The new uncle had finished reading, the villagers dispersed, and Ma Xiaolong could finally have a hot meal.
Fried lotus root clips, hand-cut intestines, braised chicken, plus a few meat and vegetable stir-fries, and big steamed buns steamed in a large iron pot. Although the cooking skills are average, the ingredients are used well, and the food cooked in the wood-fired stove is
Fragrant, Ma Xiaolong enjoyed the meal and did not regard himself as an outsider at all.
This makes the old man and the old lady very happy.
"Eat more, a man should wolf it down." The old man lit a cigarette, took a nice puff, and said, "Don't be afraid that you don't have enough to eat, there's still more in the pot!"
"Yeah." Ma Xiaolong nodded.
The old lady said happily: "It's great! The house hasn't been so lively in several years."
"..." Zhu Lingling glanced at the old lady, thought for a while, and said nothing.
But the old man asked: "How is your brother doing now?"
Lingling Chu went home to celebrate the Chinese New Year the day before yesterday. For the past two days, she and the old couple have been talking about her life and work in the past two years. Before she could talk about Zhu Zhiqiang, today Zhu Zhiqiang's daughter and future son-in-law are here, and the old man wants to talk.
"It's good!" Zhu Lingling took a sip of her wine, grabbed a few peanuts, and said, "Don't think that he suffers more in foreign countries. In capitalist countries, rich people are the bosses. Apart from not being able to return to China, he is living a more relaxed life now than at home.
.”
The old man's face darkened when he heard this: "This bastard! You are still acting like this after going abroad!"
"What else?" Zhu Lingling ate peanuts and said, "You still don't understand your son? Apart from being a good fighter, what else does he have? It's better to live in debauchery than commit crimes, right?"
"..." The old man had a dark face, was very angry and helpless: "Why did I have such a thing?"
"Grandpa, don't say that." Ma Xiaolong said suddenly: "Actually, I am very grateful to my father-in-law. Without him, there would be no Cinnabar. Without Cinnabar, where would I find such a good wife?"
His words made everyone present laugh, and the somewhat depressing atmosphere was cleared.
The old lady said: "Xiaolong is right, everything in this world has always been interdependent in blessings and misfortunes. Although this child Zhiqiang is not very impressive, he has given us a very impressive granddaughter and an even more impressive grandson-in-law. After all,
It’s up to us to make a profit.”
The old man nodded: "That's true."
Ma Xiaolong has made him a big deal today, and his status in the village will be higher in the future. This can be said to have overcome the impact of his son's overseas trip last year.
"Stop talking, let's eat."
…
After the meal, the old lady said: "Xiaolong, it's your first time here, let Xiaosha show you around. Our Shuangshi Village is not big, but the environment is not bad."
"Okay!" Ma Xiaolong said with a smile: "I also want to see what the place where Zhu Sha lived when she was a child was like."
"Then I'll take you to see it." Zhu Sha smiled.
"I'll go too." Zhu Lingling suddenly said.
The old lady frowned: "What are you going to do?"
"I have something to discuss with Xiaolong." Zhu Lingling said: "After discussing it, it's time for me to return to the capital. I still have a lot of things to do!"
"..." The old man and the old lady were both stunned for a moment, feeling a little depressed.
"So busy?" Ma Xiaolong asked: "Sister-in-law, you won't want to go abroad for activities again, right?"
"You are the only one who is smart." Zhu Lingling smiled: "There is a fashion show and a new product launch conference in Milan. It is thanks to the handbags you designed that they are now a must-have luxury item for ladies in the upper class of Europe and the United States."
Since the beginning of last year, Linglong Clothing has begun to enter the field of luxury goods. The first luxury goods launched are women's bags and various accessories.
Although the sales of accessories are also good and they are very popular among European and American ladies, the real hot product is the handbag.
Women can go out without jewelry, but they cannot go out without a bag. A dazzling bag is enough to make them the most dazzling woman in their small circle.
Last year, more than 30 styles of bags were designed, and more than 200,000 were sold, with a total of more than 300 million U.S. dollars, equivalent to more than 2 billion yuan.
After deducting various expenses and tax rates, the net profit exceeds one billion yuan, which is simply a money grab.
But Ma Xiaolong didn't get much of the dividends, and Zhu Lingling, a loser, only had a little bit of working capital left, and the rest was used to expand the business.
She hasn't been home for two consecutive years. This girl is obsessed with making money. With the help of "Lingyin", she is almost always successful in business. She is called "Queen of the East" by the European and American capital markets, and her reputation is better than in
The country is still big, and the top foreign capitalists are all her friends.
"It's nothing." Ma Xiaolong waved his hand: "I'm just a designer. Making money is my sister's job."
Zhu Lingling smiled, picked up the coat on the kang, and said: "Dad, Mom, I'm leaving. I'll come see you when I have time."
The old lady forced a smile and said: "You are out here alone. Remember to eat well and take care of yourself. You are old enough. If you have something suitable, bring it back to us."
"It's about this..." Zhu Lingling sighed: "I know, I will pay attention to it."
"Huh! Remember to call your mother if you have nothing to do. This wife sometimes cries all night when she thinks of you." The old man said with a serious face.
