The delicacies cooked with carefully selected ingredients were highly praised by relatives and friends.
The food is pleasant and the scenery is soothing. The only regret is that the beautiful reunion time passed too quickly. However, there is no way, most relatives have not retired yet, they take time out of their busy schedule to get together for a family dinner, and then they have to go their separate ways.
But they were all very glad to have come. Although they came here just to visit the old man (he usually cannot fulfill his filial piety, so what can be done if the old man doesn’t want to go back to Kyoto to live with them? I can only find time to visit him more). Naichi
When I came up, I felt like it was a worthwhile trip.
Although the elders take the lead in every family dinner, they share the expenses.
Of course, it is said that it is shared, but in fact the majority of the ingredients have always been produced by the Lu family. Because they either grow, raise or catch many of the ingredients themselves, they are not included in the expenses. This alone makes them account for a lot.
Cheap. What’s more, even if you spend the same amount of money, can you eat expensive fish and top-quality sashimi outside? No matter how many times the money is, you can’t eat it! Why? You can’t buy it!
Before leaving, Xu Suizhu took out the rice dumplings of various flavors prepared in advance and distributed them to everyone.
During the Dragon Boat Festival, we always have to eat rice dumplings to suit the occasion.
Everyone didn't bother to receive gifts. They took out the gifts they had prepared when they arrived.
"Sui Sui, our old man refuses to go home with us for no reason. I heard that you even arranged rooms for him in the Mid-Levels Manor and the Farmhouse? Thank you so much. This is a little thought from us. You must
Accept it! If you don’t accept it, you won’t give Aunt Qing face!”
"We are the same. The older the old man gets, the more stubborn he becomes. Even though Taozi has renovated the villa on the mountainside and the smell has gone away, he refuses to move there. He says that your house is the most comfortable to live in. I know I won't give you money."
Accept it, these are the wishes of our brothers and sisters, you are not allowed to take them back!"
"Suisui, thank you for taking the trouble to entertain us and show us your kindness."
"Susuui,..."
Xu Suizhushou finally realized what it meant to have "hand cramps after receiving gifts".
In addition to special supplies of tobacco, alcohol, and expensive nutritional and health products, what else did she see in the pile of gifts? Real estate certificates? Car keys?
Oh my god! Are gifts so bad these days?
It seems that she has not left the earth. She has been floating in the Indian Ocean for a few days at most. Has the change been so big?
Teacher Xu, who couldn't laugh or cry, wanted to return these valuable gifts. However, not only was he unsuccessful, but he was also scolded by the elders.
"Our old man has been harassing your family for so many years. He eats and drinks well with Mr. Lu all day long. His body is many times healthier than before he came here. Money cannot buy these things. If you insist not to accept it, then we will
The old man asked me to leave, and I have no shame in letting him continue to live there."
"..."
How could she refuse?
If you insist on not accepting it, you will probably face a collective accusation from Mr. Li, Mr. Fu, and Mr. Lin with runny noses and tears.
In the end, I had to thank him again and again, and accepted two houses and two cars.
Both houses are in Kyoto, one is located between the second and third rings, and the other is in the suburbs of Kyoto. The former is a school district house, and the latter is a vacation villa; one of the two cars is a red convertible sports car chosen by Mr. Fu.
There is also a white Mercedes-Benz suitable for women, with luxurious configurations.
The former is very popular among children, probably because it is a larger version of a bumper car.
The latter formed a pair of CPs with Baozi Daddy's black Mercedes-Benz.
Is this considered as biting the old man? It is obviously the cohesion of the old man, and all the benefits have gone to her.
After listening to her self-mockery, Mr. Lu laughed and said: "Whatever is good or not, you deserve it. These old guys are very picky, which really makes you worry. Besides, others don't know, we old guys
Guys, do you still know? How many good things have you spent on us over the years? Don’t say too many polite words, just take this."
The old man gave her a folder, which contained the title deed of an old courtyard house in Kyoto.
"!!!"
Is this the rhythm of dividing family property?
Xu Suizhu waved her hands hurriedly: "Grandpa, I don't want it!"
"Take it! Xiaoyu also has it. I keep just a piece of paper. I live comfortably in the fjord and it is impossible to move back to Kyoto. If I give it to you, it is yours. You can do whatever you want, keep it for yourself.
Whether you live in it, take advantage of the rising housing prices, or sell it, it's up to you."
Seeing that the old man insisted on putting it into her hand, and hearing that the sister-in-law also had it, Xu Suizhu didn't refuse anymore.
But I still informed my mother-in-law privately.
Mrs. Lu smiled and said:
"Your grandfather does own two small courtyards, the one next door, but he has been lending it to his old subordinates to live in with his whole family.
Originally, our family had no shortage of places to live. The old man’s house would be accommodated to whomever he wanted, but Lao Lu and I had never asked.
Until the end of last year, your Aunt Liang and her family returned to Kyoto for the New Year. When they came back, they told me something. They said that the old subordinate who stayed with me had passed away five years ago, and his wife had remarried three years ago.
That man, along with his two sons from his ex-wife, also moved into the small courtyard.
Last year, it was said that the children of both families were almost of marriageable age, and they could no longer live in the two small courtyards. They started asking around how to transfer ownership without a real estate certificate, and actually wanted to sell the two small courtyards and buy a high-rise apartment somewhere else.
That small courtyard is really not big in area. There are only two rooms in the main house, one wing on each side, and a small patio in the middle. It can't be compared with our house in Houhai, but the location is good, and the housing prices have increased so much in the past two years.
Come on, one apartment can be sold for 20 to 30 million, and you can exchange it for several apartments outside the 4th and 5th Ring Road.
Did you say it was too much? Our old man was kind-hearted and lent them a house for free without charging rent. They actually wanted to live in vain... I was so angry that I roped in Lao Lu the next day and rushed over to take over the house.
"
Xu Suizhu was shocked when he heard this. Is there such a shameless person these days?
"Don't they have a big family? Just you two, parents, and they didn't make any trouble?"
"It's making trouble! Why don't you make trouble? That woman was still sitting on the floor and acting up, saying that her husband had only been away for a few years, and we were forcing her to move. She scolded me for being cruel, saying that I wanted to force her family to die. I was right in front of her.
I asked her in front of everyone: Which man are you referring to? The one in front or the one behind?"
"puff……"
Xu Suizhu couldn't help laughing and gave a thumbs up to her mother-in-law.
Mrs. Lu looked proud: "You think so? The truth is on our side, and it's useless for her to mess around. It's good that she didn't ask her to collect the rent for these years.
If she hadn't remarried, I might still be a little bit intolerant, but her ex-husband remarried less than two years after his death, and even took the man's child from his ex-wife into the house. Who would blame her if she couldn't live with her? No one else could live with her.
!
Didn’t you say that the children are of marriageable age? Then let them rent a house to live in their own homes! What? You still want to live in our house from generation to generation? Who can pamper them? Oh, your grandpa can!"