Yu Meixia painted a light makeup today, but she was wrapped in a thick down jacket, which looked a little bloated. The temperature in Hong Kong in winter is around ten degrees all year round, and the temperature in Pengcheng is basically below zero in winter.

Li Rui got out of the car and helped Yu Meixia put the suitcase into the trunk, Yu Meixia handed Li Rui a large paper bag in her hand and said, "Happy New Year, this is a gift for you." ”

"Wow! And gifts! Li Rui was quite surprised, when she took it out, she saw that it was a leather jacket, or an Italian brand, this kind of clothes could not be bought in Pengcheng, could it be that she bought it for herself last time she went back to Hong Kong? If that's the case, why did I give it to you until now?

However, Li Rui was still very happy to be able to give gifts to others on the first day of the Lunar New Year, took off the down jacket on his body and threw it into the back seat, put on this leather jacket, looked at the reflector of the car, and said with satisfaction: "It fits well, it's good!" Thank you, Mixia. ”

Yu Meixia was also happy when she saw Li Rui immediately change into the clothes she gave her, and said with a smile: "It's always not good to go to someone else's house empty-handed during the New Year." ”

The two got into the car with a smile, and in the confined space of the car, there was suddenly a unique fragrance of women, Li Rui smelled this refreshing aroma, his spirit immediately lifted, stepped on the accelerator, and the car sped in the direction of the south bridge. National Highway 206 is still bumpy, but there are very few trucks transporting coal during the Spring Festival, and the speed of the car is easy to pick up, and it has stopped steadily at the gate of the Li family's compound in less than an hour.

Fang Qiang and Aunt Fang came out of their own courtyard when they heard the sound, and they were very surprised to see Yu Meixia coming out of the car, although Yu Meixia followed Zhao Wenlong and Zhu Jie to see Aunt Fang once last time, but Aunt Fang obviously couldn't remember, and was secretly asking Fang Qiang if this was Li Rui's girlfriend?

"What the hell is this! This is Manager Yu of Hong Kong Tengfei Company. Fang Qiang muttered, and hurriedly ran up to help carry the luggage.

"It's not a girlfriend, how can you come to someone's house for the New Year?" Although Aunt Fang had doubts in her heart, she thought that her son was not doing engineering under Tengfei Company, so she hurriedly greeted her warmly.

Yu Meixia obviously came prepared, and after entering the house, she opened the suitcase and took out two small boxes from it, one of which was given to Aunt Fang, "Aunt Fang, Happy New Year!" ”

"What do you say?" Aunt Fang seemed at a loss, she didn't expect this Hong Kong female manager to give her a gift, but she didn't dare to pick it up.

Yu Meixia smiled slightly, opened the box, and inside was a brightly colored silk scarf. "Aunt Fang, I have to stay here for a few more days, I'm sorry for you." As he spoke, he took the initiative to wrap the silk scarf around Aunt Fang's neck.

When Li Rui saw it, he smiled and said, "Yo! Aunt Fang, you suddenly became several years younger when you put on this silk scarf. ”

Although Aunt Fang is over forty years old, she still looks quite young, not to mention that everyone has a love for beauty, Aunt Fang was also a well-known beauty when she was young, and she also likes to pretend to be something, looking at the color of this silk scarf so bright, I like it very much, and when I heard Li Rui quip, I couldn't help blushing, and said crampedly: "How embarrassing is this!" ”

"Since it was sent by Meixia, you can accept it." Li Rui said with a smile.

"Fang Qiang, this is yours." Yu Meixia handed another box to Fang Qiang.

"I have it too!" Fang Qiang was suddenly pleasantly surprised, he was not as polite as his mother, and he couldn't wait to open the box, which was a pair of black sheepskin gloves. While bringing it on, his mouth was still exaggerated: "Suitable, really suitable!" Thank you, Manager Yu. ”

Yu Meixia said with a smile: "It's not working time now, I call you Qiangzi, you don't have to call me Manager Yu, call me Sister Yu, Sister Meixia." ”

Fang Qiang scratched his head embarrassedly when he heard this, and said, "Then I'll call you Sister Meixia!" Sister Meixia, thank you for the gift you gave me. ”

Aunt Fang also hurriedly said, "Manager Yu will stay here for a few days, I'll go clean up the guest room in the East Wing and turn on the heating." The bedding is new, and I took it out to dry it two days ago when the weather was good, and the fragrance is guaranteed to be warm. ”

"I'm sorry for you, Aunt Fang."

"It's okay, it's okay! Let's talk first. Qiangzi, help make tea for Manager Yu. Aunt Fang instructed Fang Qiang as she walked out, fiddling with the silk scarf around her neck in her hand, looking beautiful.

"Sister Meixia, tea or coffee?" Fang Qiang asked.

"Coffee bar."

"Okay." But when he opened the coffee can, he was dumbfounded, Li Rui's coffee here was not instant coffee or ordinary coffee like the one he bought outside, but coffee beans one by one.

"Brother Rui, what are you doing with this thing?" Fang Qiang asked helplessly.

