Chapter 198: Big and Small Cousins
Ma Fei's father, Ma Zhiguo, is the only son in the family, and there are two older sisters, the eldest sister is called Ma Zhifang, and the second sister is called Ma Zhinan, that is, Ma Fei's eldest aunt and second aunt.
The two aunts each got married, one married to Tianyang City, and the other married to the coast, and each gave birth to a son, Ma Fei's two cousins.
The eldest cousin in the aunt's family, named Wang Haoran, is four years older than Ma Fei, and followed his father to start from the auto repair shop in his early years, and after years of hard work, he has become a small boss with an excavator construction team.
The little cousin of the second aunt's family is named Li Dachuan, who is only one year older than Ma Fei, although he only graduated from high school, he followed his father to do business along the coast, and his life was also enjoyable.
Why does Ma Fei have a headache with these two cousins? It's very simple, like most families, when they get together during the New Year's holidays, the topics that are discussed the most are always comparisons.
In the early years, when Ma Fei was still in school, what they often talked about was: "What's the use of reading so many books, don't I have a good life now?"
Or: "It depends on your graduation in the future, isn't it just a salary of three or five thousand a month, why don't you come with me as soon as possible to learn how to drive an excavator......"
Whenever this happens, the two aunts don't forget to echo and urge Ma Fei and his father to be more active, otherwise the child will have to be as useless as him.
Yes, Ma Zhiguo is also reluctant to get along with his two sisters, because since he was laid off in the factory, the business of the home appliance maintenance department opened in order to maintain the family's livelihood has not been good, and he has to let his wife sell fruits to subsidize the family, and his life is obviously not as good as the two sisters.
In a word, every time a family goes home for the New Year, although it is ostensibly for the sake of family reunion and New Year's greetings to their parents who live in their hometown, they inevitably encounter various forms of burial every time.
However, Ma Zhiguo is a traditional person, and even thinks that he has no ability to take the second elder to the city to enjoy happiness, so every time he celebrates the New Year, he will return to his hometown against all odds, and accompany the second elder as much as possible, not caring at all about the ridicule he encountered.
From Tianyang City to the hometown of the mountain village, you need to take a long-distance bus to the county seat, then change to the bus to the town, and then change to take the local people's greenhouse "bus" transformed from agricultural vehicles to arrive in the town, and finally walk for half an hour. It took half a day to get down the whole way.
This year, Ma Zhiguo and his wife seem to be much more confident, after all, Ma Fei has graduated and joined the work, and he has made remarkable achievements, not only promoted one after another, but also received a large amount of year-end bonuses.
Therefore, they specially told Ma Fei to prepare more gifts for his grandparents, and also asked his aunts to look down on him and block the gossip of their two families.
The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner opened lively, the family sat around, the table was full of delicious food, listening to the sound of firecrackers everywhere, the atmosphere was still quite festive.
As the head of the family, the grandfather toasted the New Year, and said a lot of auspicious words to all the juniors, and then it was the time for the juniors to take turns to greet the old man.
As the only seedling grandson of the old Ma family, Ma Fei was the first to raise a glass to the two old people and said: "Grandparents, Xiaofei has given you New Year's greetings! Take care of your health, I will take you to the city to play if I have a chance!"
The second elder was so happy that he couldn't keep his mouth shut. Although they have long been accustomed to living in old houses in the countryside, they are still willing to go out and play, but if Ma Fei wants to say that he will take them to live in the city, I am afraid they will not be so happy.
The two secretly sighed that Ma Fei understood their thoughts, drank happily, and took out the New Year's red envelope and stuffed it into their grandson's hand.
The old man even sighed: "Lao Ma's family is just your big baby grandson, you have to work harder, give your grandfather and me a great-grandson back as soon as possible!"
Ma Fei blushed and scratched his head, and casually responded twice.
The two aunts were not happy with this scene, and the two exchanged glances and soon began to perform.
"Dad! You're going to be biased when you say that!" The eldest aunt's tone was a little strange, "Isn't our family Haoran also your grandson?
The second aunt also hurriedly echoed: "That's it, our family Dachuan has also come back from afar, and he also brought his daughter-in-law who has never been through the door to show you the second elder, and you want to hold your grandson, isn't this right in front of your eyes?"
Li Dachuan is indeed going home with him - this girl is the same age as him, according to Ma Fei's aesthetics, there is about a level of five or six points, not as sweet as her figure, not as good as Jiang Ruyun in terms of appearance, and not as good as Song Jiaxin in terms of temperament, but it is a bit similar to Lin Xiaoli's foxy and charming, in other words, there is a faint smell of wind and dust.
Surprisingly, her lower abdomen was already slightly bulging, apparently pregnant.
Li Dachuan did not shy away from saying when he introduced: "This is your cousin-in-law, who is already pregnant! After giving birth, we will hold a wedding, hehe, you kid is ready to share the money!"
The old man was scolded by his two daughters like this, and he also felt that he had lost his words, so he quickly took out the red envelope for the New Year's and made up for it for his two grandsons.
The next dinner table became a repetition of the drama of previous years, and the aunts and cousins began to find topics on Ma Fei's family.
"Zhiguo, Xiaofei graduated this year, where do you work now, how much is it a month?"
Ma Zhiguo was just about to answer, but Ma Fei preempted him: "Hehe, auntie, I just graduated, isn't it just a level of food and clothing? I am now working in a newspaper, which is a professional counterpart." ”
In Ma Fei's opinion, there is no need to save face at all. Anyway, no matter what you say, people will find faults, so it's better to keep a low profile and let them be bored.
But the eldest cousin Wang Haoran didn't plan to give up, and said strangely: "Food and clothing level? Then why are you suffering? I see that you have bought a lot of things for your grandfather - brother, listen to my brother's advice, let's not do anything about beating a swollen face and becoming fat, okay?"
At this time, the second aunt took over the conversation again: "Xiaofei is not young, is he?
Ma Fei shook his head.
"Then you have to grasp it tightly! If you have such conditions, you have to cut through the mess quickly when you are young! Otherwise, if you drag the boss to the eldest level, the girls will have to pick your family background, and won't it be even more difficult?"
Ma Fei couldn't cry or laugh: What kind of aunt is this? So sure I can't find a wife?
I couldn't hold back for a while, he smiled and said, "Okay second aunt, I must learn more from my little cousin and strive to be a father as soon as possible!"
Li Dachuan didn't hear his voice, and even dragged his girlfriend's hand quite proudly, grinning: "If you want to find such a beautiful daughter-in-law as my little love, it's useless to just learn from me! Who told you not to listen to persuasion at the beginning, and follow your eldest brother to learn excavators, or follow me to the south to do business, what a broken university!"