The happy life of the landlady

Chapter 384
Fortunately, someone came to pay New Year's greetings at this time.

The people who came in were Xu's old friend Wang Lao's son, Wang Ju, who now worked in the Beijing Transportation Bureau, and his son Wang Hongxiang, who was the section chief of the X Section of the Land Bureau and was the same age as Fu Jianbai.

"Old Xu, happy new year."

"Grandpa Xu, happy new year."

"Happy New Year." Mr. Xu smiled kindly, and handed the purse he had prepared to Wang Ju and Wang Hongxiang. Seeing the stunned looks of the two who received such a gift for the first time, he felt The little man rolled over triumphantly.

However, Wang Ju is worthy of being a person who has experienced big storms. Soon, he came back to his senses and praised with a smile: "Mr. Xu, this is the first time I have seen such a unique gift. If I am not mistaken, This is sewn and embroidered by hand, right? There are not many embroiderers with such exquisite skills in Huaguo now."

Wang Hongxiang's gaze also stayed on the palm-sized purse in his hand, and the curiosity in his heart spread.If he were ten or twenty years younger, he would no longer be full of questions and curiosity to open his purse on the spot to see what was in it, so that he would not only look bulging, but also see through the purse. The silk satin fabric sees the unique pattern shape inside.

"Well, I'm knowledgeable." Mr. Xu smiled so that his eyes narrowed into a line, motioned for Wang Ju and Wang Hongxiang to sit down, and then pointed to Xu Lijuan and Fu Jianbai and introduced: "This is my granddaughter, and that is the grandson of Old Man Fu. .”

Elder Xu pointed to Ju Wang: "Xiaojuan, Xiaobai, this is your Uncle Wang."

Xu Lijuan and Fu Jianbai both stood up at the same time, bowed down and wished together: "Uncle Wang, happy new year."

"Happy New Year." With a smile, Wang Ju took out the red envelope that he had prepared earlier, handed it to Xu Lijuan and Fu Jianbai, then pointed to Wang Hongxiang beside him, and said, "This is my son."

"Brother Wang, happy new year."

This time, Xu Lijuan and Fu Jianbai still called out in unison. Hearing such a title, Wang Ju didn't feel much. Only Wang Hongxiang, who had been high school classmates with Fu Jianbai for several years, looked Fu Jianbai, who is indifferent, unkind, and unpopular, actually did this kind of shameless behavior of climbing up the pole, and he no longer knows how to correct his crumbling three views.

However, at this time, Wang Hongxiang had to face Fu Jianbai's sinister warning and threatening eyes, and he didn't dare to say that he and Fu Jianbai were acquaintances at all, so he could only praise with twitching corners of his mouth: "I used to think that the so-called The 'talented and beautiful women' are all boasted, and now I see Xiaojuan and Xiaobai, a pair of strangers, and I can deeply understand the meaning of this sentence."

Wang Ju also praised: "Old Xu, you are blessed!"

Although it was the first time for Wang Ju to meet Fu Jianbai, he couldn't stand the fact that Mr. Wang mentioned Fu Jianbai's excellence and consideration in front of Wang Ju every three times. These words completely overturned his previous impression of Fu Jianbai. Now he saw Fu Jianbai himself , He finally gave birth to the exclamation of "being famous is not as good as meeting".

Although Wang Ju praised Fu Jianbai, Mr. Xu did not hesitate to put this sentence on Xu Lijuan, so he replied with a smile: "Well, Xiaojuan is our family's 'lucky star'..."

Xu Lao couldn't stop talking when he praised this, especially since Wang Ju also gave birth to several sons, and he especially liked cute and well-behaved girls, so he listened to him with bright eyes, and couldn't bear to interrupt Xu Lao's words at all. .

It is said that people cannot be compared with each other, and when they are compared, there will be obvious differences, and at this moment, Wang Ju is in such an annoyed and depressed mood.

Although Wang Ju has no daughters, there are still a few nieces, whether it is the girls who behaved very well in front of Mr. Wang on weekdays and made the Wang family proud, or the rebellious ones that gave the family a headache. The combined advantages of the few girls headed by Wang Shishan are not as good as Xu Lijuan alone!
It was also at this time that Wang Ju understood why everyone knew that he was coming to Xu's house to pay New Year's greetings today, and one or two were unwilling to come. It turned out that they didn't want to see Xu Lijuan who compared them to others.

This person is not afraid of having a heart for comparison, but he is afraid of being timid when he hears the other person's name, and he dare not even meet him face to face, let alone have the idea of ​​making friends with the other person.In this way, even if they performed well in the past, they will change from pioneers to defenders because of the lack of aggressiveness.

This is a very important thing for a family.

When thinking of this, Wang Ju couldn't help turning his head to look at Wang Hongxiang who was sitting next to him, feeling proud and proud again in his heart—as expected, he was the best at raising his son. Show off in front of your friends!
However, the next moment, Wang Ju's face twitched. It was because Wang Hongxiang looked at Fu Jianbai flatteringly. The expression that never appeared on Wang Hongxiang's face made Wang Ju feel "" I woke up in the wrong posture today" illusion.

