Chapter 117: Pansy
[Xie Jia: Mother's restlessness. 】
He shot the camera at the hexagonal pavilion, "This is the hexagonal pavilion in my garden, in the living room, there are too many relatives and friends, and it is quiet outside, but there are still a lot of fireworks."
"We're the same. The top of your hexagonal pavilion is still glass, which is really Western-style. Will you point your camera at your old bungalow and let me see the whole picture?"
"Okay, you wait!"
Duan Yiqiao turned the camera and introduced her while holding his mobile phone.
The old bungalow, which combines Chinese and Western styles, catches Ai Shangni's eye, which is three stories high, but in fact, the third floor is only half of it, and it is not inhabited. The top is an irregular design, with orange-red glazed tiles, and colorful sculptures, which can be seen to be very beautiful.
The whole old bungalow is more than three times the width of ordinary houses in terms of width, and there is a spire annex with a height of just over one floor, giving people a sense of castle visuals, but it is connected to the main building.
The building is Western-style, and the building is a Chinese-style courtyard outside, in addition to the garden, there are stages, pools, pavilions, etc., but the stage has long been useless, and now it is just a decoration to enjoy.
"Your house looks like it was from the beginning of the last century, full of retro feeling, but it makes people feel so fashionable, your family must have been a big family before, otherwise how could you afford to build such an old bungalow."
"It's all history, but now, it's just an ordinary house. When you have a chance to come to my house, I will take you to have a good visit, and you won't be able to see clearly at night."
"Good! Have you been busy since you got home in the morning? You turn the camera over, I want to see you."
Duan Yiqiao turned the camera to himself and replied, "It's not busy, it's just that relatives and friends keep coming to the house as guests."
"We're pretty much the same. Tomorrow is the new year, Yiqiao should have less trouble and more fun!"
"I've taken this blessing, and so have you."
Ai Shanni laughed twice, "It will definitely be. The Chinese New Year feels a little different, obviously when I was at school, it was okay if we didn't see each other for two or three days, but we only met yesterday, why do I think I haven't seen you for a long time."
"Because you miss me."
Ai Shangni's eyes wandered and asked, "Then do you miss me?"
"Yes." He replied very quickly.
A's words are like bells, and she can hear her heart "jingle bell~" ringing.
"You have to think, every moment of every day."
"Okay, I've always wanted to."
At this moment, Gu Yao entered the video screen and greeted Duan Yiqiao warmly.
"You're so lively, the sound of fireworks is quite loud." Gu Yao said.
Duan Yiqiao swept the camera over the scene of fireworks not far away, and then pointed at himself and replied: "Yes, our district is a relatively remote district in Licheng, and it is not like Zhongli District and Dongyu District, which strictly prohibit fireworks."
"There are still fireworks and firecrackers. How are you doing at home?"
"It's good."
"Okay, you're welcome to our house!"
"Okay, I'll go if I have the chance."
After Gu Yao and Duan Yiqiao chatted briefly, Ai Shangni didn't continue to talk to Duan Yiqiao, and soon hung up.
"Why don't you talk for a while, didn't you just say that you miss people?"
Ai Shangni snorted at her, "Sister Yao eavesdropping."
Gu Yao turned his back to Ai Shangni, leaned against the seat on the side, and said, "Where do I need to eavesdrop, I just happened to approach, and you just happened to be talking lovesick."
"Okay!" Ai Shangni also turned around and stood in the same direction as Gu Yao, "He also has a lot of relatives and friends at home, so let him go back to entertain guests."
"It's so thoughtful. By the way, when I was at the party before, Ihashi asked me not to let people buy bread anymore, and I also went to the bar to spend discounts."
"And how do you answer?"
"Guess." Gu Yao glanced over at her.
Ai Shangni knew that Gu Yao was sure
won't agree, because she didn't say to pause, Gu Yao won't let people stop without permission.
"If Sister Yao doesn't say it, I'll have to leave."
Gu Yao knew that she did it on purpose, but he still told her, "Of course I can't agree, I said, I can't do your business, I have to nod your head. At that time, Yiqiao's helplessness, that expression was telling me, 'If I can convince her, I won't come to ask you.'" After Gu Yao chuckled a few times, he continued seriously, "Yiyi, or don't continue to help Yiqiao in this way."
"Sister Nayao, do you think there's a better way to help him?"
Gu Yao shook his head, this is the New Year, I didn't want to say something to hit her, but Gu Yao felt that what should be said was still to be said.
"Yiyi, Yiqiao's difficulties are not something that you can solve if you want to help it. Rather than making him feel so uncomfortable helping him, I think it's better not to help, to put it mildly, your help is only very small for him."
"Sister Yao, I understand what you said, but apart from this way, I can't think of actually helping him."
"Again, then go ahead and wait for a better way to help him."
Ai Shangni leaned over and hugged Gu Yao, "Thank you, Sister Yao!"
Gu Yao patted her arm and sighed with a smile, "You!"
"That's right." Ai Shangni suddenly got up, "Sister Yao, Yiqiao said that he was going to open another store in the future, did you say there was anything I could give him as a gift to celebrate the opening?"
"It's time to open a new store, and the store and staff have been found?"
"The store is almost over, and the staff didn't listen to him, but he has a lot of friends and is familiar with the industry, so it shouldn't be difficult to find someone."
"That's right. I can't remember what to send for a while, so you let me think about it again, and I'll tell you when I get back to Licheng."
