A few days before New Year's Eve, Su Jianmin received a telegram.
When he saw the contents of the telegram, he ran home excitedly, "Daughter-in-law, the boss is going home this year! I just received a telegram saying that he will be home on the afternoon of New Year's Eve."
"Really? Zhiyuan is going home to celebrate the New Year this year?" Bai Lu asked in surprise.
"The telegram has already arrived, can it still be false?" Su Jianmin handed the telegram to his wife, "Read it yourself."
Bai Lu took the telegram and read the sentence above again and again, "Great, I'm worried that he won't come back this year. I need to prepare some things so that I can bring them to him when Zhiyuan leaves.
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"The people from Zhiyuan haven't come back yet, so you're already thinking about his departure."
"The oil field is so far away, how much vacation do you think he has? He will definitely not be able to stay for a few days..."
Having said this, Bai Lu's eyes turned slightly red, "I don't know how this child has been doing in the past two years, hey."
"Okay, you, why are you crying? Stop crying."
Su Jianmin comforted his wife for a while, and when his sons returned home from purchasing New Year goods from the supply and marketing cooperative, he told them again the news that their eldest brother was coming home, and asked: "Which of you is going to pick up your eldest brother on New Year's Eve the day after tomorrow?"
Hearing that his eldest brother was going home for the New Year, Su Nanbing was very happy and excited, and immediately said, "I'll pick him up!"
"I want to go too," Su Xiaosi said, "I want to show my elder brother that I have grown taller."
After saying that, he pulled his fifth brother beside him and said, "Fifth brother is going too. Fifth brother has also grown taller."
"I also want to pick up my eldest brother," Su Wennian asked, "Dad, can I go?"
"Of course you can!" Su Jianmin smiled, "Since you all want to go, then let's all go."
Jinbao stepped on the small chair and said in a sweet and waxy voice: "Dad, I'm going to take my eldest brother home too."
Bai Lu placed the last dish cooked in the kitchen on the dining table, "If Jinbao goes to pick up Zhiyuan, he will definitely be very happy."
"Yes, eldest brother likes Jinbao the most. He must be very happy when he sees Jinbao picking him up!" Su Nanbing said.
Su Jianmin thought for a while and said with a smile: "Why don't we all go to pick him up together as a family? On the day he left Zhiyuan, we only sent him downstairs, not to the train station. This time when he comes home, we will go to the train together."
How about picking him up at the station?"
"Dad, this is a good idea. The whole family will go, including mom..."
Bai Lu waved her hand hurriedly, "I can't go. I'm going. Who will cook the New Year's Eve dinner?"
For a moment, everyone began to feel worried, but Xiao Jinbao smiled and said, "Shall we go to a restaurant for New Year's Eve dinner?"
"What? Going to a restaurant for New Year's Eve dinner?" The family looked at Jinbao in surprise.
"I agree!" Su Xiaosi drooled while raising his hands.
He has never been to a restaurant, and he has only seen the dishes inside through the display window.
Not only is the decoration of Jinghai Hotel beautiful, the plates used are also beautiful, and the dishes placed on it are even more beautiful.
The green vegetables that my mother stir-fries are dark in color, while the green vegetables in the restaurant are emerald green, and the fish in the restaurant are bright and bright. When the waiter called out the name of the dish, he called it "sweet and sour fish". Su Xiaosi was particularly curious.
What does sweet and sour fish taste like?
In addition to fish, there are also red shrimps in the restaurant. How to eat the shrimps? Su Xiaosi was so curious.
Not only him, but also his younger brother and elder brother couldn't help but swallow their saliva as they imagined the dishes in the restaurant.
"No, Jinbao," Su Jianmin said in embarrassment, "the food in the restaurant is too expensive, especially on New Year's Eve. With so many people in our family, one meal is probably not enough for a month's salary."
After hearing what his father said, Jinbao jumped off the chair, made sure the door was closed, and said to everyone: "Mom only gave my aunt one thousand yuan, and the remaining more than one thousand yuan is still at our house. Let's take it."
