Chapter 306: Happy New Year
When Song Yaqiao and Ivanka made breakfast, Lai Xiaohu and Zhang Ying also finished the morning battle and got dressed and came out, seeing Song Yaqiao and Ivanka sitting in the living room outside, Zhang Ying's face suddenly turned red, she thought that she was so excited just now that her voice was a little loud, wouldn't it be that Song Yaqiao outside and they all heard it, although the relationship between several people is very good, but this kind of thing is that no matter how good the relationship is, Zhang Ying will be embarrassed.
Seeing Zhang Ying's red cheeks, Song Yaqiao and Ivanka laughed at the corners of their mouths, but the two didn't joke about Zhang Ying directly, they just stared at Zhang Ying from time to time during dinner, which already made Zhang Ying even more embarrassed.
Lai Xiaohu was thick-skinned and didn't care about anything, he took the lead in eating, and a simple breakfast was eaten by a few people in just half an hour. After seeing that the time was already nine o'clock, the four of them quickly stood up and cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, today is the last day of the New Year, Lai Xiaohu and they must rush home before dinner at night, this is what Lai Xiaohu has promised his mother, and the ticket they bought is more than two o'clock this afternoon, so they must clean up their home here before noon, and then rush directly to the airport at noon.
Fortunately, Lai Xiaohu and the others just went back for a New Year, and they came back after the year, so they didn't have to go too much trouble to clean up all the places, just clean up the surface places, and then simply pasted the New Year's pictures, and after turning off the electrical appliances, the four of them pulled their luggage out.
At this time, it was already about half past eleven, and after buying a little food in the supermarket downstairs, the four of them got into a taxi and headed towards the airport.
There is still a lot of distance to the airport from where the four people live, and after leaving the city, it took almost an hour to walk along the expressway before arriving at the airport.
After hurriedly going up to the second floor to get a ticket and passing the security check, there was only half an hour left before the plane took off, almost just right, but fortunately there were no accidents on the road. Otherwise, you have to delay the plane. Although airline v*i*p members like Lai Xiaohu will be taken care of a lot in practice, for example, if you come late, the crew may find an excuse to wait for you for dozens of minutes without delaying for too long, but Lai Xiaohu is not that kind of person, and he can't let other people on the plane wait for him for no reason. Several people bought first-class cabins, and when they arrived at the airport, they got on the plane directly.
If you are a train, it is estimated that it will take about 12 hours to get from Jincheng to Shangdu, but it only takes an hour to make a plane.
The plane took off on time, so at three o'clock, Lai Xiaohu and the others had already landed at Shangdu International Airport, and several people came out of the airport on time at four o'clock.
There is a bus directly to Lai Xiaohu's door at the bus station outside the airport, and Lai Xiaohu has already appeared at the door of his house with his three daughters at five o'clock.
Like Lai Xiaohu every time he came back before, Dong Cuiyun had already stood at the door waiting for Lai Xiaohu. And Zhang Xiuying stood aside unexpectedly, not only Lai Xiaohu came back today, but Zhang Ying also came back, how could Zhang Xiuying not come out in person to welcome her daughter's return.
After Lai Xiaohu and the others got out of the car, Dong Cuiyun and Zhang Xiuying suddenly stepped forward excitedly. Lai Xiaohu originally wanted to give each of them a hug, but he didn't expect Dong Cuiyun and Zhang Xiuying to take the lead and walk towards Zhang Ying. Feelings are now the most important in the eyes of the two old men, Zhang Ying is already the most important.
Fortunately, the two old men did not forget Lai Xiaohu. After a few brief words with Zhang Ying, the two brought the topic to Lai Xiaohu. And for the two old men Song Yaqiao and Ivanka who followed behind, they have long been familiar with Ivanka, Ivanka came here last year and lived here for a short time, and the two old men still like this foreign girl.
