Chapter 677 When can dinner be served?
"Brother Wei, please come and go. Where is the early summer?" Fang Yi rolled down the car window and greeted Wei Mingcheng.
"Hello Uncle Yu!" Wei Mingcheng first asked Yu Xuan honestly, and then answered Fang Yi's words, "Grandpa asked her to talk, my dad asked me to come and pick up Uncle Yu and you..."
"I'm afraid it's mainly to pick up the teacher, it has nothing to do with me, right?"
Fang Yi laughed when he heard this. According to the results of his discussion with Bai Chuxia, the birthday celebration was not for Bai Chuxia's boyfriend, but for Yu Xuan's student. This would also allow the Wei family and the Bai family to have a process of accepting it.
"Who told you and Chu Xia to figure out that bad idea?"
Hearing Fang Yi's words, Wei Mingcheng also laughed and said, "If you come here as Chu Xia's boyfriend, I'm afraid that our family will come out to welcome you except grandpa, and see what kind of person they are, and can trick our little princess..."
"I won't be like Brother Wei, I'm thinking of teaching me a lesson." Fang Yi raised his hand and said with a smile: "When I arrive at your territory, I am a hero who doesn't suffer any loss in front of me. After surrender, I always have to treat the prisoners preferentially, right?"
"You go and say this to my grandfather..."
Seeing Fang Yi's appearance, Wei Mingcheng laughed and said, "My grandfather liked to do the most back then was to capture prisoners. In the Huaihai Battle, my grandfather captured a prisoner of an army with one division. After integration, he became the commander..."
"Okay, it's getting late, hurry up and go..." Seeing Wei Mingcheng having fun chatting, Yu Xuan glanced at him and said, "Wei Jiaxi has a bad temper. If you look back, you will be too late to pick someone up. Be careful of being beaten!"
"Oh, Uncle Yu, you are right. The older my dad is, the worse his temper is. I almost dare not see him..."
Hearing Yu Xuan's words, Wei Mingcheng slapped his forehead and jumped into his car. The other party said, "You follow me and turn around to cooperate with the guards to do some inspections. I don't want to come here. Even if you have a pass, you have to check for a long time every time..."
As he spoke, Wei Mingcheng had already started the car. Fang Yi drove behind Wei Mingcheng's car for about ten minutes, and another fork appeared in front of him. Fang Yi found that there was a green guard booth on both sides of the fork.
"Come down!"
Wei Mingcheng had already stopped the car, and Fang Yi said, "I went to a sanatorium there. My grandfather lived there too, but in the past two years he thought there was noisy there, so he moved out. The two sides were not far away, so he was convenient for medical treatment."
"What level was the old man at the founding of the country?"
Seeing two armed police coming to his car, Fang Yi, who got out of the car, couldn't help but ask Wei Mingcheng, "That old man has celebrated his 90th birthday, which means he has been retired for at least twenty or thirty years. How could he still have such a guard level?"
"Two stars!" Wei Mingcheng lowered his voice a little and said, "Grandpa has always followed General Xu. The two were Meng Bulijiao. From Lu Province to Jinling, the Military Commission asked him to go to Beijing several times and did not go, so he stayed in Jinling in the end..."
"No wonder the guard level is so high..." Looking at the two armed police searching carefully, Fang Yi nodded. There were probably not many lieutenant generals left at the founding of the country so far. Such veterans are all national treasure-level figures.
Wei Mingcheng was right. The two cars were inspected for more than ten minutes before they were released. Even the "Bamboo and Stone Picture" brought by Fang Yi was opened and looked at. The car drove forward for more than two hundred meters, and passed a bend. A building built in a gentle area appeared in front of Fang Yi.
The location of this place is very good. There is a natural waterfall in front of the building, with gurgling water flowing endlessly. Standing on the flat ground in front of the courtyard, you can see nearly half of Jinling in the distance. I am afraid that I have also seen Feng Shui when I chose to build a house in this place.
The place where Mr. Wei lives is said to be a building, but it is actually similar to the house Fang Yi saw in a farmhouse. There are about seven or eight bungalows in a row, with high walls surrounding it. The guards standing guard at the door gave this place a unique color.
There were already seven or eight cars parked in the open space outside the fence. After Fang Yi parked the car, he took the picture of "Bamboo and Stone Picture" and Yu Xuan got out of the car. When he entered the fence gate, he had another inspection.
“Is this arrangement quite festive?”
After entering the yard inside, Fang Yi saw a row of red lanterns hanging under the eaves of the bungalows, illuminating the yard that was almost dusk. There were some wreckage of firecrackers on the ground paved with bluestone bricks.
