Seeing that it was still early to eat Chinese New Year's Eve, and it was impossible for the Song family to come back very early, Shen Huai took out two cans of tea from his backpack and said to Song Hongjun: "I'll go to Old Man Cui's house to have a look, and the day after tomorrow may not have time to go over to pay New Year's greetings......"

Song Hongjun nodded and said, "Go and come back quickly, we'll start eating when you come back......"

Even if it is a political enemy in domestic officialdom, it is rare to tear up its face, and the situation of the Song family and the Cui family is more special.

Old Man Song and Old Man Cui are both veterans who have experienced the war years, and they have fought side by side.

Like their older generation, even if many of them end up holding low positions, their prestige in the country is not comparable to that of high-ranking party and government officials promoted in peacetime.

Even if their older generation does not vote for political views and has grievances, their daily interactions are still casual, after all, there is revolutionary friendship, and there are few who regard each other as mortal enemies, and they can't help their children to interact in private, so Song Hongqi, Xie Zhi and Ji Chengxi, Xiao Wu They walked together in groups, and Shen Huai carried two cans of tea to visit the New Year, which was also very common.

Cui Xiangdong was affected by the Yellow Sea Fleet incident in his early years, and his military rank and rank were given to him, and he never recovered his treatment, he usually lived in the Yellow Sea Fleet's cadre rest house in Xucheng, and rarely returned to Beijing, and Shen Huai did not confirm that he would return to Yanjing during the Spring Festival, but he went to the past, mainly to express his heart.

The highest status of the Cui family is Cui Yongping, deputy director of the Navy Armament Department, and the No. 9 courtyard of Xisi West Lane is also Cui Yongping's residence - Shen Huai knocked on the door, and the Jing Wei looked at him twice and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

"Is Old Man Cui at home?" asked Shen Huai.

A middle-aged woman in her forties looked at the door, slapped Shen Huai twice, and asked, "Are you the child of the Song family?"

The middle-aged woman was dressed plainly, but she was clean and beautiful, wearing a purple tweed coat and a red scarf around her neck, and her charm was still there, as if she was about to go out.

In Xisi Lane, even if it is the nanny led by zhongyāng, it is not something that can be offended casually, listening to this woman's inquiry, Shen Huai introduced himself: "Hello auntie, my dad is the fourth Song Bingsheng......

"Oh, you are Shen Huai," before Shen Huai finished speaking, the middle-aged woman guessed his identity, looked at him with interest several times, and then greeted the house, "Old man Cui, the boy from Song Bingsheng's family has come to pay you a New Year's greeting......

Listening to the greeting of the middle-aged woman, it turned out that she was not a family member of the Cui family, so she watched the old man Cui come out of the hall and laughed: "The sky is dark, and you are still visiting everywhere?"

"I didn't know that the old man was not in Beijing, thinking that there were two cans of tea and hurriedly brought it up, so I forgot it," Shen Huai said, "The old man fought guerrillas in Yuanshan, I don't know if you still remember the taste of old tea in Yuanshan?"

Another middle-aged woman came out of the back room, slapped Shen Huai twice, and asked, "Are you Shen Huai?"

Shen Huai is strange, no one knows about his return to Beijing in August, this trip back to Beijing has become a friend of middle-aged women, everyone knows him, he saw this middle-aged woman who came out of the warm drying house, wearing a short-sleeved forging jacket, and was coiling her hair when she came out, thinking that she was Cui Yongping's wife, or Cui Xiangdong's youngest daughter, nodded and said, "Well, Auntie is good." ”

"The mouth is so sweet," the woman laughed, her hair still coiled in her hand, and smiled at the woman standing at the door, "Liu Xuemei, don't be in a hurry to leave, stay and take a second look......

"I don't chew your tongue. The middle-aged woman at the door glared back, said goodbye to Old Man Cui again, looked at Shen Huai twice, and then pushed the door and walked out.

Shen Huaizhang Er King Kong was confused, but he just made people feel furious in their hearts, and handed the tea to Old Man Cui.

Cui Xiangdong took the tea leaves, opened the jar, smelled the fragrance of the tea, and said: "It's really authentic Yushan old leaves, I haven't smelled this for a long time, Longjing or something, I'm tired of drinking it." It's really rare that you have a heart, I will accept these two cans of Yuanshan old tea. I usually live in the Navy Cadre Rest House in Xucheng, if you have time, you can also come and see me when you pass through Xucheng......"

"Dad, you are really, young people, you have to be busy with your career, and you have to be busy with love, and I have no time to deal with you old fellows," the woman interjected again, "but you have helped to say a few good words, and you should eat two cans of tea from him." ”

Listening to the tone of her voice, you know that it is Cui Xiangdong's youngest daughter Cui Wenying.

Shen Huai smiled, and promised that he would often visit the old man at the Xucheng Dry Rest House, and when he saw that someone in the house was looking out, he said goodbye and left first.

After passing through the alley, the Xisi Lane Bookstore was closed on Chinese New Year's Eve and was not open, Shen Huai thought that the bookstore would open for business in two days, and then come over to greet Tan Shiwei, so he went back to the Song Mansion directly.

The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner here is also on the table, just waiting for Shen Huai to return.

Shen Huai sat down next to Song Hongjun, watched him pour wine for himself, stopped him from pouring too full, and asked: "I'm going to pay New Year's greetings to Old Man Cui, and there is a person named Liu Xuemei who is also visiting Cui's house, and I can see that my heart is furious, who is it?"

"Have you seen Aunt Xuemei?" Song Tong had pointed ears, listened to Shen Huai's words to Song Hongjun, and said, "Aunt Xuemei is Cheng Yi's mother? You don't know? How are you doing, are you rude? My mother has worked hard to help you brag in front of Aunt Xuemei, I have never seen her praise her daughter so hard......

