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On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the people in the courtyard were busy pasting Spring Festival couplets and hanging red lanterns early in the morning.

The Lin family's Spring Festival couplets were written by Qin Hao. The top line reads: Success in the imperial examination brings wealth and honor; the bottom line reads: Auspicious air fills the house and the business world sets sail for eternal peace; the horizontal scroll reads: A bright future.

In the past few years, Lin Wufeng wrote the couplets for the Lin family. Later, Lin Wufeng discovered that Qin Hao's calligraphy was better than his, so this task fell on Qin Hao.

After Lin Dongzhe finished pasting the Spring Festival couplets, he ran to the next door and urged: "Brother Tunan, Xiaoting, why haven't you finished yet? Hurry up, let's go to the market together after pasting. Guanqian Street must be very lively today."

"Don't rush me. It's already been written." Zhuang Tunan glared at Lin Dongzhe, took a deep breath, and finished writing the last horizontal scroll. There was nothing he could do as their two families lived across the street from each other. Compared with Qin Hao's, his handwriting was like a crab crawling. If he didn't write better, he would be embarrassed to hang it up.

After putting up the couplets, Zhuang Xiaoting took Huang Ling and Zhuang Tunan to catch up with Qin Hao's family.

Xiang Pengfei went to Guizhou to spend the New Year with his parents and was not here.

Compared with last year, Guanqian Street was more lively on the first day of the Lunar New Year this year, and the scale of the stalls increased several times. This is also due to the gradual implementation of the reform and opening-up policies. As people have become more open-minded, many things have become easier to handle.

"Zhuang Xiaoting, do you want to eat plum blossom cake? I'll buy you a few pieces."

"Well, here's the money."

"No need, Brother Hao gave me a big red envelope last night, I'll treat you guys."

Looking at Lin Dongzhe happily squeezing to the stall to buy plum cakes, Qin Hao couldn't help but sigh, this guy is really precocious.

"After a century of slumber, the Chinese people are gradually waking up. Open your eyes and look carefully..."

Almost all shops on the street with speakers will play "The Great Wall Will Never Fall". As the theme song of last year's hit Hong Kong and Taiwan TV series, it immediately caused a craze after it was performed on the Spring Festival Gala stage. Both young guys and elderly people in their fifties and sixties tried to hum along in fake Cantonese.

Lin Dongzhe has a unique advantage in this regard. As a "habitual offender" who has been watching Hong Kong and Taiwan films for many years, his Cantonese level is much higher than his English level. In Song Ying's words, if Lin Dongzhe goes to work in Guangdong in the future, he will definitely be able to make a seamless transition.

"Hey, Brother Hao, look, is that our tape recorder?" Lin Dongzhe suddenly exclaimed.

Following the direction of Lin Dongzhe's finger, Qin Hao indeed saw a department store selling "BBK" tape recorders.

"The second brother is doing great. The products have been sold to Suzhou." Lin Wufeng was a little surprised for a moment.

Qin Hao was not surprised at all. In coastal areas, tape recorders had long been flooding the market. On the contrary, due to policy reasons, there was still a lot of room for growth in the inland market. However, the corresponding competition was also very fierce. If Qin Hao had not been the spokesperson, "BBK" would not have been qualified to be put on the counter of a department store.

The two families walked around until almost noon before returning home. Before they even entered the house, they saw Zhuang Chaoying standing outside the yard with a gloomy face. After seeing Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting, he came up to them and started complaining.

"Where did you go during the New Year's holiday?"

Zhuang Xiaoting subconsciously shrank behind Huang Ling and answered timidly: "We went to the market."

"Going to the market? On New Year's Day, you didn't go to your grandparents' house to pay New Year's greetings but went to the market. Do you know that our whole family has been waiting for you for the whole morning?" Zhuang Chaoying roared angrily.

Zhuang Xiaoting was startled, Huang Ling patted her hands and comforted her, "Who stipulated that New Year's greetings must be made on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year? You can do so during the three days of the Lunar New Year. Why are you yelling at the child?"

Zhuang Chaoying glared at Huang Ling: "In the past, we always paid New Year's greetings on the first day of the Lunar New Year..."

Just when the two were about to quarrel, Zhuang Tunan suddenly spoke.

"The past is the past, nothing is set in stone, why can't we change it?"

Zhuang Chaoying looked at Zhuang Tunan in disbelief: "Tunan, how can you say that? How can a younger generation make an elder wait?"

"Grandpa and grandma have Zhendong and Zhenbei. It doesn't matter if we have two more or two less. Besides, what difference does it make if we go earlier or later?"

Now even Huang Ling and Zhuang Xiaoting were very surprised. It was impossible for Zhuang Tunan to say such a thing in the past.

Zhuang Chaoying said with a look of heartache: "Tunan, how can this be the same? You are the eldest grandson of the Zhuang family. Have you forgotten how much your grandparents loved you..."

