The sound of firecrackers is the old year!

Another annual Chinese New Year's Eve is coming, in this most important moment since ancient times in China, the Long family reunited, and had a lively Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together to welcome the new year.

The first day of the Lunar New Year, according to the convention, is a day to visit relatives and friends, and it is also a day for government agencies, government and enterprise subordinates and partners to greet each other, and it is also a day to show the true strength and heritage of a family.

Although Long Aotian has long been relegated to the second line, but after all, he is a deputy national figure, there are countless subordinates in the past, and the students who have been promoted are also like carp across the river, including many subordinates and protégés from the official to the department level or even the deputy ministerial level.

Long Pufang and Long Puzheng are at the deputy ministerial level and a main hall level, and naturally there will be many dignitaries and celebrities who come to pay New Year's greetings.

As for the second son-in-law Ding Shaowei, the family has been in business for generations, engaged in the insurance industry with billions of assets, and is also a well-known wealthy man in Kyoto.

So early in the morning of the first day of the new year, Long Pufang, Long Puzheng and Ding Shaowei sat in their respective courtyards and drank tea, waiting for the arrival of people from all walks of life.

Although the third son-in-law, Miao Liansheng, has a good family background, he is only a county prince after all, and he is hundreds of miles away from Kyoto, so it is estimated that there are very few of them, so he also knows it in his heart and does not have much hope.

The fourth son-in-law, Peter Wardley, is an Englishman, and he has no Spring Festival customs, and he has no interpersonal communication in China, and he is not keen on this form, so he just sits in Zhengdexuan and drinks tea with the old man Long Aotian to join in the fun.

Li Tianran is naturally even less hopeful, he is just a small entrepreneur, with annual sales of only forty or fifty million, no more than 100 employees, and he will not run thousands of kilometers from the deep sea to Kyoto to pay New Year's greetings, and a few employees will only give Long Pufang and Long Puzheng two brothers-in-law jokes, so they are happy to have a good time, pulling Li Canghai and Li Canglan, two brothers and sisters, to drink tea.

At about ten o'clock, the show finally began, and the security guard at the gate began to read aloud the names, positions, and objects of the visitors one by one, reminding the hosts in each courtyard to be ready to greet them, so as not to neglect the visiting guests, and secondly, to show others that there were many visiting guests, high rank, and high value.

"Liu Wanli, the mayor of Changsheng District, Kyoto City, has come to pay New Year's greetings!"

"Wang Yaping, director of the Supervision Department of a certain ministry, has come to pay New Year's greetings!"

"Peng Zhibin, chairman of Hengdao Group, came to pay New Year's greetings!" !& Better Update, Faster]

"Kyoto City Mayor Tang Xiuying came to pay New Year's greetings to the old man!"

"He Liqun, director of the Weilang Municipal Economic and Trade Bureau, has come to pay New Year's greetings!"

With the shouts one after another, the people in the four courtyards of Long Aotian, Long Puzheng, Long Pufang and Ding Shaowei were busy and happy.

Long Aotian is okay, he has experienced countless such scenes in his life, and now it is just equivalent to having a chance to follow

Old subordinates and protégés have a chance to chat.

And Long Pufang, Long Puzheng and Ding Shaowei are to show each other's strength and connections, not only to show the old man, but also to show each other, this time it is to show several other brothers-in-law, especially Li Tianran's family, let him see the prestige and status of their Kyoto Long family, and the connections are beyond the reach of a poor boy from a rural area like Li Tianran.

These four families are busy and inseparable, and there is an endless stream of guests coming and going, and Peter Waldley is interested in helping Long Aotian greet the guests.

And the third son-in-law Miao Liansheng and the eldest son-in-law Li Tianran in the courtyard of the two houses is a different scene, deserted, the door is full of birds, Miao Liansheng looked at the brother-in-law and second brother-in-law Ding Shaowei next door with a smile, the appearance of the instrument is very unpleasant, and he is drinking stuffy tea in the courtyard with his daughter Miao Keke.

