"Are you all dressed up? Come here and let mom take a look." Zhao Qinglan began to check the children's clothes one by one.
Once she was sure there was nothing wrong, she waved her hand. "Let's go."
They took two taxis as before, and she and her husband each took two children.
After getting in the car and announcing their destination, the driver started chatting with them.
"You are not locals."
"Yes, the children are on vacation. Let's take them out to play."
"Are you looking for relatives? Not ordinary people live there."
"That's right." Zhao Qinglan smiled and didn't go into too much detail.
Seeing that they were well dressed, came out of a high-priced hotel, and were going to that place, the driver gave her a high look.
It has to be said that there are few taxi drivers who are not talkative.
Zhao Qinglan didn't notice much as the driver was chatting with them, and they had already arrived outside the courtyard of Grandpa Cheng Tao's house.
"Comrade, cars from outside are not allowed in here, you can only get out here."
Zhao Qinglan expressed her understanding, paid the fare and got off the bus with the children.
As soon as they arrived, the car in which my husband was sitting also came over.
The family stood up, straightened their clothes, and then walked to the courtyard.
The sentry at the door stopped them.
Knowing their purpose of coming, the sentry quickly contacted the Cheng family, and after receiving confirmation, they were let in.
Zhao Qinglan was looking for the Cheng family's house, but Cheng Tao had already come running happily.
"You are finally here."
Zhao Qinglan quickly raised her wrist and looked at her watch. It was just eleven forty. She was so frightened that she thought she was very late.
Cheng Tao ran up to them and started chirping.
"The meal is almost ready. My grandparents are at home. By the way, there are also my cousin and a cousin.",
Cousin is Cheng Ce, cousin? Speaking of cousin, Cheng Tao couldn't help but say a few more words.
"My cousin has a bit of a strange temperament, Yan Sen, please wait a moment, and you will understand." He didn't know what to say.
Several children looked at each other.
In fact, Cheng Tao thought that he would be there by himself, but he didn't expect that his grandparents knew that Dawa and his family were going to have four children, including a girl, so they had to call his cousins.
Grandpa and grandma's intentions are good, but they are afraid of making things worse.
After walking not far, they stopped in front of a small western-style building.
The two-story Western-style building with a small courtyard looks very western-style.
This was actually a place where foreigners from the concession lived a long time ago. Even after decades, the house still looks very solid, and the inside has been slightly renovated.
When they walked over, Cheng Ce and a cold-looking girl were already standing in front of the door.
Just after looking at her, Zhao Qinglan felt that this girl seemed to be difficult to deal with. No wonder Cheng Tao wanted to say something that was still unfinished.
But they were just here for a meal today, and she was afraid of what a little girl would do.
Cheng Ce still had a very good attitude towards them, barking whenever he saw someone and always smiling.
After being welcomed in, they also saw two elderly people sitting on the sofa.
"Here, come and sit down, the food will be ready soon." Grandma Cheng, who was still wearing flower glasses, waved her hand and looked amiable.
Zhao Qinglan and the others walked over.
There was no room for seating on the sofa with so many people, so Cheng Tao and his cousin quickly moved in a few more stools.
"This girl is so cool, what's her name?" Grandma Cheng asked Xiaoduo.
"Grandma, my name is Li Xiaoduo."
What a bastard. Cheng Tao's cousin Cheng Yingying curled her lips. She really didn't know why grandma asked her to come over and accompany this bastard family.
Because Cheng Yingying was supposed to be in a good mood, her friends went to play together today, but her grandma called her over. She didn't dare to refute, so she put her grievances on Xiaoduo and his family.
Even if Xiaoduo and the others were dressed in a fashionable style, they were all carefully selected by Zhao Qinglan from the department store. Even from her perspective in her previous life, their family's current clothes were still out of date.
However, Cheng Yingying was already biased and naturally found fault with her in various ways.
Although Cheng Yingying did not happen, her dislike was still noticed by the eldest child and the third child. Because of Cheng Tao, the two brothers pretended that nothing happened, but they were already very dissatisfied with Cheng Yingying in their hearts.
Grandpa Cheng asked about Li Huai's work and began to appreciate Li Huai after learning some details.
As for Zhao Qinglan, it was Cheng Ce who asked her more questions. Cheng Ce was already in his third year of college this year. He didn't want to work in the government department after graduation as his family wanted. He also wanted to do business.
Cheng Yingying was very unhappy when her cousin asked questions about a foreigner like Zhao Qinglan.
You know, Cheng Ce was not so enthusiastic about her cousin in the past.
Fortunately, the food was soon ready and served on the table, so they stopped chatting and started eating.
Looking at a large table of dishes, Grandma Cheng entertained them warmly and explained the characteristics of some dishes.
Cheng Yingying saw that Xiaoduo and the others were quite calm, and thought they were ignorant, so she complained more to Xiaoduo in her heart. In fact, she didn't know that it was because half of the dishes on the table had already been eaten.
Moreover, the chef's craftsmanship and plate presentation in the hotel are much better than those at home. It would be too fake to surprise Xiaoduo and the others.
The Cheng family didn't talk much while eating, so the meal was finished very quickly.
After finishing eating, Grandma Cheng ordered her granddaughter to come.
"Yingying, you girls can play together, please take Xiaoduo to the room."
There are several rooms in their house reserved for their grandchildren, and Cheng Yingying is one of the people who stays there most often.
Grandma spoke, and Cheng Yingying could only reluctantly take Xiaoduo away.
The eldest child winked at his younger brother, and the third child immediately followed. "Sister, I want to come with you too."
Xiaoduo raised an eyebrow and agreed.
Zhao Qinglan and the others still stayed outside talking, and the nanny also brought freshly washed fruits.
Xiaoduo and her younger brother followed Cheng Yingying into the room where she usually lived. As soon as she entered, Cheng Yingying's face changed.
"Sit there and don't touch anything here. If it gets damaged, you can't afford to pay for it."
Now Xiaoduo also saw that Cheng Yingying had a bad attitude.
If this wasn't Grandma Cheng Tao's house, she wouldn't be immune to this squeeze, but now, with just a few words, she could still bear it.
She pulled her brother to sit on a chair in front of the table. She didn't even care about the bed in the room, so she stood by the window and looked at the scenery outside.
The elder sister didn't say anything, and Sanwa curled her lips and sat on the chair to look at the messy furnishings on the table.
It's so boring, I really want to sleep.
Seeing that the siblings didn't take themselves seriously, Cheng Yingying felt a little uncomfortable.
"Hey, I advise you to stay away from my cousin. He is not someone you can imagine."
What the hell, Xiaoduo almost thought he heard it wrong.
How old is she? She has just finished the second grade of junior high school. How old is Cheng Ce?
Just as Xiaoduo was about to retort, Sanwa looked around the room with a horrified look on his face.
"Sister, who are you talking to?"
After saying that, he stood up in fear and ran to Xiaoduo, hugging her arm. "Sister, I'm afraid there is a female ghost in this house."
Xiaoduo was stunned for a moment, and almost stopped laughing. Cheng Yingying couldn't speak out, but her shoulders shook violently.