As Huo Jinyu rushed over, Jiang Qingzhou was smiling at the four generations of the Huo family.
His face almost froze from laughing.
In the book, it was briefly mentioned that the Huo family was a large family with a huge population. When he was getting along with Huo Jinyu, he occasionally heard from Huo Jinyu that there were many people in the family, especially the younger generation.
When I saw them today, there were more than just a lot of them, there were so many that I couldn't recognize them all.
Brother Huo Jinyu brought him to a living room with carved beams and painted rafters, which was particularly gorgeous and magnificent. It looked like the kind of central hall used to receive guests in ancient times.
There is only one living room, which is three stories high and spacious.
When he and Huo Jinyu's eldest brother arrived, the family doctor was already waiting there. In addition to the family doctor, there were also Mrs. Huo, Huo Jinyu's other two brothers and sisters, and their spouses.
Jiang Qingzhou politely called out, "Hello, Auntie."
Madam Huo beckoned Jiang Qingzhou to sit next to her. Jiang Qingzhou sat over and she said softly, "Good boy, I'm sorry for putting you through this today."
"His father has locked him up in the ancestral hall to reflect on his actions, and he won't be able to get out before the end of the year."
"This is your first visit, and I don't know what you like or don't like. Use this card to buy something you like. Don't refuse it."
"A gift from an elder should not be refused."
Old Madam Huo knew that Jiang Qingzhou would not accept it, so she added one more sentence at the end, which directly made Jiang Qingzhou's words "I can't have it" stuck in his throat, without any chance to spit it out.
"Thank you, aunt." Jiang Qingzhou accepted it obediently.
With Madam Huo as the "guiding light" taking the lead, her three sons and two daughters, as well as their spouses, followed the example of their own mothers (mother-in-law and mother-in-law), and each took out gifts from their pockets, all of which were cards.
Jiang Qingzhou happily received dozens of cards.
This was just the beginning. Within the next half hour, while the family doctor was applying medicine to his wrists, some of the nephews and nieces of the Huo family who were younger than Huo Jinyu in seniority, but actually looked much older than Huo Jinyu.
Those who were married went together as a couple, and those who were not married went together individually, from the oldest to the youngest. Every time eldest brother Huo Jinyu introduced a member of the Huo family to him, he would greet them politely with a smile, as if he was recognizing each face.
According to what elder brother Huo Jinyu said, this was the first time that the younger brother (Jinyu) brought a classmate home, and the family was so happy that they all wanted to come over to meet him.
The explanation is reasonable and there is absolutely nothing to fault with it.
There's nothing wrong with it... It's weird!
Just shout and you will get a card.
Jiang Qingzhou felt extremely uncomfortable as he looked at the increasing number of cards in his hand.
He had to accept them, because these cards were "thank you gifts" from their uncle (Huo Jinyu) to apologize to him, thanking him for his magnanimity and for not holding a grudge against his uncle's rudeness... and so on.
Sudden-
Jiang Qingzhou suddenly saw a familiar face among the many unfamiliar faces. He stood up in a second and called out respectfully: "Hello, Professor Xu!"
Xu Zhiqing's stern face showed a gentle smile: "In the Huo family, you can call me Xiao Xu."
Jiang Qingzhou: “…” The generations are so confusing.
Huo Zhengjun followed up by saying, "Xiao Jiang, Xiao Xu is my second son-in-law. You followed Jin Yu in calling me elder brother, so in terms of seniority, you should call him Xiao Xu."
Jiang Qingzhou: “…” That’s right, it’s right, but the problem is that I really can’t say it out loud.
He is just Huo Jinyu's classmate, not Huo Jinyu himself. Why do all of Huo Jinyu's brothers, sisters, nephews and nieces come one by one to give him a greeting gift
Everyone looked at him with excessive enthusiasm.
"You can call me whatever you want, Xiao Jiang. We in the Huo family don't have so many rules."
Mrs. Huo's words eased Jiang Qingzhou's embarrassment. Huo Zhengjun continued to introduce the members of the Huo family, introducing the sons and nephews, and later the grandchildren.
Jiang Qingzhou's expression became more and more subtle. In the Huo family, Huo Jinyu was truly a grandfather, and his seniority was really frighteningly high.
