Chapter 285: Excellent Relatives
Ning Xuehua's face suddenly changed when she heard Lu Yiming say that they were going to a female classmate's house for dinner.
"You went to a female classmate's house for dinner? Are you going alone or with many classmates?"
Lu Yiming broke out in a sweat on the spot, but he could only bite the bullet and answer: "Ahem, it's just me."
"ah……"
Ning Xuehua's expression became more serious when she heard this, and she asked a series of questions like a machine gun: "Your female classmate's mother asked you to have dinner at her house tonight? Isn't this meeting the parents? How is it? Is your female classmate pretty? What does her family do? What's her personality like? Should your dad and I prepare to invite them over for dinner or something? Anyway, you will graduate from high school soon, do you want me to ask your dad to go back to the village to ask your third uncle to tell your fortune..."
“Stop, stop, stop…”
The more Lu Yiming listened, the more he felt something was wrong, and he quickly stopped Ning Xuehua's crazy imagination: "Wait a minute, Mom, is there something wrong? Our country's Marriage Law stipulates that the marriage age for men shall not be earlier than 22 years old, and for women shall not be earlier than 20 years old. Late marriage and late childbearing should be encouraged. Even if I don't want to marry and have children late, I still have to wait two or three years. Isn't it too early for you to worry about these things now?"
Ning Xuehua glared, and her voice suddenly rose eight degrees: "Children are the apple of their parents' eyes, and finding a partner is a major event in life. How can I not worry about it? And with your conditions, I don't expect you to finish college peacefully. The real thing is to get married quickly after graduating from high school so that I can have grandchildren. Otherwise, I'm afraid you won't be able to find a wife."
"Wait a minute... Why can't I find a wife? Mom, do you have so little confidence in your son? Do you know why in ancient times, wives were called the first room, and concubines were called the second room, the third room, and the fourth room? That is to say, if you have a house, you can find a wife, and if you have more houses, you can find more... After all, I have three villas now..."
Ning Xuehua's beautiful eyes narrowed, her expression was very unfriendly: "Why? You still want to find three?"
Lu Yiming quickly denied it and said, "How is that possible? The law doesn't allow it. Even if the law allows it, my body won't allow it."
He finished the last bite of rice in the bowl and said quickly, "I'm done. I'll read a book and do homework first. I'll go out at four o'clock."
Seeing Lu Yiming enter the room, Ning Xuehua quickly called Lu Ding: "I have news to tell you, our son has a girlfriend!"
Lu Ding, who was obsessed with making cars, was quite casual when he heard the news: "He has a girlfriend, so what's the big deal? He's about to graduate from high school."
In the 1990s, getting married in your teens was nothing new, and becoming grandparents in your thirties was very normal, so Lu Ding didn't take it to heart at all.
Seeing her husband being so perfunctory about their son's affairs, Ning Xuehua immediately became unhappy: "Lu Ding, what are you talking about! Don't you want to know more about the girl's situation? Does she have a good temper? Does she have any physical defects? What are her family conditions like..."
Lu Ding felt overwhelmed. "Come on, Xiao Ming is already an adult, he knows what's going on. Why should I worry about it? In my opinion, you shouldn't worry about it either. He can handle his own affairs."
Ning Xuehua was unhappy when she heard this: "This is my son, why are you interfering? By the way, come back to dinner with me in the evening, or I'll make you suffer!"
Lu Ding was stunned for a moment, and finally he could only agree silently: "Okay, I will definitely go back."
Lu Yiming finished his homework and read a book for a while. At four o'clock, he took a shower, put on casual clothes, and went out.
He first went to Bi Hai Long Ting and put all the gifts into the trunk of the Audi. Then Zhao Tiezhu drove the Audi straight to Shi Qingxue's house.
Although this was not the first time I came to Shi Qingxue's house, this was a formal visit after all, so my mood was naturally different.
At the door, Lu Yiming tidied his clothes, then opened the trunk and filled it with gifts in both hands, and then asked Zhao Tiezhu to help him ring the doorbell.
Originally, Lu Yiming thought that it would be Aunt Liang or Shi Qingxue who would open the door, but unexpectedly, the person who opened the door was an obese, weathered-looking old woman wearing a bright red peony-patterned sweatshirt of the same style as the quilt.
The old woman first examined Lu Yiming from head to toe, and then asked condescendingly: "Who are you? What are you doing in my house?"
