The New Year atmosphere in the city is not as strong as that in the countryside.
Many residents living in the same building have not seen each other or visited each other for many years. During the New Year, they just stay at home preparing food and drinks, or take a walk in the community.
In the evening, as the New Year's Eve firecrackers blasted, the New Year's Eve dinner gradually began, becoming lively and prosperous.
Xiong Ran, like an outsider, participated.
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"Son, what do you think..."
After returning from the New Year's Eve dinner, Jin Guifen asked Xiong Ran, "Your father is a teacher, a bit old-fashioned. He doesn't like you to be naughty since you were a child. He thinks boys should be steady and responsible. You have to understand that it's not that he doesn't care about you..."
"Look at me now. I'm at loggerheads with my whole family! I'm not close to my grandparents, my uncle and aunt, and even my cousins. This can't go on..."
"Do you not like Miss Xu at all, or do you have someone in your heart? Tell me, I will help you with some advice..."
Xiong Ran was silent and did not mention the past. After his soul came to this world three years ago, he returned home and felt more alienated and unfamiliar with everyone in the Xiong family. As a result, he did not move, take the initiative, speak, or pay attention. He was very silent.
At that time, his career took a sharp turn for the worse due to his half-disabled voice, and his parents and relatives didn't understand and couldn't say much. But now the situation has changed. At least he has set up a studio and is developing well. However, he still ate alone for the New Year's Eve dinner tonight, feeling depressed and speechless.
This made Xiong Jianlin very angry.
I’ll beat him, but my son is grown up now and scolding him probably won’t help. I don’t know how to educate him.
Because of Xiong Ran, Xiong's father couldn't hold his head up in front of his grandparents and his uncle and aunt. He was even more ashamed to face the Xu family. He had a hard life these years.
"Mom, give me some time..."
Xiong Ran's mind was full of thoughts. "I don't want to think too much now. I just want to develop my career well! I'll make some money for a few years and then start my next career. Whether I will be with Sister Ruoqing or someone else in the future, it all depends on fate..."
"You can't force feelings, as for..."
Xiong Ran paused, "As for the relationship with my family and relatives, it's better to keep silent. It's not like the Xiong family can't survive without me! Earning more money is more practical than anything else and can solve most of the troubles in life..."
"After the New Year, when I have enough money, I will buy a bigger house! Or I can buy two or three adjacent houses, so that my grandparents can live next to each other..."
This is Xiong Ran’s plan. Since he probably can’t repay much family love, he will repay with material things.
When he has money, he will buy an apartment with two elevators and four households on each floor. He will give one unit to his grandparents, one to his parents, one to his sister, and one to himself. This will solve most of his future problems.
They are not crowded into the same apartment, but live next door to each other, making living and caring very convenient.
Material satisfaction can reduce 99% of life troubles...
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"Girl, what do you think..."
The Xu family also went to their grandparents' house for the New Year's Eve dinner and returned soon after the meal. Like Xiong Ran, Xu Ruoqing's relationship with his family members gradually faded and he even became silent after he changed his job and went to Kyoto.
After all, no matter what, she had made a fool of herself, so she couldn't be happy and could only remain silent. The relatives of the Xu family had all kinds of comments about this.
"It's not worth it to keep wasting time like this..."
Xu's mother's tone was very melancholy. "Xiong Ran is a boy. He will not get married until he is 40 years old. As long as he is successful in his career and rich, there will be no shortage of young girls throwing themselves at him..."
"What about you? If you are over 30, you are an old leftover woman. If you are over 35, you are an old mother. If you are over 40..."
"Girl, we can't spend our whole lives together..."
As she spoke, Xu Ma's eyes gradually became moist and tears began to form. She was really distressed and sad. She regretted that her beautiful daughter had become like this because of a childhood marriage.
Back then, they really shouldn’t have arranged a marriage. Maybe there would have been no such thing, and the two childhood sweethearts could have been together smoothly until the end, but who knew that naughty child…
You've been naughty and mischievous since you were little. When you were a kid, you kissed me when I asked you to. And you even declared your sovereignty
As a result, what was originally a beautiful marriage turned into a grudge and became a topic of ridicule and mockery
This butterfly effect is really a perverse trend.
