Mu Chen

108. New Year's greetings

After one night, Lin Lan's mood improved. After all, Yu Yong had never said that he would break up with Mu Chen. It was an accident that he could stay in City Y like this, and by her side.

Neither of them had any relatives to visit that day, and Yu Jianguo's sister's family had little contact with her in the past, and they had no contact with each other in recent years.Lin Hong had no contact with Zhang's family after Zhang Bing's death. She didn't go, and she didn't let Zhang Qiang go, even though Zhang Qiang's grandma was still alive.

But what Lin Hong didn't know was that Zhang Qiang had been in contact with them these past few years: maybe years ago, or before he left City Y, he would go to see the old lady and Zhang Jie.

Woke up late in the morning, and it was already past ten o'clock after eating dumplings. The two sisters were going to call their old father, brother-in-law and sister-in-law in their hometown.

Yu Yong stood up and grabbed Zhang Qiang who was about to clean up the kitchen, "I just watch TV at home, Auntie, I left the pot for you, brother Qiang, let's go out and get dressed."

Before Zhang Qiang spoke, Lin Lan asked, "Where are you going on the first day of the new year?"

Yu Yong, "Let's go to Dongshan for a walk and do some reconnaissance. If the mountain road is not slippery, I will take you to burn incense tomorrow. If not today, there must be too many people."

Lin Lan became happy when she heard that, "Then you should be careful on the road, the snow on the side of the mountain probably hasn't melted."

Lin Hong also smiled, "Let's go then, your mother will leave it to me, you go and come back early."

Zhang Qiang was coerced by Yu Yong out the door without saying a word, and he asked after waiting for the taxi, "Xiao Yong, do you really believe that?"

Yu Yong rubbed his hands, "That's all I said, just take them to the mountain to relax tomorrow, and let's get down to business today."

Zhang Qiang, "What's the business?"

Yu Yong smiled, "Accompany you to give Grandma Zhang and Brother Jie a New Year greeting, let's go shopping first."

Zhang Qiang lowered his head slightly, "...Thank you, Xiaoyong."

Yu Yong pretended not to notice his unnaturalness, and drove to the supermarket, but only bought some ordinary milk snacks, and the fruits were also apples, oranges, and bananas, which fit Zhang Qiang's situation.

The two were very fast, and there were not many people in the supermarket on the first day of junior high school. Yu Yong stopped those who wanted to pay and swiped his own card.

Putting the things into the trunk, Zhang Qiang suddenly slapped his forehead, "Hey Xiaoyong, wait for me a little longer, I'll go buy a red envelope." He was about to run back.

Yu Yong stopped him, "Why buy red envelopes?"

Zhang Qiang, "My elder brother and son Dandan are over one year old. Don't care about the other children, Dandan wants to wrap a red envelope."

Yu Yong pulled down the car cover, "Come on, get in the car, I have a red envelope."

After getting into the car, Yu Yong took out a red envelope from the satchel on his back, "Brother Qiang, my brother asked you to wrap it for you yesterday, I can't take it out at home."

Zhang Qiang took it, "...Brother Mu Chen would give me a red envelope every year. I said we are all of the same age, how can there be such a reason? He said that he would just give me a job, and I can't do it if I don't want it."

Yu Yong smiled, "Yes, he said it yesterday, and you must accept it."

Zhang Qiang pondered for a long time before saying, "Xiaoyong, are you and Brother Mu for real?"

Yu Yong turned his head and looked at him seriously, seeing that there was no disdain but concern on the other's thin face, he felt warm in his heart, "It's true, we have been together for more than three years. Brother Qiang, if you have any ideas"

Zhang Qiang immediately interrupted, "No, I have no idea, and I'm not surprised at all... You have been so good since you were young."

Speaking of this, he glanced at Yu Yong again, and then said with a little sigh, "To be honest, I actually envy you, really Xiaoyong. Brother Mu has always protected you so much. Ever since your second uncle passed away, your family has died. So many things... Seriously, it's impossible for you to find someone who treats you better than him in the future."

Yu Yong's smile widened, "I know, so I don't even understand what my mother and the others think about every day. How many people will never meet someone who treats themselves sincerely in their lifetime. Now she just because my brother is a man It’s going to be a mess, really.”

Zhang Qiang also smiled, "Second aunt is good enough, look at my mother, just for such a small amount of money, alas."

The two brothers sighed together, then looked at each other and smiled.

