bookbashuk Chapter 318 New Year's Eve (Morning)
Chapter 318 New Year's Eve (Morning)
Chapter 318 New Year's Eve (Morning)
All things greet the spring and send residual wax, and the end of the year is tonight.
New Year's Eve, ten o'clock in the morning.
Tang Wan put on a long down jacket, opened the door, yawned and left the room.
After finishing washing in the toilet, she tied her ponytail and Tang Wan came to the restaurant and sat in her usual seat.
Zhao Huijuan put a bowl of steaming chicken soup in front of Tang Wan, and said, "I woke up so late, did you stay up late last night?"
"How? I never stay up late."
In fact, Logan didn't sleep until two o'clock in the morning last night, or this morning.There's no way, I'm so overwhelmed by watching dramas, I can't stop at all.
Logan carefully stretched out her index finger and touched the porcelain bowl lightly.A slight stabbing pain hit, and Logan immediately retracted her fingers.
"It's hot!"
"Drink it slowly when it's hot. It's strange if the soup is not hot."
Zhao Huijuan handed Tang Wan another pair of chopsticks, and said earnestly, "Staying up late hurts your body and skin. No matter how good your foundation is, you can't stand it. Do you hear me?"
Tang Wan took the chopsticks and said perfunctorily, "I heard it."
Tang Wan didn't take Zhao Huijuan's words to heart because she knew that staying up late was of no benefit, so generally her work and rest were normal, unless she couldn't help it.
Tang Wan lowered her head, breathed a few breaths into the muddy soup, and then took a tentative sip.
The chicken soup is full of umami, moderately salty, and has a slight aftertaste in the throat.
"Mom, what herbs did you put in?"
"You don't understand."
Zhao Huijuan picked up a chicken wing, put it in Tang Wan's bowl, and said, "Hurry up and eat. After eating, Brother Ni and I posted the couplet at the door. Your dad and I are in a hurry to go back to the countryside."
"okay."
Logan didn't ask any more questions, this is how Chinese New Years were arranged in the past, and she was used to it.
Tang Wan dipped the chicken legs in soy sauce and asked, "When are you coming back?"
"Probably in the afternoon. After burning the incense, worshiping the gods, and visiting a few acquaintances, I will be back."
"Do you have any red envelopes?" Tang Wan asked vaguely, gnawing on a chicken wing.
"You will follow."
"Forget it, you just go back."
Regardless of whether the country people have money or not, the red envelope is only 50 yuan. For Tang Wan today, it is not even the icing on the cake.There is absolutely no need to forcefully meet some unfamiliar people for this little money, not to mention, it is very likely to meet those two disgusting relatives.
……
The Lu Family Courtyard.
Lu You sat on the right side of grandma, watching the boring TV with a blank expression, holding a little girl in her arms.
The little girl is exactly his sister of the same father and mother, Lu Jingshu.
"Brother, do you want melon seeds?"
"Don't eat."
"Brother, do you want to eat oranges?"
"Don't eat."
"Brother, do you want to eat grapefruit?"
"Don't eat."
"elder brother……"
Before Lu Jingshu could finish speaking, Lu You interrupted directly.
"Stop! My brother had a full breakfast, and I don't want to eat anything now. But if you keep making noise, my brother will eat you."
Lu Jingshu fell silent for a moment.
Just when Lu You thought that Lu Jingshu could be quiet for a while, she silently raised her short hand and brought it to Lu You's mouth. Her round face was full of sadness, and her bright eyes were covered with a layer of crystal clear water. Light.
"Brother, you bite a little bit, I'm afraid of pain."
Lu You: (_)
Lu You didn't know whether to laugh or cry. His heart was like a wired earphone that had been in his pocket for a while, entangled here and there, extremely complicated.
"Ugh--"
Lu You sighed, pressed Lu Jingshu's short hand, and said, "Brother is teasing you to make you quiet, not to really eat you."
Lu Jingshu laughed through tears, and tore off two big and round purple grapes with her small hands and sent them to Lu You.
"Brother, eat grapes!"
Forced to have no choice but to accept Lu Jingshu's kindness, Lu You ate one grape and stuffed the other into Lu Jingshu's mouth, continuing to watch TV bored.
It's not that Lu You doesn't want to play with his mobile phone, or that he wants to stay in the living room. It's just that after breakfast in the morning, grandma asked Lu You to sit beside her by name and watch TV with her.
Without him, a grandson who was recommended to the Capital University and found a future marriage partner, his family status is almost supreme, second only to the elderly in version t0 and newborns within three years, which can be called t0.5.
At this time, the grandma, who had finished chatting with the other seven aunts and eight aunts, withdrew her attention and focused on Lu You who was aside.
