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Zhou Ziheng apologized:
"I was wrong. I will make dumplings for you more often in the future."
"Forget it, I'll wait until you make dumplings for me more often. I'll wait until you retire."
Zhou Ziheng laughed:
"Then I'll take care of it for you after I retire. You don't have to wait too long. I estimate I'll be able to retire in 30 years. You can wait another 30 years."
Yu Xiaoye entered the room:
"Thirty years? With your Zhou family's tradition, I'm afraid it might not be possible to retire in forty years. My father-in-law didn't truly retire until Zheng Zheng was born. Before Zheng Zheng was born, he would always be in the office at the crack of dawn."
Xu Ying: "Speaking of retirement, in a few years, your father will probably be able to retire too. Two years ago, your father wanted to quit, but the factory refused to let him. He tried several times but failed. Unexpectedly, he finally got the qualification to retire. What an honor!"
The family was chattering away, and outside, Shen Hongcai, Yu Zhengxian and Chen Ci arrived.
The three of them crowded into the house in a lively atmosphere. As soon as Shen Hongcai came in, he said:
"This yard is so bright now. Before, there were more than a dozen families living there, crammed with 40 or 50 people. There wasn't even room to walk. Now that everything that needed to be demolished has been demolished, it's so bright!"
"Of course not, Old Shen. After the New Year, why don't you bring Chen Ci and our eldest son and move here together? We can live together and save them from running back and forth every day."
"That's not necessary. The house is still habitable. If we vacate it, it might be taken away. It will be difficult to move back in later, so we should just occupy it for now."
Everyone was talking at the same time, and the noise of talking never stopped.
The adults were making dumplings, watching TV, and playing cards inside, while the seven children were running wild outside, led by Pang Ya. There was no need for the adults to supervise them at all, so they could have fun to their heart's content.
As it was getting dark, the door of the courtyard was pushed open again. Zhou Jingru and Zhuang Huaijian, an elderly couple leaning on crutches, also came in. When they heard the noisy laughter inside and outside the house, they couldn't help but sigh:
"It's still lively here."
Zheng Zheng was riding a horse in the yard. When he saw his grandparents coming, he immediately got off the horse:
"Grandpa, grandma!"
Zhuang Huaijian said with a pleasant expression:
"Hey, Zhengzheng, is grandma's house fun?"
"It's fun, much more fun than our house!"
Zhuang Huaijian touched his grandson's back:
"Look, you're sweating from playing. Come on, go inside."
The other children gathered together and the grandparents shouted at each other.
Zhuang Huaijian agreed with a smile.
Yu Xiaoye and others rushed out from the main hall to greet the old couple:
"Dad, Mom, why are you two here?"
Of course, the old couple of the Zhou family came here to follow in their grandson's footsteps. If their grandson is not at home, what's the point of them spending the new year? So wherever their grandson is, they must be there too.
But they won't admit it.
Zhou Jingru said:
"I heard you made fireworks with words on them, so I came here to see them and broaden my horizons. I'm almost 80 years old, and I've never seen fireworks with words on them. Today I must broaden my horizons."
"Okay, then you come in and wait. We'll start setting off fireworks when it gets a little dark."
Zhuang Huaijian took his grandson's hand and walked into the main hall surrounded by the crowd.
The main room was warm and lively, with several families gathered together. Zhou Jingru and Zhuang Huaijian also followed the local custom and took off their shoes and got on the kang.
As soon as he sat on the warm kang, Zhou Jingru sighed:
"If you still need to heat the kang in winter, then heating is useless. It's better to heat the kang."
Xu Ying greeted:
"How about you move in with us? Let Xiaoye's father build a big kang for you two old people?"
Zhou Jingru wanted to say that that would be great, but then he thought about it and realized that his grandson didn't live here, so they still had to live in the National Defense Family Compound with their son and grandson.
No matter how warm the kang is, it is not as warm as my grandson!
