After eating the New Year’s Eve dinner, the three of them stayed up all night together. Before ten o’clock, Congcong fell asleep.
He carried Congcong to the bed, took off his shoes, socks and clothes, covered him with a quilt, and did not forget to put New Year's money under Congcong's pillow.
After doing all this, the two of them walked out and sat in the living room.
This is probably a rare time when Congcong is not around and they are not asleep.
Zheng Tiansen took out the wine. "Would you like to drink some?"
"Then drink a little, just a little." Linglong emphasized this specifically in order to test her alcohol tolerance.
Zheng Tiansen chuckled. "Okay."
He poured her half a cup and himself a full cup. They looked outside through the window, listening to the occasional sound of firecrackers, and felt the moment was very warm and peaceful.
"Linglong, where will you go when you graduate?" Zheng Tiansen asked this question for the first time.
"Graduation?" Linglong pondered for a moment. "People like us will definitely be assigned jobs. I'll apply when I get the chance."
Zheng Tiansen's lips curled up. She was still thinking about him, and this made him satisfied. "There are still a few years left. Don't worry. Maybe by the time I'm transferred, I'll have been transferred."
"Yeah, we'll see then."
"Well, we'll discuss it later." He pulled her and let her sit on his lap.
Because Congcong was not around, Linglong did not resist his intimate gesture.
The two of them sat like this for a long time.
They had to get up early on the first day of the new year, and Zheng Tiansen had just been busy last night, so after keeping watch all night, the two of them went to bed quietly.
Although he was not on duty on the night of the 30th, Zheng Tiansen still had to go to work on the first day of the new year. After eating dumplings, he went back to work.
Linglong tidied up the house a little, then took Congcong, who was dressed in formal clothes, out to pay New Year's greetings.
She doesn't have many relatives here, so the first thing she wants to do is to be from the Tong family.
Aunt Tong was old and had no intention of going out to pay New Year's greetings, so she waited at home with her newlywed daughter-in-law.
Tong Dazhu was also on duty and not at home.
As soon as Linglong brought Congcong in, they greeted Aunt Tong with a happy new year.
"Happy New Year, grandma. Congcong wishes you a happy new year." After saying that, the little guy knelt down and kowtowed in a proper manner.
"Okay, okay." Aunt Tong smiled and took out a red envelope. "Here, this is the New Year's money from grandma."
Congcong glanced at Linglong and saw her nod before accepting it. "Thank you, grandma."
"Oh my, our Congcong really gets cuter the more I look at him."
After wishing New Year’s greetings to Aunt Tong, Congcong also wished New Year’s greetings to his new aunt, and also received a red envelope of New Year’s money.
Since Linglong called Tong Dazhu and his wife brother and sister-in-law, Congcong called them uncle and aunt.
Zheng Tiansen was not at home, and Linglong had no choice but to go anywhere else to pay New Year's greetings except to the Tong family. She stayed at the Tong family with Congcong to eat, drink and chat.
During this time, some people came to the Tong family to pay New Year's greetings.
This time, the children who came to pay New Year's greetings did not receive any lucky money. Aunt Tong just gave them some melon seeds or some candies.
These days, everyone’s overall living conditions are not good, and New Year’s money is basically only given to the closest younger generations.
However, the children are very happy when they have melon seeds, candies, etc. They also like Chinese New Year very much. During Chinese New Year, they can have many delicious foods that they can't eat at other times, and parents will be more tolerant.
If their family conditions are good, they can wear cute clothes. How can they not like that?
Originally, Linglong wanted to take Congcong to her family for lunch, but Aunt Tong said that since there were only a few of them, they might as well eat together.
Linglong didn't refuse, but still brought some vegetables from the Mi family.
Zheng Tiansen and Tong Dazhu didn't come at noon, so the four of them ate together.
Linglong originally thought that her husband would come after lunch, but unexpectedly he came a while earlier.
Seeing that there was no one at the Tong family's house, he guessed that the mother and daughter had come looking for them at the Tong family's house.
Before Linglong could ask him why he came so early, Zheng Tiansen spoke first.
"I got a call from home. You and Congcong should come over with me now."
"Oh, okay."
Linglong quickly put on Congcong's coat.
Zheng Tiansen held the child in his arms, and she followed beside him. The three of them hurried out of the room.
The call was from Zheng Tiansen's office. This was Linglong's first time to come to his office.
In fact, Zeng Yu and his wife were worried about their son. It was not even the first day of the new year, but they called and greeted him a few times. They also wanted to talk to Linglong Congcong, so Zheng Tiansen hurried over to look for him.
When Zeng Yu and his wife heard Congcong calling grandpa and grandma on the phone, they burst into laughter.
The couple themselves still wanted their son to have another place, but for now, having a grandson like Congcong was better than having nothing.
If there was no one around, they would definitely hug the little one and cuddle with him for a while.
After giving the call to Linglong, Zeng Yu did not forget to give instructions.
"Don't rush to come the day before school starts. Come a few days early and stay at home longer."
"I know, Mom. I will."
"Tiansen, if you do anything wrong, just tell me and I'll help you vent your anger."
"Yeah, thanks, Mom."
Zheng Tiansen had good hearing and felt helpless after hearing what his father said on the phone.
However, he was still happy that his father could get along well with his wife.
Mr. Zheng has always been a serious man, so he spoke less on the phone.
Only after the phone call ended did Linglong have the time to look around her husband's office.
"How is it?" Zheng Tiansen asked.
"fine."
"After reading it, let's go."
Linglong looked at her watch and it was indeed almost time for him to get off work.
"Can you leave early?"
"It's okay, it'll just take a moment." With his son and daughter-in-law already here, he no longer had the heart to work.
In other words, Xiao Jiang was sent out by him today, otherwise he wouldn't have had to go out in person to look for him just now.
"Oh well."
The family still had a sumptuous meal, but when they were finishing their meal and digesting the food, Zheng Tiansen suddenly came.
"Just listen to what Mom says. Don't leave early. When she asks you later, just say you didn't buy a ticket."
"Oh, are you asking me to lie to my mother?" Linglong looked at him with a smile.
"Can you bear to leave me and Congcong?" Tiantian asked back.
Well, she really didn't want to leave, so she could only lie.
In the following days, their little family still lived a simple but warm life.
Zheng Tiansen insists on getting off work on time and going home every day, and when he gets home he spends time with his wife and children.
During his break, he and his family went into the city together and took a family photo in a photo studio.
As the day of departure drew closer, Linglong became reluctant to leave, and the thing she had deliberately forgotten also surfaced in her mind.
She didn't know how to tell her husband, but she was in a bad mood anyway.
Zheng Tiansen thought that she simply didn't want to leave home, and comforted her that this year maybe he wouldn't have to wait for her vacation to go to Beijing to see her.
Even after hearing such news, Linglong was not too happy. Zheng Tiansen, her partner, could sense whether she was really happy or just pretending. He also became a little confused.
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