Chapter 30: Chinese New Year

Are women born to revolve around a pot?

Zhou Jiayi's heart had slandered her grandfather's old peasant thoughts countless times, but this time she did not refute and count them like in her previous life, but made an appointment with Lu Junyuan on the other end of the phone to chat again in the evening and then hung up the phone.

"Grandpa, I remember that you can also make dumplings, there are many people, there is great strength, and if you want to have dinner, let's go and help together."

Zhou Jiayi invited with a smile and took the lead in getting up, but in desperation, the old man had to follow her to the kitchen.

Not to mention, the dumplings made by Grandpa Zhou are like gold ingots, much stronger than Zhou Jiayi's soft lying on the grate.

There is no such rich and luxurious Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, in Jiangping County, the family gathers on Chinese New Year's Eve to eat a dumpling banquet that symbolizes reunion, which can be regarded as a celebration.

The thin-skinned dumplings were put into the pot, and Chinese New Year's Eve officially kicked off in the quiet courtyard of the Zhou family.

The family sat in the living room, eating while waiting for the Spring Festival Gala to start, the TV was the backstage interview before the broadcast, the dancers had already put on makeup, and all kinds of performance costumes were dazzling, Li Qiumei saw the door of a lounge open, and asked: "Isn't this the one who said cross talk!"

Zhou Jiayi didn't have much interest in the Spring Festival Gala, after all, she had already watched it once in her previous life, yawned and asked for her father's mobile phone and began to send New Year's messages to a few familiar classmates and teachers, thinking that she should buy a mobile phone after the New Year.

Lu Junyuan, who is far away in Xinnan, is sitting with his family in the famous revolving restaurant in the south of the city at the moment, waiting for the waiter to serve the food, the air conditioning and heating in the restaurant are very full, the down jacket he wears when he goes out is hung on the back of the chair, and the baseball shirt that Zhou Jiayi and Li Qiumei looked at the same time looks more and more youthful under the background of the hotel lights.

I don't know if it's because she came back from studying abroad, or because she is an ordinary person who married into a wealthy family, most of the clothes Wei Shan bought for her two children can't escape the category of small suits and white shirts, except for the sportswear used in physical education class.

Lu Boyi rarely saw his son dressed like this, so he was surprised, but laughed instead, "This dress is well chosen, suitable for your age." ”

Thinking of Zhou Jiayi's gesture on himself when buying clothes, Lu Junyuan couldn't help but slightly hook the corners of his mouth and nodded.

Lu Mingyuan couldn't sit still beside Wei Shan, so he squeezed to Lu Junyuan's side.

When the elder brother did not refuse, but moved the tableware on the side, Lu Boyi was even more surprised, and said to Wei Shan, "Why did the relationship between these two brothers suddenly become so good?"

Although this restaurant has been famous for a long time, the food is honestly not very delicious, especially the taste that is exercised by Liu Qiumei's usual cooking spicy and salty, so that Lu Junyuan always has a tasteless feeling when eating the food here.

Wei Shan saw that he didn't move his chopsticks much, and asked cautiously, "Is the food not to taste?"

"I'm not too hungry." Lu Junyuan put a chopstick dish in his brother's bowl, watched him eat it with a smile, and said lightly: "You don't have to pay too much attention to me." ”

Lu Boyi frowned when he heard this, but he didn't say anything in the end.

Wei Shan doesn't know how to cook, and the aunt invited by the family also went home for the New Year, and when his son came back for the New Year, he couldn't even eat a hot meal.

Lu Boyi brought up the old words again, wanting to take his son back to school, "If you don't want to go abroad, Dad doesn't force it, the education in Xinnan is better than the small place in Jiangping, or you can go to the capital, our company's business status is expanding over there, you can go to the branch to study and study by the way, and you can take over my class in the future." ”

"I have my own plans." Lu Junyuan shook his head, obviously not wanting to talk about this topic more.

Seeing that his son didn't eat oil and salt, Lu Boyi couldn't suppress the fire in his heart, and slapped the table suddenly, "What are your plans, you plan to let people make rumors about you in school, ah!" You can afford to lose this person, I can't afford to lose it, tell me if you don't listen to it, now you don't have to discuss, get me back to school!"

This famous restaurant's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner business is extremely hot, Lu Boyi is angry, attracting the attention of many people, Wei Shan persuaded in a low voice, Lu Mingyuan stretched out his arm in front of his brother, a guardian posture, "Dad, don't scold people, don't hit my brother!"

Lu Boyi looked at them, rubbed his eyebrows, and softened his voice helplessly, "What are you thinking, I don't understand you anymore." ”

"I ......" Lu Junyuan actually didn't want to talk about anything, after all, with his father's temper, saying it might be equivalent to saying it in vain, but at this time, he suddenly thought of what Zhou Jiayi said to him during the summer vacation, and suddenly decided to talk to his father thoroughly, "I'm not interested in real estate, and I don't want to take over your class in the future, don't be in a hurry to get angry first, listen to me finish talking." Lu Junyuan looked at his father's expression, and continued: "Now I have made a website, which should be launched after the New Year, you should know, I want to start my own business in the future, I want to create a career of my own like you, not driven by anyone, even my father, do you understand what I mean?"

