Chapter 112 Chapter 112 The next day, the Meng family went out...

The next day, the whole Meng family went out to visit the City God Temple.

During the New Year holidays, the City God Temple was crowded with people, and there were lion and dragon dances on the streets, which attracted cheers and applause from the onlookers, making the scene very lively.

Before leaving, Meng Mu specifically warned her parents, "The three children must not leave the adults' sight at all times. There are so many people outside that if the children get lost, they won't be found at all."

Meng Bowei was holding Guo Shuini, Xia Junshan was holding Lu Yannan, and Xia Qinqin was held tightly in Meng Yufei's arms.

"Mom, I want the rabbit lamp." Xia Qinqin pointed to the place where the lamp riddle was.

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "Okay, then let's go over and guess."

"Which one do you want?" Meng Yufei asked as she walked to a row of lanterns while holding her daughter.

Xia Qinqin pointed at a little rabbit light with a piece of paper underneath it, "I want this one."

Meng Yufei flipped the note and read the words. Xia Junshan was holding Lu Yannan and walked over. He whispered, "During the three days of the Spring Festival, everyone is reunited. Answer one word."

Xia Qinqin touched her little head, turned her head and asked, "Mom, what is this word?"

Meng Yufei suggested: "This sentence means that this word is composed of many people. What word is composed of many people?"

"Hmm... there are so many people, I can't imagine..." Xia Qinqin pouted.

"It's the word zhong." Lu Yannan said, "This word has exactly three people."

"This kid got the answer right. It's the word 'qqq'." A male voice sounded, and then a smiling face appeared from behind a row of lanterns.

The man took down the rabbit lamp, handed it to Lu Yannan, and said with a smile: "Little friend, congratulations on answering the riddle correctly. This little rabbit lamp is given to you."

Lu Yannan took it and said, "Thank you." Then he turned around and gave the lamp to Xia Qinqin.

Xia Qinqin clapped her hands and said happily: "Thank you, Brother Yannan, Brother Yannan is so awesome!"

The man who delivered the lantern smiled and said, "Meng Yufei, didn't I hear that you only gave birth to a daughter? When did you give birth to a son?"

Meng Yufei then looked at the man and asked in surprise: "Ou Hongbo, why are you here?"

"This lantern-guessing activity is organized by our unit." The man pointed to the banner at the back, and saw the signature in the lower right corner: Municipal Cultural Bureau.

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work. You have to come to work during the New Year."

"Serving the people." Ou Hongbo said with a smile, turned his head to look at Xia Junshan next to him, and asked: "This is your husband, right? He is indeed a handsome man."

Meng Yufei nodded and introduced, "This is my husband, Xia Junshan." Then she turned to Xia Junshan and said, "Junshan, this is my high school classmate, Ou Hongbo."

"Hello." Xia Junshan nodded with a smile.

Ou Hongbo smiled and said, "Hello, I was busy and didn't make it to Meng Yufei's wedding. This time I finally saw Lu Shan's true face. He is indeed a good match for Meng Yufei. They are a match made in heaven."

Meng Yufei said with a smile: "Ou Hongbo, you are such a talented person and you are really good at talking." She lowered her head and said to her daughter: "Qinqin, this is Uncle Ou."

Xia Qinqin said sweetly: "Happy New Year, Uncle Ou, thank you for giving us the little rabbit lamp."

Ou Hongbo smiled and said, "Happy New Year to you too. Your brother guessed this little rabbit lamp as a reward to you."

Meng Yufei said: "This is our friend's child, Lu Yannan. Yannan, say hello to Uncle Ou."

Lu Yannan nodded slightly and said, "Happy New Year, Uncle Ou."

Ou Hongbo smiled and nodded, "Happy New Year! You are very smart. Do you want to continue guessing the lantern riddle?"

Xia Qinqin hurriedly said, "Brother Yannan, please let Sister Nini guess another one."

Lu Yannan nodded.

After guessing two more riddles correctly, a little rabbit and a little tiger, Meng Yufei said, "Okay, let's go look somewhere else."

Ou Hongbo said: "Guess a few more, there are so many here."

Meng Yufei shook her head: "No, let's go somewhere else and you stay busy here."

