mountains and rivers

At the end of May, Ms. Zhao Manshi came to Jiangzhou again. This time she was invited to celebrate someone’s birthday. By coincidence, Liang Shu was also invited, but she couldn’t go due to something, so she asked Ms. Zhao to take Qi Yu with her. Go, send the congratulations.

Qi Yu felt quite fresh, since she was ten years old, she basically hadn't participated in other people's birthday banquets and wedding banquets with her parents, unless it was a close relative.If Liang Shu hadn't been able to come for various reasons after being invited this time, Qi Yu wouldn't have come here instead of her.

This novelty reached its peak when grandma told her that the host of the birthday banquet was Qian Sanyi's grandfather.

This birthday banquet invited all the colleagues and friends of Mr. Qian’s family who had been acquainted in the academic field, as well as prestigious scientists in related fields. Ms. Zhao was very surprised when she received the invitation. What was unexpected was Mr. Qian, who has always been very low-key and simple. Mr. is so extravagant this time.

She and Grandpa Qi Yu used to have a good relationship with Mr. Qian. Both of them were in Jiangzhou, and they were both important figures in their respective academic fields. But that was more than ten years ago. Upon receiving the invitation, she flew back to Jiangzhou to attend the birthday banquet with a touch of emotion and nostalgia for the old days.

Liang Shu was actually even more surprised. After thinking about it for a while, she gave the task of giving the birthday gift to her daughter on the grounds that she had something to do.

At around ten o'clock this morning, Qi Yu took a taxi from the country garden to pick up her grandma. Before leaving, she glanced at the door next door. Qian Sanyi went back to grandpa's house yesterday.

The two of them arrived at the venue, and followed the guided staff up to the auditorium on the top floor. At the door, Zhao Manshi and Qi Yu put their congratulatory gifts on the gift table, and registered their names before entering.

They are in the fifth row. This arrangement can be said to be very face-saving. After all, they are not relatives or close friends of the Qian family. This is already a very important performance.

When I sat down, the birthday banquet hadn't started yet, and the protagonist's family hadn't arrived yet, and the guests who had already arrived were chatting with each other.Ms. Zhao attracted a lot of attention as soon as she walked in. After she sat down in the banquet, many people came up to greet her with surprised expressions, but unexpectedly she came back.

Ms. Zhao had no choice but to explain with a smile that she was only here today to celebrate her birthday, and she will go back tomorrow. After speaking, she introduced Qi Yu to these people: "This is my granddaughter, and she is here today instead of her mother. Qi Yu, tell Grandpa Grandmas say hello."

"Hi, grandparents."

This seemed to cause some nostalgia. Most of these people who were about the same age as Ms. Zhao looked at Qi Yu and said, "She really looks like her grandfather."

A lady who looked older looked at Qi Yu with a smile, and said: "Good boy." Then she turned her head and said to Zhao Manshi: "Time flies, I still remember the time when you and Qingyao went to school. Look, in a blink of an eye, your granddaughter is also this old. Where will this child study in the future?"

The people around laughed: "The old dean has already retired, and he is still thinking about enrolling students?"

Ms. Zhao introduced Qiyu: "This is the retired Dean Li of Fudan Institute of Physics, who was also the dean of your grandfather."

As she said that, she turned her head and smiled at the old dean: "Speaking of which, you have led our chemistry school for a while, right?" In exchange, the old dean smiled and nodded.

Ms. Zhao said: "But I'm afraid I will disappoint you. My child has made up his mind to go to the Chinese Department of Peking University since he was a child. No one can persuade him."

"Peking University," the old dean sighed with a smile, "Peking University is fine too. Good kids go to Tsinghua University and Peking University these days. It's very good. It's not wrong to learn Chinese and go to Peking University."

After talking for a while, Mr. Shouxing's family came, and the people around him also dispersed. They all rushed to the front to celebrate their birthday, and sat back in their seats without saying a few words—the birthday banquet was about to begin.

Most of these people sat in the front, and Ms. Zhao and the others sat relatively in the back. After all, it was no wonder that she had not been in Jiangzhou for more than ten years, and she had no more daily contacts with Mr. Qian than these people.

