Chapter 318: Commonplace
At this moment, Dandan was writing on the table in the living room. Auntie was busy in the kitchen. Wenwan came in. Dandan threw the pencil in his hand and ran to the door: "Mom!"
Wen Wan didn't hug him, but glanced back: "Look, who's here?"
Dandan tilted his head and took a look, but he didn't recognize it.
Lu Donglin came up to him and picked him up: "Little boy, it's only been a short time, and you've already forgotten?"
Dandan was stunned for a moment, then he remembered and hooked his arms around his neck, laughing.
Wen Wan took off her jacket and hung it on the wall, then sat down on the sofa. Lu Donglin was still teasing the child: "Tell me, do you remember me?"
Dandan shouted, "Remember!"
"Remember who I am? What did you call me?"
Dandan:——
"uncle!"
Calling men of this age uncle has become a skill that Dandan has mastered, and it is absolutely correct.
How could Lu Donglin know that? He thought he really remembered it, and was so happy that he carried him around in circles: "Uncle's love for you is not in vain!"
Wenwan chuckled softly and didn't say anything to disrupt the harmonious atmosphere.
"Keep writing. You can't play until you finish it."
After giving some instructions, Wen Wan went to the kitchen.
My aunt will go back tomorrow afternoon on the 30th and will not come back until after the 5th. She made the dough last night and is steaming buns now.
The kitchen was steaming hot.
As soon as Wen Wan entered, her aunt chased her away: "Just sit outside. It's not comfortable to stay in the kitchen. If you're hungry, you can eat now."
"I'm not hungry. It's still early for lunch. I just came to see if there's anything I can help with and learn a little while I'm at it."
The auntie was laughing: "You make the stuffing better than me, what else do you need to learn? We steamed a lot today and there are not many of you, so it's no problem to eat it after the fifth day of the New Year."
Is making dumplings just about mixing the filling?
Wen Wan laughed and went in to pinch a tray with her: "You and I should hurry up. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and it won't be a good day. You can go back early after you're done, so we can feel more at ease."
"Why!"
The pot at home wasn't big, but the steamer had several layers. If you put everything on at once, the two of you could wrap the dumplings without delay, and it was done in about an hour. Auntie was cleaning up the kitchen, and Wen Wan went out to clean up and bring some things out of the house: fish, meat, and wine, all to take back for her for the New Year.
Once she left, Wen Wan and Lu Donglin were the only ones left at home.
She turned on the TV, and Lu Donglin was stunned. He had never seen anything like it before. He had seen it once before, when the team had come to show movies, but it was completely different from the box-like thing in front of him. He had also seen radios, but they were also different from this one. It was a small piece, but there was not only sound, but also movement inside.
Both adults and children were attracted by it, so Wen Wan went to the back to clean the guest rooms.
Wen Wan had been gone for five years, and this was the first year since she returned home. Although Wen Shihua didn't say it, his expression revealed his happiness. When he went out to drink tea and play chess with friends, his words were full of boasting.
Although, the other party doesn't understand what's so worth bragging about.
So what if he was in a high position and had great power? He had a daughter instead of a son, and the son-in-law he found was a poor country boy with no education and a useless person. He was put in the Public Security Bureau and reportedly resigned.
The Wen family can only support Wen Shihua's generation. Once he leaves, their official career will be cut short.
Wen Shihua’s success today is inseparable from the support and cultivation of the Wen family, but his own abilities are also unquestionable, so how could he not notice the clues?
Of course he felt uncomfortable, but for him, that was far less important than his children's happiness.
What was he fighting for all his life? He only had so many clothes to wear and so little to eat all year round. Wasn't it just to give his child good conditions, to let her be happy and do whatever she wanted?
As for the next generation, he has never thought so far ahead. Can he take care of one generation and the generations to come after him?
Let others think whatever they want!
After having the New Year’s Eve dinner on the 30th, Wen Shihua began to prepare to visit the Xu family to pay New Year’s greetings and bring New Year’s gifts.
Wen Wan came down from upstairs carrying a few large bags: "Dad, are you preparing things for going to my uncle's house tomorrow?"
Wen Shihua nodded: "Actually, there is nothing much to prepare. It's the same every year: cigarettes, alcohol, and side dishes." But he was used to being criticized by his mother-in-law, so he would check again and again every time he went there, for fear that she would find something wrong and make an issue of it.
Wen Wan put down her pocket and said, "I've prepared it too. It's just a token of my appreciation. Dad, there's no need to be so cautious. Have a good rest during the New Year and don't make yourself too tired."
Wen Shihua raised his eyebrows: "What have you prepared?"
Wen Wan took out the things in her pocket one by one: "It's nothing, just grandma's down jacket, and a scarf each for my aunt, auntie, and auntie."
Wen Shihua laughed: "You're so busy all day long, and you still prepare these?"
Then he stood up again and put the wine and side dishes back into the cabinet. He only took two bottles of wine and a pack of cigarettes, plus the food prepared by Wen Wan, which was considered a very grand New Year gift.
