Before the annual vacation, a lot of things changed.
This year's winter was extraordinarily cold, and the people in the city gradually evacuated. Lin Jingzhe had a rare feeling of emptiness, just like he felt when he came to Yan City for the first time in this life.
The changes of the city seem to flow in a warm and watery way inadvertently. This is not a swallowing, but a kind of nibbling that is increasing every day. There are more and more buildings under construction, and the traffic on the streets is getting denser and denser. People living in them, even Lin Jingzhe, could not be touched at the first time, but when he came to the company this morning, Deng Mai chatted with him like a family. He said, "As expected, it's almost New Year's Eve, and the subway actually has a place."
It's also quite pitiful. After all, he is an executive who started in real estate. Deng Mai University's New Year's Eve actually had to go out early to catch the subway to work. In fact, the salary Lin Jingzhe gave him was quite high, but Deng Mai spent too much during this time.
He bought a house along the subway line, second-hand, the house is not new, but the location is really good, just right in the core area. In the past, his living expenses were too high, and his salary was all used to keep up with the trend. This time, a huge sum of money made him empty out his few savings and took on a loan for more than ten years. But even so, he still can't afford a first-hand new real estate, and he can't even think about high-rise and large apartments like the Gao's and Zhou's.
Therefore, he probably felt embarrassed in comparison. He kept the news behind him until after the formalities were completed, but Lin Jingzhe was completely stunned when he saw it. It was actually a small courtyard.
The yard is not big, and there is a messy flow of sewage in it. There are also bicycles with no wheels that were ruthlessly abandoned by the previous owner. The furniture is piled up in a mess in front of the house, and the tiles on the roof are broken. While packing, Deng Mai looked very shy: "You all have a house, so what do I pay... No matter what the house is, I have to write a set under my name. After I save enough money in a few years, I will replace the real estate. , change to a better place to live. It's not possible now, hehe, I wanted to buy a car first."
Lin Jingzhe looked at the city gate in the distance and muttered, "Farewell, it's fine just here."
From the time he bought a house to now, he has never thought of this option. It is really such a thing as a courtyard house, and the future generations are really too far away from the normal real estate market. But at the moment, Yan City has not perfected the concept of real estate. The courtyards in the alleys are almost crowded with people living together, and the living environment is really not that comfortable. Commodity housing has just been launched, but it is modern and trendy. Compared with it, it is undoubtedly a more popular choice. Many old residents who have a lot of money are moving to new houses.
When Lin Jingzhe said this, Deng Mai thought he was comforting himself, and was very moved. To be honest, if he paid more for the down payment, he would definitely move in with Gao Sheng's family as a neighbor. But no matter what, his salary will only get higher and higher, and it is not too late to buy a new house in the future. If he buys this set first, he can be considered a homeowner after all!
Lin Jingzhe looked at him with a smirk and was busy with things, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that some people are lucky to be rich. Although Deng Mai didn't know him well in his last life, he was obviously the best in their group. In this life, the other party bought a house casually. It is estimated that it will be higher than the 200 square meters of Gao Sheng's house.
Deng Mai picked up the broken tiles scattered in the yard, and was still full of fighting spirit: "Next year, I will save more money, then I will sell this set and make up the house downstairs of Gaosheng's house."
Lin Jingzhe came back to his senses, touched his forehead and persuaded him in a complicated mood: "Farewell, if you are not used to it, you can buy it from Gaosheng downstairs as usual, and I will lend you how much you need, keep it here, and don't sell it. With such a big yard, when your parents are older, they will be taken care of by their side, and it will be convenient for all kinds of flowers and birds."
When Deng Mai heard that, he immediately felt that it was very reasonable.
On the way back, he mentioned to Lin Jingzhe: "The person in charge of the TOBR company has been calling Mao Dongqing to make an appointment recently. I heard that he also asked someone to give Mao Dongqing a gift during the recent New Year's Day. Do you want to keep an eye on it? Start?"