Lu Yiming thought for a moment that he had walked into the wrong door. He took two steps back and looked up at the door number. He found that he had walked into the right door, so he politely said, "Hello, I am Shi Qingxue's classmate. I was invited to visit you."
What Lu Yiming didn't expect was that when he mentioned Shi Qingxue, the old woman seemed to become even more unhappy. She turned around with a dark face and went into the house, closing the door with a "bang".
"What the hell?"
Lu Yiming was a little dumbfounded.
What is going on?
He took two steps back and looked up at the house number on the lintel.
That’s right, this is Shi Qingxue’s home.
Could it be that we got a new nanny who is such a scumbag?
Lu Yiming had no choice but to call Shi Qingxue: "Hello? Where are you?"
Shi Qingxue was getting dressed in her room, anxiously waiting for Lu Yiming's arrival. Suddenly, she received a call from Lu Yiming. She was a little nervous and excited at the same time: "You're here?"
Lu Yiming said: "I'm here, right in front of your house."
"Oh, then wait, I'll open the door for you."
Shi Qingxue came over and opened the door.
She had dressed up carefully today. When Lu Yiming saw her, he couldn't help but hold her in his arms and praised her sincerely: "Wow, you look so beautiful today."
Shi Qingxue blushed immediately and reluctantly pushed Lu Yiming's chest away with her hands.
After all, this is right in front of my own house. It would be so embarrassing if someone saw us.
Lu Yiming smiled, then remembered what happened just now, and immediately asked in a low voice: "Did you have a guest at your house? When I knocked on the door just now, an old lady opened the door. As soon as I said your name, she closed the door."
Shi Qingxue, who was originally smiling, suddenly became unhappy after hearing about what happened to Lu Yiming.
She sighed helplessly, her eyes dimmed: "The one you met is my grandma."
Lu Yiming was immediately surprised and asked, "Grandma? How come I've never heard you mention her before? I only heard you mention your grandmother before, and I thought your grandmother had long ago..."
Shi Qingxue kicked the steps under her feet and said with a pout, "She doesn't like me. Ever since she knew I was a girl, she has never been kind to me and my mother. She also often said that my mother couldn't give birth to a son and that her family would be extinct. Anyway, every time she came to our house, my mother would be scolded. My mother didn't dare to talk back, and she often hid in the quilt and cried at night. I don't know what I did wrong or what my mother did wrong."
Although these were things that happened when she was a child, Shi Qingxue still remembers them clearly.
Lu Yiming exclaimed in his heart, what a great guy.
This old lady is really awesome. She is a country girl. Her son married a rich daughter of a big family. Instead of serving her son and trying to build a good relationship with him to help him move up the social ladder, she bullies the rich daughter-in-law and granddaughter. What kind of brain circuit is this? If the brain is not atrophied, she would not do such a stupid thing.
Lu Yiming suddenly felt that he understood why the Su family disliked Shi Caijiang so much. It was probably related to Shi Caijiang's awful mother.
Lu Yiming once again embraced Shi Qingxue in his arms and said softly, "It's not that you did anything wrong, or that Auntie did anything wrong. It's just that there are always a few idiots in this world with billions of people. You are just unlucky. There is no need to be unhappy because of such people."
Shi Qingxue put her face on Lu Yiming's chest, listening to his strong heartbeat, and gradually she felt less sad.
However, at this moment, two loud coughs broke this warm and beautiful scene.
Shi Caijiang appeared behind Shi Qingxue with a dark face: "Xiaoxue, your mother asked you to help in the kitchen. Don't you want to learn how to cook?"
Shi Qingxue was like a frightened deer and immediately broke free from Lu Yiming's warm embrace.
"Oh, oh, I'll be right there."
Seeing his daughter leaving with a shy face like a rosy blossom, Shi Caijiang felt very conflicted.
It's true that girls can't be kept at home when they grow up.
He looked at Lu Yiming, and the more he looked, the more unhappy he felt.
After all, Lu Yiming took away his company and now even doesn't let his daughter go. It would be strange if he likes her.
Facing Shi Caijiang's sharp gaze, Lu Yiming looked calm and said with a smile, "Hello, Uncle Shi."
Standing in front of Lu Yiming, Shi Caijiang's face was stern: "I'm not feeling well."
