Chapter 219 A Toast from Father-in-Law
At the foot of Shijingshan Mountain, the Fang family was in great joy.
In the living room, the Crystal brand ceiling fan is spinning rapidly. Although it cannot lower the temperature, it can still bring gusts of refreshing breeze.
Meng Fanjin was busy in the kitchen, while Fang Yuning and Fang Yuanfeng, brother and sister, were talking.
"Brother, is your information accurate?" There was a hint of doubt in Fang Yuning's voice.
Fang Yuanfeng said with a hint of pride: "How could my news be wrong? Why, are you still hoping that this news is wrong?"
"Why would I hope that the news is inaccurate!" Fang Yuning said, "During the Chinese New Year, they said that our father was old enough and was ready to retire!"
“Why is this suddenly being reused?”
Fang Yuanfeng held the cigarette in his hand and said, "I have also inquired about the reason."
"It's just a pity that I can't find out."
"But we'll know when Dad comes back."
Just as the two people were whispering, the sound of a key opening the door was heard.
Fang Yuanfeng's face suddenly showed surprise.
He quickly walked to the door, ready to greet his father.
But to his disappointment, what he saw was not his father, but his sister Fang Yuqing.
If it was just Fang Yuqing it would be fine.
Next to Fang Yuqing was Cheng Xuyuan, which made him even more angry.
"Yuqing, didn't we say that we would have a family dinner this time?" Fang Yuanfeng's voice was not loud, but it carried a hint of strangeness.
Cheng Xuyuan could naturally tell the good from the bad in such words.
He knew that Fang Yuanfeng didn't like him, so he left this matter to Fang Yuqing.
Sure enough, Fang Yuqing glared and said, "Brother, what's wrong with Xuyuan coming to our house for dinner?"
"Besides, Xuyuan was invited by our father!"
At this point, Fang Yuqing said to Cheng Xuyuan: "Xuyuan, let's go under the fan to cool down for a while. It's too hot today."
Listening to Fang Yuqing's words, Cheng Xuyuan smiled, picked up the biscuits he bought from the Friendship Store, and placed them on the table.
The Friendship Store had a wide range of goods and no tickets were required, but ordinary people did not have overseas remittance coupons, so they naturally could not buy them.
Looking at the biscuits that Cheng Xuyuan brought, Fang Yuanfeng continued, "Cheng Xuyuan, your remittance vouchers didn't come easy, so you should save them to buy something good."
"People, you still have to live a steady life. It's not okay to have enough food and then not be able to make ends meet!"
Cheng Xuyuan felt that he and Fang Yuanfeng were really incompatible.
This guy always wants to ridicule me no matter what.
Fang Yuqing glared and was about to speak when the door opened and Qin Wenhui walked in with a smile on his face.
"Brother, Xuyuan, Yuqing." Qin Wenhui started greeting everyone as soon as he entered the door, and placed a bottle of wine he brought on the table.
"Wenhui, your foreign trade company is still the best. We can often get good things."
"Much better than us!"
Qin Wenhui smiled and said, "Brother Yuanfeng, we just make our work more convenient and take advantage of you, but we can't compare with Xuyuan!"
As he spoke, he took out the remittance slip and said, "Xuyuan, this is the remittance slip from Jinwanbao."
"A total of five thousand four hundred Hong Kong dollars."
"I calculated that they pay you HK$45 per thousand words."
"In Hong Kong, this is something only senior authors can get."
When Cheng Xuyuan saw the remittance slip, he did not take it immediately. Instead, he smiled and said, "Brother, I'll have to trouble you to come with me tomorrow."
Qin Wenhui said: "It's no big deal to make a trip. There are no outsiders between us."
"Your business is my business!"
Listening to the conversation between the two people, Fang Yuanfeng's nose became a little crooked.
He had just taught Cheng Xuyuan to be frugal, but unexpectedly, Cheng Xuyuan's royalties arrived as soon as he finished speaking!
Five thousand four hundred dollars, although it is Hong Kong dollars, but converted, it is less than two thousand dollars! I earned less than two thousand dollars a month, which is less than my three years' salary.
Just when Fang Yuanfeng felt embarrassed, he heard Qin Wenhui say, "Xuyuan, you haven't bought anything big recently, have you?"
"I'm not buying it." Cheng Xuyuan looked at Qin Wenhui's hesitant look and immediately understood what he was thinking.
He immediately asked, "Brother, do you need anything?"
"If you have anything to say, just say it. There's no need to be polite between us."
On the way here, Qin Wenhui had been thinking about how to talk to Cheng Xuyuan.
He wants to buy a color TV.
He had already prepared the money to buy a color TV, but he didn't have the ticket.
This kind of thing is not too difficult for a family like theirs.
As long as Fang Gengsheng or his father asks for it, it will be done.
But unfortunately, these two did not support his needs and naturally would not speak up for him.
This also resulted in Qin Wenhui not having the tickets to import color TVs even though he had saved enough money long ago.
Qin Wenhui looked at Cheng Xuyuan's manuscript fee and thought about going to the Friendship Store to buy a color TV. When he heard Cheng Xuyuan's happy words, he said, "Xuyuan, Yuning and I want to buy a color TV."
"But I never got a color TV ticket."
"How about you exchange some of these Hong Kong dollars for us so that we can buy the color TV."
Fang Yuning was eating melon seeds. When she heard Qin Wenhui's words, she was also moved.
Many of her friends who are married have bought color TVs.