Xu has long been used to this scene, so he is still talking endlessly showing off Xu Lijuan's cuteness and caring, coupled with Fu Jianbai's "Kaba Kaba" sound of peeling hickory nuts, Wang Ju can't wait for time Going backwards, then, he must take back the previous echoing words, and he won't fall into this embarrassing situation where he wants to leave but can't.

"..." Wang Hongxiang didn't even feel like rubbing his eyes anymore, because Fu Jianbai's gesture of only Xu Lijuan in his heart was too shocking.

At this time, Wang Hongxiang, who had lost his usual sharp judgment, did something that almost angered Fu Jianbai—he accidentally stretched out his hand to the pile of peeled hickory nuts!
In the end, under Fu Jianbai's gloomy warning and threatening eyes, Wang Hongxiang's wandering thoughts were finally taken back forcefully by him, and then he smiled embarrassingly, but he didn't dare to withdraw immediately. hand, so as not to be caught by Fu Jianbo.

So, although he likes to eat hickory nuts, but he doesn't like shelling at all, Wang Hongxiang's outstretched right hand turned a big bend, reached towards the plate full of nuts, grabbed a handful of pistachios, and peeled off the shell carefully , and then piled them in front of the king's court, and said softly: "Dad, eating nuts often is good for your health."

"En." Wang Ju picked up a few pistachios and threw them into his mouth. Although he had been chatting with Mr. Xu, he also noticed the interaction between Fu Jianbai and Wang Hongxiang. There is no other evaluation word for this action other than disgust.

Of course, Wang Ju never admits that the nut he hates the most is pistachios, and Wang Hongxiang's sycophantic behavior accidentally slapped him on the ass, so he rarely angered Wang Hongxiang.

This time, Fu Jianbai learned to be smart. He put every hickory nut he picked out in his hand, blew it off one by one, and then peeled off the walnut skin. In Xu Lijuan's hands.

Xu Lijuan smiled so that her eyes narrowed into a line, and she put a walnut into her mouth, and a sweet fragrance filled the whole atrium again.

Fu Jianbai stared at this scene quietly, only felt a warm current rising from the tip of his heart, and quickly rushed to all parts of his body, making his eyes not know where to stay on Xu Lijuan's pecan, which was shining brightly in the sun. The slender fingers should still rest on Xu Lijuan's pink lips that are more moist than cherries.

——It would be nice if no one else was around, then he could...

Such an idea came into his mind. In order to avoid the three sitting beside Xu Lao, Wang Ju and Wang Hongxiang from being noticed, Fu Jianbai had to look away with difficulty, took a few deep breaths, then held the teapot, and once again made a speech for everyone. After adding a cup of tea, he picked up the teacup in front of him, drank the water in the cup in one gulp, and then looked at Wang Hongxiang who was sitting upright at some point with disgust.

Wang Hongxiang, who read the meaning of "Why are you still there" in Fu Jianbai's eyes, shrank his shoulders, and the correct posture he had maintained with great difficulty disappeared immediately, and there was a kind of "Brother, you just treat me as if I don't exist" on his body. The breath of mourning and grievance.

Fu Jianbai looked away lightly, grabbed another handful of hickory nuts and began to peel them hard.

"..." Wang Ju, who accidentally saw this scene, stared at Wang Hongxiang with a look of "hating iron but not steel". He finally understood why Wang Hongxiang hadn't found a girlfriend until now. "Friends" can't be done, let alone such a considerate move like Fu Jianbo ignores the eyes of the crowd.

You know, the phrase "a strong woman is afraid of a man" is applicable in any era.

Xu Lijuan threw the last hickory nut into her mouth, took a sip of the tea made by Fu Jianbai, pretended to glance at Fu Jianbai's hands casually, and saw that there was nothing unusual about those strong and powerful fingers, but Still handing the small clip under the coffee table to Fu Jianbai's hand, he did not forget to say: "If you don't use the small clip, how about showing off your strength?"

Afterwards, Xu Lijuan also threw a white silk handkerchief embroidered with pine trees into Fu Jianbai's hand, seeing him silently wipe every finger clean with a paper towel before folding the handkerchief, and then After putting the handkerchief back into his pocket in a particularly natural gesture, for the first time, he felt that Fu Jianbai was also a little silly and cute. No wonder he and Dingdang, a kitten, could become "enemies" that they disliked each other!
The sound of "Kaba Kaba" sounded again. Unlike before, this time, Fu Jianbai was indeed holding the pecans with a small clip. Then, as always, he peeled off the skin on the walnuts, blew off the top shell, and then One by one into the palm of the hand.

Although chatting with Mr. Xu, Wang Ju, who had been watching this scene out of the corner of his eye, couldn't help but be convinced, with an admiration on his face: "Mr. Xu, you are so blessed." Even holding a lantern, there is no one better than Fu Jianbai. What's wrong with the good grandson-in-law, why didn't he realize that Fu Jianbai has so many advantages?Otherwise, marrying any niece in the family will not only give the other a perfect marriage, but also form an unbreakable alliance between the Fu family and the Wang family.

I can't blame my old man for always praising Mr. Xu, but looking at it now, it's not the case!

(End of this chapter)