After the examination, Ruan Xi came out of the hospital and found the ultrasound very funny. She said with a smile while fastening her seat belt: "What you said just now about four arms and four legs really scared me. I thought I was pregnant with Nezha."

Ling Yao also smiled and said, "I was also quite scared."

But the shock turned into surprise, and now I am naturally filled with joy.

Driving home, the streets were decorated with lights and the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year was slowly taking shape.

Chinese New Year is always the most reunion and lively time of the year for every family. In this festive atmosphere, everyone returns home from all over the world, gathers together, and is busy cooking a large table of fish, meat and shrimp, rolling out dough to make dumplings, eating New Year's Eve dinner and watching the Spring Festival Gala.

The night sky is filled with bright fireworks, and the whole city is lit up with a festive atmosphere.

The atmosphere at the New Year's Eve dinner table was lively, and everyone was chatting about everything. Ruan Xi was reminded of something by the topic, so she asked Ruan Changsheng, "By the way, Fifth Uncle, have you been busy with anything else recently?"

Ruan Changsheng was stunned when he heard this, then he smiled and said, "Did you figure this out?"

Ruan Xi also looked at him and smiled, "So what are you doing?"

Originally, he planned to talk about it when the business opens. Now that Ruan Xi asked, Ruan Changsheng naturally said, "As for me, I invested in a dance hall and planned to let Chen Peng be the boss. It's almost done and will open after the Chinese New Year."

Chen Peng and Liu Hongmei have gone home for the New Year holiday and are not here now.

Hearing this, Ruan Zhigao asked, "What is a dance hall?"

Ruan Changsheng explained with a smile: "Nowadays, young people like to go there to drink, listen to music and dance, and relax after get off work. I have visited the dance halls in large hotels before. Every night, there are crowds of people inside. It looks like they are making a lot of money. Since there are few dance halls in the local area, I plan to open one myself."

After saying that, he looked at Ruan Xi and asked with a smile: "Xiao Xi, what do you think of my idea?"

Ruan Xi said directly: "You are asking me after the business has already opened. I don't think it's that good."

Ruan Changsheng still smiled, looked at Ruan Xi and said, "Xiaoxi, please give me some confidence."

Ruan Xi said that this idea was not a good one. Of course, it was not because Ruan Changsheng did not tell her in advance and she had some objections in her mind and said that on purpose, but because dance halls would soon be eliminated by the times.

In the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, there were many young people who went to dance halls to listen to music and dance, but there were fewer after that.

Now that record companies and entertainment companies have not developed, many singers make a living in dance halls, which is an important reason for the popularity of dance halls. By the time these singers sign contracts with companies and make their debut, dance halls will no longer be a gimmick.

Later, disco from the 1980s and 1990s became something of nostalgia.

Opening a dance hall is only fun for a while, it will eventually close down.

Give him some confidence, that's fine, Ruan Xi said: "Then you can open a dance hall to gain some experience. Once you have the foundation, you can start a record company, sign some singers and songwriters, and help them release albums and CDs, that would be it."

In fact, today's dance halls are the prototypes of record companies, but the only difference is that the singers signed by dance halls all sing on the spot to attract customers, while opening a record company means releasing songs and selling albums, as well as taking on commercial performances or appearing on TV.

But after the entertainment industry developed, if you became a good singer, you could go act in TV shows and movies. If you became famous in TV shows and movies, you could go sing again. It didn’t matter what was professional or not. As long as it's red, it's fine.

Thinking of something, Ruan Xi said, "By the way, Xie Dongyang said a long time ago that he wanted to open a record company for Wen Xiao. You can talk to him if you have time. If it's suitable, you can start one together."

That really makes sense. Ruan Changsheng nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll open a dance hall and try my hand at it."

In the warm spring, the sunset burns the whole sky red.

Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan helped Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua out of the gate of the courtyard, and called Ruan Cuizhi, Yue Haofeng and Liu Hongmei behind them, taking them to the dance hall to have some fun, because today was the opening day of the dance hall.

Of course, Ruan Dabao and Ruan Yue were not taken with them, and were left to do their homework at home.

Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua, being so old, of course refused. But Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan asked them to go out and try something new, saying that they had never kept up with the fashion in their lives, so they asked them to go out and see the world.

The family arrived at the dance hall when dusk fell, and Ruan Xiling Yao, Ruan Jie and Chen Weidong happened to be there too.

Of course, in addition to family members, there were also friends that Ruan Changsheng had made while doing business over the years, as well as Xie Dongyang and his wife who were relatively close to them. They all came to show their support, so the scene was very lively.

