Chapter 234: Winter Solstice
December 21st, the twenty-third day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
This day is a traditional Chinese festival, the winter solstice.
In the southern Guangdong region, the winter solstice has always been a big festival, and in Chen Zhengqian's hometown, it is known as the "winter solstice for the New Year".
As for whether the winter solstice is really a big New Year, Chen Zhengqian doesn't know, anyway, he is no longer a teenager, well, it's all three, right!
So I'm not so enthusiastic about these festivals or something.
Anyway, the New Year is like this, and it's usually like this, at most, the atmosphere around him is a little lively, but he has passed the age of loving liveliness.
But since everyone attaches so much importance to it, he is not good at disappointment, as the boss, he generously gave everyone a day off, and also gave each person a holiday subsidy of 100 yuan, which made the villagers laugh happily, and praised the boss for being cheerful, and it is comfortable to work here!
Chen Zhengqian's family is also preparing for the festival.
Dad Chen Guowei went out to buy vegetables early in the morning, and the polder market in the town was very lively today, but there were only three people in the family, so there were not many things to buy. In addition to some vegetables and vermicelli necessary for the festival, my father also bought a large bag of rice balls, sesame filling, and others, he also bought two catties of lean meat and half of the roast duck.
Later, there was a seller of sauerkraut button meat on the side of the road, and he also bought a catty, Chen Zhengqian used to like to eat this, because of the fragrant taste. He didn't know if Chen Zhengqian's grandparents' family had come out to buy vegetables today, so he thought about buying a double portion, and then took one over.
There are also roadside stalls selling dog meat.
Nanyue people like to eat dog meat on the winter solstice, because dog meat is a great supplement, which can keep out the cold, eat dog meat on the winter solstice, and fight tigers in the spring next year. However, no one in the family likes to eat it, so Chen Guowei didn't buy it.
In this way, Chen Guowei, who returned home, was complained by his wife, and his son was at home for the holiday, and he didn't know how to buy more, a miser!
Chen Zhengqian smiled and watched his father being scolded, and the two did not help each other.
There is a custom of worshipping gods and ancestors in the village, and there are many small people in the temple, so you should set off as soon as possible.
Dad killed the chicken, Chen Zhengqian had to help catch the chicken's feet and chicken wings, and also help pluck the feathers, and the rest of the disembowelment or something, my father would get it himself.
After returning from worshipping the ancestors, the family had breakfast peacefully, and the father and son were also asked to eat a bowl of rice balls each. Then Chen Guowei went to the eco-resort for a stroll, in his words, watching from time to time, feeling uncomfortable. And Chen Zhengqian began to teach his mother Li Xiaomei to read various reports.
Because in the future, the business of the resort will be handed over to the mother to take care of, Chen Zhengqian may not be at home all the year round, and other things can be taken care of, but in general, the mother will have to grasp it herself. Therefore, my mother can not do anything else, but the report must be able to read.
Chen Zhengqian explained patiently, Li Xiaomei listened with great interest, she has always wanted to surpass Chen Guowei and become a person in the family, so not to mention how serious she is!
At this time, a guest came to the door.
It was Wang Guiqin from the upper village, and Chen Zhengqian wanted to call her "Uncle Guiqin".
Wang Guiqin shouted loudly in the courtyard: "Xiaomei is not at home?"
My mother hurriedly ran to the balcony and answered: "It's here, you wait, I'll go down and open the door." ”
Then he threw the report back to Chen Zhengqian.
Chen Zhengqian is helpless, okay, I'll see for myself.
After his mother led Wang Guiqin up, Chen Zhengqian stood up and said hello: "Hello Aunt Guiqin, have you eaten?"
When Wang Guiqin saw Chen Zhengqian, she also greeted him with a smile: "Xiao Qian is also here, I have eaten, and I just came down after eating." But his demeanor was a little restrained.
Chen Zhengqian smiled and sat down again, not paying much attention, he was used to the various attitudes of the villagers towards him.
The old mother hurriedly beckoned Wang Guiqin to take a seat: "Sister Guiqin, don't stand, sit down and talk first." ”
Chen Zhengqian sat on the other side and quietly read the report, not caring about what the two rural women said.
Chatting and chatting, Wang Guiqin said: "Oh, look at my memory, I almost forgot, this is for your family." She took out an invitation card from a fiber woven basket she was carrying and handed it to Li Xiaomei.
"What is this?" Li Xiaomei asked with a little surprise as she took the invitation.
Wang Guiqin said with a smile: "My son Zhengkun's wedding invitation is ready to be married on New Year's Day on January 1st, and I must come when the time comes!"
Li Xiaomei saw the names of Chen Zhengkun and another girl she didn't know written on the invitation, so she was surprised and asked: "Zhengkun found a girlfriend and got married so quickly?"
Chen Zhengqian was also a little surprised, in his impression, this in-law brother Chen Zhengkun, who was the same generation as himself, was only twenty-six or seventeen years old this year, so he was married?
But think about it, in rural areas, children who have not been admitted to college are not married at the age of twenty-six or seventeen, which is already considered late marriage and late childbearing.
Wang Guiqin said with a smile: "It's not too fast, I'm twenty-seven! If I don't get married, I'm going to die in a hurry, and I urged him several times before he was willing to bring his girlfriend back." His father and I were quite satisfied, and then we went to the girl's house, and talked to her parents about the matter, and the two families set the day, and it was all right. ”
Hearing her say it so easily, Chen Zhengqian almost believed it.
