Marry a female star at a bargain price

Chapter 62. Birthday Banquet
The whole family was having a great time.

At 11:, everyone set out for the restaurant to formally celebrate Shen Suzhi's birthday.

The private room was booked by my uncle Liu Lisong. It had a large round table that could seat twenty people, and it could easily accommodate the entire family.

Shen Suzhi and Liu Zhongshan sat at the top.

There is no happier birthday gift than seeing your children all living happily together and your grandchildren having their own families and futures.

The dishes came in one after another, followed by a huge three-layered birthday peach cake.

The younger generations cheered as they lit the candles and put a birthday hat on Shen Suzhi's gray head.

Lin Xiao noticed that Shen Suzhi, who had been plain and elegant all her life, was obviously not used to this Western, lively and youthful way of celebration. However, she always had a bright smile on her face, made a wish, blew out the candles, cut the cake according to the instructions of her grandchildren, and clapped and cheered with everyone.

The private room was warm and cozy.

The dinner officially began after the cake was divided.

My eldest uncle Liu Lisong's son Liu Tao took the lead in toasting grandma to wish her a happy birthday, followed by my second uncle's dependent son Liu Bowen.

As cousins, both of them inherited their father's personalities.

Liu Tao is a simple and honest man, and his toasts are very clichéd, with words like "May you be as blessed as the East Sea and live as long as the Southern Mountains."

But sincerity is the most important thing.

Liu Bowen obviously inherited his father's sweet talk and lively personality. He even said something like "I am getting younger and younger as I get older, but I am becoming an old witch", which made the adults frown.

However, seeing Shen Suzhi's cheerful and tolerant smile, no one blamed him.

It was Han Xixi and Lin Xiao's turn.

The two sat together. Han Xixi picked up the cup and was about to speak, but Lin Xiao patted her arm calmly, then stood up and walked towards the two elders sitting in the main seat.

Seeing this, Han Xixi hurriedly followed.

Lin Xiao smiled sincerely and said, "Grandma, I heard from Xixi that you took care of her when she was a child! I think that the fact that she can grow up to be so well-educated, gentle and kind must be inseparable from your and grandpa's words and deeds. Here, Xixi and I sincerely wish you a happy birthday, and wish you and grandpa good health and peace of mind!"

As he spoke, he lowered the rim of the cup, touched it to the rims of Shen Suzhi's and Liu Zhongshan's cups respectively, and then drank it all in one gulp.

Han Xixi also finished the juice.

On the opposite side, Shen Suzhi's heart was warmed by the words of her granddaughter's husband, and her eyes were red.

She quickly took Lin Xiao's hand and said with emotion: "My dear, you and Xixi must be fine, fine..."

He was talking to Lin Xiao, but his eyes were always on Han Xixi.

Han Xixi's eyes also turned red.

Everyone at the table watched this scene, with different feelings, but all of them had an expression of amazement in their eyes.

Liang Bin's eyes flashed, and he looked at Lin Xiao with admiration.

As a businessman, you always ask for help from others at the dinner table, so your ability to read people's expressions is absolutely the best in the whole situation.

He had noticed that because today was his mother-in-law's birthday, everyone's attention was focused on her.

This inevitably made Liu Zhongshan, as the head of the family, feel a little neglected, although he did not show it at all.

None of the juniors noticed this.

Except Lin Xiao!

Although he only mentioned his grandfather in passing when toasting his grandmother, it was very obvious that Liu Zhongshan's expression was a little brighter than before.

"This kid... is so awesome!" Liang Bin sighed in his heart.

The other side.

Liu Lixia was sitting next to her sister Liu Liyun. After seeing what happened just now, she, who already had a good impression of Lin Xiao, now found his nose, eyes and mouth even more pleasing to the eye.

He couldn't help but touch Liu Liyun's arm, suppressing his smile and whispering: "Sister, where did you find this son-in-law... I'll get one for my Tiantian later!"

