Xia Zekai glanced at his younger brother and asked pointedly: "Zejiang, what have you been busy with recently?"
Xia Zejiang chuckled and said, "I'm not busy with anything. In addition to attending classes, I work on projects with the teacher and occasionally wander around."
"Are you going shopping by yourself?" Xia Zekai continued to ask him.
At this moment, even Xia Yunhui heard his cousin's overtones. He looked at his youngest cousin with a smile and asked him: "Zejiang, are you dating a girlfriend? You should be dating one at your age."
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"Are you your classmate? Come out and meet me when you have time. I'll treat you to a meal together," he said.
Seeing his father, grandfather, and uncle all looking at him with curious eyes, Xia Zejiang couldn't hold back anymore. He said, "Brother Hui, we just talked. We haven't met the parents yet."
"I'm telling you, you're in love and that's why you dress so neatly. It's pretty good. Once you know how to dress yourself, you start to learn to be mature." Xia Yunhui praised him.
There was nothing left to talk about, so Xia Zejiang approached his grandfather and asked him what he thought.
His brother usually couldn't come over, but when he had nothing to do at night, he would come over every now and then.
"Zejiang, I just thought that if I could see you get married, I would have no regrets even if I died." Xia Shande said the most determined words with a charitable smile on his face.
This statement frightened Xia Zejiang: "Grandpa, you can't think like this. At least you have to wait until you see your great-grandson."
Before Xia Weicheng came to his senses, he asked his youngest son: "Zejiang, is what your brother said true? Are you really dating someone?"
Xia Zekai simply wanted to find a hood to put on his face. This was basically made clear, so why didn't his father believe it yet?
Sad!
At noon, Xia Zekai and his three brothers went down first to buy meals for the three elders in the family and brought them back. Then the three of them went down again to have a meal together.
The only drawback is that I didn't drink.
"Brother, second brother, you all have to go back in the afternoon." Xia Zejiang asked them while drinking a glass of Huiyuan peach juice.
Xia Yunhui and Xia Zekai both nodded: "Go back, our grandpa will only start treatment on Monday. Besides, there is nothing too special. We are all crowded here and can't help. It is of no use."
"By the way, are you busy tomorrow? If so, come with me to Qicheng in the afternoon. Let's get together tomorrow." Xia Zekai asked his brother.
"Uh, how do I come back?" Xia Zejiang asked.
Xia Zekai gave him a blank look: "You are a graduate student. I think you are stupid for going to school. After lunch tomorrow, you will be done by taking the train back in the afternoon. You will be at Jicheng Station in more than 30 minutes."
Xia Zejiang felt that he and his brother were naturally at odds with each other. Never mind the fights they had when they were young, now they both used different tricks to poke at each other when they had the opportunity, and it was not pleasant to say anything.
Xia Yunhui also said: "Zejiang, go ahead. You can't stay at my place at night. We brothers don't have many opportunities to meet together. It's rare that we have time tomorrow to chat together."
The two brothers urged him. Xia Zejiang thought for a moment and said, "That's okay, but I'll go out and make a phone call first."
After saying that, he put down the chopsticks in his hand and went out to make a phone call.
The two old fritters in the room knew who Xia Zejiang had called without using their brains. Xia Yunhui also asked his cousin: "Zekai, have you seen Zejiang's girlfriend? What does she look like? How is her temper?"
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Xia Zekai didn't know him too well, but they got along briefly and had two meals together. At the dinner table, he felt that he was okay with him.
He said: "It's okay. It mainly depends on how the two of them get along in the future." Xia Zekai said this.
Xia Zejiang followed his brother Xia Zekai's car to Qicheng in the afternoon.
The two brothers chatted along the way, and the car finally stopped in front of Building 14 of Qiyun Community. When Xia Zejiang followed his brother upstairs, Luo Xiyun was quite surprised: "Zejiang, you are here, hurry up and sit down, eat
Don’t eat apples.”
The way Luo Xiyun, his sister-in-law, cared so much about him made Xia Zejiang feel a little embarrassed.
Yatou and Tongtong, two naughty little girls, still remembered the second uncle. They put down the toys in their hands and rushed over. When they got to the second uncle's side, they kept shouting "second uncle". Their appearance made people who didn't know still remember the second uncle.
I really thought how good the relationship between their uncle and nephew was.
In fact, the two girls asked their second uncle for toys and delicious food.
But Xia Zejiang got into his brother's car from Jicheng and followed him back. His brother didn't stop along the way. Where could he, the second uncle, buy toys and snacks for his two nieces?
It was Luo Xiyun who waved his hand and called the two girls to him, and rescued Xia Zejiang.
Xia Zekai told her to get together with his two cousins and cousins tomorrow. He also asked Luo Xiyun to call her brother Luo Xincheng over.
"Xincheng may not be willing to come, or else we won't call him," Luo Xiyun said.
This wave of brothers and sisters are all from her husband's side, and his brother is not very familiar with these people, which feels a bit weird.
