Chapter 41: Chinese New Year's Eve (Part II)

"Yo, the second aunt is here?"

Qin Ran opened the door and saw that it was her second aunt, and she was still carrying a basket in her hand.

"Come, every day, call big brother."

The second aunt let go of her body, and a two-year-old child slipped in through the crack in the door.

"Hello big brother."

This is Qin Yaozu's son, Qin Tiantian.

"It's so good every day, it seems to be a little taller than half a year ago."

Qin Ran touched his little head and said.

"No, children grow up fast. Every day, I usually shout that I want to play with my eldest brother, but now why am I shy when I see my eldest brother? ”

The second aunt asked when she saw her son shyly holding her thighs and hiding behind her.

"Hmm-"

Every day, he kept rubbing his mother's clothes and didn't speak, because he always felt that his eldest brother seemed to have changed, and he was not the eldest brother he was familiar with before. Sometimes, children's intuition is very accurate.

"You have been away for half a year, it is estimated that you have not seen you for too long, and you are a stranger.

The second aunt said in a round way.

"Na, these are the fresh Chinese New Year's Eve dishes I brought from home, so I should have called you over for dinner, but your second uncle has a pimple in his heart now and can't think about it for a while......"

Opening the basket, the second aunt took out a piece of meat and vegetables wrapped in plastic bags from it, and said while putting them on the table.

"It's okay, there have been such a big change in the family, and I'm always a little unaccustomed to it, but I'll be fine in the future."

Qin Ran interrupted the second aunt's words, after all, there are some things that can only be understood but not spoken, and both sides know that it is embarrassing for each other to pierce that piece of paper.

"Look at whether you're going to kill the chicken, the water is boiling here. How can you scholars do such heavy work? Come on, let the second aunt get it. You and Tian Tian go to the side and play for a while. ”

couldn't help but say, the second aunt picked up the knife, grabbed the big gelding chicken she had just bought, and raised the knife with her hand.

"Giggle-"

The big gelding screamed with all its last strength, and then its wings and feet kept shaking.

After the bloodletting was completed, the second aunt threw it to the side of the open space.

Qin Ran couldn't help, so he had to take Tian Tian to the side, watching the second aunt busy in and out.

"Big brother, is Jiangzhou fun?"

Although Tian Tian felt very strange to Qin Ran at first, after getting along for a while, children's curiosity still prevailed. He usually heard his mother say that his eldest brother went to Jiangzhou to study.

"Fun, lots of good things to eat and places to play. In the future, you will grow taller, and the eldest brother will take you to play. ”

To be honest, Qin Ran went to Jiangzhou, and he really didn't have a good time. He also said temporarily, if you really want him to take it to play, I probably don't know where to go.

"Okay, talk the talk, pull the hook to testify."

There was no way, Qin Ran had no choice but to hook up with Tiantian, it seems that three-year-old children can't be fooled casually. Wait, the question is whether it's okay to be three years old every day?

After going through boiling water, the chicken was plucked, and the second aunt put the chicken in the pot.

"Qin Ran, you will keep turning it over later, and when the time is almost there, you will use chopsticks to insert it into the chicken leg, if it doesn't bleed, it will be cooked and you can eat it. Your second uncle didn't know that I came out, so I had to hurry back in time. ”

Qin Ran's second aunt is a typical Chinese woman, not very beautiful, but dignified and virtuous, and I don't know how much virtue Qin Yaozu has accumulated in his previous life when he married her.

"Okay, I'll take care of it, don't worry."

"Come, this is 800 yuan, you should pay the tuition when you start school. This money belongs to the second aunt, and your second uncle doesn't know. When your father was alive, your second uncle was suppressed for a long time, so now he is in a strange mood, and you are considerate and considerate. ”

The second aunt told Guo Tian to prepare to go home, and then took out a stack of money from her pocket and stuffed it into Qin Ran's hand.

"Second aunt, I have money now, I really don't need it. My parents still have a lot of savings, enough for me to study! ”

Of course Qin Ran refused to ask for it, after all, he was really not short of money now, and he was also really short of money! Although I have tens of millions in my hands, I still owe hundreds of millions.

"Then this is the second aunt who will give you food and nutrition, take it quickly, don't grab it, I'm still in a hurry to take it back every day."

The second aunt took out the majesty of an elder at this time, and Qin Ran had no choice but to comply.