The busiest person tonight is Chen Peng, because he is the nominal owner of this dance hall.

Ruan Xi's belly had already grown bigger by this time, and because she was pregnant with twins, her loose clothes could not hide her bulging belly. But she exercises every day, so she doesn't look bulky.

After entering the dance hall, the family sat down at the largest table.

Ruan Changsheng, Qian Chuan and Liu Hongmei did not sit down with them. They all went to help entertain the guests.

Qian Chuan and Liu Hongmei brought over some wine and drinks, as well as a lot of snacks, filling the entire table.

Ruan Xi, Ruan Jie and Wen Xiao sat together and chatted. Ruan Jie asked Ruan Xi with concern: "How are you feeling recently?"

Ruan Xi ate an orange and said, "I haven't felt anything in the past few months."

Wen Xiao said: "It's okay now, but when your belly gets bigger you'll feel very tired, so exercise more often."

Ruan Xi nodded, "I exercise every day."

As she was talking, she saw Ruan Zhigao, Liu Xinghua, Ruan Cuizhi, and Yue Haofeng sitting on the sofa with blank expressions. Ruan Xi couldn't help laughing and said to Ruan Jie, "Xiao Jie, look at your grandparents and your third aunt and uncle."

The more lively the dance hall was, the more wooden the faces of the four people were, creating an extremely strong contrast. It was as if they were not from this world at all, and they looked at everyone else in the dance hall as if they were watching TV.

Ruan Xi asked Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua: "Grandpa and grandma, isn't it fun?"

Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua both had big frowns between their brows and shook their heads very clearly with their emotions.

They don't like listening to any of today's pop songs, and they don't know what the love songs are about. They also can't stand the young people who all have big afros and bell-bottom pants, and they don't understand what this place is all about.

Ruan Xi smiled and said, "Let's play for a while longer."

Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua nodded and remained silent from beginning to end.

After listening to two songs, Ruan Jie and Wen Xiao got up to go to the bathroom together. Ruan Xi got up and sat next to Ling Yao, and asked him with a curious interview attitude: "Do you like it?"

Ling Yao took a sip of his drink and shook his head, "I don't really like it."

Ruan Xi smiled and said to him: "You are old."

Ling Yao did not deny it and nodded: "Yes, I am indeed old."

Liveliness and fashion belong to young people in their twenties.

It was okay to just listen to the singing at the beginning and they could still sit still. But suddenly the ball lights in the dance floor at the back lit up and the young people started to dance. Ruan Zhigao, Liu Xinghua, Ruan Cuizhi and Yue Haofeng could no longer sit still.

Seeing the man and woman hugging each other, Liu Xinghua immediately raised her hands to cover her face and kept saying, "Oh my God, oh my God, what is this? I don't want to join in the fun. I have to go home. Go quickly, go quickly."

As he said that, he pulled Ruan Zhigao up and didn't stay for even a minute longer.

Looking at the reactions of people from different generations during the changing times, Ruan Xi laughed happily and stood up with Ling Yao. Seeing Liu Xinghua pulling Ruan Zhigao away, Ruan Cuizhi and Yue Haofeng naturally didn't sit there anymore.

The show had already been won, and Ruan Xi and the others accompanied Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua to leave and go home.

Ruan Changsheng saw it and came over to ask, "What's wrong? Why don't you play anymore?"

Liu Xinghua stuttered, "What the hell, what are you doing? It makes me feel embarrassed just looking at it. Let's go back to sleep."

Ruan Changsheng wanted to stay, but Ruan Xi smiled and said, "Uncle Wu, we don't want to play anymore. Grandpa and grandma can't play these, and neither can my third aunt and uncle. Even my husband can't play these. Let's go back first."

Seeing that Ruan Zhigao and his friends really couldn't adapt to such an environment, and that they had already eaten, drunk, and played, and had tasted new things and seen the world, Ruan Changsheng followed them out, "Mom and Dad, let me take you back."

Ruan Jie and Wen Xiao did not leave and continued playing inside with Xie Dongyang and Chen Weidong.

Ruan Xi and Ling Yao drove Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua, while Ruan Changsheng drove Ruan Cuizhi and Yue Haofeng.

On the way back, Liu Xinghua sat in the back of the car and sighed: "The world has really changed."

Ruan Xi looked at the night view of the city outside the car window and sighed: "Yes, the changes are really great."

Unconsciously, we have entered a new era - an era of feasting and revelry.

