Then, Chen Ming stood under the plaque, and Chen Gensheng and Wang Yan stood behind him, with proud smiles on their faces.
This is full of honor.
At this time, all the relatives stood on the left and right sides, not coming forward, allowing the family to enjoy this glorious moment by themselves.
At this time, Zhang Bufan walked out of the crowd holding his mobile phone, stood behind Chen Ming's family of three, pressed the shutter button of his mobile phone, and saved this scene.
Hearing someone taking pictures behind him, Chen Ming quickly turned around and said with a smile: "Why take a picture of my back? If you want to take a picture, take a picture of my front!"
After saying that, he urged his parents to turn around, and the three of them stood under the plaque and asked Zhang Bufan to take a front-facing photo.
At this time, someone shouted, "Everyone is here, why don't we take a photo together!"
After these words were spoken, everyone nodded with a smile.
Although they are all from a big family, there is not even a group photo of the big family.
Chen Ming also said with a smile: "That's great, let's take a photo together!"
After getting Chen Ming's consent, everyone quickly straightened their clothes and gathered in front of Chen Ming's house.
Zhang Bufan pulled over a villager who was just passing by and simply told him how to take pictures.
Then he also squeezed into the crowd and made a "yeah" gesture.
Soon, the villager pressed the camera button, and the family photo was captured on the phone.
After taking the photos, Zhang Bufan looked at the photos on his phone and promised with a smile that he would develop the photos some other day and give each household one.
Everyone had smiles on their faces and turned their attention back to the plaque hanging on the door.
The uncle couldn't help but say, "With this sign hanging here, no thief in the village would dare to steal from your house!"
The eldest cousin laughed and said, "Not only do they not dare, even a thief who comes in would have to kowtow three times to this sign before he dares to leave!"
Zhang Bufan also smiled and said, "I'm afraid the dog passed by and didn't dare to bark!"
Hearing his words, the big yellow dog raised by his third uncle's granddaughter Chen Xueqin became unhappy. Having just eaten and drunk enough, it lazily raised its head and barked at Zhang Bufan.
It seems to be saying, you dare not bark, I am a good dog, I dare to bark!
Everyone burst into laughter when they saw this scene.
While they were chatting, Wang Yan raised her voice and said to everyone, "Thank you for helping me with cooking lunch today."
With so many leaders coming today, if she was the only one working, she might die of exhaustion before finishing the meal.
My aunt said quickly, "Sister-in-law, we are all relatives, why are you still being so polite? Xiaoming has made a name for himself now, and we should also be proud of him."
This Chen Ming came from their Chen family.
Next time when you chat with people, you can bring up Chen Ming and brag about him. My youngest, Chen Ming, is a big shot. He won the second-class merit in the army, and the leaders of the Municipal Bureau came to his house in person to have dinner with him!
Of course, after this kind of boasting, there will basically be several exaggerated versions spread out based on rumors.
There may even be a story that Chen Ming saved the city leader from dozens of gangsters, and the leader came personally to thank him and wanted to marry his daughter to Chen Ming.
Chen Gensheng was very happy today and said proudly: "Why don't you just come to our house for the New Year's Eve dinner tomorrow? Xiaoming just installed a TV at home. Let's have the New Year's Eve dinner together and watch the Spring Festival Gala together!"
Today, Chen Gensheng can be said to be very proud. After all, his son has made great progress, and as a father, he is naturally the most glorious and the happiest. 0 ... .
When all the relatives heard this, they immediately agreed. Uncle San said, "Okay, I'll bring a few pounds of pork to make dumplings!"
The uncle said, "My family just brewed rice wine before the New Year. I'll bring half a bucket over and we can drink together!"
Although they are all from the same family, they have now started their own families.
Now we are able to have a big family reunion dinner together, which is of course very happy.
Everyone had happy smiles on their faces, and they were discussing with each other what they would bring tomorrow and what specialties they would cook.
However, there was only one exception, and that was Chen Ming's aunt, Chen Liping.
At this moment, she stood aside silently, without responding or joining in the discussion.
His face looked a little gloomy, which formed a sharp contrast with everyone else's enthusiastic expressions.
He buried his head, as if he was out of tune with everyone.
She is in a very complicated mood now.
In the past, she enjoyed everyone's flattery and envy, and took it for granted that everyone envied her.
However, Chen Ming's rise made her feel as if all her glory was taken away by Chen Ming's family overnight.
Even her son and husband sided with Chen Ming, which suddenly made her feel lonely.
