pay a New Year call

"It's the New Year, of course I'm happy." Zhou Qianling chuckled.

The long evening party came to an end, and the hosts shouted: "5, 4, 3, 2, 1——"

Zhou Qianling sent a Happy New Year message, and almost at the same time, the other party also sent a New Year's greeting.

Zhou Qianling: I like you, sister come here.

Wu Meilai read this short message and felt her heart filled with joy.

She stared at it for a long time, took a screenshot, moved it to a private album, and deleted the record...

On the first day of the new year, after breakfast, Lin Yue took the children to pay New Year's greetings. Zhou Qianling cleaned up the dishes, washed his face, put on his leather boots and coat, and before leaving, he put on a beret and went to pay New Year's greetings as well.

She bought a carton of milk, a box of juice and a pack of cigarettes at the grocery store. If she hadn't been unable to carry them, she would have also taken a box of apples.

When Wu Mei came yesterday, her mother practically wrote on her face that she didn't like her, so she had to create an opportunity to show her dislike.

Climbing to the mountainside, Zhou Qianling felt a little nervous for a rare time.

This was her first time visiting Wu Mei's home.

There are not many houses on the mountainside, only a few. Zhou Qianling stood outside someone else's dam and looked at each house one by one. Luckily, he saw Wu Meilai feeding chickens in one of the houses.

When she stepped onto the dam, the first person who discovered her was not Wu Meilai, but a burly young man, dressed in dirt, with a typical 23-body syndrome appearance.

Zhou Qianling stopped and frowned.

The man ran up to her, bringing with him a smell of shit.

“Ah, ah.”

Seeing him gesticulating, Zhou Qianling took a step back, wary of him suddenly attacking and hurting others.

After a few more "ah" sounds, the man suddenly looked ferocious and let out a short, rough roar. Zhou Qianling was startled and was about to throw the milk and juice in his hand at him, but he saw him bend his arm down, clench his fist, and stomp heavily onto the road.

"Wu Han!" Wu Mei turned around immediately after hearing the crazy voice, and saw Wu Han chasing a child on the road. The child was about four or five years old and was only taken care of by an elderly grandmother at home.

If these kids had a hierarchy, this kid would be at the bottom.

Although Wu Han is stupid, he seems to be able to distinguish between high and low, and usually only dares to bully this child.

The boy was hit by a fist and ran home crying, with Wu Han chasing him closely.

"Wu Han! If you hit me again, I'll tell Dad!" Wu Meilai threw the corn into the chicken coop, dropped the bowl and tried to stop them, only then she saw Zhou Qianling by the dam.

She paused for a moment, Wu Meilai pursed her lips, and without saying hello, she lowered her head and ran past her.

Under her pulling and threatening, the child broke free from Wu Han's grip and crawled home to find his grandmother.

The fun was over, so Wu Han ran back to Zhou Qianling.

Zhou Qianling forced a smile, trying not to show any disdain for her brother in front of Wu Meilai.

But this is completely unnecessary.

"Go away." Wu Meilai pushed Wu Han away from Zhou Qianling. She knew how dirty and smelly this fool was.

But Wu Han roared at her twice and moved forward again. Wu Mei had no choice but to take out a dollar from her pocket and give it to him. Only then did the fool go down the mountain with a grin on his face to buy food.

"I'm sorry to have made a fool of myself." Wu Meilai rubbed her hands on herself, but felt it was not enough, so she went to the faucet to wash them clean. Then she took off her dirty black coat and threw it on the clothesline.

She took off her usual work clothes out of embarrassment, but when she turned around, she saw Zhou Qianling staring at her body.

Embarrassment turned into shyness, but then I thought, since we've already kissed, there's nothing wrong with just looking.

She walked closer and asked, "Why did you come here so suddenly and bring so many things?"

"Happy New Year to my aunt and uncle."

"The two families have nothing to do with each other." Wu Meilai pretended to be angry, but there was a smile in her eyes as she led the person into the house.

