Chapter 352 Neighbors
The two sisters watched the construction work in the afternoon, communicated a lot with the craftsmen in charge of the construction, and explained the contents on the drawings in detail before they went home with peace of mind.
Qin Huiyin called all the family members to warm the house for the neighbors at night. Tang Yixiao had just started working as an apprentice at the Imperial Hospital. Sometimes he stayed there too late and did not come back that night. Tang Yichen went to work on time and occasionally took official documents home, so he went to visit with his family. The Tang and Xia families calculated the time to visit, and the housekeeper of the neighboring Li family had been waiting there for a long time. When he saw them coming, he greeted them without saying a word.
The housekeeper took them around and let them enjoy the elegant scenery. This yard is about the same size as the Xia family's yard next door, but the style is more like the Jiangnan water village, elegant and quiet.
A tall figure walked over from the opposite side.
Hearing footsteps, the Tang and Xia families looked over.
Xia Ruwan's eyes flashed with surprise: "Why is it you?"
Li Congxiao first bowed to Li Taohua and his wife, then bowed to Tang Yichen and other peers, and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, I didn't expect that my new neighbor is an old acquaintance."
Qin Huiyin nudged Xia Ruwan and asked mischievously, "It is indeed a coincidence, but is there really such a coincidence in the world?"
Li Congxiao smiled and said, "Of course there is, there is no coincidence in the world!"
"Several households nearby are neighbors, why did they only invite our two families?"
"Everyone was invited, but they couldn't leave. Maybe because I just moved in, they are not sure what kind of person I am. I am not as generous and open-minded as Mr. Qin!"
"Since we are neighbors again, it means we are destined to meet. We must drink this wine today and not go home until we are drunk." Li Taohua said with a smile.
Tang Yichen's gaze stayed on Li Congxiao. He saw that his eyes occasionally glanced at Xia Ruwan, and Xia Ruwan's eyes were also shy. He understood what was going on.
At the dinner table, Li Congxiao mentioned the military factory. Qin Huiyin told him the general situation and explained that she and Xia Ruwan were busy building the food court recently and the military factory needed his help. Li Congxiao took the job, but the details would be discussed tomorrow. Today they were just here to warm up the house, so they just had to eat and drink well.
Tang Dafu was drunk. He put his arm around Li Congxiao's shoulders and said with a thick tongue, "Brother Li, I see that you are a very good-looking person, but you must not delay your life for a woman who doesn't know what's good for you. You are such a good person, and that woman from the Rong family is really unlucky. What do you think of my daughter Luwu? She is a good girl."
Tang Luwu was picking up a meatball, and after hearing this, the meatball fell down.
Her cheeks flushed, and she said anxiously, "Dad, what are you talking about?"
Li Congxiao was stunned for a moment, glanced at Xia Ruwan guiltily, and quickly pulled Tang Dafu, saying with a smile: "Uncle Tang, you've drunk too much, drink some soup to sober up."
"I'm not drunk..." Tang Dafu picked up the wine jug and filled it up for himself, then filled it up for Li Congxiao. "I think you're a good person, and I want to marry you. What do you think?"
Seeing that Tang Dafu's words had angered several people, Li Taohua stood up and twisted his ear. Regardless of his cries of pain, she said to Li Congxiao, "He's drunk. I'll take him back first."
"Wife, be gentle..."
Tang Dafu was taken away by Li Taohua, and the atmosphere among the remaining people suddenly became strange.
Tang Luwu put down her chopsticks and said awkwardly, "I'm full too. You guys take your time eating. I have something else to do, so I'll go back first."
Qin Huiyin coughed lightly and said to Tang Yichen, "Brother, I'm full too. Are you full?"
Tang Yichen chuckled: "I'm full."
He said to Li Congxiao: "Thank you for your hospitality, Brother Li. I still have official business to attend to, so my sister and I will take our leave first."
Qin Huiyin leaned close to Xia Ruwan's ear and said, "Eat slowly. I'm leaving first."
Xia Ruwan also wanted to leave, but when she saw Li Congxiao staring at her, she suddenly felt a little confused.
After everyone from the Tang family left, only Li Congxiao and Xia Ruwan were left in the room.
Li Congxiao knew that Xia Ruwan was uncomfortable, so he suggested, "The scenery in the garden is nice, do you want to go to the garden to enjoy the moon?"
"I want to go back too..."
"I just arrived in Beijing and just moved to a new house. I'm unfamiliar with the place. Now you're the only friend by my side. Are you just going to abandon me like this?"
"These people you brought are all your confidants. How can they be unfamiliar with the place?" Xia Ruwan knew that he was just making an excuse, but she still didn't say anything about leaving.
The servants served some new dishes on the stone table in the garden, and the two men changed places to drink.
"Your marriage with the Rong family fell through. Didn't the Rong family and those people in your family make things difficult for you?"
"The Rong family certainly won't embarrass me if they make a mistake. It was President Rong who arranged for me to come to the capital this time, saying that he would introduce me to some big customers in the capital. As for those people in my family, when such a scandal happened at the wedding, they only needed to do a casual check to find out that my good sister was responsible. Now that she has offended the Rong family, they certainly don't dare to do anything to me. After all, the Li family doesn't have another good chess piece like me. In addition, the Fang family, the family that was originally going to marry Li Jingyan, called off the marriage after hearing the news."
"Is this really your sister's work?" Xia Ruwan looked at him.
Li Congxiao poured her some wine: "There is no one else except her."
Xia Ruwan looked at the fox demon in front of her.
Why is there no one else?
Isn't he a human?
Xia Ruwan looked at this person and suppressed the emotions in her heart.
"How about shrimp?" Li Congxiao suddenly asked.
"He has gained weight. I'll bring him in hand to you to see tomorrow." Xia Ruwan said.
After Tang Yichen and his two sisters left the Li family, Tang Lvwu pulled Qin Huiyin's arm and said worriedly, "Yinyin, will Wan'er misunderstand?"
"Uncle Tang is drunk. Who would care about what a drunkard says? Don't worry, she won't take it to heart."
"That's good."
"I wasn't full just now. Do you want to go out for something to eat?" Qin Huiyin asked.
Tang Luwu waved her hand: "I'm a little tired and don't want to go out. If you see anything delicious, bring me some."
Tang Yichen said: "I'll go with you."
"Great!" Qin Huiyin said, "I ate a kind of cake the other day, it was especially fragrant and sticky. The outer layer was fried to a golden color and tasted very crispy, but the inside was very sticky, and there were various side dishes, it was delicious. It happened that I didn't have enough to eat today, let's go and try it again. Sister Luwu, I'll bring it back for you and mother to try later."
"good."
Tang Yichen and Qin Huiyin went to the night market.
Last time she and Song Ruize went to the night market in East City, and today Tang Yichen took her to the market in West City. Of course, the cakes she mentioned were also sold there, but after tasting them, they were not as delicious as the one in East City.
After hearing what Qin Huiyin said, Tang Yichen said to Zhang Zhen who was following her, "Go to East Street to buy it, and then send it directly back to the Tang family so that they can eat it while it's hot."
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