Chapter 774 Family and Nagging (1/2 Monthly Ticket)
On New Year's Eve, every household is decorated with lanterns and colorful fireworks, and firecrackers sound one after another. Even before nightfall, the strong flavor of the New Year has already filled the air in Miaowan Village, a small mountain village in the northwest.
Zhang Shanshan was also very busy that day. She got up early and posted couplets and door gods, and put up red window grilles on the windows. Of course, she also "swept the house", cleaning every corner of the house, inside and outside the courtyard.
Clean and tidy.
She didn’t have to worry about the New Year’s Eve dinner, because she and her grandfather were the only two people in the family. During the Chinese New Year, she and her grandfather would go to her second uncle’s house to have the New Year’s Eve dinner together!
Zhang Shanshan's parents are unreliable, but those uncles and aunts still care and love her!
When she was young, her grandfather often had to go out to do errands and had no time to take care of her. Then any family in the village, even if they were not related, would call her over for dinner.
Life was not easy for everyone at that time. Don't even think about eating well, but you would definitely not be hungry.
No, in the morning when Zhang Shanshan was sorting out the farm tools and stacking them neatly in the yard, an aunt would come over with a basket from time to time.
"Shanshan, what are you busy with later? Take these steamed buns back and put them away. If you can't finish them, wrap them in a plastic bag when they are cold. Remember to put them in the freezer of the refrigerator."
Auntie lifted up the cloth covering the basket, revealing the big steamed buns inside. The steaming heat suddenly condensed into white mist in the cold air.
"Aunt Hua, we have a lot of steamed buns at home. It's true. My second uncle gave us a lot of steamed buns yesterday. I probably won't be able to finish them all after the Spring Festival."
Zhang Shanshan was dumbfounded and asked to take her to the refrigerator to look at it.
There are indeed a lot of them. They started steaming steamed buns and steamed buns on the 27th, and they still steamed them in large quantities, because there is a custom of "not rolling noodles before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month".
"How do you call this too much? You take it and take it. If you can't finish it, take it to your school and give it to your classmates."
Aunt Hua didn't listen to her explanation. She put the bamboo basket on the dining table and left in a hurry on the pretext that there were still dishes to cook at home.
In fact, the things given by the folks in the village are not too expensive, but they are all given with sincerity.
Just like the snacks Zhang Shanshan brought back in that big suitcase to distribute to the children and adults in the village, such as White Rabbit toffee, nougat, wine-filled chocolate, and some small gifts that suit their tastes.
They are not expensive, but she delivered them two days ago, and every child and elderly person laughed happily.
"Sister Lan, I wish you a happy birthday! Teacher Yang is probably very busy over there, so I can't disturb him. I just sent a WeChat message saying that you are free... Hey, are you not in the capital?"
In the afternoon, Zhang Shanshan could finally sit down and take a rest, but she still had to give New Year greetings to her classmates and colleagues. If she didn't take the time to make phone calls now, she might have a lively New Year's Eve dinner with her second uncle's family tonight, watch the Spring Festival Gala, and more
No more space.
However, Zhang Shanshan was the first to call Wu Lan and wanted to ask Sister Lan to help her tell Teacher Yang to wish him and Ni Ye a happy New Year. However, she did not expect that Wu Lan was not in the capital.
"I'm not in the capital. I came back yesterday. Teacher Yang said that I didn't need to follow him, so he sent me home to celebrate the New Year. Are you at home now?"
Wu Lan wore more casual home clothes and lazily sat on the sofa videotaping with Zhang Shanshan.
Yes, Wu Lan returned to his hometown in Tongzhou.
Unlike Zhang Shanshan who worked so hard, Wu Lan just lay down like a salted fish when she returned to her hometown. No matter how much her mother nagged her, she was unwilling to go out for a walk.
In her words, the blind date started after the second grade of junior high school anyway, so why be anxious? Can you still get married if you go out for a walk?
Wu Lan has also worked hard for a year. She has to take care of the company inside and outside. When she comes home, her mother is cooking and her father is happily coaxing her. Who is not a little princess?
The middle-aged little princess is also a princess!
"At a relative's house? Oh, the TV is installed? Not bad. If you have any questions, just call the customer service of Xiaoai Company."
"Okay, I also wish you and your grandpa a happy Spring Festival and good health!"
"Okay, see you after the Spring Festival!"
Wu Lan smiled and waved goodbye to Zhang Shanshan, then put down her phone and prepared to lie on the sofa for a while. She felt that she had not slept enough at noon and was very tired.
"Who are you talking to on the phone? You are smiling so happily."
Who knew that as soon as she put down the phone, her mother came out of her bedroom with a pair of reading glasses hanging on her nose, looking at her and asking.
"Mom, you have to be good at urging you to get married, right? I can't think of anyone I call as a man, a handsome guy."
Wu Lan couldn't laugh or cry.
In the company, Wu Lan, who was a strong woman in front of her subordinates, still had to be forced to get married by her mother when she returned home. This is also quite ridiculous.
She came back from vacation early, and her mother complained about why she said she would come back on the first day of the new year, and all the blind dates arranged for her were after the second day of the new year, so it was too late to change the date.
But yes, since I have chosen to be a forty-year-old little princess, I have to deal with the nagging of my parents through thick and thin.
"The person who called me just now was an artist signed by our company, and he was video-wishing me New Year's greetings!"
Wu Lan regretted plugging in the earphones just now. There wouldn't be so much trouble when the music was played outside.
"Male or female?"
"Female! A girl!"
Wu Lan was helpless.
"Mom, hurry up and cook. I'll go for a walk to see if any stores are open and go shopping for a while. Let's have dinner early tonight and watch my boss' Spring Festival Gala performance."
When Wu Lan saw what her mother wanted to say, she quickly got up and went back to the bedroom to change clothes.
It's good to go for a walk to keep your ears clean.
"What song will your boss sing this year? Is it something that will accompany you as you grow older?"
My mother was still nagging behind me.
"No, "The Most Romantic Thing" was sung last year, and it will definitely not be the same this year! And he won't sing this type of song this year. He went on stage alone and sang a more festive and more youthful song.
Tasteful song."
Wu Lan said without looking back.
Teacher Yang does not abuse dogs this year, and Wu Lan is also glad that she does not have to be criticized by her mother again this year because of her boss's song.
Of course, you still have to talk about what you should talk about.
"You don't change into a beautiful dress when you go out. Didn't you buy a bunch of dresses and send them back? I washed them all and hung them in the closet for you. Why don't you wear them?"
When her mother saw Wu Lan coming out, wearing a neutral combination of a shirt, wide-leg pants, and a woolen windbreaker, she immediately became unhappy.
"Mom, I'm just going shopping to buy some perfume and lipstick to prepare for the blind date in the second grade of junior high school. Don't be anxious and let me wear a skirt so early, okay?"
Wu Lan tidied her mother's collar affectionately, then hugged her mother and said with a smile.
My mother still did it for her own good, although her nagging was indeed a bit annoying.
"When you buy perfume, don't buy it too strong, keep it elegant..."
The old man is still nagging.
Wu Lan walked out quickly.
Hey, if I had known that I would have continued to work in the capital, wouldn't I have been asking for trouble if I came home so early?