Chapter 141
I finished sweeping the snow in front of the north room while holding back my laughter.
After returning to the house, the first thing Chuxia did was to laugh for a while.
After laughing for a long time, Chuxia finally stopped reluctantly.
He looked at Lin Xiaohan and said, "You have a really vicious tongue. You've made them so angry that their faces have turned green."
Lin Xiaohan said: "Your own family is in such a mess, yet you still meddle in other people's affairs. We must let them know that they have no place to speak in this courtyard."
Chuxia smiled and gave him a thumbs up.
***
After sweeping the snow in the yard, everyone in the east and west rooms went back inside.
Jiang Guanjie and Jiang Shan cleaned their rooms, while Xu Lihua and Jiang Jianping cleaned his kitchen together.
Xu Lihua wiped the stove, each stroke was heavy, and she said angrily, "We are not from the same family! We always thought he was a good person, but we didn't expect him to be this kind of person. We really misjudged him! Wang Cuiying is a chatterbox and has no tact. She said something unlucky, but he did have some reason to say that to Wang Cuiying. We didn't say a word outside, so what did we do to provoke him? Who wants to live in this shabby bungalow?
Jiang Jianping was also angry and continued, "They thought we wanted to live in the same courtyard with them? The couple has nothing serious to do and runs a shabby restaurant at home. We feel ashamed to live in the same courtyard with them! When Guanjie gets married and divides the house, we will move out immediately!"
Xu Lihua: "I can see that he deserves to be with the Tang family. If it were my son, I would never accept such a marriage. I'll just let him go out and fend for himself. I'll wait and see how he lives with such a family and how he'll regret it when the time comes!"
Jiang Jianping: "I didn't listen to my parents and caused such a mess at home that I even ignored my closest parents. When I realized I regretted it, I didn't even have a place to cry!"
The two of them said this in a huff.
Jiang Jianping asked Xu Lihua again: "Our Guanjie is too honest and upright. He doesn't like to mess around with girls. Have you found someone to find a date for Guanjie?"
Xu Lihua said: "I found a few, but I was not satisfied with any of them, so we never got to the stage of meeting."
Jiang Jianping asked again: "Why are you dissatisfied?"
Xu Lihua said, "Our Guanjie is a college student, you and him work in government agencies, and I work at a school. For a family like ours, my requirements for finding a daughter-in-law are definitely higher. My requirements are that the other party's parents must have decent jobs, and the girl herself must have a serious job. Either the conditions they find do not meet my requirements, or the requirements they put forward are unacceptable to me."
Jiang Jianping: "What did you ask for? A gift?"
Xu Lihua: "That's easy to say. When Guanjie gets the house, we will definitely buy furniture and appliances for it. Otherwise, how can we live? Some girls are greedy and say they won't live with us after they get the house. Can I agree to that? As parents, we can't live in the house that Guanjie got. Let her move in and live alone?"
Jiang Jianping: "That won't work. We really can't agree to that."
Xu Lihua: "So let's wait and see. Our Guanjie has the conditions. He won't have any trouble finding a wife anyway."
Jiang Jianping: "Well, you can't rush into this kind of thing. You have to pick one that satisfies you in every aspect."
***
After listening to Lin Xiaohan's conversation, the Han family was filled with anger, especially Wang Cuiying, whose face turned green from choking.
When they sat down to eat in the house at noon, Wang Cuiying told this matter to Han Ting who was not present.
After saying this, he couldn't help but get angry and asked, "Why is he such a person?"
Han Ting said in a tone of indifference: "He has always been this kind of person. Don't pay too much attention to him. It's New Year's Day. Don't let this kind of person ruin your mood."
Wang Cuiying was still angry, "Can someone like him be a state official?"
Han Ting said: "The government officials are selected based on their test scores, not their personalities."
Hearing this, Li Lan said again: "I really didn't realize he was such a person before."
Han Ting still said calmly: "That was all his pretending. He always likes to do this, being hypocritical and not sincere to others."
"Pretend?"
Wang Cuiying looked at Han Ting, "Oh, then his attitude towards the Tang couple and Chu Xia, isn't it all just an act?"
