Han Hang and Han Zhou went there to keep watch.
Father Han was very happy and praised: "They are all good children, all good children."
The fourth child smiled and taunted his grandfather: "The child is a good child, but the elder may not be a good elder. I didn't have much snacks from my grandma before. I remember that only brothers Han Si and Han Bo had this privilege."
Father Han was choked.
"You little bastard, go home quickly." Han Hang slapped him on the butt and said.
"Okay, let's go home now." The fourth child waved his hand.
"Let Han Si and his two brothers come over tomorrow night." Han Guolin said Haoran.
In fact, both sons said they wanted to come and keep watch, but their mother said they didn't need to.
"It's okay. There's nothing wrong with coming here to show our respect to our grandma on New Year's Day." Han Zhou said.
"Grandpa, Third Uncle, let's go to your home." Han Hang also said.
Han's father and Han Guolin also went back. Han Hang sat down and chatted with Han's mother who was still awake: "Grandma, you have learned your lesson this time. Don't be so impulsive next time. You are not young anymore, and you are still fooling around with my third aunt."
Han's mother said: "That woman is not a good person!"
"It's a past thing if he's not a good guy. My third aunt has grown up because of that incident. Although it's not right to discuss the affairs of elders, it was indeed a rude thing during that period. Both Han Si and Han Bo had to come to my house for dinner and didn't want to go home. What kind of temper does my third uncle have? I have seen him grow up. Should I listen to my third aunt more? He was forced to the point of getting a divorce. I think the situation was good that time, otherwise he wouldn't have stopped." Han Hang said.
Han's mother didn't say anything.
Han Hang took a hot towel and wiped his grandmother's face and neck, saying, "Grandma, take good care of yourself. You and my grandfather are destined to enjoy a good life. There are not many elderly people in the village who can compare with you two."
"That's because your uncle is filial and took us in." Han's mother snorted, "Your father is so rich, but he doesn't show much respect to us."
"Okay, grandma, you can say whatever you want. But the most important thing now is to take good care of yourself. It's getting late now. You should go to bed early. You can't eat any delicious food now while lying in the hospital." Han Hang said.
"Did you bring back the roast duck this year?" Han's mother remembered.
"I brought it, but you have to drink light food and not eat irritating foods. My third uncle definitely didn't bring it for you." Han Hang said.
"You have to go back to your hometown to visit relatives tomorrow, so go to bed early." Han's mother sighed.
"Yeah." Han Hang nodded. As for Han Zhou, he had already fallen asleep on the bed next to him.
The next morning, Song Xiaoyu came over, and the two brothers Han Si and Han Bo also came over.
"Aunt San, we are going home to pack up and go back to visit relatives in the countryside. Grandma is in your hands now." Han Hang said with a yawn.
"Okay, you guys go back." Song Xiaoyu said.
Han Hang and Han Zhou went home. Chen Rou came out to open the door for them and asked, "How was it last night?"
"She stayed up all night until dawn, and when we left, she was still asleep," said Han Zhou.
Chen Rou didn't say anything. She went into the kitchen and started cooking porridge. She cooked pork ribs and lotus seeds porridge in a pressure cooker, which was really convenient.
While the porridge was cooking in the pot, Chen Rou came over to prepare the New Year gifts.
They are all tea, wine, sugar, snacks and other things, which are used for gifts.
"Do you want to go back by motorcycle or bicycle?" Chen Rou asked.
"In this kind of weather, I have to drive my dad's truck back. The motorcycle and bicycle will be too cold to handle." Han Hang said while washing his face.
"Can you drive?" Chen Rou looked at him.
"Yes, I took the exam in Beijing." Han Hang nodded. He used Sundays to study. Sometimes he was too busy to go, but he got the certificate during last summer vacation.
"Why didn't I hear you say that?" Chen Rou asked in surprise.
"Chengzi and the others didn't tell me when they came back. I just borrowed the car from my classmate's family to take them around." Han Hang said.
Being able to drive is very convenient, so Han Hang took his brother directly back to his hometown.
Chen Rou saw that it was still early, so she didn't call anyone else. After she finished her meal, she sat on the sofa knitting and watching TV.
She was knitting a sweater for her eldest brother so that he could take it to Beijing to change into. She also planned to knit a vest. Wearing a shirt with a sweater vest would look very handsome.
It was almost eight o'clock, and Chen Rou called for help when she saw that the others were still asleep.
