After breakfast, Lu Dong went to his second grandfather to help. Today, the old man celebrated his birthday. Although he would not have a big banquet for guests, the whole family would have to set up four or five tables.

The dishes were made by themselves. Sun Qinghai pulled the stove over in the middle of the morning and prepared to make a big mat at noon. Lu Jianren drove into Lu Dong's car to the market to buy vegetables. Lu Dong directed several younger generations to move the Eight Immortals tables from house to house and borrow a large bowl of plates.

The second grandfather has stock at home, and several sandalwood pallets and silver wine pots are equipped with them.

This was also secretly preserved from that special era.

Lu Jianwu rushed back from Quannan and hung a newly framed middle hall in the middle of the main hall.

This is a painting written by the second grandfather, a picture of pine and crane prolonging life.

There are vertical scrolls hanging on both sides of the central hall, and the book says: Life is as long as the pine trees in the south, and blessings are as long as the water flows in the East China Sea.

"I'm old, I'm old, in the end I have to draw and write these things myself." Grandpa II stood in the main hall, looking at the middle hall with his hands behind his back.

Lu Zhenlin said beside him: "Second brother, whose calligraphy and paintings in our village can compare to you?"

Lu Dong happened to come in and heard this and said, "Grandpa Second, we are not famous enough. We need to find a company to operate it. You are a good master of calligraphy and painting."

When he heard his grandchildren praise the things he was best at and most proud of in his life, his second grandfather couldn't help laughing: "Stop bragging for me, I know how much I am at this level."

Lu Zhenlin said: "We have a lot of money in our country, and you can count at this level."

Lu Tao came in from outside, and Lu Dong asked him to set up a table and put on a stool, and asked the two outside to move the borrowed Eight Immortals Table in.

The main hall has the largest area and two tables must be placed.

Fortunately, the Siberian cold wave has not been reported in recent days. Even if the stove is not in use, people can sit at noon.

Several tables were laid out in the room, and Lu Dong was finished working hard. Lu Jianwu pulled him to speak at the gate.

"You can expand at this speed." Although Lu Jianwu was named legal counsel in Lu Dong's company, he had nothing to do recently and had not gone to the university town: "I went to the three stores in Quannan last weekend to take a look, haha... the business is good and the people are crowded."

He sat on a stool south of the door: "On the weekend, if you want to enter the hot pot restaurant, you have to queue up to call the number. When I go there, there will be more than ten numbers in line."

Lu Dong took a stool and sat down: "There are too many people on weekends, so I can't queue up."

Lu Jianwu said the truth: "Dongzi, fortunately you didn't agree to follow me at that time. If you follow me, it would really delay your development."

Lu Dong could naturally hear the uncle and nephew of his own, and said, "Uncle Eight, I just entered Quannan, and no one paid attention to my small shops. I will inevitably encounter some troubles later. If I encounter legal matters, I will inevitably trouble you."

Lu Jianwu patted his arm: "Don't talk to two families, you are taking care of my business."

The black Santana sedan came from the north. Lu Jianren parked the car, opened the trunk and asked people to unload the truck. Various vegetables and meat bought from the factory were sent to Sun Qinghai by several juniors. Several aunts and aunts came to pick vegetables and helped Sun Qinghai.

Lu Jianwu joked with Lu Jianren: "Brother Seven, OK, now you're getting on the car."

Lu Jianren said casually: "If Dongzi dares to give it away, I will dare to accept it."

These are all jokes, Lu Dong continued: "Uncle Qi, you can drive it."

Lu Jiansong walked over from the north at this time, and Lu Jianwu frowned slightly: "Are you invited him?"

Lu Jianren said: "Jiansong still needs to invite him, and there is a drinks party that comes uninvited."

Not to mention, Lu Jiansong was very conscious of coming to celebrate his birthday, so he brought a brush to his second grandfather, the kind that was sold at a street stall in the market.

People like Lu Dong and Lu Jianren are all following money, and the usual standard of Lujia Village is 20 yuan.

No matter how high or low things are, they always have a heart. It is always good for people to celebrate their birthdays. Even if they know that this person is used to drinking from noon to night, they cannot drive them away.

Lu Jiansong came out of his house, moved a tall horse stool and sat down, and prepared to cross his legs.

Lu Jianren suddenly asked, "Jiansong, are you wearing black socks today?"

Hearing this, Lu Jiansong's legs were about to stretch out and quickly retracted them. He didn't want to pay attention to Lu Jianren, but instead said to Lu Dong: "Dongzi, didn't you say you were invited to drink with you Uncle Song? There was no news about it when you got here?"

Lu Dong wondered when he said he had invited him to drink?

But as a junior, he is in the old street and it is hard to speak.

Lu Jianren took over and said, "What's the point of drinking with Xiaodi? We two will drink it later, just flat..."

Just at eleven o'clock, Sun Qinghai was lit and cooking. Lu Jianren and Lu Jianwu invited people to sit at home, and there were four tables in total.

A car suddenly rang outside. Lu Dong thought that someone from outside came to celebrate his birthday, so he quickly went out with Uncle Qi.

After all, the second grandfather has many friends in calligraphy and painting outside.

Although I told people in advance that I would not let people come, it is possible that people would come quietly.

When Lu Dong arrived at the door, he found a red Fukang sedan had just stopped on the street. The driver's door was opened and a middle-aged man came down.

Everyone around was surprised to see the middle-aged people.

"Lu Jiandao!"

Lu Jianren's voice came from behind, and the people also came to the door.