Before he could finish his words, Zhuang Tunan sneered, "Yeah, if you didn't tell me, I really couldn't figure it out. How did my grandparents love me? In the past, my mom was the only one who took care of the New Year's Eve dinner. The snacks that my grandparents gave us were also bought by you, mom and dad, right?"

"Tuanan, you can't say that to your grandparents just because I didn't give them living expenses for a few months. I will give them living expenses. Now come with me to pay New Year's greetings to your grandparents." Zhuang Chaoying looked angry at him for not fighting back.

Zhuang Tunan said calmly, "Dad, I'm not a child anymore. I can tell right from wrong. Besides, I can earn my own living expenses now, so I don't have to spend your money anymore."

"What are you talking about? Are you going to break off relations with me just because of a little living expenses?" Zhuang Chaoying was panicking and his voice was a little shaky. He never dreamed that his son would treat him like this.

Zhuang Tunan shook his head and said, "Dad, you go back first. Xiaoting and I will go to pay New Year's greetings to grandpa and grandma tomorrow."

"You...Tunan, grandparents are old, and they hope that their children and grandchildren can be more filial. Why can't you understand that?" Zhuang Chaoying said angrily, slapping the wall.

Qin Hao couldn't bear to watch it any longer: "Teacher Zhuang, what you said is really interesting. When people get old, of course they hope their children and grandchildren are filial to them. Otherwise, can they hope that their children and grandchildren are unfilial and their old age is miserable? Isn't this the same as corrupt officials who hope that the world is full of people who bribe them?"

"You...you are talking nonsense, it's all your fault. You are not filial to your elders, and you affect our Tuanan and Xiaoting. They learn bad things from you!" Zhuang Chaoying suddenly figured out a problem. Before moving to this courtyard, Huang Ling, Tuanan and Xiaoting were all obedient to him. But since moving to this courtyard, everything has changed. Huang Ling is no longer "filial to her parents-in-law", and the two children are rebellious. In the final analysis, it all happened after they came into contact with Qin Hao.

Huang Ling couldn't stand it any longer: "Zhuang Chaoying, why are you going crazy during Chinese New Year!"

"Dad, please go. I beg you. We must go to pay New Year's greetings to grandpa and grandma tomorrow." Zhuang Xiaoting begged bitterly.

Zhuang Tunan said coldly: "Dad, this is our family's business, don't take your anger out on others."

"You...you..." Zhuang Chaoying covered his heart, feeling a sharp pain. He suddenly realized that his son, daughter and wife had stood against him without him knowing when, and the small courtyard behind him seemed to have no place for him.

Zhuang Chaoying returned to the Zhuang family in a state of despair. When Mr. Zhuang saw him coming back, he said with a stern face, "Humph, this kid is really getting more and more unreasonable. He slept until this late on New Year's Day and made us wait for them at our old age..."

As a result, after waiting for a long time, Mr. Zhuang didn't see Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting come in.

"Chaoying, where are Tunan and Xiaoting?"

Zhuang Chaoying could only perfunctorily answer, "Oh, Xiaoting is sick, Huang Ling and Tunan are taking care of her at home."

Grandma Zhuang was not willing to tolerate any grain of sand in her eyes. She said sarcastically, "What do you mean you are sick? I'm afraid you don't want to come and wish us two old guys a happy new year?"

When Master Zhuang heard this, he got furious. He slammed the table and pointed at Zhuang Chaoying's nose and cursed: "Look at the pair of good sons you raised, ungrateful wolves, two ungrateful wolves, it's a waste of our old couple's kindness to them!"

Zhuang Chaoying was scolded so much that he couldn't even raise his head. With bitter eyes, he said, "Dad, Mom, today Tuanan asked me what you did well for him, and I couldn't answer it for a moment. How about you tell me what you did well for them?"

Mr. Zhuang was stunned by the question. He opened his mouth again and again, but swallowed the words back when they came to his lips. They were just trivial matters, just giving some snacks during festivals, and he really couldn't afford it.

But Grandma Zhuang refused to accept it. She pointed at Zhuang Chaoying and yelled, "What do you mean by that? How have we treated Tunan and Xiaoting badly? Tell me honestly, how have we treated them unfairly?"

Zhuang Chaoying still lowered her head and said in a muffled voice: "Mom, it's useless for you to tell me this. The children have grown up... It's not the time for them to believe everything you say."

“They will watch, they will think, they will ponder.”

In anger, Mr. Zhuang grabbed the teacup on the table, but after thinking for a moment, he put it down. This was the most expensive set of tea set in the house, and he felt really bad about breaking it.

"Zhuang Chaoying, after the New Year, go and get a divorce from Huang Ling and take the child back. Otherwise, if you continue like this, the two children you raised with great effort will become someone else's." Grandma Zhuang urged.

Zhuang Chaoying couldn't help but think of Zhuang Tunan's cold and unfamiliar face today, and he made up his mind.

"Yes, I want to get the child back."

