Meng Shaoyuan looked in the mirror again and again. The hair wax made his hair shiny and not messy at all.
A newly purchased three-piece light gray suit imported from the UK, paired with a black French tie.
A pair of black pointed-toe three-section leather shoes, which are serious American imports.
He even wore a pair of glasses without prescription.
"Hey, do you think I look like a scholar?"
Meng Shaoyuan was in high spirits.
"It's not like being a scholar." Wu Jingyi was too busy thinking.
"Who does that look like?"
"Like a pretty boy who's just eating soft food!"
"Damn, there's not a nice word to say."
Meng Shaoyuan said angrily: "I'm going to visit my father-in-law and my mother-in-law today. Can't you pack it up? By the way, where are my mother-in-law's information? We'll talk as we go."
"Zhu Ruichuan, whose surname is Xiancong, calls himself 'Tancheng Sanren'. He is forty-five years old and has two sons and one daughter. Zhu Yanni is his youngest daughter. His ancestors have had prefects, Taoists, chief envoys, and a local official. The Minister of War, in his father's generation, the family business gradually declined... Wei Qiaoying, forty-three years old..."
Oops, I didn’t realize that Zhu Yanni’s ancestors also had high-ranking officials...
…
After getting off the car, Zhu Yanni had already arrived first.
She wasn't dressed up much, and she didn't seem to care much about meeting her parents.
"Why don't you go in first?"
"Waiting for you."
"Let's go, let's go see our future father-in-law and mother-in-law."
"Shaoyuan..."
"What's wrong?"
"it's okay no problem."
Zhu Yanni looked like she was hesitant to speak...
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Manager Ge from the International Hotel had been waiting at the elevator for a long time. When he saw Meng Shaoyuan arriving, he rushed up to greet him: "Hey, my boss Meng, you are finally here."
"what happened again?"
Manager Ge was about to speak when he saw Zhu Yanni and laughed twice: "It's okay, it's okay, everything is fine, everything is fine. We have made proper arrangements for Mr. Zhu and Mrs. Zhu."
"That won't work, hurry up."
Seeing Meng Shaoyuan enter the elevator first, Zhu Yanni whispered: "Manager Ge, you have been wronged."
Manager Ge gave a wry smile: "Mrs. Zhu, it's not bad, but your Majesty..."
…
Meng Shaoyuan stood at the door, straightened his clothes, and then pulled the doorbell.
They opened it quickly.
The person who opened the door was Xu Chengbo, the general manager of Meng Shaoyuan's smuggling business in Shanghai. He actually had a grimace on his face: "Boss Meng, you are here. I, Mr. Po Zhu, and Mrs. Zhu have been talking for a long time."
Huh? Why this expression?
Xu Chengbo plays around in Shanghai, what kind of people have he not seen from all three religions?
Meng Shaoyuan put in a lot of effort to welcome his father-in-law and mother-in-law.
The largest suite in the International Hotel was reserved for them.
As soon as we entered, a strange fragrance hit our nostrils.
Opium!
Meng Shaoyuan frowned, Zhu Yanni's parents still have this hobby?
Zhu Yanni walked into the living room first: "Dad, Mom."
"This is unreasonable. How can you greet your parents like this?"
A majestic voice came out: "Is it because my Zhu family doesn't have a tutor?"
That's right, this must be Zhu Yanni's father. He has a strict upbringing.
The next second, Meng Shaoyuan finally met his future father-in-law Zhu Ruichuan and his mother-in-law Wei Qiaoying.
Zhu Ruichuan looked a little pale, probably because he had taken too much opium. The gown he was wearing was old and had turned white after washing.
But the whole body was tidied up, and the hair was waxed.
Wei Qiaoying was wearing ordinary clothes and sat there silently.
Gan Ning then came in and put away the gifts he brought one by one. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly heard Zhu Ruichuan say:
"reward!"
Wei Qiaoying took out a handkerchief and opened it. There were some scattered bills inside. She took out a dime, stood up and handed it to Gan Ning: "Little brother, don't be too little."
This was the first time someone tipped Gan Ning. He was at a loss when he heard Zhu Ruichuan say displeasedly: "A dime? This is not an embarrassment to Yanni, but an embarrassment to my Zhu family!"
Wei Qiaoying smiled bitterly, gritted her teeth, and took out a five-cent card.
Gan Ning was stunned. When he saw Director Meng nodded to him, he said, "Thank you, Mrs., for the reward."
After that, hurry out.
Really dumbfounded.
Gan Ning felt that he should treasure the five cents when he returned.
Meng Shaoyuan looked very carefully and found that the money in his mother-in-law's handkerchief was less than thirty French coins.
The tiger cannot fall down.
Who asked the Zhu family to have a high official before?
"Mr. Zhu, Mrs. Zhu, let me introduce you." Xu Chengbo said hurriedly: "This is Meng Shaoyuan, Boss Meng."
"Boss Meng? You are very young." Zhu Ruichuan looked at Meng Shaoyuan and said, "What kind of business does Boss Meng do?"
With this attitude, no one in Shanghai dared to speak like this to Meng Shaoyuan.
Meng Shaoyuan didn't care: "If you do some business with foreigners, your daughter will be in my company."
"Foreigners are stingy." Zhu Ruichuan dismissed it: "Back then, one of my great-grandfathers was engaged in foreign affairs and had countless dealings with foreigners."
Are you talking about what happened during the Qing Dynasty? How many years has it been since the Republic of China?
Meng Shaoyuan thought so in his heart, but kept smiling on his face.
