On the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the Jiang family's old mansion has been lively since early morning.

And the housekeeper and the kitchen side of the busyness from the early hours of the morning has not stopped, the old lady to wear the New Year clothes ironed early to hang, the arrangement of each room, the whole house from the New Year blessing word to the tree lamp display, from the main entrance of the old house to the flower path on both sides, and then to the path into the garden to the main house, the main hall, all the way to the flower paving, are a day in advance of the large number of purple lotus airlifted, in the sun when the lotus petals are scattered all over the path, people walk in which this is called step by step lotus.

This is the traditional New Year's rule of the Jiang family.

But also because of the current era, this link has been improved.

In the early years, the Jiang family was a high-ranking household, and the government and business were involved at the same time, and the era was quite high-profile, and the gold leaf was made of gold balls as garden guide lights, and the road was paved with copper money, which could be paved far away from the outer house, and every Chinese New Year's Eve, there would be Shando Qing's bitter family coming down to pick up copper money, in addition to the Jiang family's soup soup in the market, which attracted the admiration of the people.

Nowadays, colorful glass lamps replace gold leaf, and purple lotus replaces copper money, but the Jiang family's charity on Chinese New Year's Eve has never changed, and will donate money and materials to poor mountainous areas, every year.

In addition, the tradition of the Jiang family's Chinese New Year's Eve that has not changed is still in the personnel.

The Jiang family and their relatives will gather at the Jiang family's old house on this day, worship their ancestors according to the ancestral precepts, and spend Chinese New Year's Eve together. The younger generations need to keep vigil for the elders according to the old rules, and this is the case every year. So even if the Jiang family is now separated, it should be lively or lively on this day.

This is the reason why Yu Tizhou came to Jiang's house with a headache.

In fact, in the matter of the New Year's holiday, the situation of the Yu family and the Jiang family is very similar, especially on Chinese New Year's Eve, the relatives of the Yu family and the Song family are all together, and the elders alone are not old and young.

When I was a child, Yu Nian and Yu Tired Zhou began to "review" what each family should be called every Chinese New Year's Eve, and the cousin's family and cousin's family would be confused from time to time. When there are more relatives, there are naturally more children, and when there are more children, there are more children.

Back then, because of her father, the uncles of the various families were still restrained in their words and actions, she was the daughter of the Yu family, and the elders also held it to the ground, but Yu Tizhou was very frightened, whether it was to meet relatives or play with that group of children.

One year, on Chinese New Year's Eve, Yu Tired Zhou fought with several cousins.

I still remember that it was snowing in Jiangnan that year, and the pond in the Yu family's old house was covered with a thin layer of ice. Early in the morning, a housekeeper told the whole family to go up and down, and put up a protective fence next to the pond.

Not wanting to start the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, Yu Weizhou and several cousins fell into the water together, alarming the whole family, and hurriedly called the family doctor.

After asking the reason, I learned that it was a few cousins who made disrespectful remarks and scolded Yu Tizhou that he was a wild child and should not have spent the New Year in Yu's house at all.

That year, the father was furious and punished several children to kneel in the ancestral hall. Yu Tizhou knelt for an hour, punishing him for not talking well when he had something to do, but beating his own brother; The other children would kneel until midnight to punish them for talking nonsense and slandering their brothers.

The father said that bad words and deeds are ruined, and young children are bad at heart.

This is a serious accusation.

Although the elders of the cousins looked displeased, they did not dare to stop or say something nice to the children, so they could only let the children kneel until midnight.

Since that fight, Yu Weizhou has hated a bunch of people getting together to spend Chinese New Year's Eve.

Yu Nian liked Chinese New Year's Eve when he was a child, but then he didn't like it very much, especially when he gradually became an adult, the elders got together, and the energy fell all on the juniors, and it was not enough to say that it could not affect the affairs of the juniors. was questioned and interrogated a lot, and Yu Nian felt annoyed.

So she understands the reason why Yu Tizhou has a headache and more people for the New Year.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Yu Nian took Lao Liu's car back to the Jiang family and followed the Jiang New Year banquet.

Because Jiang Nian's banquet went to her the night before.

She didn't want to go with him in the morning, but Jiang Nianyan didn't care, and asked her, "What are you worried about?" Afraid of what others will say to us? ”

Aren't you afraid?

Jiang Nianyan pulled her into the car, and when he closed the door, he said, "Don't worry, I won't let them slander you." ”

Yu Nian didn't have too many expectations, "With a mouth on a person's face, can you still control what others say?" ”

Jiang Nianyan smiled lightly, "In the world of adults, once interests are involved, they naturally know what to say and what not to say. ”

In this way, I went all the way back to the old house of the Jiang family, and Yu Nian was in a trance for a moment when I got off the car, and the main entrance of the old house was all open, and eight flaming red lanterns were hung on the lintel of the sorghum, lined up. Even the stone lion at the door was dressed in a New Year dress.