The yard covers a large area, with five or six children aged seven or eight, running and playing in the yard. On the other side is a shed made of plastic cloth. Wei Mingcheng pointed to the shed and explained to Fang Yi: "Grandpa likes to grow something for nothing. He grows the vegetables he eats at home by himself. When it gets cold, he builds a greenhouse..."
"Lao Yu, we haven't seen each other for a long time!" With a loud voice, a man in military uniform with a slightly white temple came out of the room. Under the reflection of the light, the golden star on his shoulder seemed particularly dazzling.
"Old Wei, you haven't looked old!"
Seeing the visitor, Yu Xuan also greeted the man, shook hands with the man first, and then hugged him tightly. It was difficult for someone who had not come from that era to understand the feelings at that time. This feeling was like old wine, and the longer the time, the more mellow it became.
"Of course I'm not old. Do you see that? That's my son. He often wins first place in the military competition!" Wei Jiaxi pointed at his son with his finger.
"A tiger father has no dog son, your son will follow you!" Yu Xuan praised Wei Mingcheng according to his old friend's words.
"What do you think I am? I'm telling you that just like him, I can beat him a few more times now!" Wei Jiaxi kicked his son and said angrily: "Do you know how to be polite? You even ask the guests to hold things? Be careful, I will beat you!"
"Dad, that's a gift from someone else to grandpa..."
Wei Mingcheng explained in a low voice, he was speechless when he had such a father. He said that if a father beats his son, he can't fight back, right? Otherwise, with his old arms and legs, he would probably be his father who was injured in the end.
"Lao Yu, didn't you ask you to bring things?" Wei Jiaxi looked at Yu Xuan with dissatisfaction and said, "My father never accepts gifts from outsiders. You didn't know that you came over with things. Aren't you feeling uncomfortable?"
"Old Wei, I just bought a birthday peach, and it only cost a few dozen yuan in total. It's just for good luck..." Yu Xuan smiled and pointed to the box in Fang Yi's left hand, and said, "This is my student Fang Yi, but the birthday gift he received has nothing to do with me. Whether the old man can accept it or not is not my business..."
"Hmm? What's going on?"
Hearing Yu Xuan's words, Wei Mingcheng raised his brows. In theory, his students were not qualified to give gifts in front of Yu Xuan, but looking at the shape of the object Fang Yi was holding, it was clearly like a scroll.
"Uncle, that's my gift to my grandfather!"
While he was talking, Bai Chuxia's pleasant voice sounded and came to Wei Jiaxi. Bai Chuxia held Wei Jiaxi's arm with her hands and said, "I can guarantee that the gifts you send today will definitely not be as good as my grandfather likes."
"Didn't your parents prepare for their birthday?"
Wei Jiaxi looked at Bai Chuxia with a smile. There were not many girls in the Wei family, so Bai Chuxia was also raised like a little princess in the Wei family. From the old man to their uncles and cousins below, they all loved Bai Chuxia very much.
"My parents are parents, mine is mine, can this be the same?" Bai Chuxia hugged Wei Jiaxi's arm and shook it, then pointed to Wei Mingcheng and said, "Uncle, my brother is going to give gifts to his grandfather this year..."
"What gift will he give?" Wei Jiaxi glared at his son in anger, and turned to look at Bai Chuxia again, but he smiled, "We Chuxia are the most sensible. When you look back, your grandfather will definitely like it after seeing the gift!"
When Wei Jiaxi heard that it was Bai Chuxia's gift, Wei Jiaxi didn't say anything more. Fang Yi, who was holding the thing, was ignored by him. In Wei Jiaxi's opinion, his niece must have gotten the gift from Yu Xuan, and then Yu Xuan asked the students to take it.
"I'll go back and ask my mother, who is your biological child?"
Wei Mingcheng muttered in a voice that he could only hear, "The Wei family has many boys, and Wei Mingcheng has seven or eight cousins alone, so boys are not rare in the Wei family. Even the old man usually regards Bai Chuxia as a treasure in his palm."
"Old Yu, let's go into the house to have tea. Don't you like to drink Tieguanyin? You must have never drunk Tieguanyin here. We haven't seen it for twenty years, right? Let's kill it later and let me see how good your chess level is now?"
When old friends met, Wei Jiaxi was also very excited. He immediately called Yu Xuan into a room. Mr. Wei lived in the room where Bai Chuxia had just left at the east end. Usually, the old man did not say hello, and others would not dare to enter the room to disturb him.
"Chongxia, why are you here? Come and see the bracelets my sister-in-law bought for you..."
