Minister Wu and Minister Chang looked at Dong Yuanzhong with resentment.
This old man was too bad.
Where were their grandsons?
Their sons hadn't even found daughters-in-law yet, so how could they have grandsons?
They had been delayed when they were young, and they hadn't expected that their sons' generation would also drag their feet.
They didn't know what they were doing all day.
Grandpa Su also looked resentful.
What kind of families were they, and what kind of families were these two?
Even if they had grandsons in the future, their Su family wouldn't have the chance to give them lucky money.
But Dong Yuanzhong acted as if he hadn't seen them, still looking smug.
"Although I don't have biological grandsons, Little Sweet is almost like my own granddaughter, and this group of boys can be considered my grandchildren."
Dong Yuanzhong's impolite bragging almost made everyone else furious.
But no matter how angry they were, they had to admit that the children of the Su family were truly outstanding.
"Old brother, you are truly blessed!" Minister Chang couldn't help but sigh.
"It's not something that can be learned. Good fortune isn't something everyone can have," Dong Yuanzhong said proudly.
At this moment, Dong Yuanzhong was not the high-ranking leader he was, but rather like a smug child.
Su Xiaotian felt embarrassed to watch.
But then she thought about it and felt at ease. Old people were like children, and they were all similar. It was fine, as long as they were happy.
"But I think it's also because my elder brother is kind-hearted. You don't know how many people my elder brother saved in the early years."
Although many of these people later disappeared without a trace, good deeds done were seen by heaven.
It was considered accumulating blessings and good deeds for the family.
Perhaps it was because of this that the Su family had their current life.
When Grandpa Su heard Dong Yuanzhong say this, he worried that these important figures might not like to hear such things.
Who knew that several people would nod repeatedly: "Well said!"
If it weren't for this old man's willingness to give food to save Dong Yuanzhong's life back then, there wouldn't be such a powerful backer as Dong Yuanzhong today.
Wasn't that accumulating blessings and good deeds?
When several old leaders visited, the Su family had to entertain them well.
Grandma Su, along with the daughters-in-law in the family, busied themselves in the kitchen.
Li Jianhong and the others felt embarrassed to sit and watch the elders cook, so they also went to the kitchen to help.
"You girls don't need to come, go do your own things," Grandma Su felt that too many people wouldn't have much to do, so she smiled and asked the girls to go back.
"Shall we wash some fruit and bring it over?"
Su Xiaotian also felt that their cooking skills were not very good, and they wouldn't be able to help much even if they tried, so she proactively found something to do.
There were quite a few fruits at home, some supplied to Beijing before the New Year, some brought out by Su Xiaotian from her system mall, and some bought by Su Xiao Wu from the south.
Su Xiaotian waited for the girls to wash and cut the fruit, and specifically found large plates to arrange them into a fruit platter.
Fan Shufang and the others, although they were guests, also went to the kitchen to help, thinking they were disturbing the hosts.
As soon as they entered, they saw so many people in the kitchen. It was fortunate that the Su family's kitchen was large enough, otherwise, so many people wouldn't have fit.
"Sister-in-law, we've come to help. Please see if there's anything we can do."
Fan Shufang spoke very politely and used a respectful term.
The implication was clear: she was telling others that in her heart, her sister-in-law was as respected as her own sister-in-law.
The other two ladies were shrewd and understood Fan Shufang's intentions.
Even if they hadn't paid much attention to the Su family before, after this visit, they understood.
The Su family, although not very powerful now, would be formidable in a few decades.
They might even have more depth than their own families.
After all, none of the ten children in the third generation of the Su family were ordinary.
"Sister-in-law, we also do work at home. Please assign us any tasks you have," Yang Liming said first.
Grandma Su smiled and said, "Everything has been prepared in advance, and there's nothing much to do. You should sit in the main hall, the kitchen is cold."
Seeing that Grandma Su really didn't want them to help, and seeing Su Xiaotian and the other girls arranging the fruit, they became interested and went to watch.
In her previous life, Su Xiaotian had worked in restaurants and hotels. Although it was odd-jobbing, she had seen a lot.
Now, with her skillful hands, she quickly arranged a peacock fanning its tail on a large white porcelain plate.
"Xiaotian's hands are truly skillful," Yang Liming praised with a smile.
"I think the young lady is not only skillful with her hands but also with her mind, otherwise, she wouldn't have thought of this," said Li Xiurong, Minister Chang's wife, with a smile.
This plating skill alone would be enough for a state banquet.
However, it was said that the young lady was very capable, so no one expected such a capable person to be solely responsible for plating at a state banquet.
There were many people who could plate, but few talents who could earn foreign exchange for the country and were knowledgeable in seed research.
"My Xiaotian has always been smart," Fan Shufang boasted proudly. "You don't know, this little girl was at the top of her class since childhood. Even in a school like No. 7 Middle School, which is full of talented people, she was outstanding." Su Dan Novel Network.
"At such a young age, she achieved the top score in Beijing. I really wish this girl were my own granddaughter!"
Li Xiurong and Yang Liming: "..."
They also wanted such a young lady.
After praising Su Xiaotian a few times, Fan Shufang remembered that the other girls were all students from Beijing University and should also be very outstanding, so she started a new topic.
Li Jianhong and the other two were originally intended to be background characters, but they didn't expect these ladies of the leaders to actually talk to them.
Sensing the girls' nervousness, Yang Liming, who was good at working with women, smiled and said, "We're just chatting casually. Don't think of us as important people; just think of us as the aunties next door."
Although they knew that this person was different from the aunties next door, the girls' moods relaxed considerably.
"You are attending university now, and in the future, you will be the talents that our country urgently needs. Perhaps your achievements will surpass ours in the future," Li Xiurong also said with a smile, "Youth is wonderful. It reminds me of when I was young."
"Back then, we didn't have such good lives. Girls, you must study hard and build a more beautiful country in the future," Yang Liming encouraged the girls.
Being encouraged by people they looked up to, the girls were overjoyed, almost fainting with excitement.
They never expected to hear encouragement from high-ranking leaders.
The girls relaxed a lot and each expressed that they would study hard in the future and strive to contribute to the construction of the motherland.