Han Guobin played mahjong with the fourth child, Ma Yuling, and Chen Bing until about 1 a.m. last night. The fourth child did not go home and slept in the room with the younger child.
Yaoyao also came last night, but didn't go back. She slept with Chengzi.
Chen Rou called everyone to wake them up: "Hurry up, it's already this late, it's time to go and pay New Year's greetings after dinner."
The fourth child yawned and lay on his godfather, saying, "Godfather, get up and eat."
"You eat first, I'll sleep for a while." The fourth brother said, covering his head with the quilt.
"Okay." The fourth child ignored his godfather and got up to wash himself.
After a while, Han Cheng and Yaoyao also got up. Han Cheng said, "Sister Yaoyao, do you have to go to your grandparents to wish them a happy new year today?"
"Yeah." Yaoyao responded weakly.
She really didn't want to go there, as she was traumatized by the situation.
"Would you like to come over after you finish paying New Year's greetings? I plan to make a cake this afternoon." Han Cheng said.
"Then wait for me, I'll come over in the afternoon!" Yaoyao said.
"Okay." Han Cheng nodded.
After having breakfast, Yaoyao went back home. Xiao Laosi and Han Cheng, his sister and brother, also went to pay New Year’s greetings. They went to their neighbors to pay New Year’s greetings and also went to visit their classmates to pay New Year’s greetings.
Chen Rou was watching TV by herself. After a while, Fourth Sister Chen and An Dabang came over with their brothers An Wen and An Wu, and their younger sister Xiao Mai Ya.
Chen Rou went in and woke up Han Guobin, and said to her brother-in-law, "I played mahjong with Lao Si and the others until after 1 a.m. last night. I scolded me when I came back, and now I haven't woken up yet."
Han Guobin got up naturally, brushed his teeth and washed his face, went into the kitchen to have breakfast before coming out.
Chen Rou asked him to apply some Pechoin, so Han Guobin applied some and said, "It smells so good."
"This is called good quality." Chen Rou said, and then smiled at An Wen and An Wu and said, "Are you two surprised? After two years away from home, my little sister has grown so big."
"It wasn't a surprise at all. We were shocked when we got home. We thought my parents had brought it back from somewhere." An Wu said with a smile.
"My little sister looks like dad. You can tell at a glance that she wasn't adopted." An Wen said while holding his little sister.
Even though he looks like their father, they don't care much about him. He is still their favorite.
Han Guobin asked about the development in Shanghai, and An Wen and An Wu told him everything.
The development outside is naturally very rapid and booming. The provincial capital here is actually also developed, but it can't be compared with the outside world.
Chen Rou said, "Want to go out for a walk next year?"
"We have to go out for a walk." Han Guobin nodded.
He reads the newspaper every day and has a lot of knowledge and understanding about the developments outside, but he still wants to go out and take a look.
"If you go to Shanghai next year, uncle, please call us in advance and we will pick you up at the station," said An Wen.
"What's your phone number?" Han Guobin went to get the phone book.
An Wen reported it to him.
Han Guobin wrote it down and said, "It's about March. It's free then."
An Wu began to tell his uncle about the situation in the big shopping malls in Shanghai. He had just talked about the overall development of Shanghai, but now he would go into more details.
An Wen asked: "How do you know so much?"
"I'm not like you. I haven't even walked around our entire community. I go out every Sunday. I know everything about our district and the two neighboring districts." An Wu said.
An Wen said, "Mrs. Zhang came to deliver food because you were the one who started it."
An Wu said: "You can blame me then."
"If I don't blame you, who else should I blame?" An Wen said.
"What's wrong?" Chen Rou asked.
"When I was going upstairs, I saw that she was having a hard time carrying the rice, so I just helped her carry the rice up. I don't know why, but she wanted to introduce her little girl to me, and she often gave us the vegetables she grew." An Wu said.
"Not only you, I've asked her to target you too, and she wants to marry her niece to me." An Wen said unhappily.
"That's great. What are their conditions?" Chen Rou smiled when she heard that.
"The conditions are actually quite good. They are all studying foreign languages." An Wudao.
"Why haven't I heard you talk about it?" Sister Chen Si couldn't help but ask.
"There's nothing much to say. They're Shanghai natives and they look down on us guys who come from other places." An Wu said.
"It's not that I look down on you. I think Zhang Tian likes you very much." An Wen said.
"Su Yu also likes you very much. She even came up to borrow a book from you last time. Don't think I don't know." An Wu said.
"Just borrowing a book." An Wen said.