Li Tianran is okay, he was born in the countryside, he is satisfied to be able to come to this point, Long Suqin is virtuous, a son and a daughter have grown up, there has never been any lofty ideals, and there is no comparison, so there is no distraction and self-satisfaction.

It's just that Long Pufang and Long Puzheng always intentionally or unintentionally take the visiting guests to the Long family's mansion to wander around, and after the courtyard of the third son-in-law Miao Liansheng, they will take the initiative to enthusiastically introduce each other to each other, but after passing through the courtyard of Li Tianran's family, they directly ignore their existence, and just take the guests to walk by, as if they are showing their strength and connections over and over again.

There have been many times this back and forth, Long Suqin can't help but lose face, and thinks that at this moment, if a friend or subordinate comes to the house to support the scene, it will be good.

At this moment, the security guard at the door shouted again: "Cui Guizun, the magistrate of Hengshui County, has come to pay New Year's greetings to Secretary Miao Liansheng!"

was drinking tea in a muffled voice, Miao Liansheng, who was embarrassed, heard this voice, just like a big drought and a rainy day, and he met his old acquaintance in a foreign country, and happily pulled Miao Keke and the two of them ran to the gate happily, and enthusiastically held Cui Guizun's hand and said excitedly: "Old Cui, why are you here today, this is far away, it's hard for you, come on, come on, please, our brothers want to have a few drinks today!"

Cui Guizun looked at Secretary Miao, who usually did not smile and rejected people thousands of miles away, suddenly became so enthusiastic, suddenly a little flattered, at a loss, and stammered: "Secretary Miao, I happen to be in Kyoto~~~~"

Miao Liansheng grabbed him, grabbed Cui Guizun's hand tightly and said loudly: "Let's not say anything else about this New Year, say something happy." ”

Miao Liansheng walked and looked around with his head held high, like a victorious general, extremely proud, introducing Cui Guizun's name and position everywhere, so that Cui Guizun didn't dare to speak anymore, so he could only accompany the smiling face and nod around.

As soon as he returned to his yard, Miao Liansheng reluctantly let go of Cui Guizun's arm, returned to his normal expression, and asked, "Old Cui, how did you get there."

Kyoto is coming?"

Seeing that all the courtyards in the mansion have guests visiting, but the courtyard where he lives is cold and terrible, Long Suqin's face can't help but be a little hot; Long Suqin is not the kind of person who loves vanity and covets wealth and power, but in life, who can not care about face? Especially for the first time in more than 20 years, the New Year in the Long family, other brothers and sisters are all guests, and even Miao Liansheng, whose family is four or five hundred miles away, has a county magistrate who came to support the scene, so it is not too ugly, and the comparison of his own family is really a bit bleak.

After working for almost a morning, the guests who should have come have almost arrived, Long Jiaxu and Long Jiawen freed their hands, ran triumphantly to the courtyard of Li Canghai's house, and deliberately asked: "Auntie, uncle, this New Year's Eve is very lively everywhere, why are you here so cold and deserted that there is no New Year's atmosphere at all?"

Long Suqin was unhappy in her heart, and said angrily: "You kid, my aunt's family is in the south, thousands of miles apart, who can go so far to come here to pay New Year's greetings." ”

Long Jiawen said proudly: "The fourth brother-in-law's home is also more than 500 miles away, this is not the same as someone came to visit the New Year, anyway, it is still a county magistrate, my home is in Weilang City, there are also three or four hundred miles, to my father New Year's greetings, the deputy mayor has gone more, why? Because my father is the mayor, he is in power, he is in a high position, no matter how far away, people will come to pay New Year's greetings, as for the people who have no power and power, even if they are close, I am afraid no one will pay attention." ”

Long Suqin was so mercilessly ridiculed by the two nephews, where did she not know what the two brothers meant? I wanted to find an opportunity to embarrass her and let her understand her situation, the Long family did not welcome her as a powerless, powerless and moneyless person, and hoped that she would be self-aware and not come again in the future.