Ai Shanni is another big hug of the past.
On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, thousands of families are either the familiar taste of the Spring Festival Gala, or the laughter and laughter of relatives and friends, as well as the most atmospheric fireworks and firecrackers.
It can be said that every household is immersed in the festivities of welcoming the new year, but there are always exceptions.
Cloud City!
Xie Yirui's hometown!
This year, among the few people in the 312 dormitory, she is estimated to be the most uncomfortable.
Less than two days after returning home, her mother Meng Hua had already quarreled twice, once with a neighbor and once with her sister-in-law.
And on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, it was unsurprising that it was noisy again, this time it was Meng Hua and everyone in the family who quarreled, just to order trivial things.
This year, Xie Yirui's sister Xie Huarui, like Fu Yuke's sister, took her family back to her parents' house for the New Year. However, the difference is that Xie Huarui has not yet renovated the house she just bought, and she has been temporarily living in her uncle's house before, thinking about the Chinese New Year, going back to her parents' house to live for a few days, and not always disturbing her uncle's family, saving her in-laws from chattering.
Xie Huarui and her husband took their two children back to their parents' house for the New Year, and it was a happy thing that there were many people. But Meng Hua has always looked at his son-in-law unpleasantly, and he made trouble about buying a house before, and now he is even more angry with this son-in-law, if it weren't for Xie Huarui and the two children, Meng Hua would definitely have to say that his son-in-law was embarrassed.
Xie Huarui went home several days earlier than Xie Yirui, and until Xie Yirui returned home, she could still occasionally hear Meng Hua say two words about her son-in-law dissatisfied, but Xie Yirui pretended not to hear it and never responded to her.
On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, it can be regarded as a reunion for the Xie family, and all the children and grandchildren have arrived.
The family was eating, and Meng Hua mentioned the matter of throwing away the cupboard during the cleaning a few days ago.
Here's the thing, the cabinet that appeared earlier than Xie Yirui has been used for more than 20 years and is dilapidated, but Meng Hua is reluctant to replace it, saying that it can still be used, and if you throw it away, you have to buy a new one, which is wasteful. Her daughter-in-law thinks that the cabinet is too dilapidated and should be replaced, after all, there are children running around in the house, and if she accidentally bumps into it, the cabinet will definitely fall down, and her daughter-in-law insists on replacing it for safety.
That day, the two quarreled over this, and no one let anyone. It just so happened that Xie Yirui's grandfather came to the house to be a fair person
For safety reasons, the cupboard is thrown away. Meng Hua disagreed, but the other party was her father after all, so she had to agree in the end.
But she remembered this, no, she talked about it again at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and then they quarreled.
Xie Yirui, who has never been mixed, really couldn't bear it, "Mom, can you stop eating a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner."
"No, she just likes the new and hates the old, wasteful, and doesn't know how to save money for your eldest brother and this family, what's wrong with me saying two words to her?" Meng Hua's voice was high-pitched, and Xie Yirui's ears were buzzing when he heard it.
Her daughter-in-law was upset, "Mom, if you keep talking about me like that, I'm going to have to talk to you. Our two children are seven or eight years old, and I don't know how many times I said about the renovation of the second floor, but every time you say that you have waited for a year or two, from four or five years old to the present. You just ask everyone, there are so many people in our family, should we decorate the second floor to live well."
Meng Hua made a 'tsk~ sound, "I said that you are a wasteful person and not thrifty. The second floor is not decorated, Huahua and Ruirui don't live well, how can you get to the two children. Besides, if you pay for the renovation yourself, I won't object to it."
"Mom, as the children's grandmother, don't you think it's wrong to say this?"
Meng Hua was annoyed, "Why .....?"
"Mom~" Xie Huarui interrupted Meng Hua, "Sister-in-law is right, you have to think about the two children."
Xie Huarui's help made Meng Hua even more angry, "You are a person who is about to run out of a house, and you say that I didn't think about the child, so how did your name appear in that house book?"
Xie Huarui didn't dare to say anything, and her husband was eating with his head bowed on the side, not daring to say a word, for fear of setting himself on fire.
But the fire finally burned on him, Meng Hua began to count him down, and pointed at him with his finger, "Tell me yourself, is it not that 30,000 yuan, your parents will not agree to live or die?"
Xie Huarui's husband raised his head embarrassed and at a loss, "Mom~"
Xie Huarui's in-laws originally asked her to give 80,000 yuan, but she didn't, and even if she had, Meng Hua would not let her pay that money. The reason why Meng Hua was willing to give 30,000 yuan in the end was because Xie Yirui accidentally sent her 50,000 yuan in compensation for the car accident.
Although there was suddenly an increase of 50,000 yuan, it was impossible for Meng Hua to give out all the 50,000 yuan. After making trouble, Xie Huarui's in-laws compromised and only took 30,000 yuan, which was actually the cost of decoration for the two of them.
But until now, Meng Hua and Xie Huarui don't know the real reason why Xie Yirui has those 50,000 yuan. Xie Yirui told a white lie, saying that it was a prize money for participating in a dance competition.
And it was winter, with long clothes and trousers, they couldn't see Xie Yirui's scar at all, and the scar on his forehead, they didn't notice it.
Xie Yirui was a little disappointed that they didn't find the scar on her forehead. However, she thought that her family was living roughly, and it was no wonder that they didn't notice.