"Don't worry, Mom. I have a plan..."
Facing her mother who cares for her, Xu Ruoqing is very sincere. "One must always have some pursuit and persistence in life! Anyway, as a daughter, I am marrying someone instead of seeking a son-in-law. Jiaming is responsible for carrying on the family line, so I will be free and unrestrained..."
"I can't be the first to admit defeat in this matter!"
"If I win in the end, even if it's a joke, it will be a good story. At least I have the courage!"
"Okay, Mom. I'm going to be transferred to Shanghai for work after the new year. It's close to Xiong Ran. I'm sure things will turn around next year and we'll be together. Don't worry, don't cry..."
Smiling, Xu Ruoqing reached out to wipe the tears from her mother's eyes. Her mother also burst into laughter and said, "Go ahead and argue. I don't know who you learned this from..."
"It's such a hard life to have a daughter like you!"
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Bang~ crackle!
As the sky brightened in the morning, with the faint light of firecrackers and fireworks outside the window, the first day of the new year officially began.
Xiong Ran was woken up early in the morning by Xiong Xin pinching his nose. He had dumplings for breakfast and then went to his grandparents' house around seven o'clock to wish them a happy new year!
Afterwards, my uncle and aunt came one after another, paid New Year's greetings to my grandparents, and then went out as a group.
Some elderly neighbors who are relatives need to visit and wish a happy new year to seven or eight families in the nearby communities, which takes two hours.
Xiong Ran has grown up and has no New Year's money, but Xiong Xin is still in school, so he has a red envelope.
Although the red envelope is not much, the silly girl is happy. It doesn't matter how much money is in the red envelope, just like the WeChat red envelopes that have been popular for a long time on Earth. What she wants is excitement, joy and happiness. She will be happy even if it's only one cent.
Of course, this time and space now has WeChat, which is similar to Wechat, but there are no red envelopes. However, Xiong Ran estimates that there will definitely be red envelopes in the future. There is no shortage of talented people in every world, and ideas are like a flash of inspiration.
Earth Time and Space will be released at the end of January 2014, but no one knows when this world will be released. Anyway, Xiong Ran is not interested in it because he cannot beat the big names in technology.
There is no successful technology industry that is without connections and relationships behind it. Success cannot be achieved by simply copying. Even if there are good ideas, 99% of the time they will be swallowed up before they can rise.
Technology companies have the funds and connections to make their products more creative. If they don’t sell, others will copy them directly, extend and optimize their ideas, and pirated products will eventually kill the original products. It’s common for pirated products to kill the original products. It’s OK if you don’t have an idea, but once you have an idea, it’s easy to draw inferences from it.
Otherwise, the Penguin system would not have been able to grow successfully and become stronger. It has now become a unicorn and will involve all aspects of people's lives in the future. It is so terrifying.
Buzz, buzz!
Suddenly, a WeChat message came. Xiong Ran came back to his senses and read it. "Sorry, I won't go! You know the reason. You guys can get together and bring my blessings..."
This WeChat message was sent by one of Xiong Ran’s former best friends, and it was an invitation to a class reunion.
A few years ago, the original body did participate.
However, at the class reunion, people inevitably reminisce about their youth, and then he becomes the target of jokes, and his childhood engagement with Xu Ruoqing will be brought up for fun.
What's the point of going there? After his new soul was born, Xiong Ran never went there again, thus avoiding all kinds of trouble.
"If you can guarantee it, I'll go..."
On the other end, Xu Ruoqing replied on WeChat, "If everyone can guarantee that they won't mention my past with Xiong Ran, then I can attend, but there are always things that are unclear, so forget it, to avoid being accused of being hypocritical later..."
Xu Ruoqing also refused. She had attended class reunions before, but she was always confused and liked to talk a lot about her childhood engagement with Xiong Ran.
So out of sight, out of mind. Just forget it.
"Sister, let's go..."
Outside the house, Xu Jiaming started shouting.
Going to Xiong Ran's house would be rude if you don't reciprocate, and it would also give Xiong Ran and Xu Ruoqing more opportunities to be alone together and create sparks.
Opposites attract, what if it works out, right