After washing the dishes, the two of them just came out of the kitchen when the cousin came over again.
This time I came to ask them to play mahjong in the past.
In modern society, materials are abundant, and the Chinese New Year can no longer give people the same sense of novelty and satisfaction as before. People who are used to living in big cities can't adapt to the life in small towns that lack entertainment facilities, so they choose to use mahjong as a "playing game". National Quintessence" to pass the time.
This cousin is also proficient in this way. He played two tables of mahjong at home, and called his brothers to pass the time and make contact with each other. Because Jiang Mingyuan didn't get through on the phone, he came to find someone in person.
Jiang Mingyuan was no stranger to mahjong, and they would ask him to play with him when they came back from the Chinese New Year in previous years. He was a rookie in this game, and he had to pay out every time he went to the table. He doesn't mind this, and the person who plays mahjong with him is happy to win, so he looks for him more frequently.
Jiang Mingyuan would never refuse this kind of invitation if it was in previous years, but this year is different.
This year he brought his family with him!
After hearing his cousin's intention, he thought about it for a few seconds, and politely refused with apologetic expression on his face: "Xing Xing is young, I don't feel relieved to let him stay at home alone, I'm afraid there is no way..."
"Then take your son with you?" My cousin interrupted him with a beer belly, "Anyway, there are quite a few kids over there, and they all happen to be about the same age, so I'm sure we can play together when we bring them over."
After he finished speaking, he called Xing Xing over and coaxed: "Would you like to go to Uncle's house? Uncle's family has many brothers and sisters, and your nephews and nieces?"
Because Jiang Mingyuan is the youngest in his generation, and has a cousin who is twenty years older than him, Xing Xing is quite old in this generation, and many children call him uncle.
Xing Xing, who had always been the youngest, became an elder for the first time, so he naturally found it very novel. After hearing the introduction, he wanted to play with the elder's breeze.
He was willing, and Jiang Mingyuan had no objections. Cheng Huan didn't want to go, but he couldn't stand his cousin's persuasion. In the end, the whole family went out with his cousin.
The fourth cousin has his own house, which is just next door to the grandpa's house. The house is not small. It looks like a uniform white wall and gray tiles on the outside, but the interior decoration is a bit hotel style. It looks resplendent, but it looks nondescript.
When they passed by, there were already two mahjong tables in the living room. Several people were playing on the table, and there were people watching beside them. From time to time, there could be sounds of mahjong collisions and talking.
Seeing them coming in, two people stood up at one of the tables and said to give them their seats.
"You guys are just playing, I'll set another table." Sitang's sister-in-law came out with a fruit plate, smiled and pushed the two of them down.
The sister-in-law asked someone to set the table, and the cousin called his daughter loudly, and asked the little girl to take the stars to play.
The little girl is twelve years old this year. She just entered the first grade of junior high school. She wears a ponytail. She looks shy and has a good personality. Jiang Mingyuan and Cheng Huan on the side said, "Uncle and aunt, I took my brother out."
"Go, take care of your brother." The cousin took out a few banknotes from his pocket and handed them to his daughter, telling her not to run too far.
"I know." The little girl took the money from her father, laughed out of two small pear nests, led Xing Xing to go out, and said as she walked, "Whatever you want, I'll buy it for you."
"I have money too." Xing Xing, who just got double New Year's money, looked like a rich man. He patted his pocket and said generously to his new cousin, "Sister, I'll buy you a doll."
"Thank you!"
The two children who had just met had a friendship so easily, and walked out of the living room while talking. After they left, the mahjong table on the other side was also set up. My cousin took Jiang Mingyuan to sit over and beckoned Cheng Huan to come along.
Cheng Huan really didn't know how to do this, so she quickly refused when she heard the words. As soon as she waved her hand, two people came to fill the position on the other side.
This action was too impatient, and my cousin didn't look very good, but it was too late to say anything, so he asked his sister-in-law to bring Cheng Huan a chair and let her sit behind Jiang Mingyuan and watch.
Cheng Huan had never played mahjong before, so he couldn't understand it, so he took out his phone and started playing the game. In fact, the game was not much fun. The day was special, and there were not many people online. The channel kept saying happy new year to each other, but he couldn't find it. I came to someone to brush the book, and said that I would take a break today after brushing for a year.
Being bored, Cheng Huan quit the game again. She put her phone in her pocket and watched Jiang Mingyuan play mahjong.
Jiang Mingyuan played an eight-barrel card, but was touched by the person opposite. The person ate the card and played a card, and said to him with a smile: "Uncle, you are making me happy today."
He only had four cards in his hand, and there was a whole bunch of them on the table, all of which seemed to be given to him by Jiang Mingyuan.
