Back to 80: My Literary Life

In the afternoon, when Li Li came back from school, Fang Minghua told her about Zhang Qing's invitation to visit his home, and Li Li happily agreed.

Although she has been in San Francisco for more than ten years, she does not have many friends. Apart from her colleagues, her best friend is Demi.

Li Li has also met Zhang Qing and Meng Dawen's wife, and they are considered friends. She is also happy to follow Fang Minghua and take her daughter to visit.

At nine o'clock the next morning, Fang Minghua drove Li Li and her daughter to Zhang Qing's home.

Zhang Qing's home is located in Los Altos, a wealthy area called Innovation in the South Bay of San Francisco. Li Li has been there once, so she roughly knows the location.

It took more than 40 minutes to drive to arrive. This place is far away from the city and the surroundings are very quiet. Fang Minghua drove the car into the public parking space, got out of the car, held her daughter's hand, and walked along the road with Li Li.

Zhang Qing's home is also a two-story villa. The milky white house looks very elegant against the backdrop of the surrounding green trees. There is a large garden in front. Fang Minghua thinks it looks better than the one he lives in.

"Welcome, welcome, Mr. Fang, Mrs. Fang." Zhang Qing and his wife have already greeted them in the yard.

Both of them are Taiwanese. After graduating from college in the United States, they stayed in San Francisco to work hard and jointly opened an accounting firm. Just by living in this villa, they have squeezed into the wealthy class in the United States. "

"Your place is really good, with convenient transportation and elegant environment." Fang Minghua said while standing in the yard looking at the surrounding environment.

"Mr. Fang, compared to Lei Dawen's mansion, mine is nothing at all." Zhang Qing said with a smile: "Besides, with your current strength, which mansion in San Francisco, no, in the whole United States, can't you afford? ”

Fang Minghua has never been to Lei Dawen’s mansion, but Li Li has been there once. It is said to cover an area of ​​30 acres, which is actually a manor.

Unlike Zhang Qing and his wife, who were the first generation to come to the United States to work hard, Lei Dawen’s grandfather came to San Francisco, and his family background is much deeper than Zhang Qing’s.

The couple invited Fang Minghua and the other two into the house. The oak floor and leather sofa were very fashionable and luxurious.

The nanny made coffee and the few people chatted.

“Meiling (Zhang Qing’s wife), where is your son?” Li Li asked.

“He went to play basketball with his classmates. I don’t know when he will be back.” Wu Meiling said.

Zhang Qing has a son who is in high school at Nueva School, a very famous private middle school in San Francisco. His academic performance is quite good. Li Li said that his ideal school is the business school of Stanford University, and he will inherit his parents’ legacy in the future.

Xinxin watched TV, the four adults chatted, and heard someone laughing outside. Zhang Qing said, “I guess Lei Dawen’s family is here. "

Everyone went out and saw a big family.

Unlike Zhang Qing who only had one child, Lei Dawen had three children. His wife was American, and the three children were of Chinese and American descent.

Two boys and one girl. The older one looked like he was in high school, and the younger one was a girl who was not much older than Xinxin.

She had golden hair but black eyes, and was very cute.

When Xinxin saw someone of the same age coming, she immediately ran up happily and held the other's hand to chat.

Another mixed greeting in Chinese and English.

"Hello, what's your name?"

The little girl looked at the other person and answered in a baby voice: "Vivian, you can call me Vivian, what's your name?"

"Hi, Vivian, my name is lixin., you can call me Xinxin. "

The two girls speak a mix of Chinese and English.

When the guests arrived, Zhang Qing and his wife asked the nanny to take out the barbecue grill and put it in the garden behind, and the three families began to get busy.

The two older children were playing on the computer in the house, the two girls were playing in the garden, and the adults were chatting while working.

To be honest, Fang Minghua had eaten a lot of mutton skewers, but he had never made them himself. Occasionally, when he had a barbecue at home, it was Song Tangtang and the nanny who did it, and he ate the ready-made ones.

But Zhang Qing and Lei Dawen were very skilled at work, cutting mutton and adding seasonings. It seemed that they did this often.

After a while, the garden was full of people. The tempting aroma of mutton was emitted, and Zhang Qing brought out beer and drinks from home. Adults and children sat on chairs and started eating around the small table.

Perhaps because Zhang Qing was Taiwanese, there were very few seasonings on the mutton skewers, which was far less than the strong cumin flavor that Fang Minghua had eaten in Xijing.

But the light taste also has its advantages. You can feel the original flavor of the mutton, without any smell. The quality of the mutton is very good.

Everyone ate and talked, basically the three men talked about current affairs and politics, and the women talked about skin care and makeup.

"Li Li, your skin is so well maintained, what cosmetics do you use?" The speaker was Zhang Qing's wife, Wu Meiling.

"Me? I just use very ordinary Estee Lauder, nothing else." Li Li answered truthfully.

"Then your skin is so good?"

"I don't feel it's that good?"

"Ask Lisa, am I right? You are only two years younger than me, and you don't look more than 30 years old. "

Li Li is the youngest among the three, but she is 38 years old this year. Her skin is indeed good, but not exaggerated or young enough to be in her twenties. It is obvious that Wu Meiling is flattering.

Lisa's mind turned.

The three of them had dinner together before, but it was the first time she saw Wu Meiling talking to Li Li in this way.

Wu Meiling is actually very beautiful, and she has a baby face, which makes her look younger than her actual age. In fact, she looks about the same as Li Li.

What happened today?

Could it be?

Lisa is a full-time wife. Today, she came with her husband to visit. During the chat, her husband said that Li Li's lover, the Chinese writer, is very rich. Zhang Qing said so, but Zhang Qing refused to reveal how rich he is due to personal privacy. He just smiled and said that he has more money than your Lei family.

Lisa knows that her family's property, including various real estates, adds up to about 500 million or 600 million US dollars, which is definitely considered a rich man in the United States.

But this man has more money!

Obviously, Wu Meiling is complimenting.

Wu Meiling is indeed complimenting.

Nearly 8 billion US dollars.

She simply can't associate it with the very ordinary-dressed man next to her.

Although Li Li and Fang Minghua are just lovers, strictly speaking from a legal point of view, Li Li cannot share Fang Minghua's property.

But they have a child.

The child has the right of inheritance!

In the United States, both legitimate and illegitimate children have equal inheritance rights!

This is the so-called mother's status depends on her son.

Moreover, the relationship between the two seems to be very good now. It is said that Li Li is also the cousin of Fang Minghua's wife in China. They also know their relationship, which is a bit like a love story.

This situation is also very common in the circle of wealthy Chinese in Hong Kong and Taiwan, so there is no need to make a fuss.

This man is also a big client of the accounting firm opened by her husband, including the business of Ashley Press and Shengshi Film and Television's subsidiary in the United States, which are all related to this man, so of course he should say a few more good words.

If you want to flatter a man directly, it is better to compliment the woman he likes.

Lisa is not stupid. Seeing Wu Meiling's compliments, she also hurriedly said nice things, praising Li Li for her youth and beauty, and her natural beauty, which made Li Li very embarrassed.

She is a relatively simple woman, how could she have thought of the little thoughts of these two women?

She was naturally very happy in her heart.