During the Spring Festival in previous years, Zhang Yansheng would at most visit his aunt's house as a relative. As for other relatives, they were the ones who visited Zhang's family.
This is the first time this year that Zhang Yansheng needs to visit Yue’s family.
First, Yue Song came to his grandmother to pay New Year's greetings on the second day of the Lunar New Year. This is also the first time the two of them have been together since they made their relationship public last summer.
"Your home is so lively." He said to his grandmother, "My grandfather envies this the most, but we have a small family, so there is nothing we can do." Yue Song was just speaking to suit the atmosphere, without any other meaning. But usually when other elders heard this, they would half-jokingly say something like "have more children in the future." But grandma was different, she didn't say that.
She just said, "Now that we are all grown up, we had a headache because of the noise from those little kids in the first few years."
Everyone laughed.
Even Zhang Qi curled her lips, but Zhao Lanfen was the only one who didn't smile.
Zhang Yu quietly touched her with his foot, and she managed a forced smile.
But I still felt uncomfortable in my heart, and I felt uncomfortable when I saw Yue Song.
It was obviously their Qiqi who knew Yue Song first, and it was obviously Qiqi who was interested in Yue Song first...
But Zhang Huan also asked: "Isn't Qiqi's boyfriend coming to wish everyone a happy new year?"
Zhang Qi hurriedly said, "Second Uncle, I don't have a boyfriend."
Zhang Huan was surprised: "Where is the youngest son of Luo Ming Electronics? Did they break up?"
"We didn't break up." Zhang Qi firmly denied, "He was never my boyfriend, just a classmate."
"You are young, if you have fun, then play together." Zhao Lanfen said lightly, "It's not like we are boyfriend or not. Don't be so feudal."
"Sister-in-law is right." Zhang Huan smiled and turned to Yue Song and said, "Come and have a drink with me and your uncle later."
Yue Song agreed immediately.
Zhao Lanfen felt even more choked up in her chest.
It's just a love relationship. Whether you will get married in the future is another matter. Why do you call him your uncle or not so affectionately?
The old lady also smiled: "Qiqi, hurry up and bring your boyfriend to show grandma, you are still my sister."
Zhang Qi said angrily, "Grandma, I'm in a transitional period now. From school to the company, I just want to focus on my work. I can talk about distracting things like dating later."
Zhang Heling is now in the first grade of junior high school. He has grown up and is obedient and knows how to listen to music. Hearing this, he quietly rolled his eyes.
Then I went to see her sister. She was sitting next to her brother Xiaoyue, with their hands interlocked. It seemed as if they didn't hear what was happening here. The two of them were whispering to each other with their heads close together.
There was a smile on his lips and affection in his eyes.
Ah, I really want to fall in love~
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Zhang Yansheng went to Yue's house. As expected, compared with the Zhang family, the Yue family seems deserted.
As expected, Yue Song's parents ran away after meeting Zhang Yansheng after New Year's Day. But during the Spring Festival, it came back again. We have to come back for this holiday. We can't leave the old man alone to celebrate the holiday.
A family with a total population of only four people, because there is only one son for three generations, there are not many relatives. Since Grandma Yuesong died early, we basically have no contact with her relatives. Another family I visit is my uncle's.
Uncle Xue and Xue Xintong also came, and with the addition of Zhang Yansheng, they added some liveliness to the deserted Yue family. I just didn’t see Yue Song’s cousin who was said to be very incompetent.
"So now you know why this kid always looked so lonely before." Xue Xintong said to Zhang Yansheng, "He and the old man have been glaring at each other since they were little. The house is so empty that no one would be like a popsicle if they were there."
"I heard it!" said the old man. "The little girl said bad things about me!"
Xue Xintong cried out: "You're talking nonsense. How dare I? If I have to say anything, I have to say it behind my back." Everyone laughed.
Zhang Yansheng finished laughing and asked Xue Xintong: "When will my sister give birth?"
Xue Xintong touched her belly, her eyes showing satisfaction: "May."
Uncle Xue glanced over with a look of helplessness in his eyes.
Yue Song's parents looked at each other and said nothing.
Zhang Yansheng noticed something was wrong and asked Yue Song on the way home: "Sister Xue, what's wrong? I see that you both look a little off."
Yue Song shrugged: "It's okay, the old people are just more conservative."
He paused and said, "My sister is not married, and she doesn't know who the father of the child is. She went to Country M to buy sperm."
Zhang Yansheng remembered that the year she died, there was a hot topic on the Internet about an unmarried woman who went to Country M to buy sperm. But she has never paid attention to Xue Xintong. She only appears in the media as an entrepreneur, and there has been no coverage of such private matters. It's quite fresh when this kind of thing happens around me and to people I'm related to.
She asked, "Sister, are you against marriage?"
"She's just too busy," Yue Song said. "Besides, at this age and with this status, dating is really about fate."
It is really difficult for a strong woman with experience, age and wealth to find someone to fall in love with in the country.
Not to mention women with a wealth background like Xue Xintong, even in the ordinary workplace, it is very difficult for women who have worked hard for their careers and have reached a certain level of professional status to get married.
Because the aesthetic taste of Chinese people is inherently younger, they prefer young women rather than mature women, and gentle women rather than strong women.
Of course, these strong women have to like them.
But the fact that Xue Xintong was pregnant was another bloody incident in the Xue family.
