Chapter 311 Family Banquet
The four brothers of the Jiang family, Lu Yutingqiao and Dabojiang Lu, besides Jiang Qiao, may be the ones who know best how much Zhou Zhi has helped Jiang Shuyi, when they accepted toasts from the two of them. , didn’t say much, just reached out and patted Zhou Zhi on the shoulder, and then drank the red wine in the glass.
Zhou Zhi was so frightened that he quickly emptied his glass, even though red wine should not be drunk like this.
In a big family, usually if the elder is capable, he will lead a whole family. This is almost the way of the Jiang family.
Jiang Shuyi said before that Zhou Zhi only knew everyone’s seniority, and his occupation and position could only be guessed by looking at his clothes.
Now with the introduction from his godfather, Zhou Zhi understood the specific duties of these people.
The most powerful one is the uncle, but he has been working in the north before.
The capital of Shu is the birthplace of the Jiang family, so his eldest uncle has a very high position, but his influence in Shu is not as good as that of his second uncle who served as the district public security director and his second uncle who worked at the provincial tax bureau. aunt.
But now that the uncle has come to Shu as the second-in-command, the situation is of course different.
The second uncle's attitude towards Zhou Zhi is relatively cold, that is, towards the kind of person who may not see him again after drinking this time. It is obvious that Zhou Zhi's enthusiasm makes him wary, and he regards him as the kind of person who tends to follow the crowd. .
However, the second uncle didn't care about Zhou Zhi because of his young age. Little did he know that Zhou Zhi also didn't care about him because he was Jiang Shuyi's elder.
The third uncle has been an artist living in the world of music since he was a child. He also went to Vienna to study. He is considered a member of the family who has drank foreign water. Even the third aunt is included in the style of everyone in the family. They are all different.
Art and literature have something in common. After only chatting for a few words, Zhou Zhi and Sanbo had a good first impression of each other.
But the third child has probably been a rebel in the family since he was a child. Judging from the length and grayness of his hair, he is probably more worried about his brothers than Jiang Qiao.
But drinking is refreshing.
When the greeting came to Jiang Qiao, Jiang Qiao smiled and said: "Shu Yi doesn't understand the rules. You have to respect Uncle Wu and the others first, and then your father last."
The godfather picked up the cup. : "Old Wu, I have seen a lot of people. My niece Xian's appearance is not ordinary, especially her nose is good, the roots are beautiful, and the head is plump."
"This is the appearance. The book says, 'The nose is like hanging, the courage is straight, the head is straight, the roots of the mountain are continuous and undeviated, the orchid palace is vague and small, and the wealth and prosperity are in the prime of life', the future prospects are limitless."
Zhou Zhi smiled. : "Shu Yi, godfather can't stop divination easily, so I have to offer you a toast."
Jiang Shuyi raised the cup: "Thank you, godfather."
"If you really want to call her that, I won't object." The godfather clinked glasses with Jiang Shuyi with a smile.
"Ah..."
"No problem, let's pay tribute to Director Zhang and Teacher Li..." Zhou Zhi quickly interrupted and let the slip of the tongue go.
When he arrived at the aunts' table, Zhou Zhi did not dare to overstep his duties. He was afraid that the seven aunts and eight aunts would stir up unfavorable topics, so he honestly became the waiter who refilled the wine.
When he returned to the first table and sat down, Zhou Zhi could see that Jiang Shuyi was really relieved.
This is the first time Jiang Shuyi has completed such social etiquette at the wine table. For her who is a little afraid of society, it can be regarded as an achievement anyway. After walking around for a while, I drank quite a bit. The seafood porridge happened to be served, and Zhou Zhi started to share the porridge with everyone.
First let Jiang Yuan and Jiang Lin pass the bowls to them and add: "Do you think I am right? The seafood used in this porridge is scallops and shrimps. The scallops are dried and the shrimps are quick-frozen, which shows that it is still difficult to bring fresh seafood to the mainland. Now our large table is either made of local ingredients, dried seafood, or quick-frozen seafood. "< br>
Jiang Lin I regretted my previous behavior, but I was looked down upon by this person who was a few years younger than me. I took the bowl and tasted it: "It's quite fresh, elbow. Does that mean the noodles are not high-end enough?"
"It's not that it's not high-end enough." Zhou Zhi didn't bother to pay attention to whether Jiang Lin's words were setting a trap for himself: "The raw seafood is just for living, but the live seafood is most likely artificially cultured."
"As for quick-frozen seafood, they all come from the deep ocean and are purely natural and wild. Compared with artificially cultured raw seafood, there is no way to say which one is better."
"But times are progressing. In the past, Isn’t there even salmon and arctic clams in Sichuan? It’s not too far away when we can eat the fresh seafood mentioned by our two cousins in Sichuan.”
“ I admire the operator of this restaurant more and more. He is able to introduce Cantonese cuisine to the Shu capital under many restrictions. This is an even more remarkable thing."
After that, Jiang Shuyi added. : "I just drank wine. I feel comfortable and have some porridge to nourish my stomach."
People are like this. If they have a prejudice against you, even if you just breathe next to them, it will be wrong.
On the other hand, if you let go of your prejudices and speak frankly, you will often find that the people you hated or discriminated against in the past are actually quite good.
The dandy temperament in Jiang Lin and Jiang Yuan cannot be said to be absent from Zhou Zhi, but Zhou Zhi's temperament is obscured by a more academic temperament.
In fact, many people cannot define what is a dandy temperament. This word comes from "Han Shu·Xu Zhuan 1", "It is not good to be in a group with Wang Xu's children, among Qilu and dandy." "Ye" used to refer to the children of rich and powerful families such as bureaucrats and landowners, who spend their days eating, drinking and having fun without doing any serious work.
Later, the word changed and became a scornful term for the second generation of rich families who did nothing to win.
Later, this word even became a label for young people who live a good life, advocate consumption, love social interaction, and pursue romance.
No one anymore cares whether they create social value that matches their own consumption, and no one anymore thinks about whether their lives come from their own abilities or the legacy of their parents.
In short, "in one word", the purpose is achieved.
How to correctly understand this phenomenon is another matter. At least the wine table now becomes hello, me, hello, everyone. The atmosphere is better than before Jiang Shuyi and Zhou Zhi went out to toast. Much better.
Things gained inexplicably are most easily lost inexplicably.
Discrimination and intolerance come from a sense of superiority, and Jiang Shuyi's two cousins' sense of superiority in front of Zhou Zhi is completely inexplicable. Therefore, after being frightened by Zhou Zhi, they naturally come and go quickly. .
In fact, Zhou Zhi really didn't care about this. Only Jiang Shuyi sneered inwardly.
Looking at Zhou Zhi chatting with everyone in a smile, Jiang Shuyi thought that Zhou Zhi had wronged herself for her sake, and silently made a note to her two cousins in her heart.
The adults don't even know about the small intrigues among the younger generations. At least the Jiang family's family banquet was very grand, which showed that everyone valued Jiang Qiao and Jiang Shuyi. Inviting Jia Chuan's group to participate gave Jiang Qiao a lot of face.
(End of this chapter)