Yu Xuan was pulled into the room by Wei Jiaxi. When Fang Yi was about to talk to Bai Chuxia, a beautiful young woman in her thirties came over and pulled Bai Chuxia into another room. Through the thick curtains, Fang Yi could hear the woman's voice coming from the room.
"That's my third sister-in-law from my second uncle's family. Let's go and have tea too..."
Wei Mingcheng, who was staying in front of the door, looked at Fang Yi, feeling a little connected with the same fate. Now he is the only one who can accompany Fang Yi, otherwise Fang Yi would not be allowed to play with the furry children in the yard.
"Lao Liu, who is this person?"
In the room that Wei Mingcheng pulled into, there were four or five people chatting. The ages ranged from 28 or 9 to 40 years old. Three were wearing military uniforms, and the other two were wearing casual clothes.
Among them, two people in military uniforms were playing chess, while the other was watching the game next to them. After Fang Yi and Wei Mingcheng entered the house, only the two people in casual clothes looked up at Fang Yi, while the chess player did not even raise his head.
"Fourth brother, this is my father's friend's student, and it's also my friend..." Wei Mingcheng scratched his head and thought for a while before he gave the other party's identity position. Fortunately, he still remembered Bai Chuxia's threat and did not tell the relationship between Fang Yi and Bai Chuxia.
"You boy can't speak clearly, even your friend can't understand..."
The person who was called the fourth brother by Wei Mingcheng was a young man in casual clothes. He looked like he was three or four years older than Wei Mingcheng. After laughing and scolding, the other party said, "I am Wei Minglang, the fourth brother of Mingcheng. Those who can come here are all their own people. Don't be restrained, just do whatever you want..."
"Hello, Minglang, my name is Fang Yi!"
Fang Yi replied with a smile, and sat on the sofa not far from Wei Minglang. Fang Yi's sitting attracted the attention of several others. It is rare for them to behave so casually when they come here.
"What industry is Brother Fang in? Is he from the Fang family in Beijing or the Fang family in Henan Province?" Wei Minglang glanced at Fang Yi and asked directly. As he said, if Fang Yi was brought here by someone, he was not an outsider, and he didn't have to talk around the bush.
"My teacher is a antique business, and I also do some antique business..." Fang Yi smiled bitterly when he heard this and said, "I am from Fang Village, so I'm afraid it has nothing to do with the two families you mentioned."
"Fangcun?"
As soon as Fang Yi finished speaking, a few people except Wei Mingcheng couldn't help but frown. Although there were many people surnamed Fang in China, there were not many people in the business world and politics. They almost knew each other, but they really didn't know where Fangcun was?
"Fourth brother, stop checking the household registration. Fang Yi is not a person in our circle..."
Seeing the look of several brothers thinking hard, Wei Mingcheng couldn't help laughing. Although the Wei family was very strict, they were born in such a family, and they all had some inherent ways of thinking. After hearing Fang Yi's surname, they unconsciously considered the Fang family who were famous in China.
"I understand. You kid cried and wanted to give grandpa a birthday gift this year. Could it be that he got it from Brother Fang, right?" Wei Minglang looked at Wei Mingcheng with some surprise, but there was a bit of blame in his eyes. Obviously, he was not very satisfied with his cousin bringing Fang Yi, an outsider with no background, over here.
Wei Mingcheng knew what the fourth brother meant and said immediately: "Four brother, it's nothing to do with me. He was brought by my father's friend!"
"Oh, it turned out to be brought by my uncle."
Wei Minglang nodded when he heard this, with a look of relief on his face, and he did not say anything to make trouble for Fang Yi's origin. However, he had lost the interest in knowing Fang Yi. Wei Minglang is a person within the system and he usually has people with similar identities. In his opinion, an antique dealer is obviously not worth dating.
"Lao Liu, what gift are you giving this year? I don't even say the third brother?"
At this time, another person in casual clothes in the room spoke. The man was thirty-four or five years old and had a very popular big head. He was more mature than Wei Minglang in terms of dress and temperament. Obviously, he was not in the career path, but should also be a person in the business world.
"Stern brother, I am not as rich as you. I just bought a small thing for my friend. Fang Yi, he is my third brother Wei Mingkai, and he has a big business. He was called Wei Baiwan more than ten years ago..."
Wei Mingcheng cried at the man and introduced Fang Yi to him, pointing to the chess players. Wei Mingcheng said, "That's my elder brother, second brother, fifth brother, and four of our six brothers are in the army."