Xue Xintong's eldest brother was addicted to prostitution, gambling and drugs, and was basically a useless man, so Uncle Xue handed over the Xue family's business empire to Xue Xintong to take over.
In the early years, the eldest brother of the Xue family would make trouble and want to fight for the family property, but in recent years he has come to terms with it.
"She's not married, and she doesn't have any children. Sooner or later, this family business will belong to my son!" He said proudly, "She is just working for my son."
This brother may not be good at other things, but he is very good at having children. He gave birth to four children in one go, two sons and two daughters. I feel that I have made a huge contribution to continuing the Xue family's bloodline.
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He often said this, and the child learned it. One day, he said it in front of Xue Xintong and others: "You just work for me, the Xue family is mine."
Xue Xintong just smiled at the time and touched her silly nephew's head lovingly.
The next moment, she flew to Country M and bought sperm to get pregnant.
He also told Uncle Xue: "Don't worry, he has black hair and black eyes."
Uncle Xue's mood at that time was very complicated. Perhaps deep down, even though he gave up on his son, he still had feelings for his grandson. I think that in the future it would be a good idea to let the family business return from my daughter to my grandson.
However, Xue Xintong's move completely overturned the original plan. This time, there was chaos again.
In order to maintain peace at home, Uncle Xue sent his son and daughter-in-law abroad, so we couldn't see them during the Spring Festival.
"Well done!" Zhang Yansheng's eyes were shining when he spoke.
Yue Song laughed.
"My uncle has accepted this now. As for what he thinks, that's out of my control," he said. "From our side, we definitely want my sister to protect her own interests. No one wants her to work hard all her life to make wedding clothes for others. Anyway, my mother firmly supports my sister. My mother has never liked my cousin."
"Of course I have to support my sister." Zhang Yansheng said, "Why should we let that kind of person pick peaches?"
In April, Zhang Yansheng celebrated his 19th birthday, and in May, Xue Xintong gave birth to a boy.
In June, the Xue family held a grand full-month banquet for the child, and Zhang Huan and Zhang Yansheng were both invited to attend.
At the banquet, it was obvious that Uncle Xue's attitude seemed to have changed. He loved the newborn child so much, as if he was a grandfather for the first time. And when he was holding the child, he did call himself "grandfather". This child has no father. His surname is Xue. Although he is a grandson, he is raised as a grandson.
At the banquet, Zhang Yansheng also heard someone whispering about the child having no father, so she cast a cold glance over. The person who was speaking felt the gaze and stopped talking. After all, there are too many people, and no one knows what the relationship between each other is, so there is no need to make enemies.
Zhang Huan greeted Yue Song's parents in a reserved manner.
Xue Xintong's mother died of illness a few years ago. As her aunt, who had a very close relationship with her, Yue Song's mother returned to China in April to stay by her side and take care of her.
It was also the first time that Yue Song's parents met Zhang Huan. As the boy's parents, they were more enthusiastic and Zhang Huan's reserve was reasonable, so everyone got along quite well.
On the way home, Zhang Huan said to Zhang Yansheng, "Xiao Yue's parents are living a life of wonder. With Grandpa Yue above them and Xiao Yue below them, they don't have to worry about anything."
"Even if you are envious, you can retire," said Zhang Yansheng.
"I'm not going to quit." Zhang Huan said, "If I quit, what will you three do? You'll be left starving. Let me tell you, Qiqi is following your grandma and is doing pretty well. Oh, I'm so anxious. How come you just started college? Hurry up and graduate soon."
"Who told you to give birth to me late?" Zhang Yansheng said, "Blame me?"
"Besides, my grandma is healthy. What do you want me to fight with Sister Qiqi for? You and uncle are still here, it's not my turn to fight with Sister Qiqi." Zhang Yansheng said, "The real fight should be between you and uncle. If I want to fight, it won't be with Sister Qiqi. Shouldn't I fight with Zhang Shuocheng?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Zhang Huan said angrily, "Why are siblings fighting? As a sister, shouldn't you love and protect your brothers and sisters? Don't worry, Dad will make the family property clear in the future, so you don't have to fight. We are all a loving family."
"You talk as if my grandma can't figure it out. Don't worry, my grandma knows everything. Besides, if my grandma really decides who to choose as the successor, it's not up to you and me to decide." Zhang Yansheng returned his words.
"Nonsense again. Your uncle and I are not fighting, we are brothers. In our family, I tell you, there will be no disputes over inheritance or falling out." Zhang Huan vowed, "Dad and your uncle set a good example for you, you and He He and Shuo Shuo should do the same in the future."
Zhang Yansheng also knew that he was just accustomed to competing for favor. She had heard from her grandmother that Zhang Huan had been like this since he was a child.
Of course, vying for the old lady's favor would undoubtedly be beneficial to the future distribution of the inheritance, but that cannot be said out loud.
It was natural for Zhang Qi to take advantage of his age and enter the family business earlier than Zhang Yansheng.
But the Zhang family has three generations living together. Unlike the Xue family, where the dispute between brothers and sisters over inheritance has reached that level, the Zhang family is peaceful and harmonious. Zhang Yansheng went to school diligently, taking one step at a time.
In the blink of an eye, it’s another Spring Festival and another birthday. Zhang Yansheng is twenty years old.
This is the legal age for marriage for women as stipulated by the state.
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