And Song Yaqiao saw it for the first time, but fortunately, before Lai Xiaohu came back, he had already told Dong Cuiyun and Zhang Xiuying the news that Song Yaqiao was coming, so the two were not surprised.
The son of the old Lai family is back. And in addition to Zhang Ying, she also brought back two other very beautiful girls, and the news quickly spread throughout the neighborhood, so that when Lai Xiaohu and they went home, many people came out to take a look.
Here in Dong Cuiyun and Zhang Xiuying. Only Zhang Ying can have a relationship with Lai Xiaohu that goes beyond friendship, so after returning home, whether it is Ivanka or Song Yaqiao, they all honestly try to keep a distance from Lai Xiaohu, and the two girls can only do their best not to stay alone with Lai Xiaohu, even if there is anything, they also act together.
Not long after Lai Xiaohu and they returned, they heard the sound of firecrackers in some places outside, and the customs of many places here when eating dumplings and setting off firecrackers on Chinese New Year's Eve night, every year at five o'clock in the evening, there will be bursts of firecrackers.
"Oops, forgot about the fort dumplings." Set off firecrackers to eat dumplings, and Dong Cuiyun, who heard the sound of firecrackers outside, slapped his thigh and remembered that he didn't have fort dumplings yet.
Dong Cuiyun and Zhang Xiuying had been waiting for Lai Xiaohu and Zhang Ying to come back, and they didn't have the heart to worry about any Bao dumplings at all, didn't they gradually forget about Bao Dumplings, and then they remembered when they heard the sound of firecrackers in other people's homes.
"It's okay, don't worry, anyway, we're already back, it's okay to eat late." Seeing Dong Cuiyun and Zhang Xiuying hurriedly running to the kitchen, Lai Xiaohu hurriedly shouted behind. And then he took his three daughters to help out.
Fortunately, although Dong Cuiyun and the others forgot about the dumplings, the dumpling filling and noodles have already been made. After the four of them entered, they immediately embodied the essence of the strength of the number of people.
Zhang Xiuying and Dong Cuiyun have experience, so they specialize in rolling dumpling skins, originally Lai Xiaohu wanted to come in person, but after trying to roll out the thin and uneven dumpling skins, he gave up. The rest of the people worked together to make dumplings on the side, and it only took half an hour for the six of them to work together.
After the dumplings in the pot were cooked, Lai Xiaohu hurriedly took out the firecrackers that his mother had bought a long time ago and put them in the yard.
After the meal, Dong Cuiyun took Lai Xiaohu and them to their new home, yes. When they came back this time, Lai Xiaohu and they couldn't be in the same house with Dong Cuiyun and them anymore.
There is generally such a custom in rural areas, that is, when the son gets married, he will build a new house for the son before he gets married, which means that after marriage, the young man will have to live alone, and he can no longer rely on the old man in the family for anything.
In the past, Lai Xiaohu had not yet graduated, and the matter of natural marriage was not on the agenda, so Dong Cuiyun did not say anything about building a new house for Lai Xiaohu, but now Lai Xiaohu is engaged to Zhang Ying, so Lai Xiaohu's marriage will be put on the agenda, and building a new house for Lai Xiaohu has been put on the agenda by Dong Cuiyun and Zhang Xiuying, especially last year Ivanka and at the end of the year, Lai Xiaohu came back with a few people several times. At that time, the room at home couldn't be lived in at all, which made Dong Cuiyun anxious to build a new house for Lai Xiaohu.
Originally, there was a house in their village that was specially allocated to Lai Xiaohu and those who were going to get married, but Dong Cuiyun thought that those houses were too far away from the current home, so he discussed it with the family behind him. Dong Cuiyun paid for the purchase of their house and house, and then lost a little money.
Buying a house in the countryside is actually very cheap. Before and after, Dong Cuiyun spent less than 100,000 yuan. This amount of money may have been a lot of money before, but now Dong Cuiyun has no pressure at all.
After buying the house, Dong Cuiyun directly spent money to hire a construction team to demolish the original house, and then let them build a two-story small building on the original site.