The man hummed without showing much expression. After the cousin on the left had finished playing the cards, he touched a card, put it at the back, picked up the penultimate card and played it out.
"It's made!!!"
Seeing the card he played, the other side pushed the card excitedly, stood up and poked his hand: "I just said that my uncle favors me, come and give money, and you are not allowed to owe it!"
The cousin sighed and said that he also suspended the cards, if Jiang Mingyuan didn't play cards randomly, he would definitely be able to play cards.
Jiang Mingyuan took the blame and didn't refute it. He took out a few cards that were used as chips and gave them to the person opposite.
The other side won the money, and urged the game to start with a smile. When the mahjong machine was shuffling the cards, he took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth. While touching the mahjong with his head tilted, he talked to Jiang Mingyuan: "Uncle, when are you going to go back? "
"Second year of junior high school."
"So fast?" The person on the right was surprised: "Why don't you rest for a few more days during the Chinese New Year? Is business so busy?"
Jiang Mingyuan hummed, but didn't say much.
"It's good to be busy, after all, there is money to be made." The man on the right placed the cards, lit a cigarette, took a puff, flicked the ash with his hand, put the cigarette in his mouth again, and said inarticulately: " Unlike us, when we are idle for two or three months, there is no business, and the wages of the workers cannot be paid, so I can’t sleep all day because of worry.”
After he finished speaking, the young man on the opposite side immediately picked up: "That's right, the economic environment is not good this year. I have not paid the final payment for several projects I have done. I heard that the foreign trade business of the fourth uncle and the others is not easy this year. There are a lot of homes."
After finishing speaking, he passed the words to the fourth cousin: "Uncle, am I right?"
The cousin smiled and played sloppy, and didn't refute or respond.
This branch of the Jiang family has been doing business since the previous dynasty, and it is considered a big family business even now, but not all members of the clan are promising. Jiang Mingyuan is the one with the best development in this big family now, and most of them are relatives who want to get some benefits from him, otherwise they wouldn't post them in such a hurry.
On the table, one of the two men opened a factory to do electrical accessories business, and the other was engaged in building materials. In fact, the two of them have developed well, and they are more than enough than the previous ones, but this is the reason why they want to seize the opportunity even more, and want to take advantage of Jiang Mingyuan's ship Big boat, let your business double.
Jiang Mingyuan didn't respond to the explicit hints on the table, as if all his attention was on the mahjong in front of him, but it seemed that his luck was really wrong. He played from beginning to end, and also lost from beginning to end, and kept paying out , The level of straightforwardness made the onlookers jealous, and they all said that they wanted to drive away the other people on the table, so that they could earn the money by themselves.
Playing mahjong, it's no fun to lose all the time, Cheng Huan didn't want to watch it after reading a few words, and went outside to watch the fireworks.
The town not far away is a tourist attraction, and there will be a fireworks display on New Year's Eve for tourists to watch.
The buildings here are low, and few have more than three floors. Even if they are some distance away, it does not affect her appreciation here.
Besides her, there were other people in the yard, mostly children, and women too. She watched it for a while, and then someone came to talk to her. The chat usually started with a random excuse and ended with a frontal inquiry into her and Jiang Mingyuan's life.
Chatting with these people is quite uncomfortable. After staying for a while, Cheng Huan couldn't take it anymore, so he found an excuse and went in. It happened that the daughter of the cousin's family came back with a star. She looked at the time and told Jiang Mingyuan Sound, take the stars back to sleep.
Jiang Mingyuan was also about to leave, but before he stood up, he was stopped by a group of people. Those people only saw him a few days a year, and they wished to be together 24 hours a day to build relationships. How could he let him go. Helpless, the man could only show her an apologetic look and told her to go back to bed early.
Cheng Huan pursed his lips a little unhappy, took Xingxing home, washed and put the child to sleep, Xingxing was crazy all night and sleepy, and fell asleep and started snoring not long after.
He fell asleep, but Cheng Huan didn't feel sleepy. She sat on the chair outside the second bedroom and sent Jiang Mingyuan a message on her mobile phone, telling him not to be too late and waiting for him to come back.
This kind of warm concern made Jiang Mingyuan unable to resist. Less than half an hour after the news was sent, there was a sound downstairs.
Holding the phone, Cheng Huan walked out with a smile. At the top of the stairs, he saw a man who was about to go upstairs. The two wanted to meet each other and met in the middle.
Jiang Mingyuan hugged her without saying a word, bowed his head and kissed her deeply, while Cheng Huan raised his head and let him attack without any resistance. After a long time, the man withdrew his entangled lips and tongue, and replaced it with a lingering and gentle kiss. Pursing his lips, he asked again and again in a low voice with an obvious smile: "So you miss me so much?"