Pulling Tiantian out of the door, the second aunt walked two steps and turned around and said: "If you have something urgent, you can find the second aunt at any time, don't resist alone." ”

Qin Ran showed a bright smile at the door, raised his hand to show that he knew, but his nose was a little sour, and his eyes were unconsciously full of tears.

It's rare that someone still thinks about themselves so much, and the second aunt's concern touches the softest place in Qin Ran's heart all along.

The second uncle won't say anything for the time being, but the second aunt really doesn't have to say anything about herself.

After Qin Ran turned around, he wiped away his tears.

Recently, I have become sentimental again, and I have cried several times in my impression. A manly man, be strong, shed blood without tears. ”

Although he also knew that in fact, tears and bloodshed were not in conflict with a man. cheered himself up, and then Qin Ran turned over the big chicken in the pot.

The second aunt and Tian Tian walked halfway down the road and bowed their heads to their son.

"Just now my mother and you came to my eldest brother's house, you can't sue your father, you know? If you say yes, your mother will give you a lollipop to eat. ”

"Well, I know, I promise not to tell my father." Tian Tian nodded in acknowledgement.

The second aunt thought for a while and continued: "Pull the hook hook guarantee!" ”

Therefore, parents are the best teachers for children, and children basically follow the example of their parents. It was really no accident that Qin Ran was hooked just now.

Qin Ran poked the chicken leg twice with chopsticks, but found no red silk, and knew that the chicken was cooked. Then put it in a large basin, find fruit cakes, and fill small cups with tea and wine, and finally take the hot rice that has just come out of the pot and set the dishes and chopsticks, ready to worship on the patio of your own courtyard.

He opened the main door, planted a few sticks of incense on both sides of the door, then placed the cut radish in front of him, and inserted three sticks of incense.

After getting it done, Qin Ran bowed into the distance very carefully.

One is to God who gave him a second life, and the other is to the titular "parents" of this world, and may they be happy as a family in another world.

In this way, the empty home finally has a hint of New Year's atmosphere.

"Bang Bang Bang-"

After burning the paper money, Qin Ran lit a row of small firecrackers and sent them to all the gods.

At this time, it is the peak of the worship of each family, and the sound of firecrackers comes and goes for a while, so it is not lively.

After packing up the worship supplies, Qin Ran began to prepare dinner, after all, there was only one person, and the whole family was not hungry if one person fed. He first looked at the dishes brought by his second aunt, and found that there were stuffed fried tofu, taro button meat, braised lion's head, etc., which were probably all his second aunt's craftsmanship.

"Okay, when the chicken is chopped, stir-fry a green vegetable, and heat up the dish sent by the second aunt, which is also a hearty Chinese New Year's Eve meal."

Qin Ran talked to himself alone, after all, spending Chinese New Year's Eve alone, no matter what, there was always a little sadness, he said to speak to relieve the lonely atmosphere.

Eating alone, washing dishes alone, mopping the floor alone, Qin Ran cleaned up and began to turn on the TV to watch the Spring Festival Gala.

"Happy New Year, everyone, audience...... friends"

Looking at Zhao Zhongxiang and Ni Ping, the two old partner hosts, Qin Ran couldn't help but think of Song Dandan's sentence in the later sketch, "I want to see Zhao Zhongxiang very much!" ”

The impression in the memory is always plated with a layer of gold, because the memory is always too good, and everyone knows that "we can't go back", so we can't bear to destroy this hazy beauty.

Now that Qin Ran can experience it for himself again, he naturally has an indescribable feeling. Since you have been here, you must leave something behind, otherwise you will be too sorry for God's generosity to you!

"Bang bangβ€”"

The door of the house rang again.

When I opened the door, it turned out to be Chen Hao and Li Desheng coming together.

"It's too noisy to play mahjong at home, so I'll find a place to hide."

"My wife and children went to the neighbor's house to make dumplings, and I was bored at home alone, so I came to find a companion to chat."

These were the words that the two subordinates said after entering the door, but Qin Ran knew that these were just their excuses, and he didn't want to say that he was here to accompany the lonely boss to have fun.

"Okay, then come in and sit down."

Qin Ran smiled and welcomed them into the living room, it seemed that at least he didn't see the wrong person, and accepted two men who were okay.

Put melon seeds, sugar cakes, and fruits on the table, and then add the carbon of the brazier, and the three of them will gather around and chat.

"Who was the person you were talking to at the market in the afternoon?"

Li Desheng picked up a green grapefruit, slashed it with a knife a few times, and then broke the outer layer.

"I used to be the accountant of the construction team at home, surnamed Wang."

Qin Ran turned off the sound of the TV and replied.

