The dining room of the forest farm residence has not been used except for the welcome dinner that Lin Yilong and Yeon sisters used once when they just moved in and welcomed Lin's father and mother to Britain. The dining room is even less frequently used than the living room. This is because there are also small tables in the open kitchen, where people usually eat.
Lin Yilong didn't understand the original intention of designing this restaurant at the beginning. When considering the plan, he referred to the layout of all British houses with more than four bedrooms. This setting of the dining room is different from his original intention of separating the activity room, living room and living room in a private way. It is the only room set up to "follow the crowd".
The restaurant finally began to show its usefulness, but Lin Yilong was punished.
In the past, when Lin Yilong went to a banquet, he usually dined in front of a round table with his name written on it, and all the seats were completed with the help of the party organizer or the hotel master of ceremonies. In Bracken Forest Farm, the table can accommodate 14 people in a rectangular shape, which involves a very immoral table seating problem. The participants are close relatives, Only he, the owner of Bracken Forest Farm, can decide the seat.
If his seat is in accordance with normal Western habits, it should be fixed at the top of the table as the host, but it will be difficult to arrange next.
If we want to continue this habit, the seats are strictly divided according to the family, and the Yeon sisters will sit on the top corner of the other side of the table, which is not conducive to communication; If Mr. Yeon and Lin Fu are allowed to be on the same side according to the usual gender distinction, if the two people have poor communication, it will aggravate the "regional tension" on their side. Even if Lin Yilong doesn't follow the habit of ranking, he can't sit on one side with Lin's parents and let the sisters and their own parents sit on the other side - otherwise, the two families will be very opposite.
"So..." said Lin Yilong, "when we have dinner, you can avoid it for a while."
"We can have Korean barbecue today," Nadia suggested. "There can be private rooms over there. My parents are also very interested in barbecue."
"Will there be some problems?" Lin Yilong raised his question. "Your parents have just come here. It's not good to go back to Cardiff for dinner."
"Don't you know Swansea has opened a barbecue shop?" Nadia said. "It only takes 25 kilometers, that is, half an hour."
"Really? How can I not know?" This is not in line with common sense. Nadia and Vera both go to school in Cardiff and seldom go to Swansea.
"On the day you went to London, Aunt Lin and Uncle Lin were going home, and there was something wrong with the commuter bus that day." Nadia's eyes were evasive. "He called us, and when Vera and I got there, my aunt and uncle treated Vera and me to the barbecue restaurant for dinner."
"In that case, let's go to have a barbecue." Lin Yilong did not ask the Yeon sisters and his parents to celebrate without him. "Fortunately, the return time of our car is tomorrow, and we can continue to use it."
Lin Mu is a veteran who has immersed herself in credit business for decades. She takes her father and the Yeon couple on the bus to greet each other, and does not reveal her own thoughts. But because of this, Lin Yilong's heart is getting higher and higher. When Lin's mother has discussed her position with you, she becomes more and more enthusiastic about the target audience. If she doesn't follow the script as she envisions, her countermeasures will become more powerful - Lin Yilong was suppressed by such a mother in her family life for more than 20 years before choosing to go abroad.
At the dinner table, Lin's father and mother and the Yeon couple meet again.
Everyone didn't want to mention the relationship between Lin Yilong and the Yeon sisters. As a result, the atmosphere on the table was "frozen".
The solution to the cold atmosphere is that two men who are a little bit scholar spirited drink beer as if to prove that they have the highest alcohol capacity. The beer in Britain is not low in strength, but tastes tasteless. They ask the store for rice wine and whiskey. Finally, the two who drink rum and gin begin to recall the interesting past when they were interns in Tula.
"I know that you looked down on us at that time." Father Lin was a bit drunk and told us all about the past more than 30 years ago. "Did you give us a task to monitor us?"
"Why? I don't work for К... ГБ, and no one wants to believe it." Mr. Yeon also drank a lot of wine, and said with the strength of wine, "Far East...... Including those in Amur State and coastal border area...... Are not popular with us, but that's it...... They are also better than you, how can we look up to you?"
"You don't look up to us, we are even now." Father Lin's words were incoherent. "It's all bad luck, bad luck."
Mr. Yeon refilled his cup and Father Lin's cup.
"It's a bad fate." Mr. Yeon was also unable to support him. "If it wasn't for me, your family would not be able to get such good daughter-in-law."
At last, Mr. Yeon cried.
"Why are you crying?" Father Lin gulped down the whisky in front of him. "You should be happy, you should be happy. Why didn't you say that you got such a good son-in-law?"
"Son in law, who can't even talk about marriage?" Mr. Yeon collected his choking.
"It's better... Do you have faith?" asked Lin Fu.
"No," said Mr. Yeon.
"What can't be seen from this? What kind of marriage is marriage? It's just an exquisitely decorated shell..." Lin Fu was drunk to explain to his "old friend", "Modern people are so free... They can divorce at any time."
"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. To sum up, I don't want my daughters to be hurt." Mr. Yeon said his intention despite his red face.
"I will look at him." Lin's father squinted at Lin Yilong, who had nothing to do with himself. "Come and show your attitude."
"At this point, I will express my position," said Lin Yilong. "I can't leave either Nadia or Vera, no matter what, no matter what happened."
The bargaining advantage of the Lin Yilong family in this matter is too obvious. It is just a matter of attitude, not substance. In addition to the reluctance of the contemporary middle class to marry due to various pressures, there is also a very important reason that is the significance and value of marriage - because of the guidance of some judicial practices, marriage has become more and more like a legal shackle rather than the glue of husband and wife relations. In addition to the prevalence of individualism, a marriage certificate has become meaningless. After the appearance of sanctity and blessing of marriage is taken off, the meaningless essence has been clearly seen, especially in this era of emphasizing freedom and equal rights. It is very likely that Lin Yilong's commitment will be even higher than the role of marriage certificate.
"Then Maria and I can only bless them." Mr. Yeon cried.