Ou Hongbo nodded: "Then take care. By the way, will you go to the class reunion on the tenth day of the first lunar month?"

"Go ahead."

"Okay, see you then."

Xia Qinqin held a little rabbit lantern in one hand and smiled as she watched the lion dance team in front of her from Meng Yufei's arms. Xia Junshan walked side by side with Lu Yannan in his arms, and Lu Yannan was holding a little tiger lantern in his hand.

"Mom, the person holding the ball in the front is Aunt Guan." Xia Qinqin pointed at the woman holding the ball at the front of the lion dance team.

Meng Yufei looked over and smiled, "It's really her, Qinqin has really good eyesight."

Xia Qinqin raised her chin and smiled: "Aunt Guan always gives me a lot of delicious candies."

Xia Junshan asked curiously, "Who is this?"

Meng Yufei said, "She was also my high school classmate. She didn't go to college after graduating from high school, and happened to be assigned to the candy factory. She loved singing and dancing since she was a child. She worked at the grassroots level in the factory for two years and was transferred to the factory's labor union. She was promoted to director three years ago. Last year, she told me that she wanted to organize a lion dance team in the labor union. It seems that this is it."

Xia Junshan smiled and said, "You have a lot of classmates in high school. You've already met several of them before we even had the party."

Meng Yufei said: "College classmates come from all corners of the country, and many of them are assigned to work in their hometowns after graduation. High school classmates are all in Hai City, basically all in this area, so naturally they are assigned to work in this area as well."

Xia Junshan nodded: "That's right." Then he turned around and asked: "You went to Qiongzhou City. You must be very uncomfortable, right?"

Not to mention that this is the place where she grew up and is accustomed to. Many of her classmates and friends are in different units and they take care of each other, which makes it much more convenient to get things done.

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "It is most important that we are together as a family."

Xia Qinqin nodded in her arms and said sweetly, "I want to be with my parents."

Xia Junshan smiled and touched his daughter's hair. "Yes, it is most important that we are together as a family."

The family of three walked around the City God Temple. They walked particularly slowly in a crowded place, but fortunately the family was not in a hurry, so they just walked and stopped as they went.

It was already noon when they finished the tour. They were preparing to go to the place where the family had agreed to meet in the morning and wait. From a distance they saw Meng's father and mother already standing there.

There were few people here, and the two children in his arms were also put down. Xia Junshan turned around and asked, "Are your hands sore?"

Meng Yufei shook her head: "It's not sour, and Qinqin is not heavy."

Xia Qinqin held the small lantern and happily ran towards Mr. and Mrs. Meng, shouting happily: "Grandpa, grandma, look, my little rabbit lantern."

Mother Meng smiled and squatted down to hug her. She looked at the lantern she was holding and said, "Well, it's really beautiful. Is this what you guessed in the lantern riddle?"

Xia Qinqin nodded: "Yes, it was Brother Yannan who guessed it. He is very powerful."

Mother Meng smiled and said to the little boy who followed behind her: "Yannan is really smart."

Lu Yannan curled the corners of his mouth.

After a while, Meng Bowei and Du Manqing also came over with Guo Shuini. Xia Qinqin hurriedly handed the small lantern in her hand to them with a smile: "Sister Nini, this is the lantern we guessed in the lantern riddle, and this one is for you."

Guo Shuini happily took it: "Thank you, sister Qinqin."

She lowered her head and stared at the lantern in her hand. It was a little rabbit, so cute.

The family had lunch outside at noon. The state-owned hotel was doing booming business during the New Year, and there was no room to stand in the hall. Fortunately, Father Meng knew the manager of the state-owned hotel and had booked a private room in advance.

The table was filled with Haishi's specialties. Father Meng smiled and said to Lu Yannan, "Today, Yannan, let's try our Haishi's specialties. I just don't know if you can get used to them."

Lu Yannan said: "Thank you, Master Meng."

Xia Qinqin sat next to Lu Yannan and said to him with a smile: "Brother Yannan, let me teach you how to eat Xiaolongbao. Be careful when eating this, otherwise you will get burned."

Meng Yufei picked up a crab meat soup bun for each of the two children and said, "Take your time to eat. There's vinegar in it. Do you want some?"