Liu Guiyan was washing dishes in the house. When she saw Zhou Qianling, she looked at her hands first, then wiped the water off and greeted her warmly, "Xiaoling, why are you here? Have you eaten yet?"

"I've eaten." Zhou Qianling smiled politely, "After eating, I watched my aunt pay New Year's greetings, so I thought of coming up to see you two."

When Wu Meilai listened to Wen Zouzou's greetings, she inexplicably recalled some film and television clips of marriage proposals, and was afraid that her mother would find out.

"Which one?" Wu Baizi asked from the bedroom.

"Xiaoling, the girl from Zhou Fang's family is here to wish us a happy new year." Liu Guiyan said with a smile.

The door was opened, and Wu Baizi came out casually wearing a coat. The first thing he saw was what she was holding. After seeing it clearly, the heat in his eyes subsided a little, and he said politely, "Come on, bring whatever you want."

Wu Mei came over to take it from her and put it on the three-drawer table. Then she heard Zhou Qianling continue, "I haven't met Auntie and Uncle Baizi before. I don't know what you two elders like, so I bought some random things. I hope you don't mind."

Upon hearing this, Wu Baizi's face immediately darkened, and Liu Guiyan also felt a little embarrassed.

Zhou Qianling thought to himself that something was wrong, but he didn't realize what he said was wrong. He looked at Wu Mei for help, but saw that she was pursing her lips and trying not to laugh.

Seeing Zhou Qianling's helplessness, Wu Meilai coughed, walked over to her and explained softly, "My father's name is Wu Ergou."

Although he was puzzled, Zhou Qianling did not ask. He took out two red envelopes from his pocket and changed the subject: "This is the New Year's money for Auntie and Uncle Wu since we're meeting for the first time. I hope you don't mind."

"Child, just shout as much as you like." Liu Guiyan accepted it and smiled sincerely, "Why give me a red envelope when you brought so many things? The thought is enough."

As he spoke, he squeezed the two edges of one of the red envelopes to look inside. It was a full five hundred!

Liu Guiyan's eyes narrowed into a smile as she pulled Zhou Qianling aside and showered her with praise, saying how good-looking she was and how lucky she was. Finally, she said to Wu Meilai, "It's rare for Xiaoling to come back. You two sisters should catch up on the past. Otherwise, who knows when we'll see each other again."

Wu Meilai was no longer surprised by her parents' materialistic behavior, but at this moment, her face flushed with anger. As soon as she finished speaking, she pulled Zhou Qianling into her bedroom.

Zhou Qianling didn't look at it intentionally, just glanced at it casually. There were a lot of things, but they were arranged in an orderly manner, especially the small bed was clean and tidy.

But maybe it's too old, when you sit on it, it not only hurts your butt, but also makes a squeaking sound.

Wu Mei came and closed the door. Seeing her swaying back and forth on the bed in curiosity, she asked with a smile, "Would you like some oranges?"

Not knowing what she was thinking about, she saw Zhou Qianling cunningly saying yes.

Wu Meilai squatted by the wall and found some big yellow oranges from the pile of fruits. When she turned around, she saw that the man couldn't wait for her to come over.

"Give."

Zhou Qianling did not take it, but squatted beside her and leaned towards her mouth.

There are no clouds today, and the bright sunlight shines directly through the windows into the house.

The orange rolled all the way to the bottom of the bed.

The curtains swayed, and a ray of sunlight fell on their faces.

Zhou Qianling did not kiss Wu Mei, but instead kissed the back of her hand.

"Why?" Zhou Qianling left, puzzled.

“It’s too bright.”

It's too bright. Things like this are only suitable for the shadows, where there is no light.

Zhou Qianling was silent for a moment, then gently pulled her up. He did not dwell on it, but instead asked about her father's name to change the subject.

Speaking of this, Wu Meilai thought of her father's dark face and his gloomy expression when he saw the red envelope.

He laughed and said, "Baizi means lame. He got this nickname because he broke his leg when he was a child. Although everyone calls him that behind his back, they actually call him Wu Ergou to his face."

"Then I..." Not only did I not gain any favorability, I even lost value...