"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, we want profit, we want profit"

"I'll go, you three troublemakers, come back from a crazy day outside and ask me for a laisee, while going cool." As soon as Li Xuan came out of the kitchen with a plate of steamed fish, he was stopped by Zhong Chuhong's younger brothers and sisters.

"Brother-in-law-" The youngest Zhong Xiaomei shouted loudly, pulling the corners of Li Xuan's clothes while shouting.

"Shhh, don't speak in such a strange tone, you can't even call your brother." Li Xuan shuddered and said, "Besides, how can there be a Chinese New Year's Eve fat?" Get out of the way, your sister is still waiting for me to help." ”

"Hmph, brother-in-law is really not fun, let's go find the eldest sister." Second Sister Zhong was still sensible, so she took her younger brothers and sisters and ran into the kitchen.

Li Xuan shook his head helplessly, and quickly put the plate of steamed fish that was still a little hot on the table.

This is the second Chinese New Year's Eve he has crossed over.

On Chinese New Year's Eve last year, he just started to have a little ambiguity with Zhong Chuhong, so the New Year at that time was spent alone. This time is different, he and Zhong Chuhong are both living together, and they are already the official son-in-law of the Zhong family. And Li Xuan has no other relatives in Hong Kong, and this New Year's reunion dinner must have been brought by the Zhong family.

However, because it is Chinese New Year's Eve, many Hong Kong people like to take advantage of this time to go shopping, so the business of Zhong Ji women's clothing store is definitely better than usual, and Zhong's father and mother are busy looking at the store, so the task of making a reunion dinner falls on Li Xuan and Zhong Chuhong.

Li Xuan stood at the dining table and waited for only half a minute, when he saw the three troublemakers of the Zhong family being blasted out by Zhong Chuhong. Laughing to himself twice, Li Xuan walked into the kitchen.

"Is there anything else you can help with?" Li Xuan leaned against the door frame and asked. He was not familiar with the furnishings of the Zhong family's kitchen, and when he was in trouble as the chef at the beginning, he was knocked off the stage by Zhong Chuhong who grabbed power.

"Well, wash the tomatoes and cabbage in the bag." Zhong Chuhong, who was stir-frying, casually arranged the task.

"Okay, I'm sure to get the job done!"

Li Xuan opened the plastic bag, took out a few vegetables, put them in a pot, put them under the faucet and began to rinse them.

"No......" Zhong Chuhong suddenly turned his head to look at Li Xuan and said.

"What's wrong?" Li Xuan asked curiously, but his hands kept scrubbing a tomato.

Zhong Chuhong frowned, looked at Li Xuan's wrist and said, "Have you taken off your watch?" ”

"Uh......" Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, immediately fished his hands out of the basin, and hurriedly said: "I'll take it off immediately, don't worry, it's okay, this watch is waterproof." ”

"Humph!"

Seeing Li Xuan hurriedly take off the silver mechanical watch and put it in his close-fitting pocket, Zhong Chuhong snorted coldly and said dissatisfiedly: "I don't care about the gifts from others at all." ”

"I care, how can I not care!" Li Xuan resolutely denied: "I just haven't brought it much, and I'm a little unaccustomed to it." ”

The watch was a Valentine's Day gift from Zhong Chuhong to Li Xuan, and the brand was Chopard's, and Li Xuan didn't know much about it. However, the high price of this watch is scary, and Li Xuan is sure that this watch should be good.

Hong Kong has been ruled by the British for so long, and the Westernization is so severe that Valentine's Day has become an important holiday, and men and women generally exchange gifts. The standard gifts for men and women are usually flowers, chocolates, jewelry, etc., while women generally give men men's clothing items such as watches and ties.

Although Li Xuan also wore a suit and shirt, he didn't have the habit of wearing a tie, and Zhong Chuhong saw that he didn't have a watch, so he simply bought a watch as a gift. Li Xuan naturally couldn't lag behind, and gave him a Cartier rose gold love necklace, which was very beautiful, and it was also inlaid with diamonds.

"Didn't bring it? Didn't you have it before? Zhong Chuhong asked curiously: "Hey, tell me, what is the mainland like?" ”

Li Xuan only felt a headache, what he said didn't bring it, which meant that after the rise of mobile phones in later generations, he didn't use a watch much. Now that I heard Zhong Chuhong's ears, it obviously changed into another meaning.

"Have you heard of the Big Three?" Li Xuan could only recall the stories handed down by his parents' generation and began to talk nonsense.

"Nope." Zhong Chuhong looked at the dishes in the pot and asked, "What are the three major items?" ”

"The three major items are watches, sewing machines and bicycles, and now in the mainland, if anyone has these three things at home, it is a very face-saving thing." Li Xuan shook his head and said.

"Oh, I see." Zhong Chuhong nodded as if he didn't understand.

Afraid that Zhong Chuhong would ask something messy, Li Xuan quickly changed the topic and said: "Wife, did you say that you will have spare money to buy a house for your parents after a while, this house is still too small." ”

"Buying a house?" Zhong Chuhong tilted his head lightly and thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "No need, it's enough for them to live now." My parents are going to open a store, this house is close, just right, far away and they are tired of running every day. Besides, my brother and sister will definitely not live here when they grow up. ”

"That's okay, listen to my wife." Li Xuan fished out the tomatoes one by one from the basin and put them on the cutting board, shook the water in his hand and said, "When your brother and sister grow up, they will each give them a house." ”

"You're being generous now." Zhong Chuhong gave him a fierce look.

"Hey, hey."

