Eating dumplings on New Year's Eve is mainly a custom in the north. In the south, there are not so many particulars. A table of delicious food is the best New Year's Eve dinner.
After dinner, my parents went back to their room to watch the Spring Festival Gala. Xia Yu, who hadn't watched the Spring Festival Gala for several years, also returned to his room.
He first sent New Year greetings to a few close friends, and then he video-called his senior for a while.
Yin Suya's family has a very harmonious relationship with relatives. During the Chinese New Year, she visits many of their homes and receives a lot of lucky money.
If you haven't graduated yet, you are not considered an adult and you still have to give New Year's money. This makes Xia Yu very envious.
Apart from the money given by his parents, he hasn't received any New Year's money for several years. However, this year he gave a lot of red envelopes to his employees.
This is probably what growth means. When you start giving New Year’s money to others, you have grown up. Unfortunately, Xia Yu doesn’t want to grow up yet!
After the video chat, he sent Yin Suya a red envelope of 52 yuan.
The upper limit of the red envelope is 200 yuan. Most couples will transfer 520 yuan, but Xia Yu only sent 52.0 yuan. It seems a bit stingy, but the sentiment is great. Millions of fireworks were burned. Doesn’t this show his feelings?
Yin Suya also replied, and Xia Yu clicked it and saw that it was only 13.14 yuan.
Damn!
The senior sister was too cunning. She made more than 38 yuan from him. Next time, he must make her compensate him!
Thinking of this, Xia Yu opened a few more groups and continued to send red envelopes.
There are groups of cycling friends and roommates. Although we don’t meet often, the legend of me is circulating among them.
In short, it’s quite interesting to be called a big boss on the Internet.
"Buzz~~"
The phone vibrated, and a red dot appeared on Jiang Baiying's chat box. It turned out that she had also sent herself a red envelope.
Xia Yu opened the red envelope and saw that it contained two hundred yuan.
Xiao Jiang is still Xiao Jiang, still so honest. He doesn't know how much to give, so he just gives the upper limit.
Xia Yu firmly "despised" the senior's behavior of withholding money, and gave her another two hundred yuan in return. Soon Xiao Jiang sent her an invitation for a video call.
"Senior?"
"I'm here, you just got up?"
Xia Yu asked.
The time in Greater Vancouver is sixteen hours behind that in China, so it is morning there.
"Well, take a break. Sister Lingling and I will drive to school for class."
Poor kid, he still has to go to school during the Spring Festival. But that's how it is for international students. Foreigners don't celebrate the Spring Festival.
"Senior, I wish you a happy new year."
"I wish you happiness too."
After wishing each other well, the two chatted for a while about interesting things in life until Xia Yu was approaching midnight and Jiang Baiying was about to go to class, so they hung up the video.
When Xia Yu saw the length of this call, he found that it was longer than the time he talked with his senior schoolmate, and he couldn't help feeling a little guilty.
Sure enough, the scumbag's nature was fully exposed. He was greedy and had no strong sense of self-management. He was not even as good as a Husky, but still better than a Teddy.
Feeling tired suddenly, Xia Yu fell into a deep sleep before midnight.
This year is the first year that fireworks are banned in Piliang. The city was quiet on New Year's Eve, with only the faint sound of firecrackers coming from the towns in the suburbs.
Oh, there were a few sporadic noises. Those were people who didn't believe in evil and committed crimes in defiance of the law. But they were quickly caught by patrolling police officers, whose tools were confiscated and they were taken back to the police station for education.
It seems that it’s a good thing that the senior sister returned home, otherwise Xia Yu would have to take her to the outer ring to set off fireworks.
Xia Yu, who was asleep, didn't know about this. He saw it on the news on the morning of the first day of the new year.
For breakfast, we had glutinous rice balls, which is quite special. Some people also eat dumplings. These are enlarged versions of glutinous rice balls, some are solid, and some are stuffed. These are the ones Xia Yu’s family bought ready-made this year.
During the Chinese New Year, people tend to be lazy. He planned to stay at home for the entire first day of the new year, but he didn't expect to stay at home until the morning of the third day.
After taking off his pajamas, Xia Yu changed into new clothes, combed his hair and prepared to go out for dinner.
Mom and Dad also wore new clothes, especially Old Xia. He looked several years younger in the leather jacket that Xia Yu bought for him.
"Stop being so conceited and get going!"
Lin Shuqin was the first one who couldn't bear it anymore and pushed Old Xia away from the mirror. Xia Yu followed behind and couldn't help laughing.
Men still care about their image when they get older, and they are not much different from women.
Instead of driving Lao Xia's Grand Cherokee, the family of three took Lin Shuqin's A7 and drove towards the hotel booked by her aunt.
Not many people are willing to hold weddings at home these days. It is both convenient and face-saving to spend money to book a table outside.
Xia Yu is different. He has his own restaurant, so it is more prestigious to invite people to Xia Ji. When he gets married in the future, he probably won't hold the wedding in his hometown. After all, the hotels here are too ordinary.
There is only one five-star hotel in the whole of Jinyang. Due to insufficient purchasing power, it has closed down twice and has never found a buyer. It’s not that he doesn’t love his hometown, but that his wedding is not easy to hold in his hometown.
"Zhuangyuan Building?"
The car stopped at the door and Xia Yu muttered the words on the plaque.
He remembered that his cousin had held a banquet here after the college entrance examination, but not only did she not get the top score, the food here was not tasty either.
Forget it. The main purpose of today's visit is to collect debts. Eating is just a side activity. It doesn't matter whether the food tastes good or not.
"Oh, look who's here, Xiaoyu, you must have missed your aunt so much!"
Xia Yu almost shuddered when he heard the voice before seeing the person.
Looking up, a middle-aged woman with eyebrows that looked somewhat similar to Lao Xia came towards him with a smile.
Xia Yu dodged without leaving a trace, avoiding his aunt's clutches on his wrist, and trying to prevent her from snatching his newly bought Patek Philippe.
In addition to the Lange watch he had before, Xia Yu gradually bought four or five watches of different styles to suit different usage environments.
The Patek Philippe 6102R-001 in my hand is quite versatile, and it costs only over 2 million, which is just a day's salary.
Any expenditure less than tens of millions will not affect his upgrade experience, and it is too troublesome to keep accounts.
"Hello, aunt!"
Xia Yu said politely.
Although he is a scheming person, he still has the necessary manners.
As long as it is not a mistake of principle, the older person will always be the elder.
"Hey, you've really grown into a handsome young man. Let's quickly take our seats. Once your family arrives, we'll all be there."
The aunt walked in front to lead the way. She invited more than just Xia Yu's family. Uncle couldn't come, so Old Xia's two cousins were also coming.
Dad’s cousins were another level away. Xia Yu knew them, but not very familiar with them.
When entering the box, he still greeted people first. His uncle and cousin were also there, the bad cousin who led Xia Yu astray.
Xia Yu felt that he had to settle all the new and old grudges today.
My cousin’s appearance is average, about 50% after putting on makeup. She is a little old, eight or nine years older than Xia Yu. She is almost 30 this year, but no one wants her.
Logically speaking, a five-point score wouldn't be bad in a small place, but she has a bad temper. She broke up with several boyfriends and has been single until today.
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