"Xiao Le, Zhi Lin, Hao Yu, go and call your grandpa down to eat."
"good."
The ancestral rule of the Fang family is that when the whole family has a reunion dinner during the Spring Festival, the youngest boys must go together to call the oldest head of the family to eat.
So every year during the Spring Festival family gathering, before dinner, Fang Yucheng would not go downstairs, but wait for Fang Xiaole and the other three younger generations to come upstairs and call him.
"Brother, you go ahead."
Arriving at the stairs, Fang Haoyu and Chen Zhilin, who had always been arrogant in front of Fang Xiaole, said in unison.
"Okay." Fang Xiaole didn't care about these. Since his two younger brothers were so humble, he went up the stairs first.
“The first thing I say when I wake up every day is to cheer myself up…”
The three of them were halfway up the stairs when they suddenly heard singing.
"Brother, is this your phone?"
The two looked at Fang Xiaole. Neither of them liked this ringtone, but it was not surprising that Fang Xiaole used his girlfriend's song as his ringtone.
"That's not the ring tone on my phone."
Fang Xiaole did make a ringtone using Lin Yao’s song, but it was not “Calories” but “Courage”.
"So this song is..."
Chen Zhilin and Fang Haoyu looked towards Grandpa's room, their eyes widening. "No way?"
At this moment, the singing suddenly stopped.
Fang Xiaole hurried upstairs. The door of Fang Yucheng's room was open. The three of them entered the room and saw that Grandpa had a stern expression and no mobile phone in his hand. They did not dare to ask, so they said to the old man sitting on the rattan chair:
"Grandpa, it's time to eat."
Fang Yucheng stretched his right hand out of his pocket and stood up. "Yeah."
The four of them went downstairs. The three families of the Fang family, plus Zhang Bo, Hong Sanshi and Zhao Yue, a large table of people were already sitting together.
Seeing Fang Yucheng coming down, Hong Sanshi and the other two stood up and greeted him: "Grandpa, hello, happy new year."
"Happy New Year, please sit down, please sit down."
Fang Yucheng nodded politely to the three of them and extended his hand to invite them to sit down. "There aren't many dishes. I'm sorry. Please bear with me."
This is the polite way of Sichuan people and mountain townspeople. No matter how full the table is, they will always say to the guests: "There are not many dishes."
"We are embarrassed to bother you during the New Year." Hong Sanshi said quickly.
After a while of polite conversation, Fang Yucheng asked his wife Guo Juan to pour wine for Hong Sanshi and Zhang Bo. The women poured drinks into Fang Shengnan's glass, while Fang Xiaole's throat was not well yet, so she poured plain water into her glass.
Fang Yucheng raised his glass and said nothing more than, "Happy New Year!"
"Happy New Year!"
The family and three guests also raised their glasses and shouted loudly.
The atmosphere suddenly became heated.
After finishing the drink, Hong Sanshi and the other two were about to start eating, but they found that none of the Fang family members had moved. Hong Sanshi and Zhang Bo looked at each other and silently put down their chopsticks, not knowing what was going on.
"Dad, in previous years, we always allocated rooms for the night before dinner. Is it the same this year?"
Fang Zhulian asked.
"Third sister, there are guests here, let's eat first and talk."
Fang Guo has some advice.
"This is an old rule. We can't just break it. Besides, it's just a separate room. It won't take long. Dad, what do you think?"
Fang Zhulian insisted.
Fang Yucheng was silent for a moment and nodded.
The atmosphere at the table suddenly changed from lively to a little weird.
Hong Sanshi and Zhang Bo were confused. Fang Xiaole beside them whispered to them:
"Brother Hong, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. The bedroom on the first floor of my grandfather's old house is in a very poor condition. Every year, there is a quarrel over who lives on the first floor."
Zhang Bo asked, "Can't you live outside?"
Fang Xiaole said: "My grandfather said that it is the Fang family's custom to live in the old house during the Spring Festival, and it cannot be broken."
The two nodded in understanding.
They are knowledgeable and have seen many strange rules of this family.
However, for Fang Zhulian, this is not just a rule, but a reflection of her and her son's status in the family.
In previous years, her family lived on the second floor, while her eldest brother Fang Guoqing and his family always lived on the damp and moldy first floor.
But this year...
Fang Zhulian was a little nervous.
But after thinking about it carefully, she felt that there was no need to worry.
Although Lin Yao is a big star, how could an old man of his age pay attention to the entertainment industry?
He doesn't even know Lin Yao!
Moreover, the old man has never liked women who are too coquettish. Even if Fang Xiaole praises Lin Yao to the sky in front of the old man, it probably won't change his mind.
Fang Zhulian was thinking when Fang Yucheng spoke:
"The eldest brother lives on the second floor, the third brother lives on the second floor, and the second brother, your family lives on the first floor."
Fang Zhulian trembled and looked at her father in disbelief:
"Dad, it's always my eldest brother and his family who live on the first floor, right?"
Fang Yucheng glanced at her and said calmly, "That's it, let's eat."
"Yeah, let's get started!"
Fang Shengnan cheered and was the first to pick up the chopsticks. Seeing Song Yan glaring at her, she had to wait awkwardly for her grandfather to pick up the chopsticks first.
"It's okay, eat, eat everything."
Fang Yucheng said.
"Okay, everyone, start eating."
"Brother Hong, Brother Bo, Sister Yue, you're welcome."
After getting the old man's approval, the others picked up their chopsticks. They were actually already hungry.
After taking a few bites of the food, Hong Sanshi picked up the glass and started to toast everyone at the table in turn. When he met Fang Shengnan, the two of them drank even more happily, meeting a close friend.
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