Life is an incredible miracle.
This sentence is applicable everywhere.
Who is the most fashionable person in the Wei family
Some people may say it is the handsome Wei Nian, or some may say it is the famous designer Wei Yin. Of course, if it is a young child, he will definitely recommend Wei Xin, who has always been called the Chinese Princess in school. In particular, Wei Xin's aesthetic taste has remained the same for many years, without any change. She especially liked silk when she was a child. When other children from wealthy families were wearing small dresses with puffy skirts, Wei Xin's taste has always been silk, silk, silk. In China, it was still noticeable from time to time, and everyone just thought that this child was a bit rustic, but abroad, this has almost become Wei Xin's symbol. Although nowadays, boarding schools have to wear uniforms, Wei Xin still makes a lot of silk clothes every year. Many of her friends think that Wei Xin is very fashionable. When Wei Xin was nine years old, a little boy wrote her a love letter. This girl proudly took it home to show her family, which made her parents very nervous.
Of course, back to the point, the Wei family is a fashionable family. This family is from a grassroots background, without the trivialities of a scholarly family, nor the nobleness of a famous family. They have first-class ability to adapt to the environment, and each has his own personality. But the most fashionable person is not the above people. It is the old lady of the Wei family, Old Lady Wei.
When Mrs. Wei was 68 years old, she got a Boston driver's license. As promised, Wei Nian personally wrote a letter to buy a new car for her. The old lady herself chose the color of the car, bright red. Wei Xin also sprayed a cartoon-like old lady on her new car, which looked very fashionable.
To celebrate the old lady getting her driver's license, the Wei family held a small party.
Old Madam Wen also congratulated Old Madam Wei. Since the Wei family moved to a bigger house, Old Madam Wen moved here. In fact, in recent years, Old Madam Wen often comes here whenever there is a holiday. Sometimes, even if it is not a holiday, she will come here to stay for a while. But unlike now when she officially moved here, Old Madam Wen specifically asked Wei Nian and Chen Xuan about their opinions before coming. Wei Nian smiled, "You know, I have always hoped that you can move here. The same goes for A Shao and the others."
Wen Shao went to New York in person to bring his grandmother over.
Madam Wen helped Mrs. Wei a lot in getting a driver's license. Mrs. Wei had to adapt to the language barrier when she came to the United States. Fortunately, she loved to talk and visit people, and she could hold back if she didn't talk. Therefore, she learned foreign languages very quickly. Basically, after a year, she had no problem communicating with the locals. Her progress was no slower than that of her elder sister. Mrs. Wei had never thought about getting a driver's license before. It was only when the little girl asked her to learn that she started to learn.
Yes, even though Old Lady Wei is just like the King at home, the King also has his nemesis, and Old Lady Wei's nemesis is the little girl. Oh my god, I really don't know how to describe it. The little girl is really born to be nosy. I originally wanted her to go to boarding school when she was in junior high school, but she was worried about the old and young at home, so she didn't go to boarding school, but went to school on the day. God knows, who at home needs her to worry about, but the little girl is born with this kind of temperament, and there is nothing I can do.
In order to let the old lady learn to drive, the little girl would teach her words every day. Old Madam Wen thought learning to drive was also a good idea. She said, "If I were ten years younger, I would have learned it too." The little girl usually had to attend classes, so it was Old Madam Wen who took over the task of teaching the old lady to recognize words.
Now that Mrs. Wei has passed the driving test, Mrs. Wen feels that she has made a great contribution. So, when she congratulated Mrs. Wei, she was quite proud. Mrs. Wei knew how to return the favor and said generously, "Aunt, if you want to go anywhere in the future, just tell me. I'll drive and we can go together."
"Okay." Madam Wen and Madam Wei have had a good relationship over the years, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to help Madam Wei get her driver's license.
The two old ladies talked cheerfully, drank beer, and ate barbecue. When the younger generations came to congratulate them, they would talk to them and let them have fun. Of course, Old Lady Wei's eyes were still like searchlights, always keeping a close eye on the young men who appeared next to her little girl.
