Chapter 407

Although only four people were eating, the old lady prepared a large table, anyway, she didn't have to cook herself.

"The cook I have here is from Shunde. I don't know if it meets your taste," Old Lady Wei said.

Wei Ming: "I am a foodie. Having eaten so many cuisines, Cantonese cuisine, especially Shunde cuisine, is indeed impressive."

The old lady nodded: "Hebei cuisine is not presentable, just a bit better than Shanxi cuisine. I came out early, and I have long forgotten the taste of my hometown. Only the wine of Hengzhou is hard to give up. I always try my best to get some Lao Bai Gan to drink. But my body is not working well, and the doctors and nurses won't let me drink much. I only have this small cup. You can divide the rest."

"If I had known you liked this, I would have brought some aged wine from my hometown. My father and the factory director of Hengzhou Lao Bai Gan Factory are brothers."

Of course, the reason behind being brothers is Wei Ming, the big celebrity.

"Then it's settled. Bring more next time. I have a small cup every day, and I drink quite a lot in a year," the old lady said joyfully.

Wei Lindi couldn't help but speak up to persuade: "Why a cup a day? I remember it's okay to have a cup occasionally. How can you drink it every day?"

"Don't worry about this. I'm over seventy. Can't I enjoy myself?" the old lady said stubbornly.

Seeing the little aunt glare at herself, Wei Ming hurriedly picked up food and pretended to be dead. I didn't know.

After eating a few bites of food, he chatted with the old lady again: "Great-aunt, you went to Whampoa Military Academy with Great-uncle back then, so you developed the habit of eating Cantonese cuisine, right?"

"Yes, I was only in my teens when I followed my eldest brother south to Guangzhou to rely on relatives, and then accompanied him to be admitted to Whampoa," speaking of this, Wei Lindi put down her chopsticks and said leisurely, "If I hadn't chosen to go to Whampoa back then, perhaps everything would be different."

"My grandfather was still young at that time, right?"

"Young. At that time, my father had already passed away, and my younger brother was too young, so my mother was left in her hometown to take care of him and the family business. However, my eldest brother was promoted very quickly. After the July 7th Incident, he took them to the Magic City. At that time, I also started a family in the Magic City, so I took my younger brother with me. Who would have thought that he had already started engaging in red activities behind our backs when he was so young."

Speaking of this, the old lady's face was a bit cold. She seemed to have great hostility towards our party.

Wei Ming probably knew some. Hearing Wei Lindi say, there was a knot between the great-aunt and the old ghost, which led to the two almost no longer coming and going. To be precise, the great-aunt could not forgive the old ghost.

Besides recognizing relatives, Wei Ming actually wanted to help the two old people reconcile, but the old lady didn't continue when she said this.

At this time, the calico cat strolled into the restaurant by itself, and immediately a servant brought it a plate of raw meat. It ate it very deliciously.

The old lady also put down her chopsticks for a while and asked where it went to play. The calico cat had meat in its mouth and had to raise its head to respond twice, as if it could really communicate.

Wei Ming could understand. After all, this cat is equivalent to her only relative here. Although this old lady has wealth far beyond ordinary people, she is alone.

The little aunt said that she once had a daughter and loved this daughter very much, but she passed away.

Wei Ming started from this calico cat again: "I also keep a cat at home. It's a black and white cow cat, especially naughty."

"That's the prototype of "Black Cat Detective", right?"

Wei Ming looked at Melinda in surprise: "This has already been translated and published?"

Melinda: "The first story was translated and made into a picture book. The sales are not bad. Although not as good as "The Lion King" and "Jumanji", your personal share has reached a new high. Recently, money has been transferred to your account in the country."

"You transfer money too frequently, I didn't pay much attention to what money it was."

Anyway, the foreign exchange transferred to the domestic account belongs to the country, and Wei Ming doesn't pay much attention to it. As long as it can be exchanged when using foreign exchange coupons, it's fine.

Wei Lindi said: "Later, you can ask Gong Biyang to find a copy for you to see."

"I'm really curious about what Black Cat Detective looks like." Wei Ming smiled.

The old lady greeted the staff at home. After eating, she saw this new English picture book by Wei Ming in the living room.

Although the original version is not very suitable for European and American readers, because it is already famous and is the hottest contemporary children's book writer today, the publisher still worked very hard to carry out localization adaptation.

In the picture book, Black Cat Detective is pure black. It wears a suit, a gentleman's hat, and holds a walking stick in its hand. It is mysterious and dangerous. The painting style is completely different from Black Cat Sheriff, and it also has a tail.

However, the story still popularizes cold knowledge about the natural world through the detective solving animal cases one by one. It is educational and can stimulate children's curiosity about the natural world.

When Wei Ming was flipping through the book, Old Lady Wei asked the staff to clean up two rooms, leaving them to stay overnight.

"I take a nap every day. It's time. Lindi, you entertain them for me."

After the great-aunt left, Wei Ming smiled: "The old lady is really enlightened. This is letting Melinda and me sleep in the same room!"

Wei Lindi: "The two rooms are yours. I have a fixed room."

Wei Ming suddenly realized. The little aunt has been in San Francisco for so many years. It is estimated that the great-aunt has already regarded her as her own daughter.

Wei Ming looked at this huge manor: "It is estimated that she really wants you to come back to accompany her."

Wei Lindi: "I am also worried about her being alone. After the toy factory in Hong Kong gets on the right track, and I find a reliable manager, I will return to the United States to develop. The toy market in the United States is much larger than that in Hong Kong and Taiwan."

Melinda smiled: "By then, I will be in the UK, and you will be in the United States. We will join forces in the UK and the US."

Wei Lindi chuckled: "And then work for this Chinese person to earn money for him, right."

Obviously, she doesn't value the 5% shares of DreamWorks very much. The toy factory inherited from her eldest uncle is the career she values.

"Little aunt, take us around, and tell me about the great-aunt by the way."

Wei Lindi: "Your grandfather should have told you all about it."

"No. He told me very generally about the great-aunt. Even the great-aunt's husband's family, I only had an in-depth understanding when I took over Jueyuan. Writing "The Human Righteous Path is Vicissitudes", the character Jiang Lihua is basically what I imagined and fabricated myself."

Wei Lindi: "Then what you fabricated is quite accurate."

"Ah?" Where is it accurate?

"Nothing. Come here, take you to the study to see."

In the study, besides books, there is also a photo wall. Through those photos, Wei Lindi quickly helped Wei Ming understand the great-aunt's family.

First is a super large group photo, black and white.

"Can you find the great-aunt in it?" Wei Lindi tested.

This should be the family photo of the Shi family. Wei Ming and Melinda looked for it together. He first looked at the year in the lower right corner of the photo, taken in 1950. At that time, the great-aunt should be a woman in her early forties.

"This one?"

Soon Wei Ming locked it. She was also holding a middle-aged man, standing in the C position of the second row, with a girl in her teens beside her.