Deng Mai is not in charge of investment promotion, so he doesn't know what's going on in TOBR. He has a good relationship with Mao Dongqing, but his position is somewhat competitive, so he is very concerned about each other's trends on weekdays. Lin Jingzhe was well aware of this, but he didn't intend to intervene to change anything. He and Deng Mai are good buddies, worrying about each other's work life and paving the way for each other, but it never means they truly trust each other. For his status as a boss, it is far better for his two capable generals to have a slight disagreement than to be like a family.
What's more, Deng Mai and Mao Dongqing have both, although they sometimes fight, but when they encounter a project that requires cooperation, they will not hide their secrets regardless of the importance. The comprehensive building project has progressed very smoothly with their cooperation. .
There is still some trust in Lin Jingzhe's confidants, so he just shook his head when he heard the words: "Don't worry about him."
But after the annual meeting, Mao Dongqing still took the initiative to confess the matter to him, and at the same time handed in a very trendy mobile phone.
He frowned and stared at the mobile phone, his eyes as if facing a flood of beasts: "I wouldn't accept what the Granto brought to me, but that person put down the things and left."
Now the relationship between TOBR and the complex building has been completely reversed. In the past, Mao Dongqing was chasing behind Mao Dongqing and begging for TOBR to enter, but now it has changed to TOBR chasing after Mao Dongqing and begging for the opening of the complex building. As soon as the comprehensive building and Sifeng Plaza cooperated, Sifeng Plaza immediately changed its positioning, from a high-end luxury brand that conflicts with the comprehensive building, and stepped back half a step into the mid-to-high-end market. The direct overpass between the two shopping malls was added to the construction plan immediately after the approval. This ingenious idea also directly combined the influence of the two shopping malls into one, and organized it into the most invincible shopping mall circle in Yan City. the power of.
As soon as the news of the cooperation came out, the brand side began to take the initiative to contact the investment promotion department of the comprehensive building. Recently, Gao Sheng has accumulated some connections in the fashion circle due to advertising, and has also contacted several brands for Mao Dongqing that have not clearly expressed their intention to enter Yan City. The two sides negotiated very harmoniously, and there are already some intentions.
Grand has no choice. The decision-making tendencies of these same-grade brands have affected TOBR head office, and the top management of the head office personally inquired about the location of Yan City. As the head of TOBR China, who currently only has one store to manage, Grand's right is far from enough. What he is most worried about now is that the grievances and grievances that started with the real estate will be known to the head office. If TOBR cannot enter the same shopping mall with the same brand because of his reasons, then he will bring him infinite glory. The location, I don't know how long I can sit.
Therefore, he simply disregarded his face and tried desperately to reconnect with Mao Dongqing.
Lin Jingzhe smiled and leaned forward to take the phone into his hand: "Confiscated."
Mao Dongqing knew from his expression that he didn't take it to his heart, and he could not help but breathe a sigh of relief: "Just accept it. It's just that Mr. Lin and Grand have nothing to do with these gifts. I think TOBR's cooperation can still be considered by the company. "
Lin Jingzhe asked him, "Aren't you sympathetic to him?"
Mao Dongqing had no doubt that if it was difficult for him to forgive Grand, Lin Jingzhe would never let TOBR enter the mall. In this day and age, there are still bosses who insist on earning money in order to vent their employees' anger. While he thinks it is not desirable, he also inevitably feels moved and caring. Lin Jingzhe was willing to vent his anger for him, and he shouldn't ignore the company's interests, so after smiling shyly, he only whispered, "I didn't take him seriously for a long time."
However, after all, the two sides broke up unhappily at the beginning, and it was possible to cooperate with each other, but it was by no means the favorable conditions for concessions as before.
Shop area? Zoom out!
The location along the street? reduce!
Rent discount? reduce!
The rest blah blah blah, Grand really shot himself in the foot. He was very dissatisfied with this, and knew that after the contract was signed, the head office would definitely return the voice of doubt, but remembering the task assigned to his shoulders, he finally had to grit his teeth and sign it.
