After hanging up the phone from his mother, Lin Cheng continued to read the storybook to the little girl.
We had a reunion dinner at noon on New Year's Eve. Seeing the sumptuous dishes gradually filling the entire table, Lin Cheng and the little girl eagerly joined in to flatter them crazily.
"Wow~~~It's so rich. Sister Shuyan is so awesome! She made everything by herself."
“Mom is awesome!”
"What about me? I can also contribute."
Only no one praised herself, Xiao Tong's tone was sour.
Lin Cheng smiled and gave a thumbs up, "Everyone deserves praise, thank you to the three beauties for their hard work."
His praise was sincere. In previous years when he celebrated the Spring Festival in China, he rarely cooked the reunion dinner himself. Basically, he had the restaurant prepare it and deliver it to him.
After hearing from Xiao Tong that Chinese people eat fish during the Spring Festival, Han Shuyan also specially made pollack soup, stewed mackerel and grilled eel, which is full of flavor every year.
A lively reunion dinner started, and then everyone had dumplings.
After the meal, Lin Cheng originally wanted to help clear away the tableware, but Han Shuyan drove him away.
Lin Cheng pretended to complain that he was not allowed to help, but in fact Lin Cheng was almost smiling.
This kind of depraved life where you can only open your mouth for food is really wonderful.
Singles will probably never experience this kind of rapid decline, right?
The weather was very warm today. In the afternoon, Lin Cheng took Enxi to the children's playground, and the whole family played wildly until the evening.
The three girls stayed at home and thoroughly cleaned the room inside and outside, and prepared a New Year's Eve dinner that was even more sumptuous than at noon. After Lin Cheng and the little girl came back, they turned into flatterers again and began to praise them wildly.
Just then my mother's video call came again.
"Hey! Mom, why are you calling?"
At this time, everyone was ready to serve. Xiao Tong's ears suddenly perked up when he heard Lin Cheng call "Mom".
"What did you mean? Did you forget something?"
Mother Lin's tone was slightly dissatisfied, but she suddenly became happy when she saw the little girl standing next to Lin Cheng, "Oh! My little girl is so cute."
The little girl held Lin Cheng's legs and timidly called "grandma" towards the phone screen.
Immediately, Lin Cheng's mother laughed so hard that her eyes narrowed, and she repeatedly praised Enxi for being cute and sensible.
"Okay, okay, Mom, Enxi doesn't understand what you said. Have you had New Year's Eve dinner yet?"
As he spoke, Lin Cheng pointed his phone at the New Year's Eve dinner on the dining table.
"Did you see that these are all made by your daughter-in-law herself? This is not the takeout I ordered."
"Okay! It looks really good. Our New Year's Eve dinner is also ready. It will be ready to eat when your aunt, cousin and the rest of the family arrive."
Mother Lin over there also casually took away her phone and scanned it, giving Lin Cheng a look at the rich and exquisite dishes on the big dining table next to her.
"Tsk tsk! Oops! Did you ask the restaurant to prepare it again?"
Lin Cheng frowned, and his tone was extremely harsh, "After all these years, our New Year's Eve dinner still has no soul, thanks to my mother who is not good at cooking and not diligent."
"puff!"
Xiao Tong couldn't help but laugh.
The character of this guy was definitely not developed in a day, and he is still shy in front of his mother.
Mother Lin was about to teach this boy a lesson when she heard the crisp laughter over there and immediately stopped caring about anything else.
"Is your partner here? Show it to mom quickly."
"Don't you want to see me first?"
"What's so good about you? Stop talking nonsense."
"Wait."
Lin Cheng raised the phone, "Hey! Let me introduce you, this is Han Shuyan, your son's eldest wife."
Xiao Tong consciously synchronized the original Korean translation, and Han Shuyan, who was already a little mentally prepared, stood up and said greetings:
"Hello, aunt!"
Lin Cheng was shocked, "Sister Shuyan, when did you learn Chinese?"
"I just learned a little bit from Xiaotong, but I still don't understand it well."
Even though she had already seen the photos, Mother Lin was so happy when she actually saw Han Seoyan.
This demure and gentle temperament will definitely make her a very good wife.
"Oh! What a beautiful girl! So good! So good!"
The first time she had a video chat with Han Shuyan, Lin Cheng’s mother just kept praising her.
Mainly because of lack of experience.
Although Lin Cheng's mother wanted to talk to this gentle daughter-in-law, Lin Cheng had already pointed the camera at Xiao Tong.
"Hey! This is Xiao Tong, your son's little wife."
"No, no! Auntie, don't listen to his nonsense."
Xiao Tong waved her hands nervously, "We are just... friends."
"My dear girl, where are you from? This accent sounds so friendly."
"I'm from Cantonese. Where are you, aunt?"
"Auntie is from Sichuan."
"No wonder I also find you friendly in your words. I have a friend from Sichuan."
Lin Cheng felt something was wrong, "Excuse me, your friend from Sichuan wouldn't be talking about me, right?"
Xiao Tong chuckled.
Lin Cheng's mother also laughed cheerfully.
Finally, there was someone he could communicate with. Mother Lin wanted to get out of her phone and chat with Xiao Tong. Lin Cheng quickly introduced Zheng Shiyan to him.
"Hey! This is Enxi's mother, Zheng Shiyan."
Sister Shiyan stood up politely and said hello in Korean. Although she was not as nervous as Han Shuyan and Xiao Tong, she was already very cordial compared to when she had a straight face to teach Lin Cheng and Eunxi a lesson.
"Oh! No wonder she has such a beautiful child. This girl is so pretty."
The little girl ran over and hugged her mother's legs, and she mustered up the courage to call out grandma.
Suddenly, Lin Cheng’s mother was so happy again.
"Okay, okay! Mom, I'm done, I'm ready to eat."
"Wait! Wait! Don't hang up!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Cheng hung up the phone decisively.
There is no way, my mother lost herself in the calls of aunt and grandma. If she doesn't hang up the phone, she won't be able to eat today.
In order to take care of the little girl Enxi, Lin Cheng gave up his plan to watch the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. A group of people ate New Year's Eve dinner and watched the New Year special of Bao Lulu the Little Penguin.
In addition to sumptuous dishes, everyone also had five-grain rice and rice cake soup, which are indispensable foods for Korean New Year's Eve dinner.
In addition, there is another very important link, drinking Tusu wine.
Lin Cheng had memorized the song "Yuan Ri" by Wang Anshi in his primary school textbook.
The sound of firecrackers marks the end of the year, and the spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu.
However, in China, very few areas still retain the habit of drinking Tusu wine during the Spring Festival.
Tusu wine is also called Sui wine, which means that drinking it can take away all bad luck.
Starting with the youngest child in the family, everyone drinks no matter how much.
"Come! Enxi comes first."
Enxi stuck out her little tongue and took a sip of the wine in her mother's glass. She immediately hunched her shoulders and wrinkled her face. She licked her lips and complained bitterly to her mother:
