Du Zhenhua sighed, making everyone's expression more or less regretful.
Old Mrs. Du hurriedly pinched his waist and whispered: "You guys really don't have any pots to pick up. Hurry up and take care of the children in and prepare for dinner!"
Du Zhenhua sighed and said, "Oh, Hai Qing is so big, she is more likely to see many things than us. What I said is just my heart. There is no need to be too taboo."
Du Haiqing, who was standing beside him, nodded and said seriously: "Mom, I am really not angry or uncomfortable about this incident, so you don't have to be too sensitive."
Old Mrs. Du looked surprised: "Haiqing, Shoudao has kept you from it for so many years, and you are not angry at all?"
Du Haiqing said seriously: "I am not angry, but I feel relieved."
Du Zhenhua smiled and said, "Good thing! Liberation is a good thing! To be honest, for so many years, Dad has always felt that you are unhappy. Now you can come out, Dad is happy for you from the bottom of his heart!"
Du Haiqing nodded seriously and smiled and said, "Thank you dad!"
Du Zhenhua laughed and waved quickly, "Let's have a walk, eat pork shabu! Haifeng, you three brothers will have two drinks with me in a while!"
As the eldest son of the Du family, Du Haifeng nodded without hesitation and said, "Okay Dad! Let us three brothers have some drinks with you tonight!"
Du Haiqing's sister Du Haiping was also hurriedly laughing: "Dad, do you still have red wine at home? The three of us will have some drinks with you!"
The sixth brother Du Haimei smiled and said, "That's great, Dad, my eldest sister and my second sister will have some drinks with you!"
Du Zhenhua was immediately happy and smiled heartily: "Okay! The three of you sisters have not come back on New Year's Eve, so let's treat it as the New Year today!"
Du Haimei hurriedly said, "Dad, we want to come with you during the Chinese New Year, but you won't let you go..."
Du Zhenhua said seriously: "You married into the Shen family and are the daughter-in-law of the Shen family. You should spend the New Year with your parents-in-law, and the same is true for your two sisters. This is the rule. All your three brothers will come to accompany me and your mother for the New Year.
If you three sisters come too, they will say that I, Old Man Du, are ignorant and only think about my own home."
Du Haimei hurriedly said, "I know Dad, I have agreed with Shen Silong that I will come back next New Year's Eve to spend with you."
Du Zhenhua smiled and said, "Let's talk about it then. Look at what Xiao Shen means. If he doesn't want to, don't force it."
Afterwards, the three sons and three daughters of the Du family surrounded a pair of old men and walked to the restaurant.
At this time, in the restaurant, the chef at home had already brought a delicate brass pot to the table. There was a red flame of charcoal in the middle, and a pot of clear soup was cooked outside. The dining table was filled with freshly cut out
, all kinds of mutton.
Old Yanjing people are very particular about eating mutton. They basically don’t eat mutton rolls that are machine-cut in hot pot restaurants. They all eat pure fresh hand-cut mutton.
There are many specialties in cutting mutton when hand-cutting. The mutton has various names according to different parts, such as thorn, tenderloin, large three-pointed, small three-pointed, and cucumber strips.
Different meats have different methods of cutting, and they have different sizes and thicknesses. There are many statements.
The Du family rarely show off their wealth and rarely live a luxurious and wasteful life of a rich man. However, the family is extremely particular, but what they pay attention to is not pomp or price, but taste and essence.
Take food as an example. The Du family’s mouths are more and more squeaky than the other.
The fried oil cake at the entrance of the alley will not get tired of it for ten years, but once the other one has a slightly poor skill, even if the difference is minimal, they will find it difficult to swallow it.
Mr. Du has no bad habits in his life, he just loves to smoke.
Especially I like to smoke a cigarette produced by a cigarette factory in southern Yunnan.
After twenty years of smoking, the old man improved the process and production line of the cigarette factory, upgraded the formula, and replaced the materials of the cigarette paper and filter.
Everyone thinks that the improvement is more exquisite and classier than before, and the taste is not much worse, but Mr. Du just thinks the taste is wrong and he can't adapt to it.
Later, I even fell ill due to this.
The old man's subordinates heard that the old man was hospitalized after being sick, so they made a special trip to visit him.
When asked about the cause of the disease, I learned that the old man had changed his taste and had a heart disease because he had smoked for twenty years. He simply called the cigarette factory to reopen the old production line that had been dismantled and prepared for scrapping, specifically for the old man.
Only when people produce original cigarettes can they cure the old man's heart disease.
However, the old man was also very guilty of using the privilege and specially asked his second son Du Haiyang, who was doing business, to go to the cigarette factory to verify all the costs of reopening the production line in the cigarette factory, and then paid out of his own pocket. This was why he accepted the privilege with peace of mind.
In fact, the children of the Du family have inherited the old man's qualities.
The more particular you pay, the more refined you live.
Therefore, the family not only has high education and strong abilities, but also upholds the traditional virtues of gentleness, kindness, respect, frugality and politeness of the Chinese nation.
At this time, the Du family sat around the dining table, eating shabu-shabu while drinking wine. The eight people were chatting enthusiastically and looked very good.
Originally, everyone was worried that Du Haiqing would feel depressed.
But unexpectedly, Du Haiqing's whole body was extremely relaxed and comfortable.
Everyone was close relatives to her, and it was also obvious that her relaxed and comfortable life was not performed, so she was completely relieved.
The old couple is in a particularly good mood. Over the years, six children have started their families one after another. No matter which one they see alone, they have lived a very good life, and they are even impeccable, but they have always felt sorry for Du Haiqing.
This is mainly because they have always known that Du Haiqing loved Ye Changying deeply for so many years but failed. Later, after Ye Changying got married, she decided to marry Su Shoudao, which was really an impulse and angry move.
The night before Du Haiqing got married, she hugged the old lady and cried all night. Her sister Du Haiping and sister Du Haimei were with her, and they were all heartbroken.
At that time, the three of them felt sorry for her and persuaded her to regret the marriage, but she disagreed.
After so many years of marriage, although Su Shoudao favored Du Haiqing very much, only Du Haiqing's family could see that she was actually not very happy.
Especially after Ye Changying died unexpectedly, she became more taciturn and even began to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha occasionally, becoming a lay Buddhist who practiced at home.
But now, everyone can see that Du Haiqing is really relieved.
The old man Du Zhenhua remembered that Du Haiqing was going to Jinling, so he asked, "Haiqing, how long are you planning to stay in Jinling this time?"
Du Haiqing thought for a while and said, "Dad, I don't know how long it will take to stay now, so let's see."
Du Zhenhua asked again: "Who will accompany you?"
Du Haiqing said: "Zhifei and Zhiyu are with me."
Du Zhenhua nodded: "The old house in Jinling has been very well maintained. You haven't been there for many years. You can live there for some time. If your mother and I have nothing to do, we will go to Jinling in two days.
A few days, it was too dry in Yanjing. Your mother had long said she wanted to go to Jiangnan for a few days."