TOBR officially announced that it has reached an investment promotion agreement with the shopping mall under construction.
One of the most highly positioned shopping malls in Yan City so far opened in the dusty construction site.
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Lin Jingzhe bought a few more mobile phones from Mao Dongqing's that he didn't receive as a New Year's gift, and gave them to the elders of the Gao and Zhou families.
Deng Mai set off early and returned to Liyun. His parents are still working in Liyun, at least they are inseparable until they retire, and it is even more impossible to give up the familiar environment with him to come to Yan City to celebrate the New Year, so this year's New Year's Eve dinner can only be absent from one small partner.
The group gathered at Zhou Haitang's house, and the huge restaurant was in full swing.
Zhou's mother rolled out the noodles directly on the dining table, imitating the habits of the northerners in Yanshi to make dumplings. Lin Jingzhe and Gao Sheng Zhou Haitang were both pulled to help, and the speed of making dumplings by the three of them couldn't keep up with the skins Zhou's mother rolled out by herself. She really has a talent for cooking, and she can do all the work related to the kitchen very beautifully. Pressing the rolling pin lightly, the other hand squeezed and waved, and a soft and round dough flew into the air, swirled and threw it on the table.
"Oh my god, my god." Hu Yu watched Lin Jingzhe break more than ten dumplings. He couldn't stand it anymore. He stepped forward and pulled the troublesome child away, "It's alright, let's go watch TV. you."
After being pushed away, Lin Jingzhe wiped his hands casually, and didn't leave.
This is their first year in Yan City. In the new house, it is completely different from the past ten or twenty years, but it is miraculously not unfamiliar to anyone. Sure enough, reunion doesn't matter where it is, as long as the right person is there, no matter how unfamiliar the environment is, it can still be filled with the atmosphere of "home".
Everyone's life is on the right track, and they are busy in their own way on weekdays, and they rarely get together. But after leaving work and school and returning to life, they are still a family close enough to talk about everything.
Zhou's mother should be the busiest one. Haitang Food Factory's Doubanjiang has been quickly pushed to major cities across the country by the east wind of the "Legend of Jianghu" advertisement. In order to supply such a huge market, she was almost busy with the construction of new factories in the months at the end of the year. The second factory could not be located in Yan City due to its large area. She and Wang Quan directly set the factory site in a nearby city and built all the production lines at one time.
The popularity of Doubanjiang and the impact of the advertisement in "Legend of Jianghu" far exceeded their expectations. Lin Jingzhe held 35% of the shares, and the dividends he could get last year exceeded 5 million. Although he didn't get any cash in the end, the profits were directly invested in the new factory, but after the completion of the new factory, according to the current development, it is also possible to guess how high the future returns will be.
That's probably going to be a terrifying number.
While making dumplings quickly, Hu Yu talked about what happened in school recently.
She was wearing new clothes from Lin Jingzhe, her shirt was clean, and she had neatly cut mid-length hair, just like her quiet and supple temper. In the afternoon, after reading a book for a while, she forgot to take off the glasses on the bridge of her nose, and looked down at the fat dumplings that were rapidly forming in her hands.
It was only then that Lin Jingzhe figured out the inside story of her audition at the Normal University, and it was very miraculous.
Hu Yu's age is the biggest obstacle to her postgraduate entrance examination. No matter how good her grades are, I am afraid that few tutors will be willing to accept students who are approaching retirement age. Hu Yu is obviously well aware of her shortcoming. She studies very hard, especially in English, which is not very good at, and almost reads the information book as if she were eating. She has nothing to do on weekdays. In addition to going downstairs to make up homework for the neighbors' children in the community, she runs to the Normal University when she has time. At first, she wanted to mix classes together, but such a special face was caught in just two occasions. recognized.
There was an old professor in the Department of Education in his fifties who was relatively soft-hearted. Seeing her taking notes so earnestly among the young students, every time she recognized her, she would not chase her away, just as if she hadn't seen it.
But not all professors have this heart, so Hu Yu is often "invited" outside the classroom.