After breakfast the next day, the two of them took their things and Dandan to Xu's house.
The Xu family is most lively during the Chinese New Year.
The old lady is here, so the younger generations of the Xu family have to spend the New Year's reunion at home on the 30th, and have to come to the big family reunion on the 1st of the New Year.
The second day of the New Year is even more lively, with all relatives and friends coming to visit and pay New Year's greetings, so every year Wen Shihua chooses to come on the first day of the New Year to have a reunion dinner.
They arrived quite early. Apart from Xu Guoan's entire family, only Xu Guoliang and his wife were here. The two of them had New Year's Eve dinner here yesterday and did not go back, so they just stayed here.
Dandan and Yueyaer were already very familiar with each other, and there were a few other children who were slightly older than him, and they gathered together as soon as they met.
It was snowing outside and the old lady didn't let them go out, but there were so many children that it was impossible to control them. They ran outside and had fun in the snow.
After greeting her family, Wen Wan took over Old Lady Xu, hugged her arms and acted like a spoiled child: "Grandma, I made you new clothes."
Mrs. Xu said, "You did it last time, why are you doing it again? I'm an old woman who never goes out, why do I need so many clothes? It's a waste of cloth and money. Don't do this again in the future. When you have time, make yourself a few more sets and dress yourself up beautifully. Otherwise, when you reach my age, you won't be able to dress up anymore, and people will say you're an old monster."
The daughters-in-law and granddaughters-in-law beside them all laughed along.
Wang Mengfang said, "At least you didn't miss her in vain. She is always thinking of you."
Wen Wan turned to look at her and said, "Third Aunt, I knitted a scarf for you in your favorite color. Eldest Aunt also has one."
After that, a slightly cold female voice came in: "I have both, do I have them?"
Wen Wan stood up and looked at the woman with short hair and a black coat and greeted her, "Second Aunt."
Xu Guoping and his wife entered the house and called out to the old lady, "Mom!"
"Where's my eldest brother?"
Aunt Xu said, "Guo Liang and Shi Hua are in the backyard, too."
My second uncle left quickly. He couldn't stay in a place with many women for even a moment and felt like his head was about to explode.
When Wen Wan was a child, she liked being around people. She just needed to act coquettishly with adults and then do whatever she wanted. But since she came back from the countryside, she couldn't do that anymore. She was a little overwhelmed and even a little irritated by the presence of all kinds of aunts and uncles. So she didn't like visiting friends or socializing, but she couldn't avoid things like the New Year when they had to get together.
The elders are okay, especially my cousins’ wives, when there are too many of them, I can’t handle it.
Wen Wan has been the darling of the Xu family since she was young, and her peers can get along well with her for the sake of face of their elders.
But now that everyone has their own family, they are not so disciplined anymore. There is always a hint of showing off or suppressing others in their words and deeds.
Wen Wan heard it and just leaned there with a faint smile, not saying anything until her cousin's wife mentioned Lu Dongping.
"Wanwan, I heard that Dongping quit his job?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the laughter in the living room stopped abruptly, and Wen Wan became the focus of everyone's attention.
Wen Wan sighed softly: "Yes!"
"Are you unhappy with your job? Why don't you talk to your uncle and ask him to find someone else to change your job?"
Wen Wan smiled and said, "That's true. My father serves the people, not just himself. If he doesn't want to do something, then don't do it. He can do whatever he wants. As long as it doesn't involve cheating, murder, or fire prevention, I will support it. Although I go to school, it's not that I can't make money. After all, in three to five years, I won't starve."
My cousin's wife next to me said, "That's true, but Wanwan, this is too hard. Look at you, you've grown up so big, who in your family would let you suffer so much?"
"That's not the case. Life as a child is different from now. If your husband doesn't support you as a wife, who else can? Life is only a few decades long. If you can't live your life to your heart's content, what's the point of striving for it?"
After saying that, he turned to look at Wang Mengfang and said, "Third Aunt, why didn't I see Seventh Brother?" He forced a change of subject.
Wang Mengfang said, "You don't know who he is yet. He's nowhere to be seen during the holidays. He said he was going south to see the world, but he spent the entire New Year there. He's like a wild man, completely enjoying himself out there."
The old lady said, "He's already 26, but he's still not obedient. Look, there are kids younger than him running around everywhere, and he still doesn't have a partner."
Here we go again, the same old topic.
Wang Mengfang leaned over and whispered in her ear, "That's not the case this time. I heard he fell in love with a girl and chased her south."
The old lady's spirits suddenly brightened, and she clapped her hands and laughed. "Let him do what he wants. This time he's met his match. There's actually a girl he can chase after? When I get back, I'll see what kind of expert has subdued this evildoer."
Wang Mengfang sighed: "This time, I think he's really screwed."
That Li Lai Yu, she had deliberately met her twice at school. She was a very outstanding girl, but too cold and lonely. It was really not easy to warm her up!
But as parents, as long as the children like it, we will help them in some way.
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