I didn’t notice it during the day, but the scenery of the two rivers and four banks was particularly beautiful at night. The project mother excitedly had dinner on the boat and took another ride on the Man Jiang Hong.
Ivana and Ivanka both want to take a Yangtze River cruise down the river, but they will have to wait until after the New Year to make the trip.
On the 11th, the whole family went to my grandfather's house in Xiao Town, Wenjiawan for the New Year reunion. This year, the reception was hosted by my uncle's family. The main dish was the gout set meal. My mother-in-law still went for Mapo tofu, boiled beef, and Maoxuewang. She ate three bowls of rice during the banquet.
We had a family seafood hotpot for dinner. In order to take care of Xiao Zhen's mother-in-law, my uncle specially bought two small hotpots for 30 people in advance.
After dinner, some watched the Spring Festival Gala, and some played mahjong. Xiao Zhen's mother-in-law used to manage a big casino, so she knew the rules of Chengdu mahjong after a brief explanation. The mother-in-law was quite skilled, which showed that she had strong logical thinking ability. She won more than 5,000 US dollars in the middle of the night.
When it came to distributing red envelopes before bed, the ones who received the most were a pair of mixed-race twins. It was the first time for the newborns to return to their hometown for the Chinese New Year, so they received more red envelopes than in other years, and each of them received double red envelopes.
Xiao Zhen's mother-in-law also received two red envelopes, which were given by the Wen Dalu couple.
However, Xiao Zhen's mother-in-law also gave out a lot of red envelopes, following local customs.
Xiao Zhen estimated that after the Spring Festival, his mother-in-law would not be in a hurry to return to the East Coast.
Early in the morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year, while eating glutinous rice balls, the lucky person this year was of course Ivana. The foreigner screamed wildly. Xiao Zhengtang happily handed the lucky red envelope check for the first day of the Lunar New Year to his mother-in-law, saying, "You are the luckiest person this year."
Ivana took the red envelope and opened it, thinking it was just like the red envelopes given to younger generations, with amounts of $100, $200, $1,000, or $2,000. But it turned out to be $1 million, which was not a small amount. The living expenses she received from her asshole father-in-law was only $650,000 a year.
Ivanka quickly explained: "Don't worry, Mom, take it. This is how we give out lucky red envelopes on the first day of the new year. This is a beautiful blessing."
The mother-in-law then put away the red envelope with confidence and said to Xiao Zhengtang in stiff Chinese: "Wish you good fortune and a happy Chinese New Year!"
After breakfast on the first day of the new year, the whole family, including my grandfather, uncle, second uncle and three aunts from Xiaozhen, went to Ciqikou, Shapingba for shopping and eating.
At noon, I took my mother-in-law and her family to eat authentic Maoxuewang. Xiao Zhen's mother-in-law had a special liking for the sweet and sticky glutinous rice with washed sand braised pork.
The mixed-race twins in the stroller became the darlings of the streets of Ciqikou that day, and enthusiastic people came up to take photos with the two babies.
In the evening, they had a Tuotuo beef hotpot at the back gate of Chongqing Normal University in Shapingba, and then the whole family drove home. As soon as Ivana and the children got in the car, Ivanka and the other two fell asleep in seconds.
On the second day of the Chinese New Year, I went to my second uncle's house. My second uncle prepared roasted lamb from three sheep, which made my mother-in-law so full that her chin started to grow fat visibly.
After eating, drinking and shopping like this, it was the sixth day of the New Year. Ivanka and her son still wanted to take a cruise back to Shanghai for shopping and eating, so Xiao Zhen arranged for his father and mother Xiao Jin and Xiao Duo, as well as a group of bodyguards who flew over, to sign up for a luxury Yangtze River cruise.
After sending his family off, Xiao Zhen drove alone to the pine forest at Nanshan Pass. This year, he had already seen the huge and ugly golden eagle on the top of a tree. He wondered which god had erected it.
After we got down the mountain, we met up with our childhood friends for a hot pot meal at Lijiatuo. Four of our old classmates are now married and have children. Xiao Zhen hasn't gotten his marriage certificate yet, but he's agreed to let them know when he gets back home to get it done.
Hu Dongquan was transferred to the Jiangbei Criminal Police Team this year as squadron leader.
Wang Chang was still serving as the chief secretary beside the leader, and Xiao Zhen also told Wang Chang about his cousin Zhang Lu's work at the Shapingba Fire Brigade.
Guan Wenfang is still in Dajiang Factory. Now she works in the technical department and no longer does welding on the front line. She is already one of the few special welding masters in Yuzhou, mainly doing technical training.
Wang Chang also said that he saw Liu Jun at the municipal government before the New Year, but when Wang Chang was about to go over to say hello, Liu Jun didn't seem to recognize him. Liu Jun's father is now the head of the Urban Construction Bureau, which is a very risky position.
The next day, Xiao Zhen and Tottori, who flew to Yuzhou specially, inspected the Paradise Financial Center in Jiangbeizui Central Business District. The first phase of the renovation will be completed in the first half of the year. The Yuzhou Olympic Sports Center has been completed and uses the membrane material structure invented by Xiao Zhen last year.
Last year, Xiao Zhengtang donated money to build a municipal theater in Yuzhou. As expected, the first draft was a large, shabby tank. The second draft was even uglier. The third draft was the Camellia Theater designed by Fan Yue, which was indeed more futuristic and is now being decorated.
Qiansimen Bridge has 16 lanes in both directions, and when the sidewalks were designed, Xiao Zhen asked them to widen them a lot.
Xiao Zhen knew that Hongyadong in Yuzhou was now being withdrawn, and Tiantang Commercial Management had obtained the development rights of this prime piece of land.
Xiao Zhen drew a sketch from his memory and gave it to Fan Yue so that Fan Yue could implement the development.
After the development and construction was completed, Tiantang Commercial Management donated half of the shares of the Hongyadong Folk Customs Area to the municipal government to avoid any additional problems in the future if it becomes popular.
After inspecting the construction of Jiangbeizui and Hongyadong, Xiao Zhen took a helicopter to the Hangu Daxia Special Aircraft Base.
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