"Duoduo, after listening to your advice, I had a reunion dinner with his mother on New Year's Eve. Datong's family, Xiaoyi's family, and him.
Originally, he pestered me to accompany him, but I didn't want to because I was afraid that the meeting would be too embarrassing.
I said I couldn’t eat the reunion dinner alone, so he finally agreed to go alone.”
Xue Ling smiled happily and whispered: "He didn't listen to my advice, he listened to you."
"It's good if he goes."
Zhu Achun smiled softly: "If he can fulfill his mother's wish, Datong will not be angry with him."
Xue Ling asked with concern: "Is Datong okay?"
"fine."
Zhu Achun explained: "When he arrived in the imperial capital, he came to visit me with his wife and daughter, and also brought many specialties.
He is now working smoothly, his wife has a stable job, and his daughter is already a cute little girl."
Xue Ling nodded assuredly: "That's good.
If Zheng Shuquan knows about it, he should be very happy."
"Um."
Zhu Achun smiled and said: "Except for Duoduo's marriage, everything else is going well.
With your help and promotion, he can be considered successful in his career.
In the new year, you have to hurry up and get out of singles."
"Yo!"
Xue Ling teased: "Sister Achun, do you still understand the word 'leaving singles'?"
"Understand!"
Zhu Achun said with a smile: "My two sons are not married yet, so it's hard for me to understand."
Xue Ling laughed.
Zhu Achun looked around and asked in a low voice: "Madam, where is that girl Xiaoxin?
It seems like you just said hello to me and then ran away secretly?"
"Did you have a little quarrel with Tietou?"
Xue Ling chuckled: "She seems a little depressed these past two days. Earlier she was talking about love at the dinner table and was ridiculed by her third brother!"
"Guess so."
Zhu Achun whispered: "Tietou's brows have been furrowed tightly, and he is in a very depressed mood.
I asked him what was wrong the day before yesterday, and he said it was nothing, he was just too busy.
Yesterday I asked him to send me some rice cakes I made, but he made excuses saying he was busy and his eyes were evasive.
Duoduo was able to chat with him and asked him what was going on.
He said that Xiaoxin refused to pay attention to him and he was not allowed to come to the garden."
"Pfft!"
Xue Ling couldn't hold back her laughter: "She said this, and he did this?
Why are you so stupid!"
Zhu Achun was also dumbfounded and explained: "Duoduo said the same thing to him. He said he didn't want to make Xiaoxin angry and would wait for two more days for her to calm down and then find a way to make her happy.
Moreover, the lobster he ordered will not arrive here until the day after tomorrow, and he seems to want to make lobster fried rice to coax Xiaoxin."
Xue Ling shook his head and smiled: "Don't worry about them, let them take care of themselves."
"Don't care?"
After all, Zhu Achun is a kind-hearted and gentle person, and he is very worried about his youngest son at home. "It's not easy for him to look at Tietou..."
Madam, what do you think happened to them?
Do you know?"
"have no idea."
Xue Ling shook his head: "Even if we occasionally know about young people's emotional affairs, we have to pretend not to know and let them figure it out on their own.
If we intervene, it will only get worse and even be counterproductive."
Zhu Achun was still a little uneasy: "Really?
Could it be that Tietou did something wrong?
I don’t know why he annoyed Xiaoxin?”
"don’t worry."
Xue Ling lowered his voice: "I think it's all trivial.
It's probably not Tietou's fault, it's that girl Xiaoxin who is too squeamish.
Sister Achun, after all, she is the youngest in the family and the only girl. The elders love the youngest the most, and the brothers dote on their younger sister, and most of them will make her feel bad for her.
In such an environment, she will inevitably become squeamish.
Don't pamper her too much or indulge her, lest she become even more lawless."
"No, no."
Zhu Achun chuckled: "Madam, you are too serious.
I raised Xiaoxin by myself. She is a very well-behaved and cute little girl.
Which girl nowadays is not squeamish?
Xiaoxin is pretty good.
Tietou, he can’t say it in words, but his heart is warm towards Xiaoxin.”
"it is known."
Xue Ling whispered: "I guess Tietou was too busy a while ago and ignored Xiaoxin.
That girl Xiaoxin is very sensitive and thinks Tietou attaches too much importance to career.
I just made a guess and didn't ask carefully.
Earlier she had been scolded by me and laughed at by her brothers.
I think she won’t be able to in the future.”
"Xiaoxin is right."
Zhu Achun smiled bitterly: "I also think that kid Tietou is too ambitious.
He spends all day and night as soon as he starts working.
I have advised him that you can’t make enough money, just spend enough, and life should be people-oriented.”
"He is still young, so he naturally has to put his career first."
Xue Ling shrugged: "If he gets married, he should spend some time with his wife and children. This is human nature.
But he's not married yet, so he doesn't have to hang around Xiaoxin every day.
Tietou has loved making money since he was a child, and he would not let go of any scraps of paper.
I have had more contact with him and found that he has many ideas for making money, which seep into almost every corner of his life.
There are many ideas, steady work, and a good financial foundation. It’s really good!”
Zhu Achun smiled happily: "Madam, please don't praise him too much.
There must be something he did that was not thoughtful, which made Xiaoxin angry.
I'll ask him to apologize to Xiaoxin later."
"Don't."
Xue Ling shook his head: "Don't, don't, don't! It's better for us, the older generation, not to get involved in young people's love affairs. Otherwise, it will be helpful.
Just let nature take its course and let them deal with it."
"Tietou has never been in love..." Zhu Achun was embarrassed to explain: "I'm not a considerate young man, I guess he did something bad.
I was afraid that Xiaoxin would hide in the garden and secretly feel sad, which would make her feel distressed."
"Not afraid."
Xue Ling said with a smile: "There are a lot of people in the family, including Ahu and his family, and a cute little little tiger. The garden is bustling every day.
People, it’s easy to feel sad when you hide in a corner without anyone to accompany you.
With so many people in the house enjoying themselves, it would quickly divert her attention.
A little girl of her age can't sit still, her mood changes drastically, she turns around and is happy again."
"That's good, then I'll feel relieved."
Zhu Achun breathed a sigh of relief and whispered: "As long as she's fine."
Xiaoxin was not unhappy, she could go back and give her son an explanation.
Before coming to the garden, Tietou grabbed Duoduo and chatted a lot. He didn't know what he was discussing. It was probably about this.
There is nothing better than knowing a son like a mother.
Sure enough, after Xiaoxin hid in the room, she happily opened the red envelope given by Zheng Duoduo and found that in addition to a small stack of red money, there was also a small card.
Thinking it was a New Year's card, she picked it up and opened it gently.
Suddenly, a few lines of dragon and phoenix dancing characters came into view, it was the handwriting of someone she was very familiar with.