"I was just about to tell you that the kid surnamed Wang was now hooking up with your second uncle yesterday. He also brought many of the brothers who had worked together in the past. I said that when they were asked to go to Jiangzhou, no one was willing to leave, it turned out that they were behind the scenes. ”

When Chen Hao heard this, he hurriedly told what he had forgotten yesterday. Yesterday, he originally wanted to sue Qin Ran when he planned to give the real estate certificate, but then he forgot about it in a hurry to go home.

"The gap between people is sometimes as simple as turning around, especially when everyone is facing the same intersection in life." Qin Ran replied indifferently.

"I said, being admitted to Jiangzhou No. 1 Middle School is different. What we said was that we couldn't even tell it if we wanted to break the sky. ”

Chen Hao thought for a while and felt that Qin Ran's words were really high.

"That is, he also said in the morning, what is zΓ i, reasonable, made me confused and I haven't figured it out yet. I vaguely know what it means in my brain, but I can't say it in a different way from my own mouth. That's why I said, we're just working for the boss! ”

Li Desheng handed a piece of peeled grapefruit to Qin and then interjected.

"That is, think about it, if we are still mixed in Yulan, how can we be so chic in Jiangzhou. There is also that Wang Changchun, who contracted a project of 2 million yuan with others, and blew it all over the sky when he met people. If you know about the hundreds of millions of Xiziwan projects we have made, you won't be scared. If I have a chance, I have to find a chance to teach him a good lesson, so that he can know that there are people outside the sky! ”

"Okay, you two, you don't need to be so hard to pat the boss's ass! Your mouth is not tired, my ass will hurt later! ”

Everyone loves to hear good words, but Qin Ran still stopped the two subordinates from chatting around.

"Let's take the opportunity to talk about the annual summary, right?"

Qin Ran saw that it was a rare opportunity to get together with his subordinates to communicate, so he asked the two to make a summary.

"I'll come first!"

Li Desheng knew that he was the least qualified at the scene, so he volunteered.

"I didn't mention it before I messed with the boss, I fooled around, and I couldn't see tomorrow. Since I arrived in Jiangzhou, I have found that the outside world of Magnolia is so exciting! As for me, I am mainly responsible for running the early stage and negotiating with the municipal authorities. Using the experience of selling insurance, he learned while running, at least he was able to enter the door, and the tasks assigned by the boss were basically completed on time, and he also maintained a good relationship with some officials. Score it yourself, and it's considered a passing grade. ”

Li Desheng knew that on serious occasions, Qin Ran liked to listen to the truth, so he spoke very plainly and concisely.

"After Lao Li finished speaking, it's time for me. To be honest, in the past year, I have been a bit like dreaming of acting, and I originally worked part-time in Yulan An'an. Suddenly, he followed the boss to Jiangzhou, and then went to Pengcheng, and finally started a big project of hundreds of millions. In retrospect, life is really like a play, and drama is like life. In terms of specific work, I am in charge of the engineering department, which is quite smooth, and now the construction site has taken shape. There was something wrong with the quality control of the material, and Mr. Zhou was stabbed. I was supposed to score 60 points, but that one cut deducted 10 points and failed 50 points. ”

Chen Hao spoke, his voice was low, he did not do some work well enough.

"No one is a saint or a sage, and I have made some mistakes myself. And Mr. Zhou's knife can't be counted on your head, if you really want to count me as the main responsibility, it is indeed that there are loopholes in our regulatory procedures. This year, we started from scratch and started from scratch, and the process can be described as frightening and trembling. If it weren't for a right-hand man as capable as the two of you, I might have capsized long ago. So, in my mind, you're all 100 points - perfect scores! Remember what I said about the company's goals? No. 1 in Jiangzhou in three years, No. 1 in the Yangtze River Delta in five years, and top three in the country in ten years! Therefore, we still have a long way to go, and I hope to continue to fight with you both. ”

Qin Ran made a decision in his heart: his two subordinates, whether it was their work attitude or how they behaved in the world, were first-class and first-class good hands. Therefore, he is not stingy with his praise, in addition to monetary rewards, spiritual encouragement is equally important.

"Boss, don't worry, if you don't dislike me, I will follow you to the death!"

Li Desheng was the first to speak.

"Me too, anyway, I've seen the world outside, and I never want to go back to the well of Magnolia. I hope to continue to follow you to see more new things, and it will not be in vain for me to come to the world! ”

Chen Hao also expressed his willingness to mix with Qin Ran to the end.

