Chapter 40: Chinese New Year's Eve
The butler opened the door, and the familiar voice greeted, "Grandpa, I'm back." β
After a while, an old man of about seventy years old slowly walked down from upstairs, although his hair was gray, but he was full of energy and looked very tough.
"You still know that when you come back, you won't be at home all year round, and let me, an old man, be at home alone, how can you have a good conscience."
Lu Chen touched his throbbing chest, "There is no conscience here." β
When the old man heard this, he was about to beat people with a cane, but Lu Chen dodged one after another, "Grandpa, I was wrong, I was wrong, it's Chinese New Year's Eve, on the last day of the year, don't beat me." β
"Humph! Everyone is here with me to praise you for how capable and good at doing business, but no one praises you for your filial piety, why don't you reflect on yourself. The old man sat on the sofa angrily and looked at him angrily.
Lu Chen sat on the side and rubbed his shoulders flatteringly, "Grandpa, look at me, I have to be busy with the company, and I have to come and see you, this time is so time-consuming." β
The old man glared at him, "Time-wasting? It doesn't take time for you to run out to play every day, but it doesn't take time to look at my old man? What a white-eyed wolf! β
"Otherwise, you move to my side, so that you can see me every day, and I can still be filial to you every day?"
"Don't, it's too noisy."
"Then you come to my company?"
"It's too much trouble."
Lu Chen said helplessly, "What about that?" β
"You hurry up and marry a daughter-in-law and give me a great-grandson." The old man finally said what he was aiming for.
Lu Chen knew that every time he went home, no matter what the conversation was, he could get to it.
"I'm not yet thirty, why get married so early!"
"I just want to take a look at my great-grandson, what, are you going to wait for me to enter the coffin before marrying a daughter-in-law?"
"Bah, grandpa, what are you talking nonsense, what are you talking about, don't say this kind of thing in the future!"
The butler helplessly came over to persuade, "The meal is ready, you two, don't quarrel, fill your stomach first, and then talk about other things, besides, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and you still have to buy things." β
There was no one else in the family, just grandparents and grandchildren, but in the evening, a group of people came over.
Seven aunts and eight aunts, cousins from afar, who can almost set some relationships, have all come over.
When he was young, Lu Chen's grandfather didn't like these and didn't get together much, but when he was old, he thought about the lively family at home, so in the past few years, these people would come over to see Lu Chen's grandfather no matter what they had or not.
However, the main goal is still on Lu Chen.
"Lu Chen is really getting more and more powerful, I heard that L.R has been expanded this time, he is really a young talent."
"Yes, yes, if our family can learn a point or two, I will be content, but unfortunately, I can't find a job until now."
When Lu Chen heard these voices, he automatically blocked them, as if he didn't hear them.
The old man is the same, he likes to be lively, these people want to come to accompany him, just accompany him, under the pretext of taking benefits? Sorry, not a penny.
"By the way, Lu Chen doesn't have a girlfriend yet, right?" Suddenly, a relative who didn't know how many generations had passed, asked.
"No, though, no."
"How can it be done, a man has a wife, and when he comes home after work every day, there are people waiting at home, and they are cooking, how good it is to be lively."
This said to the old man's heart, "Hmph, I don't know how many times I have urged, but I just don't listen, I am also old, and I can't move." β
Somehow, when this aunt said these words, Lin Yuan's figure actually appeared in his mind, but cooking for him and waiting for him to come home from work?
Don't even think about it.
"It's a little stuffy, I'll go take a breath." He walked straight out of the living room and into the garden.
The weather here is much better than in the blue market, the air is warm and comfortable, and the old man just can't stand the cold and comes here every winter.
He turned the lighter in his hand and sat on a wooden stool, looking at the stars in the sky in a daze.
Suddenly, the voice of the mobile phone sounded, the corners of his mouth hooked, it must be Lin Yuan, you see, can't bear it, you have to call him on Chinese New Year's Eve.
What if she had to go over and accompany her herself? Lu Chen thought a little bitterly, otherwise, take her over? It's a big deal to tell the old man that this is the girlfriend he is looking for?
It's just that when I picked up my phone, I saw that there were two big words on it.
Or video.