Last year, the two brothers moved out and built a small house of their own, which is pretty good.
"What does she look like?" Chen Rou asked with a smile.
"How old are you? What's the situation at home?" Sister Chen Si also asked immediately.
"He's similar to us and doesn't look bad either, but his standards are too high. In Shanghai, you need three new items for marriage, an air conditioner, a stereo, and a VCR. Although you can get just one of them if you don't have enough money, it's still very expensive. An air conditioner costs more than several thousand yuan, and the stereo is cheaper, but still more than three thousand yuan, which is enough to buy the three new items here and have some left over. And you have to buy the three old items as well, and you need a betrothal gift and gold jewelry. A wedding will cost at least nearly ten thousand yuan!" said An Wu.
"You calculate it so clearly?" An Wen asked in surprise.
An Wu looked at him with contempt: "You are the eldest brother, but I have to settle all the bills. Each one costs 10,000 yuan, and we have 20,000 yuan for both of us. Where can we get it?"
An Wen nodded. Ten thousand yuan to marry a wife was indeed a bit high. They would have to suck all the blood of their parents.
Chen Sijie and An Dabang originally wanted to tell them to marry her if they liked her, but they were stunned after hearing this.
"Are people in Shanghai so rich?" said Chen Sijie.
"I don't know whether they are rich or not, but if their family is poor, getting married will be very painful." An Wu shrugged.
Chen Sijie and An Dabang's business is actually very good. They can save about 10,000 or 20,000 yuan a year. Although it is indeed shockingly expensive, it is not so expensive that they cannot afford to get married.
"If you want to get married, that's fine. Your father and I have saved some money for you to get married." said Chen Sijie.
"Oh my god, he's so generous that he doesn't even blink an eye when he receives so much money?" An Wu said with a smile.
"How can I let you remain single?" Chen Sijie said unhappily.
An Wu smiled and said, "Ask my elder brother. I have no plans in this regard yet."
"If you don't have it, I don't have it either. You even calculate the accounts so clearly, but I haven't done any." An Wen said unhappily.
"It's not stable yet. I haven't been assigned a unit yet. Accommodation is also a problem. I haven't figured out every aspect of it yet." An Wu shook his head.
Both brothers know that now is not a good time to get married.
"If it's suitable, you can date her. Nowadays, don't you young people date for several years before getting married? If the girl's family is well-off and her parents are understanding people, then you can date her first and talk about it later. Didn't the TV say that some places have started to build commercial housing? By the time you graduate, it will be almost ready." Chen Rou said.
"Commercial housing? That's too expensive." An Wu smacked his lips.
"When you start working, ask your parents to support you with the down payment, and you can take out a loan to pay the rest in monthly installments." Chen Rou said.
"Aunt, you even know all this." An Wen said with a smile.
"You're looking down on me. I know everything." Chen Rou said.
Chen Sijie was very tempted: "What is that commercial housing like? How much is it? Can't I pay in full? I have to take out a loan, which is not very safe."
"In a place like Shanghai, a house would cost around 100,000 yuan. You can pay in full, but the monthly payment is good enough. Once you get a job, you'll have nothing to worry about." Chen Rou said.
"Listen to your aunt. When commercial housing is available, you can buy one each. Your father and I will see how much money we can come up with. If it's not expensive and you can afford it, I will buy a wedding house for each of you. If it's too expensive and you can't afford it, I will give you a down payment." said Chen Sijie.
"I'll give you the down payment for the wedding house, and all the money we earn in the future will belong to you," An Dabang said calmly.
"Hehe, it's easy for children whose parents are rich." An Wu laughed, "If we had to rely on ourselves, it would take us many years after graduation to save up a down payment."
An Wen didn't really care: "Let's wait and see. Maybe the company will assign some to us by then."
"The units allocated by the company are only nine or ten square meters, like pigeon cages. The number of units is limited and everyone is fighting for it." An Wu said, "When I get out and there are commercial housing units, I will take commercial housing."
"The housing allocated by the unit is free, and the commercial housing is free too?" An Wen said.
"Let's talk about it later. There's no need to rush into it now. There are still several years to go anyway. Maybe things will be different by then." An Wu said.
The whole family stayed at home for lunch at noon. Han Hang and Han Zhou did not come back until the afternoon, and they came with Sanhu who had made an appointment with them.
The fourth child was very happy at this, and immediately called out: "My sisters are making a cake, come and help beat the egg whites, my hands are almost broken!"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
