He Yingwei's house hadn't been occupied for over a year, and the musty smell was so strong it made people afraid to breathe. After returning home, he didn't linger too much. He grabbed a few changes of clothes and headed straight to his mother's house.
Song Yiting's grandmother was not too surprised about her son's return. When Song Yiting and Yuan Fangguo visited the old lady before, they had already told her that He Yingwei had completed his aid mission in Xinjiang and was coming back.
But when they met, the old man was still very happy and asked, "Xiaowei, you have lost weight?"
He Yingwei nodded and said, "Mom, the conditions there are quite difficult. It's impossible to gain weight. My sister has lost a lot of weight."
"How long will it take for your sister to come back?" the old man asked quickly.
He Yingwei thought about it and told her that she would be back in less than a year.
"A year is neither long nor short. I know the phone is out of reach there. When you write to her, tell her to take care of her health and not to get too tired. If there is any problem with her health, it will be more difficult for her to serve the people. By the way, ask her to mail me some photos frequently so I can see them. I can't contact her by phone, so it's okay to look at the photos when I miss her." The old man said this with a serious look on his face.
After hearing this, Song Yiting couldn't help wanting to cry several times, but she was still very strong and held back her tears.
Yuan Fangguo felt similarly to Song Yiting.
He Yingwei seemed to be much stronger inside, and there was always a smile on his face when his mother said this.
The evening was arranged at a hotel near Song Yiting's grandmother's house. The five of us walked there, taking the old lady and the nanny.
Song Nianyou had just arrived when he saw them.
Although his leaders have not criticized him recently, he still feels quite insecure in his heart. There is a saying circulating among the circle of state cadres: if the leader no longer criticizes you, it means he has given up on you.
Song Nianyou is worried that his leaders have given up on him. After all, he still wants to be promoted to senior engineer. Once he is promoted, his retirement salary in a few years will be much higher than it is now. Therefore, being promoted to senior engineer one or two years before retirement is one of his biggest dreams now.
"Mom." After seeing his daughter pushing her mother-in-law slowly towards them from afar, Song Nianyou hurriedly trotted over to meet them.
"You've been waiting for a long time." The old man said with a smile.
Song Nianyou smiled and said, "I just arrived too. Let me push you into the restaurant."
Although Song Nianyou and He Yingjie had divorced a long time ago, he would still visit the old man frequently during the holidays. The old man felt quite helpless about his daughter's stubbornness and obstinacy.
"Yingwei is also coming..." Song Nianyou was about to say this when his expression suddenly changed drastically. Feeling that he might have let something slip, he quickly stopped.
"When did you come back?" Song Nianyou asked quickly.
He Yingwei didn't hear anything different. "He just came back today."
"Yeah." Song Nianyou didn't know what to say. After humming twice, he pushed the old man slowly towards the restaurant door.
Coincidentally, at the restaurant door, Song Nianyou met two acquaintances.
These two acquaintances are a couple. They do not work in the same unit as Song Nianyou, but they know each other mainly because of their business dealings.
"Old Song." The acquaintance greeted him enthusiastically.
"Old Li." Song Nianyou was very happy to see his best friend.
"What is this?" Old Li asked with a smile.
Song Nianyou quickly said, "This is my mother."
"Auntie, you are so angry. Auntie, I am your son's friend. My name is Li Jun. You can just call me Xiao Li." Old Li said politely.
The old man greeted the couple with a smile. After a few brief greetings, Old Li called Song Nianyou aside with a look.
"Are you still alone now?" Old Li asked mysteriously.
Song Nianyou nodded and smiled awkwardly.
"There happens to be a woman at my wife's workplace who is very nice. Her husband died in a car accident last year, and her children are all married and don't need her to take care of them. She's also well off. Do you think we can meet and have dinner together sometime?" Old Li said with great familiarity.
Song Nianyou was suddenly extremely embarrassed. He thought Lao Li would ask him something, but who knew it would be this.
Moreover, when Lao Li spoke just now, he was a little outspoken, so it was not known whether they heard him or not.
"Forget about this. I'm living well on my own." Song Nianyou said rather embarrassedly.
"What's good about being alone? There's no one to talk to at night. Stop pretending to be strong. I'm not kidding you. If you don't believe me, ask my wife what's going on with that woman." Lao Li said loudly without caring at all.
Lao Li's wife nodded and took over the conversation, "That woman is very down-to-earth, has a good personality, and has no flaws. Marrying her will definitely bring you happiness..."
Song Nianyou only felt his scalp tingling, but he could only bite the bullet and listen to his sister-in-law's long speech.
"Think about it." Finally, Lao Li couldn't help but patted him on the shoulder.
Song Nianyou was worried that the conversation between him and Lao Li would be heard by his family. In fact, his worry was completely unnecessary. After all, Lao Li's voice was quite loud, and it would be hard for Song Yiting and the others not to hear it.
But they all pretended to be dumb.
After Song Nianyou came over, he found that everyone seemed to have no strange expression, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
The family was having a great time while having dinner in the evening.
After dinner, the old man was pushed back home by the nanny, and Yuan Fangguo invited his father-in-law and uncle to have tea.
Song Yiting drove back home alone. She has been traveling back and forth between the capital and Chengdu recently. In the first half of the year, she received an invitation to the 2012 Spring Festival Gala and is currently screening suitable songs to perform on the Gala.
At present, she can only be regarded as a relatively popular star, but as long as she can gild the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, she will definitely become a hot star.
"Yingwei, what are your plans?" Song Nianyou couldn't help but ask after taking a sip of tea.
He Yingwei thought for a moment and said, "I'm planning to team up with some friends to find something to do. By the way, brother-in-law, aren't you in the Gardening Bureau? Do you have any small projects to recommend to us?"
When Song Nianyou heard that He Yingwei was going to use his resources to make money again, he couldn't help but feel a chill on his scalp and felt that this problem was very tricky.
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