"Old Qi." Lu Jiandao took a birthday cake from the car, as if he hadn't seen anyone else on the street, and smiled at Lu Dong: "Dongzi, it's been a long time since we met."

Lu Dong responded politely: "Uncle."

In just a moment, the news had already reached the inside. Lu Zhenlin and the older generation accompanied their second grandmother and second grandfather to come out of the house. Lu Dong quickly let them go aside.

When the second grandma saw Lu Jiandao, she couldn't stop crying and she couldn't stand steadily. The third grandma beside her quickly supported her.

The second grandfather's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. He wanted to speak, but he started coughing one after another.

"Dad, mom." Lu Jiandao took the cake and stepped forward: "I'm back."

The second grandma covered her mouth and prevented herself from crying.

The second grandfather followed that breath and shouted angrily: "Get out! Get out quickly! You..."

Although everyone doesn't like it, it's the son of my second grandfather after all, and the birthday of my birthday is finally back.

Lu Dong is too young, so it’s hard to say about this kind of thing.

"Second brother, please calm your breath, calm your breath." Lu Zhenlin quickly took over the conversation: "Jiandao is back, this is a good thing. If you have anything to go home, let's talk about it. Don't stand on the street in a cold day."

Lu Jiandao knew where to break through, and shouted to his second grandma: "Mom..."

The second grandma couldn't help crying. No matter how unfilial the child was or how wrong he was, he would be the flesh that fell from his mother's body.

"You bastard!" The second grandma cursed first, then whispered: "Go in first, let's talk about it later."

The second grandfather didn't say anything, turned around and walked back. The second grandmother winked at Lu Jiandao and hurriedly followed.

Lu Jiandao followed him home.

Lu Zhenlin glanced at him, sighed, and went home.

Even my uncle doesn't have much to say.

Lu Jianren and Lu Jiandao are cousins, and their drooping shoulders rarely shook.

Lu Dong grabbed Uncle Qi: "There are grudges and grudges. Let's talk about it today. Today is the birthday of Grandpa II."

Lu Jianren betrayed: "If I had known that he would have come, I would have been waiting at the entrance of the village, breaking one leg before saying something else."

Lu Jianwu also advised: "Brother Seven, I'm angry, and I want to teach him a lesson. Today is not the time."

Lu Jianren's shoulders drooped and walked in.

Lu Dong and Lu Jianwu both followed.

Because when Lu Jiandao came back, the yard was a little messy.

In the main hall, the second grandfather sat on a big chair and looked at Lu Jiandao. Lu Jiandao's cake was placed on the Eight Immortals table. He was a little embarrassed when he saw no one around talking to him.

But he was a leading cadre in a public unit like the Cultural Palace, who took out cigarettes from his pockets and dispersed cigarettes to the people around him.

I don’t know my second grandfather’s attitude, and no one dares to take cigarettes easily.

"Uncle San." Lu Jiandao handed a little panda to Lu Zhenlin and whispered: "Look, don't be because of me today..."

No matter what, when the person comes back, Lu Zhenlin also wants his second brother and his family to untie the knot. Even if they can't go back to Lu Jiandao before leaving, they can even make phone calls from time to time.

He took the cigarette and said, "Jiandao, I won't say much if you don't want to say anything else. I should know how you have been doing over the years."

Lu Jiandao dispersed smoke to the others around him and replied: "There are numbers, there are numbers."

When others saw Lu Zhenlin picking up the cigarette, they accepted it.

Lu Jiandao came to the table and pushed the birthday cake to his second grandma who was sitting on the stool: "Mom, I bought a birthday cake for my dad..."

"Top it out!" How could the second grandfather come over in a flash: "Lao Qi, Lao Ba, throw it out for me!"

The second grandma was also very angry, but she held the cake tightly with one hand, for fear that the elders and the eighth one would come to grab it.

As a mother, her heart still looks to her son.

Even for many years, this son who was so close to him not only did not come back to check it out, but did not even call him.

But today, people are back, and it’s good that they are back.

"Second brother, the child is back." Lu Zhenlin is his uncle. He naturally has to persuade him to be peaceful: "Even if he makes a mistake, isn't this going back? People say that a prodigal son will not exchange for gold..."

He winked at Lu Jiandao: "Jiandao is a state cadre, and often he can't help but."

The second grandfather pointed at Lu Jiandao and said, "If he really did something big, I won't say it. In places like the Cultural Palace, what's the matter with him? He didn't even have time to call his parents during the Chinese New Year? He was so busy that his mother and his father went to the unit to find him, and he couldn't even find anyone?"

Lu Jiandao hurriedly said, "Dad, mom, I was wrong, I was really wrong."

Such a big man knelt in the middle of the main hall in front of a family: "I know what I did wrong. I have been calling the door to get stuck in my head over the years. I am just ignorant. I will forgive me this time!"

The second grandfather didn't go to see him at all. If it were a few years earlier, he might have hope and hope in his heart.

But after all these years, my heart has long been cold.

Although he is not as good as Lu Zhenlin, he is also a person with certain knowledge. Is this person really going back?

I haven't come back for more than ten years, but I suddenly figured it out today?

The second grandma was different. When she saw her son kneeling in the room, tears that had just been wiped down again, she whispered to the second grandpa: "Look, the child knows that he is wrong."

Lu Zhenlin's idea is that his second brother and sister-in-law are old and celebrated their birthday today. Both sides will settle for it, after all, they are sons.

"Let's serve the food, and say it while eating." Lu Zhenlin said to Lu Dong: "Dongzi, ask someone to serve the food."
Chapter completed!