In the past, there were three people in Zhuang Rui's family celebrating the New Year. Later, Zhuang Min got married, and only Zhuang Rui and his mother celebrated the New Year. Although Liu Chuan's parents would invite their mother and son to their home to celebrate the New Year together every year, Zhuang's mother didn't like it very much.
When he troubles others, he always refuses. After so many years, Zhuang Rui has become accustomed to it.
Zhuang Rui has been busy since the morning of New Year's Eve. He first cleaned the house, and then posted "Fu" on the door, as well as Spring Festival couplets, window grilles, New Year pictures, etc., although it was just him and
During the Chinese New Year, my mother also decorated her home in a New Year style. The Cantonese version of "Gong Xi Fa Cai" was played on the speakers at home, filling the festive atmosphere.
At around six o'clock in the evening on New Year's Eve, Zhuang Rui first burned incense to worship his deceased grandparents and father, and then had an early meal with Zhuang's mother and sat next to the TV while waiting for the Spring Festival Gala.
While playing the game, I made dumplings. According to custom, the dumplings must be put into the pot early the next morning. The mother and son pressed the dumpling skins one by one and wrapped them by the other. They were very skillful in their movements.
When it comes to making dumplings, Zhuang Rui has always eaten Zhuang's mother's paitou since he was a child. He was very playful when he was a child. He took the dumpling wrappers and put the fillings on them and started kneading them randomly. The dumplings came out all different and they fell apart immediately after being put into the pot.
Zhuang Rui's mother didn't say anything about him, she just asked him to eat the dumplings she made every time. After a while, Zhuang Rui's dumplings were also made decently. They said that the children of the poor will become rich early, and this is not true at all.
, Zhuang Rui often saw Liu Chuan wrapping dumplings like steamed buns.
"Xiao Rui, you see Liu Chuan has found a girlfriend, and Leilei's character is so good. You and Liu Chuan were born the same year, and you are already twenty-five. When will you bring me a daughter-in-law?"
Zhuang's mother didn't stop holding the rolling pin in her hand, and asked her son casually, seemingly unintentionally. In fact, she was already anxious. Although she didn't want to interfere too much in her child's marriage issues due to some reasons that she couldn't explain to her child.
My family is very open-minded and democratic, but as I get older, I naturally care more about my son’s life-long affairs.
However, Zhuang's mother did not mention Qin Xuanbing. She could tell that the girl must have come from a better-off family. To use the old saying, she was a socialite. Although she was very polite, she always gave people a sense of distance.
Women are not suitable for their own sons.
"Mom, I'm still young. Don't be in a hurry. Take your time and look for her. I will definitely find a daughter-in-law who is filial to you. She will cook for you and beat her back every day. If she doesn't obey you, we will divorce her and find another one...".
Zhuang Rui was joking with his mother. Although he worked in a pawn shop in Shanghai, he often came into contact with some women, but those women were either rich or noble. He had never looked at Zhuang Rui seriously. He was an ordinary person with no money and no power.
It is not easy for a young white-collar worker to find a satisfactory girlfriend in Shanghai. Zhuang Rui is also a normal man. Well, it should be said that he is a normal little virgin. Otherwise, the scene he saw in the hospital would not be the same.
He wouldn't be so shocked.
"You beat my back and cook for me every day. Do you think you are looking for a maid? Mom is old. I will be satisfied with watching you get married safely. I can still take care of your children for a few years. If you keep delaying,
Mom won’t have the energy to help you take care of your children in the future…”.
Mother Zhuang seemed to have remembered something, her voice gradually became lower when she spoke, tears seemed to be shining in her eyes, she stood up and walked towards her room.
"Mom, how old are you? You see you don't even have wrinkles on your face. Well, the Spring Festival Gala has started. Come out and watch TV. You can make enough dumplings now." Zhuang Rui saw that his mother was a little agitated.
Feeling sad, he quickly changed the topic, stood up and turned up the volume of the TV.
In fact, Zhuang Rui and his sister have always had some doubts in their minds over the years. When they were young, their mother spoke Mandarin, which gradually became the Pengcheng dialect they have now. Also, their mother never mentioned her.
Regarding the affairs of her natal family, when Zhuang Rui was a child and saw other people having uncles, aunts, grandparents, she and her sister once asked her mother this question. The result was that Zhuang's mother had never touched the two children, so
He beat the two children severely once.
From then on, the sensible Zhuang Rui and Zhuang Min never mentioned this matter again. However, every time during the holidays, the two siblings would find that their mother was in a very low mood and would go to their room.
He stayed alone for a while, and Zhuang Rui always thought of ways to make his mother happy.
Zhuang Rui often thinks that his mother must be from the same family, and then he and his father stage a story about Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun eloping in the back garden, because his mother not only understands English, but is also very proficient in Russian. Zhuang Rui is very familiar with Russian.