Long Suqin had a fire in her heart, but this Chinese New Year was not easy to send out, so she had to snort coldly and stop talking, Li Tianran just wanted to comfort her when she saw this, Long Suqin gave him an angry look, and hid in the room alone.

Li Tianran was bored, and he didn't know what to do for a while, only Long Jiaxu and Long Jiawen saw that the goal had been achieved, and they were about to leave happily to share the embarrassed and embarrassing appearance of Li Canghai's family with Ding Ling and Ding Deng.

At this time, the security guard at the gate shouted: "Guan Qingshu, chairman of Tiancheng Group in southern Guangdong Province, has come to pay New Year's greetings!"

When Long Jiaxu and Long Jiawen heard about Guangdong Province, their hearts were shocked, but they looked at Li Tianran with an irrelevant look, knowing that they didn't know each other, and they were relieved, Long Jiaxu said loudly: "My dad is the vice minister in charge of economy and trade, and the chairman of this Tiancheng Group must have come to find my dad, I will receive the guests first, so you can continue to be idle here." ”

After speaking, Long Jiaxu pulled Long Jiawen and rushed towards the courtyard of Long Jiaxu's house with great vigor.

At this time, Long Aotian, Long Pufang and Long Puzheng were stunned in their hearts, Tiancheng Group in southern Guangdong Province has no impression, since it is a businessman, it must be the second son-in-law Ding Shaowei, the three of them all looked at Ding Shaowei, Ding Shaowei looked at the three of them with a confused face, and he himself was at a loss, this day

Cheng Group knows that Guan Qingshu's worth of billions is on par with him, but he has never intersected, and Guan Qingshu has no reason to come to him to pay New Year's greetings.

Just when a few people were looking at me, I looking at you, staring at each other, Guan Qingshu took Gu Debiao and Guan Zhizhou and a group of seven or eight people who had already entered the gate, and said enthusiastically to Long Aotian with both hands and fists: "Hello Old Man Long, Guan Qingshu has given you a New Year's greeting, I wish you good health and all the best!"

Long Aotian asked suspiciously: "Chairman Guan, are you here to pay New Year's greetings to me?

Guan Qingshu laughed and said: "Old man, we are here to pay New Year's greetings to our head Li Xiaoyao, and you are his elder, so naturally we will also give you New Year's greetings!"

"The head? Li Xiaoyao?"

Long Aotian and his two sons and second son-in-law Ding Shaowei looked confused.

Guan Qingshu added embarrassedly: "I forgot, our head is commonly known as Li Canghai, and he is your grandson! ”

"Li Canghai, the head of the house, Guan Qingshu, a dignified billionaire worth billionaires, came all the way from southern Guangdong Province to Kyoto to pay New Year's greetings?

Long Pufang on the side, Long Puzheng was stunned, Miao Liansheng was also confused, and Long Jiaxu and Long Jiawen were even more shocked.

Although Long Aotian was also at a loss, after all, he was a person who had experienced strong winds and waves, and hurriedly asked someone to take Guan Qingshu and his party to the courtyard where Li Canghai's family lived.

Guan Qingshu and Gu Debiao and a group of seven or eight people hurriedly came to the courtyard where Li Canghai was, walked in front of Li Canghai, who was playing chess with Li Tianran in the courtyard, lined up neatly, knelt on the ground in unison, and bowed and said: "The master of the general altar of the outer gate of the Xiaoyao faction has brought Gu Debiao, the master of the deep sea branch, and his disciples to the head of the sect to pay New Year's greetings, and I wish the head of the sect a blessing like the East China Sea and a great future!"

Li Canghai looked up at Guan Qingshu and Gu Debiao and his party who were kneeling on the ground, smiled, and said softly: "Guan Qingshu, you have a heart, please get up!"

The Long family looked at this strange thing in front of them, dumbfounded, and dumbfounded.

(End of chapter)

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