() Given Wu Hongwen's always arrogant character, when he saw Yang Yu at this time, the most likely thing would be to come over and grab Yang Yu and beat him up. However, it was at Grandpa Bai Lu's house at this time, and it was not easy for him to make a mistake, so he snorted coldly.
With a cry, he walked out.
I just heard someone shouting outside: "It's time to set off firecrackers, two people come to help!"
Cheng Zekai was in a childlike mood and immediately responded happily: "Count me in." Then he said to Yang Yu: "Brother Yu, let's go set off firecrackers?"
Yang Yu smiled slightly and said, "Okay." He followed Cheng Zekai and walked out.
Bai Lu pulled Cheng Rong and said, "Cousin, let's go out and watch the fun."
The group of four people left Grandpa Bailu's house one after another and reached the road outside.
At this time, the sidewalk along the wall outside Bai Lu's grandpa's house was filled with guests coming to celebrate his birthday, including Fan Li, the president's assistant who used to help Yang Yu apply for loans.
Cheng Jianguo saw Yang Yu and Cheng Zekai coming out and waved to them: "Yang Yu, Xiaokai, you two come over and set off firecrackers."
Yang Yu and Cheng Zekai immediately walked towards Cheng Jianguo. Cheng Jianguo pointed to a stack of firecrackers as big as a washbasin piled up beside them, and said: "Connect all these firecrackers in series and light them. The firecrackers must burn."
The longer it takes, the better.”
Yang Yu knew that there was a bad habit in J city, that is, they liked to measure the family background by the length of time a family set off firecrackers. Cheng Jianguo and others were not exempt from this custom, and they were somewhat vanity, so they agreed immediately and went with him.
Cheng Zekai helped to pick up the clumps of firecrackers, then released them, connecting them end to end, and stretched a straight line on the ground.
Those firecrackers were very long, and a ball of firecrackers could be stretched from one corner of Grandpa Bai Lu's house to that corner. After the two placed the first group, they went to pick up the second group and twisted the fuses together.
Pull up the straight line again.
Fan Li and others saw that it would take a lot of time for Yang Yu and others to be busy, so they immediately stepped forward to help.
Seeing how harmonious Yang Yu and Cheng's family were, Wu Hongwen felt resentful and at the same time became more wary of Yang Yu. Could this guy be trying to get his hands on the mining license by pursuing Director Cheng's niece?
Thinking of this, his face became even more uncertain.
At this time, Yang Yu and others finally finished setting up the firecrackers. Two rows of cars were parked on the street outside Grandpa Bai Lu's house. Yang Yu and others threw the firecrackers on the road, and the entire road was immediately covered with a very similar look.
A layer of bright red stalls was spread on the ground.
Yang Yu glanced at the firecrackers on the ground, breathed a sigh of relief, and finally set them all up. Looking at Cheng Jianguo, he was about to ask if he wanted to light the firecrackers immediately, when he heard Cheng Jianbin's voice from behind the crowd: "Everyone, give way.
The birthday boy is out!"
The crowd outside the gate of Grandpa Bailu's house parted. Cheng Jianbin, Wu Lan and several other middle-aged women helped an old man with a haggard face and white hair walk out.
"Bah bang bang!"
The scene immediately burst into warm applause.
Yang Yu knew in his heart that this must be Bai Lu's grandfather, Cheng Zhanyuan, the former deputy mayor of J City, and he clapped his hands gently.
Cheng Zhanyuan raised his hand, said hello repeatedly, and then said: "Thank you all for coming to my humble home today and making it shine."
The old man spoke in the same old tone, which seemed a bit out of place. However, the people at the scene not only did not feel out of place, but felt that the old mayor should be like this, and responded to Cheng Zhanyuan politely.
Cheng Zhanyuan and others became a little quieter and asked Cheng Jianguo: "Jianguo, why don't you see Yushu and my granddaughter?"
Bai Lu hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Grandpa, I'm here. My father will be here soon."
Just as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of a car. Everyone followed the sound, and a car stopped at the end of the stall woven with firecrackers. The door opened and Bai Yushu got out of the car.
When Bai Yushu got off the car, he walked quickly towards Cheng Zhanyuan. When he got in front of Cheng Zhanyuan, he said very apologetically: "Dad, I have an operation to be done this afternoon, so I'm late."
Cheng Zhanyuan patted Bai Yushu's hand and said: "Your work is important, and surgery is a matter of life and death. Saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter!"
Yang Yu looked at Cheng Zhanyuan's kind look and knew that he was a devout believer, so he had a good impression of him.
Cheng Jianguo said: "Okay, everyone is here, Yang Yu, you can set off the firecrackers!"
"Yang Yu?" Bai Yushu frowned immediately when he heard Yang Yu's name. He turned around and saw Yang Yu standing behind him. He immediately thought, what is he doing here?