Qi Ming watched the other party connect the video, and just wanted to give a big blessing, he saw that the other party's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, plus it was still outside, and the street lights were dim, which made it even more terrifying to watch.
"You, who are you? Lu Chen? Are you okay? β
"What do you say?" Lu Chen said in a calm voice.
Qi Ming swallowed, "That, what, am I bothering you with something?" β
Lu Chen sighed, "No, why did you suddenly remember to send me a video." β
Qi Ming looked at him with a resentful face, "Have you forgotten, I will send you a video every year on Chinese New Year's Eve!" β
Looking at Lu Chen's expression as if he had solved some doubts, Qi Ming's heart suddenly felt like a knife, sure enough, is he already an old man!
"You're out there again? Is it that a bunch of relatives in the family are here again? Qi Ming smiled gloatingly.
"Headache."
"Hey, what do you think of the old man, if you are idle, wouldn't it be good to go directly to the blue market?" Every time this brother celebrates Chinese New Year's Eve, he seems to be heroic and righteous.
"Who knows, but if he likes it, let him toss, and those people won't take anything anyway."
"Yes, by the way, I'll show you my daughter-in-law."
Lu Chen's sentence, why do I want to see your daughter-in-law, if there is something wrong before he can say it, he saw Qi Ming's wife greeting him with a big belly and a smile.
ββ¦β¦ How many months has this been? β
"It's been seven months!" Qi Ming turned his perspective to his side again, his face full of smugness, "In two or three months, I will be a father, hehehe." β
Somehow, Lu Chen suddenly felt a little depressed, and he didn't know what the reason for this depression was, maybe it was because Qi Ming was too good?
I think that at the beginning, the two went from elementary school to college, and then went abroad to return to China, and I didn't know that I thought they were brothers, and the relationship was very iron, but in the blink of an eye, this brother had a wife and a child, and he was still a single? It's nothing when everyone is single together, but suddenly there is such a happy example here, which makes people can't stop thinking about it.
"Okay, you're only telling me now."
Qi Ming said twice, and said a little embarrassedly, "Isn't this afraid of stimulating you." "It's all brothers who came from open crotch pants, and he doesn't know Lu Chen anymore, "I was going to tell you when I was born, but seeing you so sad today, I can't help but want you to be a little more mournful." β
Lu Chen hung up the video with a dark face.
Qi Ming was laughing wildly, and Lu Chen looked depressed here, why did he seem to be staring at him today.
After thinking about it, he sent Lin Yuan a video of the past.
Lin Yuan was accompanying Lin Fang to make dumplings, "Yuan Yuan, your phone is ringing, go over and take a look." β
Lin Yuan wiped his hands clean, walked to the living room, picked up his mobile phone, and when he saw that it was Lu Chen, he immediately hung up the phone and turned it off.
"Huh? Why did you come back so soon? Lin Fang asked.
"A scam call, I hung up."
"These days, scam calls are really hard to prevent," Lin Fang sighed, and then said, "These are enough for this pork and cabbage, and we will pack some others." β
"Okay."
Lu Chen looked at the mobile phone in his hand incredulously, he was actually hung up? Angry and called again, but the other party had turned off the phone, which really him off.
Nothing went well today.
Walking into the room in a huff, the living room was still lively. He bypassed these people and went into the study, and now, all his anger burned to work.
After eating the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Lin Yuan turned on her mobile phone and was relieved to see that there was no news after Lu Chen called her twice an hour ago.
There are also some text messages that are opened by people, she clicks on them and replies to the ones with good relationships, and the bad ones are naturally replied by the system.
After doing this, I accompanied Lin Fang's mother to watch the Spring Festival Gala.
"Yuanyuan, you promised me at the beginning, and after two years, you will continue to go to school." Lin Fang touched her hair, "It's been a year now, and you've earned so much money, it's enough for us for the rest of our lives." β
"Well, I remember it, Mom."
The two snuggled up to each other, but in this small room, it was as warm as ever.
"What's going on? She won't answer? Qi Rong frowned and asked, "This Chinese New Year's Eve, if she doesn't go home, where else can she run?" β
Ruan Min sighed, "Why don't you tell her in advance every time?" β
"Why, I called her, and she can't be with me at any time?"
