Siheyuan, don't mess with me

This is truly four generations living under one roof, and it is also the first gathering of the Chen family with the largest number of people since Chen Zhiguo was transferred away!

Amid the crackling sound of firecrackers, Chen Zhiguo looked far to the south and silently said in his heart, "Yuehua, Yuechen, Happy New Year!"

"Zhiguo, what are you doing? We're waiting for you to pour the wine!" Second uncle shouted through the door curtain!

"I'm here, Second Uncle!" Chen Zhiguo calmed down and walked quickly back to the room!

Now the wine at home has changed dramatically. The original Taizi, Fenjiu, and Erguotou have all been replaced with medicinal wines carefully prepared by Chen Zhiguo! These medicinal wines were carefully brewed by him using space spring water, with the purpose of making his family have a healthy body!

Especially for grandparents, although Chen Zhiguo has been quietly supplementing their nutrition in the past few years, their bodies have still suffered a lot due to the hardship and fatigue of the previous decades. Therefore, Chen Zhiguo can only take a gentle and nourishing way to slowly recuperate their bodies.

His biggest wish is to let his grandparents see their children grow up, and it would be best if they could get married and have children!

Therefore, now in the Chen family, everyone drinks different wines, especially grandpa and grandma, who drink one glass of medicinal wine every day! Today is a special day. After drinking the medicinal wine, Chen Zhiguo poured a glass of 20-year-old Dongjiu for grandpa, "Grandpa, just one glass!"

"Good! Good! I'm happy today, drink one more cup!"

Mom and Second Aunt originally wanted to give them red wine, but they refused. "It's too sour and not tasty." After Second Aunt took a sip, she gave the glass to Second Uncle. Mom was even more direct. She didn't even drink it. She gave it directly to Chen Dayong and started drinking fruit juice with Second Aunt!

Happy times always pass quickly. Tonight, no one drank too much, and no one drank endlessly. After eating and drinking, they started to clean up the table!

They had to take care of the little ones while they were still energetic. After they cleaned up the room, they began to kowtow to their grandparents, led by Chen Dayong. Chen Dayong led Wang Meihua, the second uncle led the second aunt, and Chen Zhiguo led Chen Xueru and others. Only Ma Huihui stood up because her belly was too big to kneel down! Seeing that Hu Xiaoyun and Hu Xiaohong were still standing there in a daze,

He quickly stepped forward and pulled him, "What are you standing there for? Go kowtow!"

"Sister Huihui!" Hu Xiaoyun looked at her hesitantly.

"Xiaoyun, Xiaohong, it's your turn to kowtow to your grandparents!" Chen Zhiguo turned around and shouted at the right time!

"Oh! Here they come!" Hu Xiaoyun and Hu Xiaohong hurried forward!

Not only did grandma give red envelopes, but Wang Meihua and the second aunt also took out red envelopes, especially the second aunt, "I'm not as rich as your grandma, she has a big grandson to look after her! This is just a little gift from me, please don't despise it!"

"As long as it's a red envelope, no matter how much it is, I won't mind!" Chen Xueru said with a smile.

In fact, the ones who received the most red envelopes were not Chen Zhiguo's three children, but Chen Xiaoli and her two sisters. Not only did their grandmother give them money, but also Wang Meihua and the second aunt, Chen Xueru and the others. Every sister-in-law gave them a red envelope. Chen Xiaoli was so happy that she ran to her mother happily to show off. Chen Zhiguo had a headache watching this. My sister, you can't keep your red envelope!

However, Chen Xiaoli has so many sisters-in-law, I believe she will not lack pocket money in the future! No, she should not lack anything!

After they finished bowing, Chen Xueru and the others took the children back to their rooms, fed them and coaxed them to sleep! As for the rest of the people, the men continued to make tea, and the women started making dumplings!

Living conditions have improved, so this year's dumplings are all made with white flour, and there are three kinds of dumpling fillings prepared: lamb and green onion filling, cabbage and pork filling, and carrot and beef filling!

As she rolled out the dumpling wrappers, Second Aunt said happily, "A few years ago, eating a few vegetarian dumplings stuffed with cabbage during the Chinese New Year was considered a prosperous year. Now looking at today's life, it's getting better and better!"

"That's all thanks to Zhiguo's efforts. If it weren't for him, we wouldn't be living the good life we ​​have now!" said the second uncle.

"So, you have to study hard and try to get into college like your big brother!"

"I know, Mom!" "I know, Second Aunt!" Chen Xiaoyue, Chen Xiaomei and Chen Xiaoli, who were making dumplings, replied quickly!