Almost everyone admired their father when they were young, Lu Junyuan is no exception, his father started from scratch and established a huge business empire like Boyi Real Estate, which is almost omnipotent in his eyes, even if with Lu Boyi's remarriage, the relationship between father and son is gradually cold and cold, many of Lu Junyuan's thoughts and opinions in his heart will still be influenced by his father.

The slight sound of knives and forks colliding in the restaurant and the staggered conversation of people all highlight the excitement of the upcoming New Year, and at such a moment, the tension between father and son at the table where Lu Junyuan is located is particularly abrupt.

If it was someone else who said such a thing to him today, he would not hesitate to praise this child for his ambition, but it was his own son who said this to him, and he was both annoyed and relieved.

Annoyed that his son can't look down on his hard-working career, and he is glad that his son has begun to pave the way for his future at such a young age, like him, but he is more successful than him.

"Show me your proposal." After a long time, Lu Boyi only dropped this sentence and began to eat.

Wei Shan, who was familiar with her husband's personality, breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Junyuan, your father promised you." Alright, let's eat quickly, or the food will be cold. ”

Lu Boyi snorted, but did not refute Wei Shan's words.

Xinnan is not a small city like Jiangping, even on Chinese New Year's Eve, the large and small shops on the street are still open, Lu Junyuan bought a lot of toys for his younger brother, and the family went to the river to watch this year's evening party performance organized by the city.

Lu Mingyuan couldn't see the situation in front of him, and shouted for his brother to hug him, Lu Junyuan simply put him on his neck, probably because the show in front of him worked well, and he could hear the little guy's giggling all the time.

Lu Junyuan lowered his head and thought, he didn't know what Congee Congee was doing now?

Zhou Jiayi, who had no heart and lungs, forgot about making an appointment with him to call again, and led the children in the village to set off fireworks on the road outside.

Fireworks and firecrackers have not yet begun to be banned in the countryside, and Zhou Jiayi did not dare to take firecrackers out because she was playing with children, so she bought three incense sticks for a dime at the village commissary.

Even with such cheap and fleeting fireworks, those little children still had a lot of fun, and when Zhou Jiayi reminded them not to throw them around and splash sparks on their bodies, they also agreed loudly.

It's nice to be a child, and it's easy to be happy. Zhou Jiayi thought so, and simply joined them.

The children are energetic, and there is a custom of keeping the New Year in the countryside, and it was not until almost twelve o'clock that Zhou Jianping came out with a plate of firecrackers and planned to wait until the New Year's Eve when the firecrackers were set off, Zhou Jiayi remembered that he had not called Lu Junyuan yet.

She put away the remaining incense sticks and said to the group of children sternly, "Now we all go back to our own houses to find our own mothers, and we will play together tomorrow night." ”

The children saw that they had nothing to play, so they all went home obediently.

Zhou Jiayi took off her gloves and rubbed her hands, which were a little unconscious because of the cold, "Dad, give me my phone, I'll call Lulu." ”

Zhou Jianping was half-squatting and spreading the firecrackers on the ground at the gate, letting his daughter take them from his pocket, "You show me the time, as soon as twelve o'clock arrives, we will light the firecrackers." ”

"It's still two minutes away, so I'll fight later." Zhou Jiayi secretly thought that she had just made this call at twelve o'clock in time for the New Year, and Lulu might be moved to cry.

As soon as twelve o'clock arrived, the firecrackers crackled, and Zhou Jiayi sat on the stone pier at the door and dialed Lu Junyuan's phone.

The gongs and drums on the other end of the phone were noisy, and I don't know what kind of scene it was, Zhou Jiayi yelled into the phone, "Lulu, happy new year!"

The firecrackers on the other end of the phone rang out, and when the other neighbors heard that the Zhou family had set off firecrackers, they also lit their own houses one after another, Zhou Jiayi felt that her ears were buzzing all the time, and she couldn't hear what was being said on the other end of the sentence.

was so noisy that Zhou Jiayi hurriedly covered her ears and hid in the house, closed the door of the room, and then said, "What did you just say, it was too noisy for me to hear." ”

"Happy New Year!" Lu Junyuan held Lu Mingyuan, who was sleeping peacefully in the sound of gongs and drums, in one hand, and his mobile phone in the other, he did not shout hoarsely like Zhou Jiayi, but said softly, obviously with a smile.

"I'm not going to give you New Year's money!" Zhou Jiayi laughed twice, suddenly realized that Lu Junyuan seemed to be outside, and asked.

The young man's down jacket was covered on his younger brother, but he didn't feel cold at all in the cold night, and he felt that his heart was very hot.

Whether it was Lu Boyi's agreement to read his plan first, or receiving New Year's greetings thousands of miles away at such a special moment, it made him feel that he was recognized, needed, and cared for.

Porridge porridge, thank you.

Although this thank-you was muffled by the sound of gongs and drums and noise, and blown away by the wind in the cold winter night, he still spoke so solemnly and seriously.