She was thin-skinned, and after being invited out, she was embarrassed to sneak into the classroom and only listened outside the classroom. As a result, when he was once marking the key points on the corridor handrail, the old professor was solemnly invited to the office.
The old professor took several papers that Hu Yu had tried to write before, and scolded her like a dog. After the scolding, he held a formal hearing for her.
After the hearing, Hu Yun became even busier, trying not to miss the classes he could attend. The old professor would occasionally arrange for her to enter the small classroom a few times, and assign her homework if she had nothing to do with it. If there was any dissatisfaction with the content, she would definitely scold her in a loud voice. It was too fierce.
As a result, Hu Yu was still recalling the references she had read in the afternoon when she was making dumplings, for fear that there was something wrong with her New Year's homework. She was even more serious than her son Gao Sheng, who was serious about going to college.
Before the exam, Gao Sheng was busy dealing with the business of the advertising company and had no time to review. He even failed one subject, and the other subjects were also low-altitude flying.
However, he secretly told Lin Jingzhe and Zhou Haitang not to speak out.
Fortunately, no one has time to care about his grades this year. Zhou Haitang, who is about to change his major, is the top priority at the end of the period.
One hundred dumplings gradually took shape in Hu Yu's hands, together with Lin Jingzhe's dozen or so patch-and-patch stuff. The two fathers who were hiding on the sofa in the living room and didn't want to work were summoned and went to the kitchen to make dumplings with a tray. The boiling water in the pot blasted the steam like clouds and mists. The fathers were busy in the kitchen of the Sun Street snack bar all day long, and they were not able to escape this scene at the end of the year.
But men also have their careers.
In the kitchen, the fathers who are making dumplings are discussing opening a branch next year.
The store on Sun Street opened at the beginning of the year, and it has been nearly a year since now. In less than a year, its reputation has already been established in the circle of residents in the south of the city. Although Zhou's father's craftsmanship is not as good as Zhou's mother's, but it is still much better than most of the current restaurants. Zhou's father, who is satisfied with a small wealth, is stimulated by his wife's increasingly large-scale career, and he begins to feel uneasy. Gan falls behind.
The growing traffic and increasingly crowded stores made him realize that expansion was imperative.
He brought a new wave of apprentices, and he was also optimistic about the next target store. This time, it was a prosperous commercial area in the east of the city, with a total area of 200 square meters.
Father Zhou wanted to officially transform the business model of "snack bar" into "restaurant".
However, Zhou's mother was busy working in the Haitang Food Factory, and had no energy to participate anymore. Zhou's father's biggest partner became Gao Sheng's father. The old buddies who cooperated very happily in the snack bar decided to continue their entanglement. The two parties redistributed the shares according to the proportion of their investment. Zhou's father provided the craftsmanship, and Gao's father managed the operation.
The aroma of the dumplings rose, and he used a large spoon to drain it into the frame. Gao Sheng first poked a chopstick and handed it to Lin Jingzhe's mouth.
Lin Jingzhe obediently bit into his mouth. The dumplings were filled with Sanxian stuffing, but Zhou's mother could never just put simple Sanxian in them - pork mixed with shrimp, chopped corn, shiitake mushrooms, shredded fungus, etc. Waiting for the accessories, wrapped in a packet of soup, it burst in the mouth, soft and hot.
"good to eat!"
The meat buns in the cage were also cooked, and Zhou's mother hurriedly took a plate and picked a few and handed them over to the children: "Eat some padding first, the New Year's Eve dinner is not finished yet, I don't know when it will be eaten."
The soft skin of the meat buns was just right, and even swayed back and forth when they were placed on the plate. The smell of the milky noodles was then covered by the smell of the cracked fillings, and the thick and oily gravy could not wait to flow from the gap. After coming out, it spread on the dough, and the hungry Lin Jingzhe ate one in three mouthfuls.
The New Year's Eve dinner is still being cooked, and it will take at least a few hours for the situation to be completely completed.