She put her face close to the car window, squinted her eyes slightly, and felt the early spring evening breeze in the city, with neon lights flashing everywhere.

The dazzling street scene slowly recedes outside the car window, and the gears of time slowly turn forward...

In 1991, Ruan Xi successfully gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl, and named them Lele and Keke.

In 1992, Ruan Changsheng and Xie Dongyang jointly opened a record company and signed their first singer, Wen Xiao. In the same year, Wen Xiao released an album, covering pop songs from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and became popular for a while because of her sweet voice.

In 1993, the China International Fashion and Accessories Exhibition was founded. Some high-end overseas brands began to enter the domestic market and the public eye through the exhibition. Ruan Xi participated in the exhibition as a designer and won the highest award.

In 1995, Ruan Xi organized and held her first personal clothing design exhibition. Since then, her personal custom brand XIXI has become the most well-known custom clothing brand in China.

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Nineteen ninety-six.

The weather in July is so hot that you can roast chestnuts on the street.

Ling Yao carried the luggage and took Ling Zhiyuan and Zhou Xueyun into the house. Only then did they feel a little more comfortable when they turned on the air conditioner.

Now Ruan Xi and Ling Yao no longer live in the courtyard house, but bought a villa and moved into it. Siheyuan is an old house after all, and the old furniture inside is antique and difficult to replace, so it is not very comfortable to live in.

Now we have a nanny to take care of the family, and we have hired a gardener to grow flowers in the yard, with designs and shapes. Especially in spring and summer, the yard is full of fragrant flowers.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Aunt Feng, the nanny, came out and took the luggage from Ling Yao. She greeted Ling Zhiyuan and Zhou Xueyun politely and attentively, and then said to Ling Yao with a smile, "Xiaoxi took the children out."

Knowing that Ruan Xi had taken the children to buy a cake, as today was the birthday of both children, Ling Yao responded and took Ling Zhiyuan and Zhou Xueyun to the living room, turned on the TV for them, and went to the kitchen to make a pot of tea with hot water.

Sitting down on the sofa in the living room, Ling Yao asked Ling Zhiyuan and Zhou Xueyun: "Are you not leaving this time?"

Zhou Xueyun smiled and said, "I'm retired now. I'm not leaving. I'm staying here to take care of the kids."

Then he asked, "You don't find us living here annoying, do you?"

Ling Yao put down the teacup in his hand and said, "What are you talking about? How could we find you annoying? We have wanted you to come over for a long time. Our house is so big and empty, it's just right for you to come over."

Zhou Xueyun was naturally just asking casually. She wasn't afraid that Ling Yao and Ruan Xi would find them annoying, but they themselves were a little embarrassed. After all, the young couple is living a good life and they are afraid of disturbing them by moving in.

But when I think about the nanny and driver living at home, I naturally don’t think it’s a big deal.

Ling Zhiyuan and Zhou Xueyun were drinking tea, watching TV and chatting with Ling Yao at home, and soon it was evening.

After taking a look at the sky outside, Ling Yao raised his wrist to check the time. When he picked up his phone and was about to call Ruan Xi, his phone rang. He picked up the phone and put it to his ear, then heard Ruan Xi ask, "Are you home?"

Ling Yao replied to the phone: "Yes, I picked him up, my parents are here."

Ruan Xi said, "I thought about it and decided to go to Third Aunt's house today. Grandpa and grandma can't do it anymore, so I brought the cake over. I'd like to ask Mom and Dad to run over and come over for dinner."

Ling Yao had no objection and responded to the phone: "Okay, then I'll take them there now."

After saying this and hanging up the phone, he looked at Ling Zhiyuan and Zhou Xueyun and said, "Xixi said she was going to her third aunt's house to celebrate Keke and Lele's birthdays. Grandpa and grandma are too old to be bothered with, so we went over to eat."

Ling Zhiyuan and Zhou Xueyun were the most easy to talk to, so naturally they had no objections.

And now it’s convenient to go anywhere, you can get there in a short drive.

So Ling Yao said hello to Aunt Feng and told her that she didn't have to cook for everyone in the evening. Then he took Ling Zhiyuan and Zhou Xueyun out and drove towards the front door.

Although Ruan Xi and Ruan Changsheng had moved out of the alley, Ruan Cuizhi and Yue Haofeng had not moved yet. Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua were used to living in the courtyard in the alley and were reluctant to leave, so they stayed there.

