The dining table was very quiet with Qi Jingyan present, and the Qiu family members were so reserved that they dared not even breathe.
Liu Yanyan changed her usual heroic eating habits and counted the rice grains in a reserved manner. From time to time, she looked at Qi Jingyan with ambiguous eyes. However, Qi Jingyan's eyes were always on Mumu and Qiu Xia.
"Dad, Mom...please eat your food!" Seeing that her family members were slow to pick up their chopsticks, Qiu Xia simply used the serving chopsticks to pick up some food for each of them.
"Okay, eat it all, eat it all..." Mother Qiu laughed dryly and quickly picked up the bowl to eat.
"Brigade Commander Qi, my parents are a little nervous since it's their first time in the city. Please don't mind." In order to ease the atmosphere, Qiu Xia said to Qi Jingyan.
Qi Jingyan smiled imperceptibly and consoled him, "I also grew up in the countryside. I'm not as unattainable as you think. Our relationship is equal. There's no need to be afraid of me."
"Commander, you are also from the countryside?" Mother Qiu's curiosity finally overcame her nervousness and she mustered up the courage to ask.
"I guess so."
Qi Jingyan was actually a native of Yangcheng, but he was sent to live with his grandfather in the countryside for a few years when he was a child. In order not to burden the Qiu family, he simply admitted that he was also from the countryside.
Sure enough, when the Qiu family heard that he was also from the country, the previous sense of distance between them suddenly became much closer, and they started talking.
Qi Jingyan is not as aloof and cold as he seems. He is actually a gentle and talkative person.
No matter what kind of questions Qiu's parents threw at him, he could answer them patiently and respect every citizen equally. This was his upbringing.
As they chatted, the Qiu family finally relaxed and began to take the food on their own initiative.
"Dad, use the serving chopsticks." Qiu Ye saw his father put his chopsticks into the plate again and hurriedly reminded him in a low voice.
When city dwellers entertain guests, they always prepare serving chopsticks, which is an active response to the call from above to be civilized and hygienic.
Although Qiu Ye's voice was very soft, it still reached everyone's ears in the quiet interval.
The atmosphere became awkward. When Mr. Qiu stiffly retracted his raised hand, Qi Jingyan stretched out his chopsticks and picked up a piece of food from the plate that he had just picked up with his chopsticks and put it back into the bowl without any hesitation.
The awkward atmosphere was resolved. Qi Jingyan saw through everything, but always pretended to know nothing.
When Qiu Xia was picking out fish bones for Mumu, she looked up and secretly glanced at Qi Jingyan.
She would always remember that before she divorced Qu Mingjun, Qu Mingjun was very disgusted with having dinner with her family.
He disliked their lack of civility and was not worthy of being seated at the table.
Although the whole family carefully took care of his emotions and rigidly controlled their living habits for many years to cater to him.
But he would never touch the food bowls that her family had taken from.
Now that I think about it, Qu Mingjun might not be completely disgusted with her family, but rather hates her more.
But seeing Qi Jingyan today, he usually spoke very little and didn't communicate much with her.
But he was able to get along with her family on an equal footing, which greatly changed her impression of this man.
A comfortable warmth in my heart gradually flowed through my whole body, even my ears felt slightly warm.
After Qi Jingyan accompanied Mumu for dinner, he politely greeted the Qiu family and then took Mumu to say goodbye.
"Wait a moment."
Qiu Xia went to the sewing machine and handed Qi Jingyan a pair of velvet overalls and a pair of thin trousers that she had made for Mu Mu.
"I saw that Mumu's pants were too short, so I made him two pairs. Please don't mind, Commander Qi."
Qi Jingyan looked at Qiu Xia with her smiling eyes and was distracted for a moment. He held Mumu in one hand and took the cloth bag she handed him with the other.
"Thanks."
"Go slowly on the road, and have Mumu come over for breakfast tomorrow! I have to do it anyway."
"Yeah." Qi Jingyan nodded slightly, his complex expression drowned in his deep eyes.
After the father and son left, the air in the room suddenly became lighter, and the few people were like fish that were short of oxygen on land and finally jumped back into the water.
Father Qiu sighed repeatedly: "Xia Xia, you deal with such high-ranking officials every day, it's not easy to make a little money."
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