He hurriedly took out several thermal insulation boxes from the cupboard, and put the dumplings and meat buns in the basket: "I'll go out!"
"Where are you going! It's so cold outside!" Hu Yu hurriedly followed him to the gate, looking anxious.
Lin Jingzhe smiled at her while putting on his coat: "I have something to do, I will be back soon."
Hu Yu stretched his neck towards the corridor: "Wear more!"
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Lin Runsheng was pacing in the room, looking at the phone from time to time, he repeated to Shen Juanying: "You can call Jing Zhe."
Shen Juanying helped the aunt at home to sort the dishes, and looked at her husband speechlessly: "I repeat, you must make this call yourself."
Lin Runsheng frowned tightly. There was strong anxiety and fear in his heart. What should he say after connecting the phone
Would Jing Zhe be willing to come to the house for New Year's Eve dinner? Haven't called all day, is it just a polite refusal? Lin Runsheng was very worried that what he was doing would anger the other party out of time, so he wanted to act several times, but was suppressed by the hesitation in his heart.
Shen Tiantian was so frightened by his frown that she sat on the sofa and didn't dare to breathe. When the doorbell rang, she couldn't wait to jump up and open the door. The cold wind hit her face along the gap in the door. Before she could see who was outside the house, a hot thing was stuffed into her mouth.
After subconsciously chewing two bites, the fragrant filling of the dumplings filled his mouth, and an unexpected face appeared in his sight.
Lin Jingzhe pinched her face: "Happy New Year."
"Happy New Year!" Shen Tiantian didn't close the door, pulling Lin Jingzhe towards the room, "Come in, brother, you are covered in snow, it's cold outside."
Lin Jingzhe was staggered by her pull, and hurriedly stopped, shoving the two thermal insulation buckets he was holding into the arms of the little girl who was holding him: "I won't go in, I'll bring you something."
Shen Tiantian was stunned for a moment, and immediately looked back at the room at a loss, Lin Runsheng and Shen Juanying had already run out, and they were a little surprised to see Lin Jingzhe.
Shen Juanying came up and wanted to pull: "We've all gone home, why don't we have dinner together and don't leave!"
Lin Runsheng also frowned: "There's so much snow outside, where else do you want to go?"
Lin Jingzhe was besieged helplessly, but his attitude was very firm, and he said with a smile: "It's really impossible, it's really not possible, there's still waiting for dinner there."
Shen Juanying saw that he was serious, and hesitated for a while when he pulled people, Lin Jingzhe hurriedly got out: "Let's go! I'll see you again on the first day of the new year, Happy New Year!"
Lin Runsheng sighed, Shen Juanying could only reluctantly compromise, hurriedly ordered some dishes, and then took out a red envelope and stuffed it into Lin Jingzhe's pocket: "Happy New Year, great luck, be sure to pay attention to safety, and be sure to come back for dinner tomorrow, Your father and I are not going anywhere, and no one will be seen, we will wait for you at home."
After watching Lin Jingzhe go out, Lin Runsheng, who had not spoken much, shrunk his mouth.
Shen Juanying touched his back to comfort him: "Okay! What else do you want, Jingzhe has come to greet you for the New Year, what's not to be dissatisfied with!"
Lin Runsheng opened the heat preservation bucket aggrievedly, glanced inside, and poked a dumpling out.
The dumplings were out of shape, concave and convex, as if they were just squeezed by a bear's paw and then thrown into the pot and cooked.
"This dumpling is really ugly." He cherished the dumpling into his mouth and said slowly and firmly, "It's definitely not made by Jingzhe."
Shen Tiantian pouted and sent Lin Jingzhe to the yard, still humming and unhappy: "Why don't you eat at home, I even told my friends to come to see you at home."
Lin Jingzhe didn't expect that she would want to introduce herself to a friend. She laughed for a while, and gently pinched her pouted mouth: "Next time, next time I will take you out for a whole day to play."
