Chapter 20 New Year

In the past, there were three people in Zhuang Rui's family during the Spring Festival. Later, Zhuang Min got married, and only Zhuang Rui and his mother spent the Spring Festival. Although Liu Chuan's parents invited their mother and son to the family to spend the Spring Festival together every year, Zhuang's mother's personality did not like to bother others and always Yes.

From the morning of New Year's Eve, Zhuang Rui began to be busy. First, he cleaned the house, and then put "Fu" on the door, as well as Spring Festival couplets, window flowers, New Year's paintings, etc. Although only he and his mother celebrate the New Year, the home is also full of New Year's atmosphere, and "Congratulations on making a fortune" is full of festive atmosphere.

At six o'clock in the evening on New Year's Eve, Zhuang Rui first burned incense for his late grandparents and father, and then had an early meal with Zhuang's mother. He sat next to the TV, waiting for the broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala, and made dumplings. According to the custom, the dumplings were to be put down the next morning. In the pot, the mother and son pressed the dumpling wrapper one by one, and the other was very skillful.

When it comes to making dumplings, Zhuang Rui has not eaten a lot of Zhuang's mother's row since he was a child. When he was a child, he was playful. He took the dumpling wrapper and put the stuffing and began to pinch it randomly. What he made was not like four. When he went into the pot, it immediately dispersed Dumplings are also well-made. It is said that the children of the poor have been in charge of the family for a long time. Zhuang Rui often sees Liu Chuan making dumplings like a steamed bun.

"Xiao Rui, you see, Liu Chuan has found a girlfriend. Lei Lei's personality is so good. You and Liu Chuan are 25 years old. When will you bring a daughter-in-law to your mother?"

The rolling pin in Zhuang's mother's hand did not stop. She seemed to ask her son unintentionally. In fact, she had been anxious for a long time. Although she did not want to interfere with her child's marriage because of some reasons that she could not explain to her child. She was very open-minded and democratic at home, but she Naturally, you will be more careful about your personal affairs.

However, Zhuang's mother did not mention Qin Xuanbing. She could see that the girl must have come from a family with a better environment. In the old saying goes, she is a celebrity. Although she is very polite, she always gives people a sense of distance. Such a woman is not suitable for her son.

"Mom, I'm still young. Don't worry. Take your time to find it. I will definitely find a daughter-in-law who is filial to you. I will cook and beat your back every day. If you are disobedient, we will stop her and change to another one..."

Zhuang Rui and his mother are joking. Although they work in the Shanghai pawnshop, they often come into contact with some women, but those women are both rich or noble. They have never seen Zhuang Rui. He is an ordinary white-collar worker with no money and power. It is really not easy for him to find a satisfactory girlfriend in Shanghai. Love, Zhuang Rui is also a normal man. Well, it should be said that he is a normal little virgin, otherwise the scene he saw in the hospital would not have shocked him so much.

"Cook my back and cook for me every day. You think you're looking for a maid. Mom is old. I'm satisfied to see you get married safely. At that time, I can still bring you a few years of children. If you put it on, mom won't have the strength to help you take care of the children in the future..."

Zhuang's mother seemed to think of something. Her voice gradually lowered, and there seemed to be tears flashing in her eyes, and she stood up and walked to her room.

"Mom, how old are you? You see that you don't even have wrinkles on your face. Well, the Spring Festival Gala has begun. Come out and watch TV. There are enough dumplings to make now." Seeing that his mother was a little sad, Zhuang Rui quickly changed the topic and got up to turn up the volume of the TV.

In fact, Zhuang Rui and his sister have always had some doubts in their hearts for so many years. When they were young, their mother spoke Mandarin, which gradually became the current Pengcheng dialect. In addition, his mother never mentioned the affairs of his mother's family. When he was a child, Zhuang Rui saw that others had uncles, aunts and grandfathers. When I was a mother-in-law, I once asked my mother this question with my sister. As a result, Zhuang's mother, who had never touched two children's finger, beat the two children severely.

Since then, the sensible Zhuang Rui and Zhuang Min have never mentioned this matter again, but every New Year's Day, the sister and brother will find that their mother's mood is very low and will go to their room to stay alone for a while, and Zhuang Rui always thinks of ways to make their mother happy.