There are a lot of cars parked in the huge parking lot outside the main entrance, most of them are luxury cars, and today the drivers of the Jiang family are no longer wearing suits and leather shoes, but festive improved Hanfu, there is no too fat body, so they are all very energetic, and they are responsible for picking up and dropping off relatives and elders.

The reason why Yu Nian was in a trance was because she seemed to see the Yu family.

Once outside the lintel of Yu's house, this is like this, and it is not lively to usher in.

Mrs. Jiang was very happy today, especially after seeing Yu Nian enter the door, she hurriedly beckoned the housekeeper to bring a cup of prepared ginger fruit tea.

Holding Yu Nian's hand tightly, he said, "It's here, but it's finally here." Let grandma see if she is tired from work this time? "It's really a good life to look at it, and I feel distressed," It's all visible to the naked eye that I'm thin. ”

looked at Jiang Nianyan, who followed him into the house, "What's the matter with you?" They are all their own relatives, why don't they know that they are distressed? ”

Jiang Nianyan took off his coat, handed it over to his subordinates along with the scarf, and sighed lightly, "Mom, she loves her job and is dedicated, this kind of thing is not something I can persuade." ”

Mrs. Jiang didn't believe it, glared at Jiang Nianyan fiercely, raised her hand to caress Yu Nian's cheek, and sighed twice, "Look at the one that tired us, this face was already small, but now it is smaller again, and if you continue to lose weight, it will be gone." ”

"Grandma." Yu Nian said softly, "I'm not tired, really, Yan ......" almost said the word "Yan Shao", and hurriedly changed his name, "Uncle He didn't embarrass me at work." ”

"The stinky boy dares to embarrass you, and grandma is in charge of you." Mrs. Jiang said fondly, and pulled her again, "Sit down, sit next to grandma." ”

There are many uncles and daughters-in-law who chat with Mrs. Jiang in the main hall, and there are also people of the same generation. Mrs. Jiang is the backbone of the Jiang family, and she is naturally the stars holding the moon.

But Mrs. Jiang's sentence of "sit next to grandma", it is obvious who she loves more, and the person sitting next to Mrs. Jiang hurriedly gave up her position.

To say that there are actually a lot of grandchildren in the side branches, but Mrs. Jiang is the only one in this vein, Jiang Xue is the only one, and now she recognizes Yu Nian as her granddaughter, so she naturally loves her.

When Yu Nian sat down, Jiang Nianyan had no intention of leaving, so he chose the most nearby seat and sat down, and took the magazine to read. To say that his position is just right, it seems to be far away from the crowd, but he can hear what everyone says.

Stay out of the way, but have a clear understanding of the situation.

The servant hurriedly served him hot tea.

Mrs. Jiang was very satisfied when she saw that Jiang Nianyan was not busy dealing with foreign affairs, but sat there and did not leave.

The housekeeper served the ginger fruit tea here, poured it to Yu Nian personally, and said with a smile, "The old lady is worried about the girl, and last night she began to tell the kitchen not to make ginger fruit tea too strong, saying that you don't like it, girl." The fruit was not too sweet and greasy, and the old lady told her again at dawn, don't cook it greasy. ”

Yu Nian's heart warmed when he heard these words, "Thank you, grandma." ”

"This stupid girl, what kind of thank you do the family say?" Mrs. Jiang urged softly, "Taste it, it's not what you like to drink." ”

Ginger fruit tea is something that Yu Nian has drunk since he was a child, and it was first made by the chef of the Yu family. She and Yu Tizhou loved colds when they were young, and Song Lan asked for a recipe for ginger fruit tea from the older generation, from the ingredients to the boiling time, it is quite particular, just drink a big bowl of cold and wind to force out the cold, and you can usually make drinks to drink to strengthen your body.

Later, Fang Ziliu went to Jiang's house, also because the Jiang family came to Yu's house as a guest, and Jiang Xue caught a cold when he didn't adapt to the weather in Jiangnan, so Song Lan ordered the kitchen to serve the prepared ginger fruit tea. At that time, Jiang Xue was still young, and when he smelled ginger, he thought it was medicine, and refused to drink it. Yu Nian laughed at him and drank it all in front of him.

Song Lan smiled and said, "This girl usually likes to drink." ”

Mrs. Jiang remembered that as long as Yu Nian came to Jiang's house in the cold winter, she would be able to drink freshly brewed ginger fruit tea.

But today, when I drank this ginger fruit tea, I had a little more smell of grapefruit, and Yu Nian was stunned. Mrs. Jiang whispered to her, "Some things are not set in stone, and it may be good to try some new flavors, what do you think?" ”

The old lady is wise, Yu Nian understands what she means, and the taste that is too familiar is easy to miss the old.

She said, "yes, it's delicious." ”

The old lady smiled with satisfaction.

She just liked this girl's intelligence.

