Because the next day was New Year's Eve, the return trip was scheduled for that afternoon.
Things turned around. Fu Cheng and Fang Yunyao, who originally planned to spend the New Year in Yanzhou, were also going back to Libei, so there was only one room full of people, only Xiang Ning could not go with them. While the others were packing their bags, Xu Tingsheng drove Xiang Ning home.
Xiang's father and mother's restaurant will be closed for a few days during the Spring Festival, which happens to start from this day, the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.
In the car, Xiao Xiang Ning said, "Play that song."
So Xu Tingsheng found the old record and pressed the play button.
Li Zongsheng's vicissitudes of voice began to echo in the carriage, the song "Ghost Bewitched", "Someone asked me what is so good about you. After so many years, I still can't forget it. No matter how beautiful the spring breeze is, it can't compare to your smile. I have never seen your smile." People won't understand."
"Just like me," the sixteen-year-old girl suddenly said deeply, "It's like talking about me. Many people must ask you this way, why me. Poor, people who have met me will not understand."
"Uncle, I haven't done anything for you, except to be pampered by you." Xiang Ning said again.
Naturally, Xu Tingsheng couldn't talk about the waiting and disappointment in his previous life, the companionship and tolerance in those bleak years.
He said: "But you are only sixteen years old. The world can't ask a person to be vigorous and give a lot when she is fourteen or fifteen years old. There will be a long time in the future. Now you, allow me to treat you well, it is you who treat me well." My best."
Xu Tingsheng spoke affectionately.
But Xiang Ning said: "Love words are so sweet, uncle, you must be very good at deceiving girls."
Miss Xiang also said the same thing in the previous life, Xu Tingsheng did not argue. Although Xu Tingsheng in his previous life was not considered a libertine, he did have the years of riding horses among the flowers, but in the end, he fell into the hands of the inexperienced Miss Xiang.
It's good to be sloppy or dedicated, ordinary or extraordinary in life, there will always be a time of deep love, and that time, for most people, usually always becomes pain...
May this life not.
"I'll be seventeen after the Chinese New Year." Xiang Ning said.
"Yes." Xu Tingsheng said.
"You have to come back quickly."
"Um."
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On the return trip, Dad Fu and Mom took Dad Xu's A8L.
Song Ni took Huang Yaming's G500.
Fu Cheng and Fang Yunyao insisted on crowding into Xu Tingsheng's broken crowd.
"I said it would be nice for you to ride in my dad's car. The car is good, and there is a professional driver. Xiao Niannian can sit still." Xu Tingsheng said helplessly, "You must squeeze my broken car."
Fu Cheng smiled and said nothing.
Fang Yunyao said to the little man in her arms, "Nian Nian..."
Niannian got the signal, raised her head and shouted childishly: "Godfather."
"… well."
Responding forcefully, Xu Ting giggled for a while, feeling completely satisfied.
"When did you teach?" He asked curiously.
Fang Yunyao said: "Just when you sent Xiang Ning home, it's strange, once you teach it, you can. Tingsheng, we... thank you."
"What are you thankful for? In matters of relationship, it depends on yourselves. He is not attached, and if you don't persist, you won't be where you are today. You should thank yourselves, and Xiao Niannian." Xu Tingsheng said.
Fu Cheng patted Xu Tingsheng's shoulder from behind, and said, "Nian Nian has already called, it's your turn."
"I... what?" Xu Tingsheng asked.
"Brother-in-law." Fu Cheng said with a smile.
"...you think beautifully."
"Is Teacher Fang your sister now?"
"… yes."
"What about me?" Fu Cheng asked.
"... So I dug such a big hole for myself. Did you ask for a red envelope?"
"Give."
"Then, sister."
"Oh." Fang Yunyao replied with a smile.
"Brother-in-law."
"Alas. Hahahahahahahahaha..."
"Laugh at your sister. Where's the red envelope?"
"You have to give Niannian a red envelope during Chinese New Year, right?"
"Um."
"Ten yuan will be deducted from it, and I will give it to you."
"..."
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The car arrived in Libei, Fu Cheng went home, Fang Yunyao wanted to take Nian Nian to Xu's house. Fu's father, Fu's mother and Fu Cheng are the same, you hug me for a while, I hug you for a while, no matter what, I can't bear to part with Nian Nian...
After Fang Yunyao's mother and daughter were settled, the Xu family went to bed early that night, including Xu Qiuyi who was about to enter the second semester of high school.
The next day, the whole family got up very early again, shopping for vegetables, washing vegetables, and making preparations...
It's already the third year, and the Xu family has had this tradition since the fireworks that year, but in the next two years, the time was changed from dinner to lunch. For lunch on New Year's Eve, the Xu family will invite middle-level and high-level employees and outstanding employees who are happy to buy to their home for dinner.
Who can walk into Xu's house on this day and eat this meal... faintly has become Huangou's greatest reward and recognition on the spiritual level. People are always proud of it and aim for it.
By convention, everyone who comes on this day is not allowed to bring gifts, and is not allowed to help.
They are the distinguished guests of the Xu family, just sit back and enjoy.
Mama Xu cooks the meal, Papa Xu, Xu Tingsheng and Xu Qiuyi are in charge of serving the food. If there is no wine on the table, just shout, and Mr. Xu or the young master will deliver it immediately. This is a special company culture derived from Dad Xu's personality traits. If you pay, you must give back. It is practical and friendly.
