northernbook Chapter 276: Busy supporting the family in the foreign land
Chapter 276: Busy supporting the family in the foreign land
Wei Miao heard the two people working noisily, and when he looked up, he saw Uncle Wu coming out dressed in new clothes.
In order to prevent the gauze on his head from being exposed, he wore a long gown and an old-style melon-shaped hat, giving him a sense of being Xiu Gong.
Before Wei Miao had time to say hello to him, the phone at home rang.
"Brother Lu, are you sure you can go out?" Wei Miaoke still remembered that Lu Pingsheng's face was as swollen as a pig's head.
"Why, you don't want your brother Lu to come over?" While talking on the phone, Lu Pingsheng looked down at the shipping account book in his hand.
Durand was still somewhat useful. After the ship was purchased, it was loaded with cargo and headed east. With all the connections in place, everything went smoothly. He had already stopped operating at Victoria Harbour on Hong Kong Island.
After attending the Wei family's full moon banquet, he had to ask the little brat if he wanted to go to Hong Kong Island.
Wei Miao naturally had no idea what Brother Lu was thinking. From the moment he answered the first call, the phone kept ringing all morning.
Wang Sanqiang originally said on the phone that he had something going on at home and asked Xiao Nanjing to come over instead. However, when he heard that Lu Pingsheng was coming over, he immediately changed his mind.
Wei Miao reminded him, "Brother Wang, little Angkor Wu will be here too."
Wang Sanqiang laughed, "Then I'll come over even more."
Wei Miao felt extremely strange, but before he had time to think, the phone rang again.
After Xu Ayu and Wei Ada came out, they sat in a circle on the small coffee table.
After counting everything, I found that there is one more table of people coming today than originally expected.
Neither the Wei family nor the Xu family has many relatives, so most of the people they can invite are familiar neighbors.
"How about going to a restaurant?" Wei Miao said.
Xu Ayu waved his hand and said:
"We are a small family, there is no need to go to a restaurant for a full moon banquet."
Wei Ada also objected.
"If I hadn't owed you so many favors in the past two years, I wouldn't have bothered to do this if I hadn't just happened to be returning the favor with my new baby."
Wei Miao also couldn't understand in his heart how inviting people to a drink could be considered as repaying a favor, because people who come to a drink would not come empty-handed.
She didn't understand the human relationships, so she just let the couple continue to do what they wanted.
She had to think about how to arrange things for Miss Bai and her group when they came.
Are we really going to let Xu Manhua and Li Xiaoya have the banquet together, and Wu Ziyang and Wang Sanqiang drink and chat together?
Suddenly I felt a headache.
Uncle Zeng Bao stood at the door, looked at Wei Miao who was scratching her head in the yard, and waved to her:
"Ah Miao, come here."
The early morning sun shone on his somewhat pale face, giving his gentle and jade-like figure a hint of warmth.
"Mr. Zeng, why do you get up so early?"
Xiao Qian has said countless times that Uncle Zeng Bao suffered from cold when he was a child and is most afraid of the cold.
The coldest times in Shanghai are in the mornings and evenings in winter.
"I'm wearing thick clothes, it won't be a problem." Uncle Zeng Bao raised the warm gloves trimmed with rabbit fur in his hands.
"Why are you worried?" The two turned and walked towards Zeng's yard.
Wei Miao said, "All of a sudden it seemed like the whole world knew that Ah Xi was going to hold a full-month banquet."
Uncle Zeng Bao smiled and agreed, "That's right, the famous Fourth Master Zeng also called me to tell you that he is coming too."
Wei Miao was stunned for a moment, "Brother Zeng, why are they doing this?"
Uncle Zeng Bao walked into the house, sat down, put down the hand warmer, reached out to pick up the boiling kettle on the stove, washed the cups and made tea in one go.
His finger joints were distinct and his movements of picking kimchi were smooth and fluid. The hot air condensed into tiny water droplets on his brows and eyelashes, like a painting.
