Chapter 28 Engagement
On Saturday night, Lu Zheng returned to Beijing.
After dinner, my grandfather called Lu Zheng into the study.
"Tell me, what preparations have you made for Wushan this time to break through the price?"
Grandpa has always been very serious and almost never smiles. Even though he doesn't seem to communicate much with his father Lu Tianhe, he is even more serious and terrifying, which makes people scared from the bottom of his heart.
When I chatted with myself in the past, my grandfather rarely asked about the situation in Wushan. At this time, the first sentence was to ask Wushan about the preparations for price breakthroughs. He obviously paid great attention to the reform of the central government's price and wages.
Lu Zheng thought about it and slowly explained some of his views at the enlarged meeting of the Party Group yesterday, and said: "The main thing is to deal with it with the sunshine rule. The more transparent our policies are, the more credible the government will be. When we govern, we cannot focus on building cars. We must allow ordinary people to understand the operation of our government, not just policies, but some content that public concerns more. Our government information must be made public, so that rumors can be avoided."
"The mystical ruling method is a remnant of feudal society. It is the kings who deliberately fool the people in order to hide the truth that they are just ordinary people. We Communists should eliminate the feudal venom. This ruling method is not suitable for the development of modern society."
Grandpa listened and slowly drank tea.
Lu Zheng glanced at his grandfather's face and said, "It is important to break the personality cult, but breaking the worship of the government and the worship of the ruling party is the root of some problems. Our party is not omnipotent, and the government is not omnipotent. We will make mistakes in development. Whether it is privatization reform or taking the path of public ownership, will we not make mistakes in exploring? I don't think it is necessary to deny this, otherwise, if this continues, it will be worse than the impact of personality cult."
He said that and sighed: "Some people, put the cart before the horse."
Then, a thundering sound came from his head. Lu Zheng covered his head, but saw his grandfather looking at him with a smile, scolding him: "Don't talk nonsense."
Lu Zheng curled his lips and picked up the teacup. At this moment, he looked more like a child.
Grandpa immediately smiled and slowly lowered his head to taste the tea.
"Dad won't come tomorrow?" Lu Zheng couldn't help scratching his head.
After coming out of my grandfather's study, he chatted with my mother in the lounge. When he heard that his father was not coming back, Lu Zheng was slightly stunned.
"Well, I'm busy with work, so I won't come back." Han Jing said casually while ironing her clothes with an iron.
The lounge is very simple and is completely different from the modern style of Lu Zheng’s residence in Wushan. The cabinets are even large floor-standing cabinets with red sandalwood.
My father was not coming back after being engaged? Lu Zheng thought about it and said, "Did my father have a bad impression of the Sandru family? Or do you don't like white veil bags?"
"What white gauze bag?" Han Jing raised her head strangely.
Lu Zheng smiled and said, "It's Iris."
Han Jing couldn't help but burst into laughter and said, "You kid always gives people a nickname. Don't think about it, get your marriage."
Lu Zheng nodded, but he knew from his mother's reaction that his father definitely didn't like the Sandru family very much. As a result, his grandfather, who had a white veil, was not as calm as he was. Perhaps, he was not happy with his father.
Han Jing glanced at Lu Zheng, but remembered what his lover said to her privately, "In a few years, things will settle down, and this kid will be quit. I see, there will be no result in the future."
Han Jing knew his lover's thoughts and was not happy with this marriage. After getting along with the people of the Sandru family, he became more and more displeased. Moreover, Zhengzi improved a lot in his career. Although he did not expect him to provoke the banner of the Beijing faction in the future, since his political career was quite smooth and he would not be reliable to marry a foreign woman.
What's more, my family is not from the Soviet Union, so what kind of handsome men should rely on to seduce the Greek female ship king to serve the country's economy?
Han Jing could vaguely feel that his lover was actually a little dissatisfied with his father-in-law's decision.
"I like that girl Iris very much, but I don't know how to communicate with her. She is so cute, like a doll, so delicate that it seems to break if you touch it. I'm afraid that she will choke when she drinks water." Han Jing laughed as she said, "I heard that the little girl is very smart and may not be your good friend in the future."
Han Jing never had any expectations for her son's career. It is most important for a man to have a caring partner in this life. If Iris can be harmonious with his son Qinse, they will definitely be extremely happy.
I don’t know if this little girl is really that young, but it seems that she has just started to fall in love and learns so well for Zhengzi’s Chinese, innocent and cute. What’s wrong with being a foreigner? I also like this foreign wife.
Han Jing thought about it and smiled.
Lu Zheng was a little helpless. His mother seemed to like white veil bags, but she only knew that she had accidentally saved Bai veil bags in an American hospital. But she didn't know what mysterious soul is hidden under the cute mask?
"By the way, wait." Han Jing said as she spoke. When she came back, she was holding a small red box in her hand. She opened it. There was a green jade bracelet inside, which was crystal clear and green water dripping, and it felt even more warm when touched.
