Chapter Forty-Nine: Happy Events in the Family

I drove to the mall and bought a New Year's gift for Lin Lan and her parents, Lin Lan is a diamond bracelet, her father is a box of tea, I think it is better to have tea insurance, the older ones either love to drink wine or love to drink tea, her mother's is a gold pendant, just send gold to the Chinese aunt. Then I bought New Year's gifts for Cheng Xue, makeup girl, design girl, Bai Yu and Song Xinyi, all of which were platinum bracelets, and I originally planned to buy a New Year's gift for Liu Li, but I didn't know her address abroad, so I thought I'd wait for her to come back later.

When I returned to the company and distributed the gifts, I called a courier in the same city, first sent out the gifts for the makeup girl, the design girl and Song Xinyi, and then called Bai Yu into the office and gave her the gift in person, and Bai Yu happily took the gift and went out. In the end, I put the gift for Cheng Xue in my pocket, and then went to the technical department to find Cheng Xue, and gave her the New Year's gift, she said that if she wasn't in the company, she would have to linger with me, I said that it was okay to be in the company, and I would work overtime at night, Cheng Xue's waist twisted, her face flushed, and she said she hated it.

In the evening, when I told my mother on the phone that on New Year's Day, I was going to take Lin Lan home for a light meal, my mother happily asked my father to go out to buy vegetables in the middle of the night on the phone.

On New Year's Day, I was still asleep, Lin Lan got up early to freshen up and dress up, and then pulled me with sleepy eyes, watching her try on clothes one by one, I said almost, she said that it was not good, after all, it was the first time to see my parents, and I wanted to wear beautiful clothes, I said that according to her appearance and body, my parents liked to wear work clothes, she gave me a blank look and said that I didn't have back pain when I stood and talked, and indeed soon I tried Lin Xue's psychological state at this moment, because after meeting my parents, it was Lin Lan who took me to see her parents.

Lin Lan finally chose a white mid-length slim down jacket, the lining of the down jacket and some buttons, the zippers are orange, and she wears it very well with her fair complexion, inside is a gray V-neck sweater, a black short skirt with a bare leg artifact, and then a light gray scarf, perfect. I looked at Lin Lan who was standing in front of the mirror, looking left and right, and said that it was so good-looking, and it must be no problem to see my parents, Lin Lan and I confirmed it a few times before leaving the mirror satisfied.

At the moment when Lin Lan and I walked into the gate of my house with all kinds of large and small gift boxes, I felt as festive as the New Year, with red eyes, the yard was full of small red flags, and there were big red lanterns under the eaves. Walking up the steps in front of the room, I shouted to my parents that we were back, and my parents ran out happily to greet them, it seems that they have been waiting for us, my parents greeted them, while shouting and asking for warmth, while reaching out to help carry things, mainly to ask Lin Lan if she is cold, hungry, if she has not eaten in the morning, and so on, help Lin Lan carry the things in her hand, Lin Lan felt a little incoherent for a while, and kept smiling and saying that she is not cold, not hungry, not hungry, yes, yes, okay.

After entering the house and taking off my heavy coat, my parents took my and Lin Lan's clothes and hung them on the hanger at the door. As soon as Lin Lan and I sat down on the sofa in the living room, I saw that the house was also decorated with red decorations, if I wasn't awake at the time, I would have thought that day was my wedding day. My parents happily beckoned Lin Lan to eat this and that, and after a while, a small hill mixed with fruits and melon seeds was piled up in front of Lin Lan. I told my parents that there was no need to do this, Lin Lan would be nervous and just eat a homely meal. My mom said okay, let's sit down for a while, and then take my dad into the kitchen and get busy.

