Chapter 22: Aunt Gu’s Past

The next day, when Dad got up, he found a large area of the sofa wet, and asked casually: “Why is the sofa wet.”

“I accidentally poured milk on it this morning.” Tian Xin was making breakfast in the kitchen. She found it last night, so she had naturally found an excuse.

“This milk won’t expire, it smells fishy.” Dad leaned over and smelled it, a smell of milk mixed with fishy smell.

“No ... not expired, fresh.” Tian Xin didn’t expect her husband to smell it. Her pretty face flushed with shame. At the same time, she secretly felt lucky that she smelled the smell this morning and poured milk on it to cover it up, otherwise it might be smelled now.

After his father went to work, Lin Li slept until more than ten o’clock. The first thing he did when he got up was to do horse stance. He really felt that he didn’t have enough physical strength to deal with his mother. At the same time, he also felt that his cheap master was really capable.

The mother and son stayed at home until four o’clock in the afternoon before going out. They were going to invite Tang Xueqin and his family to dinner tonight. When they met Li Aimin’s wife in the comprehensive office in the community, they asked, “Sister Zhao, are you celebrating Lin Li’s admission to university today? I heard from my husband Li that your child was admitted to Zhejiang University. We have to celebrate...”

There are no secrets in the municipal party committee compound. When Lin Li’s admission letter was sent to the communication room, it was equivalent to everyone in the compound knowing it. Seeing that his mother was about to tell the truth, Lin Li stopped in front of her and said, “That’s not the case. I’m going to buy vegetables with my mother.”

Then he hugged his mother and walked out. When he left the community, he hailed a taxi and went up. Tian Xin asked: “What if she really thinks we are going to buy groceries?”

“You will take a taxi to buy groceries?” Lin Li smiled and lowered his voice: “A gentleman loves money, but he has a way to be greedy. He can’t let others look down on him even if he takes other people’s money. This is the realm of being an official.”

“Where do you get these messy ideas?” Tian Xin said strangely: “You are more suitable to be an official than your father.”

Lin Li patted his head and said: “My father’s ten years of blood and tears lessons in his official career are all in my mind. Of course, I am smarter than him.”

“Go, go, what blood and tears lessons?” Tian Xin chuckled and stopped her son from talking nonsense.

When he arrived at Xicheng Hotel by car, Lin Li saw his uncle Zhao Guogang and his uncle Lu Yuanshan looking at the door of the hotel. He ignored his mother’s questioning and hurriedly got out of the car and went over: “Uncle, why didn’t your aunt come?”

“Your family invited Tang Xueqin’s family to dinner, how could your aunt come?” Uncle Lu Yuanshan replied.

“My mom and dad will go to the county in a few days, and I will go and nag my uncle for a few days.” Lin Li felt a little regretful for not seeing his aunt. He followed Tian Xin into the hotel lobby and chatted with his uncle.

Aunt Zhao Yuan is ten years older than Lin Li. She is only 28 this year. Aunt Zhao Yuan is not as gentle as his mother Tian Xin. She is more cheerful and bold, and she is beautiful, so Lin Li has liked to stick to his aunt since he was a child.

“Why is your dad going to the county?” Lu Yuanshan’s focus is completely different from Lin Li’s.

“He will be transferred to be a deputy county magistrate, but it has not been decided yet.” Lin Li replied casually.

“What are you whispering about in the back? Come up quickly.” Tian Xin turned around and urged.

After five o’clock, Tang Jing and her mother Gu Jianping rushed over. Tang Jing called Zhao Guogang, Tian Xin, and Lu Yuanshan obediently, and only greeted Lin Li with her eyes. Girls of this era are still implicit.

I haven’t seen Tang Jing for almost a week. She doesn’t look as haggard as she did a few days ago. Her eyebrows are thin and straight. They haven’t been trimmed deliberately, but they are very fine and even. Her eyes are charming. Under her straight nose, her red lips are delicate and playfully tilted. Her figure is tall and slender, which seems to be fuller than the last time I saw her. Her breasts are a little bit raised, probably about C cup. She stands quietly behind Gu Jianping, exuding the breath of a young girl.

The banquet was scheduled in a small box on the second floor of the West City Hotel. Until six o’clock, no one else showed up. Lin Li could see that Gu Jianping was also a little anxious. Because they had agreed on the phone long ago to let Dad and Tang Xueqin come early, they came hand in hand just after six o’clock. Unexpectedly, the current municipal party secretary Zhou Fuming came in at the same time as them.

Tang Xueqin mentioned it casually when discussing things with Zhou Fuming in the municipal party committee, and Zhou Fuming followed by the way.

“Look, the two of them standing together, they look like a perfect match.” Zhou Fuming turned around and said to Tang Xueqian and Guo Xinlin as soon as he entered the door: “You two have a pair of children, which makes people envy you.”

The investigation of Ding Xiangshan’s problems and the subsequent contact in the guesthouse made Zhou Fuming see the potential in Lin Li, and he really envied Guo Xinlin for having such a good son.

Tang Xueqin smiled and called his daughter to greet people, and asked Zhou Fuming to sit down first. Everyone chatted in the box for a while. When they called the waiter to prepare to order food, a man came in from outside. He looked around the box and saw Zhou Fuming sitting there. He was shocked: “Secretary Zhou is here too?”

“Mayor Tang’s daughter and Guo Xinlin’s son have been admitted to university, so why can’t I eat here?” Zhou Fuming smiled and said, “Wan Damazi, you sneaked in, what are you doing?”

Lin Li looked at his fat face and saw a few white pockmarks. He remembered that he was Wan Yong, the director of Haidian District. Looking closely at his appearance, he did look a bit like his son Wan Tiancai.

After hearing what Zhou Fuming said, Wan Yong walked in with a grin. Before the extra chairs were removed, he sat down next to Lu Yuanshan, who was sitting at the outermost seat, and said, “So, I came here too. Mayor Tang’s daughter and Secretary Zhang’s son got into college. How can we celebrate secretly? Fortunately, I have sharp ears and a sharp nose.”