Chapter 228 [Every family has hard-to-recite sutras] (seeking a monthly ticket)
The environment of Zhou Jingjing's house is very good, covering an area of more than 200 square meters, with six rooms and four living rooms. There are two dining rooms alone. One of them is the sun room on the large balcony in the south, where you can enjoy the scenery of the Seine River while eating.
It has a very petty bourgeois-bourgeois mood.
In the 17th arrondissement of Little Paris, such a house costs nearly 2 million euros, which is nearly 30 million in RMB. Although Zhou Qianqian and his wife have seen the luxury of the "Long Aotian" and the work of the truly wealthy,
Although they are very popular, they still admire this. For working-class people like them, a decent house is obviously more down-to-earth than a luxury cruise ship. After all, people want to live a normal life and cannot just float on the sea and listen to the Little Mermaid singing all day long.
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Even Zhou Yi was a little surprised by this. After listening to his father's introduction, he found out that this house was also sold with a loan, and the loan ratio reached 80%. It has to be repaid for thirty years. As long as there are three consecutive
If the money is not repaid to the bank every month, the house will be repossessed by the bank for auction; and even nearly half of the 20% advance payment was borrowed from Henry's distant relatives.
"Xiao Yi, I feel relieved when I see Xiao Liu, but Lao Maozi is just unreliable."
After Zhou's father sat down, he let out a long sigh: "Especially the old French guy is even more unreliable. This Henry is just a third-rate painter, and he dreams all day long that he is going to be someone who is afraid of heights...the old man is Van Gogh."
"Van Gogh? Yes, yes, he still wants to be a great painter like Van Gogh. He is lazy all day long. Not only does he gamble, but he also smokes that kind of stuff. He never asks about things in the restaurant, hey...
...Your mother and I just saw that your second sister was having a hard time alone. We didn’t even think about returning to China...Henry actually takes drugs?" Zhou Yi’s expression changed. No wonder Henry looked decadent. It turned out to be contamination.
She has developed this bad habit: "Dad, sister is in confinement, who cares about the restaurant?"
"Hey, don't mention it...your second sister relies on this restaurant to make a living and repay the loan. Henry doesn't care. Your second sister has to be in confinement again, so she can only be careless."
Zhou Maotong shook his head. Looking at the wine his son brought, he didn't even want to drink it.
"So that's it...this Henry is really...Zhou Yi felt ashamed for a while. He originally thought that his parents were unwilling to return to China because they were reluctant to study, but he didn't expect that there is also a difficult book in France.
If I had known this, I would have come to France earlier to save my second sister and my parents from being upset.
"Mom and Dad, you are too honest. Why don't Henry's parents care about this?" Zhou Qianqian said angrily: "No, I'll go find them!"
At this time, Xiao Zizi had eaten some snacks and was coaxed into the house by the catkins to sleep. Zhou Qianqian spoke without any worries: "I don't believe it anymore. What happened to the French? They can't be unreasonable?"
"Da Ya, please stop yelling. Henry's parents traveled around the world two months ago. They didn't even turn on their mobile phones. You can't find anyone." Zhou's mother Li Xiufen shook her head and said: "Besides, they are all in-laws.
It's not good if the fight is too tense. Although Henry is lazy, he is an artist after all, and aren't all artists like this?"
"What kind of bullshit artist? Artists can still take drugs?" Zhou Maotong said angrily: "You are still protecting him now because you are used to it!"
"What's wrong with me doting on my son-in-law? You old man, no matter how good Henry is, you still know how to send Erya a lot of roses every once in a while, but he still has our daughter in his heart. Look at yourself. You have been married for decades.
Come on, have you ever sent me flowers? On our wedding anniversary last year, I reminded you that you are not as good as Henry!"
As she spoke, Li Xiufen's eye circles turned red. She felt that she was the one she was entrusted with. What else could this old man do besides "shooting off firecrackers"? He was not romantic and did not know how to care for others. It was a pity that he was also a flower back then...
…Dad, don’t talk about it, there are so many artists taking drugs these days. But whether Henry is an artist or not, that’s another matter.”
Some famous painters in Europe have taken drugs, and even the novel character Sherlock Holmes would inject cocaine, it is said, all in order to seek inspiration. Whether Henry devoted himself to art or was a real drug addict, Zhou Yi could not tell at this time.
The most important thing now is to resolve the war between the parents: "Mom, don't be sad. Don't worry, since I'm here, I will help the second sister handle the affairs in France, and my second sister.
Brother-in-law... In the final analysis, all conflicts are caused by money, but family harmony cannot be solved by throwing money at it. Zhou Yi still has to consider this matter carefully, at least he doesn't know much about this unreliable person yet.
It is difficult for a foreign brother-in-law to know himself and his enemy.
"By the way, Xiao Yi, those jade bracelets and earrings you bought are worth a lot of money, right?"
Li Xiufen glanced at her son and said: "If you have a lot of money, help your second sister, just treat it as if she borrowed it from you. In fact, your second sister's wife is not bad, but she is under too much pressure, so she gets into those bad habits.
If...if he had money...if he had money, he would still have to gamble!"
Zhou Maotong interrupted his wife and said: "Why should my son take money to help him pay off the debt? He is not a man himself? Old lady, stop it! My son and daughter are here today. They are originally happy. Don't force me."