Lin Lan saw my parents enter the kitchen, exhaled slightly, I reached out and touched her face, said how it felt, she said she was still a little nervous, I asked her to relax, said just like I take you down to the restaurant to eat, she gave me a blank look, said that there is such a metaphor for me to go home for dinner, I immediately bowed my head and admitted my mistake, Lin Lan looked at me, smiled, and asked me if I wanted her to go into the kitchen to help, I smiled and said no, her parents should be busier when she went in, Lin Lan said a word of annoyance, and was about to reach out to beat me, just when my mother came out to pour water, Lin Lan's face immediately turned red。

My mother held a glass of water and said that she was happy to visit just now, and forgot to give Lin Lan a cup of hot water to drink, Lin Lan said that she was okay and not thirsty, and she just drank a lot of water on the way here. Regarding Lin Lan's drinking water, I can testify that on the way to the car, Lin Lan did drink a lot, and there were two bottles of mineral water, which shows how nervous she was. Just like someone who is about to perform on stage for the first time, even after ten years of preparation off stage, there can still be a nervous moment before taking the stage. My mother said to drink it for a while, the winter is dry, and there can be no shortage of water, Lin Lan said thank you to my mother, Auntie, and then got up and asked if she needed to go to the kitchen to help, my mother smiled and said no, let Lin Lan sit down again and wait for dinner, Lin Lan sighed, and sat down again with some hesitation.

Looking at Lin Lan's helpless appearance, I told her that in fact, she was not only nervous now, but also my parents, I pointed to the water cup in front of Lin Lan, and said that my mother forgot to pour water for you just now, Lin Lan asked seriously, I said with a serious face, absolutely, with my understanding of her, she would not make such a low-level mistake, Lin Lan relaxed after listening to my words.

The sound of knives colliding on the cutting board is constantly coming from the kitchen, fast and even, listening to the sound, you know that the knife work of the cooks is good, and occasionally there will be a few laughs, don't listen to my mother, today I can bring her back my girlfriend, last night must have slept with a smile. During the cooking period of my parents, I went into the kitchen to take a look, and my mother grabbed me and asked me questions, if I wanted to answer her questions one by one, Lin Lan's family background became transparent, I briefly said how old Lin Lan was, what she belonged to, what kind of work she did, and by the way, I also mentioned that after returning home, I would go to Lin Lan's house to meet her parents. My mother was surprised at first, and then happy, saying that I can do it, and asked me when I would arrange for the two families to meet, I said too fast, my mother said that you are going to go to someone's house, and I was embarrassed to say that she was fast, I said that this is not the time to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, meet each other's parents, honor the elders, the time is not yet ripe for the parents of both sides to meet, my mother patted me, and said let me not fool around, she looked at Lin Lan, this mushroom is cool and good, go to someone's house to behave well. I said I got it, and took a bite of my dad's freshly cut cucumber shreds.

Coming out of the kitchen, Lin Lan asked me what I was doing in the kitchen, why did it take so long, I said nothing, just to explain that I should behave well when I went to her house, Lin Lan smiled and said that it was okay, she would help me get through it when I went to her house, I learned her tone and said a word of annoyance, which made Lin Lan laugh and said that I was too cheap, I said that she said this is like that, Lin Lan said how can there be, and then snorted.

When it was close to noon, the table was already full of dishes, my mother beckoned us to come and sit, and I took Lin Lan's hand and walked to the table in the restaurant and sat down. Lin Lan looked at the various dishes in front of him, and said that it was so rich, I said that I was hungry, we can eat first when we were hungry, Lin Lan glanced at the kitchen and said no, my uncle and aunt haven't come out yet, I said it's okay at my house, you can eat it when you're hungry, my mother also came out with a dish and asked me to beckon Lin Lan to eat first, I said I know, but Lin Lan still insisted on waiting for my parents to finish their work before eating, my mother smiled and said that this was the last dish, and then called my dad to the kitchen, let him clean up and come out to eat quickly, don't let people wait. My dad answered, and when it was over, he came out with a bottle of wine.

After we all sat down, my mother beckoned Lin Lan to eat, I expressed envy and jealousy next to me, my mother said that I wanted to eat my own clip, and it was not that I lacked arms and legs, and Lin Lan glanced at me with a smile. My dad asked me for the first time if I drank, because I used to pretend that I didn't know how to drink at home, and I guess my dad knew that I could drink, but he never broke it. I said I had to drive back in the afternoon, he said what was he doing in a hurry, he was going back for a day, I said I was going back and preparing to go to Lin Lan's house tomorrow, my dad asked me to go to Lin Lan's house not to be like at home, to have work in my eyes, I said I know.

