Hangzhou, China.
A Chinese-style house nestled among trees on the west bank of the West Lake can be said to be the top of the city's pyramid that has attracted close attention in recent days.
Because of the sudden arrival of a certain super tycoon.
Then the news came out that Simon Westeros came to China this time only for personal matters. Specifically, he wanted to establish a relationship with a girl named Lin. There were even rumors that the girl was pregnant. The status of those who can find out this information will not be low, and their reaction to this matter will not be as red-eyed as some ordinary people who are accustomed to hating the rich. Instead, they will mostly be envious.
That's Simon Westeros!
According to constant news from abroad, as U.S. technology stocks continue to surge, Simon Westeros’ personal net worth has reached US$2 trillion.
Tsk.
Two trillion US dollars is completely unimaginable. After all, the domestic GDP in the past year was only 860 billion US dollars.
Not to mention anything else, as soon as the other party landed in the country, orders came directly from the capital, requiring all departments to do a good job in reception without any mistakes. Then, while a certain tycoon was leisurely, a large number of people had their annual leave cancelled.
Simon and Lin Su set off on the morning of February 3rd and arrived in China on the afternoon of February 4th, Beijing time. This day is the 27th of the twelfth lunar month.
Come directly to your door.
After communicating frankly with Father Lin and Mother Lin, the Lin family, who had already expected it, agreed.
Simon also prepared a generous betrothal gift according to Chinese tradition, and Lin Su naturally had a set of rings. After a lively family dinner that night, the relationship between the two was completely sealed.
After all, given the social level of the Lin family, certain things are not uncommon at all. Moreover, even if his daughter became the woman of Simon Westeros, it was not considered a real wife, but it was not considered a condescension in any aspect. Father Lin and Mother Lin once thought that their daughter would remain unknown by each other's side. Now, the other party comes to the door in person, shows all courtesy, and then learns about the other party's arrangements for the child in his daughter's belly, so it is impossible to ask for too much.
The matter was completed in a hurry, and the next day was the 29th of the twelfth lunar month.
There is no twelfth lunar month this year. This day is New Year's Eve. In the courtyard in the evening, the Lin family, still surrounded by a festive atmosphere, is busy preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner.
Because the compound, which covers an area of more than six acres, is spacious enough, and Lin’s father inevitably shows off some thoughts, in addition to Lin Su’s grandparents, Lin’s father also invited his other four brothers and sisters to come together today. Celebrating the New Year here? There are more than thirty members of the Lin family in the mansion at this time.
In the spacious kitchen on one side of the mansion, except for the two chefs who were invited to take charge, the women of the Lin family were busy. After all, cooking the New Year's Eve dinner by yourself makes the atmosphere more interesting.
Lin Lan stood next to her sister who insisted on coming to help like a bastard, randomly picking a basket of beans, and said in a gossipy tone: "Sister, did he really promise to call the child Simon Lin Westeros?"
Lin Su guessed that his father, who was chatting with relatives in the main room, must have let the news slip on purpose, and his sister heard him. Seeing her asking this, he just nodded slightly.
"Although, I also know that Westerners like to name their children with the names of their elders, but it still feels weird?" Lin Lan saw her sister nodding and expressed her opinion. Then she lowered her voice: "But? After all, she is a child. Simon? He? Well, does the principal wife have no objection to this?"
Before Lin Su had time to react, Lin Lan's head was slapped by a hand. She turned her head subconsciously and saw her mother with a bad look. Lin Lan quickly tried to change the subject: "Mom, your hands are wet? My hair..."
Mother Lin didn't give her second daughter a chance to change the subject. She glared at her and said, "Shut your mouth if you don't know how to speak."
"Why can't I speak anymore, and I said this in front of my sister?" Lin Lan muttered, but couldn't help but said, "Mom, what if it's a girl?"
This sentence obviously made Lin's mother even more angry. She slapped Lin Lan again. Although she hit Lin Lan on the back this time, she didn't hold back at all. Lin Lan's painful screams made other female family members in the kitchen look at her. Mother Lin smiled at everyone, then grabbed her second daughter's ear and pulled her towards the door: "Go, go, don't make trouble here. I'll get annoyed when I see you. You're celebrating the New Year, what nonsense are you talking about."
Although Mother Lin has always claimed that she does not favor boys over girls, how could her daughter give birth to a girl? !
After driving her second daughter away, Mother Lin said to her eldest daughter soothingly: "Don't listen to your sister's nonsense. She has had a bad mouth since she was a child. It's not like you don't know that."