On the other hand, the atmosphere in the courtyard no longer had the liveliness of the New Year due to the appearance of Zhuang Chaoying. Huang Ling's family never came out after entering the house.

On the Lin family side, Song Ying was still defending Qin Hao: "Why is Teacher Zhuang like this? What right does he have to say that our Haozi is a bad influence on Tunan and Xiaoting? Who in the whole alley doesn't say good things about our Haozi?"

"If he hadn't run so fast, I would have had to fight him off."

Lin Wufeng poured Song Ying a glass of water and comforted her, "Okay, don't be angry anymore. Didn't Haozi's song say that the world is fair..."

"Go away, your singing is so awful, aren't you afraid of Haozi making fun of you?" Song Ying rolled her eyes at him and her anger subsided a lot. After all, an old couple can understand each other's pulse.

Lin Wufeng said to Qin Hao: "Haozi, Teacher Zhuang may just be anxious for the moment, don't take it seriously."

"Don't worry, Uncle Lin. I don't have the time to argue with him. I'd rather spend that time thinking about how to make more money with Uncle Lin."

Hearing Qin Hao say this, Lin Wufeng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He knew Qin Hao's character. He never held grudges overnight and would take revenge on the same day. After all, Zhuang Chaoying was Tuanan and Xiaoting's father. If the fight really got out of hand, the two children would be embarrassed.

In the next room, after a moment of silence, Huang Ling took out a dozen yuan from her pocket and handed it to Zhuang Tunan.

"No matter what, they are your grandparents, so it's only right that you go and pay them New Year's greetings. Tunan, go to Yiming's store and buy some canned food and cakes. Then go to your Aunt Song's house tomorrow and get a piece of pork to take with you."

Zhuang Tunan didn't answer: "Mom, I earn money as a tutor, you don't have to give me money."

"How can that be possible? You are still a student, you should focus on your studies..."

Before Huang Ling finished speaking, Zhuang Tunan said, "Mom, Haozi also started to earn money very early, and many of my classmates in school are doing part-time jobs. Don't worry, I won't delay my studies."

"Besides, I earn a pretty good income as a tutor. When I save up enough money, I can buy you and Xiao Ting a TV. Then you won't have to go to Lin Dongzhe's house to watch TV anymore."

"What nonsense is this kid talking about? Mom can't afford to support you..."

"Mom, your monthly salary is only over 60 yuan, plus doing handicrafts for Brother Yiming, it's only about 100 yuan a month. Our architecture major needs to buy a lot of textbooks, which are very expensive. I am now able to help you share some of the burden. I think this is good, really."

Huang Ling could no longer hold back her tears and hugged Zhuang Tunan, and Zhuang Xiaoting was also infected, and the family of three hugged each other and cried bitterly.

The next morning, Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting went to Zhuang's house with gifts.

Mr. Zhuang crossed his legs, smoking a cigarette, and didn't even look at them.

Grandma Zhuang accepted the gifts brought by Zhuang Tunan and his friends very naturally, and kept saying, "Children nowadays don't even have the most basic respect for their elders."

Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting looked at each other. They had anticipated this situation before they came, and it turned out to be the case. However, they did not feel disappointed. They just wanted to sit for a while and then find an excuse to go back.

As a result, after Mr. Zhuang put out his cigarette, he said to the two of them with a stern face.

"After the New Year, your parents are going to divorce. Who are you going to live with?"

Zhuang Chaoying's face suddenly changed: "Dad, why do you say this to the child..."

"Why can't we say it? Didn't you say the children are grown up? Let them express their opinions now."

Zhuang Xiaoting burst into tears: "Dad, why do you want to divorce Mom?"

"Hmph, if it were you, I would have divorced a long time ago. If it weren't for your good academic performance over the years and the fear of affecting you, I would have divorced you a long time ago." Grandma Zhuang pouted.

"Xiaoting, tell me, are you with dad or mom?"

Zhuang Xiaoting kept looking at Zhuang Chaoying: "Dad, tell me, you and Mom will not get divorced."

Zhuang Chaoying lowered his head and dared not look into his daughter's eyes.

"Xiaoting, you must remember that your surname is Zhuang, not Huang. We are a family." Grandma Zhuang tempted.

Zhuang Xiaoting pushed Grandma Zhuang's hand away and screamed, "No, my mother and I are a family. You have never treated me as a family. You have always been partial to me. My mother quarreled with my father in order to protect me. It's all because of you!"

"You caused my parents to divorce. I hate you!"

Mr. Zhuang was so furious that he reached out and slapped Zhuang Xiaoting in the face.

Zhuang Tunan quickly protected his sister behind him and grabbed Master Zhuang's hand.

"Rebellion, rebellion, Zhuang Chaoying, look at your good son, he wants to fight me!"

Zhuang Tunan let go of Master Zhuang's hand, glanced coldly at Zhuang Chaoying, and then said to his sister: "Xiaoting, let's go home." (End of this chapter)