"Xiaomei, what grade are you in this year?"

"Brother, I'm in the third grade this year!"

Chen Zhiguo calculated, "After the Chinese New Year, I will ask my sister-in-law to give you extra lessons every night, so that you can get into a technical secondary school. If that doesn't work, you can go to high school. It would be best if you can skip a grade in high school! Graduate early and start working early! Xiaoli and Xiaoyue will also need extra lessons, so that they can skip a grade!"

"Zhiguo, is that right?" The second uncle was about to ask something, but was stopped by Chen Zhiguo, "Second uncle, it's nothing serious! Don't worry, as long as my little sister graduates, you don't have to worry about her. I will take care of her affairs!"

"Zhiguo, Second Uncle owes you too much!" Chen Dahu was very excited.

"Uncle, we are a family. Xiaomei and Xiaoyue are also my sisters. I am their brother!"

"You are the only one who can tell the difference. What do you owe? If you really count, what can you afford to pay back? My eldest grandson is right. We are all family. Why do we have to be so distant from each other?" Grandma was in the east wing. When she saw that her great-grandsons were all asleep, she returned to the main room. When she heard what her second uncle said, she couldn't help but snorted coldly!

"Mom, I was wrong!"

"From now on, listen to my eldest grandson. Do whatever he tells you to do. It will only benefit you, not harm you! How can he harm you?"

"I know, mother!"

Seeing his mother staring at him, Chen Dayong knew he had no choice but to express his opinion, "Mom, don't worry, I know!"

"I'm just afraid that you're saying one thing and thinking another, relying on your status as his father. But I'm telling you, I'm still your mother! You have to listen to what I say!"

Chen Dayong quickly smiled and said, "Listen, I will definitely listen!"

Chen Zhiguo also hurried forward, "Grandma, the dumplings are almost ready. What kind of filling do we have for dinner tonight?"

"Prepare some, I'll cook it for you tonight! Whatever filling you want, I'll make it!" This is pure doting, the love of a grandma and a grandson! The grandma who just scolded her son became amiable again, making everyone present laugh!

After making dumplings, the women went back to their rooms to sleep. Second Aunt took her three younger sisters home. Wang Meihua and Ma Huihui slept on the same kang. In the main room, only Grandpa, Chen Dayong, Second Uncle and Chen Zhiguo were there to celebrate the New Year!

When the New Year's bell rang, Chen Zhiguo listened to the sound of firecrackers outside. He no longer ran to the yard to set off the longest string of firecrackers, but prayed in his heart, "Don't set off any more firecrackers, don't set off any more!"

It is very difficult to comfort a sleeping baby when he is awakened! Fortunately, in Chenjia Village, apart from Chen Zhiguo who could set off firecrackers for a long time, only a few families set off a string of small firecrackers to celebrate and then ended it!

While the second uncle was making dumplings, Chen Zhiguo went to the east wing to check on the children. They were all sleeping soundly, so he felt relieved!

"Zhiguo, are you worried about something?" In the kitchen, the second uncle couldn't hold back and quietly asked Chen Zhiguo,

"It's okay, I just think it's good to go to work early. If I go to college, it will delay my marriage!" Chen Zhiguo certainly couldn't tell the truth, so he could only find a vague excuse!

Of course, Chen Zhiguo's excuse was also very appropriate. Ma Huihui was a ready-made example. They were already 23 or 24 years old when they graduated from college. They were all old girls. Second Uncle thought about it and it made sense! He no longer took this matter to heart. Whether it was study or work, it was Chen Zhiguo's concern anyway. It was better for him to make the decision. He believed in Chen Zhiguo's vision!

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Chapter 416: Chinese New Year Greetings!

Because there are pregnant women and children at home, they need quiet, and there are many people and gossips, so it is not easy for Chen Dalong and his nephews to come to pay New Year's greetings. Some things can be known in the heart, but they cannot be put in the open! So early in the morning, Chen Dalong invited his grandparents to their home.

This group of nephews were there kowtowing to their grandparents and wishing them a happy new year. Of course, the previous family gathering was moved to a new location this year and now was held at Chen Dalong’s house. Chen Zhiguo carried a basket of food in a big backpack and gave each elder two bottles of wine and a pack of cigarettes!

Of course, after finishing the work here, Chen Zhiguo drove into the city in a hurry. Other leaders didn't need to go, but today he had to pay New Year's greetings to the teacher! Although the New Year's gift had been sent a long time ago, the New Year's greetings to the teacher could not be wasted! If he was not in Yanjing, it would be another matter. As long as he was in Yanjing, this teacher who regarded him as his last disciple must go to kowtow to him and wish him a happy New Year!