"A Miao, you really don't know?" Uncle Zeng Bao put down the kettle and pushed the brewed tea in front of Wei Miao.
Wei Miao thought for a while and asked tentatively: "Is it because of Brother Lu or the herd effect?"
Otherwise, she really couldn't imagine how such a simple full moon banquet could attract so many people.
Uncle Zeng Bao stared at the steam coming out of the tea and said slowly:
"Ah Miao, you and I are living in troubled times, and we have no choice. There are only two kinds of people who can survive in this world. One is the ant, who is lucky enough to survive to the end, and the other is the dragon and phoenix among humans, fighting and struggling to find the day to come out."
Wei Miao looked at Uncle Zeng Bao with clear eyes. She had never understood this man before.
It is said that he has no desires, but his mind is changeable. It is said that he has some plans, but the Zeng family's money and connections are in his hands, so what can he plan for?
Uncle Zeng Bao looked at her thinking and sighed:
"Ah Miao, there are no secrets in Shanghai. You have been by Lu Pingsheng's side from beginning to end, and you went to the horse racing field with me. When you were in prison, many people guaranteed you. You have long been regarded as someone who has been on the dinner table."
Wei Miao pointed at himself and said, "I, have become a hunter?"
Uncle Zeng Bao thought she looked cute and wanted to laugh but held it back.
"What else?" Uncle Zeng Bao asked her back.
Wei Miao found it unbelievable. Her brother Lu's big pot was leaking?
Uncle Zeng Bao seemed to know what she was thinking, "Why don't you think about me carefully? I'm not on good terms with you just because of your brother Lu."
Wei Miao nodded. After all, she was the one who knew Mr. Zeng first.
So, she was the first one to get to know Xiao Wu, Miss Bai, and Dr. Ding, and it was she who suggested earning the first pot of gold.
Although she withdrew happily, they still continued to do Charles' sulfa drug business.
Wei Miao supported his chin with one hand, looking quite distressed, "But I just want to live a quiet life!"
Uncle Zeng Bao looked at her solemnly, with the corners of his mouth raised, and he uttered two words softly:
"is it?"
Wei Miao nodded sincerely, she just wanted her family to be safe and prosperous and to collect fireworks; she could swallow gold at will and grow taller; and by the way, get more red luck and improve her cultivation.
Isn’t it just about living a quiet life?
Uncle Zeng Bao saw that Wei Miao's expression was really sincere. His expression did not change, but he felt a little disappointed in his heart.
He found out that there wasn't much information about Wei Miao.
He knew that all these events were related to Lu Pingsheng. At the beginning, he was like everyone else and thought that they were all Lu Pingsheng's tricks.
Until this time, Master Zhishang insisted that Wei Miao participate.
He even reached some kind of deal with Wei Miao in private. The old monk kept it from him, so he pretended not to know.
He didn't understand Wei Miao, but he understood Master Zhishang who raised him.
A person who has never been involved in worldly affairs is actually willing to break his vows to save the mother and son of the Wei family.
After not eating or drinking for half a month, Wei Miao went to the Buddhist temple and his karma was resolved.
He didn't believe what the old monk said, that the Wei family was his destined family.
Maybe Wei Miao is the one who prolongs her life? Or is he the one who makes his dreams come true?
Wei Miao felt that Mr. Zeng was very strange today. The gentle look in his eyes in the past was now filled with a hint of complexity. Although he hid it well, Wei Miao could still feel it keenly.
"If your house can't accommodate you, I'll ask Xiao Qian to set up two tables at my house. I also want to meet the people who are coming."
Uncle Zeng Bao withdrew his gaze from Wei Miao, picked up the already cold tea, and drank it all in one gulp.
"Oh, my Zeng family's cold-hearted Master Zeng Jiu, when did he become so warm-hearted?"
Mr. Zeng Si walked in swaggeringly, wearing a suit, slicked-back hair and glasses.
He waved to Uncle Cai who was carrying something behind him and said:
"Go across the street and give the gift to the young brother of the Wei family. I want to catch up with my ninth brother."