An elder on the side spoke, it was a relative of Mrs. Jiang's side, it was not enough to say how close it was, it was said that they were all out of five suits, and they had not seen it in previous years, but they came this year, and brought their daughter over to get close to the old lady. The girl's name was simple, with a single name, and the old lady called her Xiaohui.

is about the same age as Yu Nian, but he is older than him, the same generation as Jiang Nianyan, when the old lady was talking to Yu Nian, Xiaohui's eyes glanced at Jiang Nianyan.

It was Xiaohui's mother who spoke, and said with a smile, "No wonder this girl Yu is loved by you and the third lady, she is not only beautiful, but also well-behaved and sensible. ”

There is a deliberate gesture of being close to the Jiang family, so the "third child" is used in the Jiang Nian banquet.

The door is big, and the more people there are, the more thoughts there are, and there are many thoughts like this.

Mrs. Jiang took Yu Nian's hand and patted it, and said with a smile, "My granddaughter is naturally loved by everyone. ”

Xiaohui's mother hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, this child is sensible, and she can enter the middle stage, so naturally the third child cherishes her." Hey, Xiaohui, you have to study hard with Niannian, and I hope that you will have the opportunity to enter the middle in the future. ”

Yu Nian listened with his eyes, and his heart was clear.

This is to pave the way for his daughter.

This is the Jiang family, if you really enter the group to work, it is not a medium-trend, and your own group can't enter? So it is obvious that the mother and daughter are going to the Jiang Nian banquet.

Thinking about the matter of Mora and Jiang Zhixing, there is nothing that neither the inner relatives nor the outer relatives do not know, and when they saw that Jiang Nian's banquet was single, their thoughts were all on the table.

Yu Nian drank tea and watched the play.

Mrs. Jiang heard this, "Oh? Xiaohui wants to enter the middle trend? ”

Xiaohui's mother secretly scolded her daughter beside her, and Xiaohui immediately replied respectfully, "Yes, it is my honor if I have the opportunity to enter the middle power, and I heard that the third brother is quite experienced in business, and I would like to learn from the third brother." ”

Yu Nian circled in his heart for a long time before he realized that the third brother in Xiaohui's mouth was Jiang Nianyan.

Mrs. Jiang smiled, "Xiaohui, this kid has a sweet mouth." ”

Didn't respond to her entry into the middle of the power.

Xiaohui's mother hurriedly said, "Xiaohui studied in business school, doesn't she always treat her third brother as an idol?" ”

"Business school, that's the same as my granddaughter." Mrs. Jiang put the topic on Yu Nian again.

When Xiaohui heard this, her face was pleasantly surprised, "Really?" That's great, I'll ask you more for advice in the future, Niannian, don't dislike me for being stupid. ”

Yu Nian put down the cup and immediately said, "I said that I asked for advice, let's learn from each other." ”

The heart said, just this remark is quite green tea.

Xiaohui's next words confirmed Yu Nian's opinion.

Xiaohui turned her head to look at Jiang Nianyan, and the third brother called out very kindly, "I don't have a lot of work experience, and I have to trouble the third brother to teach me more, and strive to enter the middle to solve problems for the third brother, ah, third brother, will I delay your time?" ”

The voice is delicate.

Yu Nian felt that the four words "I see pity" were more suitable for the Xiaohui in front of him.

Jiang Nianyan didn't look back, didn't even lift his eyelids from the magazine, and said in a light tone, "Entering the middle is not just based on academic qualifications, I cherish Niannian, but it is also related to her own ability to fight and endure hardships." The days when she entered the middle power are not long, but she has thoroughly understood all the key projects of the group, which is not something that can be done only by academic qualifications. ”

When Xiaohui heard this, her face turned red and white, and she smiled unnaturally, "Nian Nian is really powerful." ”

Yu Nian tried to squeeze out a smile and didn't speak.

But the heart is turbulent, what is Jiang Nianyan talking nonsense?

Tea words and tea words ended in the arrival of Jiang Ze's two sons.

So, more tea talk came.

Jiang Xue followed his father to the group early in the morning to arrange related matters before coming back, but Ji Zi always stayed in the old mansion, but she gave her the yard elsewhere, and she didn't show up until Jiang Ze came back, and she was arrogant because of the child in her belly.

The belly is already big, and he is dressed very richly and richly.

I can't wait to wear all the precious jewelry.

Until now, Jiang Xue was still unnatural after seeing Yu Nian, and after stepping forward to say hello to the old lady, he smiled very embarrassedly, "Nian Nian is here." ”

Yu Nian nodded slightly, and Quan Dang said hello.

Ji Zi started to behave over there, "Oh, husband...... Give me a hand. "Obviously, I don't want Jiang Xue to get too close to Yu Nian.

Jiang Ze stepped forward and helped Ji Zi to sit down.

"Yu Nian."

The cold Jiang Nianyan got up, turned his head to her, and gestured to his mobile phone, "Your mobile phone is out of battery, right?" The phone number of the project team, you can come and answer it. ”