Chapter 1220 The family finally got together (intensive)
"Oh, you are all here, it's really lively now." Aunt Xia Guizhi said with a smile.
She said: "Since our father came here, Weiguo has been away from home and rarely comes back. It must have been many years since we got together."
This is the truth, and these words also touched the hearts of others.
Uncle Xia Weiguo blinked his eyes, sighed, and said, "Sister, that's really what happened. If it weren't for Zekai in the first two years, we wouldn't have been able to go back. Calculating, I would have to not go back to my hometown for the New Year in seven or eight years."
Already."
"But, at our age, we can't go far even if we say something bad." Xia Weiguo suddenly said this.
After hearing this, the second aunt Xia Guilian's eyes were a little red. She sighed: "Brother, what are you talking about? I think you are doing well now, and your body looks very strong."
"Haha, I eat and drink well every day, and I don't have to work. Brothers Yunhui and Yunfei haven't done anything wrong to me, and brothers Zekai and Zejiang have given me wine and cigarettes every now and then. You guys
Don't worry about me." Uncle Xia Weiguo said.
Aunt Xia Guizhi pointed at her younger uncle Zhao Qian and said: "Qian, you are in the devil's capital and farther away than us. Why are you still walking ahead of us?"
Zhao Qian rubbed his face and said, "Sister, I came here by high-speed rail, which is more than 300 kilometers an hour. Besides, I also set off early in the morning, so I will definitely be faster than you."
"Guixiang, Zhao Qian is here, why don't you come down and take a look." Aunt Xia Guizhi shouted towards the car.
The third aunt, Xia Guixiang, was busy unloading things at the moment. When she heard the eldest sister's shout, she was unmoved and said, "He can come when he comes. You have to let me serve him."
Sangu's words made everyone around the car laugh.
Xia Weicheng said: "Eldest sister, second sister, let's go inside and have a glass of water first. Zekai has booked a big room in the hotel, and we'll go there for lunch at noon."
At the end, he said again: "Our father is still waiting for you at home."
Before the eldest aunt, the second aunt, and the others spoke, Liu Guangyong, who was following, said, "Second uncle, why do I see you have lost weight now? Is it because my brother Kai doesn't let you eat?"
He was meant to be funny, but who knew that Xia Weicheng took it seriously. When his nephew said this, he quickly explained: "Yong, you don't know, I got fat last year and my body was all flesh. If I get fatter, I will have health problems. I
I started running to lose weight.”
After saying that, he twisted his body back and forth and asked, "Am I really thin now?"
Hearing what Xia Weicheng said, his eldest cousin Liu Guangcheng also nodded and said, "Second uncle, you have lost a lot of weight now."
"It's good to lose weight, but I'll feel uncomfortable even if I gain weight." Xia Weicheng felt much lighter now.
When Xia Zekai heard what his father said, he shook his head, and then shouted: "Aunt, second aunt, third aunt, let's go into the house first, rest for a while and then go to the hotel."
"Yes, let's go see our dad first." My aunt Xia Guizhi was walking in front. She said, "Thanks to Zekai, I entered the villa for the first time today."
When Xia Weicheng heard what the eldest sister said, he said with a straight face: "Sister, if you praise him like this again, his tail will be raised to the sky."
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"Weicheng, what you said is wrong. Zekai did really well." The aunt began to defend her nephew.
The eldest brother and the second brother were busy greeting the cousins who came from their hometown, as well as a bunch of children.
Wang Yi walked quickly to the boss and told him about the situation on the road. All in all, it went smoothly.
"Xiao Wang, thank you for your hard work again this time." Xia Zekai patted his shoulder and felt that Wang Yi was really easy to use and could do everything efficiently, so he didn't need to worry about it.
Wang Yi quickly said: "Boss, this is what I should do."
The eldest brother's niece, Xia Yuxi, was playing with several children. After seven children got off the bus, the two parties got together.
They had just started to interact and were not very familiar with each other, but their innate blood relationship allowed them to blend in together quickly. A dozen children, big and small, gathered together and chatted together.
It didn't stop, and anyone standing next to it felt like his head was going to explode at any moment.
But the adults who were drinking tea nearby didn't care.
The eldest and second aunts have already gone to see their old father.
