ASTNovels Chapter 356 The Family Banquet Begins at the Main Table
Chapter 356 The Family Banquet Begins at the Main Table
The Qin family's family banquet was very grand. When Zhen Jiabao stayed in the Qin family's guest room, he saw the servants of the Qin family busy coming and going along the way, making preparations.
In the evening, Qin Shan specially came to see Zhen Jiabao once. After all, letting Zhen Jiabao hang around outside alone by his secretary today, if he really wanted to talk about it, it would be regarded as a neglect of Zhen Jiabao, so Qin Shan was also afraid that Zhen Jiabao would be in the heart There will be dissatisfaction.
Fortunately, Zhen Jiabao had a big heart and knew that such an occasion was not suitable for outsiders to be present, and he was also afraid that if he was present, it would disturb their family's exchange of feelings, so he didn't take it to heart at all.
Li Yu was left by the old lady to rest together in her room. Zhen Jiabao was very pleasantly surprised to hear Qin Shan say that the old lady had now remembered the past—Li Zhiming had always been very guilty of the old lady of the Qin family, so he must be relieved now up.
Qin Shan looked at Zhen Jiabao with a smile, and nodded in agreement.
When Zhen Jiabao woke up early the next morning, he could hear the constant hustle and bustle outside in the guest room. Logically speaking, the room where Zhen Jiabao was in was already very secluded, which was enough to prove how lively the Qin family's family banquet was.
Zhen Jiabao originally thought that even if he participated in the Qin family's family banquet, it was just a family meal together, but he didn't expect that such a big family like the Qin family would naturally have a large number of people, so he suddenly didn't want to participate.
But now that they have already moved into Qin's house, Zhen Jiabao thought about it but couldn't find a good way to temporarily reject Qin Shan's kindness. Standing at the window and watching the faint flow of people coming and going outside, Zhen Jiabao bit his lip I regret it infinitely.
If I had known earlier, I should have rejected Qin Shan's invitation yesterday. Although He Lianquan and the Qin family can be regarded as relatives, what's the matter with showing up at their family banquet by themselves.
Zhen Jiabao refused to admit that he was nervous because he was about to be introduced to other members of the Qin family in public, instead he thought in his heart that his identity was not suitable.
Unfortunately, before Zhen Jiabao struggled for a long time, Li Zhiming had already put on a full suit and knocked on Zhen Jiabao's door.
It was already late at night when I came out of the old lady's room yesterday. Although Li Zhiming originally wanted to say a few words to Zhen Jiabao to apologize, but after thinking about it, he decided to give up, so he woke up early this morning and had breakfast at Zhen Jiabao After that, I will meet with her first, and then go to the banquet hall together at noon.
When Zhen Jiabao saw Li Zhiming, he looked behind him, and asked if there was no trace of Li Yu.
Li Zhiming had a helpless smile on his face: "The old lady likes him, so she let him stay in her room for one night."
Zhen Jiabao nodded clearly - it should be so.
Li Zhiming could see a nervous look on Zhen Jiabao's face, but he didn't point it out. Instead, he took the initiative to talk about some lighter topics with Zhen Jiabao, and the time passed quite quickly.
Qin Shan attaches great importance to Zhen Jiabao, although today is the day of the Qin family's family banquet, he is too busy to make arrangements for himself, but in the midst of his busy schedule, he still does not forget to ask the Qin family's butler to send someone to wait on Zhen Jiabao to change the dress and make up.
After chatting with Li Zhiming for a while, Zhen Jiabao did ease the tension in his heart a little. When the maid of the Qin family knocked on the door, he realized that there was only about an hour left before the banquet started.
In order not to overwhelm the guests, the dress that Zhen Jiabao chose yesterday under the leadership of Qin Shan's secretary didn't look too eye-catching, it was just a well-regulated mid-length skirt, but because Zhen Jiabao had fair skin, it was still very stunning. At least the two strange maids who were in charge of changing Zhen Jiabao's dresses and makeup showed envy in their eyes the moment they saw Zhen Jiabao who had finished changing her dresses.
After changing the dresses, Zhen Jiabao and Li Zhiming were taken to the banquet hall to be seated in advance - Qin Shan had already arranged everything in the banquet hall. As soon as you enter the door, you are attracted by the exquisite layout.
The Qin family had a huge flower hall. Zhen Jiabao had never been here before, and he couldn't help being shocked when he walked in.
There are more than a dozen tables of banquets in the hall, and there is a stage in front of it. More than 100 people are seated, and the servants shuttle back and forth, those who serve the food and those who wait for the guests are densely packed, but it does not look crowded.
At this time, the hall was full of people, no matter whether it was the main branch or the side branch, people were all here at this time, sitting together and greeting each other, the atmosphere was very harmonious.
As soon as Zhen Jiabao and Li Zhiming entered the banquet hall, they were stared at by everyone. These two people were unfamiliar faces, and they were led into the banquet hall by Qin Shan, so they were the focus of everyone's attention.
"Brother, I don't think I've seen these two distinguished guests before, I don't know?"
Immediately, someone raised their own questions to Qin Shan, and some people murmured when they saw Li Zhiming's face.
Although there are not many people who remember Li Zhiming in the Qin family, it is definitely not impossible. Of course, Qin Shan knew about this, so he didn't answer their questions right now, but just smiled.