Yang Yu saw Bai Yushu looking at him and felt a little nervous. However, seeing so many people waiting for him to set off firecrackers, he did not come forward to say hello to Bai Yushu. He smiled and said yes to Cheng Jianguo, then took out a cigarette lighter.
Hold on and walk towards one end of the fuse.
There were at least dozens of guests at the scene. Seeing Yang Yu lighting firecrackers, they all covered their ears with their hands.
Bai Lu, Cheng Rong and others gathered around Cheng Zhanyuan and suggested that Cheng Zhanyuan step back a little. Cheng Zhanyuan waved his hands repeatedly and said: "It's not in the way, it's not in the way! Compared with the hail of bullets I faced when I was a soldier, what is this?"
"Chichi!"
Yang Yu lit the fuse, covered his ears with his hands, and retreated to the wall of Grandpa Bai Lu's house.
"Crack, crackle, crackle!"
Red confetti was flying all over the sky, and green smoke filled the air, covering the surrounding area so that it was difficult to see the scenery one meter away.
The sound of firecrackers lasted for so long that nearby residents were alarmed. An old man in a private house said: "Is today Deputy Mayor Cheng's birthday again? This year's firecrackers seem to be longer than in previous years!"
Several children on the street below heard the sound of firecrackers and cheered: "Firecrackers are being set off above, let's go pick them up."
A few chatty women sitting in front of a roadside grocery store started talking again when they heard the sound of firecrackers.
"I'm so envious. The Cheng family spends thousands of money on firecrackers every year."
"You look like you have no future? My whole family is an official, so what does a few thousand dollars mean?"
"I heard that the eldest girl in their family is not married yet, but I don't know who is so lucky to get one."
"I heard that the daughter of the Cheng family has a high vision. Most people still look down on her. I don't know what year it happened. I heard that Deputy Mayor Cheng's granddaughter is about to get married. Maybe this granddaughter will get married first.
Woolen cloth."
"Stop. The sound of firecrackers finally stopped. It has been going off for a long time."
The sound of firecrackers finally stopped, and night slowly fell. Several bright lights were set up in the Cheng family yard, and all rooms were brightly lit, and the birthday banquet began.
In the living room of the building where Yang Yu and his friends played mahjong before, there were several tables set up, and the seats were all more intimate and distinguished guests. The Cheng family and several close relatives all sat at a large round table in the middle.
Yang Yu was placed at the east table, separated from Bai Lu, Cheng Zekai, Cheng Rong and others, and shared the same table with several strangers. Lian did not know that Yang Yu and Wu Hongwen had a grudge, so she almost arranged for them to share the same table.
It was Cheng Jianbin's reminder that Wu Hongwen and his group were moved to a table in the west. Otherwise, tonight's birthday banquet would be a bit uncertain.
Before the birthday banquet started, all the guests stood up, raised their glasses to honor the birthday star, and said congratulations in unison.
Cheng Zhanyuan saw that today was very lively and that he had his children and grandchildren with him. He was very happy and could hardly close his mouth with smiles.
After the birthday banquet, the guests one after another said goodbye to the birthday boy and left. Wu Hongwen and a group of people also walked up to Cheng Zhanyuan and said goodbye to Cheng Zhanyuan.
Not to mention, although Wu Hongwen is arrogant, he has a good tutor. He first gave a respectful junior salute to Cheng Zhanyuan, and then said: "Mr. Cheng, my father asked me to wish you a birthday on his behalf.
Your old fortune is as good as the East China Sea, and your longevity is as long as the Southern Mountains."
Cheng Zhanyuan laughed continuously: "Okay, okay! Who is your father?"
Wu Hongwen said: "My father is Wu Changxing. He often talks to me about the old mayor's past. He said that without the efforts of the old mayors, we would not be able to live and work in peace and contentment in J City now."
Cheng Zhanyuan smiled and said: "You are very good at talking. Wu Changxing gave birth to a good son. Tell your father for me and say thank you to him."
Wu Hongwen said a few words politely, then turned around and walked out with a group of his men.
When he passed by Yang Yu, he paused slightly and glanced sideways at Yang Yu before continuing to walk out.
After a while, Cheng Zhanyuan felt tired and yawned. Cheng Jianguo, Bai Yushu and others sent Cheng Zhanyuan back to his room to rest.
Yang Yu walked out of the yard and thought to himself. After Bai Yushu saw Cheng Zhanyuan back and saw that he was still here, he would definitely ask why. What was supposed to come was still coming.
"Brother Yu, Brother Yu!"
After walking for a while, he heard someone calling him. He turned around and saw Cheng Zekai running towards him. He smiled and said, "Xiao Kai, what are you calling me for?"
Cheng Zekai said: "My father asked you to come with me to the study."
When Yang Yu saw that Bai Lu didn't come, he knew that Bai Yushu probably knew about his relationship with Bai Lu. His heart tightened and he nodded: "Okay."
