The old house with Zhang Yali here is like a battlefield, and the elderly are naturally happy to come here.
"No problem." Nian Mu said, there is a guest room upstairs, but there is no elevator in the villa, so it may take some effort for the elderly to go upstairs.
"Then I'll take them back first." Mu Shaoling said.
"Yes." Nian Mu nodded and followed him downstairs. After watching them leave, he sat on the sofa.
After Mu Shaoling left with the children, she always felt empty inside.
Nian Mu looked around the living room and realized that it had never been quiet since moving here. The sound of children playing around was everywhere, making it very happy.
I'm not used to the silence now.
Nianmu picked up the phone and looked at the address book.
Zhou Xiaosu couldn't be found. I guess she and Dong Zijun are preparing for the New Year.
Nianmu saw Li Ni's number and dialed it.
The phone rang twice and was answered, "Nian Mu, how about noon."
"Good lunch, have you eaten?" Nianmu crossed her legs on the sofa. Since no one was around, she didn't need to pay attention to her appearance. Sitting this way was the most comfortable.
"After eating, why do you come to me so free? Don't you have to be busy preparing for the New Year?" Li Ni asked happily.
"I haven't prepared anything. You know, I have been abroad before, so these traditional festivals are not that important to me." Nian Mu said ironically, and then said: "I just want to ask you if you are free.
Why don’t we find a restaurant to have some afternoon tea and chat?”
Li Ni was stunned, and then replied helplessly: "I'm sorry, Nian Mu, I'm abroad now and can't accompany you."
"Are you and Mr. Song on vacation abroad?" Nian Mu was surprised. She was very busy these days and didn't pay much attention to Li Ni's activities.
"Yes, he said it was no fun to celebrate the New Year in China, so he took me out." Li Ni said, because she and Wang Na had verbally severed the mother-daughter relationship, so she was considered to have no home.
So the Chinese New Year seems to be really just a holiday for her.
Song Beixi also had a bad relationship with the Song family, so he took her directly to Europe for vacation after the holidays.
"Very good. Have a good trip. I'll hang up now." Nian Mu ended the call in a hurry.
If she had known that Li Ni and Song Beixi were abroad, she would never have made this call.
Because it would make her look too lonely.
Nianmu put the phone aside, picked up the remote control and turned on the TV.
The TV station is reporting on some preparations for this year's Spring Festival Gala.
Nian Mu thought of the days when he and Mu Shaoling spent the New Year together. They watched the Spring Festival Gala with Mr. Mu at the Mu family's old house.
Tonight, they will also watch the Spring Festival Gala together, count down together with the TV broadcast, and then wish each other Happy New Year.
The corners of Nianmu's mouth curled up slightly, she was envious.
The phone rang again.
Nian Mu took a look and found that it was Zhou Qing who was calling. She thought for a few seconds and then answered, "Aunt Lin, happy New Year's Eve."
"Xiao Nian, happy New Year's Eve." Zhou Qing's voice on the other end of the phone was gentle.
Nian Mu felt warm in her heart.
"Aunt Lin, what's the matter?" Although Nian Mu felt warm in his heart, Nian Mu also knew that Zhou Qing must have something to say when he called her now.
But it's not Lin Ning's business, so it's hard to say.
After all, Lin Ning's words were so unpleasant last time, Zhou Qing probably wouldn't be embarrassed to ask her for help anymore...
"Xiao Nian, aren't you celebrating the New Year alone here? Your Uncle Lin and I would like to invite you to our home to stay together during the New Year." Zhou Qing extended the invitation.
"Thank you, Aunt Lin, for the invitation. I won't go there. I wish you a happy new year and good health." Nian Mu sent out his own blessing, which was the simplest words, but also the most sincere.
She hopes that her parents, as well as her grandparents and aunts, can be healthy and happy.
"Do you have other plans?" Zhou Qing was a little surprised. She and Lin Wenzheng's original intention was to invite her to celebrate the New Year together.
After all, she was kind to the Lin family, and it was quite pitiful to be alone in the country.
"No, I have never been in the habit of celebrating the New Year, so..." Nian Mu explained.
"That's it. Okay, that's right. There are no Chinese New Year customs in Russia. It's because we didn't think carefully." Zhou Qing said. She and Lin Wenzheng originally thought that Nian Mu would agree to come.
Even foreigners are very interested in celebrating the New Year.
What's more, Nianmu is essentially Chinese. Even abroad, there are still many Chinese people who celebrate there.
She should be affected.
"Nothing, but the Chinese New Year is just a holiday for me, and I don't know much about these festivals." Nian Mu explained.
It's not that she doesn't understand, but she is afraid that she will have too many memories and will be worried about her when she leaves.
They were already related by blood, and if they had more memories, it would be even heavier when she left.
Every memory is uniquely precious, and such preciousness will be very heavy.
Zhou Qing thought to herself that for this reason, she shouldn't continue to insist. She should have hung up the phone, but she remembered the weather forecast she read this morning and couldn't help but exhorted: "Okay, I looked at the weather forecast and said
It will be cold these days, so remember to keep warm if you go out."
"Okay, Aunt Lin, you and Uncle Lin should also keep warm." Nian Mu said, his nose feeling inexplicably sour.
"Aunt Lin, there's a call from me. Hang up first."
"Okay, then I won't disturb you."
After Nian Mu hung up Zhou Qing's call, he leaned on the sofa cushions.
She didn't want to spend this new year alone, but she rejected Zhou Qing's kindness.
"What was I thinking..." she murmured to herself, turning the TV on louder, so that it was as if someone else was in this space.
This way, it's not so empty.
Mu's old house.
The housekeeper called Mu Shaoling. When the call was connected, he asked in a low voice: "Master, where are you now?"
"What happened on the way back to the old house?" Mu Shaoling knew in his heart that if the housekeeper called him now, something must have happened in the old house.
"The old man asked me to urge you to come back quickly." The butler's tone was helpless.
"It's my mother who went to the old house, right?" Mu Shaoling asked, knowing what she was doing.
"Yes, and he brought that girl over, and started making trouble as soon as he entered..." the housekeeper said. When Mr. Mu saw Zhang Yali coming back, he walked into the study and closed the door.
Despite this, Zhang Yali still relied on her own ability to make Mr. Mu lose peace in the study.
Now, the only one who can control Zhang Yali is Mu Shaoling.
"I still have ten minutes to go to my old house." Mu Shaoling glanced at the street sign and said to him.