However, Qi Yu likes this position very much. She sits far away and observes the family above. Pei Yin is dressed very dignifiedly today. close.

Qi Yu has never met anyone in Qian San's family, especially his father, who has always made Qi Yu curious. He took a closer look today. How should I say it? I can't say I'm disappointed, but it's still different from what I imagined. .

Originally, I thought that if I was born in this so-called "thousand-year-old family" and had a child like Qian Sany, even if I went into business, I would be a refined and calm Confucian businessman. A little fatter, her hairline has moved back dangerously, and she socialized like a butterfly throughout the banquet, her smiling face was more approachable than all the wives and children combined.

Pei Yin's expression remained a little stiff, which was very obvious to those who knew her well.Qian Sanyi didn't talk to his father much the whole time, and stayed by Mr. Qian's side to talk to the group of elders in the academic circle just now. His father wanted to drag him over to show off with his business partners, but he didn't Too dare to get close to the group next to the old man.

Qi Yu picked up the chopsticks, ate the dishes slowly, and looked at the people in front of her. When Qian Yukun was giving a speech, she picked up the faces of the Qian family and looked at the faces of the Qian family: the face of the old man of the Qian family was ashen, and the old lady looked embarrassed. Yin's face was so stiff that it almost became a mask, Qian San was expressionless and didn't know what he was thinking.

A family of five with five expressions.

Qi Yu withdrew his gaze and ate the food wholeheartedly.

In order to show importance, she dressed more formally today, Xiaoxiang's small skirt, her hair tied up, revealing a fair and beautiful face, with her bare face facing the sky, she is too beautiful.

After the speech, the guests and the host were happy, Qian Yukun held the wine glass all the way down to socialize, Pei Yin didn't even accompany him, and stayed in front to talk to the two old people of the Qian family.Qian Sanyi got acquainted with a bunch of professors and experts from his grandfather, and finally left the main position. Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, Qian Yukun pulled him to say hello to the general managers and chairman of the mall.

After walking two tables with his father, he glanced down impatiently, his eyes fixed, Qian Yukun noticed, and pressed his shoulder: "Sanyi! What's wrong? This is my father's good friend ..."

Qian Sanyi looked away, smiled, and said hello to the people in front of him, and when Qian Yukun dragged him to the next table, he found a reason to get rid of his father.

Two-thirds of the people at the table next to Qi Yu had already left. Ms. Zhao didn't go to the front to celebrate the birthday before the birthday banquet started, but now there are fewer people around the birthday party.Then he went to the front to talk, and the others either had something to ask and went to surround Qian Yukun, or they had to go first for other things, in short, they were not at the table.

She is a little girl, and not many people care about her, let alone come to talk to her.Qi Yu felt relaxed, and was chatting with Jiang Tianhao on his mobile phone while stuffing cake into his mouth.

The two of them were still discussing the latest plot of "Naruto", guessing the direction of the finale, Qi Yu was talking happily, put down the fork in his hand and typed with both hands, and someone sat down in the seat next to him.

She looked up and saw Qian Sanyi who looked exhausted, then lowered her head and continued typing.

Qian Sanyi didn't rush her, and stopped the passing waiter to ask for a clean glass, then turned the turntable on the table, picked up the juice and poured a glass.After gulping down the juice, he breathed a sigh of relief.

When Qiyu raised her head, she glanced at Qian Sanyi and smiled: "Why do you look listless?"

"Don't mention it." Qian Sanyi waved his hand: "I am the most tired every time I come to this kind of occasion." He said again: "Why are you here? When I saw you just now, I thought I had misjudged the person."

Qi Yu pointed to Ms. Zhao who was talking to the two elders of the Qian family in front: "I followed my grandma."

Qian Sanyi also looked over. The lady looked quite old, but she was well maintained. She was wearing a western-style shirt dress and a top hat. She was sitting in a dignified and elegant posture. Sincerely, this should be a friend that they value very much.

He turned his head: "Your grandma and my grandparents seem to have a good relationship."

"Maybe." Qi Yu shrugged: "I heard that your grandfather and my grandfather were colleagues before."

"I'll stay with you for a while." Qian Sanyi said, "There are too many people in front, so it's better to be quiet here."