When Zhuang Rui was thinking nonsense, he often felt that his mother must have come from everyone's background, and then staged a story with his father that Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun eloped to the back garden, because his mother not only knew English, but also was also very proficient in Russian. Zhuang Rui was really a little curious about his mother' Ting can cultivate his mother's independent and strong, and euphemistic temperament. The rich officials Zhuang Rui saw in Shanghai are not a little worse than Zhuang's mother in temperament.

After a while, when the Spring Festival Gala had begun, Zhuang's mother came out of the room with red eyes, but her mood was much better than before. She sat in front of the TV and gossiped with Zhuang Rui and watched the Spring Festival Gala.

Now watching the Spring Festival Gala is just a habit during the Spring Festival. I can't find the feeling of that year. Zhuang's mother is old, and she went back to her room to sleep at about 10 o'clock. Zhuang Rui's watch it alone is very boring. She is also sleepy, but she dares not go to bed, because at 12 I will definitely wake him up.

After staying up until almost 12 o'clock, Zhuang Rui quickly pulled the phone line in the living room to his room. Sure enough, after a while, Liu Chuan, the four brothers in the same dormitory of the university, and a group of junior high school classmates who had just left the phone yesterday called one after another. After answering the phone, Zhuang Rui wanted to call It's a little faster, so I didn't fight. I'm going to wait until the morning to pay New Year's greetings to Uncle De.

After getting up early in the morning and eating dumplings, Zhuang Rui called Liu Chuan's parents, Uncle De and some friends in Zhonghai to pay New Year's greetings, and then lay down to make up for sleep.

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There is nothing to do on the first and second day of the lunar new year. In addition to going to his godmother and sister's home to pay New Year's greetings, Zhuang Rui was bored reading books at home. He bought hundreds of yuan of appreciation and collection books from Xinhua Bookstore at one time, and now he has only read a few books. For But it's much better than dozing off as soon as I read such books, at least I can read them.

I don't know whether it's because of his dependence on his eyes or some knowledge in the past few days, Zhuang Rui is actually a little ready to move. If the flower and bird market hadn't opened on the fifth day of the first lunar month, I'm afraid he would have tried it.

When the third daughter came back to the door, my sister's brother-in-law came home with his daughter. Naturally, it was a lively day. Although the daughter was not common to her uncle, who allowed her to eat white rabbit milk candy was very affectionate. In the evening, she did not want to go home with her parents. Zhuang Min also left her Anyway, my mother used to help her take care of the children.

In this way, Zhuang Rui didn't have time to read. He simply took his nephew Man Pengcheng for a few days and forgot that he wanted to go to the flower and bird market. It was not until Liu Chuan called on the sixth day of the new year and asked him to go to the store to play that he took his daughter leisurely.

This time, Zhuang Rui's walk in the flower and bird market is not so smooth. The heavy snow has long stopped. At this moment, the streets of the flower and bird antique market are all scattered stalls, from old books and newspapers to coins, jade bronzes, and then with the antique buildings in the antique market, if you don't look at the clothes It's ancient times.

After letting the little one sit on her neck, Zhuang Rui squeezed into Liu Chuan's store and went in. Good guy, it was only a few days. The originally empty shop was already full of all kinds of pets. I don't know where Liu Chuan put these animals a few years ago. There are two at the door. In a large and small fish tank, there are some ornamental fish and pet turtles, while in the original cages, there are large and small pet dogs, from small Beijing dogs and Shih Tzu, to the fierce German black-backed shepherd dogs.

There are also two more clerks in the store. Usually, Liu Chuan often runs around the country to buy goods, but rarely stays in the store. These two people take care of them. Zhuang Rui has been here several times before and is familiar with them. Last time Zhuang Rui came, Liu Chuan gave the two clerks on holiday.

Compared with the leisure time before the New Year, the store is simply too busy now. All three of them are too busy. It is rare for Liu Chuan to make a mistake in receiving money and looking for money.

"Shut, I have a girlfriend now, and I also know that I'm working hard." Seeing Liu Chuan's sweat in the cold weather, Zhuang Rui joked.

"That's right, we can't hang out with you as a bachelor in the future. Oh, our little princess is here to kowtow to my uncle so that I can give him New Year's money."

When Liu Chuan saw the little child, he suddenly became happy. From childhood to age, he had to kowtow to others. Last year, the child was still young. This year, he has been talking about kowtowed to him for the New Year.