Today is Coco and Lele’s birthday, and it’s a rare weekend, so naturally everyone gathered together for dinner. When Ling Yao arrived with Ling Zhiyuan and Zhou Xueyun, almost everyone else had arrived as well.

Now when there are family gatherings at home, Chen Peng and Liu Hongmei will also be brought along.

In the past few years, Chen Peng has been doing very well in running a dance hall and a record company with Ruan Changsheng. After he became rich, he bought a house a long time ago. He also brought his child to school two years ago, and he has settled down here.

But Ruan Cuilan still didn't come, and the couple continued to farm in the countryside.

There were twenty people from four generations, and it was really a big gathering when they got together.

Seeing Ling Zhiyuan and Zhou Xueyun, the most enthusiastic ones were naturally Lele and Coco. The two kids ran over together, passing Ling Yao directly. Lele jumped in front of Ling Zhiyuan, and Keke jumped in front of Zhou Xueyun.

The two people called out crisply: "Grandpa! Grandma!"

Ling Zhiyuan and Zhou Xueyun were so happy that they picked up the two babies and held them in their arms.

The rest of the family came out to greet them, and Ruan Xi came over and said, "Mom and Dad, you're here."

Zhou Xueyun hugged Keke and said with a smile: "Yes, I won't leave in the future."

Coco hugged her neck, kissed her on the face and said, "Grandma, stay and play with me."

Zhou Xueyun was amused by her and laughed until her face was full of wrinkles. "Okay, okay, grandma will play with Keke every day from now on."

They were all family, there was no need to be overly polite. Ruan Xi took Ling Yao and went to do other things.

After serving the dishes, we sat down to eat. Since there were so many people, we had to split into two tables.

Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua love to be lively, so they always sit at the same table with kids like Ruan Dabao. This time, with Ling Zhiyuan and Zhou Xueyun added, there are exactly ten people in total.

Lele and Coco are the protagonists tonight. There are two cakes of the same size on the table, one is blue chosen by Lele, and the other is pink chosen by Coco. There are five burning candles on each cake.

Ruan Yue said beside them: "You are five years old, make a wish."

The five-year-old knows how to make a wish. Lele said, "I want to eat cake!"

Coco then followed suit and said, "I want to eat cake, too."

Since you want to eat cake so much, Zhou Xueyun smiled and said, "Then let's blow out the candles."

The two of them blew out the candles without hesitation, and blew them all out in two puffs.

After blowing out the candles, we divided the cake and had a lively night.

After everyone finished their meal and went home on time, the yard gradually became deserted. Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan left relatively late because Ruan Changsheng helped Ruan Zhigao take a bath before going back.

Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua are very old now and there is not much they can do.

When no one is at home, the two of them are taken care of by a nanny, and in the evening after get off work, Ruan Cuizhi and Yue Haofeng accompany them. Ruan Changsheng, Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie also often come over and bring their children to talk and play with them.

The elderly like to be lively, but they will feel tired after being lively, so they fall asleep quickly after washing up and going to bed.

He went to bed early at night and woke up early in the morning. He would get up and sit under the corridor before daybreak.

They would sit under the porch and watch the family members busy at work, the adults at work, the children at school, and the nanny cooking and washing clothes.

But it is summer vacation now and the children do not need to go to school, so Ruan Yue sleeps until noon every day before getting up to wash and eat. After eating, she basically watches TV at home, sometimes watching it all day long.

No one wanted to play with her today, so she naturally stayed at home watching TV.

Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua were not idle at home. They went out to the alleys with crutches to take a walk to cool off, watch people play chess and chat with others. They don't want to move to other places because they know many people in the alley.

Liu Xinghua put down the small stool in her hand and sat down to talk with the old lady she was familiar with.

Naturally, what they talked about together were their children and grandchildren, and family matters. Ruan Zhigao and those old men playing chess would talk about national affairs together. After all, there has always been a tradition of talking about national affairs in the imperial city.

When he first came, Ruan Zhigao couldn't talk about these big topics, but now he can talk about them endlessly.

Then, when they were chatting enthusiastically, he suddenly heard someone calling him from the old lady's side.

Ruan Zhigao turned around to look, and heard an old lady say again: "Sister Liu looks like she has heatstroke."

Hearing this, Ruan Zhigao quickly got up and went to take a look. He saw that Liu Xinghua had vomited and her whole body looked like an eggplant hit by frost. She looked completely different from when she came out just now.

Since she had heatstroke, she naturally had to go home quickly. Ruan Zhigao asked someone nearby who was in better health to help him lift Liu Xinghua up, and then helped her to the gate and called the nanny to the yard.