Halfway through the meal, Lin Lan seemed to remember something, got up to the sofa and took her bag, saying that when we met for the first time, I prepared a little New Year's gift for my parents, and I don't know if they like it or not, so I took out two exquisite boxes, one handed to my mother, and the other to my father, my mother also pretended to excuse herself and took it, and said come on, what kind of gift to give, open the box, inside is a gold bracelet, my mother saw that countless beautiful adjectives were used on Lin Lan, and told Lin Lan, if I dare to bully her in the future, let her find my mother, my mother cleaned me up, I said in my heart that it was really my own mother, and my father took the box, opened it was a jade handle, he looked at it and said that it was too expensive for him, and he couldn't play with such elegant things, so let Lin Lan retreat if he could, saying that it is not easy for us young people to make money, don't spend money indiscriminately. I said that this is a piece of Lin Lan's heart, he can't play, he will be a family heirloom in the future, and then wear it to his grandson, my mother said that it is, the difficult doll is a heart, and my father accepted it.

After eating, my dad was washing dishes in the kitchen, my mother pulled Lin Lan to sit on the sofa in the living room and chatted, I was looking at my phone on the side, the makeup girl, the design girl and Song Xinyi were happy to send thanks after receiving the New Year's gift from my express, I replied one by one, and suddenly felt that there was something wrong, that is, the makeup girl and the design girl lived together, I wanted to be convenient, and the gifts to them were the same, this was going to be together, the scene was embarrassing, I may have indirectly destroyed the plastic friendship between them, it was too unfriendly, but now I can't go back to the sky, I can only hope that there is nothing wrong with it, and the money is spent to make mushroomsDon't spend money on things.

"Oh, your parents are both university teachers, no wonder, at first glance, you feel that you are particularly temperamental and self-contained, it turns out that you are from a scholarly family. My mother looked at Lin Lan with a satisfied smile and said, "It's really a blessing for our family Li Shuai to have a girlfriend like you." ”

"Auntie, don't say that, Li Shuai is also very good. Lin Lan said with a smile.

"Yes, although Li Shuai's kid is a little skinny, he is smart, this is probably inherited from me, and now he is a good mix, not as honest as his father......"

I was dumbfounded, and said in my heart that my father had really worked hard for so many years, and my mother had been talking about such a bad person, and my mother had been with me for a lifetime. Seeing that my mother seemed to be more and more energetic as she chatted, I excused herself to say that Lin Lan came for the first time, and she hadn't taken her to visit the house yet, my mother said that you should take Lin Lan to the second and third floors to see, and after I finished speaking, I pulled Lin Lan to put on her coat and went out to the second floor, and the stairs of the house built by myself were outside.

Lin Lan said that I didn't expect my family to be so strong, I asked her what she said, she said that the demolition was all money, I said that I used to look forward to the demolition, and I often fantasized about how extravagant the demolition was, but now I slowly don't feel anything, Lin Lan asked why, I pinched Lin Lan's cheek, and said that because I would make more money than the demolition. Lin Lan hugged me, smiled and said that my husband was great.

After saying goodbye to my parents in the afternoon, it was already past five o'clock when I returned home, and it was already getting dark outside. I asked Lin Lan what she wanted to eat at night, I made it for her, Lin Lan said that she ate too much at noon, and she was not hungry, I smiled and hugged her and said that she would go to the bedroom to digest and digest, Lin Lan broke free from my embrace and said that I was too bad, I hugged her again, blew hot air in her ear and asked her if she liked me, Lin Lan whispered like a mosquito.

The next day, I thought I wouldn't get up early like Lin Lan, but I didn't expect me to get up earlier than her, before dawn, I got up and washed up with some anxiety, I don't know why I was anxious, and the psychology implied that I was fully prepared, but I suddenly woke up anxious.