"Whatever." Qi Yu said, she stretched out her phone and showed him, it was the interface of ins: "There is news that Justin Bieber will release an album in the second half of this year."

Qian Sanyi gave a "huh" and shook his head: "I like his songs very much, but he has been so good at composing in the past two years. I want to see what his album is about before deciding whether to buy it or not."

Qi Yu showed a teasing smile, before she could say anything, someone behind her suddenly spoke.

"Sanyi, what are you doing here?"

Qi Yu and Qian Sanyi turned their heads away, and Qian Yukun, who was holding a wine glass, looked at Qian Sanyi, turned his head to look at Qi Yu for a few times, and looked at his son ambiguously: "I said, what are you doing sitting here? Dad, go say hello to a few uncles, and your mother will say hello to you when she sees it later."

Qian Sanyi didn't respond, but Qiyu stood up awkwardly: "Hello, uncle, I'm Qian Sanyi's classmate, and I'm also the neighbor of Auntie and Qian Sanyi in the country garden. Today I'm here to celebrate Grandpa Qian's birthday on behalf of my mother." .”

It was Qian Yukun's idea to hold Mr. Qian's birthday this time. He is used to big occasions, so it was his decision to invite so many guests.He decided to invite Ms. Zhao and Liang Shu. Ms. Zhao was invited for the sake of the old man. Although the small office would not invite friends who are far away, the old man is probably very happy to invite friends and colleagues whom he has not seen for a long time. of.As for Liang Shu, it was Qian Yukun who invited him for selfish reasons.

As his business grew, he no longer limited his sights to Jiangzhou, and thought about expanding his business to Beijing.Qi Yu's father is the vice president of the National Bank, in charge of business dealings with major clients, and he is eager to establish a personal relationship with him to facilitate future capital turnover, but the sky is high and the emperor is far away. The nickname is "Maitreya Buddha", which describes him as smiling and easy to talk, but in fact he is very difficult to approach.Qian Yukun has been to Beijing several times in person, but he didn't make any connections.

Later, when he found out that Qi Qujiang's wife and daughter were all in Jiangzhou, he changed the direction of his attack. Being my son's neighbor in the country garden, I was even more surprised by this fate.

He sent an invitation to Liang Shu. Firstly, she is the beloved daughter of Mr. Liang, an old friend of his parents, and Ms. Zhao, and they can be regarded as family friends with their family; secondly, she is now the neighbor of Pei Yin and Qian Sanyi, which is also considered their Neighbors are also invited for a reason.

Liang Shu knew what he really wanted to pursue, but because of the relationship between Ms. Zhao and Pei Yin, the relationship between the two could not be strained, and it was difficult to say no directly, so he asked Qi Yu to go for him. Who would catch a high school student? Talk about business?

As soon as Qi Yu's voice fell, Qian Yukun held the wine glass and looked down at her, reacting for a long time.

"You are that...President Qi's daughter!" He suddenly realized that he pointed at Qi Yu, and put down the wine glass in his hand: "This teacher Liang didn't come today? Are you too busy? Oh, your parents are really busy Ah, it’s so hard to see them! But I didn’t expect you to come today. Are you friends with Sanyi? If you come alone, don’t leave after the banquet. Wait a minute, uncle, I Send you and Trinity back to the country garden."

Qian Sanyi frowned: "Dad," he called out, "my mother drove here, so you don't need to see it off."

Qian Yukun: "Hey, how long has it been since Dad saw you? Why don't you let Dad talk to you more? And this younger sister from Mr. Liang's family, you should take care of her. The relationship between our two families is so good. If homework If you have any questions, you can just ask Trinity.”

He said the last sentence while looking at Qi Yu with a smile.

Qi Yu could only nod with a smile, and Qian Sanyi snorted beside him: "He is the number one in the liberal arts class, why should I teach him?"

Qian Yukun was very surprised. He glanced at his son in embarrassment, then turned his head to Qi Yu and smiled again: "As expected of a girl from the Liang family, it's just that she's different..."

He wanted to say more, but Ms. Zhao came back behind him and called out unexpectedly: "Mr. Qian?"

