Chapter 18: Uncle Cousin
Lin Ziqing heard the lively sound in the front yard, she walked out of the room and looked into the front yard, only to see two people sitting in the middle of a table, and the adults around were eagerly discussing something. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Children are chasing and playing around, and the ground is full of melon seeds and peanut shells. When she got closer, she saw Uncle Lobby and Aunt Lobby when she was young.
Lin Wenzhong, who is only one month younger than Lin Wenshan, graduated from Bailu City University, is 27 years old this year, and works in the city's state-owned enterprises.
He was tall and handsome, with a pair of elegant gold-rimmed glasses and a crisp suit, looking suave and personable.
Lin Ziqing knew that in two years, after the pace of reform and opening up reached them, Lin Wenzhong would resign and go to the sea to do business, and twenty years later, he became one of the richest businessmen in the entire northwest Fujian region, became the chairman of the group, and also served as the chairman of the chamber of commerce.
In the previous life, before Lin Ziqing's mother left, their family was still very close to this cousin's family.
Because Lin Wenshan and Lin Wenzhong grew up together since childhood, they are cousins, and they have been at the same table in the same school for three years, so it can be said that they grew up together in open crotch pants. Later, my uncle and his family also moved to the city, and the contacts became estranged, and when Lin Ziqing's family was very dilapidated, the two families did not move much, only the New Year's greetings and Qingming Energy Conservation met each other, and they didn't talk much when they saw each other.
Just as she was thinking about the past, a gentle, magnetic voice rang in her ears
"Qingqing, what are you doing standing there in a daze, come and show your uncle, Xiao Qingqing has grown so big, I haven't come back for two years, you have grown a lot taller, but you are too thin."
Lin Ziqing slowly came back to her senses and saw that Lin Wenzhong had walked in front of her and was lowering his head to ask her.
Lin Ziqing was well-behaved, and replied in a child's unique sweet voice, "Uncle Wenzhong is so handsome, I haven't seen you for a long time, and I was stunned by you!" ”
After speaking, she lowered her head shyly, and now her hair has grown to her ears, and the scar is no longer visible.
"Haha, you still know what it means to be handsome, this little mouth is sweet." After speaking, he rubbed her little head with his hand, and the relatives and friends around him also laughed.
"What I said is true!" Lin Ziqing really thought so in her heart, in her previous life, she set her boyfriend's appearance to be found according to her cousin's standards.
"Did Qingqing go to elementary school? How about reading? Lin Wenzhong asked with a gentle smile
"I also want to go to elementary school, I know everything in the first grade books, but I'm too young, my parents won't let me go!" Lin Ziqing blinked her eyes and said with an accusatory expression.
"Really? Qingqing is so powerful! Lin Wenshan looked at her with a look of disbelief
"Well, I'm amazing." Lin Ziqing raised her small chin and said with a proud look
The uncle on the side grabbed a handful of peanuts and put them in Lin Ziqing's clothes pocket, and said with a smile
"Qingqing is very smart, and she studies with Huang Feng opposite every day, and her homework is done together at their house, I heard that she also went to Xie's house next door to find Mr. Xie and his wife to learn calligraphy and painting, Qingqing is great!" The uncle praised her and took her into her arms.
"Then I want to see what kind of powerful method Qingqing has!" Lin Wenzhong looked at Lin Ziqing seriously and said
Lin Ziqing immediately went to get her notebook, stuffed it into his hand, and looked at her cousin with a look of hope
Lin Wenzhong took the notebook and looked at the little niece's words carefully, "Hehehehe, our family's Xiaoqingqing is really amazing, look at this word, it's really beautiful." Oh, these arithmetic problems are within a few hundred, awesome, Qingqing is awesome! Lin Wencheng, the uncle next to him, also stood up curiously, leaned closer to his head to take a look, and nodded from time to time.
Lin Ziqing immediately became arrogant, her little tail was about to be cocked, and she looked at them triumphantly with a smile like a flower.
"Okay, good, Qingqing is so well-behaved, my uncle will give you a big red envelope during the New Year!" Everyone laughed together again, and the atmosphere was very happy for a while.
When Lin Wenshan carried a large basket of mustard greens into the yard, Lin Wenzhong happened to see it, and he walked up to Lin Wenshan with a warm smile to greet him
"Wenshan, you're going to pick vegetables, the vegetables are good, hehe, it's been a long time, you're still the same!" As he spoke, he patted Lin Wenshan's shoulder with his hand.
"Oh, Wen Zhong, you're back, when did you arrive, you kid is doing well, look at this dress!" Lin Wenshan smiled, put the vegetable basket on the ground, wiped his hand on his clothes, and slapped Lin Wenzhong's shoulder with one hand.
