On the eve of the Spring Festival, New Year's Eve, except Su Congwen, everyone in the Su family, young and old, went home. Su Qingyun picked up his teacher from the town and brought her home. Su Congjun brought Wen Sisi back from the county, and Su Congwu... Su Congwu came back alone.
He was the first one to arrive home alone, carrying the New Year's goods he had bought for his family. As soon as Zhang Xinlan saw him, she ignored everything else and said angrily, "Why did you come back alone to celebrate the New Year?"
Su Congwu was puzzled. "If I'm not alone, how many people could there be?"
"Why didn't you bring someone back to celebrate the New Year like Congjun and Yunyun did?" Zhang Xinlan squinted her eyes wildly, hinting that this unfortunate child was inferior to others in everything.
Su Congwu immediately understood what his mother meant: "..."
"It's really gone." Su Congwu was helpless.
"You've been working in the factory for so long, and you don't even have one?" Zhang Xinlan was heartbroken. "You went to a textile factory." There were so many girls, and you couldn't bring any of them back?
"No." Su Congwu's face was sullen.
"You're so useless." Zhang Xinlan, who was originally happy, quickly changed her expression. She took the things from Su Congwu's hand and ignored him.
You can't even bring a girl back, so just stay where you want.
Su Congwu was used to his mother's face-changing show, so he didn't care. He sat aside and cracked sunflower seeds, asking his grandmother, "When did Yunyun become a teacher? How come I didn't know about it?"
Wu Guixiang was also munching on some sunflower seeds. "That child is quite independent. I don't even know when she became a teacher. Suddenly, she said she wanted to invite her teacher to celebrate the New Year with her, saying it would be boring for her to spend the New Year alone in the county."
"I thought it was nothing, just an extra pair of chopsticks, so I agreed." Wu Guixiang cracked melon seeds and spoke in pauses. "Besides, it's no small matter for Yunyun to have a teacher. As the saying goes, a teacher for a day is a father for life. We have to meet the person in person before we can feel at ease."
"Oh, grandma, you still know that a teacher is a father for life?" Su Congwu was surprised.
Wu Guixiang said proudly, "Of course I know. Let me tell you, I think I learned better than those people in the teacher training class your Third Aunt taught. It's such a pity. At my age, if I were a few decades younger, I would definitely become a teacher."
She boasted about herself for a long time, but Su Congwu looked puzzled. He stopped eating melon seeds and asked, "What teacher training class?" What the hell?
"The village primary school needed teachers, so your uncle Youfu found your third aunt and Aunt Xu from the Xia family in the village, and brought other junior high school graduates in the village to study together, and then..." Wu Guixiang explained.
Su Congwu was stunned when he heard that his third aunt had become a teacher. "No, why didn't anyone tell me about such a big thing?"
"No one told me?" Wu Guixiang also looked puzzled. She said casually, "Then I guess they forgot. Don't you know now?"
Su Congwu's breath was stuck in his throat, unable to flow. He was speechless. Was he so invisible in this family? They were so stupid that they forgot to tell him about such a big thing.
Just as he was about to say something else, Su Congjun returned with Wen Sisi. The couple also carried bags of things and introduced them to their family one by one. "This bag of sugar cubes and this barrel of oil are New Year gifts from the factory. As an apprentice, this is all I can get."
"This pack of cigarettes and this bottle of wine were given to our grandfather and father by Sisi's parents. Oh, and these few pounds of flour were also given to us by them."
"No, wait a minute." Su Congjun said a lot of things at once, but Li Xiulian didn't hear the main point. "Why didn't the two in-laws come? Didn't they agree to celebrate the New Year at our house this year?"
"I'm coming, I'm coming, Mom, why are you in such a hurry? Just listen to me." Su Congjun said helplessly, "My parents will be here later. Usually some factory workers will come to pay New Year's greetings first, so they will come over after seeing them off."
"Yes, Mom." Wen Sisi also smiled, "My parents will be here late, don't mind."
"You really have no taste. How can you start wishing each other a happy new year on New Year's Eve?" Zhang Xinlan muttered involuntarily.
Li Xiulian waved her hand and said, "What's the big deal? Things have to be done first. It's okay, we can just wait. It's still early for the New Year's Eve dinner, so there's no rush."
"Thank you, mother." Wen Sisi smiled sweetly. "What are you busy with? Let me help you?"
"No, no, you guys sit down, I'm not busy here." Li Xiu Lian quickly refused. It was only a little after three in the afternoon, and it would take a while before they started preparing the New Year's Eve dinner. There was no rush now.
Wen Sisi looked inside the house and asked in confusion, "Where is Yunyun?"
"She went to town to pick up her teacher." Su Congwu answered helpfully.
Wu Guixiang looked at the time and said, "He should be back soon." In order to show respect for Teacher Su Qingyun and even more so for university professors, Su Qingyun's family of three went to the town to pick him up. They have been gone for a while and he should be back soon.
"Really?" Wen Sisi said to Su Congjun, "If we had known this earlier, we would have waited in town and returned with Yunyun and the others."
"It's okay, I'll be back soon. Let's roast some fire first." Wu Guixiang grabbed a handful of melon seeds for each of them.
The two of them also sat down obediently, and they began to chat around the stove while cracking melon seeds.
Over there, Su Qingyun's family of three had just picked up Chu Xianming who had come from the county by car. Looking at Chu Xianming, who was carrying something in his hands and wearing a serious and formal Zhongshan suit, Su Aimin and his wife couldn't help but straighten their backs.
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