Chapter 144: Birthday Cake
"Okay, I want my uncle to hug me, I don't want my mom and dad to hug me, but I want to sleep with my sister." The second girl lying in A-Ying's arms pursed her small mouth, shed tears, and sobbed.
"Okay, my uncle will take you to sleep with your sister. After Zeng Youliang finished speaking, he immediately stood up, took the second girl from A-Ying's arms, wiped her tears, and took Lu Yao into the living room, and then walked slowly to the second floor.
They climbed up the stairs to the second floor, and before they reached the bedroom door, the eldest and second girls stopped sobbing, closed their eyes, and fell asleep in a daze.
Five minutes later, they felt both children fall asleep, so they gently laid them on the bed and covered them with sheets.
Lu Yao saw that the two children's long eyelashes were still hanging with crystal teardrops, and there were still tear stains on their little faces, he took out two tissues from the bedside table, wiped them respectively, and then went downstairs with Zeng Youliang and returned to the restaurant.
Since tonight was a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Lu Yao had to go back to the orchard, and after they drank three bottles of rice wine, it was over. Everyone walked to the living room together to drink kung fu tea.
After two cups of tea, Zeng Youliang cleared his throat and said, "Originally, today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and we shouldn't talk about things. But there are some things that cannot be left for the rest of the year, and they must be made clear tonight. Ah Xin, I asked you to rush back from the Netherlands, mainly for the family to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together. Over the years, no one in our family has been absent from the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner every year, and I hope that the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner will be eaten like this every year in the future.
Your work, I have already explained it clearly on the phone, after the start of the New Year, you will go to the airport project department as a manager. In addition, Lu Yao's work was also discussed with A-Ying. After Lu Yao planted longan trees in the newly opened orchards, he will go to the head office to be my assistant and officially announce it to you tonight. Ah Xin, you don't have an opinion, right?"
"Ah, I have no opinion! I completely agree with my uncle's arrangement!" Chen Gong replied with a red face and a panicked expression.
"It's okay to have no opinion! The affairs of you, Yingzi, and the children will be handled by yourself. My principle is that no one should hurt Yingzi and my five granddaughters! Otherwise, I won't be done with him!" The last few words, Zeng Youliang said them word by word with a calm face, and his breathing became short.
"We're fine, we're all fine as a family. Please rest assured that my uncle and aunt will not worry. Ah Xin hurriedly responded.
"Well, your aunt can't sit for long, she should have rested a long time ago. The reason why she insists on sitting here is mainly to celebrate Lu Yao's birthday. Yingzi, tell Auntie to push the cake out. Zeng Youliang said with a smile.
"Okay!" A-Ying replied, happily walking into the inner room.
After a while, Sister Zhang and two nannies pushed a three-tiered cake cart lit with candles and walked slowly from inside.
When the cake truck was parked in the middle of the living room, Zeng Youliang looked at Lu Yao kindly, and said with a pleasant face: "Lu Yao, today you are the birthday star, you go and make a wish to cut the cake!"
"Thank you, uncle, thank you, aunt, thank you, big brother, sister, thank you!" Lu Yao stood up and said excitedly before slowly walking to the cake cart.
Immediately, all the lights in the living room went out, leaving only a few candles burning to illuminate Lu Yao's black, red, thin face with surprise, and eyes flashing with tears.
"Lu Yao, make a wish!" A-Ying's warm voice sounded.
"Hey!" Lu Yao replied in a trembling voice.
At this moment, he was excited and at a loss, because he had never had a birthday, and it was the first time he had seen a real birthday cake, and he didn't know how to make a wish.
He had an idea, remembering that every year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in his hometown, the village chief would lead the whole village of old and young men and women to worship the mountain god. He remembered that before coming over, Wu Jingsheng reminded him that southerners do not kneel for the New Year.
So he folded his hands, raised his forehead, and said silently in his heart: I hope all my relatives and all my friends around me will be healthy and happy in the new year, and all the best!
In fact, until now, he doesn't know why Zeng Youliang's wife has been sitting in a wheelchair.
A-Ying saw Lu Yao's hands slowly put down, and she reminded again: "Lu Yao, you can blow out the candles, try to blow them all in one go." ”
So Lu Yao took a deep breath and pursed his mouth to blow towards the burning candle. Immediately, all the candles were extinguished, and all the lights in the living room were lit.
"Lu Yao, now you can announce your wish, it is said to be very effective! After the announcement, we will cut the cake, and we will wait for the birthday star to share the cake." A happy A-Ying said with a smile.
"Okay! My wish is to hope that all my relatives and all my friends will be healthy and happy in the new year, and all the best! I especially hope that my aunt's body will recover as soon as possible and be happy every day!" Lu Yao said solemnly.
"Okay! Your wish is so good! Your wish will definitely come true! Lu Yao, why didn't you make a wish for yourself?" asked A-Ying with a smile.
"I promise, all my relatives and friends are fine, and I am naturally fine!" Lu Yao replied solemnly.
Zeng Youliang and his wife both nodded with satisfaction, and looked at Lu Yao with a smile together, their hearts full of joy.
"Okay, you can start cutting the cake!" Zeng Youliang said with a smile.
At this time, Sister Zhang and the two nannies had already pulled out the candles inserted in the cake. Lu Yao took a cake knife from Sister Zhang's hand, and at her signal, Lu Yao raised the cake knife with both hands and cut it into the middle of the cake.
With the cooperation of Sister Zhang and them, Lu Yao loaded a few plates with cakes, and then brought a plate of cakes to Zeng Youliang's wife with both hands, and said respectfully: "Auntie, thank you! Please eat the cake first!"
"Thank you, good boy, I wish you a happy birthday!" Zeng Youliang's wife said happily. She took the cake and immediately took out a red envelope from the blanket and handed it to Lu Yao.
After Lu Yao thanked him, he walked back to the cake cart, picked up another plate of cake and sent it to Zeng Youliang, and said respectfully: "Uncle, thank you, please eat the cake!"
"Okay! I will definitely eat your birthday cake! I wish you a happy birthday too!" Zeng Youliang finished speaking, and also took out a red envelope and handed it to Lu Yao.
After that, Lu Yao gave a cake to A-Ying and Chen Gong, and also gave a cake to Sister Zhang and the two nannies, so that everyone ate happily together.
Everyone ate cake and drank two cups of tea, and the time was already past ten o'clock. Zeng Youliang asked Lu Yao to sit for a while, he pushed the wheelchair and sent his wife into the bedroom to rest, and he had something to say to Lu Yao later. So Lu Yao stood up and said hello to his aunt, and then watched them walk into the inner room.