It's really a headache. The only thing that makes Mrs. Wei uncomfortable is the openness of these foreigners. When she was in elementary school, some snotty boys who hadn't wiped their noses clean wrote love letters to her little girl. How annoying it was, but the family didn't care! Later, I found out that these foreigners didn't know how to take care of their children. She couldn't care about other people's children, but Mrs. Wei repeatedly told her little girl not to be with those frivolous boys. Fortunately, the little girl was slow in developing feelings for the opposite sex. She just collected the love letters from those who wrote to her and didn't want to fall in love for the time being. She is now focused on mechanical modification. Yes, after experiencing many hobbies such as ballet, violin, skating, flower arrangement, cooking, calligraphy, painting, etc. when she was a child, the little girl finally had an interest that lasted for five years, mechanical modification. Everything that can be dismantled at home, from small things like electric lights and telephones to big things like the new car that Wei Nian just bought last year, has been dismantled by her.
Chen Xuan now gets a headache whenever she sees her daughter, and thinks that her daughter must have reached the "rebellious period" mentioned in the books. Yes, in order to cope with the incomprehensible and irritating behaviors of her daughter as she grows up, Chen Xuan took a degree in child psychology while studying for her doctorate, in order to soothe her inner world which would occasionally get irritable during the process of being a mother.
Because Chen Xuan herself is a person with great perseverance, she is determined to do something and never give up. However, the little girl completely reflects the opposite side of her mother during her growth. She can be said to be a three-day fishing and two-day drying net. If Chen Xuan were to teach the child, no matter what she learned, she must persist. Unfortunately, the little girl is fickle. She refused to learn ballet after half a year. She was better at violin and studied it for two years. She could not study skating, flower arrangement, cooking, calligraphy, painting, etc. for more than half a year. Chen Xuan was very angry about this. She always believed that people who gave up halfway would not have a great future. Although the little girl's academic performance has always been all A, she was very dissatisfied with the little girl's half-heartedness in her hobbies.
Of course, adults should be more tolerant when facing children.
Especially, the child has a father who dotes on her.
The second thing Chen Xuan was dissatisfied with was An Nian's indulgence in educating his daughter. He thought everything about his daughter was good and could not see any flaws. Chen Xuan often suspected that An Nian had a problem with his eyesight.
Although Chen Xuan has made a lot of efforts, and even consulted a famous child psychologist in the city to discuss her daughter's inability to focus on her hobbies, the Wei family has a psychologist as a friend. Julie is very interested in the Chinese education system.
Fortunately, during Chen Xuan's anxious process of raising her child, the little girl finally had her own ambition. She determined that her interest was in mechanics and joined the middle school student mechanics association. Chen Xuan also thought that this hobby was good, although she had to build a simple workshop for the little girl in the backyard. This extra workshop was for her to dismantle large objects. As for small objects, she now had her own separate study room. This was not a preferential treatment for her, but she had made the study room so messy that no one except herself was willing to use it, and she was responsible for cleaning and tidying up the place.
However, it is not without benefits to have such a person at home. Anyway, now when something breaks, she is asked to fix it first. If she can't fix it, she will call a bunch of friends to fix it. There is a high probability that she can fix it. Of course, there are also cases where the things are completely scrapped. At this time, Chen Xuan must record a loss account for her and ask her to pay. Of course, she will also give her some repair fees if the repair is successful. Although she doesn't need to repair things under warranty, she insists on repairing them. If you don't agree, she will secretly dismantle them... You can't really beat her up, so you can only reach a repair agreement.
It was originally a party for the old lady to celebrate her driver's license. The little girl called a lot of her classmates and friends to come. Oh, it was so lively. She started to show off her return to China. Yes, Japan has surrendered. If there is only a civil war in China, the safety of returning to China will be greatly improved. My parents contacted my grandparents in China and asked about returning to China. This time everyone is going back together, including the old lady and uncles. A friend asked Alice Wei how long she would be back this time. Alice Wei wanted to give a speech to her friends about her return to China. She said it was so exaggerated. There are even friends who want to go to China with her. After all, Alice Wei's temperament is so charming. Well, Alice Wei does have a lot of friends. However, the round-trip ticket from the United States to China is not a small amount.