Lu Zheng laughed: "A family heirloom for his daughter-in-law"
Han Jing glared at Lu Zheng and said, "I'm not a good person like this, but when you get engaged, you have to be nice to others. Don't think it's a child, just coax it casually."
Lu Zheng coughed and said, "No one can coax your daughter-in-law, you will know from now on."
Engagement ceremony in the small banquet living room of the Friendship Hotel.
The ribbons were floating in the living room and flowers were blooming. The engagement ceremony adopted a relatively simple Western cocktail party according to the agreement between the two parties. It seemed that it was just a slightly luxurious banquet at the Friendship Hotel. It was just the occasional young men wearing white shirts and looking like cheetahs among the guests, showing the difference of this cocktail party.
In front of the banquet living room, several young men wearing casual clothes and cold-faced faces were patrolling, preventing strangers from approaching.
Tonight's engagement ceremony was actually not a few guests, and it may be more appropriate to call it a family gathering. It was just the second and third generations of the Lu family, and the father of the engagement protagonist Lu Tianhe, the eldest son of the Lu family, did not appear.
However, six or seven elderly people in the party called to celebrate or send gifts, which made the Lu family's younger generation very happy. After all, this is just an engagement ceremony. If it is based on the previous tradition, it is just a meeting between the parents of both men and women.
Seeing his cousins gathered together to discuss who had called and so on, everyone was showing off their excitement, Lu Zheng sighed softly in his heart. Who knew that the seemingly powerful Lu family was actually in danger. If they developed according to the historical trajectory, the Lu family would decline from prosperity in the next ten years, taking the death of his grandfather a few years later as the turning point. In just a few years, the red flag of the Beijing School was pulled out one by one, and his father encountered unprecedented challenges and finally stepped down in disgrace.
Who said, some elderly people live longer? Compared with prestige, fathers are not as good as those who are still alive.
"Brother Zhengzi, haven't seen my sister-in-law yet? I heard that she is very young, right?" The handsome girl who came to Lu Zheng to talk was Lu Caicai, the cousin of Lu Zheng's uncle's family, who was in the first grade of junior high school at Beijing No. 39 Middle School.
My uncle Lu Tianqing is a grassroots minister of the Palace Museum, and my aunt Huo Hongying works in the Ministry of Finance. She is a very smart woman who is better than her. She also serves as the emcee tonight.
Lu Zheng had not had a harmonious relationship with his cousin and had hardly communicated with them. He had only been talking to them during the Chinese New Year holidays in the past two years. The relationship was not very close, but he still had the feeling of closeness connected by blood.
But Lu Zheng deals with all the official figures who are round outside and square inside or round outside and round inside every day. It is normal for him to get along with the same family as the age of fifty, so it is really difficult to integrate into the circle of the third generation of the Lu family. He only thinks that they are too childish and cannot talk together.
Regardless of the younger sister-in-law, Lu Caicai is the youngest and youngest cousin in the third generation of the Lu family. She doesn't think Lu Zheng is serious and afraid of others, so she takes the initiative to come and speaks.
Lu Zheng smiled and rubbed her little head and said, "Maybe."
Except for grandpa and parents, uncles and aunts, they didn't know the origin of the white gauze bag. They only knew that they had met a foreign girl who saved her life in the United States and had to get engaged to repay their kindness.
At the entrance of the banquet living room, there was a sudden riot. Then an old man in military uniform, blushed and energetic, strode in. Lu Zheng was shocked and quickly met him, shouting: "Grandpa, why are you here?"
Old Han laughed: "My daughter-in-law is engaged, why don't I welcome me?"
Lu Zheng was very excited. The two families are becoming increasingly alienated. During the Chinese New Year, grandfather and grandfather are not in contact with each other, and they are very likely to never interact with each other. For himself, grandfather has made an exception and stepped into the Lu family's door.
The eldest brother Lu Tianhe was not there, and the second uncle Lu Tianxiang also quickly came up and said with a smile: "Old handsome, welcome."
Mr. Han smiled slightly: "What does it matter if your surname is Lu or not? Starting from Lu Tianhe, you are not my little grandson. You are inferior to each generation. Your wife, I heard that you have made a lot of money recently?"
Lu Tianxiang looked awkward and didn't dare to say anything. He laughed embarrassedly and flashed aside.
Lu Zheng was stunned. His second uncle was the director of the United Front Work Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and was at the level of the department. He had mediocre qualifications and had poor popularity. It seemed that relying on the Lu family's marriage to retire in the main hall was considered an organizational care. The second aunt heard that she was doing business, but she didn't know what business she was doing.
Judging from my grandfather’s opinion, it seems that there is no good sign. Is it also the official who sells the approval letter?
Grandpa is so upright that he is most disdainful of this.
Chapter completed!