When they learned that their old father and second brother lived alone in a villa here, they would be lying if they said they were not envious.
This is the reality.
The second aunt looked at every corner of the villa and kept praising: "Acropolis, Yinghong, this house is so beautiful."
Zhou Yinghong responded: "Second sister, the house was bought by Zekai, and he also found someone to decorate it. We don't understand this, and we don't have to worry about it. Besides, we don't have that much money. I heard Zekai say this house
Or the real estate company came to him to advertise, half selling and half giving away."
"Is there such a good thing? Is it still possible now?" Second aunt Xia Guilian asked quickly.
When Zhou Yinghong heard her second sister ask this question, she shook her head and said, "That happened several years ago. All the houses here are sold out now."
"Alas." The second aunt sighed, feeling a little regretful.
Third aunt made a new suit for grandpa and was trying it on for him. Xia Shande also said: "Guixiang, please don't make clothes for me anymore. Zekai and the others buy me clothes every month. I don't care."
I told them that I couldn’t wear them at all, but they still didn’t listen. They just looked better with more clothes.”
Although he said this, he was very happy in his heart. Who doesn't want his son and grandson to be filial!
When Xia Guixiang heard what her old father said, she looked at her son Zhao Ting with a straight face: "Ting, what do you usually do? You didn't buy any clothes for your grandpa."
When the third aunt said this, Zhao Ting was really stunned. He had indeed never bought it.
Sometimes when I come to Kai's place for dinner, he always brings some food, drinks or nutritional supplements. As a man, he really doesn't think about clothes.
One doesn't know the size, and the other doesn't know what kind of clothes to buy for grandpa.
It can only be said that men and women still think about things differently in some matters.
There were many people in the villa, and they finally divided into four waves.
My uncle Xia Weiguo, my father Xia Weicheng and my uncle formed a group.
The eldest aunt, the second aunt, the mother and the others were divided into another group.
Xia Zekai and his cousins gathered together in a bunch.
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The only ones left were Xia Zekai, his wife, sister-in-law and cousin. The cousin was divided into one group.
It's different from the previous three waves. They still have to take care of the children, which is quite busy.
The elegant sound of the piano came from the piano room, and Xia Zekai knew as soon as he heard it that it was the sisters Yatou and Tongtong who played it.
But the girl still has trouble walking now, so she can just sit there and play the piano to relieve her boredom.
At this time, a dozen other children gathered together, watching the two sisters play the piano with skillful skills, which made them extremely envious.
It has to be said that there are still gaps in this aspect, and some gaps cannot be made up.
For example, the two pianos bought by Yatou and his sisters cost Xia Zekai millions.
But he didn't even blink when he bought it. When he hired the girl and the two of them for private piano lessons, the fee was calculated based on the hour. How could ordinary people afford this thing?
My uncle listened for a while and said, "It must cost a lot of money to learn this thing."
"Uncle, it's not bad. The main reason is that when I went to the capital the year before last, I found a kindergarten for the two of them there. Who knew they would learn these things in kindergartens." Xia Zekai said.
He clapped his fingers with a smile and said: "Speaking of which, some kindergartens over there are really different from ours. They learn so many things, including normal thinking exercises, dancing, painting, and piano playing.
Swimming, golf, riding, chess, etc., our kindergarten has almost no exposure to these."
"Hey, you, you will have to pay a lot of tuition fees that year," my eldest uncle Liu Xianting asked.
My eldest uncle is a retired township-level cadre. He is eight years older than my aunt and is now eighty. His hair is gray and he suffers from the complications associated with high blood pressure. Sitting next to grandpa, the two sons-in-law are really uncomfortable.
It's easy to say who is older.
Xia Zekai didn't directly say that it cost 40,000 to 50,000 yuan a quarter at that time. He said this: "Uncle, that's the capital over there. Not only kindergartens, but all aspects of expenses are much higher than here."
Hearing what he said, several other people nodded. My uncle Zhao Qian also said: "That's really what happened. I heard from several colleagues who have worked in the capital that they rented a house in an urban village in the capital.
, it costs a thousand yuan a month, it’s really too expensive over there.”
For ordinary people, in this day and age, this is also a huge expense.
Hearing that it costs 1,000 yuan a month to rent a house in a village in the city, my eldest uncle who has been staying in his hometown for a long time was a township cadre, but he still found it unbelievable: "Is it so expensive? How much food and drinks do you have for a month?