"It's nothing," Lin Su just smiled. Compared with the low state in North America a few days ago, in recent days, because of a certain man doing these things, her whole temperament has become brighter again, and she whispered again. He continued: "Actually, he likes children very much. It doesn't matter if it's a girl this time. I can have another one. Anyway, there is no family planning in the United States."
Mother Lin nodded slightly, and then sighed softly: "Xiao Su, if he can do this, we can all feel that he is sincere to you. However, even if you don't say it, I can guess that there must be someone around him. There are many women. In short, you can’t expect too much in the future. Take good care of yourself and your children. In short, let yourself live a better life and don’t worry too much about status and the like.”
Lin Su nodded: "Mom, I know."
As he said this, Lin Su couldn't help but think of someone's arrangements for the women around him. They were always in pairs. Even in Du Meijiao Manor, there were two Jennys.
Obviously, he has probably considered some issues.
What a bastard.
Mother Lin saw that her eldest daughter suddenly remembered something, so she didn't interrupt her. She quickly picked a basket of beans and handed it to a female family member next to her. She changed it to a basket of green vegetables and continued picking, while continuing: "By the way, Xiao Su , and one more thing, tonight, you know, on New Year's Eve, your father and I should give him a red envelope. Do you think we should give him this?"
Lin Su blinked his eyes, then curled his lips: "Of course I will give it, why not?"
"Then, how much is appropriate?"
"You can give him whatever you give to Qin Yusong. We are both sons-in-law, so we can't favor one over the other, right?"
Mother Lin saw her daughter smile even more when she said these words, and couldn't help but pat her on the back of her hand: "I just know how to joke, and I want to see your mother laugh."
"No," Lin Su calmed down a little and said, "He does as the Romans do, and this red envelope should be regarded as a red envelope for changing his lips."
Mother Lin was stunned when she heard this.
I fantasized a little bit about a certain Simon from Westeros changing his name to them... I feel a little unbearable just thinking about it.
After staying for a moment, Mother Lin said again: "Then, let your dad give it to you?"
Lin Su's face became more smiley: "Don't make things difficult for my dad, he will be scared."
Mother Lin thought about how her husband had been trying to prop up his father-in-law but was obviously missing a bone in the past two days in front of his eldest daughter. She also felt that it was inappropriate, but then she glared at her daughter again: "How can you say that about your father?" ?”
Lin Su looked innocent: "I didn't say anything."
Mother Lin hesitated for a moment, then added: "How about you go talk to him and explain the red envelope thing, then just change your mind."
Lin Su shook his head directly: "I am now his woman, and I am pregnant with his child. It is right for him to change his mind."
"It's different. Don't think I don't understand anything. I heard that foreigners also call their father-in-law and mother-in-law by their first names. They don't have the habit of calling parents."
Lin Sum hummed for a moment, then concentrated on picking vegetables.
Seeing her daughter like this, Mother Lin thought for a while and then said cautiously: "How about it's more formal and call me father-in-law and mother-in-law?"
Lin Su saw her mother's tangled look, and then thought about the man. She had actually not communicated with him about this matter in private. What if... This would actually not be bad: "Then I will talk to him later, but , Qin Yusong calls you parents, and he calls father-in-law and mother-in-law, isn’t it right?”
"Then let Xiao Qin shout like this, and you won't go wrong."
Lin Su shrugged slightly.
"What's wrong with this?" Mother Lin raised her hand and slapped her eldest daughter on the shoulder. After saying that, she thought of another thing: "Hey, also, the children of your uncles and aunts outside will also give red envelopes after the New Year's Eve dinner. You Are you ready?"
Lin Su nodded: "Ready."
Mother Lin subconsciously lowered her voice and asked, "How much?"
Lin Su said: "666."
Mother Lin was shocked: "So many?"
"He set it, thinking that this number is auspicious." Lin Su said, seeing the distressed look on his mother's face, he explained: "It's nothing. You know, money doesn't count to him at all."
"Then we can't give you so much," Mother Lin's voice instinctively raised, and then she quickly lowered her voice: "That, is it RMB?"
"He's an American, so of course it's US dollars."
After hearing this, Mother Lin subconsciously did some calculations in her mind. With a shake of her hand, a handful of vegetables fell into the frame. She pulled her daughter out of the kitchen and walked to the storage room next door. She whispered: "No, I can't give it to you." so much."
More than six hundred US dollars, converted into RMB, is over 5,000.
Of course Mother Lin knew that her daughter's man had more money than he could spend, but the New Year's money given to her at one time was equivalent to a year's salary for most people, which was a bit too random.
Lin Su was dragged over and said helplessly: "Mom, we have already wrapped the red envelopes."
"Then give it a heavy package, Xiao Su, listen, this is not a one-year thing. I gave you so much this year, what will you do next year? You can't give so much every year, right?"