Li Xiaomei closed the invitation and smiled enviously: "Then you will wait to hold your grandson!"
Speaking of this, Wang Guiqin was even more satisfied: "It's almost over, the child in my daughter-in-law's belly has been more than two months." ”
"Wow, really?" Li Xiaomei said in surprise, "In this way, in July and August next year, you will be a grandmother?"
Then there was another congratulations, and Wang Guiqin smiled and accepted.
As he spoke, the topic somehow came to Chen Zhengqian again.
Wang Guiqin glanced at Chen Zhengqian, who was still reading the report, and asked Li Xiaomei softly: "By the way, your Xiaoqian is not young, when are you going to get married?"
Speaking of this, Li Xiaomei was a little depressed, waved her hand and said, "Hey, don't mention him, there's no shadow." The money is earned, but the girlfriend is not talked about, he himself is not in a hurry, the one who is anxious is that we are parents. ”
Chen Zhengqian didn't hear it on the surface, and he was embarrassed in his heart, does every parent have a heart to urge marriage? !
Li Xiaomei is still complaining: "I went on a blind date with him last time, I think the girl is quite good, she looks white and clean, but he doesn't like it, and his ass is not hot yet, so he is in a hurry to leave, but he refuses to go no matter how he is called the second time." Why do you say this kid always has this stinky temper, worse than his father's temper. ”
Chen Zhengqian was so depressed when he heard it, he couldn't show it, and pretended to be "I didn't hear what you said", hey, I'm so tired......
Wang Guiqin glanced at Chen Zhengqian, and said comfortingly: "Your Xiaoqian is a big star, naturally you have a higher vision, how to find a girlfriend, you have to find a beautiful big star, right?"
Other people's children look envious, but their own children are not bad. What about big stars? Aren't they in their twenties and don't have a girlfriend?
Thinking of this, Wang Guiqin's heart was much more balanced.
Li Xiaomei shook her head and said: "I don't like to be a star very much, I show up outside all day long, hug other men, kiss me or something, we rural people can't accept it." ”
Hearing his mother say this, Chen Zhengqian felt a little painful.
Although many female stars have filmed kiss scenes, there are also people who have not filmed them, such as ......
Wang Guiqin agreed with this, and she couldn't accept her daughter-in-law kissing other men, so she said: "That's right, but I heard on TV that celebrities are very troublesome to get married, and they can't let those fans know, otherwise fans can't accept it for a while, and they will run to commit suicide by jumping off the building." Therefore, many celebrities are secretly married, and they don't dare to let others know, otherwise they may be scolded. ”
Chen Zhengqian is tempted to say that this is only a small part, and this news is a long time ago.
But come to think of it, it's better to shut up.
Rural women, even if you persuade you to your face, you still say the same thing when you look back.
Li Xiaomei seemed to have foreseen her son's miserable life in the future, so she couldn't help but sigh: "You said that how come the current people are not better than the previous people, celebrities are not people, celebrities also have to live their own private lives, why prevent people from starting a family?"
Wang Guiqin thought so: "Fans, most of them are irrational, it's really scary to be crazy, didn't I hear that who announced their relationship, but they were splashed with feces by fans?"
"I don't understand. ”
Li Xiaomei felt that the generation gap between herself and young people was really getting bigger and bigger, and she couldn't understand what those young people were thinking in their hearts.
Wang Guiqin also had some sympathy: "I see, if your Xiaoqian wants to get married, it may be more troublesome." ”
Li Xiaomei said with a smile: "It's too early to talk about this, let's wait until he finds a girlfriend first." "I made up my mind that my son must find a girlfriend as soon as possible, and I am still waiting to hold my grandson!
Get married and have children early, and then wait for your grandchildren to grow up and get married and have children early, so that you can see four generations of your family in the same house while you are alive!
Chen Zhengqian didn't know what his mother was thinking, but instinctively stirred up, feeling that something bad was waiting for him.
Seeing Li Xiaomei say this, Wang Guiqin couldn't say anything more, so she persuaded the last sentence: "Then it's too early, it's better to settle this kind of thing as soon as possible." ”
"You have a point. Li Xiaomei nodded in agreement.
Chen Zhengqian on the side is simply a black line, as for being so cautious?
Wang Guiqin couldn't help but glance at Chen Zhengqian, and sighed in her heart: This child in Xiaomei's family has nothing to say, he has a good character and will make money, but unfortunately he chose the wrong industry, and if he wants to get married early and hold his grandson, it will be difficult!
At this moment, Chen Zhengqian's phone rang.
Everyone was attracted by the sudden ringtone.
Chen Zhengqian looked at the caller ID, it was Yuan Xiaoyi calling, hesitated for two seconds, and still connected in front of his mother: "Hey, Xiaoyi, what's the matter?"
Yuan Xiaoyi on the other end of the phone, sitting on the small folding bench of the crew, with the spread script on his lap, talked to Chen Zhengqian on the phone with a smile: "No, I'm just bored during the break, and I want to call you." ”
Then as if he just remembered, he asked, "By the way, today is the winter solstice, have you eaten rice balls?"
Li Xiaomei and Wang Guiqin both heard the voice of the girl on the phone and looked at each other.
This...... (To be continued.) )