Becoming a big boss in the courtyard starts with pork

Zhang Xing stood next to the dining table and watched Mrs. Lou slowly walking down the stairs step by step.

"What's wrong? You don't know me anymore?"

Mrs. Lou walked up to Zhang Xing, covered her lips with her hands and said with a smile.

"how could be!"

Zhang Xing quickly pulled out the chair at the dining table for Mrs. Lou.

"Aunt, please sit down."

Mrs. Lou looked at Zhang Xing and did not sit down directly. Instead, she walked around in front of Zhang Xing and asked Zhang Xing curiously.

"Xiao Zhang, do you think I look good?"

"It looks good, whether it's the style of the cheongsam or your makeup, Auntie, they all look good."

Zhang Xing looked at Mrs. Lou and said truthfully.

As if she had received a satisfactory answer, Mrs. Lou happily sat on the chair.

Seeing this, Zhang Xing sat across from her, exactly where the two of them had been when Zhang Xing stayed for dinner last time.

"Oh, Xiao Zhang, your craftsmanship is really good!"

Mrs. Lou looked at the dining table. Except for a few dishes she cooked, they were all made by Zhang Xing, and judging from the appearance, they were obviously several grades higher than what she cooked.

"There are many men who can cook here, but it's really rare that you can cook as well as you, Xiao Zhang."

Listening to Mrs. Lou's continuous compliments, Zhang Xing felt a little embarrassed.

After Mrs. Lou took a taste with her chopsticks, she frowned.

When Zhang Xing saw this, he thought it was because he didn't control the heat properly when cooking, or because he put in the wrong seasonings.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Lou put down her chopsticks, stood up directly, walked to the cabinet next to the dining table, turned around and said to Zhang Xing.

"It's rare to eat such delicious food, it must be paired with a bottle of good wine!"

With that said, Mrs. Lou opened the cabinet next to her and rummaged through the inside to find a bottle of red wine with foreign languages ​​on the bottle.

"Many years ago, one of your uncle's classmates brought this specially when he came to visit us from Hong Kong Island."

"I said I bought it from a particularly famous manor. It is very popular."

"He brought two bottles and drank one. I hid this bottle at the bottom of the cabinet and never wanted to drink it."

"I'm so happy today and can eat such delicious food. It's time to open it."

Zhang Xing heard that the origin of this wine was so precious, and he was about to persuade Mrs. Lou not to open this bottle of wine.

But while Mrs. Lou was talking, she had already opened the wine with a corkscrew.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Xing couldn't say anything more.

He took two goblets from the shelf next to him, just in time to taste what such a famous wine was like.

After Mrs. Lou poured the wine into the glass, she raised the glass and said to Zhang Xing.

"Xiao Zhang, come and cheer for the two of us to have dinner together today!"

boom--

After a crisp clink of glasses, Zhang Xing took a small sip of the wine in the glass. Just as he was about to savor it, he saw Mrs. Lou across from her drinking the wine in one gulp.

This scene made Zhang Xing no longer care about whether the wine was good or not, and he quickly opened his mouth to persuade Mrs. Lou.

"Auntie, it's better not to drink this red wine too fast."

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Lou shook her head and said while pouring the wine.

"It's just the two of us eating here today, so don't call me aunt."

After hearing Mrs. Lou's words, Zhang Xing suddenly didn't know how to answer the question.

"This, this is not good."

"What's not so good about this!"

Mrs. Lou held up the wine glass. The feeling of the first glass of wine seemed to have come over her, and her face began to blush.

"I'm not that many years older than you!"

"I entered the Lou family when I was a teenager, and gave birth to Xiao'e within two years. Xiao'e is already 34 this year, and I am only [-]."

Hearing Mrs. Lou's words, Zhang Xing suddenly felt a little surprised.

Originally, when he looked at Mrs. Lou's appearance, he always thought that she was a wife from a wealthy family who took good care of herself.

Only today did he know that Mrs. Lou was only in her early thirties. She didn't look young, but she wasn't very old in the first place.

Zhang Xing couldn't help but complained crazily in his heart, you Lou Bancheng, you are the real old cow eating young grass!

"I think back then, the old lady of the Lou family always disliked me. Just because I gave birth to a daughter, she treated me like a servant girl."

"But every year has passed, and I have given birth to Xiao'e, the only bloodline of the Lou family."

Mrs. Lou was holding the wine glass, seeming to use the strength of the wine to vent her years of accumulated dissatisfaction and resentment.

"Including his big house, so many concubines have given birth to a son and a half to the Lou family, but only my Xiao'e was lucky enough to survive."

"Later on, seeing how the world changed, his eldest wife died of the epidemic, and the few surviving concubines eventually ran away and went south."

Zhang Xing listened and understood that the "him" in Mrs. Lou's mouth was naturally referring to Lou Bancheng.

"In the end, after all the tossing, I took Xiao'e and still stayed with him."

"Thanks to the good policies, I have a status and become the mistress of their Lou family."

After saying that, Mrs. Lou sighed, and drank the wine in the glass again.

"Uncle...sister, you'd better drink less."

After much hesitation, Zhang Xing couldn't help but persuade Mrs. Lou.

Hearing what Zhang Xing called her, Mrs. Lou put down her wine glass and showed a bright smile.

This time, she did not pick up the wine bottle next to her, but took the water glass from Zhang Xing.

Mrs. Lou raised her head and drank the water in the glass.

Through the light from the restaurant, Zhang Xing seemed to see a glimmer of light shining through the corners of Mrs. Lou's eyes.

"Now the only concern in my heart is Xiao'e, so I am very cautious about everything about her."

"When Xiao'e was still underage, he told me that he would find a man with upright roots for Xiao'e in the steel rolling mill, saying that only in this way could the Lou family's property be preserved."

"Originally, I strongly opposed it. I didn't want Xiao'e to become his tool to preserve the Lou family's property."

"Fortunately, you showed up later. I felt at that time that you were the man who could bring Xiao'e happiness."

Mrs. Lou's voice was choked, and she supported her chin with her hand.

She looked at Zhang Xing with somewhat blurred eyes and said in a trembling voice.

"I hope you can bring happiness to Xiao'e, and don't let Xiao'e be like me, just a tool for others to continue the family business."

After saying that, Mrs. Lou's head slid down her arm to the table.

Mrs. Lou, who was lying on the table, was still mumbling.

"I really envy Xiao'e..."