Chapter 482 New Year

The most nervous person at this moment is Lu Jianchuan. His wife Xia Tian has always ignored him. If he has a child in the future and he vomits as soon as he sees her, he will go crazy.

So, that night, after the family happily finished a reunion dinner, Lu Jianchuan took out a pen and a notebook, and sat opposite Lu's mother with an open look on his face, asking for advice.

When it comes to pregnancy, he can't take her place, all he can do is try his best to take care of her.

Lu Jianchuan asked about every detail, from the symptoms before pregnancy to the precautions throughout the pregnancy, taking every aspect into consideration.

Mother Lu was already worried about the young couple. They were not like Yun Shu who was right in front of them and could be taken care of immediately if anything happened.

Now that her son is so concerned, Mother Lu is so pleased that she really wants to cram everything she knows into his brain.

In this way, the mother and son asked and answered each other for more than two hours.

"Okay, let mom rest for a while."

Lin Siqiao handed Lu's mother a cup of dried scented tea. She had no objection to Lu Jianchuan being a good husband and a good father.

But right now, the child is not even there and he is so nervous. What if she really gets pregnant later?

In fact, Lin Siqiao was not worried about his health at all.

In recent years, in addition to various nourishing pills on the platform, she has basically never stopped taking things like cordyceps powder and ginseng tablets.

Isn't it just having a baby? That's not so exaggerated.

She is as strong as a bull now!

Lu Jianchuan didn't say anything, just raised his eyebrows and looked over.

He didn't say anything, but Lin Siqiao understood instantly. She only said she was tired once or twice, so why did he still remember it?

So angry!

Lin Siqiao glared at him unhappily.

Lu Jianchuan smiled helplessly, and after closing the notebook, he said, "Mom, let's leave it at that for today. I'll ask you if I have any questions later."

Mother Lu smiled and nodded.

After a moment, she got up and went to the bedroom, and took out all the sorted real estate information.

"Qiao Qiao, take these things."

Looking at the thick stack of documents on the table, Lin Siqiao was extremely surprised.

The last time Lu's mother called, she said that there are not many houses available in Pudong. She has only bought five houses in the past two years, and they are all located in relatively remote areas.

It’s been less than half a year and you’ve bought so much?

Speaking of this, a rare look of excitement appeared on Lu's mother's face. She had thought that she would not be able to buy a house before, but in the second month after the big movement ended, more and more people started selling their houses.

Not only has the price not increased, it is now at least 30% cheaper than before.

If it were in the past, Lu's mother would not dare to buy a house at this critical juncture. Think about it, everyone else is selling, and the price is getting lower and lower every day. Who knows if the housing price will fall again in the future.

Unfortunately, her daughter-in-law was in Hong Kong at that time and her son was busy, so Lu's mother didn't even have anyone to discuss the matter with.

In the end, it was Mr. Lu who made the final decision and said let’s buy it.

Now seeing Lin Siqiao smiling with her eyes curved, Mother Lu knew that she had made the right choice to buy this house.

Lin Siqiao thought to himself, this is not a good purchase at all, this is clearly a huge profit.

Lin Siqiao took a rough look and found that most of these dozens of houses were located in the core development area of ​​Lujiazui. If this trend continued, Lujiazui might as well be renamed Qiaojiazui.

But on second thought, what difference does it make whether she changes her name or not? Whether it is 'Lu' or 'Qiao', it is still hers after all.

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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is New Year's Eve.

This is the first New Year after the great movement. Although there has been no major relaxation in policies, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the New Year atmosphere this year seems to be much stronger than in previous years.

The most intuitive feeling is that there are more stalls selling fireworks and firecrackers on the streets, and another thing is the content of the Spring Festival couplets.

In the past, due to the major movements, the content of Spring Festival couplets had a strong political color, but this year it is more of a beautiful yearning for future life.

Speaking of Spring Festival couplets, because of Lu Jianchuan's words, Qiao Qiao's calligraphy is particularly good, so the responsibility of writing Spring Festival couplets this year naturally fell on Lin Siqiao.

After three years, I pick up the pen again.

Lin Siqiao was filled with emotion. After pondering for a moment, she wrote these two sentences on red paper.

First couplet: [A new year begins again]

Second line: [Everything is new]

The horizontal banner reads: [Celebrate together throughout the world]

This is the shortest couplet Lin Siqiao has ever written. Unexpectedly, Grandpa Lu was greatly impressed after reading it.

"Good word! Good intention!"

"Qiao Qiao, this couplet you wrote is so appropriate for the occasion!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a hearty laugh came from outside the door, "What are you talking about? You look so happy?"

The person who spoke was Old Man Shen. The Lu and Chen families had agreed long ago that this year the two families would celebrate the New Year together. The main purpose of the New Year is to have fun.

Grandpa Lu smiled happily, "Come on, you've come just in time. Come and take a look at our Qiao Qiao's handwriting."

Before Mr. Shen could speak, Grandpa Lu started to praise him, "In my opinion, the couplets written by Qiao Qiao are much better looking than those sold outside, don't you think?"

Lin Siqiao couldn't help but hold his forehead with his hand and said, "Grandpa, what will people say about you if you do this?"

If someone else said this, Mr. Shen would definitely argue with him, but he really couldn't argue with him.

"Qiao Qiao's handwriting is really good!"

"What's good about it? Tell me about it." Grandpa Lu insisted that he explain it.