Li Guoqiang still lives in that old house, a very quiet courtyard deep in the alley!

When Chen Zhiguo arrived, his senior brother, Lu Mingjie, was also there. When Chen Zhiguo saw the teacher, he knelt down and kowtowed, "Teacher, Master's wife, Happy New Year! I wish you good health and all the best!"

"Hurry up! Hurry up!" Li Guoqiang hurriedly stood up to help him, but Chen Zhiguo had already kowtowed three times and said with a smile, "Teacher, Madam. Where is my red envelope?"

"Here! I've prepared it for you!" The master's wife smiled and took out a big red envelope from her pocket!

"Where's Huihui? Why don't you bring her along?"

"Master's wife, Huihui is back home. My car is not working well this time, so I didn't dare to bring her here! Wait until tomorrow, when I change the car, and bring her to see you!"

"No! No, Huihui, let her stay at home and take good care of herself. The baby in her belly is the most important thing now!" The master's wife waved her hands repeatedly, "I will go see her when she returns to the city!"

Lu Mingjie looked at Chen Zhiguo with envy as he and his teacher's wife talked and smiled. His teacher still loved this little fellow apprentice the most!

Although Li Guoqiang's courtyard is quiet, it is crowded with people today. Chen Zhiguo worked as a laborer here for a day, responsible for serving tea and water, welcoming and seeing off guests! Originally, Li Guoqiang wanted to invite him to dinner, but Chen Zhiguo was thinking about his three children at home, so he used Ma Huihui as an excuse to refuse!

What he didn't know was that when he got on the car, there was a person who was silently watching him not far away from the car. He didn't move until the car disappeared. Then he took stiff steps and slowly moved towards home!

The lively Spring Festival passed quickly. Chen Zhiguo was very busy these days. He stayed at his teacher's house on the first day of the New Year. On the second day, in addition to sending his mother back to her parents' home, he also took Ma Huihui back to her parents' home. He had a few drinks with his father-in-law and finally succeeded in getting his father-in-law to sleep. Then he drove home!

"I was wondering how you could drink so well, turns out it's hereditary!"

"That's right, my dad can drink, and so can my mom! My dad can't even drink more than my mom!" Ma Huihui said proudly.

"Ah! Why didn't my mother-in-law drink today?" Chen Zhiguo said in surprise.

"Humph!" Ma Huihui said proudly, "It was because I begged for mercy and my mom felt sorry for you that she didn't drink. Otherwise, how could you have drunk more than them together? You would have been lying in bed like my dad!"

"It's still our Huihui who cares about me!" Chen Zhiguo is not afraid of drinking, but he is very touched by Ma Huihui's concern!

"Shall we go pick up mom?" Ma Huihui asked Chen Zhiguo on the way. Qinjia Village is not far from Chenjia Village, but it's a bit of a detour.

"Go! Don't know how drunk my dad is? Don't get drunk!" Chen Zhiguo has four uncles. Comrade Chen is fighting one against four. I don't know how the battle will go!

Having a car is convenient. Just when entering the village, Chen Zhiguo saw acquaintances, Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu. Jia Dongxu was pushing his bicycle and walking crookedly, while Qin Huairu was holding a stick in her hand and holding Xiaodang in her arms!

"Brother Dongxu! Happy New Year!" Chen Zhiguo drove his car in front of Jia Dongxu and did not get out of the car. Instead, he rolled down the window and greeted Jia Dongxu!

In fact, Jia Dongxu saw Chen Zhiguo's car from a distance. He stood there swaying! Seeing Chen Zhiguo greet him, he replied incoherently, "Zhiguo, Happy New Year!" A strong smell of alcohol hit his nose. Chen Zhiguo frowned slightly. He originally wanted to give him a cigarette, but now he had no intention of doing so!

"Sister-in-law Qin, Happy New Year!"

"Zhiguo, Happy New Year! Are you going to your uncle's house?" Qin Huairu knew that Chen Zhiguo's uncle lived in the same village as her, but the Wang family was not sociable and lived at the westernmost end of the village, so she was not very familiar with them!

"My father and mother came here early in the morning, I came to pick them up! Sister-in-law, it's getting late, I have to go pick them up quickly. If I'm late, my mother will scold me again!"

"Then go quickly!" Qin Huairu could only stop talking awkwardly!