"Dabao, how have you been traveling with Wanwan in the past six months? Didn't you encounter any bad things?"
Without the slightest hesitation, Lu You replied with a smile on her face: "Grandma, we played, ate and slept well all the way, and it went smoothly."
There are definitely bad things happening, but there is no need to tell grandma, just keep them in your heart.
"That's good, that's good!"
The smile on grandma's face became more and more kind, and she continued to ask, "Hey, when do you and Wanwan plan to have a baby?"
Lu You twitched the corner of his mouth, almost tense.His own boy body in the two lives was not broken, so how could he have a child.
"Grandma, what nonsense are you talking about! I'm not here, Wanwan is even here, we still have to go to university, how can we have children."
"Why is it impossible!!"
Grandma looked at Lu Buyu who was busy outside the courtyard, and asked, "Do you know how old I was when your uncle was born?"
Lu You frowned, he could guess what grandma was going to say next.
"16! I gave birth to your uncle when I was 16!"
It cannot be said that it is completely in line with Lu You's expectations, it can only be said that there is no difference.It's nothing more than, what happened to me at your age.
Use your own experience to apply it to others, and then explain that certain things are feasible, and let others follow suit.
Lu You felt a dull pain on his forehead.If the person who said this was an unfamiliar outsider, Lu You would have turned back mercilessly.What qualifications do you, an outsider, have to point out my own family affairs.
But in reality, the person who said this was his immediate elder, and the relationship was still very good, so he couldn't scold him at all.
Lu You quickly organized his words, and said in as gentle a tone as possible: "Grandma, today is different. You were able to marry early and get pregnant because of the general environment.
In this day and age, I think both Wanwan and Wanwan have to wait until they are 22 years old to get a license!If I have a baby now, I'm afraid I won't even be able to register.
Besides, we still have to go to school, who will take care of the child after it is born?Throw it to you?I don't want to be such a failed father who gave birth to a child but didn't accompany him personally. I don't want to be such a failed father. "
Speaking of this, Lu You thought of Logan.Tang Yixiong went to other places to do business when she was a child, and he might not come back once a month.
Fortunately, Zhao Huijuan has a good way of educating children, almost relying on herself alone, she brought out two top students of Capital University, Tang Jing and Tang Wan.
But even so, the long-term absence of the father also caused a certain degree of flaws in the character of the brother and sister.
Tang Jing's own abilities are clearly strong enough, but when faced with Xiang Zhiyi's pursuit, she still inevitably feels inferior, worrying that she will not be able to give Xiang Zhiyi a stable future.
After Tang Wan and Lu You got together, she became very clingy, and she often worried that some of her insignificant behaviors would make Lu You angry, causing the two to break up.
These flaws are not big, but they have really affected Tang Jing and Tang Wan's attitude towards feelings.
Lu You's words did not make grandma change her stubborn mind.
"Oh, Dabao, what you said is not a problem! Our family is rich and has a child. Even if we don't go to college, our family can support you for the rest of our lives."
Lu You shook his head, and said resolutely: "Whether the family supports us or not, we will definitely go to college. This is our responsibility for life. Children will also be born, but definitely not now."
"Why are you so stubborn!"
Grandma still wanted to persuade her, but grandpa, who had been sitting on her left without making a sound, finally couldn't stand it any longer, and blocked grandma's next words.
"Okay, don't say a few words."
Grandpa turned to look at Lu You and said, "Your grandma is stubborn and old-fashioned, so don't listen to her. You can discuss the child's affairs yourself, and we won't interfere when you want to give birth.
But you must study in college, and you have to take it seriously, and you can't just dawdle.Find a suitable job after graduation, the salary does not need to be high, just don't wrong yourself. "
"Hey, you bad old man!"
Grandma got angry and was about to quarrel with grandpa when he stared back with fierce eyes.
"Old woman, I'm not joking with you. Whether we can raise our children for a lifetime is different from whether our children can support their own families."
"Hmph! I'm too lazy to argue with you!"
Grandma knew that what Grandpa said was right, and she didn't want to admit her mistake in front of her grandchildren because of face, so she got up and left the living room, and walked to the courtyard outside.
Lu You looked at the back of grandma going away, and asked worriedly: "Grandpa, don't you need to chase after grandma?"
"No. Your grandma and I have been getting along in this way for decades. After arguing in the morning, we can lie on the same bed and take a nap at noon. It's okay."
As he said that, Grandpa stretched out his hand to hug Lu Jingshu who was in Tang Wan's arms, and said instead: "Leave it to me, Xiaoshu, you can go back to your room."
A flash of joy flashed in Lu You's eyes, but he was still suppressed by his powerful emotional control ability.
