Dinner was scrumptious.
There was Jiang Chen's favorite braised pork with potatoes, shredded beef with green peppers, and the tender and juicy steamed carp.
When he tasted the familiar taste again, he wolfed down the food and almost swallowed his tongue. He ate three big bowls of rice in a row before he finally stopped eating with a loud cry.
Ayesha, who was sitting on the side, secretly memorized Jiang Chen's favorite dishes. She made up her mind to learn from Aunty Mei and cook for him every day.
Speaking of Ayesha, she almost replaced Jiang Chen's position and became the main character at the dinner table.
When they discovered that the brown-haired, blue-eyed foreign girl not only spoke fluent Han, but also had a gentle personality, the two elders warmly greeted her. Especially Li Xuemei, she kept signaling Jiang Chen with her eyes, telling him to be more friendly to the girl.
As a woman, she was keenly aware that the relationship between the two was not ordinary. At least this foreign beauty had a good impression of Jiang Chen.
Before he came back, Jiang Chen's worries were completely unnecessary. Li Xuemei, who hadn't even seen foreigners before, how could she tell Ayesha's age? She just felt that the girl was very fair and looked quite petite. Maybe all foreigners looked like this?
All in all, she was very satisfied with Ayesha, who was expected to become her daughter-in-law.
However, Jiang Jianguo didn't have high hopes for a foreign daughter-in-law. He still wanted to hold his grandson and show off in front of his chess friends. If his son married a foreign daughter-in-law, what would happen if the bride's family took away the grandson? Across the Pacific Ocean, wouldn't it be difficult to see his grandson?
He had never been out of the country, nor did he go online. Naturally, he didn't know that there was no custom of the elderly taking care of their grandchildren in foreign countries.
After dinner, Li Xuemei almost finished explaining Jiang Chen's childhood scandal before she walked to the kitchen. Ayesha, who had already read books on Han customs, obediently followed her into the kitchen to wash the dishes.
This action undoubtedly scored high in the hearts of the two elders. Even Jiang Jianguo, who was somewhat reluctant before, felt some satisfaction in his heart.
The two women already went into the kitchen, and the two men sat on the sofa in the living room, watching TV while bragging.
After a few sentences, Jiang Jianguo suddenly put on a serious face and looked at Jiang Chen.
"Chen 'er, tell me the truth. When do you plan to get married?"
"Marriage? It's still early, "Jiang Chen said casually.
"It's getting late! Uncle Wang, who always played behind your back when you were a child, has a grandson who can recite ancient poems! "Hearing that his son had no plans to get married, Jiang Jianguo also widened his eyes and said anxiously.
"Dad, don't be in such a rush. I still want you guys to enjoy a few more years of peace." Jiang Chen was slightly embarrassed.
It could be said that he was not mentally prepared to become a father at all. How could he shoulder the responsibilities of a father? How should we properly educate our children? He had never thought about these questions.
Moreover, he really wasn't anxious about the issue of having children.
With the technology of the apocalypse, it was not difficult to extend one's lifespan by modifying the telomeres of somatic cells. Although it was still impossible to achieve immortality, it should be able to extend one or two hundred years of lifespan by the time immortality technology was developed. He believed that once he rebuilt civilization on the wasteland, all of this would no longer be a dream.
Since he didn't have to worry about aging, the necessity of carrying on the family line was naturally not as obvious.
Jiang Chen even planned to wait until his parents settled abroad and get some "health supplements" from the wasteland for his parents. Although it was not suitable for older people to use genetic vaccines, anti-aging vaccines were not a big problem.
"What peace! I just want to have a grandson soon. "Jiang Jianguo was furious.
[This is going to be difficult.]
Jiang Chen was also troubled by his father's stubbornness. For a moment, he really didn't know how to pacify this "eager" old man.
"Um, marriage should take its course since this is not the old era anymore. How did the saying go … Yes! I'd rather be single than marry the wrong person. "
"What do you want to marry? That's marrying! "
"Isn't that the same?" Jiang Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Seeing that his son didn't want to give in, Jiang Jianguo thought for a moment and thought that he shouldn't force him too much. What if his son thought he was too talkative and didn't come home in the future?
After a pause, Jiang Jianguo used a calmer tone to say, "Okay, you can think about this yourself, but you still have to worry about marriage. Wasn't the purpose of a person's life to get married and build a career? Now that you've made a name for yourself, you should take advantage of this great opportunity to find a wife in case there are more variables in the future … "
"Yes, yes, yes, you're right." Jiang Chen nodded, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
All in all, it was better to listen to what the old man said. As for what to do, he still had his own ideas.
"That one is called … Ah."
"Ayesha."
"Mhmm, that Ayesha is not bad. But since your home is far away, it wouldn't be good to have a conflict because of your grandson, so you should think about it. Old Liu's daughter is not bad — "
"Dad, are you asking me to go on a blind date?" Jiang Chen forced a smile.
"What? Are you looking down on blind dates? " Jiang Jianguo's eyes widened. "Your dad was just a matchmaker. I met your mom on a blind date."
"No, I'm not looking down on you." Jiang Chen immediately waved his hand.
[What era is this?]
"Take some time in a few days to go take a look. I already asked someone to arrange it."
"Okay." Jiang Chen nodded vigorously.
[I'll go to make the old man happy.] [Whether it will work or not is another story. I can just pick a problem to get rid of.]
[I don't know if the blind date will be angry. They haven't even met yet, but the man is already thinking of ways to get rid of her.]
All in all, Jiang Chen didn't argue and the topic quickly ended.
But at this time, he did remember something.
"Oh, Dad. Didn't I send some money to the family? Why do I feel like you guys didn't use it? "Jiang Chen looked around at the familiar decorations in the living room and asked.
"We did, we just bought a new Simmons a few days ago." Jiang Jianguo didn't seem to want to dwell on this topic as he waved his hand.
"Ahem, don't try to save money for your son. I'm not exaggerating when I say that I have more money than I can spend," Jiang Chen said.
"What do you mean you can't spend it! Don't spend it too much when you have money. Save it. Be prepared so you don't have to borrow money when you need it. "Jiang Jianguo stared at his son and lectured him.
"Yes —" Jiang Chen dragged out the word without any energy.
"Let me ask you, tell me the truth. How is your company doing?" Jiang Jianguo picked up the teacup and took a sip of the tea leaves he had received from the unit a few days ago. He was going to give his son more advice on business so that he wouldn't offend people or suffer losses when doing business outside.
Jiang Chen's eyes rolled as he thought that if he said the company had a market value of ten billion, he wouldn't believe it. Even if he did, he would be scared.
Therefore, after some consideration, Jiang Chen gave an extremely conservative number.
"Probably a few tens of millions."
Clank!
The teacup fell to the ground and shattered.
Jiang Jianguo's eyes widened for the third time. He didn't care about the broken pieces on the ground as he stood up from the sofa.
"How much?"
"Around ten million … My business is still on the rise, so it's hard to say."
Jiang Chen gulped as he said in a small voice.
[Good thing I didn't say ten billion, or my dad would have a heart attack …]
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