Chapter Seventy-Two: Watching the Football Game
Zhang Xiaoquan was indeed too busy, and as soon as he finished eating and hurriedly said goodbye to everyone, he turned around and disappeared into the dark night and fireworks. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Xiaoxue said that in fact, she used to spend most of the New Year at her grandmother's house or grandma's house, not only was her father busy, but her mother often couldn't catch up sometimes, because the art troupe usually had a lot of performance tasks at this time, and in recent years, she has retreated into the background when she is a little older, so she can be considered a normal New Year.
The most traditional project for Chinese to celebrate the New Year is to sit around and watch the Spring Festival Gala, and the provincial governor's family is no exception.
In addition to Li Haolong and Xiaoxue, the most talked about the two families sitting around was Haoyue's pregnant belly, Xiaoxue was next to her future sister-in-law, stroking her belly over and over again, with a novel face, which was seen by the attentive Zheng Qiuxia, and she was even more happy.
"Silly boy, it's only been two months, you can't see anything, what are you touching?" Guan Shuna also couldn't cry or laugh.
"I was thinking, it's amazing to have a little life in here! Sister Yue, what kind of feeling is this? ”
"Well...... You can only understand it, but you can't say it, and when you have a baby yourself, you will know the magic of creation. ”
"Oh."
"Xiaoxue, today is the New Year, it stands to reason that I want to wrap a big red envelope for you, but it's too vulgar to take money, Auntie will give you a small gift, I hope you can like it, take it and open it."
Taking advantage of the excitement that the two were talking about, Zheng Qiuxia took out a small box that had been prepared and stretched it out in front of Xiaoxue, she took it with some hesitation, and slowly opened it, the gold was a little dazzling, and in the small box was a set of pure gold jewelry, earrings, necklaces, rings, bracelets, and the workmanship was also heavy when you looked at it carefully.
"Auntie, this is too valuable, I can't ask for it."
"Yes, Lao Zheng, you are so big, don't spoil the child."
"Don't say that, according to our rules, the man is going to give a bride price, but we really don't know how to open our mouths in a family like yours, we can only send something like this, the old gift is like this, this is etiquette, you can't shirk it, if you don't like it, take it, and let Xiaolong buy it for you when you like foreign jewelry." By the way, in-laws, there is another set for you, and several sets are customized together, which is a little cheesy, but they are all the craftsmanship of our famous local folk craftsmen, and it is good to do folk collections. ”
"How can this be, Xiaoxue will accept it, what is it for me to accept such a valuable gift, Lao Zhang should talk about me."
"What did he say, is this still afraid of criticism? It's not easy to count the gift money with you, and it makes sense to send some gifts between your in-laws. ”
"We're marrying our daughters, not selling them, I'll be uneasy if you do this, and it seems weird."
"Yes, you are not selling your daughter, we are not buying your daughter-in-law, we are just going to relatives to give some gifts."
"Lao Zhang's rules are very strict, so it's really difficult for me to explain."
Zheng Qiuxia wanted to say something, but was stopped by Li Yunliang.
"It's said outside that Vice Governor Zhang's gift is difficult to send, you still don't believe it, it's no accident that he can get to where he is today, aren't you using this to fall into people's hands? We are all in-laws, but we can't do things that affect him, things are also a mind, and our family will double down on Xiaoxue in the future. ”
"It's still reasonable for the in-laws to say, you better take back this gift, as for what you give Xiaoxue, let her make her own decisions."
Xiaoxue is a sensible girl, looking at Zheng Qiuxia holding the box with a hot hand, she accepted it very quickly, and said thank you sweetly, Zheng Qiuxia smiled again, she thought it was just a etiquette between her in-laws, but she didn't expect it to be completely different from what she imagined.
Li Haolong watched this scene from beginning to end, with such a strict family style, how much criticism Xiaoxue should have received when she came back at that time, and how much struggle she should have paid to earn her rights, no wonder she was so haggard when she returned to Birmingham, in contrast, Li Haolong felt that he was so sorry for her.
Li Haoyue's pregnancy reaction is a little big, this age also makes her a little harder than other pregnant women, she retired in advance to rest, Chen Yu is also the first time, quite nervous, worried that his wife will be uncomfortable and will take care of her.
Looking at Li Haoyue's uncomfortable appearance, Xiaoxue had mixed feelings, she couldn't think of how hard she had to endure for more than nine months, and how much pain she had to endure when she gave birth, this is the life process of a great mother, with painful menstrual pain.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Li Haolong could not make it back to Birmingham, and he could only watch the game against Wycombe on TV like ordinary Chinese fans.
The game started at 11 o'clock in the evening Beijing time, the two families all sat in front of the TV, the Li family has long been accustomed to watching the game because of Li Haolong, Guan Shuna is still the first time to watch the game, Zhang Xiaoquan, who has been busy for a day, has just come back, just in time to catch up with the game, and watched it with interest, but only watched the first half, he will have activities early tomorrow morning.
The Villa team, which is playing at home, decorates the Villa Park stadium with Chinese New Year elements, Chinese greeting slogans everywhere, flashing shots, Tom and several guests in the guest box also wear Chinese Tang costumes, full of New Year's flavor and look very festive.
"Haolong, you have a good atmosphere in this home field, it is very eye-catching, you said that there are hundreds of millions of TV viewers, this is a good opportunity to promote China."
"Actually, 80% of them are Chinese audiences."
"That's not bad, tens of millions of foreign viewers is also a great number, this is a good window."
"I didn't say how to get it, they made their own plan, Birmingham has a relatively large Chinatown in Europe, you can buy any element, you can make it, next time my uncle goes to Birmingham, I will definitely take you to have a good look."
"It's a foreign affair if I go abroad, and it's very difficult for you to take me around freely, and I'm afraid I will only have this opportunity when I retire."
"Lao Zhang, when you retire, I will also retire, our two families will go around the world together, just the four of us old guys, without these children, and live our leisurely life."
"Look at the two of you, you are both in the prime of life, and you are beginning to look forward to retirement and are not afraid of children's jokes."
"Lao Li is right, in fact, life is like that, no matter how brilliant I am, there will be less than 20 years, and we must live our own wonderful life in the rest of the time."
"Dad, don't talk about it, the game is on! Look at the player that the opteron bought, that ...... This one, this one is called Weigel, but it's the most expensive one......"