The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and it has been several years since I spent time with my parents to celebrate New Year's Eve. Although the Gregorian calendar is common nowadays, the Lunar New Year is the inheritance of a nation.
"Your second brother really doesn't plan to come back?"
Li Wei said: "He is a doctor, and the hospital is not closed for holidays, so he will definitely not be able to refuse when it is his turn."
Liu Chunzhi sighed helplessly, thinking that the whole family could be reunited this year, but she didn't expect that there were still not enough people.
On the afternoon of 28, everyone was going back to Yongning to worship their ancestors. The Li family drove two cars back to the countryside. Liu Chunzhi fainted within five minutes of getting in the car. Later, Li Wei had to send her back.
In recent years, more and more migrant workers have gone out to work. The rural economy has also improved, and more and more two-story buildings have been built beside the main roads.
Li Wei was driving behind, and Yang Man's car was no longer visible. She looked at the newly built road in front of her and wondered, was there this road before? Where does it lead to
After paying homage to his ancestors, Li Minghua said he would go to Li Ming's country and have a sit.
There was nothing much to say about the father's arrangement. After all, they were a family. Li Mingguo's family had been working outside these years, and they only came back to visit during the Chinese New Year. The two families seldom interacted with each other.
Li Mingguo also built a new building, with small white tiles on the outside. It doesn't look like much in front of all the new houses.
Seeing that the door was ajar, there must be someone at home. Li Minghua shouted from outside: "Brother!"
After a while, someone came and opened the door, and it was Zhang Weihong.
"Hey, it's brothers and Jianping who are here." Yang Man and Li Wei's sister-in-law said something over there, but did not come over immediately.
Zhang Weihong quickly shouted into the house: "Ming Guo, your brother and his family are here."
Everyone entered the house, but it was not as bright as it looked outside. Maybe the funds were not in place yet, and the walls were not painted in time, leaving cement dust exposed.
Li Mingguo came out when he heard the voice. He hadn't seen this uncle gain weight in a few years, and his speech had a bit of a Cantonese flavor, but he was even more enthusiastic than before. He came out and invited them to sit on the sofa, and then brought out two bags of candies and melon seeds from home, and grabbed a handful each of them just like Li Xiao did when he was little.
"We have all watched the show hosted by Weiwei. Although we didn't understand some of it, we heard it was pretty good. Everyone in the village knows that our Li family has a big star. Who wouldn't say good things about the girls from our Li family now? It was Weiwei who the village chief met with me yesterday afternoon and asked about our family."
Li Wei thought to herself that what the village chief was asking her for, she didn't even know what the village chief looked like.
Li Wei asked: "Where's my sister? Didn't she come back with you, uncle?"
Li Mingguo said hesitantly: "I'm back, maybe I'm still sleeping."
It's past three o'clock in the afternoon. Did you take a nap? Zhang Weihong brought a thermos bottle and came over to pour boiling water for everyone.
Jian Fei walked in from outside. He jumped up sharply after not seeing him for a few years and was even taller than Jian Ping.
Jian Fei was polite when he saw his brothers and sisters. He dug into his trouser pocket and took out a pack of cigarettes. He wanted to pass the cigarettes to Jian Ping, but Jian Ping hurriedly said, "Smoke mine."
Jian Fei heard that he put the cigarette back and said: "Brother is the big boss, he must be smoking good cigarettes."
Brothers Ming Guo and Ming Hua talked about the changes over the years. Ming Guo complained to Ming Hua, saying that he was old and it was hard to make money.
Li Mingguo glanced at Jian Ping and said, "I heard that Jian Ping has bought a lot of land and is going to do some big projects. It just so happens that your brother is doing this right now. Why don't you let your brother take over?"
Li Jianping glanced at Jian Fei doubtfully and said, "Is he also taking over the project outside?"
In fact, when Jianfei took over the project, Li Xia introduced his younger brother to the factory to do some porter work. Jianfei felt tired and stopped working after half a month. After all, I was young and ignorant. I didn't go to work for a while. I went to the Internet cafe every day to play games for several days. I ate and lived in the Internet cafe. When Li Mingguo found out, he was beaten severely when he was dragged back. After the beating, he still had to find a serious job. Li Mingguo did not let Jianfei enter the factory again, but took Jianfei with him and was busy on the construction site all day long. Jianfei didn't have any skills. At first he only did work such as picking bricks and mixing cement. At the end of last year, he was allowed to follow the bricklaying process.
"Although he has never done engineering, he can leave it to us and I can rest assured that it is all done by his own family." Li Mingguo continued: "I don't want to go out. I feel tired riding such a long train. After all, I am also not young anymore."
Yang Man glanced at Jian Ping and secretly thought that the project had already been contracted out, so what would happen if the uncle's family was involved at this time.
"Dad, who's coming?"
A hoarse female voice sounded from behind, and then the door was pushed open. Li Wei and others looked up and saw a woman in her early thirties standing at the door. She was holding on to the door frame with one hand. She was wearing a purple down jacket. The dress was long and wide, but it still couldn't cover her increasingly bulging belly.
"Yeah, it's uncle and Jianping, Weiwei is here too." Li Xia smiled, walked over, then looked at Yang Man, nodded with a smile and said, "Hello."
Li Xia is pregnant, but I have never heard of her getting married. It must have been a wedding in Guangzhou.
"What are you doing here, other than sleeping?" Li Mingguo's voice sounded unhappy.
"You have to take a look when you have a guest at home." Li Xia went over and took Li Wei's hand, looked Li Wei up and down, and said in a sour tone: "I haven't seen you for several years, but you are becoming more and more promising. Cheng As a big star, my sister’s face also shines.”
"What kind of big star? I don't sing or act. I get a dead salary from the TV station, but I just do some programs to make myself familiar."
Li Xia said to Li Wei: "Let's go to my room to talk."
Li Wei didn't know what else to talk to this cousin, but he still followed Li Xia upstairs.
When she walked into Li Xia's bedroom, she saw a Simmons bed there. The bedding on the bed was messy and there was no time to clean it up. There was a simple cloth wardrobe in the room, but the wardrobe was obviously too small. There was also a woven bag on the floor with a lot of messy things piled on it.
"Sit down."
Li Wei took a look, but didn't know where to sit. Li Xia threw the quilt aside and let Li Wei sit on the bed.
Li Wei looked at Li Xia's belly, and couldn't help but asked: "When did you get married, why didn't you tell me?"
Li Xia smiled and said: "It was done in Guangzhou. I was in such a hurry that I didn't have time to tell you. Now that my belly is so big, it's hard to make up for it. Dad said that after the baby is born, he can make up for it after the baby is born."
Li Wei nodded when he heard that, and then asked: "How many months? When will the baby be born?"
Li Xia said: "He will be out in more than a month, so you have to prepare a meeting gift for your nephew."
Li Wei did not inquire in detail who the child's father was, as it had nothing to do with her after all. She just lamented that not long ago she was a girl who was confused about the future, but in the blink of an eye she seemed no longer young.
(End of chapter)