Dong Cuiyun also notified Lai Xiaohu of the matter of building a new house, and he had no intention of asking Lai Xiaohu's opinion at all, and Lai Xiaohu considered that he would no longer live at home permanently. So it's up to my mother to toss.
This new house has actually been built a long time ago, and now I am waiting for Lai Xiaohu to come back to live, and Dong Cuiyun has not only moved most of Lai Xiaohu's things to the new house, but also moved Zhang Ying's things in with Zhang Xiuying.
Zhang Yingzhi still didn't know this, so after hearing that Zhang Xiuying had moved her things to a new house. Zhang Ying was still very surprised, "Mom, you don't want me anymore?" Holding Zhang Xiuying's arm, Zhang Ying pretended to be wronged and said.
"Yes, how can I not want you." Seeing her daughter's appearance, Zhang Xiuying actually felt uncomfortable, her daughter who had been raised together for more than 20 years was going to really not belong to herself from today, and she was reluctant to do it, but she also knew that this was the inevitable result of her daughter's growth, so she said with a smile, "You have grown up, you should have your own life, remember to treat yourself well in the future, you know?" ”
"Yes." Zhang Ying leaned on her mother's arms after saying that.
didn't leave too much time for the two of them to be sad, Dong Cuiyun couldn't wait to take everyone to the new house in the back, a new and tidy two-story small building, which can be called a villa in the city, and the appearance looks very magnificent. And when he entered the room, Lai Xiaohu was even more surprised.
In fact, most people who are used to living in the city are not used to living in rural houses, because the houses here and the interior decoration may give them an awkward feeling, after all, the countryside and the city are a lot less fashionable. But now the decoration in this new house makes Lai Xiaohu suddenly feel like a city, and the atmosphere of youth and fashion fills the whole house.
"How's that, do you still like it?" Seeing the surprised smile on Lai Xiaohu's face, Dong Cuiyun knew that she was not wrong this time, and it seemed that she had made it quite in line with her son's taste.
"Mom, are these all made by your commander?" Pointing to the decoration in the room, Lai Xiaohu asked.
"I can get this," Dong Cuiyun suddenly said a little embarrassed, "It's okay for you to let your mother go to the field to do manual work, but as for the decoration of the house, you don't know anything." These are all made by the construction team that Yafei's child brought from the city by herself, and I don't know much about what they did, but you young people can do it if you like. ”
"Concubine Liu?" When Dong Cuiyun said this, Lai Xiaohu asked suspiciously, he didn't expect that there were traces of Concubine Liu Ya in his new home.
Dong Cuiyun is right, the all-round decoration inside and outside the entire house is actually made by Liu Yafei herself from the design company brought by the commercial city. Unlike Lai Xiaohu, who usually only calls home, Concubine Liu Yafei ran to Lai Xiaohu's house when she had nothing to do.
According to Lai Xiaohu's time, Concubine Liu Yafei can come, but when Lai Xiaohu is no longer there, Concubine Liu Yafei often comes here to visit Dong Cuiyun and Zhang Xiuying.
So after a long time, the relationship between Dong Cuiyun and Zhang Xiuying and Liu Yafei became more and more familiar, and as for building a new house for Lai Xiaohu, Liu Yafei naturally knew. So when the house was built and decorated, Liu Yafei volunteered to bring back a professional decoration design company from the commercial city, and then designed and decorated it all in accordance with the style that young people in the city like.
"I'll have to thank her." In the end, Lai Xiaohu said.
After that, Dong Cuiyun led Lai Xiaohu and they visited the house in detail, not to mention that although the countryside is not as rich as the city, there is absolutely no need to worry about a house, Lai Xiaohu's new home is not only very satisfactory to Lai Xiaohu in style, but also very spacious. The total indoor area of the two-storey small building is almost more than 800 square meters, which is absolutely unimaginable in the city, you must know that Lai Xiaohu in Jincheng has seen many young men and women working overtime all day for a house of dozens of square meters.
