Chapter 1331 Trivia at Home
After a busy year of buying New Year goods, everyone seemed to relax all of a sudden when they put up the couplets on the 30th day. Except for the women who were busy preparing the New Year's Eve dinner in the kitchen and the children who were helping to make dumplings.
Most people were cracking melon seeds, looking around the house to see if there was anything missing. After checking to make sure there were no problems, people would basically become lazy instantly.
This laziness would last until the whole day of the first day of the new year, that is, the ancestor worship on the night of the 30th and the morning of the first day of the new year, which would make people feel refreshed. At other times, people would feel sleepy and decadent.
Then this situation would not improve until the second day of the new year when they visited relatives. This improvement would continue until they finished visiting relatives, and then they would start to get busy with how to spend the 15th day.
After the 15th day, people started to get a little nervous. Those who should go out to work went out to work, and those who should prepare for spring planting prepared for spring planting. There were gradually more people in the fields.
"Don't I need to pick you up this year?" At the entrance of the old courtyard, Yang Dongxu almost couldn't hold back his temper when he saw his son, who was covered in paste and wiping his nose. He turned his head and saw Sanyin from his third grandfather's house standing in front of him.
Hearing Yang Dongxu say this, Sanyin glanced at her unhappily: "Where is Zhou Ya?"
"She's making dumplings in the kitchen." Although he is the only son in the family, neither he nor Zhou Ya, nor his parents, have ever thought about splitting up the family.
However, when the house was built in the old courtyard, the kitchen was fully equipped, and there was no shortage of kitchen utensils. These were all purchased by Zhou Ya when she was pregnant and gave birth in her hometown.
After all, Zhou Ya likes quietness. The streets are too lively, and it's noisy to live in the house over there. So she usually eats and rests here.
This year, because Xiao Wenchen went to kindergarten in Shanghai, although Yang's mother often came to clean and ventilate the courtyard, it still felt a little unpopular.
In the words of the old man, a house is supported by popularity. No matter how good a house is, it will soon become dilapidated without popularity. So this year, we will spend the New Year at the old house to add some popularity to the house. This way, it won't be a problem to hold on until Wenchen comes back for summer vacation.
"I'll go find him." Sanyin said.
"I heard that you are very familiar with my aunt?" Yang Dongxu asked.
"What's the matter?" Sanyin looked at him sideways.
"Nothing, just don't learn from my aunt and not get married. My aunt didn't get married, and my grandfather almost beat me up, saying that it was because I took my aunt to Yanjing to see the world and became carefree. If you don't get married either, the third grandfather will beat me up." Yang Dongxu said half-jokingly.
Sanyin rolled his eyes at him directly.
In fact, it wasn't a joke. When he came back, the third grandfather really talked to him about Sanyin's marriage. In addition, they were all neighbors, and he saw Sanyin's blind dates a lot when he came back. In addition to those rumors, the feeling was three times stronger than that of his aunt being forced to go on a blind date.
After all, Ran Feifei was forced to go on a blind date, although all her relatives and friends talked about it. But that was when she was visiting relatives. Ran Feifei lived with her grandpa, not with the Yang family, so she didn't have any personal experience. Sanyin's blind date was right in front of her, and she could not only hear it but also see it with her own eyes.
"Sanyin is here. Have you made dumplings at home? Xuzi, move a stool over. You don't know how to move a stool when there are guests. You are a father and don't have any vision." Sanyin went to the kitchen, and Yang's mother spoke loudly.
Then there were the voices of Xiaoshen and Zhou Ya, but there was a characteristic of women chatting, that is, they were very happy and loud at the beginning, and the more they talked, the quieter they became, and the quieter they were, so quiet that no one outside could hear them at all.
So at this time, Yang Dongxu knew that he was far away from the kitchen, otherwise if he heard anything, he would definitely be glared at by his mother.
Taking her son to wash his hands, Cui's mother hurried out of the kitchen and washed her hands to help Xiao Wenchen change his clothes. The paste was all over his face, and the clothes were obviously not wearable.
"You go to the kitchen and do your work. I'll do the changing." Although he is a domineering CEO outside, he was born in a poor family after all. Yang Dongxu is good at hands-on work. Not to mention changing clothes for the naughty little Wenchen who is already four or five years old, even changing diapers for babies is no problem.
"It's okay, I'll help, and there's that Wu Sheng." Cui Ma said with a smile, and then she glanced at the kitchen.
Yang Dongxu was stunned for a moment and then reacted. This was obviously to introduce a partner to Wu Sheng. Who is the introduction? It must be Sanyin who just entered the kitchen. The more the women chatted, the lower their voices became. Obviously, they were talking about this.
"I'm going to Hong Kong on the seventh day of the first lunar month, and Wu Sheng will follow me. I'll mention it when I go. I can't guarantee whether it will work out. If it doesn't work out, when I return to the Magic City, Wu Sheng will definitely be there as long as I'm in the Magic City. You can persuade him indirectly."
Yang Dongxu couldn't say whether the two were suitable. After all, the relationship between men and women can only work if the parties are in love. It's useless for outsiders to feel that it's a good match, so he can only help to bring it up and make it happen. The result depends on the attitude of the two.