Qian Yukun turned his head, seeing that it was Ms. Zhao, he was a little apprehensive.He was really afraid from the bottom of his heart for those elders whom his father had befriended, especially those who had taught in Fudan University. When he was in college, almost every professor knew his father, and he always looked like that when he saw him. Qian Yukun disliked him very much because he failed the family inheritance, as if he would never be recognized by his father and friends in his life.

So when he saw Ms. Zhao, he made a haha, exchanged some simple greetings, and Ms. Zhao said to him: "I plan to take Qi Yu to say hello to Mr. Qian, look..."

Qian Yukun reacted very quickly: "Ah, that's okay, that's okay, you go, haha, my dad should like this smart little girl very much, first in liberal arts? Haha!"

Ms. Zhao smiled, as if she didn't hear the embarrassment in his voice.Qian Yukun took a step back and made a "please" gesture to her. Ms. Zhao nodded to her and walked with her grandson in her arms.

Qian Sanyi didn't look at his father, and followed him: "I'll go back to grandpa." He walked up quickly, turned his head and introduced himself to Ms. Zhao: "Hi, my name is Qian Sanyi, and I'm Qiyu's friend."

Ms. Zhao had met him a long time ago, and said with a smile: "You are Qian Lao's grandson, you are so outstanding, we Yuyu and you play well, thank you for taking care of her."

Qian Sanyi turned his head: "No, I can't call it taking care of him." He smiled at Mr. Qian who turned his head and waved to his grandson, and walked to stand next to Mr. Qian.

Ms. Zhao also pushed Qi Yu, pushed her to the front, and said to the old man in the chair: "Mr. Qian, this is my grandson named Qi Yu."

Mr. Qian happily looked at Qi Yu and nodded, and the old lady next to him also smiled and said, "You and Liang Qingyao's genes, that's needless to say, I think this child looks like her grandfather, almost ten to ten .”

"Is this Liang Qingyao's grandson?" Some elderly people nearby were in an uproar, and they all looked over and sized Qi Yu up.There are also people who have met before the birthday banquet started, explaining in a low voice to the surprised people around them.Qi Yu also saw that Dean Li sitting next to Elder Qian, smiling kindly at her.

Mr. Qian sighed: "Son, your grandfather was very respected in Jiangzhou back then. He was a very talented young man. He was a few years younger than me, but his contributions were far beyond my reach." Everyone around objected , Mr. Qian ignored those voices, looked at Qi Yu with nostalgic eyes: "Seeing you today, I feel that time flies so fast. Your grandfather was about the same age as you when he came to Fudan to go to school. Now you and Sany are so old, We're all old and boned."

He and Ms. Zhao looked at each other, and both smiled and shook their heads.

Elder Qian pulled Qiyu and said a few more words, then he left her alone and let her play with Qian Sanyi, and they old people recalled the past together.

Qi Yu and Qian Sanyi sat at the empty table next to them, and seeing the words "colleagues" written on the rotating glass table, it was obvious that this table was full of scholars chatting there.

She glanced at Pei Yin, who was standing beside the main table with a docile face, and glanced at Qian Yukun, who was long-sleeved and good at dancing. For the first time, she felt the pain of Qian Sanyi.

Qi Yu said to Qian Sanyi: "Looking at the situation, I feel that Fudan is about to become your private school. It is full of professors who know you. If you go to Fudan, you will have a happy life."

Qian Sanyi shook his head: "That's why I don't want to stay in Jiangzhou."

Qi Yu froze for a moment, and suddenly thought that they had never talked about this topic before. Qian Sanyi must know her target school—although she suspected that the whole grade would soon know it, but Qi Yu really hadn't heard him talk about his inner plan.

She asked: "So you already have an idea?"

"Tsinghua University," Qian Sanyi said, "Department of Physics, Tsinghua University."

Qi Yu snorted, and didn't know how to respond. Fudan University is to Qian Sany, which is equivalent to Tsinghua University to Qi Yu—the existence of her own back garden, so she held back for a long time, and could only say: "Peking University It is quite close to Tsinghua University.”

Qian Sanyi turned to look at her with a smile in his eyes: "Well, I know."

Qi Yu had reason to suspect that he was making fun of her.