After he called out this number, there were four generations of the Huo family living together, and the number was almost over three digits.
In fact, if we really want to count the population of the Huo family, then there should be five generations living together. However, the fifth generation are all little kids under ten years old. At this point, they are all taking afternoon naps in their respective rooms and have not come out.
After recognizing almost everyone's face, Huo Zhengjun waved his hand. The younger generations below were very self-conscious. They found excuses of one kind or another, and then dispersed in unison.
Jiang Qingzhou: “…” It seemed like they really just came here to get to know each other.
We met, but the person left.
In a blink of an eye, only Mrs. Huo and Huo Jinyu's brothers, sisters-in-law, and brothers-in-law were left in the living room.
The family doctor also bandaged his wrist, not only wrapping it with a medical bandage, but also warned him not to lift anything heavy with his hands or do any heavy work for the next two days.
Jiang Qingzhou stared at his wrist carefully again and again, as if he was not sure about something. He gently moved his wrist joint and confirmed again and again that there was nothing wrong with his wrist, it was just a very normal blue and red patch.
So, why did the Huo family's family doctor bandage his hand to look like a serious fracture...
Can't understand.
Just as Jiang Qingzhou was staring at his wrist and began to doubt his life, a figure blew up outside the living room like a gust of wind.
Suddenly, Jiang Qingzhou felt a flash before his eyes, as if something extra appeared. When he looked closely, he found that it was a person.
... Huo Jinyu
Jiang Qingzhou was surprised: "How did you get out?" Just as he was said to be detained until the end of the year, Huo Jinyu came out of the Huo Family Ancestral Hall.
Could it be that he sneaked out from some underground secret passage
Old Madam Huo, as well as several of the Huo family's brothers, sisters-in-law, sisters and brothers-in-law, their facial expressions were obviously more surprised than Jiang Qingzhou's. Almost all of them followed Jiang Qingzhou's words and rushed to speak.
"Brother, you didn't escape from Prison Break, did you?"
"You should hurry back before Dad receives the news. Otherwise, you will have to spend the New Year alone in the ancestral hall."
"Hurry! Go back and lock yourself up. Mom and the rest of us will definitely turn a blind eye and pretend not to see anything."
"Yeah, yeah... bro, we didn't see anything."
"I'll bring the computer to you tonight after dad falls asleep. Be good and listen..."
"—I walked out of the ancestral hall in broad daylight."
Huo Jinyu turned around and yelled, but he was only paying attention to what was ahead and was hit on the back of his head again. The slap was not heavy, and it was from Old Madam Huo.
"Why can't you just talk it out calmly? He's your brother. It's not like you keep calling him 'old man' all the time."
"Look at Xiao Jiang, he never swears."
The Huo family members all nodded in agreement.
Xiao Jiang is a good kid who is full of bookishness. He is good-looking, sensible and well-behaved.
Huo Jinyu glanced around, the end of her eyebrows suddenly raised, she called out "Mom" in a dragging tone, and then threw the blame without any psychological burden, and said slowly: "Dad is always calling me old, I learned it from him."
Madam Huo: “…” This old man, the top beam is not straight and the bottom beam is crooked.
Jiang Qingzhou: “…” He was very good at putting the blame on someone else. It seemed that Mr. Huo must have taken the blame for Huo Jinyu many times in the past.
Huo’s brother, sister-in-law, sister, and brother-in-law: “…” It seems that if you think about it carefully, it is true that your biological father (father-in-law, father-in-law) sometimes always calls you “old man”.
"They say parents are role models for their children. I also want to learn well, but it's my dad who didn't set a good example."
Huo Jinyu curled his lips and his tone sounded quite aggrieved at first, but the words that came out of his mouth were like a spinning blade, which dealt a clean and neat blow to his father in the blink of an eye.
In the past, he might not have bothered to explain these things, but now... he must maintain his gentlemanly image.
Swearing all the time will lower his style.
Walking slowly towards here, Mr. Huo had no idea that his own son had already put two black pots on his head.
"It's true that your father didn't set a good example for you." As soon as Mrs. Huo said this, she put the two black pots on Mr. Huo's head tightly and did not move at all.
Jiang Qingzhou glanced at all the members of the Huo family present, and he seemed to have figured out why Huo Jinyu had grown into the current look.
