It was already dark, and the carriage turned to Dengcao Alley. Li Guolou and Yelia still entered through the back door of Wei Mansion. As if they had done something wrong, they rushed into the house quickly, and Xie Ma hurriedly closed the door behind them.
Xie Ma said: "Xiaolou, grandma is so anxious, is she just waiting for you to eat?"
Li Guolou said: "Where is Lingling?"
Xie Ma smiled and said: "Are you making clay figurines with noodles?"
Li Guolou was furious and said: "Nonsense! This will be punished by God, and there will be a prodigal son. Go buy some plasticine for Lingling in the morning, and I will play with her."
Xie Ma sighed: "Xiaolou, when you think of playing with plasticine with Lingling, she will no longer be interested."
Li Guolou heard Xie Ma's reproachful tone and defended: "Don't worry, Xie Ma, when I come back from Tianjin, I will be a hen hatching chicks and will not go out again. The whole family will spend the Spring Festival happily."
Jelia whispered: "Mike, I will be your chick and let you hatch on me."
Li Guolou ignored Yelia and said loudly: "Everyone has worked hard!" He took the initiative to greet the servants along the way and took off his hat to salute.
Mother Xie couldn't see it and said, "Xiaolou, this is not good. How can you salute a servant? It's against the rules."
Jelia interjected: "Thank you, Mom, this is a Western rule. It is a sign of gentlemanly demeanor. The richer the person, the more fake he is. Just let him show off. After a few days, he is no longer addicted.
He is the one whose nostrils are turned toward heaven.”
Xie Ma nodded and said: "Oh, I'm relieved now, otherwise I have to treat my subordinates like Xiaolou, so how can I live?"
Li Guolou defended himself and said: "You don't understand that this is a kind of mental trick. You want to make your subordinates unable to figure out your thoughts. If you are happy today, that's it. If you are unhappy tomorrow, just beat them. It will keep them all day long.
Being on tenterhooks is a way of controlling people's hearts."
When it comes to truth, no one can speak to Li Guolou. Under the guidance of an oil lamp, Li Guolou led Xie Xiuzhu and Yelia into the inner house and shouted together: "We are back!"
A bright figure jumped over directly. Zheng Lingling wanted to snatch her father away from the two grandmothers. Li Guolou walked into the dining room holding his daughter Zheng Lingling.
It is troublesome to have many women. You have to wait for a long time to eat. First you have to wash your face and remove your makeup, and then you have to chat some gossip. Li Guolou did not join them, but first told Zheng Lingling a fairy tale. "Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf"
"The story is so terrible, Zheng Lingling was not happy to hear it. It is not good at all to have such a fairy tale, it is bloody and has an unsatisfactory ending.
After hearing the story, Chen Xiangfang said: "Xiaolou, don't tell this kind of story to Lingling in the future. It's too scary."
Xie Xiuzhu echoed: "Grandma is right. Fairy tales shouldn't be like this. Xiaolou, you need to adapt it into a version suitable for children."
Li Guolou said: "I'm talking about the version that boys like. Werewolves and vampires are classics for Westerners. If you don't believe me, you can ask Jelia."
Jelia rolled her eyes and said: "Mike, what did you say about vampires before eating? It made us lose our appetite and made me want to vomit when I saw the oysters."
Xie Xiuzhu picked up a bloody oyster and said suspiciously: "Grandma, is this really edible?"
Chen Xiangfang nodded and said: "Second Grandma, I believe it is delicious. Dip it in some mustard, close your eyes, put it in your mouth and chew it. Oops! Do you know how to eat it? Please wipe the corners of your mouth clean.
.This is expensive food and you can’t waste it.”
Li Guolou broke open an oyster and said, "Lingling is not allowed to eat it. The child's intestines have not grown well and this kind of food cannot be digested."
Jelia looked at the table full of food and dishes and sighed: "Grandma, don't cook so many dishes in the future. Aren't you making me gain weight by doing this?"
Chen Xiangfang glanced at her and said: "Jelia, this is the farewell wine prepared for you. Didn't you say you won't come back? You only have one meal to live."
Jelia nodded and said: "Grandma is right. Jesus had thirteen disciples with him at the Last Supper, but now it counts at most three and a half. I still have a chance to eat again."
After hearing about Jesus' last supper, Li Guolou thought that Jelia was a Christian, and angrily said: "Jelia, you are a Christian, pray quickly, and then eat. Come, let's hold hands together and let Jesus
Leah prayed to God Almighty to give us a good dinner and a peaceful day.”
Chen Xiangfang was surprised and said: "Xiaolou, you can do this kind of thing."
Li Guolou said: "Of course! As a Christian in the UK, I have to pray every day when I eat, otherwise I wouldn't even drink the soup."
Jelia shouted: "No joking, no talking. I am here to pray. Almighty God, thank you for everything you have given me. You have given us a sumptuous dinner and allowed our whole family to gather together and pray in peace. These people are now
I am not a Christian yet, but I will obey God’s will and lead them to the path of faith in you. Please God give me strength and the motivation to continue pursuing great love. I will do everything in my power to lift the burden of this foreign family.
