The next day after Lu Yiming had a reunion dinner with his family, he went to his grandmother's house with gifts. Of course, he went to a clothing store before leaving.
Because his grandfather and grandparents were in the countryside, he had to go there to take a look. Coincidentally, his mother also wanted to go to the countryside, so they followed the convoy to Lujia Village first, and then to Shanghe Village.
Lu Fengnian and Hua Min were very excited to see their eldest grandson whom they hadn't seen for a long time.
Su Yan and Lu Yiming put the cigarettes and alcohol in their hands on the table, and Lu Fengnian looked at Lu Yiming with a smile.
"Yiming, you've finally returned to China. Are you planning to accept the job the country has arranged for you?"
"Grandpa, I'm still studying, getting a doctorate and a master's degree."
"Your mother told me before that you were studying for a doctorate, so is there something wrong with you coming back early?"
"No, I just came back to visit during the holidays."
Hua Min brought out a few cups of hot tea on a tea tray and handed one to the eldest grandson first, "Come and have some tea."
"Thank you, grandma."
Hua Min handed the second cup of tea to Su Yan and the last cup to her old man, put down the tea tray, pulled a stool and sat opposite Lu Yiming.
"Yiming, you're back for the New Year break, right? Will you come back next summer vacation?"
"Grandma, plane tickets are expensive, and it's troublesome to transfer. Besides, Ningning will also go to our school next year, and I want to take him to work during the summer vacation."
Lu Yiming thought that since his younger brother would also go to their school, he could take him with him to invest. If his mother wanted to invest in a laboratory for them, he could ask his younger brother to go over and help.
Not to mention that they won’t be able to come back next summer vacation, they may not come back next winter vacation either.
Lu Fengnian frowned and said, "Next year you will be twenty years old, and we want to hold a banquet for you to celebrate."
"Grandpa, my dad didn't have a wedding banquet when he was thirty or forty, so why should I have one when I'm twenty? I'll just have a few more tables when I get married."
Su Yan also agreed with a smile, "Dad, it's not easy to go back to China. Yiming is actually very busy in the United States. In the past winter and summer vacations, he was either doing research in the laboratory or working outside with his classmates."
"Yiming, you've worked so hard. Have you had a girlfriend in the past two years abroad? If so, don't date a foreigner. They're not only open-minded but also mean."
"Grandpa, I don't plan to find a partner for now. I'll decide after I get a job."
After Lu Yiming said this, Lu Fengnian and Hua Min began to worry again. It would take another four and a half years for their eldest grandson to graduate and start working, so it seemed a bit late for him to get married.
It would be just right for me to get married next year when I turn 20, but my eldest grandson refuses to come back next year.
"Yiming, the deed to the courtyard house has long been given to your parents, and you are over 18 years old. We will transfer the house to your name in a few days.
Your mother said that we can live separately after you get married, and you can live in the courtyard with your new wife after you get married."
"Grandpa, grandma, what about you?"
"Don't you see we have such a big house in the countryside? The military district's house hasn't been taken back yet, so don't worry about us having no place to live.
If we need to go back to the city, we can stay at your house for a night or two. You can just leave a room for us."
Lu Yiming was speechless after hearing this. Even if he got married, he didn't want to move to the courtyard house given by his grandparents. His courtyard house was decorated like a garden, big and spacious, and it would be so lively if he could live with his family.
If they live with their grandparents, they will have to renovate the house and cook for themselves. Wouldn’t it be better to live with their parents?
You don’t have to worry about anything. There is a special chef to cook the meals and a washing machine to wash the clothes. Isn’t it nice for the whole family to live together in a lively atmosphere?
"Grandpa, let's talk about the transfer in a couple of days. We can't decide where to live after we get married, and I don't know when I can return home."
Lu Fengnian was shocked. "After graduation, are you planning to stay in the United States?"
"No, I will definitely return to China eventually, but before that I want to achieve some results in the United States."
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Su Yan understood what her son was thinking. How could someone who loved the hustle and bustle so much be willing to leave them? This kid had wanted to sell the courtyard house after getting it, but fortunately she persuaded him not to.
The house was agreed to be given to Lu Yiming, so it must be transferred. As for whether Lu Yiming will live there in the future, Su Yan is not in a hurry.
The house is in her son's hands. What's wrong with letting his parents-in-law come back to the city occasionally to live? If they are not allowed to live back in the courtyard over there, do they have to ask his parents-in-law to live back in the four-courtyard compound?
She didn't want to live with her parents-in-law. They had more than one son, Lu Ting. If she wanted to live with them in their old age, it would be fair for them to take turns living with them.
"Mom, how are your chickens doing in the second half of the year?"
"We should be able to make up for the losses we made from selling the chickens, and even make some money. Raising chickens is too troublesome, so we plan to let someone from the tribe take over.
From now on, your father and I will just grow vegetables and flowers in the countryside, and sometimes we will go back to the military compound to live for a while."
Su Yan knew that her parents-in-law's pensions were not low, and they had some spare money, so they naturally didn't have to work so hard to raise chickens.
"Dad, I opened a hot pot restaurant on Chang'an Street. Why don't you be the store manager? I'll still pay your salary. You can transfer the courtyard to Yiming so that he can live there forever."
It is best not to let relatives get involved in your own store, but you cannot trust all outsiders. Only by putting relatives and outsiders together can they supervise each other.
Anyway, the two old people can't stay idle, and she needs someone to manage the store, so it's just right to let her parents-in-law help them run the store.
Lu Fengnian said nothing. Hua Min smiled and said, "Is your mother helping you manage the clothing store?"
"Well, she manages the clothing store."
Hua Min looked at Lu Fengnian and said, "Old man, Yanyan asked us to go back to the city to help him run the hot pot restaurant. What do you think?"
Lu Fengnian replied, "Your mother and I are both retired..."
"Dad, you don't have to do anything. You can drink tea at the hot pot restaurant. You just need to keep an eye on those people and don't let them falsify the accounts."
Su Yan was afraid that those people would mess with the accounts when she was not around, and with her family helping to keep an eye on them, they wouldn't do anything.
Lu Fengnian naturally knew that what Su Yan said was simple. If he went there, there would definitely be a lot of things waiting for him. It didn't seem good for a retired deputy division commander to show up in public.
"Your father is a military official, so being a hot pot restaurant manager is no big deal. I can't help you look after the store, so you can ask your mother to go to the hot pot restaurant, and I'll go to Lihua Village to help you take care of the flower garden base."
Hua Min was a little nervous. "I've never been a store manager, and I don't know how to manage employees. Why don't you let me sell fruit in a fruit store?"
"Okay, then you go to the fruit store to work as a cashier, and Dad will go to Lihua Village to help his uncle manage the flower garden. I'll ask Hua Xiangnan to let him do the purchasing."
Su Yan has a small courtyard in Lihua Village. When she is not there, the house can be given to her father-in-law to live in. She plans to contract an additional 100 acres of land next year to grow green plants.
With such good connections, she also wants to contract the city government's greening project.
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