Occasionally, Xu Tingsheng felt that Xingchen should also learn from it.
The only problem is that as Huangou grows bigger and bigger, more and more "VIPs" come to the banquet every year. By the time my family had the New Year's Eve dinner, the four of Xu's family were already exhausted.
This year's New Year's Eve, the Xu family was particularly lively. Not only Fang Yunyao and her daughter were there, but Zhong Wusheng, who had already bought a house in the county, also brought his wife and two daughters over for a New Year's Eve dinner.
The three little ones in a room were having fun, making noise and having fun.
Mother Xu always teased the child, and then looked at Xu Tingsheng with meaningful eyes.
"Could you also have a child outside? Hurry up and bring it back." Xu Ma said.
Xu Tingsheng said heartily, "It's really close."
at the same time.
The three members of the Xiang family spent New Year's Eve together at Xiao Xiang Ning's grandma's house, the uncle's house, and the two aunts' house together. Xiang's father and Xiang's mother made more than 200,000 yuan from opening a restaurant this year, so they are more confident.
It's just that Xiao Xiang Ning's grades, even though he worked harder later, are still not as good as the children of the uncle's family.
Xiang's father and Xiang's mother thought that they would have to ask Xu Tingsheng to help arrange tutoring in the next year.
But they care about it themselves, uncles, aunts, and aunts and uncles, but no one talks about grades at all.
Now their standard of looking at the Xiang family has completely changed. They always pretend to be inadvertent and try to find out where the situation of the Xiang family and Xu Tingsheng is.
Even looking at the three members of the Xiang family, there is always a kind of "envy" and "hesitating to speak".
Xiao Xiang Ning dropped the pendant on her chest when she lowered her head to eat.
The eyes of the second uncle sitting across from him lit up.
"Xiao Ning, who gave you that pendant?"
It was also the first time for Xiang's father and Xiang's mother to see this pendant. Xiang Ning didn't bother to tell them when she got home yesterday.
Xiao Xiang Ning wanted to hide, but it was too late.
"Xiao Ning, it's okay. Tell me, grandma wants to know too. I just listen to your aunts and aunts guessing all day long. Grandma is also curious." Grandma smiled and said, "You are seventeen, it's okay ... Grandma Shiqi gave birth to your uncle."
Little Xiang Ning's face was flushed red, but when her favorite grandmother asked, she couldn't help it.
"Yeah, that's the guy..." she said.
"Xu Tingsheng?" Aunt interrupted.
"Yes, it was given by his mother." Xiang Ning said.
This pendant was given by Xu Tingsheng or Xu Tingsheng's mother. From the perspective of Xiang's father, Xiang's mother and Xiang's mother's family, the latter is obviously more meaningful, because it means more.
"Can you let my uncle take a look?" said the second uncle.
Xiao Xiang Ning had no choice but to take off the pendant.
"Tut." Second Uncle said.
"Tsk what, you really understand?" Second Aunt said.
"Understood, our company boss's wife likes emeralds the most. She likes to talk about them in the company and also likes to show them. I just listened to it. Last time she showed a statue of Guanyin that was said to be worth more than 100,000 yuan, and she explained it to us for a long time..."
"More than one hundred thousand?" A table of people exclaimed, this is 2006.
"Well, but the water head is not as good as Xiaoning." The second uncle said.
The table was silent, Xiang Ma's chopsticks simply fell on the table. "It's such a small thing that I've worked so hard to open a restaurant for so long." Dad Xiang said a little depressed.
They wanted to work hard to narrow the gap for Xiang Ning... But looking at it, it seemed to be getting bigger and bigger.
"Don't compare yourself with others," said the second uncle, "What I just said was only the price of the base material. There is also the engraving and loss... This engraving is also much better than our proprietress's, but there is no price. seen..."
Little Xiang Ning actually heard about the price of the bracelet that Xu Ma gave Teacher Fang, which might cost 100,000 yuan. She had no idea about money. At that time, she thought that her own bracelet was much smaller than the bracelet, so it should be cheaper. There is no psychological burden.
This time, she was a little embarrassed by what the second uncle said, and quickly added information: "Auntie said it was specially made."
The second uncle was stunned, and muttered: "That's the only one in the world, maybe it's the master's handwriting... I don't really understand, I don't understand..."
"Then tell me, how much is this worth? Brother-in-law." Mother Xiang asked.
"You ask me, I don't know. Anyway, these high-end things are actually things that are hard to buy. When you meet someone you like, maybe, maybe... Maybe it's a million."
A table of people will not be able to.
Although Dad Xiang was hit, he was thinking of something else. "No, it's too expensive, it has to be refunded." He said repeatedly.
"What nonsense are you talking about. If that Xu Tingsheng gave it by himself, you can be polite and back away." The uncle said angrily, "But didn't you listen to Xiao Ning? It was given by his mother herself. Now you go back... do you understand what it means? "
Xiang's father and Xiang's mother stopped talking, and this really cannot be refunded.
"Put it up, put it away, put it away for Xiao Ning, Xiao Ning can't let Xiao Ning wear it anymore." Grandma said anxiously suddenly.
"And you guys, if anyone dares to go outside and spread nonsense to let people know that Xiao Ning has this thing, don't blame me for being rude." Grandma said again.
The elderly are cautious, and such things as not revealing their wealth are always on their minds.
"Xiao Ning."
"Well, grandma."
"Bring that Xu Tingsheng to chat with grandma after the next year."
"Um."