Chapter 139 Spring Festival

After Zhou Mingyuan left, Zhou Qisheng said with a livid face, "If he can't make it in the future and regrets it, then don't worry about him."

Zhou Kanghui was also very angry: "I definitely won't interfere with him."

Zhou Mingyang scoffed. Of all the children, who had he ever seriously taken care of?

Zhou Kanghui retorted angrily, "What are you scoffing about?"

Zhou Mingyang turned his head to the side, ignoring him completely.

That year's Spring Festival was just as lively as it was, even though Zhou Kanghui had gotten divorced and Zhou Mingshi had gotten married.

Zhou Jia didn't come back. During the Spring Festival, Zhou Mingyang and his family of three stayed at the old house with his grandparents.

After the Zhou Group went on holiday, Zhou Mingshi and Lin Yi'an began sending New Year's gifts to their families and mentors.

First, they delivered the gifts to their master. After that, they went to the Lin family to deliver them. After that, they delivered them to Uncle Tan and Tan Qingwen. As for their hometown of Changping, they were quite busy this year, so the couple planned to bring the New Year's gifts back together when they went back on the second day of the Lunar New Year.

On New Year's Eve, the couple spent the noon at the Zhou family's house, and in the evening they went to accompany Tan Qingwen. On New Year's Day, they went to the Lin family's house, rotating through the capital, and then went to Changping to accompany their adoptive parents.

Anyway, it's just the New Year, so neither of them will be idle, but they'll enjoy it.

Tan Qingwen and Wang Yuehua knew that the two were going back to Changping on the second day of the Lunar New Year, so they each prepared a bunch of gifts for them.

They gave Assistant Chen and Ye Lingzhi a few days' notice before they went home, and Grandpa's driver took them back this time.

As soon as the car pulled up to the gate, villagers who had come to visit gathered around. During the Spring Festival, young people who had gone out to work all came back to celebrate the New Year.

Zhou Mingshi picked up her down jacket and put it on her: "It's cold outside, put your clothes on."

As Lin Yi'an put on her down jacket, she said, "You should put your clothes on too."

Lin Shuhe and Liu Zhengying ran out to greet them.

The two got out of the car, and Liu Zhengying touched her daughter's hand: "It's warm."

Lin Yi-an: "The car is heated, and I'm dressed warmly."

Liu Zhengying: "The food is ready. Are you hungry? Let's go back inside and eat first."

After greeting the villagers, Lin Yi'an went home with her parents for dinner.

As for the gifts in the car, let's fill our stomachs first.

Assistant Chen and Ye Lingzhi were not there. After the meal, Zhou Mingshi and Lin Yi'an were about to clean up the dishes when Liu Zhengying chased them out: "You've been traveling all morning, go upstairs and rest, I'll wash them."

Lin Yi-an: "The things in the car haven't been moved out yet."

The two then took Lin Shuhe to move some things.

After moving their belongings, the couple went upstairs to rest.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, a group of unexpected guests arrived at the house: Liu Zhengying's elder brother and sister from her maternal family, each with their son.

They arrived early, around nine o'clock.

The eldest sister, Liu Zhenghong, and the eldest brother, Liu Zhengjun, were shocked when they saw the magnificent and luxurious villa in front of them.

Guests are always welcome. Since they brought New Year's gifts and were from the daughter-in-law's family, Grandma Lin warmly welcomed them for the sake of her daughter-in-law, regardless of any past conflicts or misunderstandings.

Liu Zhenghong's son, Zhu Hongyuan, and Liu Zhengjun's son, Liu Kaiyuan, sat to the side and muttered, "This house must have cost a lot of money, right?"

Liu Kaiyuan works at a decoration company. He looked around and said, "The furniture is all made of good materials, but the decoration itself would cost at least several million."

Zhu Hongyuan: "I don't know what my aunt's family does."

He didn't know, and Liu Kaiyuan naturally didn't know either.

Liu Zhengying asked her older brother and sister to sit down, and she went to the kitchen with Lin Shuhe to prepare lunch.

Lin Yi'an and Zhou Mingshi were packing their things upstairs. They were going back to the capital in the afternoon for their master's birthday celebration on the eighth day of the lunar new year, and they had to go back to prepare.

Just as I finished packing and went downstairs, Assistant Chen and Ye Lingzhi arrived.

Grandma Lin smiled and said, "You two went back for the New Year, and you're both back?"