"You are such a bad old man, who has been crying all night? Lingling, don't listen to his nonsense, my mother didn't." The old lady quickly defended.
"..." Zhu Lingling put on her coat and hugged the old lady: "Mom, I'll call you when I'm fine."
"Don't listen to your father, you are busy with your own business." The old lady said this with a smile on her face.
Zhusha said: "Grandma, I will come back often."
"Why are you coming back?" The old lady glared at her: "You have a husband, don't always think about this, live a good life with your husband's family, we don't need you to worry about here."
"That's right." The old man also said: "The married daughter threw water, you are now with Xiaolong, and you are a member of the Xiaolong family. From now on, it will be enough to come back for a meal on the second day of the new year. You should serve your parents-in-law well."
Don’t make it seem like our Zhu family doesn’t have a tutor.”
"..."
Cinnabar feels wronged.
Ma Xiaolong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said: "Grandpa, grandma, now is the new society, we don't want to be the same as before, I think..."
"You don't have to think about it!" the old man interrupted him: "This is a rule passed down by our ancestors. It is your business whether you young people abide by it in the future. Anyway, we will not be around by then and can't control it. But as long as we
If you are still here, you must abide by these rules."
"..."
Zhu Lingling rolled her eyes and pulled Ma Xiaolong: "Let's go! Go out and talk."
"Oh, grandpa, grandma, let's go out first."
"Go!" The old lady smiled and said, "I won't send you off."
"No need to send it away, just rest in the house!"
After the three young people went out and walked out of the yard, the old lady stopped in Bengbu, tears streaming down her face, and she felt extremely uncomfortable.
The old man sighed and said, "I told you that you cried all night long and you still didn't admit it."
The old lady glared at him: "You damn old man, you don't understand anything."
"..."
…
On the country road, three people were walking in front, followed by three cars, all of them were Zhusha's drivers and bodyguards, and a small assistant...
With Zhu Lingling's current status, she has to prepare more than a dozen bodyguards no matter where she goes. If something happens to her, it will not only be a devastating blow to Linglong Clothing, but it will also cause considerable damage to the country's finances and international influence. .
Neither Ma Xiaolong nor Zhu Sha knew that among these bodyguards, two had names from one of Lian Jie's movies. They were protecting Chu Lingling 24 hours a day to prevent accidents.
"Sister-in-law, you are becoming more and more famous now." Ma Xiaolong said with a smile: "You brought three cars of bodyguards with you when you go out, and no one believes you even if you tell me."
"Come on!" Zhu Lingling said: "You only see that I am glamorous on the outside, but there is a lot of suffering behind my back!"
"You can only become a great person if you endure hardships!" Ma Xiaolong said: "Besides, I think you are quite enjoying it."
"Otherwise, what else can I do?" Zhu Lingling said: "I used to think about finding a man to marry and being a good wife and mother, but no one gave me a chance!"
It turned out to be a lesbian
Ma Xiaolong coughed dryly: "We won't talk about this. Don't you have something to tell me? Tell me?"
"Hmm." Zhu Lingling looked at the couple's shirts worn by the young couple and said, "Your couple's shirts are quite good, especially the one that belongs to King Shan Dawang and Mrs. Yazhai. Can you arrange it later?"
"It's up to you." Ma Xiaolong said: "Actually, these are cultural shirts. Whenever there are any cultural activities at home and abroad in the future, you can take the opportunity to launch some cultural shirts. For example, this year Hong Kong will return, you can launch '1997, Wanderers Return Home' and the like cultural shirt.”
Zhu Lingling's eyes lit up, she nodded, and wrote the matter down in her notebook.
"How do you get such a big brain? Why do you always have so many wonderful ideas?" Zhu Lingling asked with a smile.
"I can't help it, who makes me a genius!" Ma Xiaolong said proudly: "As a mortal, you won't understand."
"Look for a fight!" Zhu Lingling punched him on the head, but nothing happened to Xiaolong. She grinned in pain: "Hiss~~~~This is the golden bell? No wonder the old man broke his bones."
"It's not a fracture, it's a bone fracture." Ma Xiaolong said, "A fracture would be a big problem."
"Anyway, it's all about breaking the muscles and bones, that's pretty much it." Zhu Lingling blew her pink fist and saw her now soft hands, and said with emotion: "Over the years, my business has grown bigger and bigger, but my martial arts skills have become worse and worse. Now my hands are all broken." Without the calluses, how can you still look like a martial arts practitioner?"
"Sister-in-law, you are a bit like Versailles." Ma Xiaolong said: "I don't know how many women wish to have delicate and smooth skin! Besides, you are surrounded by a bunch of bodyguards when you go out, so why do you need to practice martial arts? Proper exercise and fitness are enough."
"I know, I just feel a little emotional. The me now and the me in the past are completely two people." Zhu Lingling smoothed her hair, looked at the dirt road in front of her, and said: "Over the years, my hometown has changed more and more. Already."
"Sister-in-law, why don't we talk about business?" Ma Xiaolong had no time to accompany her and sighed: "I still want to have a nice walk around the village with my wife!"
"..." Zhu Lingling glared at him and said angrily: "Aren't you planning to get a luxury brand mechanical watch? How about directly putting it under the company's name?"