Picked up. Amen!”
Yelia was moved by Li Guolou. Fortunately, Li Guolou reminded her to pray, otherwise she would have to go to church to confess a lot more things in the future. Suddenly she felt that coming here was a meaningful thing. It turned out that it was God who asked her to pray.
She came to save these pagans, or to give these people without faith a chance to be reborn. With faith, there is a reason to stay here. Jelia feels that she is a noble person, and she wants to take root here and spread the message of God.
like.
"Amen!" Li Guolou and others said together. Only people with faith can gather together, not to mention that love has no boundaries here.
At the dinner table, candlesticks were lit and wine was sipped. The five well-dressed people spoke decent words. The maids were busy under the command of Xie Ma. Jelia's personal maid, Sherry Jones, only served Jelia.
Chen Xiangfang told her daughter Zheng Lingling what she was busy with today? Tomorrow she would take Zheng Lingling to Baozhifang to take photos. Zheng Lingling was curious and a little afraid of Uncle Werewolf Photographer Roberts, and shook her head and said she would not go to Baozhifang.
Chen Xiangfang was extremely dissatisfied and said: "Xiaolou, we promised not to make such borderless jokes. Why are you making such jokes again? What will happen if Lingling has nightmares at night? If Lingling sees Roberts, she will cry immediately, so how can she dare to take pictures?"
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It is useless for Li Guolou to apologize. No woman has forgiven him. He must reflect on himself. It is despicable people who scare children. Li Guolou once again promised that from now on, only happy things will be told at the dinner table and only jokes will be made.
He should be able to tell humorous jokes, cold jokes, and jokes that can make people angry. He should be strict with himself and treat others like a noble. Even if he beats and scolds servants, let the butler do it, so that everyone can see that he is a noble person.
, no more joking with the servants.
Li Guolou couldn't accept the request of the three ladies to come up with a reason and ask him to abide by one rule, so he said: "Grandma, I have to study every day when I am still young. From now on, I can only tell one rule a day. This is what I decided during today's meal.
The first rule, so I’m done with today’s rules, let me continue eating.”
Yelia helped Li Guolou and said: "Mike is right, you still need to follow the rules when eating, but the rules are not done well. Let's talk about it later. Now let's cheer, for we can achieve boundless love. Cheers!"
"To love without boundaries! Cheers!"
"Mom, what is boundless love?" Zheng Lingling couldn't help but asked.
Chen Xiangfang quickly explained: "Well, this boundless love means that the Frenchman Jelia crossed thousands of mountains and rivers to come to the Qing Empire to find true love. This is love without boundaries. As for great love, here
There are four women who all love Dad, and the combined love of the four of us is great love. Do you understand?"
Zheng Lingling understood and nodded with a smile. She was a child prodigy who understood everything she said.
Li Guolou praised: "Grandma, your explanation is so good. There is no loophole, and I can't even make it up."
Chen Xiangfang glanced at everyone and said: "This is what is said on the table. You must learn from it. Lingling will sit in this seat for at least four or five years. You are not allowed to lead her into trouble."
Yelia just pretended not to hear and joked: "Lingling, what kind of man are you looking for in the future?"
Chen Xiangfang angrily scolded: "Lingling, don't listen to the third grandma's nonsense, let's eat pudding."
Zheng Lingling said in a sweet voice: "Mom, didn't you say it's impolite not to answer people's questions? I can tell my third grandma frankly that when I grow up, I want to be like my mother and find a man younger than me. Then I
You can control him."
Amidst laughter, Li Guolou looked at his first daughter. It was not easy for Zheng Lingling to have lofty goals at such a young age. He had not had such goals since he was a child. It was just God's will that made me find great love.
Accepting "Great Love" is the identity of three widows.
After drinking hot tea, the day's work was over. Jelia said that she had never been so tired and had done so many things. In the past, she only did one thing a day.
Li Guolou coughed quickly, fearing that Yelia would tell him what he had done?
Yelia was extremely dissatisfied. She ran to Li Guolou and twisted his arm, yelling angrily: "I was talking about lightheartedness, why are you pretending to be coughing! Lingling can be Snow White in the fairy tale."
Zheng Lingling shook her head and said: "I don't want to be Snow White, those dwarfs are so disgusting, and they sleep in the same room. I want to be Cinderella dancing with Prince Charming."
Jelia squinted and said, "Have you heard Mike? This is the call of the masses. You have to make a lot of money and raise a band so that we can dance after dinner."
Li Guolou smiled and said: "Yeliya, what you said is a fool. There is really a band at home, but you can't get up the mood to dance. We have to dance outside to make you happy. Please invite the band to teach the second grandma
Dancing is a good idea. Let Lingling lead her mother to dance, and grandma can also learn it. Lingling said, okay? The burden of teaching mother to dance will be left to you. "
Zheng Lingling said with a sweet voice: "Okay! Mom can dance, let's have one."
Amid the applause and cheers, Chen Xiangfang and Zheng Lingling, who were very generous, spun around in circles, and Li Guolou couldn't hold back his laughter when he saw the whole family laughing together.