Xia Qinqin nodded: "Yes!"

Lu Yannan shook his head.

Mother Meng gave the three children some sweet and sour pork ribs and said with a smile, "These ribs are delicious, especially the sauce. I have made them several times at home, but none of them are as delicious as yours. A master chef is a master chef."

Xia Qinqin smiled and said, "I think the sweet and sour pork ribs made by my grandma are just as delicious as this."

Meng Mu's smiling face was like a flower, and she said softly, "You little girl, you have the sweetest mouth."

"Because I like to eat candy. Children who eat candy have the sweetest mouths." Xia Qinqin smiled with her head slightly tilted. Her words made everyone look at her with a smile.

After eating for a while, the door of the private room was pushed open. It was Meng Zhongyan who had just finished get off work and rushed over. He sat down on the chair, holding his stomach and said, "I'm so hungry!"

Meng Mu rolled her eyes at him and said, "It's New Year's Day, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Meng Yufei handed him a set of bowls and chopsticks, "I thought you wouldn't come for lunch, so we'll eat first."

Meng Zhongyan took the bowl and chopsticks, lowered his head and took a bite of rice before saying, "There were several casualties this morning. Several young men got into a fight and got hurt. Two of them were seriously injured and had surgery."

"Why are they fighting on New Year's Day?" Meng's mother asked in surprise.

Meng Zhongyan picked up a few pieces of braised pork and ate most of the bowl of rice. Meng Yufei poured him a cup of hot water, which he took with a smile.

"They were all young men. Two groups of them went out in the morning to watch the fun. They bumped into each other in the crowded place and started arguing. The argument got more intense and then they started fighting."

Meng Zhongyan took a sip of water and continued, "Fortunately, no one's life is in danger. It's just that the hospital is short-staffed during the New Year holiday. They can't handle so many people coming at once."

Mother Meng frowned and said, "Young people are easily impulsive. It is inevitable that they will be crowded when they go out during the New Year. They have to fight instead of talking nicely. Now they have even ended up in the hospital during the New Year. The family must be very worried."

Meng Zhongyan nodded: "Who said no? Not only did they go into the hospital, but the police and street people were also in the hospital. There were also leaders from both sides' parents' units, a group of people crowded in the hospital lobby."

Meng Zhongyan ate his meal in a few mouthfuls, wiped his mouth and said, "I have something else to do in the hospital, you guys can eat slowly, I'm leaving first."

Mother Meng asked hurriedly, "Will you come back for dinner tonight?"

"It depends on the situation." Meng Zhongyan said this and hurried out.

Mother Meng shook her head and said, "I don't know whether it was right or wrong to let him study medicine."

Father Meng smiled and said, "I think that's quite right. It's very much like your style back then. You were always in a hurry when eating or walking. It was as if your feet were on wheels, and you never stopped for a moment."

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "Yes, Mom, you now have a successor."

Mother Meng raised her chin and said, "Xiaoyan's impetuous look is nothing like me. If there is anyone who can take over, it should be Manqing. We are all medical personnel who have been on the battlefield."

Meng Bowei nodded: "Yes, what mom said makes sense. Xiaoyan is not very stable in doing things."

Du Manqing smiled and said, "Xiaoyan is still young and has just started working. In two years, he will be a professional doctor."

Meng Yufei said: "I really look forward to the day when Xiaoyan becomes a professional doctor. Now, our family is truly a medical home. Mom, sister-in-law, I will use tea instead of wine to toast you two great medical staff."

Xia Junshan also raised his glass and said, "I would also like to toast my mother and sister-in-law to thank them for saving so many comrades on the battlefield."

Meng Bowei raised his eyebrows: "Since Junshan has said so, I can't fall behind."

At this time, Father Meng coughed lightly, raised his glass and stood up, saying, "Add me to the toast, to toast our two heroines."

Xia Qinqin watched the adults toasting and quickly picked up the cup of soda in front of her, "I want one too! We kids want to toast too."

She turned her head and said, "Brother Yannan, Sister Nini, we are here to toast as well."

Father Meng laughed and said, "Okay, let's take you along too. Let our whole family pay tribute to these two great medical workers."