Chapter 48: The Women of the He Family

  After a simple acquaintance with these people, Feng Sizi thought about whether he should sit down and listen to everyone's conversation.

  In the Zhao family, he certainly has this privilege. Under Zhao Mingyuan's extreme care, Feng Sicheng can sit down and chat with guests at any time. However, in the He family, Feng Sicheng would not be so reckless. He knows that there are several males among the third generation of the He family, but none of them are here. Wouldn't it be a bit awkward if he appeared here?

  When Feng Si Zhe was in a bit of an awkward situation, He Sa Sa appeared in the hall. As soon as she saw Feng Si Zhe arrive, her face turned red with embarrassment, and then she called out: "Feng Si Zhe, why did you come so late? You came but didn't even look for me! Quick, come with me to the backyard to meet my grandmother, mother, aunts, older brother, younger brothers, and sisters. Honestly, what's there to talk about with these old-fashioned people?"

  He Shasha said this, and suddenly brought a burst of laughter from the crowd. At the same time, it also helped to relieve Feng Sicheng's embarrassment. He felt that He Shasha had deliberately come to his rescue, and he couldn't help but have an even deeper understanding of the girl's cleverness.

  In the He family, He ShaSha was also considered a special case, perhaps because she was too meticulous and patient. Anyway, she was very much liked by He ChuanJue. Even when He ChuanJue was in a bad mood, only He ShaSha could change his mood. Over time, everyone acknowledged this fact, and He ShaSha rarely went home to live with her mother who worked in the capital, instead coming to her grandfather's place after school to carefully take care of him. In return for her dedication, Old He also gave corresponding rewards, that is, as long as it was not a big deal, he would indulge He ShaSha as much as possible, just as a kind of reward.

  This way, sometimes He Sha speaks a bit bluntly, of course, this is also depending on the occasion, in fact she knows what's important and what's not. Like now, seeing Feng Si Zhe standing there somewhat awkwardly, she hurriedly jumps out to mediate, joking that if her own man can't take care of himself, then what's the point? Actually, from the moment Zhao Ming Yuan's car entered the villa gates earlier, she had already taken notice, which is why she was able to make such a timely rescue.

  Feng Sicheng turned around and smiled at the crowd, then heard his grandfather say, "Alright, you young people should go talk to each other, no need to accompany us old antiques, haha." Zhao Mingyuan's mood was also good, he quoted He Sasha's words from earlier.

  Having received the reply from his grandfather, Feng Sicheng followed He Shasha to the backyard of the villa. As soon as they entered the backyard, they heard a burst of cheerful singing and laughter. It turned out that all the women in the He family were here. Compared with men, when women get together, they are not so serious, everyone is laughing and talking about exciting topics related to the Spring Festival.

  The highest status among the women in He's family, and also the oldest, is He Xiangning's wife, He Shasha's grandmother, who has grown old. She was born in 1930, sixteen years younger than He Xiangning. At that time, she was a student at Kyoto University when she met He Lao. One was a heroic young girl who admired heroes, and the other was a hero who liked lively and active girls, so they came together and became one. Because He Lao and Yu Lao were considered to be somewhat avant-garde in their free love, their marriage was highly respected by everyone. Now, 60-year-old Yu Lao has retired from her position as Director of the People's Bank Office, and she has put all her energy into this He family.

  This is the first year of her retirement, and it's rare to be able to completely relax and have a good year. She was also very happy to see that the children and grandchildren of the He family had all grown up and were doing well, and her mood was especially good.

  He Chuanwen's wife died of illness in her early years, so Yu Lao became the only woman in the first generation of He family, and naturally her status was also rising, and she had a lot of weight in speaking among women.

  Now, a group of second-generation women from the He family are chatting and laughing with Old Yu, who is also very cooperative, hanging a smile on his face. When they talk about something happy, she will also laugh out loud.

  Under this atmosphere, Feng Si Zhe accompanied He Sa Sa into the house. As soon as they saw He Sa Sa bring in a young man, everyone's eyes turned to them, and of course, at this moment, everyone was also heart-to-heart, and it was clear that this man was under He Sa Sa's accompaniment.

  Feng Si Zhe, who had seen all sorts of women in his previous life - elegant, beautiful, proud, charming, cold, powerful, pure and even those from the red dust world - but he had never met a house full of elderly women like today, and for the first time, he was at a loss for words.