Liu Liyun pretended to hit her.

His eyes were warm and his smile was full of emotion and joy.

…The dinner went on as normal afterwards.

Lin Xiao didn't know if it was his illusion, but it seemed that after the toast, his uncle-in-law Liang Bin's attitude towards him became noticeably more affectionate.

Among the younger generation, he seemed to have his eyes on me, constantly chatting with me, forcing me to drink, and spouting little words.

Lin Xiao had no way to hide and could only drink one cup after another.

After three rounds of drinking.

Today, the second aunt Deng Juan, who had been very quiet, suddenly spoke up: "Uncle, you have been promoted now, and you can be said to be the chief official of a prefecture-level city. Bo Wen has not found a suitable job until now. Can you arrange one for him? It only takes a word!"

As soon as Deng Juan said this, the faces of everyone in the room changed.

Liu Linian said unhappily: "We are eating... why are you talking about this!!"

Deng Juan said, "We are all family, what's wrong with talking about this? His uncle is broad-minded, how can he ignore his nephew's affairs? Even if he doesn't consider our face, he has to consider my parents' face...right!"

Just one sentence put the Han Haijun in a difficult position!

A joyous and peaceful birthday party with the whole family gathered together.

Faced with this "reasonable" request from his brother's wife, he couldn't open his mouth to refuse.

But to say yes...

His father-in-law Liu Zhongshan and his brother-in-law Liu Linian both introduced jobs to Liu Bowen, but he either looked down upon them or quit after working for two days.

The typical person who has high expectations but poor skills, with only two dollars in his pocket but aspirations of five million!
Han Haijun knew that this was a difficult matter to handle. He was afraid that he would go to great lengths to agree to it, only to be blamed in the end.

He hesitated for a moment.

Diagonally opposite, Lin Xiao saw his father-in-law looking embarrassed and knew that he didn't want to agree.

He wanted to speak.

But then I thought, this is someone else's family affair after all, and I am an outsider after all.

I just toasted Shen Suzhi, thinking of the old lady's sincerity towards him and the fact that she gave him a big red envelope when they last met. It is only right that I should say a few auspicious words.

But now, there is really no need.

So he pretended not to hear and said nothing.

However, when Deng Juan saw that Han Haijun had not responded, she became anxious and sneered, "His uncle, you can't distinguish between the inside and the outside. Your own son-in-law was arranged clearly, and he went down to the grassroots to serve as the deputy mayor. When it comes to your nephew, you can't even arrange a job for him... There is no need to distinguish so clearly between relatives and strangers, right?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone at the table was shocked.

Everyone knows that Deng Juan has a sharp tongue, but it is the old man's birthday party after all, and it would be very ignorant to make it so awkward.

Liu Linian immediately started to scold, while the others pretended to make peace and tried their best to avoid the subject.

However, Deng Juan was determined to report this to Han Haijun today, and even threw a tantrum, saying that Lin Xiao, the deputy mayor, was promoted by her father-in-law...

The situation became increasingly ugly.

Since it involves himself, Lin Xiao had to intervene even if he didn't want to, so he smiled and said, "Dad, what my second aunt said makes sense, so you can try to help me! Since it's for me, get my brother Bowen to a township as well... If there's no official position, he can start as a law enforcement officer or forest ranger, it's not a big deal!"

After hearing these words, Deng Juan was dumbfounded and immediately became quiet.

"Law enforcement officer? Forest ranger?"

"Yes! If you do a good job, you can earn nearly three thousand yuan a month as a regular employee!"

"There's no one in the agency?"

"Aunt, you're joking!"

Lin Xiao's face was gentle, and he smiled, "If it's so easy to get into the government, why would I need to go to the countryside? Deputy town may sound good, but my rank hasn't changed! Look at how I've been tanned these past few days, I've turned into a black loach!"

Everyone laughed.

Deng Juan also smiled awkwardly and immediately stopped.

(End of this chapter)