"There will still be so many in the future," Lin Su held her mother's hand and advised, "Mom, this is really nothing. Besides, think about it, everyone knows how rich he is. If he is given less, he will lose face. , I don’t want him to be gossiped about in private.”
"That's right..." Mother Lin was about to continue, but she suddenly reacted: "You said it was decided by him, but it was obviously decided by you. I said, how could he, an American, know anything about six hundred and sixty-six, you? , No matter how much I want to save face, I can’t give so much. I think sixty-six is pretty good, sixty-six is a great success.”
Lin Su also found that she had spilled the beans, but she had no intention of making excuses: "Okay, Mom, this is our business. Besides, Xiaoguang and the others are not outsiders, so I, the aunt, will pay their future tuition fees."
Mother Lin felt her daughter's stubborn tone, sighed, and then reacted: "Even if Xiaoguang and the others are not outsiders, in the past few days, there will definitely be other relatives and friends bringing their children to pay New Year's greetings. You can't give it away like this anymore."
"I know, I've thought about it all." Lin Su said, pushing her mother out: "Let's go help, hiding here is like discussing bad things."
"Don't fool me, how much do you think it is?"
"100," Lin Su said, "It will be the same in the future."
“Or dollars?”
"Um."
"Just waste your fortune, you..."
"Mom, why don't you go and tell him to pay less for the new year's money?"
The two of them turned to the door of the kitchen. Mother Lin heard her daughter restraining herself and gently pushed her to prevent her from entering: "Go, go, stop making trouble like this. I'm upset when I see you."
Knowing that her mother was afraid that she would be tired due to pregnancy, Lin Su did not refuse and turned around to walk towards the main room.
After saying hello to the grandfather and several men from his father's generation who were chatting in the main room, Lin Su followed the sound and came to the next door.
Chess is being played here.
The two parties playing chess are Simon and Lin Lan's husband Qin Yusong, surrounded by a group of young people including Lin Su's two younger brothers.
When everyone saw Lin Su coming, they all moved out of the way.
Seeing Lin Lan lying on her husband's back and pointing at the chessboard on the table, Lin Su naturally stood beside the man. She was not as intimate as her younger sister and her husband, but just put one hand on the man's back. shoulders.
Look at the chessboard.
The game of chess has begun to wrap up.
Lin Su could tell at a glance that her brother-in-law and his little sister seemed to be working together to defeat Simon, but in fact they were cheating together.
Both are human beings.
Of course, he would not expose it. He probably knew it in his heart, so he also started to provide advice. Lin Lan also accused him of breaking the rules, and the atmosphere in the room became more lively and warm.
So until it gets dark.
The New Year's Eve dinner was ready, and the whole family was divided into several tables and crowded into the hall. The TV was showing the warm-up of the Spring Festival Gala that was about to begin. This long-lost feeling of familiarity and unfamiliarity mixed together almost made Simon burst into tears. What is a little regrettable is the lack of firecrackers.
Unexpectedly, Hangzhou banned firecrackers in the 1990s.
However, when Simon pretended to be curious and mentioned why he couldn't hear the firecrackers that should be heard during the Chinese New Year, there were firecrackers soon.
So complete.
After the New Year's Eve dinner, the whole family began to pay New Year greetings to each other, but mainly Lin Su and Simon, first to Lin Su's grandparents, then to Lin's father and mother, and then to the four uncles and aunts. Lin Su reminded them in private After Simon received the red envelope, he decisively changed his story. Others were still a little reserved. When he was called father-in-law, Father Lin, who had drunk too much wine again, almost laughed out of his eyes.
Finally, the juniors came forward to pay New Year greetings.
Lin Su handed out thick red envelopes one after another, which made Lin Lan jealous, and finally called her sister and brother-in-law to grab one too. Probably because they quietly checked the red envelopes, and then watched the New Year's Eve, the atmosphere became more warm and harmonious.
Um.
There is still a slightly jarring episode.
The problem is on Spring Festival Evening.
When Uncle Benshan's "Red Sorghum Model Team" came on stage, Teacher Fan was supposed to have a line of "just like the world's supermodel Cindy Crawford". Instead, in recent months, she has become famous all over the country for breaking into the international stage. I know the names of two girls, Jian Xin and Tao Yuelei.
Moreover, the two girls also appeared in the VIP seats in the audience and got a close-up shot.
The Lin family didn't know what was going on with Jian Xin and Tao Yuelei, and it was certainly impossible for Lin Su not to know, so Simon was pinched by Lin Su, who was clinging to him like a cat, with resentment and of course, a very harmless pinch.