Assistant Chen and Ye Lingzhi greeted them with smiles.

Lin Shuhe handed them the red envelopes he had prepared earlier. Assistant Chen was stunned for a moment, then looked at Lin Yi'an.

Lin Yi'an joked, "You won't even accept red envelopes?"

Assistant Chen scratched his head; he had accepted his uncle's red envelope with a guilty conscience...

Lin Shuhe smiled and said, "Take it. It's not a big red envelope, don't mind it."

Zhou Mingshi looked up: "Take it."

Assistant Chen then accepted the money, saying, "Thank you, Uncle."

Lin Shuhe handed another red envelope to Ye Lingzhi, which Assistant Chen accepted, and Ye Lingzhi also accepted it: "Thank you, Uncle."

Liu Zhenghong, watching from the side, asked, "Auntie, who are these two?"

Grandma Lin explained with a smile, "These two are here to take care of Mingshi and Bao'er. They work very hard taking care of the two children all year round. The year is not even over yet, and they've already come."

Liu Zhenghong responded with an "oh".

When the two assistants saw that guests had arrived at the house, they received red envelopes and then went to the kitchen to help with the cooking.

Zhou Mingshi and Lin Yi'an went out to visit the medicinal herb base.

Grandma Lin went along too.

Liu Zhenghong and his sister, along with the two brothers Zhu Hongyuan and Liu Kaiyuan, sat awkwardly in the living room.

Liu Kaiyuan said, "Do they not welcome us?"

Zhu Hongyuan sighed: "We haven't been in touch for so many years. It's normal that they're not welcoming me when I suddenly show up."

Liu Zhengjun snorted softly: "She's an adopted daughter after all. The son-in-law she found is so arrogant. Lin Shuhe even gave red envelopes to the two workers. He's trying to curry favor with his son-in-law. If it were his son, why would he need to be a good guy?"

Liu Kaiyuan thought about it and agreed: "There's nothing we can do about it. After all, she's an adopted daughter. But judging from the demeanor of her aunt's husband, he's no ordinary person. It's normal for him to try to please her."

If it were him, he could live a good life by pleasing his son-in-law, and he wouldn't mind pleasing his son-in-law more.

Liu Zhengjun: "If he were your aunt's own son, would he neglect us?"

Zhu Hongyuan felt that his uncle was a bit arrogant. After not contacting him for many years, he came to visit without saying a word. It was understandable that the uncle couldn't accompany him because he was busy, but he didn't say anything. This uncle had always been like this, thinking that his nephews and nieces should fawn over him.

After lunch, Lin Yi'an and Zhou Mingshi got up and returned to the capital.

On the way, the couple sat in the back and talked quietly. Zhou Mingshi took out his phone: "Transfer some money to my parents and grandma for the New Year."

He didn't expect that his parents-in-law would give red envelopes to the two assistants.

Lin Yi'an smiled and said, "Didn't I transfer money to my parents on the 30th?"

Zhou Mingshi: "Another year has passed. We can't be with them often. We should give them more money so they can go out and have some fun."

Lin Yi'an smiled and praised, "This son-in-law is truly filial."

Zhou Mingshi chuckled.

Liu Zhengying's family members were still in a hurry to leave, and Liu Zhengying and Lin Shuhe stayed with them and talked.

When her family came to visit, Liu Zhengying felt neither happy nor unhappy.

The eldest sister, Liu Zhenghong, was a woman of few words, but her brother implied that those who weren't blood relatives weren't close, and that they should be wary of him. These words displeased Lin Shuhe and his wife.

As Liu Zhengjun got more and more excited, his words even seemed to be meddling in their family affairs. Lin Shuhe's face darkened, and just as he was about to explode, their phones rang.

Lin Shuhe opened his phone and laughed, scolding, "Mingshi, why is he transferring money to me again?"

Liu Zhengying also took out her phone to check: "They transferred money to me too. You know, these two kids take turns transferring money to us, how can we possibly spend it all?"

"If they don't spend it all, we'll save it for them."

Lin Shuhe looked at the Liu siblings and said, "Although Bao'er is an adopted daughter, she is more filial than any biological child. As for her son-in-law, I don't have a son, but I think he is more filial than any of the sons in the village. He gives us pocket money every month, and when Zheng Ying had her birthday, he even gave her a villa in the capital. Zheng Ying is much richer than me now; she has a big villa in the county town and a big villa in the capital."