Watching the jeep go away, Bang Geng hugged Qin Huairu's thigh and said, "Mom, I want to take a ride home!"

Qin Huairu looked at the back of the car going away and said with a wry smile, "Son, why take a car? There are no buses now. We can only wait for your dad to sober up and take us home on his bike!"

"It's all Dad's fault for drinking so much. If we had left earlier, we could have caught the bus!" The bus runs twice a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. If you miss the time, there will be no bus into the city!

Fortunately, when they came today, they borrowed He Daqing's bicycle, otherwise, they would have to stay overnight or walk home! But looking at Jia Dongxu's crooked body, Qin Huairu was secretly worried in her heart, can this bike still be ridden?

However, Qin Huairu did not dare to ask Jia Dongxu like this. Today, Jia Dongxu had already given her enough face. Since she got married, Qin Huairu had never come back again except for one time in the first year of marriage. It was not that she did not want to come back. At that time, Jia Dongxu was not doing a good job. He was eating, drinking, whoring and gambling every day. In addition, Yi Zhonghai deliberately indulged Jia Dongxu, which made him lose ambition. How could life at home be good?

After Zhong Hai was arrested and Jia Dongxu lost his backing, he finally came to his senses and worked hard, which made life at home better and enabled him to let Qin Huairu return to her parents' home!

The only bad thing is that Jia Dongxu doesn't know if it's because he has been too cautious and depressed these years, or what, Jia Dongxu found a sense of superiority in Qin Huairu's parents' home, and he speaks and acts a little recklessly, and naturally he drinks without restraint. Jia Dongxu himself is a man who is involved in both alcohol and women. These years, for the sake of his family and for survival, he has naturally been very restrained in drinking. Unexpectedly, he broke the habit today. If Qin Huairu hadn't discovered something was wrong, stopped him immediately, and drove his two younger brothers off the table, Jia Dongxu would have drunk himself!

The drinking not only delayed Qin Huairu's trip to take the bus home, but also made Qin Huairu deeply worried about whether Jia Dongxu could ride his bike home. Now she could only carry the older and the younger ones to accompany Jia Dongxu to sober up slowly in this cold winter wind!

Of course Chen Zhiguo didn’t know all this. Even if he knew, he wouldn’t care. It has nothing to do with him!

When she arrived at her grandmother's house, Ma Huihui became the darling of the whole family. Her grandmother and several aunts surrounded Ma Huihui. Chen Zhiguo greeted her grandfather and uncles. When he came here in the morning, he had already kowtowed, so there was no need for so many rules!

"Mother, where is my father?"

"Your father is helping those guys to set up a fight behind the house!" Wang Meihua answered casually. Chen Zhiguo breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Chen Dayong was not drunk.

After chatting with several uncles for a while, and waiting for his father to finish his work, Chen Zhiguo drove them away from grandma's house. "Look, I received another red envelope," Ma Huihui waved the red envelope in her hand proudly.

"I'm telling you, I own half of this, so give me half right away!"

"No! No! This is given to me by my grandma and aunt. You don't get any!" Ma Huihui waved the red envelope in front of Chen Zhiguo for a while, then put it away.

Chen Dayong and his wife sat in the back, smiling and watching their son and daughter-in-law having fun!

Just as Chen Zhiguo's jeep left Qinjia Village and turned onto the main road, Ma Huihui, who was sitting in the passenger seat, suddenly called out, "Zhiguo, look ahead. Is that the family you greeted earlier?"

Chen Zhiguo was about to turn back to Chenjia Village, so he didn't pay much attention to the road leading to the city. Hearing Ma Huihui's call, Chen Zhiguo stuck his head out of the window. Not far away, Jia Dongxu's family was lying in a heap beside the horse!

"What is this?" Chen Zhiguo cursed in his heart. If Ma Huihui hadn't reminded him, Chen Zhiguo would have driven away without seeing it. But now that he saw it, he had no choice but to go forward and take a look! However, Chen Zhiguo could only mutter in his heart and didn't dare to blame Ma Huihui. She was also kind-hearted!

Chen Zhiguo turned around and drove over. At this time, the Jia family members who had fallen had all climbed up, except Jia Dongxu, who was slumped on the ground, with his head down, swaying as if he was about to fall asleep at any time! Banggeng was crying, and Xiaodang in Qin Huairu's arms was also crying!

"What's going on?" Chen Zhiguo and Chen Dayong got out of the car. Ma Huihui wanted to get off, but was stopped by Wang Meihua. Why should she, a pregnant woman, join in the fun?