Chapter 301: [See Parents](1/3)
On the night of the Spring Festival, the Xu family received a call from Xu Rui from overseas, which was answered by Xu Jianjun.
Less than a minute after the call was connected, Xu Jianjun's loud voice spread at home, "Juan'er, come quickly, your son is looking for a partner, he is still a British girl!"
Qin Xuejuan and Xu Ning and the other two were preparing supper in the kitchen. When they heard this, they were stunned for two seconds, then threw down the kitchen knife in their hands and ran out of the kitchen.
When the two old men and Xu Ning in the kitchen heard this, they were also interested, but Yu Chunhua was frying shrimps at this time.
Seeing this, Xu Ning smiled and said, "You two go and listen, I'll do it here."
Someone took over, and Yu Chunhua didn't care about anything. She handed the chopsticks in her hand to her granddaughter, and went to the living room with Gao Xiulan with her little feet.
At this time, the phone was in hands-free state, and Qin Xuejuan was asking about Xu Rui's future daughter-in-law.
"What does that girl do? Are you a classmate?"
"No, she is in MIT next door, and she is always in Cambridge, and the driving distance is not far."
"Do you look good? How many brothers in the family? What do your parents do? What major do you learn? Do you speak Chinese? When will you bring it back to show us?"
Xu Rui almost laughed when he faced this mother's n-game, "You asked one by one, how can I answer so many times?"
"Simply put, why did you fall in love with someone?"
"She looks very beautiful, with blonde hair, blue eyes, and three brothers at home. But I was here for lunch and she was going to come and go with me. We just established a relationship yesterday. Let's take her back for you this summer vacation. Of course, I have to ask her what she means in advance. Her name is Joey Halls."
When I heard that the girl was only nineteen years old, my family was still very worried. I felt that she was a little young and might not be very confident about the future. What if I broke up?
Xu Ning heard her parents talk about Xu Rui during dinner. She had been cooking in the kitchen before and didn't care about coming over to listen to the fun. But after the New Year's Eve dinner, she would call there. It was only midnight here and noon in the United States.
Joey came here early. If Justin hadn't urged him, maybe Joey would have to clean up her more carefully. This was the first time she came to Xu Rui's house. As a duke's family, she must have done her best. Makeup and dress are very important.
"Come?" Xu Rui held a spatula in his hand, and a very fragrant smell filled the living room.
After eating the barbecue made by Xu Rui twice, Joey became very interested in Chinese cuisine. However, he had not established a relationship before. Xu Rui seemed to be a subtle and polite man and never brought her here. This time he came, he asked her to bring her family and friends. Joey was very moved and happy that Xu Rui could respect her.
"Hello, my name is Xu Rui!" He nodded to Justin and Mrs. Michelle and said, "You guys sit down first, Lu Ci, please help me with it."
He stewed pork ribs in the pot, and today he made a famous Chinese dish called Buddha Jump over the wall. The ingredients can still be bought here, but they are not complete, but they can also make a dish with good taste and nutrition. Of course, it is incomparable to those authentic Buddha Jump over the wall. Even if the ingredients are complete, Xu Rui has never learned the authentic way of making it. Now he can only learn it according to the recipe before.
As the housekeeper, Mrs. Michelle usually takes care of Joey's daily diet. Now that she has come to other people's houses as a guest, she has no habit of sitting comfortably. After coming in, she asks to help Xu Rui cook.
Xu Rui glanced at Joey and saw her smiling nodding, but he did not refuse.
He took out a few dishes and told Mrs. Michelle about the correct way to cut them, and asked her to help cut them.
Mrs. Michelle knows how to cook regular British meals, but she knows nothing about Chinese cuisine. Why do she cut vegetables like this? She didn't ask, and she just made it as she asked.
Justin was sitting in the living room, looking around, and seeing the interior decoration was only very ordinary. Compared to the castle-style villa in their house, the difference was not a small part. If it weren't for asking Joey before and knowing that his sister had not told her about her family's situation, he would really think that Xu Rui had a crush on the industry of their Halls family.
Lu Ci talked briefly with Justin next to him, and almost no relationship was involved in Xu Rui and Joey. He asked about the surrounding environment, school, etc., and seemed to be deliberately avoiding this question.
At about 11 o'clock, Song Bai and the other two also knocked in with big bags and knocked in the door. Seeing Joey out of the house, there was a foreign man with deep and charming facial features. After a little inquiry, they realized that Justin came to the United States to have some business business, and then came to visit his sister, and then let it go.
Their thoughts were probably the same as Lu Ci. They all felt that Xu Rui had no hope of pursuing Joey, and they didn't know that yesterday afternoon, Xu Rui confessed his love successfully.