There were not many cars on the expressway on the first day of the Lunar New Year, so Yu Yong kept driving at [-] and arrived in Shicheng soon.The Zhang family is a native of Shicheng. The old lady Zhang lives with her youngest son. Today, the family's nephews and nephews should all gather here.

When he entered the village, Yu Yong keenly noticed that Zhang Qiang was nervous, "Brother Qiang, your face is turning green, what are you thinking?"

Zhang Qiang forced a smile, and took another deep breath, "Since my brother moved away, I haven't seen these people in my family. In the past two years, I have come to see my grandma and my brother alone."

Yu Yong didn't like it, "It's okay, I'll go in with you later, if they don't find trouble, we'll sit for a while, if they want to pick something wrong, we'll leave early. What's the matter, your mother and you are two different things, Whoever wants to be confused about this has no need to communicate."

Zhang Qiang nodded, "Well, you are right, the main reason is that the effect back then was too shocking."

Yu Yong laughed when he heard that he could still make jokes, "Well, blockbuster."

Zhang Qiang gave him a white look and didn't speak, but his mood eased after such an interruption.

Yu Yong parked the car in the open space at the door, the two opened the trunk to get things, and the two children who were shooting cannons in the yard also ran out, "Who are you looking for?"

Zhang Qiang looked at it, but he didn't recognize him, so he just smiled and went into the room without answering.

There were a lot of people in the room. There was a table playing mahjong on the ground, surrounded by a few people who were watching, eating melon seeds and making moves. There were also a few people on the kang playing poker noisily. The TV was turned on at a loud volume. Running around, plus people smoking, the house is messy and noisy, the air is dirty...

Yu Yong immediately thought of the old house of Mu's family, and felt very kind. He thought he was really hopeless, and he missed that person so much.

He was in a daze, Zhang Qiang first opened his mouth to greet people, uncle, aunt, third uncle, and third aunt shouted down, and finally found a smiling grandmother in the quilt pile at the corner of the kang.

The grandmother is old and deaf and blind, and she likes the whole family to be together lively and lively.

Zhang Qiang put the gift aside, sat on the kang, leaned into grandma's ear and said loudly, "Happy New Year, grandma!"

Grandma Zhang grabbed his hand and narrowed her eyes with a smile, "Qiang, why did you come here today? I even said that we were reunited after breakfast in the morning."

Yu Yong greeted him in a circle, and now he also rubbed on the kang, "Grandma, do you still recognize me?"

Grandma Zhang debated for a long time, then turned to ask Zhang Qiang, "Qiang, grandma is really confused, who is this doll?"

At this time, several aunts and aunts who were watching TV and mahjong and the juniors who used to play cards on the kang came over to have fun, shouting for the old lady to guess the person, as if they were not unfamiliar at all, Yu Yong began to ease his restraint after Zhang Qiang entered the door, I also breathed a sigh of relief.

When he was a child, he would go to Lin Hong's house every Chinese New Year, and he knew all the relatives sitting here.

Although this family has various faults, they are generally regarded as a decent family. Except for Uncle Zhang Qiang who was sitting at the poker table, those were the few people who had direct conflicts with Lin Hong at that time, and the rest were considered polite to Zhang Qiang. .

Just as he was talking, Zhang Jie came in when the door curtain was lifted. Zhang Qiang asked just now and knew that his elder brother and sister-in-law were putting the children to sleep in the next room, so they kept watching the door. He would be the first to jump off the kang when someone came in. " Brother, happy new year."

Zhang Jie yelled at his head, the two brothers giggled, Zhang Jie spoke first, "Why did you come here today, I wonder why you are in the third and fourth grades."

Yu Yong also stood on the ground and said hello, "Brother Jie, happy new year."

Zhang Jie is not tall, just over 1.7 meters. Yu Yong was stunned when he said hello, "Yu Yong? Why are you so tall? The pestle blocks the light here." After speaking, he laughed first.

Yu Yong also laughed, "Brother Jie, you can't be so jealous because I'm taller, what about the elder brother's demeanor?"

Several people sat down with a smile and chatted about the current situation. Grandma sat on the kang and watched with a smile.The family still maintains the old tradition of women going to the stove, and the neighbors who came to the door left one after another.

Zhang Jie has been living in Yue's house since he got married. Now all the foreign debts he owed have been paid off, and he also paid a down payment for a house in Shicheng. However, Wang Hui's mother-in-law took care of her because she was pregnant and gave birth, so she still spends most of her time at her mother's house.