In the Huo family, Huo Jinyu is loved by her parents above her and spoiled by her brothers and sisters below her. She is definitely the little darling that everyone loves.
Uh… wait, styling
Jiang Qingzhou looked at Huo Jinyu's hair that looked like a bird's nest. Was this... another new hairstyle that he asked the stylist to give him
A perfect, eye-catching bag that will rock the streets.
Most of his attention was on the new shape on Huo Jinyu's head, and a small part was on Huo Jinyu's seemingly somewhat listless expression.
… What happened? Why is he still looking so downcast after being released
Huo Jinyu seemed to be... looking at his hand? To be more precise, she was staring at his wrist.
One hand was stretched out in the air, as if wanting to touch but not daring to. In the end, he only dared to lightly touch the edge of the bandage with the tip of his finger and asked him a vague question in a low voice.
"Does it still hurt?"
Huo Jinyu no longer had the confidence he had just now to put the blame on his biological father. When he spoke, his tone was very light and his voice was very weak.
All his mind and concentration were focused on Jiang Qingzhou's wrist at this moment. The slender wrist looked boneless, as if it would break with a slight bend. There was no bandage wrapped around it, and the skin was white and smooth like a piece of excellent white jade, sparkling with a natural luster.
Thinking back to what happened in the ancestral hall just now, he only took a quick glance and only saw the red and blue marks on Jiang Qingzhou's wrist, which were particularly eye-catching.
Now that he was looking at it up close, the wound was wrapped in a bandage and he couldn't see it.
Suddenly, Huo Jinyu remembered that he had pulled Jiang Qingzhou out of the library. Jiang Qingzhou seemed to have said that his hand hurt, but at that time his anger had burned out his reason, and he never thought that his strength would cause harm to Jiang Qingzhou.
And the time before that, he was also angry and failed to control his strength, and ended up pushing Jiang Qingzhou against the wall, leaving a large scratch on his back.
Huo Jinyu scratched his hair again in annoyance, making his already bird-nest-like hair even more horrible.
Jiang Qingzhou blinked. He had spent a long time trying to create Huo Jinyu's new hairstyle. He stared at his hand and asked him if it still hurt. Was this reaction... self-blame
"It's okay. I don't feel anything at all." Jiang Qingzhou moved his wrist to show Huo Jinyu, "It has nothing to do with you. It's my own fault."
This is his physique. The capillary walls of his skin are relatively weak. It really has nothing to do with Huo Jinyu. Just a small bump or bruise will leave a very obvious mark on his body.
"There won't be a next time."
"Hmm?" Jiang Qingzhou glanced strangely at Huo Jinyu, who looked serious as if he was making a solemn promise. He hesitated for two seconds and nodded, "I believe you."
Hearing Jiang Qingzhou say that he believed him, Huo Jinyu laughed for a second ~ His mother and his brothers, sisters-in-law, and brothers-in-law were too embarrassed to look at him. They turned their backs to Huo Jinyu, exchanged glances with each other, and nodded at the same time.
It seems that I have finally come to my senses. This is a good development.
As the sun was about to set, Jiang Qingzhou had a dinner at the Huo family that could be described as a royal banquet, which could be said to be an unforgettable experience.
After dinner, Huo Jinyu took it upon himself to send him home, and even after sending him home, he did not leave, using the excuse that -
"Your hands are not convenient today, I will stay and take care of you."
"My hand is fine, I can take care of myself." Jiang Qingzhou rejected Huo Jinyu's request to stay overnight, not really wanting to repeat the embarrassing experience of sleeping in the same bed that day.
Of course, you can't say that. You still need to have a decent excuse to refuse.
"If you stay, you don't know who will take care of whom." The young masters of wealthy families who have never done housework have always been the ones to be taken care of, so they should just listen to Huo Jinyu's care out of politeness.
If you take it seriously, you will lose.
"No, I can learn."
Huo Jinyu walked into the room and sat down on the sofa without any intention of leaving. Jiang Qingzhou looked back and there was no trace of Hai Shengjun.
It slips away so fast.
"You can stay, but we can sleep on each side at night, and you are not allowed to sleep with me in your arms."
There was a loud bang.
