas from Province Y, and he bought them on his business trip to honor his father. Today, he and his wife are very grateful for the blessings from uncles, aunts, relatives and friends, and will give everyone half a pound of the same tea.
The guests were overjoyed when they heard this. They were all used to drinking good tea, so how could they not taste it? This was top-quality tea! It was specially provided to the leaders at the next level, and they couldn't buy it even if they had money. Suddenly, they got half a catty of it. How could they not be ecstatic? (End of this chapter)