Several families were busy in the house, feeling casual and comfortable.
As soon as it got dark, the sound of firecrackers rang out outside, one after another, forming a continuous sound.
Several children couldn't wait to come in and surrounded Yu Xiaoye:
"Auntie, let's set off the fireworks!"
Zheng Zheng is also called:
"Mom, Mom, let's set off the fireworks!"
Yu Xiaoye pinched his son's face:
"Can't you wait?"
"Yeah, I can't wait, Mom!"
Before Yu Xiaoye could say anything, Zhou Jingru urged:
"Xiao Ye, look how anxious the child is, let him go quickly."
Zhou Ziheng looked coldly at Old Man Zhou, who doted on his grandson to no end: "..." He didn't dare to say anything.
Zhou Ziheng could only persuade his son:
"Zhengzheng, let's put it on later. We're not in a hurry, okay?"
"But Dad, I'm worried."
"Yes, uncle, we are all worried!"
"Aunt, uncle, please, okay?"
"Aunt, you are so nice!"
"Uncle, you are so kind!"
"Mom, you are so nice, Dad, you are so nice too!"
Seeing that the two men were still indifferent, Zhou Jingru got off the kang himself:
"Come on, come on, grandpa will let you go!"
A group of children cheered in unison:
"Wow, Grandpa is so nice!"
Seven children gathered like seven soldiers around an old man with a cane.
With the old man's legs and feet, he couldn't even run away after lighting the fireworks, so Yu Xiaoye could only get off the kang quickly:
"Dad, wait, I'll do it!"
As soon as Yu Xiaoye said that, the other adults also followed suit to go watch the fireworks.
The children cheered:
"Wow, it's time to set off fireworks with words on them!"
Everyone, including Xu Ying and Yu Jiahui, ran to the door to watch the fireworks.
Yu Xiaoye lit a candle to remind everyone
Home:
"This firework will be very loud, like a cannon. When I light it, you must cover your ears!"
Yu Jiahui suddenly said worriedly:
"Xiao Ye, please don't shake down my newly renovated yard. The houses of the neighbors on both sides are not very sturdy. If you can, you can flatten the whole alley with one cannon! It's New Year's Eve, let's not have such exciting things!"
Zhou Ziheng explained:
"Dad, don't worry. We've tested it and it's very safe. It won't cause the house to collapse."
Yu Xiaoye held a candle and walked to the fireworks in the middle of the yard:
"Dad, I promise, there will be no problem, but you all try to stay away from me—"
After saying that, Yu Xiaoye began to look for Xinzi.
Xu Ying stood in the corridor, looked at the group of people surrounding the yard, and suddenly smiled and asked Yu Jiahui beside him:
"Hey, Lao Yu, have you ever thought that we would have such a big family in our past life?"
Yu Jiahui glanced around and looked at his three children, three sons-in-law and daughters-in-law, seven grandchildren, and the in-laws on both sides. Together with the old couple, there were a total of eighteen people.
That’s quite a lot!
"I never thought, I really never thought that I would be able to have such a big family in this life."
Xu Ying smiled happily:
"With so many children accompanying us, we are content in this life."
"Me too. I am content as long as they are healthy and safe."
In the yard, Yu Xiaoye reminded:
"Attention, I'm going to light the fire—"
"Cover your ears!"
Everyone raised their hands to cover their ears. Adults were responsible for the younger children.
Yu Xiaoye lit the fuse with a candle, then quickly ran to her son and covered his ears with her hands, while Zhou Ziheng bent down and covered her ears.
“Boom!”
With a startling loud noise, a silver-white flame shot straight into the sky and lasted for a full five seconds. Then, with a "boom", it exploded in the night sky, creating a "Happy New Year".
Thousands of fireworks lit up the night sky.
Light up half the sky.
It alarmed half of the people in the capital.
The second firework also rushed out quickly and exploded in the sky, creating a:
Family reunion——
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