  Some things have to be experienced, and with a hard head, Feng Si Zhe bowed to Yu Lao and said, "Happy New Year, Grandma Yu, wishing you good health, success in everything, and a long life of happiness."

  After finishing, Feng Si Zhe rushed to the surrounding He Sa's mother and aunts and bowed, "Hello, Aunties, Happy New Year, wishing you all the best in your careers, getting younger and more youthful every year, forever young, this year twenty, next year eighteen."

  "Haha, haha." As soon as Feng Siche said this, everyone in the room burst out laughing, even He Sa was covering her mouth and giggling. She thought to herself that Feng Siche was quite humorous, he also knew that women were actually very concerned about their appearance, and his joke about being twenty this year and eighteen next year really hit the spot.

  She was very happy, she had heard her husband mention Feng Siche before, but he had been away in the southern city for research and hadn't been in Beijing. This time during the New Year's holiday, she finally had the chance to see the legendary Feng Siche. She looked up and saw that this young man was handsome and tall, spoke politely, and was also courteous, which made her happy too.

  Feng Si Zhe looked at the women in the house, each with a joyful smile on their face, and his heart relaxed. When dealing with women, you have to do it this way, think of ways to get along with them, completely unlike dealing with those middle-aged men, where every word has to be carefully considered, that's really tiring.

  Feng Siche's opening remarks were not bad, and he got the recognition votes from these middle-aged and elderly women, especially He Sa's mother Li Qiujun looked at him with a gaze that made people feel like they had a mother-in-law who liked her son-in-law more and more.

  I had heard my father and younger aunt He Lijuan mention this Feng Sicheng before. She had also seriously read the three articles he wrote, feeling that he was indeed a young man who stood out from the crowd. With the halo of having dual master's degrees from Cambridge University shining on him, it can be said that even without meeting him in person, I already had an extremely good impression of Feng Sicheng.

  Today, she finally saw him in person, young and handsome, humble and polite, which made Li Qiujun like him even more. Especially when she saw the way her daughter looked at Feng Sicheng, she was even more certain that this was her daughter's choice.

  "Ah, Si Zhe, right? I'm Sasha's mother. From now on, I'll just call you Xiao Zhe directly, don't mind, do you?" Li Qiujun asked with a loving gaze at Feng Sizhe.

  As soon as Feng Siche entered the house, he felt that Li Qiujun and He Sasha looked very similar. Now that she had admitted it herself, he knew that this was his future mother-in-law. Looking at her loving gaze, Feng Siche also said with slight excitement, "Auntie, what are you talking about? It's no problem to call me like that, my elders at home also call me that."

  Before meeting Li Qiujun, Feng Sicheng still had a hint of worry. He knew that his future mother-in-law was the director of the Second Inspection Department of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in the 1990s. As someone who had worked at the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection for many years, her gaze was very sharp and even awe-inspiring without being angry. Before coming, he had imagined all sorts of things, but today, after seeing Li Qiujun, he realized that people from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection also have their own lives. They cannot bring the kind of gaze and attitude they have at work into their daily lives; if they did, wouldn't that be too tiring?

  Listening to Feng Siche compare himself to an elder in his family, Li Qiujun was delighted and nodded. "Yes, come on, little Zhe, let me introduce you to your elders in this house. This is Sasha's grandmother Yu Lao, this is Sasha's aunt He Lijin who works at the Ministry of Finance, this is He Shengzheng's partner Yang Dama, a role model for us all in taking care of her family, and this is your aunt He Shengkuang's partner Wen Fengqin, now working at the Ministry of Culture. From now on, we're all one big family, so when you have time, take a walk around and get to know everyone. We'll all help each other out as much as we can."

  What a Li Qiujian, not only introducing several people to Feng Sicheng, but also indirectly telling him everyone's duties, just like He Shengzheng's lover Yang Danni, because she had no job and was idle at home, but others used the same example of a virtuous wife and mother to illustrate, this is enough to prove that Li Qiujian considers all aspects when speaking and acting. As expected from someone who came from the Discipline Inspection Commission, every word he says makes it impossible for others to find any fault.

  Feng Siche followed Li Qiujian's introduction and greeted everyone in order. The first three were easy to deal with, especially Old Yu, who kept nodding at Feng Siche, clearly very satisfied with this son-in-law. Until the last introduction of Wen Shu, who worked at the Ministry of Culture, she looked up and down at Feng Siche before saying: "Wow, I really can't tell, you're so young yet able to publish such shocking articles that shook the high levels, didn't you plagiarize those?"