"Just came back in the morning." Lin Wenzhong beckoned to his girlfriend Chen Aizhen, who was sitting, and Chen Aizhen walked over from the table
"Come, let me introduce you, this is my girlfriend, we used to be college classmates!" Lin Wenzhong put his arm on Chen Aizhen's shoulder and introduced
"Oh, yes, I brought my girlfriend home, it's beautiful!" Lin Wenshan glanced at Chen Aizhen and joked with a smile.
"Thank you for the compliment, Brother Wenshan, hello! My name is Chen Aizhen, and the first time I came to you, the town still looks very good! Chen Aizhen smiled shyly and greeted Lin Wenshan
"Hello, hello! You see, I don't know if you're coming back today, and I haven't prepared anything, so I'll make up for it later! Lin Wenshan smiled awkwardly
"You're too polite, haha, I'm coming back this time to discuss my engagement with Aizhen during the New Year, and when the time comes, you have to come and help me cook haha!" Lin Wenzhong smiled and beat Lin Wenshan's chest and said
"It must be, you are too exalted to me, I can only do it, I still have to invite a few masters to come, make an engagement banquet, I can't do it alone!"
"Okay, Wenshan, we haven't seen each other for a long time, wait for the afternoon to call the eldest brother and them, let's get together in the evening, don't get off the table if you don't get drunk, it's decided, haha!"
"Okay, I'll be busy first, wait a minute, I'll come to you in the afternoon!" After Lin Wenzhong finished speaking, he lifted the vegetable basket and went back to himself first
Lin Wenzhong and Chen Aizhen turned around, returned to their seats, and saw Lin Ziqing still standing at his mother, beckoning to Lin Ziqing
"Qingqing, come with me, I have some snacks brought back from the provincial capital here, you can take them back and eat them." Saying that, Lin Wenshan got up and walked to the door of his house, took out a bag of snacks and handed it to Lin Ziqing.
"Thank you, uncle!" Lin Ziqing was just about to take it with a smile, when Lin Jianbing, the little cousin of the third uncle's house who was playing next to him, immediately rushed over
"Uncle Wenzhong, I also want a pack, I also love to eat dim sum!" After speaking, he grabbed the bag of snacks that was originally given to Lin Ziqing with both hands.
"Okay, then this bag will be given to you first, look at me, I'll take a few more packets out, everyone has a share, everyone has a share!" Lin Wenzhong hurriedly took out several large bags of dim sum in the room and distributed them to several nephews and nieces.
The little fat man who lived in the yard and his sister also got a bag, and several children in the neighborhood looked at them with envy.
At six o'clock in the evening, a large light bulb was set up with bamboo poles in the front yard, and my uncle's family set up six tables in the front yard hall.
When a junior brings his girlfriend to meet his parents for the first time, he usually calls all his relatives to eat together. Everyone sat around the table and smiled, and the children couldn't help but swallow their saliva as they looked at the dishes on the table.
Lin Ziqing sat in her place and glanced at the dining table, these dishes are really hearty!
The above dishes are all served in a large celadon bowl, including braised pig's trotters, braised pork balls with braised tofu, braised muscovy duck, stewed grass carp soup, stir-fried eel slices, snail stuffed pork, braised carp, sweet and sour pork ribs, fried small intestine with bean sprouts, braised pork stewed round duck eggs, and two green vegetables.
There are so many good dishes that I usually can't eat during the New Year, and I have made a lot of money, and it seems that my uncle's family attaches great importance to the future eldest daughter-in-law who just met this time.
With the voice of my uncle, "It's time to eat." Lin Ziqing's table was full of cousins, and everyone didn't say a word, just put the dishes in their bowls and eat them in big gulps, how could they have the usual energy.
The adults sitting next door also began to chat while eating, and many relatives chatted with Chen Aizhen curiously, all they said was to inquire about what the girl was doing and what was going on at home, Chen Aizhen just bowed her head and ate elegantly, almost just smiling, rarely speaking.
This banquet lasted from more than 6 o'clock in the evening until nearly 9 o'clock in the evening. The women began to clean up the table, and Lin Wenshan and several cousins in Lin Wenzhong's family were still drinking and boxing there.
The relatives also got what they wanted to know, and some of them who lived a little far away went home first, leaving only the uncles and aunts in Lin Ziqing's grandfather's room, and everyone discussed what they needed to prepare.
The uncle looked for the yellow calendar to see the date, and decided to give Lin Wenzhong the engagement wine on the sixth day of the first lunar month, and then invite the wedding wine on May 1 next year.
A few of the children went to the little fat man's house to watch TV shows, and the older ones started playing poker again, and it seemed that they were ready to play an all-night rhythm, and everyone was very excited and happy one night...... Lin Ziqing also happily went back to her room to sleep.