Chapter 415 Happy Events
The Spring Festival holiday lasted for three days. On the night of New Year's Eve, Lu Jianguo and his family also returned.
Lu Weiguo took Shen Shen and Lu Zhen to set off firecrackers together.
He also bought Didi Jin for the children.
This was the first time that Shen Shen, as a big child, set off Didi Jin independently.
The gray paper roll wrapped with fireworks burned out a star-like light at the end.
Shen Shen ran and shouted, and the Didi Jin rose up, drawing a circular halo in the air.
Shi Tingyu watched and felt that the child's smile was brighter than the fireworks.
She suddenly had the urge to paint again.
She kept the feeling and impulse at this time in her heart and started painting tomorrow.
Now the conditions of each family are better than before, and the quality of the New Year's Eve dinner in the team has also improved, with more meat and vegetables than before.
The Lu family had a harmonious reunion dinner.
Early in the morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Lu Zhen took Shen Shen to visit their ancestral home.
After the whole process, the two received a lot of New Year money. Although the denominations were not large, they were all thoughtful gifts. On
the second day of the Lunar New Year, Lu's mother and Lu Daming went back to her parents' home together.
This time, the gifts Lu's mother brought back were quite standard, and she came back without having lunch.
Lu Weiguo and Shi Tingyu already knew that Lu's mother did not have a good relationship with her parents' home, so they did not ask too many questions.
After returning to their own home, Lu's mother and father completely relaxed.
It would be better to take care of their grandson at home than to go to her parents' home.
Soon, Lu's sister-in-law and her family also came back.
As Lu Zhen grew older, he also knew what kind of people his grandfather's family was like. Before, when Shen Shen was not at home, he went with him, but now that Shen Shen was at home, he would not go with his mother to visit her parents' home no matter what.
Mrs. Lu loved her son very much, so she did not force him.
Early in the morning of the third day of the Chinese New Year, Lu Jianshe, the grandson of Grandpa Lu, came to visit.
Shi Tingyu had a deep impression of him. When she first went back to the former West Brigade, she set up a table, and this cousin of Lu Weiguo drank himself to the point of vomiting blood.
But now his mental state is very different from before.
If Lu Jianshe was lifeless and confused when he first met him, now Lu Jianshe looks energetic.
His spirit is different now, and he looks a lot younger.
Lu Jianshe saw Shi Tingyu and scratched his head embarrassedly, "My sister-in-law is busy."
Shi Tingyu stopped drawing and said with a smile, "My cousin is here, come in quickly."
Lu Jianshe nodded and went into the house.
In the house, Lu Jianguo and Qin Ping were packing things, because they had to go back to the county town in the afternoon and had to go to work on the fourth day of the New Year.
Lu Weiguo was playing with Shen Shen, Lu Zhen and Li Jian.
Lu's father and mother were watching their grandchildren.
Lu Jianshe went up to ask people, and then said with a red face, "Uncle, aunt, and brother and sister-in-law, Weiguo, let me tell you, I will have a wedding banquet tomorrow at noon, you must come to drink."
Lu's father and mother agreed readily.
When they came back, they heard that Jianshe had found a girlfriend.
Although she was a second marriage, she had no children and was a hard-working person.
Lu Weiguo was also a little surprised. He had just come back and had not heard about this. Seeing that Lu Jianshe was very different from before, he was happy for him from the bottom of his heart.
To be honest, with Lu Jianshe's previous condition, he was worried that his cousin would not be able to bear it one day and would become depressed.
Now he is better and more energetic than before.
Judging from the other party's reaction now, he should be very satisfied with this marriage.
His cousin is one year older than him and is in his thirties. Now that he is married, his life will get better and better in the future.
After inviting everyone, Lu Jianshe chatted here for a while before leaving in a hurry.
He had some family visits to attend.
When Lu Jianshe left, Shi Tingyu put down her paintbrush and went into the house with a gossipy look on her face.
"What's going on? Is my cousin getting married?"
She was just painting in the main room and couldn't hear clearly.
Lu Weiguo smiled and wiped off the purple paint on the end of her hair, saying, "I really don't know. You have to ask my parents."
Lu's mother liked to share her family's gossip with her family.
She took Shi Tingyu's hand and sat on the kang, and started talking to her.
"You know the situation of your cousin Jianshe's family. They have been muddling along. He is over 30 and still hasn't found a wife. He has lost all his energy."
"Since the policy has been relaxed, he has also wanted to change his living conditions, so he got a car and went to the county town to set up a breakfast stall. He doesn't have any cooking skills, but he cooks delicious food, especially steamed buns. Slowly, he started to make money."
"Once he makes money, his spirits will return and he will have hope."
Shi Tingyu nodded and asked, "Then he and my future cousin-in-law were introduced by someone?"
Mother Lu shook her head, "That's not the case. Your future cousin-in-law met Jianshe when he set up the stall." Shi
Tingyu thought that one of them was the stall owner and the other was a customer. But then Lu's mother continued, "Your cousin's name is Wu Xiaomei. She divorced her previous husband last year. After returning to her parents' home, she was worried about ruining the reputation of her niece, so she rented a house in the county town and set up a stall to sell cakes and soy milk. As a result, she got to know the people who were setting up stalls in the same place."
"Once, someone came to your cousin's stall to make trouble, and your cousin helped. The two of them slowly started chatting, and they decided to get married two months ago."
When Lu's father saw that Lu's mother had finished speaking, he handed her an orange and then handed one to Shi Tingyu.
Shi Tingyu took it and said with a smile, "Thank you, Dad."
Father Lu smiled and suddenly remembered that he had an older daughter-in-law, so he gave one to her as well.
Qin Ping took it a little uncomfortably.
She had never known that she could take an orange from her father-in-law.
Father Lu coughed lightly. He was used to getting along with his younger daughter-in-law and her family in the family compound. He raised his younger daughter-in-law as his own daughter, and forgot that his older daughter-in-law was afraid of him.
He changed the subject and asked Brother Lu, "Will you come back tomorrow at noon to attend the wedding banquet?"
Brother Lu said, "We will report to the factory tomorrow morning and should be able to come back at noon."
Father Lu nodded. He knew about the steel factory. The first day of work after the New Year basically required debugging of the machines. There was not much to do. He just needed to report to the factory and report in the morning and then go later in the afternoon.
"Old man, can you come over at noon?"
Qin Ping said, "Yes."
Father Lu saw that the whole family could go, so he stopped talking and turned to talking about the gift.
In the end, it was decided that each family would contribute ten yuan.
This amount was considered a lot here.
Shi Tingyu expressed her understanding.
After everything was said and she had heard all the gossip, Shi Tingyu went back to the main room to paint.
Seeing this, Lu's father said to Lu Weiguo, "Weiguo, go get a hot water bag and send it to Xiaoyu. Even though she is leaning against the stove, her hands will get cold if she keeps holding the paintbrush."
Lu Weiguo agreed and went to get
a hot water bag for Shi Tingyu. Shi Tingyu was a little surprised when she saw Lu Weiguo coming over with a hot water bag, "Didn't I say you're not cold? No need."
Lu Weiguo took her hand and tried it, and it was indeed warm.
"Dad asked me to do it. I'll put the hot water bag next to you. If you feel cold
, just warm it up." When he heard that it was Lu's father who asked him to do it, Shi Tingyu obediently took the hot water bag and warmed it up before putting it on the stool next to him.