usatvline Chapter 653: Zhang Family Compound
Chapter 653: Zhang Family Compound
Su Wenzhen, Su Yongning, and Cui Ju followed behind and entered the Si family's old house like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden.
To be honest, they had seen such houses before, but that was at tourist attractions or in TV dramas. They had never seen one before. They wondered if anyone around them lived in such a house. Several people were walking in.
Su Yongning noticed the sign next to the house with his sharp eyes.
"Brother, sister-in-law, look!"
Su Wenzhen and Cui Ju looked in the direction Su Yongning pointed.
On a gray stone tablet, it was clearly written: Cheng Family Old House, a key cultural relic protection unit in Dongjiang Province.
Su Wenzheng didn't react: "This place is old at first glance. It's a cultural relic protection site, which is normal!"
Su Yongning patted him on the shoulder and said, "Oh, brother, you didn't see the point. This courtyard is called the Cheng Family Old House, not the Si Family Old House. Isn't the girlfriend Su Yang is looking for surnamed Si, Si Yao?"
Cui Ju raised her eyebrows: "In other words, this house does not belong to Si Yao's family!"
Su Wenzhen breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's what I said. How could such a little girl live in such an expensive house?"
Su Yongning sneered: "He really cares about the head but not the butt. Didn't Su Laoer lose face in front of us all these years? Now Su Yang wants to help him make up for it. How low-class!"
"I told you, brother and sister-in-law, they are just old cotton sewn into new cotton-padded jackets, donkey dung eggs, shiny on the surface!"
"How long have we been rich? Who doesn't have a family with millions?"
"It's ridiculous for something like this to try to fool us!"
Cui Ju and Su Wen Zheng also immediately became confident. The house was rented, the car outside was rented, and the people were hired. They made themselves look like successful people, but in fact, everyone knew who else.
Didn’t Su Yang just make some money from the relocation of Shengli Community?
You are really a spendthrift just because you have money. You just earn a little money and you dare to spend it like this?
If I remember correctly, isn't Su Yang still in college now? With such extravagance and waste, the Shengli Rice Mill will go bankrupt sooner or later even if it is in Su Yang's hands!
A few people felt confident and immediately held their heads high and strode inside.
Two long tables have been set up in the courtyard of the Si family's old house, and the tables outside are for entertaining Si family relatives.
Further in, there is another round table, which is used by Si Xuezhong to entertain Su Yang, Si Yao, Su Zhiqiang and Ren Yufen.
Su Yang walked into the yard. Si Yao took his hand, slowed down his pace, and waited for Su Zhiqiang and Ren Yufen for a while.
It was also the first time for the old couple to see such a grand ceremony and such a classical courtyard. Although it could not be called luxurious, it always had an indescribable elegance.
Su Zhiqiang lowered his voice: "Look at you, what kind of request do you have? You have to eat in someone's courtyard. It's better to go to a restaurant. It's so troublesome!"
Ren Yufen retorted to him twice.
"How would I know it was such a yard!"
"I thought it was the big courtyard we lived in in the village a few years ago. It was spacious, with a pigpen on the east side, a chicken coop on the west side, and a warehouse and a corn shed. How could I know that this small courtyard is actually a quadrangle courtyard!"
"Oh my God, the one who can live here must have been a prince in the past!"
The two were muttering to each other. Si Xuezhong, who had been sitting in the main seat, stood up immediately when he saw Su Yang and Si Yao walk in.
When he stood up, four or five people behind him also stood up and followed Si Xuezhong towards Su Yang, Si Yao, Su Zhiqiang and Ren Yufen.
Si Xuezhong stretched out his hand skillfully and shook hands with Su Zhiqiang firmly.
"Thank you for your hard work, dear relative. I am a few years older than you, so I will just call you my brother!"
Su Zhiqiang looked at Si Xuezhong and felt a little ashamed. They were both businessmen, but he had been working hard to run the rice mill over the years. Although he had some momentum, he seemed a little restrained in front of Si Xuezhong.
On the other hand, money can support people and also give them courage. The confidence and casualness exuded by Si Xuezhong are obviously superior to those of Su Zhiqiang.
Ren Yufen quickly pushed Su Zhiqiang aside and shook hands with Si Xuezhong.
"Oh, dear in-laws, I'm so sorry. I thought this was just a small courtyard. I even bought some vegetables specially, thinking that since this is our first meeting, we should just eat a bite."
"When we got outside, we realized that this was not just a small courtyard, but a palace!"
"If we had known this, we might as well have eaten at the restaurant."
Si Xuezhong smiled slightly: "Sister-in-law, don't be polite. Let's eat in the yard today, and we will move to the restaurant for the engagement banquet tomorrow!"
"Today I only invited a few of my Si family's relatives, not too many people."
"But we'll eat in the back in a bit, no need to be so reserved!"
"I am very satisfied with Su Yang. Let's just sit down and have a meal as a formality. You don't have to worry too much!"
Ren Yufen breathed a sigh of relief. When she just came in, she was thinking, the Si family is very wealthy, and her son looks so ugly, why would anyone look down on him?
Shengli Rice Mill had to pay 80 million yuan in compensation when it was relocated, but people can spend tens of millions on a house, so their 80 million yuan is a joke.
Su Yang next to him was quite dissatisfied. What did he mean by being very satisfied with him and telling his parents not to worry.
If Si Xuezhong hadn't interfered, he and Si Yao would have had two children!
This time he acted like a good guy.
Of course, I could only complain in my heart. If I said it in front of Su Zhiqiang and Ren Yufen, I would definitely get a beating.
As they were talking, Su Yongning, Su Wenzhen and Cui Ju, who were walking and stopping behind them, finally caught up with them.
Si Xuezhong looked at several people and glanced at Su Yang slightly.
Su Yang just looked at him, and Si Xuezhong understood that these must be the difficult relatives that Su Yang mentioned.
But now that we are here, in Si Xuezhong's territory, there will be no difficult relatives to deal with.
He is over fifty years old, and it is easy for him to deal with these rotten garlics.
"Who are these?"
Si Xuezhong pretended to be surprised.
Su Zhiqiang snorted coldly, while Ren Yufen beside him remained silent.
Su Yang cleared his throat and said, "Director Si, I have to introduce these two people to you. One is my uncle and the other is my aunt. The other one is also a real relative of our family, my third uncle!"
Si Xuezhong laughed and quickly extended his hand enthusiastically.
“It turns out they are all one of us!”
"Come on, come on, let's sit in the back, sit in the back!"
Su Yongning smiled and said, "Okay, your family is pretty good. We have looked inside and out and are quite satisfied. Let's sit down and eat first!"
Su Wenzheng at the back also nodded: "Yes, yes, it's quite grand."
"I just don't know. It's written outside as a cultural relic protection unit, called the Cheng Family Courtyard."
"Why, did your Si family change their surname?"
Cui Ju also looked at Si Xuezhong with a smile: "That's right, shouldn't this place be called the Si Family Courtyard?"