"It's not good for me to go back to the room alone? After all, everyone is either busy outside or chatting in the living room."
"Don't pretend to me. If you don't come back, you will go outside to help your father and the others."
Lu You stood up abruptly and said seriously: "I suddenly remembered that I still have something to do. I have to go back to my room. Call me if you need anything."
Without waiting for Grandpa to react, Lu You quickly ran away.
"Virtue!"
Grandpa gave Lu You a disdainful expression, and then switched to a kind and kind smile to face Lu Jingshu at the speed of light, changing his face as fast as turning the pages of a book.
"Xiao Shu, do you want to watch a cartoon? Grandpa will show it to you."
Lu Jingshu lay in her grandfather's arms like a grandpa, and replied, "I don't watch cartoons."
"Then what do you usually watch?"
"Stranger Mita~"
grandfather:?
……
Logan finished cleaning up the mess in the kitchen, and then came to the living room.
At this time, Tang Jing squatted on the ground, spread out a large banner, two long couplets, five small vertical couplets and a boxy door sticker with the word "Fu" that needed to be posted, and placed them on the ground.
"Do you remember how to post it?" Logan asked.
Tang Jing was silent for a moment, and took the mobile phone on the coffee table.
"I'll Google it."
"You post it every year, can't you remember?"
"Say it as if you remembered."
It didn't take long for Tang Jing to find the correct way to post the couplets.
"The method of posting couplets, when facing the gate, the direction of the right hand is the upper post of the upper couplet, and the direction of the left hand is the lower post of the lower couplet. The last word of the upper couplet is three or four tones, and the last word of the lower couplet is one or two tones."
Looking down at the two long couplets on the ground, Tang Wan read out the correct order of the couplets according to Tang Jing's method.
"Ping An Ruyi is good for thousands of days, people are happy with their families and everything is prosperous. This should be read like this."
Tang Jing stood up with his knees propped up and ordered: "You stay here and put double-sided tape on the couplets. I'll go outside and tear off the old ones. I'll ask you to take out the couplets when you're done."
"Row."
Logan unwrapped a brand new roll of double-sided tape and started working.
5 minute later.
Tang Wan stood in the middle of the corridor, looking up at Tang Jing standing on the ladder with a banner in her hand, looking for the middle position differently.
"Sister, what do you think of this?"
Logan took two steps back, narrowed her eyes and observed carefully.
"It's a bit crooked, lift the right side up a little bit."
"now what?"
"It's not very centered. Move it to the left as a whole."
"Done yet?"
"Hmmm... move your head over, pull it back a few millimeters to the right."
"Is this down?"
"It still doesn't feel perfect, you pull it down a little bit."
The two went up, down, left, and right, pulling back and forth for nearly 10 minutes, but they still didn't stick the banner up.
"I feel that the position at the beginning is the best."
Tang Jing couldn't take it anymore, so she turned her face and asked, "Tang Wan, are you playing me like a monkey? Why don't you post it up, and I'll help you see it below."
"Uh...Actually, this position is very good now. It's hard to be perfect in life, don't you think?"
After pasting the banner, the following couplets are very simple. The vertical direction is based on the door frame, and the horizontal direction is based on the corridor tiles, achieving almost perfect symmetry.
Tang Jing climbed down the ladder, pointed to the plastic bag containing last year's old couplets in the corner, and said, "You can post the remaining five vertical couplets and door stickers with the word "Fu". I'll go downstairs and throw away the garbage."
"Okay, you go."
Tang Wan returned to the house, took five vertical scrolls and turned them back out, aiming at the traces of double-sided tape left over from previous years, and pasted them smoothly.
Looking at the five neatly arranged and evenly spaced vertical scrolls on the edge of the door, Tang Wan showed a satisfied smile.
"Fortune and fortune, all wishes come true, everything goes well, good luck, peace in all seasons. I don't ask for more, but I'm satisfied if one can achieve half of it, especially you."
Tang Wan stared closely at the four characters "Lucking Wealth and Treasure" on the first row on the left hand side, folded her hands together, and bowed slightly.
"I hope I can get some rice this Chinese New Year! I'm not greedy, one hundred and eighty thousand is enough."
Tang Wan put the last door sticker with the word "Fu" on it, then returned to the room and plunged into the warm bed like a rotten salted fish.
"Call my husband first! I haven't chatted with him all morning, and I'm about to suffer from lovesickness."
Tang Wan took out the cell phone under the pillow, and just about to turn on Lu You's VX, he made a call.
"Oh? Do we have such a tacit understanding?"
Logan immediately connected the phone.
【Hello?Concubine Ai, are you awake yet? 】
"What do you say?"
Tang Wan pulled the silk quilt at her hand to cover her body, and said, "I don't even think about it, I can still answer your phone call before I get up?"