Xia Zekai said: "How do you know that he won't come back before you call? Besides, with Xincheng like this, there is a high probability that he will buy a house and get married in Qicheng in the future. Call him out and have a meal together."
Food, familiarize yourself with it in advance, maybe if something happens you can use these brothers' food."
"Okay, okay, you're the only one who talks too much." Luo Xiyun argued with him without hesitation. She called her brother Luo Xincheng and conveyed his brother-in-law Xia Zekai's intention.
She thought that her brother would reject it directly as she thought, but she never expected that her brother would happily agree.
Luo Xiyun always remembered Shen Jiayi, and she even asked her brother-in-law: "Zejiang, why didn't your girlfriend come?"
Xia Zekai was a little embarrassed, what should I say?
He finally said: "Sister-in-law, Jiayi is working on a project with her mentor, and she can't get away now."
"It's Sunday and you are still so busy. If you get married and have children in the future, it will be fine." Luo Xiyun muttered.
Xia Zejiang didn't expect this to happen. His sister-in-law was already thinking about getting married and having children in the future for them.
The next moment, Xia Zejiang quickly explained: "Sister-in-law, the project that Jiayi is working on now is a bit rushed. She has to work overtime on Saturdays and weekends. After she finishes this work, there will be nothing to do later."
"If she wants to work after graduation, let her find some light work."
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The next morning, Xia Zekai found a restaurant that specializes in beef specialties. The restaurant was named ‘Kuangji Beef Yiguo’.
There are both hot pot and stir-fry dishes. This hot pot is quite special. It mainly has tendon, beef and scorpion, dog meat hot pot, etc. The stir-fry dishes are also good.
It's this dog meat hotpot mixed in, and it feels weird.
After Xia Zekai came over, he took his wife, children, his brother and brother-in-law to the second floor and chose the largest private room. The table was used for both hot pot and cooking, which was very convenient.
We all came here, and it was inevitable to order some beef and scorpion, which would be cooked in the store first. Xia Zejiang and Luo Xincheng had only met a few times, but this did not prevent them from talking happily after meeting.
The two of them were muttering there without knowing what they were saying. Xia Zekai glanced at them and ignored them.
While waiting for someone, Xia Zekai took his two daughters downstairs and walked around in the orchard behind.
Yes, this is a specialty restaurant in the form of a farmhouse. These days, farmhouses have just emerged in Qicheng, and many people want to eat fresh food.
It would be useless if there is no specialty dish.
Fortunately, the beef here is quite delicious.
Xia Zekai only found out about this place through someone's introduction.
Not long after, the eldest cousin who was relatively close to here came over with his eldest sister-in-law and niece. After arriving, the eldest sister-in-law chatted with his wife Luo Xiyun, while the eldest niece went to play with the two little sisters.
At that time, he became the king of children.
"Zekai, haven't you been busy lately?" the cousin asked him.
Xia Zekai scratched his scalp and said, "Hey, just work around. It's the end of the year soon, so it will be easier."
Xia Yunfei was very moved by his cousin's achievements. He said: "You can tell me, my place is really not busy these days. Both cars run short distances from time to time. Not only do I not make any money, but
You have to put money in it.”
"Brother, you can't just look at it like this. If you don't run away, others will take this job. If there is a job in the factory later, you may not be able to find it." Xia Zekai advised him to look forward.
Xia Yunfei didn't know this truth, but he still had to pay off the loans for both cars, which put a lot of pressure on him.
Then Qi Lixin and Zhao Yan came over with their daughter.
Xia Yunfei was very surprised when he saw the couple, and asked him: "Lao Qi, why are you here so early today?"
There is something wrong with this question, but in fact it is like this. When their brothers had gatherings before, Qi Lixin was usually the last one to arrive.
Qi Lixin raised a corner of his mouth and laughed: "I've got two people there to look after the store. It doesn't matter if I'm not here for a while."
When Xia Yunfei heard what he said, he immediately gave a thumbs up. His cousin-in-law had been busy working as a chef for more than ten years, and he was really on point this time. From what he said, it seemed like the business was going well.
"Lao Qi, you have to be steady this time and stop drifting." Xia Yunfei, the big brother, said to him.
Qi Lixin accepted the teaching humbly.
"Brother Fei, Brother Kai, I also brought a box of good wine. Let's have two more drinks later." Qi Lixin went out again and brought in a box of liquor.
Brothers Xia Yunfei and Xia Zekai glanced at it and knocked down the well, but the picture of the packaging box showed that it was packaged in a pottery bottle.
Second cousin Xia Yunhui and cousin Zhao Ting came over one after another, and Xia Zekai asked them what they liked to eat.
The cousin ordered another portion of Jintou Ba Nao, and the rest was for the senior chef Qi Lixin to order a few dishes.
Luo Xiyun asked her two sisters-in-law and cousin what they wanted to eat. Xia Zekai finally added a few more dishes and started eating.
