Rebirth: 1977

March 6th is the Lantern Festival.

The Ye family manor was bustling again, but those who came today were real relatives.

No friends, no business partners.

It is said that everything is difficult at the beginning. Once anything is started, everything else will come naturally.

This time, Yunzhe and Wen Yujie heard that Ye Tianshui had invited the old couple Wen, and that their daughter was also going to the manor to celebrate the Lantern Festival.

The couple naturally took their daughter with them and went to pick up the old couple Wen at the agreed time, and went to the manor to attend the party very naturally.

Yunzhe specifically asked for leave and transferred out of the army.

The fact is, neither the guards at the sentry box nor the owner of the manor would turn them away.

Before, because of Ye Tianshui's resistance, in order to take his feelings into consideration, no one would take the initiative to invite Yun Zhe and his wife.

In fact, Ye Tingfeng and Yun Zhe have always had a very good personal relationship.

Old Master Ye is also an old fox who can judge people by appearance. If he wants to contact Yunzhe for something, he can do so by phone or anywhere else.

I will definitely not do anything to make the son I finally recognized unhappy.

As the years passed, Ye Tianshui and the Yun family became more and more involved.

Apart from not associating with Yunzhe and his wife, he has a good relationship with his younger siblings and his grandparents, and everyone can see it.

By now, the matter of the research institute has been settled, and Yunzhe has been accepted by Ye Tianshui as a partner.

Needless to say, Wen Yujie has been working for Ye Tianshui in the past few years.

If Ye Tianshui really does not accept them and hates them, there are many partners and scientific researchers to choose from.

This was also the time when Old Master Ye stepped in and broke the window paper.

Everyone understood Ye Tianshui's attitude. They would neither accept nor refuse.

Just being in a neither too close nor too distant relationship should be a more comfortable way of getting along.

Zi Lan and Ye Yiling knew Ye Tianshui's thoughts best, and they welcomed and interacted with him very warmly.

But in terms of address, Guanyu was still given a surname before 'grandpa and grandma' to distinguish him from 'grandfather' Ye.

Several parties tacitly accepted this relationship.

The Yunzhe couple had long since lowered their profile. They were already content to be close to their son's family, to be near them, and to have frequent close contact with them.

Ye Tianshui asked Chen Jun and others to prepare a lot of fireworks and firecrackers.

Maybe it was because of their blood relationship, the twins were very happy and affectionate to the extra 'Grandpa Yun' and 'Grandma Wen' when they saw each other.

Xiaochen is willing to let them hug and kiss him. He can now run and jump and speak clearly.

They jumped around and called out in baby voices "Grandpa Yun" and "Grandma Wen". Great-grandma and great-grandfather were familiar with the children and would stick to them and be affectionate for a while when they met.

Wang Xiaoping lived in the manor for the entire winter vacation. The reason given by Ye Tianshui and Zilan was that they were worried about her living alone in her own courtyard which had been vacant all this time.

Staying in the manor, I can help them take care of the three children.

Yueyue originally wanted to stay with Wang Xiaoping, but was persuaded by Zilan to go back.

"Your parents are alone at home and it's too lonely, so spend more time with them during the Spring Festival holiday.

You can come here to help take care of the children on weekdays.”

These are all superficial reasons and excuses. The truth is that the couple discovered a secret: Xia Zijian had a good impression of Wang Xiaoping.

The problem is that Wang Xiaoping doesn't seem to object.

Ye Tianshui and Zi Lan discussed it quietly, but couldn't decide whether to support or oppose it.

Not to mention anything else, there is a huge age difference between 19-year-old Wang Xiaoping and 31-year-old Xia Zijian.

Ye Tianshui has seen couples with a larger age gap, and they still live happily.

In fact, whether a couple’s family can be happy is not determined by age.

From Ye Tianshui's point of view, he did not object to Wang Xiaoping marrying his brother-in-law.

Although my brother-in-law has been divorced twice, he is indeed a good marriage candidate.

He just met the wrong person.

The Xia family did not need a marriage between people of equal social status to arrange an alliance, so Wang Xiaoping's identity as an orphan was not looked down upon.

Putting aside the emotional aspect, if we carefully consider this marriage from Wang Xiaoping's perspective, it is actually a very good choice.

Although I am a bit older.

In fact, it does not affect the life of the couple.

Finally, the two people discussed and decided to create opportunities for them to get in touch with each other, and they could not interfere casually in whether they could be together.

Unless Wang Xiaoping’s own feelings can be confirmed.

Their attitude can only represent the Xia family.

Ye Tianshui pulled Wang Xiaoping out of that environment, trained her carefully, and asked her to work after she graduated from school. He had so many businesses on hand that he needed management personnel.

But she can choose what industry to work in.

There is no need for her to decide her future life with a "repay a favor" mentality.

The couple came forward to keep Wang Xiaoping, and also let Xia Zijian stay in the manor.

A lot of things need to be purchased for the Lantern Festival. Although Xia Zijian has already returned to the capital, his archival materials were not received until the end of the year.

Wang Xiaoping was still on winter vacation, so Ye Tianshui asked Xia Zijian to use his power for personal gain for a while, "Brother Zijian, you've been away from home for a few years and haven't had a good vacation.

You are still on vacation now, so go back to work after the Lantern Festival in the first month of the lunar year.

During this time, spend more time with my dad, your uncle, and my parents-in-law.

Zi Lan and the children have also been at home during this period.

When you start working, you won’t have time to spend with them.”

Of course Xia Zijian was happy with this arrangement.

The family needs to buy a lot of things for the Lantern Festival, including food and daily necessities. Ye Tianshui handed the purchasing task to his brother-in-law... and Wang Xiaoping.

"Just buy what's on the purchase order. Brother Zijian, you're strong, so you'll be in charge of carrying the things.

Xiaoping, you know how to choose, and my Zijian has to listen to you when buying."

Watching the two people happily going in and out and buying things again and again, Zi Lan secretly hugged Ye Tianshui and asked:

"Xiao Shui, do you think they have made any progress now?"

Ye Tianshui shook his head. Even if his brother-in-law wanted to fall in love with Wang Xiaoping, he was not the type of person who would take the initiative to pursue her.

Because the issue of age is like a mountain standing in the way of Xia Zijian.

He lacked the confidence and courage to express his feelings in front of the youthful Wang Xiaoping.

After all, he is a gentleman, and a rational gentleman.

Liking Wang Xiaoping is one thing, but feeling like I'm 'unworthy' of her is another.

Similarly, Wang Xiaoping would also feel that she was "unworthy" of Xia Zijian because the disparity in their status was too great.

Do you think an orphan who has struggled out of the countryside would have the courage to covet someone of Xia Zijian's status?

The girl's thoughts need to be hidden even more, and she dare not let anyone find out.

Although it is said that girls do not want others to discover their first love, in general they are just deceiving themselves.

"Give them some more time to get in touch with and understand each other, and we will observe further.

Once we find that the time is right, we will help them to succeed.”

Zi Lan was very excited: "Okay, I'll listen to you."