She wanted her son to catch up and regain the status that belonged to their family.
But today, when he saw the head of the Municipal Bureau and the commander of the military sub-district come to congratulate Chen Ming, his original hope was completely extinguished.
Lost, unwilling and angry filled her heart.
Chen Gensheng was smoking a pipe and listening to everyone's discussion with a smile on his face.
But his eyes suddenly glanced at his sister who had retreated to the side, feeling lost alone, and the smile on his face froze.
He knew his sister's character.
After thinking for a while, he quietly left the group of people chatting, walked up to the sister, and said with a smile: "Sister, have dinner at my house tomorrow. Since our parents passed away, it has been a long time since so many of us have had a New Year's Eve dinner together!"
Although a large group of relatives often get together, the New Year’s Eve dinner is basically celebrated by each family at their own home.
It is not common to see a large family gathering together as planned for tomorrow.
At most, after dinner, they would visit each other, chat, and keep watch together.
After hearing what Chen Gensheng said, Zhang Liping wanted to refuse, but when she looked up and saw her brother's warm eyes, which were full of tolerance without any hostility, her heart couldn't help but waver.
The smile on that simple face is still as innocent as it was when he was a child.
After all, he is her biological brother, and he is the one who has taken the best care of her since she was a child.
I originally wanted to refuse, but I couldn't say it anymore...
Looking at Chen Gensheng's expression, she finally nodded and said softly, "Okay."
Seeing that his sister agreed, the smile on Chen Gensheng's face deepened.
4.6 This is his biological sister. Although she has married and started her own family, she is still his biological sister.
It’s okay for anyone to refuse, but he doesn’t want his sister to reject his kindness.
Just as they were chatting animatedly, a cold wind blew and everyone couldn't help shivering.
Chen Gensheng invited everyone into the house to chat.
Inside the house, everyone gathered around the brazier, eating melon seeds and chatting.
Wang Yan quietly pulled Chen Ming into the house, took out a thousand yuan and handed it to him.
Chen Ming looked at his mother in surprise, not knowing what to do.
Wang Yan said, "Child, a whole family is coming over for dinner tomorrow night. We don't have enough food to entertain them. Hurry up and drive to the town with your cousin to buy a small pig's back, and some vegetables, fruits, snacks, etc."
Although all the relatives will bring some food tomorrow, Chen Ming's family will still have to pay the biggest price, as the remaining food at home is not enough.
Chen Ming then took the money and nodded. He really had to hurry and buy it, otherwise the shops in the town might not be open on New Year's Eve tomorrow.
If nothing is prepared for tomorrow, this big party will become a big joke.
Wang Yan added, "I just bought a lot of meat from the butcher at the entrance of the village, but I didn't pay for it. You can go and settle the bill too."
There were so many people eating just now, and they couldn't just eat the chicken and duck they raised themselves. They also asked the butcher for a lot of pork, and the bill hasn't been settled yet.
Chen Ming collected the money and quickly called his cousin. He first settled the bill with the butcher at the village entrance, and then went to the town to do some shopping in preparation for tomorrow night.
They bought another large truckload of things. When they came back, the relatives were still there, still chatting while eating melon seeds.
After putting everything into the kitchen, Chen Ming and Zhang Bufan returned to the crowd and chatted with each other.
It was not until the night was about to get dark that everyone got up and went home.
Chapter 188: Chief, Happy New Year’s Eve!
On New Year's Eve, the whole village got up early and everyone was busy with their work.
Paste window flowers, hang Spring Festival couplets, wear new clothes, and welcome the New Year.
The festive atmosphere in rural areas is often much stronger than in big cities, and many native rural people attach more importance to the joy of the Spring Festival.
Chen Ming and his family also got up early.
Chen Gensheng and Wang Yan put on the clothes that Chen Ming bought for them when he came back.
Chen Ming also changed into a brand new coat which his parents had bought for him at some unknown time.
After breakfast, the family looked through the New Year goods that Chen Ming had bought two days ago and found many bright red things.
Chen Ming pasted up Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters, his father hung lanterns on both sides of the door, and his mother pasted up window flowers.
The whole family enjoyed themselves and soon made the house full of the festive atmosphere of the New Year.
After doing all this, there is nothing else to do. It is too early to prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner now.
My mother lit the brazier, turned on the TV, and while warming herself by the fire, she watched a wonderful TV series with great relish.
Her father Chen Gensheng sat next to her and watched together, taking a puff of smoke from his pipe from time to time.