It sounds like the development is not bad, but Yu Yong can feel that Zhang Jie is under a lot of pressure.Because it used to be caused by fatigue driving, Wang Hui insisted on having four drivers in two cars. Counting Zhang Jie, there are five people. However, the long-distance work is not fixed, and the cost of maintaining a car is not small.

Yu Yong's heart moved, and he left Zhang Jie's phone number. Today's chaotic scene is not suitable for talking about things.

After a while, Wang Hui walked over with the child in her arms. Zhang Qiang was very curious when he saw it.

Zhang Qiang looked at Wang Hui, "Sister-in-law, he forgot me again."

Wang Hui smiled, "Yes! Who told you not to come back to see him all the time."

As he spoke, he handed the child into Zhang Jie's hands, "Let your brother hold him for a while, and you can hold him again when he wakes up. No one will leave except the two of us."

Wang Hui tidied up the little clothes for the child, and arranged for Zhang Jie, "I'll leave the balls to you. Remember to let my younger brother play for a while. I'll go to the kitchen first." After speaking, she smiled and went out.

Yu Yong noticed that the uncles who were still puffing out the smoke just now had put out their cigarettes, and another cousin on the pit even said, "You guys stand there first, I will open the window to get some air, don't put it on." Our balls become smoked eggs."

Everyone laughed, and Zhang Jie carried the child to the other corner of the room.Yu Yong also followed, "Brother Jie, your Dandan name is really good, how did you remember it?"

Without waiting for Zhang Jie to speak, Zhang Qiang laughed, "Because Dandan was born with a small red quilt, my sister-in-law and the others prepared a red quilt, and the package looked like a happy egg. Haha, Grandpa Dandan woke up." Such a name."

Yu Yong smiled, "Brother Jie, you are really good at marrying this sister-in-law."

Zhang Jie didn't speak, just nodded heavily with a smile.

The lunch was very rich, and Yu Yong said that he did not drink while driving.The heads of the family still had a grudge against Zhang Qiang, so they were more polite to him, and did not persuade him deeply, but Zhang Qiang had a few drinks with a few cousins, and went to grandma's kang early.

Zhang Jie came to grandma's house today by taking a taxi. After all, the child was too young. Yu Yong saw that he was going to leave, so he said he would send them back first, and Zhang Jie didn't refuse.

While Wang Hui cleaned up the children, Yu Yong went into the back room to shake Zhang Qiang awake, greeted everyone, and they went out together.

Zhang Jie sat in the co-pilot to guide the way, Zhang Qiang stuffed the red envelope he had prepared into Dandan's quilt in the back seat, Wang Hui stopped him, "Xiaoqiang, you are still in school, what lucky money do you give, we didn't give you anything Get ready, put it away."

Zhang Qiang pushed Wang Hui's hand away with one hand, and stuffed the red envelope with the other hand, "It's not much, this is for our balls to celebrate the new year, sister-in-law, don't stop me."

It's okay for Wang Hui to fight, Zhang Qiang gently poked Dandan's little face with one hand, the child laughed as soon as he poked it, Zhang Qiang also laughed, "Our Dandan is so cute, how can we be so cute?" Love beyond words.

Yu Yong in the front row told Zhang Jie about his plan to buy a car and sell coal in the next year, and asked Zhang Jie to help him pay attention to reliable manpower.

Although what he said was the reduced version, it still shocked Zhang Jie, "Yu Yong, you said you were doing this for Mu Chen? This is a lot of votes."

Yu Yong, "Well, after the next year, my brother has a friend from N city who will teach me how to do it, and maybe set up a company. That person has a big business and is quite capable. I will give it to Shicheng, Y city. Don’t worry, people tell me what to do.”

On the contrary, Zhang Jie breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, someone can show you the way. The company must be established, and there are many jobs that cannot be taken over by people without qualifications."

The two chatted along the way, and Zhang Jie also told Yu Yong some of his experiences. When they arrived at Wang's house, Yu Yong didn't go in, and only said that they would rush back to City Y when it was getting dark, but he also firmly told Xiaodandan Stuffed a red envelope.Without waiting for the couple to react, they jumped into the car and drove away.

Zhang Qiang smiled, "Xiaoyong, you are no one at the beginning."

Yu Yong smugly said, "It's nothing, it's a trivial matter."

After a moment of silence, Yu Yong concluded, "Brother Jie and his wife are both good."

Zhang Qiang nodded seriously, "Yes."