"Zhu Yanni is a prostitute. Instead of getting married at home and raising children, she secretly ran to Nanjing without telling her parents, and now she has come to Shanghai. She is really immoral." Zhu Ruichuan spoke of his daughter without mercy:
"I wish the family a strict family tradition. It's okay to deny this kind of daughter. If her mother hadn't begged her again and again, I would never have come. I would have just pretended that I never had this daughter.
Boss Meng, I wish Yanni will work under you. What can a woman accomplish? If I make a mistake, don't give me face, just beat me to death. Beat him to death, I hope Ruichuan will not cause trouble for you. "
Damn it, what kind of father is this?
Meng Shao was originally afraid that Zhu Yanni would have an attack, so he took a look and found that Zhu Yanni had long been used to it and just sneered without arguing with her.
"Sir." Wei Qiaoying said timidly: "After all, this is the first time we meet Boss Meng, and besides, we haven't seen Yanni for such a long time..."
"Hmph, woman." Zhu Ruichuan snorted coldly: "Boss Meng, it's not like it was in the Qing Dynasty. When men talk, women dare to interrupt. That's all. Boss Meng sent someone to pick us up from Changsha. It was also hard work, so we just stayed here. Let’s have a quick dinner here.”
Huh?
Why did Xu Chengbo tremble?
“In times of national crisis, it’s not appropriate to be extravagant, just be simple.”
Look at people.
Although he looks down on women, he is still very sensible.
But then, Meng Shaoyuan knew that he was wrong.
Zhu Ruichuan pondered for a moment: "Just four dishes and one soup. If you want to get anchovies, be sure to choose about five pounds of grass carp. The big ones have thick meat; the small ones have minced meat... get some braised cold mushrooms and surround them. You must use Xiangxi rapeseed..."
Meng Shaoyuan was stunned when he heard this.
It's four dishes and one soup.
But these four dishes cover Sichuan cuisine, Hunan cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine and Shandong cuisine respectively.
As for the soup, I ordered pork hamstring and eucommia soup from Fujian cuisine.
Have you ordered five of the eight major Chinese cuisines?
Is this simpler?
Look at Wei Qiaoying again, with a frown on her face.
With the little money you bring, what is enough for you to eat?
Zhu Ruichuan hadn't finished speaking yet: "As for wine, just get some Shaoxing rice wine and make do with it."
Seeing that Zhu Yanni could bear it no longer, Meng Shaoyuan quickly said: "Manager Xu, tell Manager Ge to serve the food as Mr. Zhu said!"
"Yes Yes!"
…
"About five pounds of grass carp? Xiangxi rapeseed? Where can I get it?"
Manager Ge shouted loudly: "I won't serve you anymore, I won't serve you anymore. When I came here yesterday, the old man said he was tired and wanted to drink Mongolian mutton soup. I worked hard to get the cook to make it. This old man drank it." After taking a bite, the soup and the bowl were thrown out. It’s not authentic and it’s not authentic Mongolian mutton. Hey, I can get Mongolian mutton!”
"Calm down, calm down."
Xu Chengbo quickly persuaded: "Don't we just look at Zhu Yanni's face? Don't forget, this is Boss Meng's future father-in-law. Find a way, find a way, it doesn't matter if the price is a little expensive, I will pay for it all."
After saying that, he sighed: "No matter how hard it is for you, just cooking a few dishes while I serve this uncle is really miserable. You said, he is in such a state of desolation, and he has no airs at all." Throw it away. Make him tea, and the water temperature is slightly higher or lower, but he is not satisfied. Come on, bear with it, bear with it."
"I'm afraid he still doesn't know about the relationship between Boss Meng and Zhu Yanni, right?"
"I don't know. I don't even know the identities of Boss Meng and Zhu Yanni. There will probably be a showdown today. Hey, this will make our Boss Meng suffer a lot."
…
"Go, make me some good tea."
Zhu Ruichuan took out a paper bag from his body and opened it carefully.
Meng Shaoyuan took a curious look.
what? It's all just some broken tea leaves.
"This is a serious Xinyang Maojian."
Zhu Ruichuan said proudly: "Don't think it's Suimozi, but do you know its origin? It was given to me personally by Mr. Xiao Shi during the Chinese New Year. Mr. Xiao Shi, do you know who Boss Meng is?"
Meng Shaoyuan shook his head in confusion.
"He was the postal associate of the Qing Dynasty and was summoned by the emperor." Zhu Ruichuan showed off there: "How many people admire him and ask for a visit but are not allowed to see him, but he likes me, a junior, and lets me know every now and then. Go to his place and chat with him for a while, and never forget to reward me with some rare things when you leave."
"Come on."
Zhu Yanni will never give her father face again: "Every time you go to see him, which time do you come empty-handed? During the Chinese New Year the year before last, you pawned my mother's jewelry, bought elbows, and brought wine to see him. This old thing is good, Give you a pair of chopsticks, why don’t you even think about what the emperor rewarded him with back then, why the emperor rewarded someone with a pair of broken chopsticks?"
"you you……"
Zhu Ruichuan blushed with anger.
"Just those broken chopsticks, no one wants them even if they are thrown on the ground. What else do you want from Xinyang Maojian? Just this little bit of tea leaves, I can find them everywhere in my office."
"I'm so mad, so mad at me."
"Yanni, why are you talking like that?" Wei Qiaoying quickly winked at her daughter: "After all, he is your father."
This scene was so embarrassing for Meng Shaoyuan: "Ah, why aren't the dishes served yet?"