Although Mr. Wei only fought for half his life, he spent his whole life in the army. Therefore, the three people in the previous generation of Wei Mingcheng also worked in the army. The third generation was only the third and fourth, and the fourth, were not in the army. This brother could not bear the discipline of the army, so one went to do business, while the other one joined the government department.
"The fart Wei Million, the negative number is almost the same..."
Wei Mingkai had no airs, and he treated Fang Yi more enthusiastically than Wei Minglang. If Fang Yi hadn't known the details of these guys, he wouldn't have seen that Wei Mingkai was actually a child of the Wei family.
However, this enthusiasm was very limited. Wei Mingkai mostly spoke to Wei Mingcheng. He did not deliberately distance himself from Fang Yi, but did not find any topics to chat with Fang Yi. He just called him and talked about the gift to Wei Mingcheng.
"San brother, what birthday gift did you give to grandpa this year? Is it calligraphy and painting?" Wei Mingcheng was the youngest at home, so he naturally had no worries about speaking. After seeing the long strip box placed on the coffee table beside his third brother, Wei Mingcheng immediately understood seven or eight minutes.
"It's the orchid picture of "Zheng Banqiao"!"
Wei Mingkai smiled proudly and said, "I spent 500,000 yuan to snatch this from someone else's hands. Lao Liu, don't you want to give calligraphy and paintings? Our grandfather has a sharp eye. The true and false of the calligraphy and painting can be seen at a glance.
"I didn't give me calligraphy and paintings, so I got a piece of jade for my grandfather..." Seeing that the third brother had all said the names of the birthday gifts he wanted to give me, Wei Mingcheng could only say his gift.
"Okay, Lao Liu, grandpa often says that a gentleman is like jade. It's a good jade that you give me is what grandpa thinks..."
Hearing that Wei Mingcheng was giving away jade, the few people who were playing chess also turned to look at Wei Mingcheng. The oldest middle-aged man, who was about forty, smiled and said, "Lao Liu seems to have invested a lot. The price of jade has increased a lot in recent years. People who are digging jade in Xinjiang Province have almost dug up the riverbed..."
The third generation boss of the Wei family called Wei Mingjun. He was also in the army and stationed in Xinjiang province all year round. His military rank is the highest among the brothers. The two bars and four stars on his shoulders are very conspicuous. Fang Yi knew that if he went further, the rank of the colonel would become a general.
"My friend gave it, it's not that expensive. Brother, I'm so poor now that I'm about to go begging for food. You brothers have to support me..."
Wei Mingcheng smiled at his elder brother, but did not say the specific price. The 30,000 yuan was a big number for him. Compared with his cousins, Wei Mingcheng was undoubtedly the most cash-strapped person.
"How much better can I be than you? If you are short of money, you want to go to your third brother. We are all poor people."
Wei Mingjun, who was playing chess, stopped the chess piece in his hand, stood up with a smile, and said, "You kid knows to fool me. Last time I got drunk, I took a box of Maotai. Tell me, what do you want again this time? Just be open and don't shake those clever tricks behind your back."
For the youngest brother in the family, whether it is Wei Mingjun or Wei Mingkai, he still takes good care of Wei Mingcheng. He always thinks about Wei Mingcheng first if he has any delicious food and fun things.
"Brother, your unit is different from us. I have to provide military Maotai as much as possible. I gave me a box of Maotai for a year. I will give you a box of Maotai again, so I will give you a box of Maotai, so that I will always be buryed by you..."
Wei Mingcheng smiled and replied to his elder brother, although their brothers have a big age span, Wei Mingjun is nearly twenty years older than Wei Mingcheng, but his brothers have a good relationship, and Wei Mingcheng and his elder brother in their forties are also making jokes casually.
"You know, that box is old wine of old age. I originally planned to be used to entertain Director Long, but I didn't expect it to be taken away by your boy. You can change the box."
Wei Mingjun glared at his younger brother angrily. He couldn't blame him for being nagging. Last time the superior department sent someone to his troops for inspection, Wei Mingjun specially prepared a box of good wine in advance, but unexpectedly, before the wine was drunk the night before, Wei Mingjun was drunk by Wei Mingcheng, and he didn't even know when Wei Mingcheng took away the wine.
"These guys, aren't the end of the conversation?" Fang Yi took out his cell phone and looked at the time, touched Wei Mingcheng gently, and whispered: "Brother Wei, it's almost six o'clock. When will the old man's birthday party start?"
Is Fang Yi hungry? He is just a little bored here. Although his temperament is calm and easy-going, no one pays attention to his words. Fang Yi is not the kind of person who holds a hot face to touch his butt. Moreover, it is difficult for Fang Yi to get into the conversation when he talks with his brothers.
Chapter completed!