Shen Tiantian still looked a little disappointed, and when she saw that he got into the car, she waved her hand slightly and said goodbye: "Goodbye brother."
"It's cold outside, come in."
He immediately drove into the depths.
The car just drove into Xiao's yard, and was catching up with a car inside that cut through the snow and drove out, and stopped at a distance from the other side. Xiao Chi got out of it, and his eyes were obviously surprised.
Lin Jingzhe got out of the car with the heat preservation bucket in his arms, and ran to him in a hurry against the heavy snow: "Where are you going at night?"
Xiao Chi opened his mouth, looked at the two heat preservation buckets in his hands, and suddenly laughed, reached out to cover his head and dragged him into the room.
The unique aroma of the Xiao family was mixed with the heating, and when he heard the door open, Yu Shuyuan, who was busy, glanced outside, and when he saw his son, he immediately asked in a loud voice, "Didn't you tell me to send dumplings to Jingzhe? I forgot to bring something. ?"
Lin Jingzhe followed behind and entered the door. He was slightly taken aback when he heard it, and Xiao Chi's low voice rang in front of him: "Jingzhe is here."
"Ouch!"
The parents of the Xiao family ran out together. Yu Shu was wearing the dress Lin Jingzhe bought for her, and she laughed and laughed when she saw Lin Jingzhe and the heat preservation bucket in Lin Jingzhe's arms: "You child! What are you running!"
Lin Jingzhe slowed down and then came over. He glanced at Xiao Chi with a serious face, and clenched one hand quietly, and said with a smile, "Come by the way for a New Year, Happy New Year."
Xiao Chi's fiery fingers got between his fingers and intertwined with his fingers. He turned his head and stared at him fixedly: "Hands are so cold."
Yu Shuyuan also looked helpless: "Happy New Year. Why do you wear so little, come in quickly."
When the old lady heard his voice, she came out of the Buddhist hall with a smile, and hung a red rope on his head: "Amitabha, you bad boy, I've been waiting for you for a day."
Lin Jingzhe looked down and found that the red string was hooked to an amulet.
At first glance, this amulet was made by himself, and the stitches were not very tight. Xiao Chi pulled it out of the sweater and pulled out an identical one, explaining to him, "Every child in the family has one."
children at home.
Lin Jingzhe pursed his lips and smiled: "Thank you, grandma."
The old lady had already opened the insulation box he brought, took out a bun to eat, and smiled at him while eating: "It's delicious."
Xiao Shenxing sighed and said, "The meal is almost ready, don't stand at the door, come in quickly."
Lin Jingzhe had already refused to give out the experience. Hearing this, he just smiled: "I'm still waiting at home."
Xiao Chi could hear whether his words were serious or not, so he took the lead in saying, "Then I'll take you off."
Xiao's mother could only pack a few more dishes for Lin Jingzhe to take away, and then looked at the two backs who went out, and said to her husband reluctantly: "These two children, really..."
Xiao Chi just packed a box of dumplings and went out and said that he wanted to deliver them to Lin Jingzhe, but she still couldn't understand it. Unexpectedly, when her son went out on the front foot, Lin Jingzhe's back foot arrived early.
Sure enough, it was a young man who was still holding hands secretly at the gate, thinking that the elders couldn't see it, which made her feel embarrassed.
Dad Xiao snorted, and was a little unconvinced after being rejected by Lin Jingzhe. He had originally planned to introduce him to the guests who came to visit the door for New Year's greetings later.
Xiao Chi took Lin Jingzhe's hand and took him to the car parked outside the courtyard. The two held each other reluctantly, and the eyes that met under the night were entangled into a ball of wool that couldn't be undone.
Lin Jingzhe said softly, "Happy New Year."
Xiao Chi came closer, didn't kiss, just touched his forehead lightly.
"Happy New Year."
Lin Jingzhe's speed was much slower than when he came, and when he came out, he circled into the yard of Fang's house - he also brought a portion of Mr. Fang's food.