After a brief observation, Justin found that Xu Rui was very popular, got along very happily with several classmates, and was also good to his sister. However, he is a man and knows the inferiority of men. Now he is here. If he is not here, his sister will not be bullied by him.
Joey is only nineteen years old now. Of course, he had completed the transformation from a boy to a man at the age of nineteen, but this does not mean that his sister can be the one who allows the other party to complete the transformation, and he firmly opposes it.
But as the aromatic food came out one by one, Justin swallowed his saliva without any hesitation. The smell was really fragrant, a beauty he had never experienced before. Although there were Chinese restaurants in the UK, the taste was definitely not as good as this one that made him salivate.
There are many people at home this year, so Xu Rui prepared many dishes, including thirteen dishes and three soups, including three cold dishes and ten hot dishes. Of course, there are five vegetarian dishes and five meat dishes in the hot dishes.
At about twelve o'clock, Xu Rui took out two bottles of red wine from the wine cabinet, Song Bai and Lu Ci each held a bottle and opened it, pouring it on for them.
"The red wine from Ningrui Winery?" The Duke and Mrs. Wells like to drink red wine. In fact, everyone in their family likes it. Ningrui Red Wine only has two boxes in the family over the years, and the Duke of Wells went to participate in the red wine auction. He usually couldn't bear to drink it, but today he could drink it here. It seems that the conditions in this man's family are still very good.
"Have you drunk?" Lu Ci asked.
Justin nodded, "Of course, I have it at home."
"Oh, Xu Rui has it at home too!" Lu Ci raised his wine glass, "This wine is produced by Sister Xu Rui's winery."
“…”
Justin suddenly wanted to remain silent.
This red wine is the world-recognized emperor of red wine. He can have two boxes of red wine in his family now, but he has won the bid from the hands of world-renowned wine lovers. Unexpectedly, Xu Rui is actually the younger brother of the owner of Ningrui Winery. He suddenly feels a little excited and envious.
Justin's chopsticks were not very lame, and Joey was also clumsy, so Xu Rui still prepared knife and fork and spoon for the two of them.
At noon today, Xu Rui made Lu Ci's favorite thimble shrimp as usual. Of course, it was not small, and the number was also quite large. On average, each person could get five. When he saw Joey taking a bite, his beautiful blue pupils narrowed into a crescent moon, he felt very satisfied.
There is also the favorite cold pork belly of Song Bai and the pork belly is squeezed from oil, with onions and seasonings added inside. It is sour and sweet and spicy and soft and green, and the taste is particularly good.
When stewed with chestnuts, there are also vermicelli in it. Because I know the taste of Lu Ci, there are more vermicelli in it, so I won’t fight because of the fight.
At the same time, he also discovered that the Justin brother and sister were also fascinated by vermicelli, so Lu Ci reluctantly gave up his love for this. He didn't eat much, so he gave it to the brother and sister. Anyway, he could still eat something in the future.
In fact, Lu Ci thought about it. After returning to China, he would definitely go to the company for an internship and take over the industry. Fortunately, both of them lived in the imperial capital. At that time, Joey would definitely go back to China to settle down with Xu Rui. At that time, he would also buy a house near Xu Rui and go to have free meals every day. In the future, if he had a wife and children, he would take his family to have free meals.
Of course, he didn't know that Xu Rui planned to live in the Yunwu Mountain villa area after marriage, and the Lu family did not have a villa here, so he couldn't buy it now, so it would probably be very unlucky in the future.
Joey suddenly felt that she might be the happiest girlfriend in the world. Her boyfriend was not only very strong in combat, but also gentle and gentle, but also had a slow temperament. The most important thing was that the cooking was very delicious. It was the first time she discovered that Chinese cuisine was so delicious that it made people want to swallow their tongues.
Compared with various pasta, bread, salad, etc., compared with Chinese dishes, it makes people feel that they have no appetite.
Looking at Justin beside him, the elegant dining habit he developed since childhood was kept perfect, but only Joey, who was familiar with him, knew that Justin's eating movements were at least twice as fast as at home.
After eating for a while, Xu Rui got up and went to the kitchen to bring out a clay pot.
Then the Justin and his sister discovered that all the people at the dinner table stopped chopsticks and stared at the clay pot in front of them.
"What is this?" Justin asked curiously.
Lu Ci picked up the bowl and sent it to Xu Rui, licked his lips and said, "Buddha jumped over the wall!"
Of course, the English meaning is difficult for both Justin and his sister to understand. It is obviously a dish, so why did he get such a name?
Xu Rui briefly introduced the meaning of the name of the dish to them, and then smiled and said, "My method is not the most authentic, but the taste is OK. Eat more later."
