The next day came quickly. Lin Yan's family got up early, dressed up and rushed to grandma's house.
The old lady celebrated her 70th birthday, which was a rare happy day. Lin Yan's father was even more happy. He went to a nearby cake shop to customize a large peach birthday cake for the old lady.
When we arrived at grandma's house, my sister-in-law and her family had already arrived early. My two uncles lived far away, but they were still on the way.
The old lady smiled from ear to ear when she saw Lin Yan personally walking through the door holding a huge peach cake.
"Hey, dear grandson, why is this cake so big? It's almost bigger than your own."
Grandpa stood nearby and said with a smile: "What kind of cake are you buying? The old woman can't eat anything sweet with her broken teeth. It's so wasteful and a waste of things..."
Lin Yan's father quickly smiled and said: "Dad, today is a good day for my mother's 70th birthday. Can you order a big cake for the birthday girl?"
The old lady rolled her eyes at Grandpa and said to everyone: "This damn old man is just jealous. He is still so jealous at such an old age!"
While they were chatting, my sister-in-law also came over, first said hello to Lin Yan, and then took Lin Yan's parents to greet her.
My sister-in-law brought a big red coat to my grandma today with dragons, thorns and phoenixes on it. The edges of the big red coat were hooked with gold thread, making it look full of wealth.
The family was talking and laughing happily, and the atmosphere in the room became joyful.
After another half an hour, the uncle and his uncle's family arrived one after another.
The second uncle apologized as soon as he entered the door: "Sorry, sorry, my company has a conference call in the morning to discuss some matters with foreign customers, which delayed me a bit, otherwise I would have come here long ago."
The uncle dragged his son Lin Cheng and said, "Xiao Cheng has gone abroad for exchanges in the past two days. He just came back by plane last night. The jet lag didn't come over in the morning, so he was delayed for a while..."
Naturally, the old lady won't be angry with her two sons. It doesn't matter to her if they come earlier or later.
Stretching out her hand and patting her two sons on the shoulders, the old lady said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, you are busy with your work. I am idle every day now. It will be the same any day you come over. There is no need to rush in."
Come and celebrate my birthday on this day..."
The uncle quickly shook his head and said, "That's not possible. You can't miss your seventieth birthday."
The second uncle also followed: "That's right. I've missed everything. Mom, you can't miss your birthday."
While talking about this, the uncle couldn't help but curiously asked: "By the way, second brother, you said you negotiated a contract with a foreign customer? Is this another big deal?"
The second child chuckled, seeming a little embarrassed and said: "Yes, we just negotiated a deal for a shield machine, which can buy about twenty or thirty machines. The total amount is not too much, about 40 to 50 million.
Bar……"
"Good guy! Forty to fifty million is not too much?" The uncle stared in shock, patted the second uncle on the shoulder and said, "Then how much can you get after this deal is completed? No more than six figures?"
The corners of Er Bo's mouth rose, unable to conceal his pride, and he smiled and said, "That's about right."
Afterwards, courtesy was exchanged, and the second uncle asked the eldest uncle again: "Where has Xiaocheng been communicating these past few days? Has he gone abroad?"
"yes."
When the matter about Lin Cheng was mentioned, the uncle looked proud.
Lin Yan's cousin Lin Cheng is a well-known top student in his family. He was admitted to a 985 key university. After graduation, he worked in the energy industry and often went abroad to conduct scientific research exchanges with cutting-edge personnel in developed countries.
At this time, the second uncle couldn't help but look back at Lin Cheng and said in admiration: "Xiao Cheng, you are promising. You have represented our motherland and gone abroad? You are really the pride of our Lin family."
Lin Cheng has thick eyes, is thin and small, and his conversation is a little dull, but he has the arrogance of an intellectual.
"It's okay." He responded in a calm tone, as if he cherished his words like gold.
And when she heard that her uncle's son had returned from abroad, and that her second uncle had just negotiated a large deal worth tens of millions, grandma was so happy that she couldn't stop praising her:
"Oh my son is really promising..."
"My grandson is really promising..."
"We, the Lin family, also have great virtues from our ancestors, and we are fortunate to be sheltered..."