Han Ting smiled with obvious disdain, "Who knows?"
Wang Cuiying sighed even more, "Oh, what kind of vision does Chu Xia have? Why did she fall for such a person? Did she get deceived by him?"
Han Ting ate his meal in silence.
Han Lei next to him said, "It's better to stop interfering in other people's affairs. They are already married, and it has nothing to do with us. If you meddle in other people's affairs, there will be no benefit except getting yourself into trouble."
Wang Cuiying looked at Han Lei, "Who wants to care about his family's affairs? I don't have time to care."
Han Qingtian also said: "Then say less, and don't say anything offensive in front of others."
Hearing Han Qingtian say this, Wang Cuiying became unhappy again, "Yes, I am the only one in the courtyard who is disliked."
It’s the New Year, and I’m afraid there will be unhappiness at home.
Li Lan hurriedly picked up some food for Wang Cuiying and persuaded her with a smile: "Mom, let's not talk about unhappy things. Today is New Year's Day, let's talk about happy things."
Wang Cuiying couldn't be happy anymore.
With a straight face, he continued, "What can we say about our family's happiness? San'er got divorced and hasn't found a new wife yet. Everyone in the alley laughs at him. Mengyuan took the college entrance exam twice but failed. Feipeng's grades are not even as good as Mengyuan's."
Han Qingtian & Han Lei & Li Lan & Han Ting & Han Mengyuan & Han Feipeng: "..."
Are you not planning on letting people have the New Year’s Eve dinner?
***
Chuxia and Lin Xiaohan no longer cared about the east and west rooms.
After sweeping the snow in the yard, they made some flour paste and pasted up the Spring Festival couplets.
I pasted it on the north room, as well as on the main door, second door, and the front and back doors of the restaurant.
After pasting up the Spring Festival couplets and window decorations, two newly bought red lanterns were hung under the corridor of the north room and on both sides of the restaurant door in front.
After tidying up the house inside and out, the festive atmosphere will be more intense.
It had just snowed and although the weather was very cold, the alley was very lively that day.
Not long after lunch, someone came over to make popcorn. With a bang, children from every household took corn or rice kernels out and lined up to make popcorn to take home.
Chuxia also dragged Lin Xiaohan to join in the fun.
The two stood among a group of half-grown children, watching the popcorn machine pop out popcorn one shot after another.
Lin Xiaohan never had a restful day, and his smile never slacked.
Although he was already a married adult, he ran around with Chuxia all day and somehow felt like he was back in his childhood.
Carefree, no need to think about anything.
Have the simplest and purest happiness in the world.
After frying the popcorn and returning home, the two followed Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.
In addition to preparing fish and meat for the New Year’s Eve dinner, the most important thing is to make dumplings.
With four people working together, these things can be done quickly.
The dishes were prepared and the dumplings were made in a lively atmosphere, and all the food was served and placed on the table, steaming hot.
I turned on the TV while eating, and watched the first live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala while eating the New Year’s Eve dinner.
After eating the New Year’s Eve dinner, we continued to watch the Spring Festival Gala.
When they saw something funny, the whole family laughed together without restraint.
We stayed up until midnight and then went out to the alley together to set off firecrackers and fireworks.
Welcome the new year amidst the brilliant fireworks in the sky.
***
In the dark room.
Lin Xiaohan hugged Chu Xia from behind and suddenly whispered, "Tell me, am I having a beautiful dream now? One day, when the time comes, I will wake up from the dream."
Hearing him say this, Chu Xia quickly turned over to face him, "Why do you think so?"
Lin Xiaohan hugged Chu Xia tighter, buried his face in her neck, and spoke in a lower voice: "It feels so good like a dream. I'm afraid that when I wake up, everything will be fake."
Chu Xia reached out and stroked his back, telling him, "It's true. It's all true."
Lin Xiaohan took a deep breath and held her tighter in his arms, "Don't ever abandon me."
Chu Xia paused with her hand on his back.
Then she hugged him tightly and said, "I will always love you."
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