Shen Huai thought to himself that there were hundreds of founding generals, where could he understand the intricate relationship in the capital circle.

Song Hongjun thought that Shen Huai had long been concerned about the blind date, but he didn't expect that her mother didn't recognize him when he met the blind date, and said to him: "Cheng Yi is Cheng Wenguang's daughter, haven't you really inquired beforehand?"

Shen Huai was stunned, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Seeing that Song Hongyi's eyes on the opposite side were not good, Shen Huai didn't know what was going on, so he heard Xie Zhi say beside him: "Cheng Yi's eyes can be picked, my sister-in-law has rubbed Hongyi with her before, but it didn't ......."

Shen Huai couldn't imagine that Song Hongyi had planted in front of Cheng Yi, and in the face of Xie Zhi's implicit provocative words, he only smiled slightly, and said, "Yes, I don't expect anything, just wait to pick the rest." ”

As the deputy secretary of the Yanjing Municipal Party Committee and the alternate member of Zhongyāng, Cheng Wenguang, on the old man's 80th birthday, was also a figure who sat at the same table as Dai Xianghuai, He Chengguo, Song Qiaosheng, and Tian Jiageng.

When Shen Huai first heard the name Cheng Yi, he didn't think about Cheng Wenguang, but he didn't think about it when he thought it was unlikely, so he didn't think about it, and he still felt a little surprised at this time.

Song Hongyi obviously didn't want to talk about this topic more, and Shen Huai didn't intend to think too much about it, he knew how bad his reputation was in the Song family, and if it spread a little bit, the impression on others would be worse than Song Hongyi, so he didn't expect much from this marriage.

However, the sister-in-law shaved her head and picked her head hot, and Shen Huai couldn't chill the sister-in-law's heart, so she wanted the two sides to meet each other and it would be better if there was no follow-up......

Shen Huai and Song Hongjun gathered around the table to eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, drinking and chatting, it was also very lively, and time passed imperceptibly - the table clock in the restaurant just struck nine o'clock, listening to the excitement in the courtyard, Song Tong jumped up and said: "My mother they came back from Ouchi, I don't know if my mother secretly brought me two buns?"

Shen Huai put down his chopsticks and walked out with Song Hongjun, looking at the old man, aunt, uncle, second uncle, second aunt, sister-in-law, little uncle, as well as Jingwei, secretary and others, they all got out of the car and entered the courtyard - they were eating and chatting in the house, but they didn't expect that the snow outside had accumulated a thick layer.

The old man entered the yard, not in a hurry to enter the house, but in the yard to enjoy the snow, saw Shen Huai and them coming from the house, saw them blushing, thought that they had drunk a lot of wine, and said with a smile: "You are also very lively at home?"

"Then hurry up, what is there to eat at the state banquet, it's really better to drink at home," Song Hongjun is the eldest of the juniors, and he has been skinny since he was a child, and he is the most casual in front of the old man, and said, "Seeing that your faces haven't changed, presumably the wine hasn't been drunk yet, or we follow the old rules and continue to drink?" Second uncle and sister-in-law, today are not allowed to take the elders' shelves and not drink......"

"If you have the ability, you can put me down. Song Qiaosheng laughed and reached out and knocked Song Hongjun's head.

There was heating in the house, so Song Hongjun came out wearing a shirt, shivered in the courtyard from the cold, and hurriedly beckoned the elders to come into the house and sit around the table.

The table in the restaurant is also large, and although it is a little crowded around a dozen or so people, it is also more lively.

Sun Yalin, as the younger generation of the Sun family, came to celebrate the Spring Festival, and stood up first to greet the elders, and everyone didn't care. The Sun family, the Xie family and the Song family have a deep relationship, and now they have closer cooperation, Sun Yalin can't go back to Paris to reunite with her family, and go to Yanjing to spend the Spring Festival with the Song family, which is also normal.

Song Wenhui sat next to Shen Huai and asked him, "Why don't you come back two days early?" Seeing that there is snow in the weather forecast, I am worried that the flight will be abnormal......

"If you have a plane back today, you can only squeeze the train if you come back early, and you may not be able to squeeze it. Shen Huai didn't say how busy he was, no one here was idle, and he couldn't just show that he was busy.

"These young people know that they are lazy and happy, and it would be good to be able to rush back for the New Year," the eldest aunt Song Ying said with a smile, not caring whether Shen Huai would come back early or late, "Let's just say Hongjun, I didn't expect him to come back, he came back," Speaking of this, Song Ying looked at his eldest son Song Hongjun, "By the way, Shen Huai is coming back this time to fall in love with Cheng Wenguang's daughter, when can you get married, give me my heart?"

"Hongjun, you must hold on, only if you hold up in front, we are not afraid of forcing our parents to marry!" Song Tong coaxed on the side.

"Little girl!" Song Ying picked up the chopsticks to knock Song Tong's head, knowing that it was useless to nag her eldest son about this, her attention shifted to Shen Huai's head, "Have you met Cheng Wenguang's daughter?"

"Not yet. Shen Huai said.

His aunt Song Ying works in the Women's Federation, although she is an official at the deputy ministerial level, she has no power, she is almost sixty years old, and she has no development prospects, but she is the eldest sister in the Song family, and everyone else still respects her very much, and the Song family is also her most cāo junior marriage.

"Aunt Xuemei has seen Shen Huai, and she seems to be very satisfied with Shen Huai......" Song Tong didn't think it was lively enough, and was the first to poke out what Shen Huai had encountered with Liu Xuemei at Cui's house.