"Hey!" Cui's mother responded with a smile, as happy as if her daughter had found a satisfactory partner. She didn't follow him back to the room to change clothes for Xiao Wenchen, but turned around and went back to the kitchen.
"Xiao Wenchen, Xiao Wenchen, where are you? Come out quickly and I'll take you to set off fireworks." As soon as Cui's mother left, Jiejie, the son of her uncle's family, ran in in a hurry.
"Have you finished your homework?" The young aunt poked her head out of the kitchen. The roar instantly cast a spell on Jiejie, who was originally running over in a hurry.
"I have finished it. My dad has checked it." Jiejie slapped his mother in fear.
"Your dad hasn't even graduated from elementary school, so what's the point of checking? Go back and bring it back from last night, and let your brother help you check it. You'll have to be careful if you do anything wrong." The young aunt snorted and glared at her son.
Jiejie was so scared that he lost all the excitement of coming to find his brother to set off firecrackers. He turned back dejectedly to get his homework.
In terms of study and homework, the young aunt can be said to have put a lot of effort into Jiejie. Originally, it was about going to school. The old man actually let his son stay at home to take care of the family business and let Xiao Wenchen go out to make a living. He was very dissatisfied.
Although the current life of the Yang family is earned by the son of the eldest uncle, she has no objection to Xiao Wencheng inheriting his father's business. But why should her son stay in the countryside to farm?
Instead of fighting for money, she decided to let her son get into a good university and show her parents-in-law that their grandson is no worse than the old one.
So when many children were playing outside during the winter vacation, Jiejie was watched by her doing homework at home. Today is New Year's Eve, and she won't let her son go out until he finishes his homework.
"Don't scare the child during the New Year." Yang's mother said to her aunt.
But she didn't say much, after all, she couldn't say anything about such things. If she said more, she was afraid that her aunt would misunderstand that she didn't want Jiejie to be well, and it would not be good to have a grudge in her heart.
The whole family sat together for the New Year's Eve dinner. Grandpa's ears became a little bad, a common problem for the elderly. But he was still healthy, so he sat in the main seat and looked at his two little grandchildren happily.
It was just that grandma was a little unhappy to see that there were only two children in the family. Many children and more blessings are the wishes of the elderly. As a result, after the uncle had a son, he never gave birth to a second one.
Yang's father was okay with three children, but he only had one son, Yang Dongxu, among his two daughters. Yang Dongxu, on the other hand, has not had any intention of having a second child with Zhou Ya for four or five years after giving birth to a little Wenchen.
Although the explanation given by Yang Dongxu and Zhou Ya was that the country did not allow them to have children, and his father-in-law Zhou Yiren worked in a government department before, the old man could understand.
After all, many teachers and civil servants now have only one child. If they have more children, they may lose their jobs, but it is a bit annoying. After all, Xiaowu, Daliang and other peers are preparing for the second child and striving for the third child.
Grandpa Xuan, grandfather and father-in-law each drank a glass of rice wine, but they didn't drink too much. They just drank rice wine to warm up their bodies. Grandpa Xuan, who was strong before, has also declined badly in the past two years.
After all, he is old, and although he practices martial arts, he was not injured when he was young. Although Wannian met Yang Dongxu and raised him up without worries about food and drink, Grandpa Xuan himself did not expect to live to this age.
Father-in-law Zhou Yiren is the youngest of the three old men, but he looks like the oldest of the three. When he was young, he was sent to Yangjia Village for labor reform and suffered a lot.
When I returned to work, it was exhausting again. I was over 60 and still worked overtime and stayed up late. In the past two years, I have retired and my life has been more relaxed and regular, but it is a bit difficult to make up for the damaged body.
Fortunately, I learned some ways to exercise from Grandpa Xuan, although I look very old. After all, I am the youngest among the three, so my body is barely strong.
Grandpa Xuan and his father-in-law rested at their home on the street and did not go to the old house. So after dinner, only the three of them and Cui's mother returned to the old house.
"Grandpa mentioned helping Wenchen exercise again." Zhou Ya said.
"Wait until next summer vacation, and do some exercise. Although you don't have to learn as much as I do, at least it's good to be strong. And exercise can also hone the child's willpower, which is good.
I have also prepared for this matter in advance. Now our family is also engaged in medicine, especially Chinese medicine. In the past few years, I have asked people to collect a lot of medicinal materials needed by Grandpa Xuan.
If you feel sorry for it, send it to my younger sister and let Grandpa Xuan help this kid to exercise his body at the reservoir. If you can't see it, you won't feel so sorry."
"It's not a matter of feeling sorry or not. I have seen you exercise your body before. Besides, I can understand that exercise is good for your son's health.
I said this because the old man not only wants to help Wenchen exercise his body himself. He also keeps saying that you are useless in exercise, and says that when the son's foundation is good, he will give it to Du Suo to polish it, so that he won't learn bad things from you as his father."
"I am also very good in exercise, right? The little tiger couldn't beat me in the past two years?" Yang Yao shouted with his neck stretched.
But I always feel a little guilty. Although it is said that young people are better at boxing, but at the age of 30, both my skills and muscles should have reached their peak. As a result, I was almost knocked down by the young boy Xiaohutou last time. This is indeed a bit