In the winter, Lin Yilong has nothing to do, but his schedule is not very easy: Tuesday through Friday with the Yeon sisters, Saturday at Katie, Sunday back at the Bracken Yard for Sunday lunch with the Yeon family, and Monday to go on a date with Amy.

Lin's father and mother Lin made the train trip from Vladivostok back to London that Lin Yilong wanted most. When the two "old men" arrived in London, they shouted that they were tired. It seems that the season is not quite right, and in winter there is a white expanse on both sides of the railway line, and there is nothing to see except snow.

I rested at home for two days, just in time for the Spring Festival - this was the first Spring Festival for Lin's father and Lin's mother in London.

The only one who celebrates the Spring Festival is Lin Yilong's "small family". The Yeon sisters had already experienced it in Lin Yilong's hometown last year, and although Katie had this meaning, as a councillor, she also had to visit the Asian American voters who supported her on this special day, and Amy wanted to celebrate the Chinese New Year, but she was working hard to become the chief with all her time.

Lin Yilong's impression of the Spring Festival stayed at the Spring Festival Gala of the cross-century year, and most of the time after the Spring Festival, he either found a place to surf the Internet, or went to class or worked. Even if there are two breaks, it is just a phone call to relatives and friends to greet the New Year, eat some quick-frozen dumplings bought in the supermarket, and finally sleep well.

I really don't have any affection for this traditional festival - except, of course, in the sense of New Year's money.

Father Lin knew that Uncle Lin, who was alone, was very boring to celebrate the festival alone in China, so he invited him to London to celebrate the Spring Festival together.

The mathematics professor is also at the age when it is time to retire. Uncle Lin was promoted to professor too late, and due to the constraints of his discipline, he was unlikely to undertake a major project. Discerning people knew at a glance that Uncle Lin was just a tool man in the transitional period of this department, so when these people saw Uncle Lin's application to be a visiting scholar at Imperial College in the last half of his career, they quickly approved his application.

Uncle Lin came to London for no other reason than loneliness: in Lin Yilong's hometown city, Uncle Lin didn't have any other acquaintances except for his classmates who were not too familiar with him - he just took this opportunity to come to London to reunite with his brother.

Uncle Lin also talked about several girlfriends when he was young, but in the end, he didn't catch his eye, and later when he got older, he gradually extinguished the idea of pleasing his wife and let Lin Yilong be his heir. Except for work, Uncle Lin's usual entertainment is probably only Go.

During the Chinese New Year, London's Chinatown usually holds New Year's celebrations such as dragon and lion dances on the second day of the Lunar New Year, and the route probably stretches from Trafalgar Square to Leicester Square, which is not very far. For those who go to London's Chinatown, this kind of performance is not like the celebration of the Spring Festival market, but rather like an advertisement to attract tourists - to use a similar analogy: it is exactly the same as an Englishman watching the locals celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Ireland in New York on the other side of the pond [Author: This stalk is indeed a bit confusing, but I can't think of a similar metaphor for a while].

After the excitement is over, the flavor of the New Year has come up, and firecrackers have been set off at the gate of the archway in London's Chinatown, which can be regarded as "lively".

Lin Yilong always thought that this kind of celebration would be on Chinese New Year's Eve, so he excitedly tossed his parents and uncle to the center of London, only to realize that he had misremembered the time.

So at noon that day, the four people had to eat "Chinese New Year's Eve Dinner" at a hot pot restaurant in London's Chinatown.

"Do you plan to stay in the UK forever?" Father Lin asked solemnly, because he thought that Uncle Lin was alone, and he was a little uneasy, if Uncle Lin could stay in the UK, he could still take care of each other.

"I'm not fully retired yet. Uncle Lin replied, "I still have a teaching position at Edo University, and I earn 800,000 yuan a month, so it is impossible for me to get such a high salary in the UK now." ”

"There's nothing wrong with the salary. ”

"It's not just about the salary. Uncle Lin rejected his brother's possible offer, "Although my English level is reasonable, it is only for life, and it is not at all suitable for teaching and scientific research." I'll go back to Edo, I'm more familiar with it. ”

People are always more interested in the political and economic gossip of Xiaodao, and so is Lin's mother, who felt that he could escape, so he sent congratulatory messages to Xu Zhenkun and others in Australia who he thought needed blessings.

Less than two minutes after it was sent, Xu Zhenkun sent a video application.

The two just greeted each other twice, and then greeted each other's families, but Xu Zhenkun would not make a video call with Lin Yilong because of New Year's wishes.

“...... I got to know someone who lives in Victoria. Xu Zhenkun said, "It's a little tricky. ”

"Oh. Lin Yilong replied heartily, "Something that gives you a headache." ”

"The main reason is that the fund I recently started has just taken over this person's fund. Xu Zhenkun just briefly introduced two or two sentences, "Now he is a little troublesome." So, I wondered if we could arrange a meeting in Xiangjiang. ”

"No problem. Lin Yilong accepted Xu Zhenkun's invitation, the two hadn't seen each other for more than half a year, and he should also go to the branch office in Xiangjiang to have a look, "But now it's just over the Spring Festival, so it's not okay to delay it for two days." ”

"I suggest you get as soon as possible. Xu Zhenkun replied, "Because the situation is urgent." ”

Lin Yilong stood on the street with his mobile phone for more than an hour, and when he returned to the store, the Lin brothers were already a little drunk, and they were flushed.

Before, because of the consideration that the purines of the hot pot with wine would be very high, the two drank whiskey, which made the two men get drunk quickly. Although Lin Mu belongs to the type that can drink, she does not like to drink very much.

"Lin Yilong, come, I'll tell you!" Father Lin called his son's name, "You should let your daughters also celebrate the Spring Festival with us, that is your daughter, our granddaughter?"

"Okay, good, next time. Lin Yilong replied duciously, "Isn't it every day, don't we all get together for dinner?"

"It's different!" Father Lin insisted.

"When worshipping ancestors, do they have a share?" Lin Yilong asked his father, "If we don't worship our ancestors, what's the point of letting them spend the Spring Festival with us?"

"Then we have to spend the Spring Festival together, get together and ...... lively" Father Lin was still putting the score of the head of the family, but Uncle Lin's persuasion made Father Lin not continue to insist, and this drunken reason was fooled like this.

After a while, seeing that the food had been almost consumed, Lin Yilong dragged up the two swaying men and returned home.

"I'm on a business trip. Lin Yilong said casually as if he was going to the supermarket to buy something, "I'm really sorry, I'll leave everything to you, Mom!"