Now, he has no career to strive for, and no ambitions in his heart. He spends his days doing nothing at home, just like a salted fish that has been gutted, smeared with salt, and is slowly drying.
He is a very ambitious man, but he was forced to live a life of early retirement. It would be strange if he had no complaints in his heart.
But when he met Lu Yiming's half-smile, no matter how much resentment he had in his heart, Shi Caijiang could only hold it back in his stomach.
"If you are in a bad mood, you must learn to adjust yourself. Otherwise, if you are always so depressed, it is easy to get sick."
Shi Caijiang snorted lightly, but he had no intention of arguing with Lu Yiming: "Come in."
Lu Yiming followed Shi Caijiang into the living room and immediately saw the old lady with a gloomy face. In addition, there was a strange middle-aged man with a pointed face and shifty eyes. His eyes were looking around the living room with greed flashing in his eyes.
Lu Yiming had seen many people like this in his previous life, so he had no interest in knowing this person's identity. Seeing Su Yunjin and Aunt Liang busy in the kitchen, he simply walked in.
"Aunt."
When Su Yunjin saw Lu Yiming coming, she took off her apron, left the kitchen to Aunt Liang, and personally poured a cup of tea for Lu Yiming. She said enthusiastically, "Xiaoming is here. Sit down and watch TV first."
Facing his future mother-in-law, Lu Yiming naturally greeted her with a smile: "Auntie, I came in a hurry today and didn't have time to prepare anything, so I prepared a little gift for you, I hope you like it."
Then he said to Zhao Tiezhu and Wei Jianjun who were standing outside the door, "You two should bring in the gifts."
Soon, dozens of gift boxes of various sizes were piled up in the living room.
The middle-aged man with shifty eyes was Shi Qingxue's uncle Shi Hengliang. He usually did some building materials business, but he spent money lavishly. The little money he earned from the business was not even enough for his daily expenses, and he relied on taking money from Shi Caijiang to continue squandering all day long.
At this moment, he saw Lu Yiming taking out so many high-end gifts, and his eyes lit up immediately. He walked forward without hesitation to pick and choose: "This wine looks good, brother, I will bring a few bottles back later. Hey, this jade bracelet is good, mom, come and try it. Lao Fengxiang's gold ring and gold necklace will definitely look good on you."
Shi Qingxue's grandmother Huang Meiqi is a rural woman who can't read a single word. She doesn't recognize the expensive women's bags and beauty products on the table at all. Instead, she is drooling over the gold jewelry. She walked over, unpacked them and threw them on the ground as if no one was around, and put on necklaces, bracelets and other items one by one.
Looking at the jade bracelet, Huang Meiqi actually looked disgusted: "This broken stone is heavy and ugly, why not buy a few more gold bracelets?"
Su Yunjin was born into a wealthy family, well-educated and well-informed. She didn't care much about a few luxury brands, but she felt very embarrassed by the behavior of Huang Meiqi and Shi Hengliang. But she couldn't say anything, so she could only say to Lu Yiming with an apologetic look: "You came if you wanted to, why did you bring so many gifts? It's a waste of money."
In front of his future mother-in-law, Lu Yiming naturally showed his humility: "No, just some small things, I won't buy anything, I hope Auntie doesn't mind."
Huang Meiqi heard this and said to Lu Yiming with a look of disdain: "If you don't know how to buy, don't buy it randomly, just pay directly. If you don't want to pay, you can just buy some gold or something, don't buy these broken stones next time."
Su Yunjin couldn't help it and said, "Mom, is it true that you talk to guests like this?"
Huang Meiqi put her hands on her hips, stiffened her neck and glared at Su Yunjin, not knowing what etiquette was, and started to scold her on the spot: "What are you talking about? Do you have the right to interrupt me when I'm talking? You can't even give birth to a son, and you're lecturing me? I'm teaching young people how to do things, you go and cook your meal."
Su Yunjin wanted to say something, but there was a noise at the door. Su Yunwei walked in and saw the two unfamiliar faces of Huang Meiqi and Shi Hengliang. She was immediately surprised. She came up to Su Yunjin and asked softly, "Sister, who are these two people?"
Su Yunwei had been living abroad for many years and had hardly seen her family many times, so she didn't recognize them at first glance.
Su Yunjin said with a headache: "My mother-in-law and brother-in-law, who else could it be?"
Su Yunwei was furious when she heard this. She frowned and gritted her teeth and said, "How dare they show up?"