Old Master Shen smiled. This was not something he wanted to say. It was obvious that this person wanted to hear him praise his beloved granddaughter-in-law.

In the end, Mr. Shen did not disappoint him and gave an evaluation of eight words: The handwriting reflects the writer, every stroke is amazing!

Grandpa Lu was finally satisfied. "Come on, come on, sit down and have some tea."

At this time, Lu Jianchuan also came back.

Early in the morning, he went to Zhao's home.

Over the years, Mr. Zhao has lived alone, so whenever there are festivals, the Lu family will be the first to send someone to pick him up.

In their words, Mr. Zhao currently has only two closed disciples, one is the granddaughter of the Lu family, and the other is the granddaughter-in-law of the Lu family.

Once a teacher, always a father. What's wrong with him coming over for a meal as a master?

Old Zhao knew that his two apprentices were thinking about him, so he didn't refuse. However, he felt embarrassed to come empty-handed during the New Year.

After learning that Yun Shu was pregnant and that he would have a little grandson in a few months, Old Zhao happily took out his long-treasured treasures.

Of course, he is not the kind of person who favors one over the other.

Two apprentices, one for each.

The gift that Master Zhao prepared for Yun Shu was a pair of mother-and-child jades. He had given a lot of jade to Lin Siqiao last time, so this time he prepared a gold love lock for his little apprentice.

The love lock is painted with a pomegranate and auspicious cloud pattern, which symbolizes many children and good fortune.

But this New Year's gift is too expensive.

“Master…”

Old Zhao waved his hand to interrupt the two of them. He had no children in his life. If he didn't give these things to his apprentice, would he take them into the coffin?

"Master is an old man now, please don't push me around. Besides, this is not for you."

"This one is for my little grand-disciple, and the other one is for my future grand-disciple."

Having said that, Lin Siqiao and the others had no choice but to accept their master's kindness.

She had to accept it. When Mr. Zhao said this, one foot had already stepped out of the living room. Based on their understanding of the master, if they didn't accept it, the master would turn around and leave.

"Come on, Mr. Zhao, we're waiting for you."

Grandpa Lu smiled and started showing off his grandson's wife again, "Look at how Qiao Qiao writes."

Lin Siqiao couldn't stand it any more. "Well, you guys chat first. I'll go to the kitchen to help."

"I'll go too." Lu Yunshu stood up.

If she doesn’t leave now, Grandpa Shen will start showing off his baby in a while.

Mother Lu was chopping chicken and duck in the kitchen at the moment. When she heard the two little ancestors were about to enter the kitchen, she hurriedly said.

"No, no, you two can do whatever you need to do. Your dad is here to help me. I don't need you here."

The kitchen is not big to begin with, and with so many people, Mother Lu has no room to express herself.

The New Year's Eve dinner in Shanghai also starts early, but the earliest will be around four or five in the afternoon. Thinking of this, Lu's mother said.

"Why don't you go out for a walk? Street performances have resumed at the City God Temple this year. I heard there are dragon and lion dances and shadow puppet shows. You can go and have a look."

After saying that, Mother Lu looked at her daughter again and said, "Shushu, don't go. Just stay at home and rest."

"I know." Lu Yunshu nodded with a smile.

There are a lot of people and cars outside today, so she naturally won't join in the fun.

"Brother, didn't you say before that you would take my sister-in-law to the movies? I told you that there are six new movies showing in the cinema recently, and one of them is a musical stage movie."

"This is really beautiful! You will know when you go and take a look." Lu Yunshu strongly recommended.

Lin Siqiao was somewhat moved by what they said.

It’s New Year’s Day, isn’t it a bit wrong for her to leave her family behind and go out to spend some time alone?

Seeing this, Lu Jianchuan put his arm around her shoulders. He knew that his wife loved watching this kind of dance performance.

"Come on, wife, let's go now."

Mother Lu also said, "Go ahead. It's New Year's Day. Go out and have some fun."

Lin Siqiao stopped shirking her responsibilities when she heard this. "Mom and Dad, thank you for your hard work today."

Mother Lu waved her hand, urging them to leave quickly.

It was already 11 o'clock in the morning when the two arrived at the Grandview Cinema.

Even though today is New Year's Eve, the entrance of the cinema is still crowded with people. Everyone comes to see the movie called "The East is Red".

It was only after watching "The East is Red" which was re-screened on New Year's Day that Lin Siqiao found out that the chief director behind the scenes of this movie was actually Leader Zhou!

It can be said that without his persistence, there would be no large-scale epic performance combining poetry, song and dance.

When the movie ended, the audience burst into applause.

Watching such a movie on such a special holiday means a lot to Lin Siqiao.

On the way home, Lin Siqiao made a special trip to a flower and bird shop in Shanghai.

Lu Jianchuan was very surprised to see that she picked and chose for a long time and finally only bought something that looked like willow twigs.

He knew that his wife liked flowers and plants, but the one she was holding in her hand was definitely not her favorite.

Lu Jianchuan's guess was absolutely correct, this was definitely not Lin Siqiao's favorite.

But it’s New Year’s Day, who can refuse such a good idea?

As the saying goes, if you plant silver willows in the living room, you will have good days every day!

Life becomes more and more prosperous, this is the most simple New Year's wish of every Chinese son and daughter, and Lin Siqiao is no exception.

"Come on, let's go home."