"Okay, I promise you won't regret it in the future, I'm sure of it!"

Qin Ran finally made a concluding remarks, which ended this personal summary.

"Jingle bellβ€”"

The mobile phone that was placed on the side rang, and Qin Ran saw that it was an unfamiliar number, but he still connected the phone.

"Hey, Brother Qin Ran? I'm Han Peng, I wish you a happy new year! ”

It turned out to be Han Peng, who was far away in Yungui Province, called.

"Thank you! May you also make progress in your studies in the New Year! The long-distance call is very expensive, do you want me to call you back? ”

Qin Ran said as he left the living room and walked to a remote place next to the stairs, leaving Chen Hao and Li Desheng to continue chatting.

"No need! Aunt Chen was also beside her, and she also wanted to say a few words to her. ”

After that, I heard the sound of a sigh, and then Aunt Chen's kind words came.

"Xiao Qin, I wish you success in your studies and all the best!"

"Hey, I also wish Aunt Chen good health and smooth work!"

Qin Ran hurriedly replied excitedly.

"The sausage that Auntie gave you tastes okay, right?"

"Yes, I fried it at home at night, and the taste was so good that I couldn't eat it in the city."

Recalling the aroma of the sausage at dinner, Qin Ran felt as if his stomach was starting to feel hungry again.

"It's good to like it. Next time I come to Auntie, I'll make you some to take away. The money you gave last time was used today to add meals to the children in the orphanage, and everyone is very grateful to you. Have a chance to come over and let them thank you in person. ”

A car horn sounded from the microphone, and Qin Ran knew that they were calling from a roadside public phone booth.

"You're welcome, just a little bit of effort."

"Then we won't bother you, I wish you a happy new year, and come and see it often when you have time."

Aunt Chen was afraid of taking up Qin Ran's time, so she offered to end the call.

"Well, I wish the children in the orphanage a Happy New Year! And you, remember to take care of your body and don't work too hard. ”

At this time, long-distance calls are still very expensive, and with the addition of calling mobile phones, it costs nearly two yuan a minute. So Qin Ran didn't deliberately keep it, and hung up the phone after exchanging greetings.

After making the call, Qin Ran's heart was hot.

There are people in the distance who are concerned, and there are people who are nearby, "It turns out that I am not alone in this world!" ”

Qin Ran returned to sit down, and the two subordinates were embarrassed to ask who it was, so the three of them continued to watch the party and chat.

"I hope that in two years, you will have a girlfriend to accompany you on Chinese New Year's Eve, and you don't need us rough people to join in the fun." It was Li Desheng who provoked the topic and cared about Qin Ran's lifelong events.

"Haha, that's how it should be, one will sit in your current position, and the other will sit on my side. There is an idiom called, Lao Li? ”

When Chen Hao heard this, he was very interested in joining this topic.

"Hug left and hug right!"

Li Desheng reacted quickly this time and perfectly said the answer Chen Hao wanted.

"Yes, it's a left hug!"

"Alright, you guys! I don't think it's too early, you should go home with your family! ”

Qin Ran looked up at the clock and found that it was almost 23 o'clock. According to the custom, at 24 o'clock, you should accompany your family to set off firecrackers to welcome the arrival of the New Year.

Tonight's goal was basically achieved, and the two subordinates got up with a smile to say goodbye, and drove the two cars parked in front of Qin Ran's house to go home.

"Hug left and right? It's beautiful to think about, but is it possible? ”

Qin Ran muttered, and then prepared to take a bath, after all, you have to be clean to welcome the New Year, and you have to put on new clothes. In this way, it is to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new year.

After washing, Qin Ran put on his new clothes energetically and took out a bundle of big firecrackers.

If there is no cannon sound during the New Year, it feels like there is no New Year's flavor.

He propped up the large firecrackers with bamboo poles, then stretched out from the balcony on the second floor of his house, hoisted them in the air to the ground on the first floor, and then pulled the extra gun train out of the gate.

At 23:50, someone in the county rushed to grab the first cannon, and before the time came, the firecrackers were lit, crackling throughout the city. Led by him, many people soon joined in and lit firecrackers. The whole county rumbled, the sky was filled with smoke, and the air was permeated with the smell of phosphorus and nitrate.

When the clock reached 23:58, Qin Ran lit his own firecrackers with his own hands.

"Crackle, crackleβ€”"

In the splash of cannon paper and the sound of cannons, Qin Ran ushered in the new year alone, and it was also a year for his career to reach a higher level.

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