Fang Wenhao's parents were also at home during the New Year. After listening to the old man's introduction, he realized that the batch of far-reaching antiques was donated by such a young man. He was very warm and polite, and he gave red envelopes and returned dishes. Lin Jingzhe left. At the same time, he also went out specially to send them off.
After the gift was finally delivered, Lin Jingzhe's car slowly drove in the direction of home. Snowflakes danced and danced in the night where the headlights hit, which was extremely beautiful.
A brisk song was playing on the car stereo, and he happily sang along, looking straight ahead, passing an oncoming car.
"Wait!" Shi Nanxing, who was only allowed to be discharged from the hospital on the 30th New Year's Eve, suddenly shouted to stop the driver, then leaned on the window and looked hard at the light of the streetlight, the more he looked, the more familiar his eyes became, "That's not Lin. Is it a shocking car?!"
"It seems so." Qi Kai leaned on the rear window and glanced at it, "What are we doing here during the New Year's Eve?"
Could it be that he came to see the parents of the Xiao family? Hahahahaha! He pondered so playfully, and felt that the reason was quite possible!
Shi Nanxing opened the car door with a gloomy face and got out. Using the headlights, he analyzed the traces of Lin Jingzhe's tires on the snow, but there was quite a lot of traffic in this area recently. .
From the direction Lin Jingzhe drove away, it stretched all the way to Fang's yard.
snort! It turned out to be the Fang family! The big New Year's relationship is coming!
Shi Nanxing consciously found out the truth, with a contemptuous expression on his face, he straightened up in disdain, and snorted coldly in the direction Lin Jingzhe left.
Qi Kai didn't know what was going on, so he stuck his head out and called to him: "Uncle, why are you getting out of the car, it's so cold outside, your legs aren't in a good shape yet, be careful you fall again—"
Before he could finish his words, Shi Nanxing, who was walking back towards the car, slipped and dizzy.
boom-
With a solid fall, everyone present was stunned.
A few seconds later, a wailing pierced the sky and rushed into the night. Lin Runsheng, who was eating the dumplings brought by Lin Jingzhe, raised his head and looked out in amazement in the dark—
"what sound?"
Shen Juanying said blankly, "I don't know, which one is killing chickens."
Lin Jingzhe arrived home on the front foot, and the phone rang on the back foot. Xiao Chi's gentle voice was like a warm lamp in winter: "Are you home?"
"It's here." With the help of Hu Yu, Lin Jingzhe took off his jacket and carried the thermal bucket he brought back to the dining room. After Xiao Chi's breathing, he could hear a loud noise, "Is there a guest at home?"
"Well." Xiao Chi said, "My uncle, my aunt, and a few relatives."
In the background, an unfamiliar female voice asked with a smile: "Yo, who is Xiao Chi calling? This is a gentle expression..."
Xiao Chi ignored it, and Lin Jingzhe listened to Yu Shuyuan's question: "Are you home?"
Xiao Chi replied to the outside of the phone, and Yu Shuyuan warned: "Tell Xiaolin to quickly drink the hot soup that I brought him. This child is really, it's so cold outside, and he just wore too little."
It seemed that he was answering the question from the female voice just now: "Xiao Chi called his partner, the child just brought us dumplings, and he left on his forefoot. I don't care if he doesn't care about him, let them talk by themselves, let's eat... "
Xiao Chi seemed to have left the table, and the phone gradually became quiet. He chatted with Lin Jingzhe for a few more sticky words.
After hanging up the phone, Lin Jingzhe was a little dazed. He took out the red envelope that Shen Juanying had stuffed to him just now from his pocket, stared at the words "Peace and Joy" on the red envelope, and sighed softly.
Father Zhou, who opened the heat preservation bucket on the table, poured the vegetables into the plate and looked at him curiously: "Where did you go just now? Who did you call to report safety? It took so long."
"It must be with him." Zhou's mother, who knew the inside story, squeezed out a teasing smile as she opened a drink and asked, "Really?"
Lin Jingzhe looked at the concerned people in the room, put away the phone after a long while, smiled and hummed.