I'm quarreling with you...Zhou Maotong, if you feel sorry for your son, you won't feel sorry for Xiaojing. I...Okay, parents, I know this matter well. Didn't I just say that I will handle everything?
You two, please stop arguing, look at Henry coming out."
The family was noisy and anxious, and more than half an hour passed before they knew it. As soon as the kitchen door opened, an aroma mixed with the sour smell of oranges and the fresh smell of foie gras filled the air.
It's Henry's foie gras that's ready.
As the saying goes, the best liver is rotten meat. Liver has the highest nutritional value among animal offal and is also the most delicious. However, Europeans do not like to eat sheep liver or pork liver. They only like foie gras. However, liver is also the most difficult to process because of the above
There are many blood vessels derived from it. If one of them is not handled well, it will produce a fishy smell. Even the best cook can't completely eliminate it, so it can only be suppressed with other flavors. In China, five-cornered aniseed, onion, ginger and garlic are used, which foreigners don't like.
These condiments are made with onions or various fruits. Henry's 'orange foie gras' dish was learned from the famous Chef Louis in the Paris area, but Chef Louis didn't know him, he just went there to eat it
I thought about it a few times. To say that I studied under Master Louis is to put gold on my own face.
"Oh, I kept everyone waiting... Lao Taishan, mother-in-law, Zhou Yi, try it while it's hot. It won't taste good when it's cold... Henry is very enthusiastic, and I don't know if it's because of Zhou Yi's gift.
For that fire diamond ring.
Not to mention, this guy is indeed an artist. Let’s not talk about the taste. Just judging from the appearance of this orange foie gras, it can be scored 90%.
"Haha, doesn't it look good? Dad, I just want to try the wine made by your old son. This wine has a name, 'General and Prime Minister's Harmony'."
"General and Prime Minister He? That's a good name. I just don't know how it tastes." Zhou Maotong smiled. When he came in, he scolded his son for being a hedonist. Now that he saw his son pouring wine for him with his own hands, he felt more relieved than anyone else. happy.
After Zhou Yi poured it for his father, he poured another glass for his mother: "Mom, this wine is made from pure grains. It will be good for you to drink less. When you and dad finish eating, I will give you a massage. Beautiful After a good sleep, all worries will disappear... Okay, my little Yi is still filial." Li Xiufen felt warm in her heart, her son has grown up.
"Hey, Mom, you know how to praise your son, but I'm not filial..." Zhou Qianqian took the jug from Zhou Yi's hand, filled it for herself and the catkins, and poured a glass for her husband: " Parents, you should drink a few more glasses, Xiao Yi’s wine is amazing, I love drinking it.”
"Oh, no, no, no, please wait, this is wrong... Henry made an exaggeration on his chest and said: "Even the children in our country know that delicious foie gras must be paired with Bordeaux red wine to taste. , how can you drink Chinese liquor? Wait a minute, I'm going to get the treasured red wine, which is a gift from my admirer... Haha, I didn't see it, brother-in-law, do you still have admirers?" Zhou Yi waved his hand and said: " You’d better continue to treasure your wine. I’ve also tasted 45-year-old Mouton, and it didn’t taste as good as the wine I brewed.”
"Zhou, you are lying! 45-year-old Mouton is very expensive. Even the French Prime Minister may not be able to drink it. I don't believe it."
Henry shook his head repeatedly. He is a Frenchman. How could he not know the preciousness of 45-year-old Mouton? Such fine wines have been sent to auction houses, and ordinary people cannot see them at all. Even if the ring given by Zhou Yi was very expensive, he I don’t believe that Zhou Yi could drink such expensive wine at will.
"Good wine! Xiao Yi, how much of this wine did you bring?"
At this moment, Zhou Maotong was in a good mood. He had already drank the cup of General and Prime Minister in front of him. As soon as he took a sip of the wine, the old man shuddered, his eyebrows moved wildly, and he felt an unprecedented sense of comfort in his heart; his aging body felt It was as if the world was at peace and a good general was assisting him, and all his energy and spirit returned.
Even Li Xiufen never drinks, but after drinking this wine, her eyes lit up and she kept praising her.
"God...is China's wine really so good?"
Henry took a half-sip of the drink with some suspicion, and his dull eyes suddenly shone. He quickly poured the whole glass of wine into his mouth. In less than half a minute, the addict felt as if he had just smoked marijuana. He jumped up and grabbed the wine bottle in front of Pang Tong, shouting: "Are you stupid, Bian Dou! Are you stupid..." It means it's great.
"Haha, I brought ten jars here. Each jar is twenty kilograms, which is enough for you to drink for a while."
This time Zhouyi brought thirty jars of 'Generals and Prime Ministers' and twenty jars of 'Qingcheng Huoshui'. However, the wine of Huoshui was really not suitable for parents to drink, so he brought ten jars of Generals and Prime Ministers and the rest. They were all given to Tang Bao; it wasn't that he was stingy with his parents, he just knew that his father was always greedy and didn't want him to drink too much. After all, drinking too much wine, no matter how good the wine is, would be harmful to the body.
"Oh, Zhou... you are the real wine master. If you are willing to work in the winery, you will definitely get the most generous salary, which is so rich that you can't imagine... Henry licked his lips and said: "My A good friend owns a large winery not far from Paris, are you interested?"
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