Li Xuan smiled proudly twice, he would not say that he would wait for a stock market crash in Hong Kong to get a few more houses. Anyway, even if you put the house there, after the 21st century, the houses in Hong Kong will have a price.

"Happy New Year"

"Happy New Year"

Seven cups collided together to congratulate each other on the New Year.

At seven o'clock in the evening, no matter how good the business in the women's clothing store was, Zhong's father and Zhong's mother closed their stalls and rushed back for the New Year's dinner. A large family gathered together and had a good time.

"Hey......" Father Zhong took a sip of wine and sighed: "In a blink of an eye, a year has passed, and our family, Ah Hong, has also grown up." ”

"Dad!" Zhong Chuhong's eyes were red by her father's long sigh.

"Dad, don't worry, I will always be good to Ah Hong." Li Xuan hurriedly grabbed Zhong Chuhong's shoulders and said.

"Ha, if you dare to be good to our family Ah Hong, I will cut you." Father Zhong smiled bitterly: "In our family, I feel most sorry for this little girl Ah Hong." When she was only eleven years old, she began to help in the store, and later she grew up working while studying, which made this child suffer. ”

I hadn't heard Zhong Chuhong mention this, Li Xuan looked at the strong woman with red eyes in his arms, and his hands tightened. Zhong Chuhong also used Li Xuan's sleeve as a tissue, and wiped his tears on it.

But Mother Zhong couldn't help it first, and gestured to Father Zhong with chopsticks: "You old man, it's the New Year, what are you talking about, eat your meal." ”

"Yes, Dad, today is a festive day. Come, I'll have a few more drinks with you! Li Xuan also hurriedly picked up the wine glass with his empty other hand.

"Hey, a few glasses won't do, one cup will suffice." Father Zhong and Li Xuan touched the cup, shook their hands and replied, "I have to go back to open the stall later." ”

"Uh......" Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, and asked in surprise: "Still open?" ”

"Yes, you don't understand, Chinese New Year's Eve is lively, it is estimated that the store will be open until midnight." Father Zhong explained with a smile: "Wait a minute, you take these three little babies to the flower market, and her mother and I won't go." ”

"yes, that's fine." Li Xuan nodded in response.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, let's have a drink too!" Zhong Ermei suddenly interjected next to her, and stretched out the cup in her hand.

Li Xuan looked at the cup in her hand and said with a smile: "You have a Coke in your cup, you can't have a cup, at least I have three glasses of you." ”

There is no Spring Festival Gala on Chinese New Year's Eve in Hong Kong, but there is no mainland at this time. Wireless and Lishi also have Chinese New Year programs, but basically no one watches them.

Visiting the flower market is a must-have program for Hong Kong people to celebrate the New Year. The flower market usually opens on the 24th of the previous month and ends in the early morning of the first day of the first lunar month of the new year, and the Chinese New Year's Eve flower market is the best way to feel the festive atmosphere.

After eating Chinese New Year's Eve, people usually go to the flower market, join in the excitement, hoping to have good luck, and generally people will go shopping until two or three o'clock in the morning before returning home. And at the moment of stepping into the first day of the Lunar New Year, people who are visiting the flower market will congratulate their family and friends around them, which is very lively.

Many parks and playgrounds in Hong Kong hold flower markets before the Lunar New Year, with the largest flower market held at Victoria Park in Causeway Bay. However, because they had to cross the sea, Li Xuan and his party did not go, but came to the Flower Market Park in Mong Kok, where the liveliness of the flower market is only second to that of Victoria Park.

The flower market is full of seasonal flowers such as daffodils, oranges, and peach blossoms, and the flow of people is also very large. Li Xuan took his family to squeeze around inside, in addition to joining in the fun, he also bought a lot of festive dolls and gadgets at the stall next to him, such as Li Xuan holding an tickle and dancing around while walking.

There are also a lot of people in the crowd who faintly show tattoos, and now they are all full of joy, visiting the flower market, and bargaining with the stall owners. In this traditional festival, these people also seem to be washed away from their full body of anger.

Li Xuan walked forward slowly, while looking back from time to time. The three troublemakers of the Zhong family couldn't be idle, running around everywhere, Li Xuan didn't want to be gone when he rushed home at two or three o'clock.

"Wow! Happy New Year! ”

"Wishing you prosperity!"

"Congratulations!"

The crowd suddenly stirred, and people were congratulating each other everywhere. Li Xuan raised his wrist to look, but it was already the first day of the Lunar New Year.

"New Year's ......"

"Born ......"

Li Xuan and Zhong Chuhong spoke face to face almost at the same time, but they were both interrupted by the other party.

"You come first." Zhong Chuhong looked at Li Xuan with those bright eyes and said.

Li Xuan cleared his throat, clenched his right hand vigorously in his trouser pocket, and opened his mouth to say, "Raw ......"

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law!" Zhong Ermei's voice suddenly came: "Wishing you prosperity, Li is coming!" ”

"Brother-in-law, Wishing you prosperity, Lishi is coming!" The remaining two guys also hurriedly shouted.

Li Xuan, who had been brewing emotions for a long time, was almost not angry with the three troublemakers who suddenly appeared, and glared at the three guys fiercely, Li Xuan reluctantly took out his right hand from his trouser pocket, reached into the pocket of his clothes, took out three red packets, and handed them over.

"Thank you, brother-in-law!" The three of them took over the laisee, and disappeared again in the blink of an eye.

"Ahem." Li Xuan coughed vigorously, looked at Zhong Chuhong and said embarrassedly, "Let's do it again." ”

Li Xuan put his right hand into his trouser pocket again, looked at Zhong Chuhong and said seriously: "Wife, I am happy ......" (to be continued.) )