[Have you had breakfast? 】
"I ate, but I didn't eat either."
[What do you mean? 】
"My mother is going back to her hometown to burn incense and worship God. She combined breakfast and lunch into one."
[What did you eat? 】
"Just the leftover chicken and ribs from yesterday, and the chicken soup that I killed and cooked in the morning."
Logan turned over in the bed and asked, "What about you, what are you doing in the morning?"
[Prison. 】
Tang Wan raised the corner of her mouth and said amusedly, "Have you been tortured by your relatives?"
【almost. 】
"What kind of torture method, tell me about it?"
[Some people asked me how to study, some people asked me how to chase girlfriends, in short, there are a lot of them. 】
"Whee!"
Tang Wan snickered twice, and then asked, "How did you answer that?"
[Learning method, I say it depends on the individual's self-discipline ability, as well as the strength of parental discipline.When it comes to finding a girlfriend, I just say look at your face. On the premise that our family is rich, as long as you have good looks and are sincere to others, there is no girl you can't win. 】
"Although what you said is very unpleasant, I have to admit that it is true."
For example, Tang Wan herself, subjectively speaking, she is a good-looking dog but does not worship money. She likes Lu You largely because of his appearance and unique temperament, not because of his prominent family background.
But in fact, without the Lu family as the background, there is no way to raise a person like Lu You, and it cannot support the rapid development of the relationship between the two.
[The most outrageous thing has to be grandma, her question is really scary! 】
Grandma's benevolent face appeared in Tang Wan's mind, and she asked suspiciously: "Grandma looks very good! How scary can her questions be?"
【She asked us if we planned to have children. 】
"Huh? Now?"
[Yes, now. 】
This question is beyond Tang Wan's expectations. She is still a perfect body, where to get her children, the trash can on the side of the road?
"We're only seventeen or eighteen years old, so there's no reason grandma would ask such a question, right?"
[I don't know, it may be that my cousin gave birth to her a great-grandson last year, which triggered the old man to be passive. 】
"Your cousin?"
A flash of inspiration flashed in Tang Wan's mind, a carp sat up straight, and asked in surprise, "Sister Yuning gave birth to it?"
【right.She said at the Chinese New Year meeting last year that she went back to start preparing for pregnancy, but she found out that she was pregnant before a month had passed. 】
"What hit rate? Opened the lock?"
[Young man, there is nothing wrong with his body, and his vitality is very good. 】
Tang Wan couldn't help but sigh, some couples have worked so hard for several years to fail, while some have no intention of planting willows and willows.
"Speaking of having children, I have several junior high school classmates from the countryside who got married and had children last year."
【real or fake?Is there still such an early birth? 】
"I also heard it from people. It is said that in their village, there are quite a few high school dropouts who get married and have children."
[Hiss~ It's a bit appalling. 】
Lu You couldn't imagine what it would be like to become a father and shoulder the responsibilities of the family at an age when his mind was not yet fully developed.
[I have a question, how did they get their marriage certificates before they reached the legal age? 】
"I guess, it should be a banquet first, and then go to get a license after a few years are legal."
[Without legal protection, are you not afraid of people running away? 】
Tang Wan lay down on the bed again, looked at the white ceiling, and thought about it: "I personally think that if you want to run away, even if you have a marriage certificate, you can't stop them. If you really want to be together, do you have a marriage certificate or not?" , does not affect the couple's daily life."
[This is the truth. 】
"Speaking of grandma, how did you cope with her birth?"
[I said, we are too young, and we still have to go to college, so there is no time for students. 】
"Yeah! It's always troublesome to have a baby, not to mention the impact on your studies, there are a lot of trivial things, the skin is getting worse, the figure is out of shape, and the head hurts when you hear it."
[It's not completely useless. In December last year, my cousin and the others placed a full moon wine, and grandma gave Sister Yuning a super-sized red envelope, the seven-figure variety. 】
"Duo Shao!?"
[Seven digits. 】
Tang Wan changed the subject, and said seriously: "I suddenly felt that having a child is also very good, taking a two-year break from university, and returning to school after the child is born is the same.
Don't get me wrong, I definitely don't want a seven-figure red envelope, I just want to make my own efforts for the continuation of our family and the reproduction of human beings. "
There were two chuckles on the other side of the phone.
[I'm afraid you have fallen into the eyes of money, but you are willing to break the principle for the mere seven figures. 】
"What is a mere seven-digit number? Do you know that seven-digit numbers are not earned by many migrant workers!"
[Okay, I won’t talk to you anymore, grandpa asked me to go downstairs to help, we’ll talk later at night. 】
"Goodbye, mua~"
【Bye-Bye. 】
(End of this chapter)