After entering the house, Zhang Jialin pushed Zhang Lan and pointed to the sofa next to the coffee table and said, "Zhang Lan, you sit here." ”

A backhand Zhang Lan grabbed Zhang Jialin: "You should sit in the position of the eldest brother, if you don't sit, there will be the second brother." I'm sitting down and what's going on. ”

"Sit there, you and Zhipeng sit together, and a few of us will drink and guess boxing, and do outside activities." Zhang Jialin said.

Several brothers sat down around the coffee table, and Zhang Jialin also made a small square table next to the coffee table to lengthen it.

"Eat first, eat first, take two bites first." Zhang Jialin picked up the chopsticks and said.

After eating two bites of food, Zhang Jialin held a wine glass in his hand and said: "It's another year, and the young people of our family are sitting together and lively." In addition to these now, what you can drink is poured by yourself, and what you can't drink is not reluctant, and that is the meaning. I, the eldest brother, wish you all the best and a prosperous new year! ”

The crowd raised their glasses, touched them for a moment, and began to drink. On the coffee table, Zhang Jialin made two large charcoal stoves and let them go. Outside are some cold dishes with wine.

There was a hot pot on the charcoal stove in the middle, Zhang Lan sandwiched a chopstick, it was a ball, took a bite and nodded and said, "It's almost stewed, hurry up and eat it and put it again." If there are greens, put more greens and mushrooms in it. ”

"There's everything, I've prepared a lot today, I see that the freezer next to the wall and the frame next to it are not there, there are many things to prepare, and then go down after eating, don't worry about it." Zhang Jialin said with a smile.

After three rounds of drinking, Zhang Jialin proposed to start a toast one by one, seeing the eagerness of Zhang Hongwei, Zhang Hu and others, Zhang Lan hurriedly stopped: "I have to get up early tomorrow morning and kowtow, drink less tonight, I want to drink at noon tomorrow, and then it's okay to drink too much." ”

"Drink some wine and say that the conversation is in the middle, and if you don't want to drink, you will have a table and a TV next to it, and you will play cards if you don't want to drink."

"Yes, I'll drink it again tomorrow at noon."

As soon as Zhang Lan spoke, several other cousins also spoke up against Zhang Jialin's proposal. Several cousins have all started a family one by one, not drinking too much as before, and the older generation has come out.

Now Zhang Lan's generation is the main force of New Year's greetings, unless the previous generation is still in the family and the elders of the higher generation, otherwise they are all at home on the first day of the new year waiting for people to come to pay New Year's greetings.

Zhang Jialin smacked his lips with some regret and said, "Then drink less?" I'll be here at noon tomorrow, I have a lot of things to prepare this year, just thinking that we can sit together and have a good drink in the next two days. ”

Zhang Lan looked around and said with a smile: "Why don't you go to my house at noon tomorrow, our group of people are already sitting in this house now, and tomorrow the daughter-in-law and children will come over again, adding up to twenty or thirty people, this house must not be crowded." ”

"What should I do with the things in my room where you go, look at how many things I have in the refrigerator over there, and I won't be able to finish them after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month." Zhang Jialin said.

"I can't waste it, I'm talking about going to my house at noon tomorrow, my house is big, I can sit down when the time comes, and the children have a place to play. Let's get two tables in the glass flower room in my yard, and there is a pot outside, and when the time comes, I will directly get two tables of chicken in my house, and tomorrow I will find two charcoal tables for the New Year and put them there, and it will definitely be very enjoyable to eat at that time. Zhang Lan's eyes lit up as she spoke.

"That's the idea, I'll go to Pan Minna to pull two tables tomorrow for the New Year, and then send him back when I go back. Anyway, he didn't open the door on the first day of junior high school. Zhang Hu nodded and said.

Zhang Jialin hurriedly interrupted him: "This is just a brain, how can anyone go to borrow something on the first day of the new year." ”

Zhang Hu nodded yes, and by the way, he took out his mobile phone and said: "I'll call him now, it is estimated that his store is not closed yet, let's go and pull the table back first, no matter where to eat tomorrow, it will definitely be much more convenient to have those two tables." ”

"You say that the wind is the rain, if it doesn't work, you can fry a few hot dishes, stew a few meat dishes, and go to the charcoal table, it's not enough trouble."

"No hassle, no hassle, what's the hassle about this. Wait a minute, the phone got through, and I was asked to ask about the situation first. ”

Zhang Hu took his mobile phone and waved his hand and said.

As soon as the phone rang, Zhang Hu and Pan Ming exchanged a few words and asked directly: "The charcoal tables in your hall, are there any empty tables now, and my cousins will sit together for a meal at noon tomorrow, thinking about eating hot pot, there are many people and there is no suitable table." Ask if there are any free tables in your store, and see if you can let me use two tables tomorrow. ”

Pan Ming said with a smile: "It's not easy for others to say this, but Zhang Hu, if you open your mouth, you don't need to say anything else." Why are you here to pull it, first say okay, if you want it, you can pull it away tonight, and I won't let you tomorrow. ”

"That's what it means to call you, you're in the store, I'll be over in a minute."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Hu glanced around and said, "Pan Ming is settling accounts in the store, and he said that it is best to pull it now, how about it?" Now find a car to pull it over? ”

"If you want to pull it, pull it over, ask Haoyang to open the electric tricycle at the door, let's eat here first, and I'll be back in a while." The second brother Zhang Hongwei said on the side.

Zhang Hongwei said to let Zhang Haoyang drive a tricycle, and after Zhang Lan, Zhang Jialin, and Zhang Hu looked at each other, Zhang Jialin said: "Then let Haoyang go, Zhang Hu, you can call Pan Ming and say it." ”

Zhang Haoyang, who was sitting in the corner, went out with the electric three-wheeled car key at the door, Zhang Hu got up and followed the door to explain two sentences, and after a while, the sound of the tricycle leaving outside the door sounded, and Zhang Hu pushed the door and walked in.

After thinking about it, Zhang Lan opened his mouth and said, "Second brother, where is Haoyang working now?" ”

Zhang Hongwei said in a sullen voice: "Work in the factory over there in Gujiapo." ”

"It's okay to work, how much money can you earn a month?" Zhang Lan then asked.

Zhang Jialin said on the side: "The salary in our place is low, and the maximum amount of money in that factory is about 5,000 yuan a month, and it is usually only about 4,000 yuan." ”

"That's a lot, this is close to home, and if you plant some more land, you can earn a lot of money a year by stabilizing God." Zhang Lan said casually.

Zhang Hongwei sighed: "There is no way to do less, now that he goes out, I won't let go of his heart, I can only run blindly every day, and it's okay to say in front of my family, who can know what he is doing outside when he goes out." ”

"Working at home, second brother, you are done now, and you have grandchildren. It doesn't matter if you earn more or less. Zhang Hu said with a smile on the side.

"That's done, why don't you get him a suite in the city, you have to work hard." Zhang Hongwei shook his head and said.

Zhang Lan raised the wine glass in front of him: "Don't talk about this, now we are all safe and sound better than anything else, second brother, I will toast you." ”

As the topic unfolded, everyone at the wine table began to clink glasses frequently, and the atmosphere that had just been a little cold became warm again.

(End of chapter)