Jiang Qingzhou and Huo Jinyu turned their heads to look in the direction of the voice at the same time. Jiang Yuehong looked at a loss and shocked: "I, I, I... I didn't mean to eavesdrop, I, I..."
Huo Jinyu raised her eyebrows but said nothing. Jiang Qingzhou recalled the very imaginative words he had just blurted out, and his face inevitably turned red.
I quickly explained, "Sister Yuehong, you misunderstood. Huo Jinyu is used to hugging a pillow when he sleeps, and I don't have a pillow, so he uses me as a pillow and hugs me to sleep."
“…Ah…” Jiang Yuehong was stunned for a while. It turned out that she had misunderstood.
Zhou Zhou was just used as a pillow and was held while sleeping. It was not what she thought.
Her wildly beating heart gradually settled down. Jiang Yuehong quickly picked up the fruits that had fallen to the ground, washed them in the kitchen, and then brought a plate of freshly washed fruits to the living room.
When she came out, she just saw Huo Jinyu bringing a very nice wooden box to Zhou Zhou.
"Your things are put away."
Jiang Qingzhou looked at the rosewood box that was stuffed into his hand, and stuffed it back into Huo Jinyu's hand like a hot potato: "I can't have these, you go back next week to return them to them for me."
"I've given it to you. It's yours." Huo Jinyu stuffed the wooden box back into his pocket. "It's not a valuable item. If you take it back, they will laugh at you to death."
"How can it not be valuable..." Jiang Qingzhou couldn't help but raise his voice, "The card is full of money. I can't accept any gift without merit. I can't accept any of this money or card."
Huo Jinyu shrugged and spread his hands, meaning that he couldn't help either: "Why don't you come home with me next week and give it back to them yourself."
"No." Jiang Qingzhou shook his head without thinking. Huo Jinyu's family was too enthusiastic towards him. He had only stayed for one afternoon, but he was already feeling uneasy.
and…
"I'll go and return it, but they definitely won't want it." Otherwise, I won't be able to return the cards and end up with an extra box of cards.
For some reason, Jiang Qingzhou had an inexplicable strange intuition. He felt that if he really followed Huo Jinyu back to the Huo family compound next week, Huo Jinyu's brothers, sisters-in-law, and brothers-in-law would definitely send him things.
"You know they won't take it, so why are you still worrying about it?" Huo Jinyu put his hands behind his head and leaned lazily on the sofa. "Last time, didn't I hear you say you wanted to expand the supermarket business model? You don't have ready-made working capital."
Jiang Qingzhou rolled his eyes and suppressed the urge to punch Huo Jinyu. He said hot-headedly, "If you don't help me pay it back, I will donate all the money in these cards tomorrow as a good deed."
Huo Jinyu just hummed: "As long as you are happy, it's fine."
Jiang Qingzhou: “…” What’s with Huo Jinyu’s tone of voice, as if he were coaxing a child—ah!
Crazy.
Huo Jinyu paused, and suddenly his eyes showed a thoughtful look, muttering: "Do good deeds!"
It sounds pretty good. It's worthy of being the cat and rabbit he has chosen. Its heart is kinder than that of Bodhisattva.
The young master, who had never done any good deeds, said that he also wanted to do such a good deed.
"Which charity do you plan to donate to? I'll donate some with you."
Jiang Qingzhou didn't expect that he was just speaking casually on impulse, but Huo Jinyu took it seriously and even wanted to follow him in donating money. From what he said, it seemed that he still wanted to do good deeds and accumulate virtue.
Jiang Qingzhou opened his mouth to reply that he just said it casually and didn't really mean to donate to charity, but he swallowed the words back because he remembered the end of Huo Jinyu in the book. If...
Doing good deeds can accumulate merits, and merits can offset disasters, sufferings, karma, and all negative karmic retributions.
Thinking about this, Jiang Qingzhou also seriously considered the feasibility of donating money to charity. If he did charity...
He said: "Why should I donate to charity? Can't I donate to poor mountainous areas? There are many children in the mountains who don't have enough food or warm clothes."
Jiang Qingzhou is not optimistic about charities. If he really wants to do charity, he will first consider donating to poor mountainous areas.
Huo Jinyu didn't care where to donate: "You can donate wherever you want. I'll give you an additional 100 million. Is that enough?"