Only she and Qin Wenhui had no way to buy a color TV because they had upright parents like Fang Gengsheng.
Now, Cheng Xuyuan’s Hong Kong dollar royalties can just solve this problem.
But, using other people's Hong Kong dollars, this...
Just when Fang Yuning was feeling anxious, Cheng Xuyuan readily agreed, "Okay, I don't usually use these foreign currencies. Brother Wenhui, if you need them, just exchange them for me."
"That's great!"
Qin Wenhui said to Cheng Xuyuan: "When I buy the big color TV, I will treat you to a good meal."
"Let's go eat Lao Mo together!"
Cheng Xuyuan looked at the elated Qin Wenhui, smiled and said, "Okay, I'll make Brother Wenhui bleed more then."
The more Fang Yuanfeng listened, the more depressed he became.
He doesn't have any obsession with color TVs.
However, when he realized that the money Cheng Xuyuan earned in a month was enough to buy a color TV, he lost his composure.
How can an author earn so much money? Meng Fanjin came out with dishes in her hand. She said to Cheng Xuyuan, "Xiao Cheng, how are you going to spend your summer vacation?"
Cheng Xuyuan hurriedly said: "Auntie, I want to go back to my hometown for a few days."
Meng Fanjin said: "It's been almost half a year since I came out. It's time to go home and visit."
Just as the two were talking, Fang Gengsheng opened the door and walked in.
At this moment, Fang Gengsheng looked somewhat serious.
This kind of look made Fang Yuanfeng feel uncomfortable all over.
He was most afraid of his father's expression.
Normally, when Dad is in this posture, there is only one wise choice for him: hide as far away as possible.
By the way, didn’t my friend tell me that my father was doing good things this time?
Why did you come back like this? "Dad!" Fang Yuqing also walked over with a bit of worry, and while greeting him, she took the bag from her father's hand.
Seeing his precious daughter, Fang Gengsheng nodded.
"Is Xiao Cheng here?"
Fang Yuqing never expected that the first question her father asked was about Cheng Xuyuan.
This made her worry about her boyfriend.
Did Cheng Xuyuan offend his father in some way? Otherwise, this...
Just when she was worried about Cheng Xuyuan, Fang Gengsheng had already seen Cheng Xuyuan. He waved his hand and said, "Come on, come to the study with me."
Cheng Xuyuan really wanted to say, "I won't go. You're tired, so you should take a rest." But seeing Fang Gengsheng's unquestionable look, he obediently followed Fang Gengsheng to the study.
After the two entered the study, Fang Yuning whispered to Fang Yuanfeng: "Brother, didn't you say that your information is very accurate?"
"Why is our dad like this?"
Fang Yuanfeng didn't bother to pay attention to his sister's complaints, but picked up the phone and called his friend. Before he could question her, the other party smiled and said, "Yuanfeng, you don't need to thank me for this simple thing!"
"Let me tell you, Uncle Fang has surprised many people this time."
"But he is...valued by the higher-ups...so..."
Hearing this, Fang Yuanfeng couldn't help but ask: "You are not lying to me, are you?"
"Why would I lie to you? I'm telling you, the documents are out, how could I still lie to you?"
"Yuanfeng, you don't want to cheat and don't want to treat me to dinner, right?"
"If that's the case, just say it!"
Fang Yuanfeng said that he would talk later, and then hung up the phone. Then he said in a deep voice: "My friend said that the matter has been confirmed."
"Exactly the same as he said before."
"Then why is father like this?" Fang Yuning asked first.
"Maybe Dad feels a lot of pressure on his shoulders." Qin Wenhui said: "But why did Dad call Xiao Cheng to the study?"
"What is there to talk about between them?"
In fact, this question of his is also what Fang Yuanfeng and his sister want to know.
More than half an hour later, Cheng Xuyuan walked out of Fang Gengsheng's study in a daze.
He didn't expect that the reason why Fang Gengsheng was taken seriously this time was because of the things he chatted with Fang Gengsheng, which led Fang Gengsheng to write several suggestions on this aspect.
During the conversation with him, Fang Gengsheng not only asked him to continue to answer his questions, but also told him not to talk about this matter with others casually in the future.
Because Fang Gengsheng had a smile on his face, the meal was filled with laughter again.
As the meal began, Fang Yuanfeng raised his glass and said, "Dad, congratulations on your great future success."
As Fang Yuanfeng raised his glass, Qin Wenhui and others also raised their glasses.
Fang Gengsheng pondered for a moment, then raised his glass and drank the wine.
Just as Fang Yuanfeng was about to toast with the second glass of wine, Fang Gengsheng raised his glass and said to Cheng Xuyuan: "Xiao Cheng, you gave me a lot of hints."
"Although these tips were all unintentional on your part, they have given me a lot of inspiration."
"Come on, come on, I'll toast you a glass!"
Cheng Xuyuan thought to himself, how do you know it was unintentional? But on the surface, he still said solemnly: "Uncle Fang, what I said was all unintentional."
"Your current achievements are all due to your own hard work."
"It has nothing to do with me."
"Let us toast you with this cup."
Fang Gengsheng waved his hand and said, "Xiao Cheng, since I said so, this glass of wine must be to thank you."
"No more words, I'll do it first!"
As he spoke, Fang Gengsheng drank the wine in the glass.
The second update is here today. I would like to ask for your support. It is the end of the month. If you have tickets, please give me two tickets. (End of this chapter)
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