There are more than a dozen rooms in the whole new house. is enough for Lai Xiaohu, and they live in three houses alone. Of course, in fact, most of the houses will inevitably end up being vacated.
In addition to the living room, Dong Cuiyun has prepared a total of four bedrooms for Lai Xiaohu, one of the largest bedrooms is for Lai Xiaohu and Zhang Ying, which means that from now on, Lai Xiaohu and Zhang Ying will sleep together at home. No more sleeping in their own homes like last year.
And one of the remaining three bedrooms is for Ivanka and Song Yaqiao, both of whom are girls. Dong Cuiyun was worried that they would be scared if they slept alone. So let the two of them be companions together. As for the remaining two houses, they are vacated for emergencies.
After dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve, they will start to watch the New Year, and at this time in previous years, Lai Xiaohu and they have long begun to watch the Spring Festival Gala, although the Spring Festival Gala is getting worse and worse year by year, but for many people, the Spring Festival Gala has become a thought, and it may not satisfy them. But if it is canceled, it will surely make them angry.
This year, a few people watched the Spring Festival Gala in Lai Xiaohu's new house, not only the decoration of the new house has already been done, but also all kinds of household appliances and furniture have been prepared for a long time, and they are all brought back by Liu Yafei from the commercial city.
When I turned on the TV, it was almost ten o'clock in the evening. Most of the previous shows were missed, but it was already satisfying to be able to watch the later shows together as a family.
With the sound of the hour hand at twelve o'clock, the village that was very quiet before suddenly burst into the sound of firecrackers, and firecrackers were set off at twelve o'clock to welcome the New Year.
This time Ivanka set off the firecrackers at twelve o'clock, Ivanka has been in China for two New Year's Eve and is no stranger to firecrackers, but the first few times she was a little scared and didn't dare to approach, and the more she saw it, Ivanka's curiosity slowly exceeded her fear, plus this time Lai Xiaohu coaxed them behind, and Ivanka experienced it in the yard with her head held high.
The beginning was smooth, but the ending was hilarious, at first Ivanka still looked like bravery was written on her face, but when Lai Xiaohu's firecracker was lit, with the sound of firecrackers, Ivanka suddenly yelled and threw the firecracker in her hand to the side and ran towards the house. As for Lai Xiaohu, they had already laughed when they saw Ivanka's embarrassment, and their stomachs hurt.
After the firecrackers, it marks that the new year has arrived, this time it is already early in the morning, Dong Cuiyun and Zhang Xiuying are so sleepy that they are sleepy until now, it is impossible to let the two of them stay up all night with Lai Xiaohu and they don't sleep, after saying hello, the two went back to the front yard to sleep, tomorrow morning the two have to get up early to cook, and the first meal of the new year has to be dumplings.
As soon as the two old men left, the four of them were left with Lai Xiaohu, and the pressure on their bodies suddenly relaxed, and without the presence of other people, they didn't have to pretend that their relationship with each other was pure.
The four of them had already agreed that they would not sleep all night tonight, and there were not so many fun projects in the countryside, so the four of them could only play mahjong while watching TV.
They don't have to win money, because the money is actually a family, so the four of them simply use candy instead. Although it looked boring, the four of them were also stunned until six o'clock in the morning.
At this time, in fact, the year has ended, after putting away the mahjong, the four of them suddenly felt a wave of tiredness hit, if you sleep at this time, don't think about it when you eat. So the four of them had to wait for Dong Cuiyun and them to make breakfast.
Dong Cuiyun and Zhang Xiuying, who were very concerned about Lai Xiaohu and them, also got up early, and didn't let a few people wait long, Dong Cuiyun came over to Lai Xiaohu and them to eat.
After dinner, several people couldn't hold on any longer, so they put down the dishes and chopsticks and rushed back to the backyard to sleep, and on the first day of the new year, several people spent almost all of them in bed. (To be continued......)