On the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, Yang Zhen returned home by train.

At that time, my parents and sister, who had been working outside for a year, had already returned home two days earlier.

His parents had already known on the phone that he was engaged, and it was definitely a great joy for them, who had already urged Yang Zhen to get married.

Therefore, when Yang Zhen came back, his parents had bright smiles on their faces.

But what Yang Zhen noticed was their already gray temples and wrinkles on their faces.

The two of them run a small restaurant in the city, and although they hire an aunt who washes dishes, they are still very tired when the business is busy.

Because there has been a cash income of 120,000 yuan in the past six months, there is still a treasure knife estimated at 120,000 taels of silver in the prosperous consignment store of "Scarlet Rivers and Lakes".

Therefore, when he went home for the Chinese New Year this time, Yang Zhen bought more things than in previous years.

Grandpa's two sets of underwear, coats, and two pairs of Yanjing shoes.

My parents also bought two sets of clothes and shoes, inside and outside.

There are also four bottles of Moutai, which are good for grandpa and father.

He bought all these things in the small county town in his hometown, and when he passed by the vegetable market, he saw rabbits selling there, and he went in to buy a fat hare.

The hare was caught by the mountain people with a clip, and one of its hind legs had been clipped, and it was bloody.

Yang Zhen remembered that his grandfather loved to eat rabbit meat, and when he was a child, when he was harvesting crops, he caught one in the field, and his grandfather ate it very happily.

So when he passed by the vegetable market and saw that there were people selling hares, he remembered to go and buy a big one.

In addition to these, there are two boxes of crisp and four soft-shell Chinese cigarettes, one box of osmanthus flavor and one box of lychee flavor, and my mother likes to eat crisp.

As for the gift for his fiancée, Yang Zhen bought it as early as when he was in Zhonghai.

Mother's eyes were very sharp, and as soon as Yang Zhen came back, she found that the sweater inside Yang Zhen's down jacket was hand-knitted, not the kind of woolen sweater sold outside.

At that time, his eyes lit up and he asked, "Xiao Zhen, this sweater in you is very beautiful, who knitted it for you?" Isn't that the little Lan girl? ”

Hearing this question, the father, who had just taken over the suitcase and backpack in his son's hand, also looked at Yang Zhen with a smile on his face, waiting for Yang Zhen to answer.

"Hmm."

Yang Zhen smiled and nodded.

Seeing the son nodding, both the father and the mother were very happy, and the mother smiled so hard that she couldn't stop praising the child for being good.

This time when he came back for the New Year, Yang Zhen did not bring back the game helmet as in previous years.

He didn't want his family to know about his profession before, but now, he still doesn't want to talk about it.

He has the ability to earn a lot more money in the game than he does at work, and he is confident that he will earn more in the future. But he knew that if he told the truth, his parents and grandfather would be worried.

Like most people, they don't like to play games with their children, but as long as they don't play all the time, they won't say much.

But if they make a career out of playing games, they can't afford to watch it.

The game helmet was not brought back, and these days for the New Year, Yang Zhen helped his parents prepare things for the New Year.

Grocery shopping, vegetable selection, cooking, and gifts needed to go to uncles, future fathers-in-law, mothers-in-law and other people's homes after the first day of the Lunar New Year must be purchased one by one.

Soon, Chinese New Year's Eve arrived.

As in recent years, the dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve was made by Yang Zhen, when his grandfather and father were worshipping their ancestors, and his mother gave Yang Zhen a hand.

Preserved eggs mixed with tofu, salt and pepper peanuts, two cold dishes.

Braised pork ribs, chopped pepper fish head, dry pot rabbit meat, braised duck, and white chopped chicken.

There is also a salted prawn, a pot of green vegetable and meatball soup, and a fruit bowl.

In addition to these, fried fish and Sixi meatballs, two ancestral dishes that cannot be used during the New Year, are not less.

This year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the atmosphere is very good.

Grandpa and his parents did not give Yang Zhen another order that he must get married in the new year.

However, I am quite curious about his current work.

Seeing that Yang Zhen bought so many things for the Chinese New Year this year, as if he had made a lot of money, his parents and grandfather wondered if he had been promoted.

Yang Zhen's biggest headache is this problem.

His mother poked her head out curiously and asked him this question, and he could only say that he had risen a little.

His mother curiously asked what position he had been promoted, and Yang Zhen saw that his grandfather and father were also looking at him expectantly, so he could only continue to make it up, saying that he had just been promoted to group leader.

After receiving a definite answer, both parents and grandfather were in a good mood.

Father said that Xiao Zhen finally grew up this year, not only engaged, but also promoted, it was really a double happiness, at that time he raised a glass to his grandfather, saying that the engagement, they didn't do anything, it was all done by his old man, hard work, must toast grandpa with a glass of wine.

Grandpa was also in a good mood at the time, picked up the wine glass without pushing the glass, and drank the Moutai wine in the glass in one gulp.

After the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, the whole family gathered in front of the TV to watch the Spring Festival Gala on the CCTV channel.

From time to time, you can hear the sound of firecrackers from near and far.

The air seemed to be filled with a festive atmosphere.

The joy of grandpa and parents is obvious, when they watched the Spring Festival Gala last year, they just smiled and watched it, and they were not very interested.

But this year, there was always a bright smile on their faces, and they could laugh loudly with a little big laugh at the party. It almost drowned out the laughter of the audience at the party.

Eating melon seeds and candied fruits, holding a teacup and watching the Spring Festival Gala, the sound of firecrackers outside the house, at this moment, Yang Zhen suddenly wanted to know what Qian Xiaolan was doing.

So, he quietly took out the mobile phone in his trouser pocket and sent a message.

"What are you doing?"

Just four words, but it shows that he is thinking about her.

About two minutes later, just when Yang Zhen was waiting a little disappointed, the phone vibrate.

When I opened my phone, I saw that it was Qian Xiaolan's reply.

"Watching a party with your family, what about you? Watching an evening? ”

After reading this reply, Yang Zhen smiled, and suddenly felt an impulse in his heart, and sent a somewhat ambiguous text message for the first time.

"Did you miss me?"

……

Yang Zhen didn't know that Qian Xiaolan, who was sitting with her younger brothers and sisters at home to watch the Spring Festival Gala, suddenly turned red when she saw this text message, and quickly put her mobile phone in her pocket, her chest rose and fell much faster than before.

The mobile phone was in her pocket, and she secretly glanced at her parents and sister with a weak heart, as if she had just become a thief.

Seeing that no one noticed her, she sighed secretly.

After a few minutes, he quietly took out his phone again, and his red-faced, snow-white teeth gently bit on his rosy lips, hesitating, and it took a while to reply with a word.

"Hmm"

When Yang Zhen saw this word reply, a thin warm current suddenly flowed through his heart.

In my heart, I suddenly wanted to hold her in my arms and smell her fragrance.