"Alas, what Lin Yuan did this time is really wrong," Ruan Wei said to Qi Rong, "Look, this Chinese New Year's Eve, even if she can't come, she has to say something?" What does this make others think? Our family abused her? Don't come back on Chinese New Year's Eve? β
Nguyen Min said, "It should be at her adoptive mother's." β
"Why did she run to her adoptive mother again!" Qi Rong was angry when he mentioned that Lin Fang, "Although she picked up Lin Yuan back then, she should have sent it to the police station, but as a result, she took it back to raise her, and now she still doesn't return the child." β
Ruan Min explained, "At the beginning, she was sent to the police station, but at that time, the information was not developed, and she saw the child for two days before she was taken back to raise it." β
Qi Rongcai didn't admit that he was wrong, "So what, she can't give birth by herself, so she deliberately did it, she must have teamed up with someone from the police station to get the child to her back then." β
Ruan Min saw that the explanation was not clear, so he simply stopped saying a word.
Ruan Wei whispered to comfort that this Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was not satisfactory at all.
After Ruan Min finished eating, he didn't want to stay at home for a moment, so he put on his coat, "I'll go to the company." β
"What are you doing in the company in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve?" Qi Rong asked stunned.
"It's because I'm going to go over at this time, and some employees are working overtime, how can my boss be embarrassed to rest at home."
Ruan Min left, Qi Rong said angrily, "Look at you, one or two will know that thinking about outsiders, what's wrong with those employees working overtime, as if they don't pay overtime, besides, it's natural for them to work overtime, it's not good to work in the company, how to buy a house and a car to gain a foothold here!" β
"Okay Mom, don't be angry." Ruan Wei coaxed her softly.
Ruan Min left home, but instead of going to the company, he went to one of his private houses.
As soon as I opened the door, the warm fragrant nephrite was full of arms.
"Didn't you spend Chinese New Year's Eve at home today, why did you come over?" Without waiting for Ruan Min to speak, she said again, "It just so happens that I made dumplings, and there are a few more for you to come over and taste, which are specially reserved for you." "Sensible and considerate, not at all like that crazy woman, who knows to complain about this and that all day long.
In the evening, the bell rang at twelve o'clock, and Lin Yuan's mobile phone began to ring again.
She touched her phone sleepily and looked at it, it was actually Qiu Ji?
She hung up, and soon the other party called again, and she picked up, "Why, you didn't accompany your fiancΓ©e in the first second of this new year, but you called me?" β
"I just miss you, what do you care about her."
Lin Yuan sat up, with a sarcastic smile on her face, because she remembered that in her previous life, on Chinese New Year's Eve of the year after the two of them got engaged, she kept the time, and called at twelve o'clock, but the other party was on the phone.
Presumably at that time, he had already hooked up with Ruan Wei.
It's just that in this life, the two roles are reversed, but it is not necessarily that Ruan Wei is so affectionate that he will keep the time and call Qiu Ji.
"But Mr. Qiu, you disturbed my sleep, don't you know that this kind of behavior is very annoying."
"It's better to be annoying than to ignore it." Qiu Ji didn't take her disgust to heart at all.
On the first day of the new year, Lin Yuan didn't want to have too much entanglement with Qiu Ji, "Mr. Qiu had better be a little self-aware, you are like this, I can't look down on you yet, when you surpass Si Yan and Lu Chen, come to me again." "After saying that, turn off the phone directly, and then go to sleep.
Qiu Ji almost threw his phone angrily.
It's Lu Chen again, why is he everywhere, he used to be compared by the elders, and now the women he likes are compared, and there is also Si Yan, who is not worse than his appearance, and he is not worse than he is rich, so why do you want to draw the two of them together for comparison? Could it be that it's because he doesn't play with women? Hum! "Lin Yuan, you still want to have a banquet, and your family style is upright, so you won't want a woman in the entertainment industry like you to enter the door." What do you think.
When I woke up, the sun outside was already shining warmly, making the room even warmer.
"Mom?" After she finished washing, she pushed open the door, but Lin Fang was missing, "Mom?" "Where did you go? Early in the morning.
She turned on her phone, and as soon as she sent it to Lin Fang, the door was opened.