On the first day of the Lunar New Year the next day, at seven o'clock in the morning, Shen Lan was sleeping incense, and there was a knock on the door, and there was no movement for a long time, and with a click, the door was opened.

"Lan Lan, get up and greet your grandparents for the New Year, hurry up." Father Shen stepped forward and pushed Shen Lan as he spoke, and patted her back through the quilt, "Be obedient, and come back to sleep after kowtowing." ”

This is the habit of their old Shen family, and whoever the two old people live in during the New Year will have to get up early in the morning to kowtow to them.

Of course, there will be red envelopes, but the amount of red envelopes given to her by her grandparents has never changed since she was a child.

Five dollars!

It's not every year, but as long as there is, it's the number.

And the one that gave her two cousins was completely different.

When she was very young, her grandparents only celebrated the New Year in their old house, and at that time, her parents and brothers had to rush back to the old house early in the morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the three families kowtowed to their grandparents together.

For the first time, I knew that my New Year's money was five yuan, and that of my two cousins was fifty yuan, in the old house that has now been demolished.

She was either six or seven years old at the time, and she was ridiculed by her cousin for putting such a little money in the pocket of her cotton clothes as if she were a treasure, and she was not ashamed

Then she learned that the three red envelopes given by her grandparents had different amounts in them.

Don't think that they will be embarrassed to be discovered, then it is really too much, people's favoritism towards their grandson is blatant, there is no need to cover it up, and I haven't thought to cover it up.

"A girl, what do you want so much money for? Brothers need to buy fireworks and firecrackers, do you need a girl? Hum! ”

Shen Lan has a stubborn temper and has been since he was a child.

Although she was only a few years old at that time, she also took out the money and threw it back, she didn't want it.

Later, she was beaten by her father, and her mother quarreled with her father, and then took her to her grandmother's house.

After the Chinese New Year, her mother coaxed her and made her obedient, taking as much as she wanted, and her mother made up for the less.

There's no way, is it because of the New Year's money?

It seems as if the two of them are too calculating.

So the consequence of their indifference is that the five-yuan New Year's money will not be tired.

She is already twenty years old this year, do you want to kowtow again and give another five yuan?

Shen Lan lay in the quilt and didn't move, muttering without opening her eyes, "I'm not their precious grandson, what are you kowtowing?" ”

"What are you talking about, it's your grandparents."

Shen Lan suddenly opened her eyes and sneered, "My grandparents? When did they treat me as their own granddaughter? Dad, people's hearts are flesh and blood, and they don't care about being cold once, how about two or three times or more than a dozen times? My life is so cheap? has been trampled under their feet for twenty years, and they still have to smile and greet each other?

If you want to force me to go, then I have reason to wonder if you are counting on your nephew to support him in the future? After all, when my grandmother said that you need your nephew to break the pot for you in a hundred years, you didn't refute it.

But in this way, I will be relaxed, in the future, I only need to raise my mother, anyway, you don't count on me, count on your two nephews who will only think of you all year round except for money, and usually don't look at you. ”

After speaking, Shen Lan closed her eyes and covered the quilt and continued to sleep.

Shen's father opened his mouth, wanting to get angry and reprimand his daughter for being rebellious, but he couldn't say a word when his mouth opened.

It was his parents, they gave birth to him, raised him as an adult, he was filial to them, and they were right, and there was nothing to say.

Wife and daughter. They should have been as filial to them as he was, but the two old men have been unfair for so many years, which not only chilled his wife's heart, but also annoyed his daughter.

Thinking about his daughter's words again, those two nephews never said to bring something to see him during the New Year's holidays.

It's not that he wants to be greedy for their little things, it's just that he asks him for money too many times, and every time he comes, he is empty-handed, and he is not even willing to buy a few dollars of fruit.

Chilling!

With such a nephew, how could he think of letting them provide for him in old age?

What is it after death, it's just nonsense.

Shen's father stood in front of his daughter's bed for a few more minutes, and finally sighed and turned to go out.

Shen Lan, who was in the nest, raised her eyebrows, hey, why didn't her father continue to persuade her?

The sound insulation of the old house was extremely poor, and Shen Lan heard his father explain to her grandparents in the living room, "I came back from playing with my classmates last night, it would be too sleepy, and I couldn't bear to wake her up." Dad, Mom, I'll give you New Year's greetings with Lan Lan's mother first. ”

Then she heard two slight pops, presumably her parents kneeling.

This action and the subsequent kowtow succeeded in stopping her grandmother's dissatisfaction and complaints.

After knocking, Shen Lan heard her mother say, "I'm going to make dumplings", and then there was a sound of footsteps in the living room that was gradually moving away.

Her dad didn't seem to want to stay in the living room either, so he said, "I'll get two heads of garlic," and left.

When her grandmother's complaint came, Shen Lan pursed her lips, ignored it, turned over and fell asleep quickly.

She hadn't woken up at half past eight, and her mother came in and woke her up, "Wen Jie called you and said that you made an appointment to go to Baoyue's café today, and he was going to drive over to pick you up." Hurry up, don't keep people waiting. ”

Shen Lan stared at him and didn't fully wake up, and muttered unhappily, "Tell him I know, I'll get up in a while." ”

After saying that, he closed his eyes again, and the sound of even breathing sounded, and he fell asleep again.

Shen Lan's mother had no choice but to go back to the living room and tell He Wenjie to let him go over first, don't come to pick her up, and when she wakes up, she will take the bus by herself.

Who knew that ten minutes later, He Wenjie came over with a bunch of gifts.

Shen Lan's mother looked at his hands full of things and said in surprise, "Wen Jie, you are."

He Wenjie fell down generously, grinned and said with a mouthful of big white teeth and a smile, "Auntie, Happy New Year, these should be your New Year's greetings, the preparation is not sufficient, and there are a little few things." I'll make arrangements in advance next year and send it to you early. ”

Shen Lan's mother was shaken by He Wenjie's laughter, and she was dizzy when she heard it, and she didn't understand what he meant by these words at all.

So her first thought was that when her daughter was older, she was going to have a relationship, and several of them who had a good relationship were going to visit each other's parents during the New Year.

So, she also has to prepare for Shen Lan to go to their houses, right?

But when she looked down and saw He Wenjie in their small living room, with a high-end gift box on the floor, she had a headache.

Mom, how do you prepare for this?

Are today's children so lavish in their dealings?

But thinking about He Wenjie's family background, and then thinking about Lin Baoyue and Xiao Yizhou, she was relieved.

Among the four people, her family is the worst, and these gifts may be ordinary rituals for people to visit.

Let's just return the gift with our hearts, there is no need to compare.

(End of chapter)