Ruan Yue came out with the nanny. Seeing Liu Xinghua like this, she hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with grandma?"

Ruan Zhigao said: "It should be because the weather is too hot that he has heatstroke."

Ruan Yue and the nanny held Liu Xinghua on both sides and helped her into the room and let her lie on the bed.

Ruan Yue reached out for the remote control and turned on the air conditioner. While adjusting the temperature, she said, "Hurry up and turn on the air conditioner to cool down."

The nanny went out for a while and came back with medicine for heatstroke in her hand.

The nanny helped Liu Xinghua up, asked her to drink the medicine, and then helped her lie down carefully again.

The room became slightly cooler. Ruan Zhigao sat down beside the bed and asked Liu Xinghua, "Are you feeling better?"

Liu Xinghua looked at him with her eyes downcast and said weakly, "It's a little better now."

Ruan Zhigao breathed a sigh of relief, "Then you should have a good sleep and don't go out in such a hot day."

Liu Xinghua nodded, "I'll take a nap."

So Ruan Zhigao, Ruan Yue and the nanny stopped disturbing her, covered her with a quilt and let her sleep for a while.

Ruan Yue sat down in the outer room and continued watching TV. Ruan Zhigao did not go out for a walk again and sat on the sofa with Ruan Yue. Seeing that Ruan Zhigao wanted to watch TV, Ruan Yue turned on the opera channel for him while she read a book on the side.

Reading is naturally not as interesting as watching TV. Ruan Yue watched for about ten minutes and then could no longer sit still and got up to go to the bathroom. After going to the bathroom, he looked for a while and then got up again to go into the room to check on Liu Xinghua.

Seeing Liu Xinghua sleeping soundly on the bed, she turned around and prepared to come out. But when she turned to leave, she felt something was wrong. After hesitating for a while, she walked to Liu Xinghua's bed and called out to her, "Grandma."

Liu Xinghua usually sleeps lightly, but she will respond whenever someone calls her.

Seeing that Liu Xinghua didn't respond, Ruan Yue felt something was wrong, so she called out again: "Grandma, are you feeling better?"

After calling Liu Xinghua twice but still getting no response, Ruan Yue became a little panicked, so she reached out to shake her shoulders. Seeing that there was no response whether she was shaken or called, Ruan Yue hurriedly called Ruan Zhigao: "Grandpa, grandma can't be woken up!"

Hearing this, Ruan Zhigao hurriedly got up and went into the house. He walked in too quickly and hit his thigh against the corner of the table. He didn't have time to care whether it hurt or not, and hurriedly sat down beside the bed to call Liu Xinghua, but of course he couldn't wake her up no matter what he did.

He panicked and reached out to lift the quilt, only to see that Liu Xinghua's pants were wet.

Ruan Zhigao suddenly panicked and said hurriedly, "Yueyue, call your uncle, quickly!"

Ruan Yue ran out and picked up the phone, but couldn't remember Ruan Changsheng's phone number when she dialed, so she quickly dialed Ruan Cuizhi. As soon as the call was connected, she said, "Mom, grandma is in a coma, come back soon."

Ruan Cuizhi was in the workshop when she received the call.

After hearing clearly what Ruan Yue said, she hung up the phone and hurried out of the workshop. After she went out, she happened to run into Yue Haofeng. She didn't have time to say anything more, so she just pulled Yue Haofeng away and said, "Go home quickly, something happened to mom."

Then she called Ruan Changsheng as she walked, because Ruan Changsheng was at the company, which was closer to home, so he could go there first. After the call was connected, she asked Ruan Changsheng to go home quickly, and she and Yue Haofeng also got in the car.

Just as she sat down in the car, she received another call from Ruan Yue.

Ruan Yue told her: "Mom, I've already called the emergency number, let's go directly to the hospital."

After Ruan Cuizhi hung up the phone, she asked the driver to go directly to the hospital, and then she quickly called Ruan Xi.

In the studio, Ruan Xi was watching the workers working.

Her studio now has a lot of work, and the number of embroidery workers has expanded to more than eighty.

As he was watching, the door of the studio was suddenly pushed open by someone from the outside.

The noise was quite loud, Ruan Xi turned around and saw Qian Chuan with a nervous and panicked look on her face.

Qian Chuan didn't even have time to catch her breath. She opened the door, looked at Ruan Xi and said, "Xiao Xi, hurry up, your grandma is in a coma and has been admitted to the hospital!"