After the party, the Wei family prepared to return home. This time they planned to go home for two to three months. After all, the children still had to go to school, Chen Xuan's postdoctoral research could not be stopped, and Wei Nian and Wei Yin both had businesses in Boston. This time they took advantage of the summer vacation to have such a long time to return home.
Thinking that she could finally return to China, Mrs. Wei said to her son, "This time when you go home, you must burn more paper money for your father. Jie'er has become a father, and Ming'er's marriage has been decided. If your father were still alive, he would be able to see his great-grandson."
Wei Nian said, "Mom, you have to prepare more things when you go back. You can't forget the gift for your great-grandson. And Jie's daughter-in-law, this is the eldest grandson's wife. It's the first time I meet her, so I have to give her a gift. Ming'er can't forget the gift either. You have to treat both grandsons' wives equally."
"I've been thinking about it. I've told the little girl that I'll go to the mall tomorrow and buy some gold items." Then, to show that she is an elder who treats everyone equally, Mrs. Wei emphasized, "The same will be true when our little Luobo and Sibao get married in the future." Chen Xuan has given birth to her fourth child, a son, whose nickname is Sibao. Now that Wei Nian has two sons and two daughters, he has a lot of children. Wei Nian smiled and teased the old lady, "Then has our little girl married Hongjie?"
"Girl, the most important thing is not the gold. If you prepare a few more dowry items, you will have everything." Old Mrs. Wei sighed, "Life is better now. In the past, you couldn't just buy gold whenever you wanted."
Wei Nian reminded the old lady, "Mom, buy two more pieces of gold jewelry. Don't forget about Brother Feng and Brother Yu. They are both married. My eldest sister is so temperamental that if there are only Brother Jie and Brother Ming's wives, but no Brother Feng and Brother Yu's wives, she will be furious!"
Old Mrs. Wei smiled and said, "That's right. We also need to prepare gifts for Brother Feng's daughter-in-law and Brother Yu's daughter-in-law. Our little girl said that she has a lot of things to give to our eldest aunt."
Wei Nian laughed, "Alice Wei is close to her aunt."
"That's right, adopted daughters take after their aunts." Then, thinking of her second granddaughter's appearance, Mrs. Wei added very seriously, "Hong Jie'er is an exception." She then said to her son, "You said Hong Jie'er is so strange, how could she look like your mother-in-law."
"What's so strange about this? It's not uncommon for granddaughters to look like their grandmothers."
"Too few! Rare!"
It's not just Wei Hong's appearance that's rare, but also his IQ. There are few stupid children in the Wei family. Wei Nian and Chen Xuan are not stupid, so of course, as long as they go to school, their grades are good. Needless to say, Wei Xin and Wei Yu rarely have B's on their report cards, but Wei Hong's appearance not only makes his father in awe, but his IQ makes the whole family in awe.
All children have to go to kindergarten, usually at the age of four, and can go to the first grade at the age of six. This child's education is no different from that of his brothers and sisters. When he was young, he was taken care of by his grandmother and his eldest sister. Of course, a few years ago, his eldest sister was invited by his eldest sister to be a partner, and the family hired a very kind middle-aged woman named Cathy to help take care of the children. However, Cathy is just an ordinary woman, and this woman can't even speak Chinese. When Wei Hong was younger, her mother read to her in the morning and evening, taught her to count numbers and simple calculations. One to two hours in the morning, and one hour in the evening.
This kind of early education is also reflected in the siblings Wei Xin and Wei Yu. Both children have good grades. However, it is not as obvious as that of Wei Hong. This child is the best among all children of the same age in kindergarten. Not only is he good at studying, but he also has good self-care ability. He has been dressing and wearing shoes by himself since kindergarten. Compared with those little classmates who are not good at using spoons and forks, Wei Hong was very skilled in using chopsticks. Well, although these foreigners don't use chopsticks, using chopsticks is definitely a very difficult skill.