Yu Meixia looked at it and said with a smile: "These are coffee beans, they are all freshly ground and brewed, so let's do it with me." ”

Yu Meixia took out a beautifully made siphon coffee machine from the shelf, and a small hand-cranked grinder, skillfully poured a little coffee beans into the grinder, and then shook the handle to crunch the coffee beans into fine powder and then pour them into the coffee machine, add water, light the alcohol lamp below, and after a while, as the coffee in the pot boiled, a strong coffee smell wafted out. Yu Meixia enjoyed the aroma of the coffee very much. But Fang Qiang looked at the whole process dumbfounded, and muttered: "It's so troublesome, it's better to buy bags of instant coffee, just like tea, just brew it with boiling water." ”

"You are just a dirt bun, coffee only tastes like this, and it has a tone, do you understand?" Li Rui walked out of the room with a smile, smelled the aroma of coffee, and smiled at Yu Meixia: "The craftsmanship is good, and the coffee brewed is much stronger than mine." ”

"Of course." Yu Meixia said proudly, scalding the coffee cup with boiling water, "The coffee is ready, do you want to have a cup." ”

"Okay!" Li Rui was very interested, in fact, this set of things was left by him before, and it was rare to cook it himself after moving here from the city government dormitory.

But Fang Qiang shook his head, "I can't get used to drinking this thing, I'd better go and help my mother work." ”

Li Rui added two sugar cubes to the coffee, stirred it carefully, tasted it, closed his eyes slightly and tasted it, and praised: "Yes, it tastes great!" ”

But Yu Meixia didn't add anything, she took a sip of the original taste and said, "It should be that your coffee beans are good, um!" Blue Mountain coffee in Jamaica. As he spoke, he looked at Li Rui and said with a smile: "I really can't see it, to paraphrase a sentence from your mainland, you are quite petty bourgeoisie!" ”

"Hahaha...... What a little bit of capital I'm in! Zhang Zhuoyang helped me bring it, to be honest, I really can't drink the origin of this coffee. Why don't you add anything, you're afraid of getting fat! ”

Yu Meixia shook her head and said: "I'm also used to it, I used to stay up late when I was studying in the United States, and I could only rely on coffee to refresh myself." ”

"Why do you study so hard?" Li Rui said with a smile.

Yu Meixia smiled bitterly: "I have to work to earn tuition during the day, and I only have time to read at night." Don't look at us Hong Kong people on the surface, in fact, there are still a lot of poor people. I used to be poor. ”

"No pain, no gain! You see you're good now, little rich woman! ”

Yu Meixia glanced at him and said coquettishly: "Don't say it so ugly, okay?" What little rich woman, am I so old? ”

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! It should be Sister Xiaofu, it's me who said the wrong thing. Li Rui apologized with a smile.

"By the way, Mr. Zhang has returned to Yanjing, why haven't you been to the New Year? In fact, I was also trying to call you yesterday, but I really didn't expect you to be in Pengcheng. Then Yu Meixia asked curiously.

Li Rui didn't want to mention the grievances between him and the Zhang family to outsiders, so he spread his hands and said, "Busy!" You also know that our Nanqiao was still conducting a safety production inspection some time ago, and it has not yet ended, so I don't feel at ease when I go. Besides, if I go to Yanjing, you won't have anywhere to go! It's so pitiful to spend the New Year alone! ”

Yu Meixia held the coffee cup with both hands, "I'm used to it, I've been alone since I was a child, and it's not much different here than in Hong Kong." As he spoke, he smiled again: "Speaking of which, I really want to thank you this time, let me come to Nanqiao for the New Year, Aunt Fang and Qiangzi are very enthusiastic." ”

Li Rui is actually very curious about Yu Meixia's life experience, since the last time she was frightened in the Shagou Guest House, and said those words incoherently, Li Rui has already heard that her childhood does not seem to be happy, and it can even be described as miserable. But this is people's privacy after all, if Yu Meixia doesn't mention it herself, he won't take the initiative to touch the pain in her heart.

"It's not easy for the two of them, in the past, Qiangzi was a soldier outside, and Aunt Xia was left alone, but fortunately, Qiangzi is still promising, and Aunt Fang now has more smiles on her face." Li Rui said with feeling. In fact, sometimes he is still quite envious of Qiangzi, no matter what, he still has a loving mother. Thinking of his mother who died early, Li Rui's face couldn't help but show a trace of loneliness.

Yu Meixia also seemed to remember her past, sighed and said: "In fact, it is not easy for everyone, but people always have to live, and if they live they have to face their own lives, if they want to be happy, they must work hard to change and fight against fate." ”

Li Rui nodded, after being reborn, he deeply sympathized with Yu Meixia's words, why did he stay in Nanqiao, it was not that he wanted to change his original fate, rather than being obscure, it was better to fight hard and pursue a vigorous life.

"Look at us, this is such a heavy topic for the New Year, I haven't asked you yet, what are you going to arrange in the next two days, I don't want to stay here, what's so fun about your Nanqiao?" Yu Meixia suddenly came to her senses and said with a smile.

Li Rui thought for a while and said, "I still have something to do tomorrow, and I'll be free when I'm done." Speaking of what is there to do in Southbridge? In addition to Qingyun Mountain in Shagou, I think there is only Qingshanquan Town, where there are mountains and water, the place is good, speaking of which I often go, but I haven't had a good time, why don't we go there tomorrow? ”

"Okay!" Yu Meixia suddenly said happily.