Relatively speaking, Lin Yan's father's career is inevitably worse, and his sister-in-law's family situation is not comparable to that of his two uncles.
But my sister-in-law is a girl after all and rarely compares herself to her brothers at home. Lin Yan's father, Lin Jun, is a man and is often talked about by his grandparents.
Talking about career matters, grandpa couldn't help but ask Lin Yan's father: "Third brother, how are you doing with the restaurant? This year's situation is so special, I'm afraid I have to lose all the money, right?"
Lin Yan's father bought a small restaurant at the beginning of the year and wanted to be self-employed. Unfortunately, due to special circumstances, the market for the catering industry has been declining.
Speaking of which, this is also bad luck. No one knew that this situation would suddenly appear this year.
The uncle immediately sighed: "Oh, third brother, you are also in bad luck. I didn't hear you talk about opening a restaurant in the past few years. I just planned to open a restaurant this year, but this happened."
The second uncle also nodded and said: "Yes, the situation this year is too special. Many old restaurants with good reputations near my home have closed down, not to mention your stillborn new hotel."
Lin Jun listened to the regrets of his brothers, but the expression on his face was quite calm.
If this were the case in the past, when his career suffered setbacks, but his brothers were prospering one by one, and compared to each other in front of his parents, he would probably not be able to hold his head high.
But things are different now. Although Lin Jun suffered losses in his business, his son Lin Yan helped him earn back everything he lost.
"Hey, it's just a failed investment. It doesn't matter. I've looked past it. The worst I can do is start over from scratch." Lin Jun said calmly.
Hearing what he said, the two brothers were slightly startled.
In their impression, Lin Jun's family conditions were limited and he was a fussy person. The loss on this investment would have been tens of thousands of yuan at least, so why did he just ignore it?
"Lao San, why are you so optimistic?" the uncle asked.
The second uncle was even more worried about Lin Jun. He frowned and said, "Brother, you and your siblings haven't saved much money after worrying about it these past few years, right? If your business goes bankrupt, you'll lose tens of thousands of yuan. Why don't you just do it?"
Aren’t you in a hurry?”
At this point, he pointed at Lin Yan and said: "Xiaoyan is a sophomore in high school this year and will soon be taking the college entrance examination. Going to college will cost a lot of money by then, so don't jump in a hurry!"
However, the second uncle's words played into Lin Jun's hands. He was trying to find a way to talk about Lin Yan.
When his two brothers asked, Lin Jun smiled calmly and said, "I don't need to worry about it anymore. Xiaoyan doesn't want to go to college."
"What?!"
As soon as these words came out, the Lin family was really shocked.
My grandparents were very surprised, and my sister-in-law’s eyes widened even more.
The uncle shook his head frequently and said: "What nonsense is this? How can the child not go to college? I know that Xiaoyan's grades have never been good and he is not as good as Xiaocheng and the others, but you can't give up on yourself. No matter how bad your grades are, you still have to go to college.
, get a higher education."
The second uncle also said: "Brother, please stop talking nonsense. Xiaoyan doesn't want to go to school. Although Xiaoyan may not be able to get into a good university, a college diploma is still very important. Xiaoyan will have to work in the future.
Yes, you can't let him be a cook like you, right?"
Listening to what the brothers said, Lin Jun smiled deeply.
Next to him, Lin Yan's mother couldn't help but push him and urged: "Stop being so pretentious and speak quickly."
"What did you say?" Grandpa asked curiously, "Yanyan stopped studying. Is there any reason?"
At this time, Lin Yan's father proudly said: "Here's the thing, Xiaoyan has decided to become a professional e-sports player. This conflicts with his studies. After careful consideration, we decided to agree to Xiaoyan giving up his studies."
, to devote myself wholeheartedly to the e-sports industry.”
As soon as these words were spoken, the family members were still deeply puzzled.
Because for their generation, the word "e-sports" is really unfamiliar.
"What is the e-sports industry? What do you mean... Xiaoyan no longer goes to school but works directly?" Grandma asked.
The uncle also frowned and said: "Lao San, are you a bit hasty? What is Xiaoyan doing now? Are you already working in the e-sports industry?"