When she was in the last year of kindergarten the following year, she asked to go directly to the first grade. After the test, the child was successfully promoted. Because the age gap between the children of the Wei family is very regular, Wei Nian and Chen Xuan have also learned from Mrs. Wen since their financial situation improved. The couple will also donate some money to the school regularly every year. The money is not much, but it is enough to express goodwill. In addition, the Wei family has a child who has been studying, and the couple are also people who have received an outstanding education, so the Wei family has a very good relationship with the school. It doesn’t matter if Wei Hong is promoted to the first grade in advance, because she is young. Wei Nian and Chen Xuan pay special attention to the situation of the second daughter in the class, worried that the second daughter will be bullied. After all, this child’s temperament is more delicate than her sister. As a result, it was later discovered that the second daughter was not that delicate.
Then, the child skipped a grade again at the end of the first grade, this time skipping the second grade and going straight to the third grade. Moreover, the child also showed a completely different resilience and endurance in extracurricular hobbies from her elder sister. The child chose two things, one was ballet and the other was violin. Wei Nian did not find that Wei Hong particularly liked these two things, but he went to class rain or shine, unless it was extremely bad weather like a typhoon or a blizzard, otherwise he would not miss a single day. This was a hundred times better than her sister's behavior of signing up and suddenly not wanting to go and then lying on the bed at home pretending to be sick!
When he thought of his second daughter, Wei Nian couldn't help but feel relieved, as if there was someone to carry on his legacy!
Especially when going to the mall to buy gifts for family members, since the four little friends are still breastfeeding, they don’t count. Wei Yu and Wei Hong both showed their mother’s planning. The two children made a list of gifts they would prepare for each relative in advance, and they bought everything on the same day. Alice Wei was different. She and the old lady fought hard in the mall for three days and were ready to continue fighting. Wei Nian couldn’t help but say to her, "Look at your brother and sister, they are fast and neat, and they have a plan."
Alice Wei was sorting out the gifts to bring back home while humming, "Do they have money? They both spend their dad and mom's money, so of course they can't buy more. My grandma and I spend our own money, so of course it's different!"
Wei Nian stroked his forehead. He really didn't want to see his eldest daughter's upstart face. The child had been doing small housework at home to earn money since kindergarten. She also learned to exchange or resell her toys with other children without any guidance. In elementary school, she had the experience of selling lemonade, cookies and ice cream with her friends on the roadside, and working in her aunt's store. Of course, as the child grew up, she did a lot of things, all kinds of messes. When she was older, Alice Wei paid a sum of money and opened a Chinese restaurant with her eldest sister. The source of the money was very suspicious. Wei Nian suspected that it was the old lady who took the money, but the old lady would never admit it. Anyway, Alice Wei was out of control from then on and entered the stage of upstarts from the poor to the rich.
As far as I am concerned, Wei Nian and Chen Xuan are both parents who dote on their children and have never wronged their children in terms of material things. Although the family does not have the ability to pick stars and moons, the children have not lacked food and clothing over the years, and they all study in good schools. Wei Nian did not know how to describe his eldest daughter. She has changed a lot after becoming rich. Wei Nian asked his eldest daughter, "Your restaurant business is good, how much money do you make?"
Alice Wei raised her eyebrows high, looking proud and mysterious, "I won't tell you."
Love to say it or not!
Wei Nian thought to himself, I don’t even want to know!
Wei Nian sent a message to his eldest daughter, "You must buy everything tomorrow, because we will board the ship the day after tomorrow."
"I know."
The author has something to say: ps: Actually, I have never read Zhang Ailing's "Little Reunion" and I don't know what kind of story it is. However, when I wrote this extra chapter, I suddenly felt very touched by the name. Good night, everyone ~ Happy Mid-Autumn Festival