Due to the special nature of their work, Huo Haocheng and Fu Mingyi had to work that day, as did other factories in Beijing. However, Ruan Ruan and her team at Dream Factory took the lead and gave everyone a break early, which made the other factories very envious. Helpless, the factory managers had to hold a meeting to discuss the matter and finally decided to start giving everyone a holiday on New Year's Eve, which was a small perk for everyone else.
Because Huo Yue had just given birth, she wouldn't be going back to the Fu family home for the Chinese New Year this year. At noon, Fu Mingyi took advantage of his lunch break to bring Huo Yue and her baby over. Huo Yue gave birth in mid-December. At that time, Ruan Ruan was still busy, so she quickly delivered some clothes, milk powder, and nutritional supplements to the mother and child before returning to the factory. Wang Qun took care of her during her postpartum period.
It was nearing the end of the semester for students, and Fu Mingyi's mother, an elementary school teacher, simply couldn't find the time to come and take care of Huo Yue during her postpartum period. Fortunately, most of the Huo family members lived in Beijing, so they had to ask the Huo family for help.
At that time, Ruan Ruan was thinking that if all else failed, Huo Yue could come directly home when she was discharged from the hospital. However, the old lady disagreed, saying, "How can a married daughter go back to her parents' home to recuperate after childbirth? If word gets out, it will not only damage Fu Mingyi's reputation, but people might also spread rumors that the couple has a strained relationship. It would be bad if someone with ulterior motives found something to use against Fu Mingyi."
Ruan Ruan had no choice but to give up.
After dropping off his wife and children, Fu Mingyi briefly said goodbye to his grandparents and parents before returning to his post at the police station.
Logically speaking, as a deputy director, he shouldn't be on duty, but it's the Lunar New Year, and things are prone to happen. The bureau is short-staffed, so they have to fill in themselves. Not only him, but Director Gu also couldn't escape.
Huo Haocheng and Fu Mingyi returned just before dinner.
Today's New Year's Eve dinner for the Huo family can be said to be the most lively in recent years. Not only are all members of the Huo family present, but also the Zheng family of four, the Fu Mingyi family of three, and a bunch of children.
The two tables were packed with people, and the children were sitting obediently on their fathers' laps.
"It's rare for our whole family to be together this year. Seeing that you all have your own jobs and careers makes Grandpa very happy. As for me, I'll follow your example and raise a glass together to wish you all a successful career and a happy family in the new year!"
Looking at his son and daughter-in-law, grandson and granddaughter, grandson and granddaughter-in-law, great-grandson and great-granddaughter sitting in front of him, the old man was very happy. When you get old, you live one year less each year, so of course you hope that your family can be by your side. This year, he came to Beijing with Huo Haocheng and the others. One reason was for the sake of his children's career, and the other was to see his former comrades-in-arms. He had avoided them for so many years. Now that he was old, he wanted to see them all. Otherwise, when he was old, he would never be able to see them again.
We also wish Grandpa and Grandma good health and longevity.
With Huo Haocheng leading the way, the brothers raised their glasses together, wishing the old man and woman good health.
After a few drinks, the room suddenly burst into flames.
Some of the brothers hadn't seen each other for a long time, especially Huo Haoming. Since Huo Haoshen and Huo Haoli started, the others were gradually taken away by Ruan Ruan, and now he was the only one left at home. Every day, in addition to going to work on time, he would go to the countryside whenever he had a holiday. During the busy farming season, he would also help with the work in the fields. He looked like he didn't care, but in reality, he had a very clear goal and knew very well what he should and shouldn't do.
He wasn't envious at all that Ruan Ruan brought her other brothers with her, because Ruan Ruan always knew what he wanted.
Now look what happened. It's rare to see him, and I lost control and got him completely drunk.
After the three mothers finished their meal, seeing that the children were happy, they were also very happy. They didn't say anything, but quietly moved their conversation to the kitchen, where they cooked hangover soup for them while chatting about the events of the past year.
The family chatted happily until midnight, and that marked the end of Lunar New Year's Eve.
Fortunately, everyone behaved quite well while drunk; no one acted out or went on a drunken rampage, taking advantage of their intoxication to grab a bed and fall asleep.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, early in the morning, the younger generation of the Huo family stood in three neat rows. First, they wished the two elders a Happy New Year and received red envelopes. Then they wished Huo Songbai and his family a Happy New Year. Finally, the children wished Huo Haocheng and his family a Happy New Year. Throughout the whole process, the children received quite a few red envelopes.
Fortunately, they earned quite a bit that year, and the red envelopes were meant to bring good luck, so they were filled with 1.2 yuan, symbolizing that they would have money to spend in all 12 months of the year.
After finishing their New Year's greetings, Zhao Hongmei and her two sisters-in-law came out and opened the gate. From what Wang Qun had told them these past two days, they knew that the neighbors in Wutongyuan were all quite nice. No one had really argued with anyone, and there weren't any messy or idle people living there. Because of Ruan Ruan, Huo Haocheng, Zheng Xuyang, and Huo Haoshen's work, many people wanted to build good relationships with them, but they were usually too busy to find an opportunity. They only chatted a few words when Wang Qun and the old lady and gentleman came out to buy groceries and take a walk.
On such a joyous day, they surely wouldn't miss this opportunity. After all, it's the Lunar New Year, and proper etiquette is essential.
So after breakfast, they sat at the gate with the sunflower seeds, peanuts, and candy they had prepared in advance.
A moment later, they heard a group of children running towards them excitedly, shouting, "Happy New Year!!! Happy New Year!!!"
"Happy New Year, Happy New Year! Come on, Auntie will give you candy!" Zhao Hongmei and the others were very happy to see the children, and they filled each of their pockets with a lot of melon seeds, peanuts and candy.
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