He was really curious about his mother's life experience. He didn't know what kind of family could raise his mother to be independent, strong, and polite. The wealthy officials and ladies Zhuang Rui met in Shanghai were similar in temperament to Zhuang's mother.
In comparison, it's not even a bit worse.
After a while, when the Spring Festival Gala started, Zhuang's mother came out of the room with red eyes, but her mood was much better than before. She sat in front of the TV and chatted with Zhuang Rui, watching the Spring Festival Gala.
Watching the Spring Festival Gala now is just a habit during the Chinese New Year. I can no longer find the feeling I had back then. Zhuang’s mother is getting older and goes back to her room to sleep around 10 o’clock. Zhuang Rui is quite boring to watch it alone, and she has always
He felt sleepy, but he didn't dare to go to sleep because at 12 o'clock, the New Year's call would definitely wake him up.
It was almost 12 o'clock, and Zhuang Rui quickly connected the phone line in the living room to his room. Sure enough, after a while, Liu Chuan, the four brothers in the university's dormitory, and a group of junior high school classmates who had just left their phone numbers yesterday started calling.
The phone came over, and after answering the call, Zhuang Rui wanted to call Uncle De, but when he saw that the time was getting closer, he didn't call, and planned to wait until the morning to give Uncle De a New Year greeting.
After getting up early in the morning and eating dumplings, Zhuang Rui called Liu Chuan's parents, Uncle De and some friends from Zhonghai to wish him a happy new year, and then lay down on the bed to catch up on his sleep.
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There was nothing much to do in the first and second days of junior high school. Apart from going to his godmother and sister's house to pay New Year greetings, Zhuang Rui stayed home and read. He bought several hundred yuan of appreciation and collection books from Xinhua Bookstore at one time, which he can't do now.
I have only read a few books. Regarding the antique business, Zhuang Rui still feels a little confused, but it is much better than before when he dozed off when he saw such books. At least he can read it.
I don't know whether it was because of his reliance on his eyes or because he had gained some knowledge in the past few days, but Zhuang Rui felt a little eager in his heart. If the flower and bird market hadn't opened on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, he might have tried his hand at it.
When my daughter came home in the third grade of junior high school, her sister and brother-in-law came to the house with their daughter-in-law. Naturally, it was a lively day. And her uncle was very affectionate to her, who although she didn’t meet her often, but allowed her to eat White Rabbit toffee. At night, she actually
Not wanting to go home with her parents, Zhuang Min left her daughter to stay for a few days. Anyway, her mother used to help her take care of the children.
As a result, Zhuang Rui had no time to read, so he took his niece to play in Pengcheng for a few days, and forgot about going to the flower and bird market until Liu Chuan called him on the sixth day of the new year and asked him to go
After playing in the store, I took my daughter and took a leisurely stroll there.
Zhuang Rui's walk in the Flower and Bird Market was not so smooth this time. The heavy snow had stopped a long time ago. At this moment, the streets in the Flower and Bird Antique Market were all lined with stalls, ranging from old books and newspapers to coins, jade, bronzes, and antiques.
If you didn't look at the antique buildings in the market, you would think you were back in ancient times if you didn't look at the clothes people wore.
After letting Nannan sit on his neck, after a lot of effort, Zhuang Rui squeezed into Liu Chuan's shop. When he went in, he saw, my dear, it has only been a few days, and there are already people in the originally empty shop.
There are all kinds of pets. I don’t know where Liu Chuan put these animals years ago. In the two fish tanks, one large and one small, at the door, there are some ornamental fish and pet turtles, and the original cages
, there are pet dogs of all sizes, ranging from the petite Pekingese and Shih Tzu to the ferocious German Blackback and other shepherd dogs.
There are also two more clerks in the store. Liu Chuan usually travels around the country to purchase goods, but rarely stays in the store. It is these two people who take care of it. Zhuang Rui has been here several times before and is familiar with them.
, when Zhuang Rui came last time, Liu Chuan gave the two clerks a holiday.
Compared with the leisure time a few years ago, the store is extremely busy now. The three of them are busy without touching the floor. It is rare that Liu Chuan can collect money and make payments without making mistakes.
"Hey, now you have a girlfriend and you know how to work seriously." Zhuang Rui joked when he saw Liu Chuan was sweating from work on a cold day.
"That's right, we can't hang out with a bachelor like you anymore. Oh, our little princess is here. Come and kowtow to your uncle so that I can give you lucky money."
When Liu Chuan saw his little girl, he immediately became happy. Growing up, he had only kowtowed to others. Last year, when his daughter was still young, this year, he has been asking her to kowtow to him to celebrate the New Year.
