Rebirth 1983: Starting from taking back the family property.

Chapter 642 Engagement Banquet

Lu Hongjun and Mrs. Lu were waiting downstairs. They were stunned when they saw Lu Jiaxin coming down from upstairs.

When the others came down, Lu An praised: "Aunt, you are so beautiful today, more beautiful than the fairies in the sky."

"Why, my little aunt doesn't look good on weekdays?"

Lu An said sweetly with a smile: "My aunt is beautiful on weekdays, but she is especially beautiful today. There is a saying, oh, by the way, this woman is the most beautiful moment of her life on her wedding day."

Lu Jiaxin looked at Sister-in-law Lu and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, just because of Lu An's mouth, you don't have to worry about him getting married."

Mrs. Lu said, "I hope he can get married soon, so I can worry less."

Lu An just smiled and said nothing.

This look, clearly something is wrong! But now is not the time to ask this. After hearing the sound of the car, Lu Jiaxin immediately took a small mirror to look at herself, and her makeup was intact.

Nie Zhan came in and saw Lu Jiaxin dressed up. He couldn't bear to look away from her: "Jiaxin, you look so beautiful today."

Lu Jiaxin smiled and took his arm and said, "Let's go. We can't let the guests wait for us."

Everyone went out to get in the car, and Lu An complained quietly: "Aunt really treats me differently. She deliberately makes things difficult when I say she is beautiful; but she greets me with a smile when my uncle says so."

Mrs. Lu lowered her voice and said, "Today is a good day for your aunt, so please speak nicely."

We arrived at the hotel at ten o'clock, and all the close people came. When Yu Meitong saw Lu Jiaxin, she praised her like crazy, and Lu Jiaxin laughed so hard that her shoulders trembled.

Zong Shimeng pushed her and scolded her with a smile, "If you want Jiaxin to design your engagement dress, just say so. There's no need to flatter her like that."

Yu Meitong disagreed with this: "I'm not flattering, I'm speaking from the heart."

Zong Shimeng was also joking, and asked, "Why did you come here alone? Where is Jiang Yuanjiu? Why didn't you bring him here?"

Jia Xin and Nie Zhan are the two big bosses of Wansheng Real Estate. Jiang Yuanjiu's attendance at the wedding will be good for his future development in the company. After all, he is the boyfriend of the boss's best friend, so this is a special gift.

Yu Meitong explained: "His mother sprained her foot and went to the hospital to take care of a patient from the same ward. She caught a cold from the family of the patient. She was worried about infecting other guests, so she didn't come."

Many of the guests coming today are either rich or noble, and it is indeed unsuitable for them to come if they have a severe cold. At this time, Nie Zhan came over and said that an uncle was coming, and they wanted to go and greet him.

The Nie family had many guests today, and what surprised Lu Jiaxin the most was that the Kwok family of Hong Kai Properties, the Li family of Henderson Land Development, and the Zheng family of New World Development were all here, and they were all second-generation. Three of the four major families came, and there were also several heavyweights in the political world.

After all the guests arrived, Mr. Nie and Lu Hongjun both went on stage to speak. Mr. Nie praised Lu Jiaxin generously, saying that she was capable and motivated, and that it was a blessing for the Nie family that Nie Zhan could find such a good fiancée.

Lu Jiaxin smiled brightly, while Zhang Lanlan, who was also the daughter-in-law of the Nie family, lowered her head to avoid being seen.

After Mr. Nie finished speaking, it was Lu Hongjun's turn. He asked Lu Jiaxin and Nie Zhan to cherish each other, support each other, love each other, and spend their lives together.

A distant relative of the Nie family saw Lu Hongjun speaking with full energy and asked Zhang Lanlan curiously, "Didn't they say that Miss Lu's father was in poor health and was hospitalized as soon as he arrived in Hong Kong? I saw that he spoke with full energy, so he didn't look ill." Zhang Lanlan smiled and said, "Uncle Lu had a cerebral hemorrhage in August and had a craniotomy. After he was discharged from the hospital, Jiaxin wanted to take him to Hong Kong for rehabilitation treatment, but he refused. This time when we came for the engagement party, Jiaxin sent him to the hospital for a full-body check-up as soon as he arrived in Hong Kong. The doctor said that rehabilitation treatment after the operation would help him recover faster."

She envied Lu Jiaxin very much, and occasionally felt a little jealous. But this was a family matter, and she had to protect it from the outside.

“Why don’t you take the old man to your side and take care of him?”

Zhang Lanlan said with a smile on her face: "Jiaxin is busy from morning till night every day. The aunt and the nurse are taking care of him. He can't speak Cantonese or English and feels very uncomfortable at home. In the past few days in the hospital, he said that he would go home as soon as the engagement party was over."

The latter sentence was not made up by her, but was said by Lu Hongjun himself. Although a nurse who could speak Mandarin was specially found to give him injections and medicine, he still felt very depressed. He told Lu Jiaxin that he would rather recover more slowly and go home.

Upon hearing this, the distant relative said nothing more.

Then Nie Zhan took Lu Jiaxin's hand and walked up. Nie Zhan also expressed his gratitude to Mr. Nie for his hard work and training, and also thanked Lu Jiaxin for her support and encouragement.

As for Lu Jiaxin, she talked about how she met Nie Zhan, and then thanked the guests who came to the wedding. Normally, she would thank her parents, but for Lu Jiaxin to thank Lu Hongjun... forget it, don't waste this time.

After sitting down, Lu An saw lobster, abalone and bird's nest on the table and muttered, "How much does a table like this cost?"

Lu Ping smiled and said, "Just eat, why are you talking so much?"

Lu An was somewhat emotional: "No wonder everyone is trying their best to come to Hong Kong. Look at the lives of people here, and then look at the lives of us in the mainland..."

The cost of a meal is more than his annual salary, the gap is too big.

Lu Ping said: "That's because you have never been to the slums. The people there live worse than we do."

Lu An didn't argue. There are rich and poor people everywhere, but the economy in Hong Kong is better than in the mainland. The monthly salary of office workers here is 4,000 to 5,000 yuan, which is more than 1,000 Chinese yuan according to the current exchange rate. His father's monthly salary is only about 500 yuan, there is no comparison.

Lu Ping said, "It's a long way behind now, but we will catch up one day. Eat quickly, or there will be none left."

Lu An saw that everyone was eating with relish and quickly joined the team. The chefs at the Peninsula Hotel were excellent cooks. They could eat all the food at the table and finished most of it.

The guests sat down to eat, but Lu Jiaxin still had to follow Nie Zhan to greet the guests. Seeing other people's weddings was very romantic and beautiful, but when it was my turn, I could only say one word: tired.
After sending the guests away, Nie Zhan saw that Lu Jiaxin looked tired, so he tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and said with a smile, "Let's go and have dinner."

“I just ate it!”

Nie Zhan said with a smile: "What can you expect from just two small bites? Let's go, I'll ask them to prepare an extra table of dishes that are all your favorites."

Lu Jiaxin felt sweet in her heart and walked into the box holding Nie Zhan's hand.

After eating, Lu Jiaxin went back, and Nie Zhan stayed to deal with the rest. Because she was too tired, she fell asleep on the way back to Lu's house.

(End of this chapter)