The lid was opened, and the heat slowly evaporated, and a strong fragrance suddenly penetrated into everyone's taste buds. This was a very wonderful smell that was indescribable...
"Xu Rui, decorate me more vermicelli." Lu Ci said to Xu Rui in Chinese. He didn't even eat a few bites in the chestnut chicken before.
Xu Rui smiled and served him a bowl first. Of course, there were a lot of shark fin and abalone dried scallops, so naturally he also filled half a bowl of vermicelli, plus two spoonfuls of thick soup. When the rest saw this, they all played with it, waiting for Xu Rui's "happiness" like begging.
Xu Rui got up at four o'clock in the morning to clean this dish and simmered it for at least seven hours.
Shark fin abalone and other abalone are not easy to taste. When I ate it in a restaurant before, I always felt that the taste was only attached to the surface and could not soak it in. Therefore, Xu Rui didn’t like abalone very much. However, the difference between Buddha Jumping the Wall. The long-term stewing makes the abalone soft and delicious. It can be said that it melts in the mouth. The taste completely penetrates into it. A bite of the fragrance is enough to make you sink into it and unable to extricate yourself.
There is a master in Ningrui Hotel who can make authentic Buddhas jump over the wall. Many Chinese and foreign guests will make reservations for a long time to eat this dish.
Today's staple food is fried dumplings. When I was about the same food, Xu Rui got up and went to the kitchen to make fried dumplings.
He wrapped the dumplings in the morning, and now he only needs to put them in the oil pan.
After drinking and eating, Justin lay in satisfaction on the sofa and rubbed his stomach. When he saw his sister following Xu Rui to the kitchen to clean up the dishes, he thought that it would be nice if his sister could marry this man.
Occasionally, when he can come to find his sister, he will try Xu Rui's craftsmanship, right?
I am so satisfied with eating today. If I can’t eat it in the future, I will have to die of regret?
Moreover, after talking to Xu Rui, we can see that he is indeed a very excellent man. He has never seen his sister admire an outsider so much, except for her own family, and this person is still a man.
I heard that my sister was working in a nightclub at the beginning and was entangled by a scoundrel, but he saved her sister. Just because of this, Justin’s impression of Xu Rui could not be bad.
It's just better now.
After packing up, Xu Rui received a call from his sister.
After a few simple words to her, I hung up because there were guests at home.
In the evening, Justin and her sister returned home and told her that she could take the person back to the Duchess and their husbands during the holidays.
Joey agreed shyly.
The next day he flew back to the UK and told the Duke and Duchess about his relationship with Xu Rui in the United States. The old couple suddenly became expectant.
It was also since this day that Joey began to visit and exit Xu Rui's home frequently. Of course, it was not every day. It was usually taken away by Xu Rui from school every day.
Joey has many suitors in school. Now he is being chased by a Chinese man. Many people are not convinced. Some even challenge Joey when he was picking him up.
Unfortunately, everyone who came to challenge was in a very embarrassing situation, and even gained a lot of fans.
Of course, the two of them would drive to other places to play in their spare time. Although Lu Ci was very unhappy with Xu Rui's behavior, because he was not at home, he had to eat takeout here, which was very painful.
But as a good brother, he is really good in addition to silent support and crazy eating of dog food.
At the same time, Xu Rui also began to act as Joey's Chinese teacher. The girl studied very seriously. Although she was often teased by her boyfriend because of her pronunciation problems, Joey's girl was unyielding. She also wanted to be closer to Xu Rui's world and closer.
Even if there is no obstacle to communication between me and Xu Rui, when I meet his parents, I will always speak Chinese.
Besides, although Chinese is difficult to learn, every little improvement can make Joey happy like a child.
The twins of the Xie family are three years old. After this summer vacation, the two little babies will also go to kindergarten.
When they heard this, the two little guys were so happy. They watched their brother go to school and get off every day, and they were really envious. They even asked their parents to buy them small schoolbags very early, although they could only enjoy it at home.
"The sun shines on the sky, the flowers smile at me, and the birds say "Aoi, why are you carrying a small schoolbag..." In the living room, Xu Ning was making lunch, while the brother and sister were carrying small schoolbags and singing along with the animation on the TV. This is the children's song CD that Xu Ning bought for the children. The two little babies have listened to it and can already sing.
Xie Zheng came back from outside with two shopping bags, which contained seasonings and beef. They would also drink red wine, eat steak, and enjoy a candlelight dinner while they were having fun.
"Dad, can't Mengmeng go to school yet?" Xiao Lingle saw her father and rushed over with her small schoolbag on her back, hugging her father's thighs, "Mengmeng wants to go to school."
To be continued...