After washing up, I made sure that there was nothing wrong with the gift I wanted to bring several times, and then I washed up again and shaved my beard. When Lin Lan got up, I repeated what she did yesterday, and Lin Lan laughed at me while repeating what I did yesterday.

Everything was ready, and I wore a dark blue suit with a pair of black pointy shoes. I also deliberately made a tie clip in the tie, and put a folded handkerchief in the pocket on the chest of the suit. Lin Lan asked me why I didn't wear a down jacket, I said I was afraid of crumpling the suit, she said that yesterday it was the person who said don't be nervous, just have a meal, I said today is not the same as in the past, she said that this tone is no different from her father, I said then you can call me dad, Lin Lan raised her fist and said that she hated it.

When I got downstairs to Lin Lan's house, I asked Lin Lan again and asked her to see if there was anything wrong with me, Lin Lan said it was OK, and took my arm and went upstairs.

Lin Lan stood in front of me and knocked on her door, the door opened, and I saw her parents. Her mother wore a floral cheongsam, her hair was curled, and her father wore glasses, a shirt and a sweater, a pair of suit pants, and a book in his hand. Lin Lan took my arm and introduced me to her parents, who quickly let us in.

I picked up the gift box in my hand and said that this is to honor my aunt and uncle, Lin Lan said that this is a New Year's gift that I specially went to the mall to carefully selected, her mother smiled and took it and said thank you Xiaoshuai, I heard this call is very level, I know that my name is Li Shuai, I didn't call me Xiao Li, but called me Xiao Shuai, not an intellectual, in case I called a bald mouth, called Xiao Li Zi would be embarrassed. I admired in my heart, followed Lin Lan and changed my slippers, and Lin Lan pulled me to the sofa in her living room and sat down.

After Lin Lan's parents put down their things, they also sat on the sofa on the other side, and I have to say that at that moment, I experienced the feeling of Lin Lan being at a loss and at a loss when she was at my house. I sat solemnly with a stiff smile on my face, not knowing how to open the conversation.

Lin Lan's mother picked up the teapot and teacup on the coffee table, poured me a cup of tea, asked me to drink saliva first, I said thank you Auntie, and her father sat there to reopen the book he was holding before. When I was about to pick up the teacup in front of me, I started to feel my hands tremble slightly, and I squeezed out a smile, saying that it was too cold outside today, and I wanted to hide the shaking of my hands when I picked up the teacup. Lin Lan's mother asked me to wear more clothes when I go out in the future, I wear so little on such a cold day, and I am easy to freeze and catch a cold, and then asked me and some of the situations at home, and I answered them one by one. Lin Lan's mother asked me a question, saying that the stewed meat in the kitchen should be about the same, let me sit and drink more tea, then got up to go to the kitchen to have a look, and patted Lin Lan's father when he left, asking him not to patronize here to read books and accompany the guests more. Lin Lan's father put down the book, picked up the teapot on the coffee table, poured a cup of tea for the teacup in front of him, and began to chat with me.

Lin Lan's father and I talked about work to hobbies, and then from hobbies to recent news events, and my body slowly relaxed. During the meal, Lin Lan's father asked me if I had a drink, and I said that I would have to drive for a while, and her mother said that it was right to drive without drinking, and safety was the most important thing. Talking about the topic of how fast time flies, Lin Lan's mother said that she didn't feel much yet, and in a blink of an eye, Lin Lan was so old, Lin Lan's father said that it was because he was busy, and he said that once people are busy, they will not notice the lost time.

After eating, I helped clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and sat for a while, Lin Lan's mother said that I heard Lin Lan say that I bought a house, and asked me where I bought it, I said Star River, her mother said that it was not cheap, and asked me whether it was a full amount or a loan, and I said that it was all the result of hard work, and I said that in addition to these, I also invested in a set of shops, and her mother said that it was good, and poured me tea again, and I saw a strong smile on her face.

Coming out of Lin Lan's house, I let out a long breath and told Lin Lan that it was not easy for her, Lin Lan laughed and said that this is called the World Newspaper.