"If you want to bring the kids, bring Jinzhi along. Xuzhi and the others will have plenty of time to go later. After all, the children are still quite young, and it's inconvenient for you to take care of two by yourself, let alone both."
“It’s time to go and spend the Spring Festival with your adoptive parents. You haven’t been back since you went to the countryside, and then you came to our family. It’s been several years since you last visited your adoptive parents. If this continues, people will say that there’s something wrong with our family’s upbringing.”
Grandpa Chen said solemnly, "Yueyue, your adoptive parents have been kind to our family. If they hadn't kindly saved you back then, sent you to the hospital for emergency treatment, and adopted you as their child, who knows what you would be like now."
Grandpa is telling you all this to tell you that as human beings, we must know how to be grateful, and we must never be the ungrateful wretches that the world despises. Do you understand?
Zheng Qiuwen paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "I understand. I'll call my parents later and tell them that I'll bring Jinzhi back to spend the New Year with them."
"Grandma has told you about your sister Lanlan's background. She has adoptive parents just like you, but after they found out that your sister Lanlan was not their child, they did a lot of bad things to her."
Logically speaking, your sister Lanlan should hate them, and even never associate with them again, so that not many people would gossip about it.
But your sister Lanlan did not choose to hate, because she remembered that her adoptive parents had raised her carefully for nearly twenty years. So, even though she had become estranged from her adoptive parents, she never forgot to visit them every Lunar New Year's Day.
Even if she put down her things and turned to leave, she hadn't forgotten the kindness of her adoptive parents in raising her. Her adoptive parents couldn't say a bad word about what Lanlan did, and others who knew wouldn't say Lanlan was wrong either.
Do you know why?
Before Zheng Qiuwen could answer, Old Mrs. Chen continued, "Lanlan is insightful and knows that she is in the right. However, the kindness of raising her cannot be erased. Her adoptive parents know that they have done too many bad things to Lanlan. They are in the wrong, and for the sake of their own reputation, they did not want to ruin their relationship with Lanlan."
Those around them knew about the entanglement between Lanlan and her adoptive parents, and knew that Lanlan had suffered a lot of grievances from her adoptive parents. Naturally, they had no opportunity to talk about Lanlan's faults. When they learned that Lanlan went to pay New Year's greetings to her adoptive parents every Spring Festival, they might even praise Lanlan behind her back for her magnanimity.
Compared to Lanlan's adoptive parents, your adoptive parents have truly treated you well, raising you as their own child. Grandma hopes you will remember this kindness. No matter why you have less contact with your adoptive parents, you must never continue like this in the future!
Zheng Qiuwen looked ashamed: "Grandma, I know I was wrong. From now on, whenever I have time, I will call my parents often and visit them in Shanghai."
It was her fault. Even if she was too embarrassed to go back to that house after being rejected, and even unwilling to contact them by letter or phone, she shouldn't have disregarded her parents' feelings by neither inquiring about their well-being nor informing them about... anything concerning her...
Even if she has reasonable reasons to explain herself, it is an undeniable fact that she has not returned to Shanghai to visit her parents for many years, and it is also unfilial!
"That's good."
Grandma Chen smiled kindly and nodded with great satisfaction.
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Song Lan was unaware that Old Mrs. Chen had used her as an example to Zheng Qiuwen. At this moment, she had just finished dinner and was sitting in the living room chatting with Song Sanhe, Li Jumei, and Aunt Liu.
Not far from her, Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu were talking to Da Bao and the other three, and the two adults and four children were all laughing happily.
Qin Yanzheng hadn't been home for half a month. Needless to say, he was working overtime at his company. Yang Fan, who was his driver and protector, had also stayed at Qin Yanzheng's company for half a month without returning home.
"In a couple of days, you can come and stay with us in our courtyard, and we'll celebrate the New Year together. What do you think?"
Li Jumei smiled at Aunt Liu. After listening to what she said, Aunt Liu shook her head: "No, I'll stay in this courtyard on New Year's Eve this year. It's nice to be here alone to say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new year."
Why?
Unable to understand why Aunt Liu refused, Li Jumei's eyes were filled with confusion.
“We’ve been in Beijing for the past few years, and you’ve all spent New Year’s Eve at the compound. I’m just an outsider, so I can’t exactly go with you, can I?”
Aunt Liu laughed and said, "If you think I'll be lonely spending the New Year alone here, then I'll shamelessly continue to go with Lanlan and the others to the villa area for the New Year."
"Mom, it doesn't really matter where we celebrate the New Year, it's not like we'll never see each other again."
Song Lan laughed and said, and Aunt Liu nodded in agreement: "That's right, it's just that we won't see each other during the few days of the New Year. After the New Year, when everyone goes back to work, we'll still stay with Lan Lan and help take care of the children."
"Fine! If you don't want to, then so be it, but you can't stay here alone for the New Year."
Li Jumei wanted Aunt Liu to spend the New Year with her and Song Sanhe because she felt that Aunt Liu had been spending the New Year with Song Lan at the Qin family's house for the past few years and was more or less uncomfortable. However, she forgot that on the afternoon of New Year's Eve, she, Song Sanhe, and their children and grandchildren had to go to the compound to have New Year's Eve dinner with Grandpa Chen and his wife.
It should be noted that Song Qingbin and Feng Yuanyuan, a married couple, planned to take their child back to their hometown for the Chinese New Year. To be more precise, Song Qingbin would accompany his wife and child to his wife's family home for the New Year.
Around 9 p.m., Xiao Wu, Xiao Liu, and Da Bao finished washing up and went back to their rooms to rest. Thinking about the surgery for Grandpa Mu the next day, Song Lan said goodbye to Song Sanhe, Li Jumei, and Aunt Liu after Xiao Wu, Xiao Liu, and Da Bao left the living room, and then went to wash up and rest.
"Lanlan, Yaxin is calling for you."
Just as Song Lan lay down in bed, she heard Li Jumei's voice from outside the room. Hearing this, Song Lan got up, put on her woolen coat, opened the door, and said, "I'll go answer the phone now."
"Wear something warm when you go inside, so you don't catch a cold."
Seeing that Song Lan was wearing pajamas under her wool coat, Li Jumei frowned and said, "Hurry up and put on your sweater!" Song Lan stood still, so Li Jumei couldn't help but urge her.
"Just a little while..."
Before Song Lan could finish speaking, she saw Li Jumei glaring at her. She smiled helplessly and turned back into the house. When she reappeared in front of Li Jumei, she was fully armed.
"How about it? Is it secure and thick enough now?"
As Song Lan walked toward the living room, she asked casually.
Li Jumei glanced at her and said, "Your body is your own. If you get sick, you'll suffer. Besides, you're a doctor. Don't you know you need to keep warm in this freezing weather?"
"But I was wearing a wool coat before, and I wrapped myself up tightly."
Song Lan's tone clearly carried a hint of coquetry.
"You're only wearing pajamas underneath, and that coat isn't very thick; it's drafty underneath. If you catch a cold and get sick, you'll be in big trouble!"
It sounded like she was criticizing Song Lan, but her tone was actually full of concern.
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