Jiang Qingzhou: “???” An additional 100 million, is that enough
Jiang Yuehong: “???” She rubbed her ears silently, trying to see if she had heard it wrong.
Jiang Qingzhou subconsciously sat a little closer to Huo Jinyu: "Are you really going to donate... 100 million?"
Huo Jinyu was secretly happy. He straightened his back and sat up straight. He stretched out his hand, plucked a grape from the fruit plate on the coffee table and put it in his mouth: "Of course, how can I be left out of doing good deeds and accumulating virtue? It just so happens that I won 100 million last month, and it's just right to use it for charity."
"Tsk~ If I hadn't been busy looking for that bastard Tong Jiuchen to fight that day, I would have definitely won another 100 million."
Always remember! No more swearing or using foul language, Huo Jinyu kept reminding himself in his heart.
Jiang Qingzhou rolled his eyes at Huo Jinyu and chuckled.
What does it mean? You can figure it out for yourself.
But he didn't even think about how intelligent Huo Jinyu was or what his train of thought was. He rolled his eyes, but in Huo Jinyu's eyes, it was not just a roll of eyes. It was clearly the person I liked who was winking at me.
The graduates of "Higher Outrageous University" are so outstanding and have perfect comprehension ability.
Huo Jinyu happily picked another grape and put it in his mouth. When he mentioned that bastard Tong Jiuchen, he became more talkative.
"It's been a month now. I don't know if the boy's face has been fixed or when he can crawl back from South Korea."
Jiang Qingzhou lowered his eyes and sighed secretly, straightened his glasses that were a little crooked on his nose, and advised softly: "That incident has passed, can you please not go looking for him. If your father finds out that you are fighting with others again, you will definitely be locked up in the small dark room again."
"No... I'll listen to you." Huo Jinyu changed his words in time, his peach blossom eyes raised, and he was very easy to talk to. "But the premise is that the kid crawls back from South Korea and behaves himself. If he dares to do it again - I can't kill him!"
A gloomy look flashed across Huo Jinyu's eyes.
His people! If that bastard Tong Jiuchen dares to talk nonsense again, I will chop off his dog paws.
"Don't talk about that kid anymore. Let's talk about something that interests you. Didn't you just say that you wanted to donate money to poor mountainous areas? Which poor mountainous area are you going to donate to? I'll ask Uncle Zhang to transfer the money directly."
It was obviously you who kept saying okay. Jiang Qingzhou pursed his lips, nodded, then shook his head. In the face of Huo Jinyu's puzzled gaze, he explained.
"When I say donate money, I don't mean donate money. I mean donate goods, materials, such as food and clothing."
"In poor mountainous areas, transportation is not well developed, so many children there are left behind. Most of them cannot even afford three meals a day, the most basic guarantee."
Huo Jinyu found it incredible and didn't even have the interest to pick grapes: "What are left-behind children? There are still people who don't have enough food to eat."
Jiang Qingzhou was not at all curious about why Huo Jinyu would ask this question. The eldest young master had been the young master of the Huo family since birth and grew up in a wealthy family. He definitely did not know the sufferings of the world.
"Left-behind children are children whose parents, or one of them, is not at home because they need to go to big cities to work and earn money so that their children can have enough food to eat."
As Jiang Qingzhou explained, he took out his cell phone and searched for some videos about left-behind children and poor mountain villages for Huo Jinyu to watch.
Only when you see it with your own eyes can you understand that there are still many poor people in this world who cannot get enough food.
While Huo Jinyu was watching the video, Jiang Yuehong pulled Jiang Qingzhou and asked in a low voice: "Zhou Zhou, do you... do you really want to donate to the poor mountainous areas?"
Jiang Qingzhou did not answer, but just opened the wooden box in his hand. Jiang Yuehong suddenly widened her eyes and covered her mouth, taking a deep breath through her nose.
So many... so many bank cards.
Jiang Qingzhou flicked the card inside with his hand, his tone full of helplessness: "These cards were given by Huo Jinyu's family today, one for each person."
“Oh my god!!”
Jiang Yuehongmu stared blankly at the cards in the wooden box, his mind not thinking.
One per person, how many families would it take to fill a box