"You will know when you should know. Just wait in your seat now, and you will have an answer in a while."
Although the expression on Qin Shan's face was kind, it carried an air of irresistibility. Even if someone still wanted to make fun of him, he didn't dare to act presumptuously just looking at Qin Shan's expression.
There were people in the banquet hall who noticed this scene, and they all hid their own thoughts in their hearts. They were even more surprised when they saw Qin Shan bring the two strangers to the main table.
You must know that a big family like the Qin family pays the most attention to patriarchal lineage, and being able to sit at the main table to participate in the banquet means that their status can be said to be supreme in the Qin family.
"What are the backgrounds of these two people, how can they sit at the main table as soon as they appear here?"
"Who knows, that girl looks quite iconic, it can't be..."
The people below started to discuss, but they dared not express their dissatisfaction publicly - you must know that although Qin Shan said that he was quite generous to his family, but if they really angered the Patriarch, there would be no good fruit to eat.
"Whatever, today's occasion is not the biggest for the Patriarch. Let's see what Qin Shan says when the old lady comes out."
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Zhen Jiabao and Li Zhiming were ignorant of all their discussions, but since they entered the banquet hall, Zhen Jiabao didn't ignore any of those eyes, and felt a little restless.
"Mr. Qin, is it wrong for me to sit here? After all, I'm just..."
"What did Miss Zhen say?"
Before Zhen Jiabao finished speaking, Qin Shan interrupted her unspoken words with a very serious expression.
"It was my mother who said to let you sit here yesterday, and you are also a great kindness to our Qin family. It is reasonable to let you sit here."
Zhen Jiabao still insisted on declining: "Even so, it's fine to find me a seat next to the main table, but I can't sit here no matter what..."
However, Qin Shan stopped listening to Zhen Jiabao, took the two of them to the side of the seat, and went to talk about other things. Zhen Jiabao had no choice but to sit at the head table with Li Zhiming.
Now the main table is empty except for the main seat and the two seats next to it. The rest of the seats are already filled with faces that Zhen Jiabao is not familiar with. Among them is a young woman with a baby in her arms, which must be Qin Shan The grandson who just had a full moon.
Zhen Jiabao smiled awkwardly at them, not knowing how to greet these orthodox Qin family members, but these people sitting at the main table had a very good attitude towards Zhen Jiabao - these people had met Li Zhiming yesterday, Naturally, he also knew Zhen Jiabao's identity.
Zhen Jiabao and Li Zhiming were arranged at the bottom of the main table, and it wasn't too ostentatious. The young woman sitting next to Zhen Jiabao happened to be the young woman holding the baby, and she greeted Zhen Jiabao cordially.
"Miss Zhen looks a bit reserved, but it's unnecessary. Our whole family is very grateful to Miss Zhen. If Miss Zhen can't accept our thanks, we really don't know what to do."
When Zhen Jiabao heard this, he just smiled awkwardly, thinking that I wouldn't know what to do after sitting here.
According to the usual practice, before the family banquet begins, Qin Shan must first deliver a speech, and this year’s Qin family’s family banquet is also quite special—the time of the family banquet was postponed for a few days because of Qin Shan’s new grandson’s full moon, so After the banquet officially started, when Qin Shan picked up the microphone, everyone stopped talking tacitly.
Since the death of the old man of the Qin family, Qin Shan has hosted the family banquet every year, and for such a more formal occasion, Qin Shan's attitude has always been serious and respectful, but when the banquet started this time, everyone They all found that Qin Shan's expression was much more relaxed than in previous years.
It seems that the arrival of this grandson really made Qin Shan very happy. Almost everyone thought this in their hearts, but some careful people found that when Qin Shan was giving a speech, the old lady hadn't entered the venue yet.
According to the rules of previous years, the old lady should already be sitting in the seat at this time. I don't know if it is because the old lady is not in good spirits this year, so she didn't show up.
Qin Shan beamed and said some courteous words on the scene, and then announced that he had raised his seniority in the eyes of everyone who knew it, and accepted their congratulations on his new grandson.
But for Qin Shan, becoming a grandfather was not the happiest thing for him, so after half a minute of congratulations, he raised his hand to stop them from continuing.
"Actually, apart from my grandson's full moon wine, there is another happy event that needs to be celebrated with everyone—"
Why is there any happy event other than the grandson's full moon?Everyone became curious about what kind of medicine was sold in Qin Shan's gourd.
Now that Zhen Jiabao has calmed down strangely, he is no longer nervous. Since it is inevitable to show her face in front of the Qin family today, she simply made up her mind to face it calmly. Anyway, today's protagonist will be Li Zhiming and his son. , should not be noticed by many people.
Qin Shan looked at the puzzled expressions on the faces of all the people present with satisfaction, and turned her head to watch the old lady slowly walk out from behind the carved screen in the flower hall with the support of Li Yu.
Those people thought that the old lady would not appear at the banquet before, but they didn't expect this to be an arranged scene, and they were all a little surprised.
"Brother, stop making detours and see how you make everyone curious."
I don't know who yelled such a sentence, everyone's eyes turned around Li Yu inexplicably, and they didn't know the identity of this young boy who appeared out of nowhere.
Qin Shan seemed to be very satisfied with their curiosity, and he kept it off until everyone's curiosity was mobilized before announcing after the old lady took her seat.