, you can earn thousands of dollars but still have nothing to lose?”
This question is difficult to answer.
But his eldest son-in-law Zhu Mingjie said: "Dad, a kindergarten in that part of the capital can easily cost tens of thousands. The cost of renting a house is really not low. The price of a serious community is tens of yuan per square meter. It's really not cheap."
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"Around one thousand yuan is really a bargain."
After hearing what he said, my eldest uncle Liu Xianting stopped asking the question.
Xia Zekai lit cigarettes for the uncle and his three uncles. The uncle wanted to refuse, but he was a long-time smoker and couldn't bear not smoking for a while. He smelled the smell of cigarettes and asked: "There are so many children.
Shall we smoke here?"
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"Uncle, it's okay, just suck it." Xia Zekai said with a smile.
Big brother and second brother are very busy at the moment. When they see someone's tea bowl is almost empty, they rush to pour water.
Ren Ping brought out the cut fruits, divided them into several portions, and placed some in places with many people.
For the three of them, it doesn't matter whether they are tired or busy, as long as they are afraid of running out of work.
Working with the boss Xia Zekai, you don't have to worry about money.
My salary is paid on time every month, I get a bonus at the end of the year, and I also buy insurance. Where else can I get this kind of treatment?
Regardless of the immediate situation or the long-term plan, the three of them decided to follow Xia Zekai.
Life is like this, you have to learn to adapt.
Grandpa Xia Shande came out. As soon as he came over, he became the center of the family.
He is the birthday boy today, turning 90 years old.
He was wearing a bright red Tang suit and looked particularly festive.
One of his pockets was filled with candies, and the other pocket was filled with wrapped red envelopes.
There is a red hundred-dollar bill stuffed in each red envelope. This is a gift to be returned to the children when they send their blessings to him later.
It doesn't matter if you have more money or less, just be happy.
Having said that, these red envelopes were prepared by his grandson Xia Zekai, so he didn't think it was necessary to go to such trouble.
He also complained about Xia Zekai: "It's just my 90th birthday, why does it get more and more complicated?"
"Grandpa, we all finally got together to celebrate your birthday. Of course we do it as happy as we can, money is nothing," Xia Zekai said.
To put it bluntly, what Xia Zekai lacks most now is money, and what he despises the most is money.
This is a fact, so when he usually buys this or that, he never asks about the price. In the eyes of others, he thinks this is a big deal, but in fact, for Xia Zekai, he feels that the time spent with the other party is not enough to waste time.
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If you have that time, there's nothing you can do.
Zhu Mingjie, the eldest cousin of my aunt's family, is a shrewd man. To be precise, he is now a businessman.
He used to be a state-owned enterprise worker in Dongcheng Bearing Factory, and was the first person to work in sales in the factory. At that time, he had a wide range of contacts, and his vision and knowledge were the best among Xia Zekai and his closest cousins.
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However, because Dongcheng Bearing Factory followed the old tradition, its products had no innovation and were out of line with the emerging market, resulting in unsaleable products and bankruptcy of the factory.
The "capable people" in the factory like Zhu Mingjie saw the opportunity and invested in contracting some of the original equipment and workshops in the factory. They did the processing and sales themselves, which was considered a disguised entry into the sea.
The timing was better at that time, and because they were making non-standard parts, they had a price advantage in the market, their sales were good, and they had money on hand. This also made Zhu Mingjie develop a temperament of looking up at others.
However, the sky is unpredictable, and people are prone to misfortunes and blessings. Once something goes too smoothly, God seems to be unable to handle it, and will always arrange some difficulties waiting for them.
In the context of the overall economic downturn in the market, individual workshop-style contracting companies like Zhu Mingjie and others could not escape the bad luck in the end because of their weak foundation and insufficient financial strength.
Even so, despite his past glory, the disdainful attitude towards poor relatives he had developed in the past has not changed much.
But on the contrary, he is particularly close to relatives who are stronger than him.
This is actually the reason why I was able to follow him this time.
From the perspective of his father-in-law and mother-in-law, this cousin of his second uncle's family was already a big shot in Jidong Province. He also had the idea of getting in touch with the other party through "family ties" to see if he could do business.