It doesn’t matter if you use it.”
Bai Lu shook her head and said, "That's not possible. I'm still trying to find an excuse to return the remaining money to your aunt."
Jinbao hurriedly said: "Don't give it back to her. If she knew that this money was not given to us by our uncle, but that I took it from her, she would definitely have a lot of trouble with our family. Mom, this money is something we
Just keep it for yourself."
"But this is not our money after all..."
"Why not? That money is my grandparents' money, and it was not earned by Xu Fengjiao. Why can't you use it, mom? Besides, my aunt now has a rich son-in-law, so she doesn't need this little money."
What Jin Bao said was so reasonable that even her father was moved by her, "I think what Jin Bao said makes sense! I heard that this time the Bai family and the Xie family got married, Xu Fengjiao received several betrothal gifts.
Ten thousand, why would you care about more than a thousand."
"Tens of thousands of betrothal gifts? Who did you listen to?" Bai Lu said in surprise.
"It's written in the newspaper. That Xu Fengjiao loves to be in the limelight. She boasted a lot to reporters. Tsk! Now that she's in the spotlight, she still doesn't know how to keep a low profile."
Su Nanbing didn't want to hear any more about her aunt's house and said loudly: "Mom, can we use this money ourselves? Stop cooking on New Year's Eve. How tiring it is."
"Yes, yes," Su Xiaosi shook his mother's arm, "Mom, I want to go eat sweet and sour fish."
Bai Lu thought to herself: Jinbao is right. Xu Fengjiao sold the antique calligraphy and paintings of my parents and a bunch of furniture. Why can't I use the money?
"Okay," she said with a smile after thinking about it, "on New Year's Eve, we will pick up Zhiyuan together, and then go to a restaurant for New Year's Eve dinner! Order whatever you want!"
"Wow, that's great!" Several children were dancing happily.
Su Xiaowu remembered the chicken drumsticks his father bought for him for the first time. He pulled his father's sleeve and said, "Dad, I still want to eat chicken drumsticks. Can you order me another chicken drumstick when the time comes?"
"Okay, it's good to eat chicken drumsticks on New Year's Eve. Everyone eats chicken drumsticks, one big chicken drumstick for each person!"
Su Xiaosi was already drooling with greed.
Throughout the next day, he looked at the clock on the wall from time to time, counting down the hours until New Year's Eve.
Finally, on New Year's Eve, in the morning, everyone was helping to clean up.
Su Xiaosi was holding a rag in his hand, and he was completely absent-minded, "Why is time so slow? When will it be afternoon? I really want to pick up my brother at the station quickly, and then go to the New Year's Eve dinner."
Jin Bao smiled and said: "Fourth brother, the more you stare at the clock, the slower time passes. If you concentrate on doing other things, time will pass quickly."
Su Wenian was surprised when he heard his sister's words.
How could his sister be so smart? She could always tell a lot of truths that only adults would understand.
Noticing the gaze of the third brother, Jin Bao looked at him and smiled sweetly at him: "Why is the third brother looking at Jin Bao like this?"
"It's nothing, I just think you, Jinbao, are like a little adult."
"Third brother, do you think Jinbao is strange?"
Su Wennian was stunned for a moment and shook his head hastily, "Of course not, why would I think Jin Bao is strange? I just think you are too smart. You don't look like Xiao Si and Xiao Wu's sister, but more like their elder sister."
Su Xiaosi was not happy anymore, "Third brother, what are you talking about? I am Jinbao's elder brother, not my younger brother!"
"I mean like..." Su Wennian patted his fourth brother on the head, "How did you learn Chinese? You can't even understand metaphors?"
While the children were talking, Su Jianmin glanced at the time and said, "I don't know what time Zhiyuan will arrive in the afternoon. Let's go to the station after lunch and wait for someone. Do all the work you are doing quickly. Xiaosi, you can clean the windows.
You’ve been wiping for a long time, don’t you want to have New Year’s Eve dinner?”
"I want to eat! I'll clean the windows right away!" Su Xiaosi waved her arms quickly.