Chapter 537 Returning home in glory
Jiang Feng was actually quite free during the Chinese New Year.
Although it feels awkward to say this, Jiang Feng feels that he doesn’t have to go to work and get up early, he can sleep in and lie in bed every day and be a happy house, he won’t be urged by the old man to practice cooking in the kitchen, and he can still listen without being caught by his cousins to help them with homework. The cousins are a bit tedious about the rainbow farts they blow, and the beautiful life where they can eat the food cooked by the old man every time.
I always feel like something is missing.
Maybe Jiang Feng is such a person who loves work deep down.
Just when Jiang Feng was wondering whether he should do something to make the happy and relaxing annual vacation less relaxing, he was packed back to his parents' home by Comrade Wang Xiulian.
Jiang Feng would stay at his grandma's house for a day every year when he went to pay New Year's greetings, with the exception of last year. Because he signed up for the Taste of Taste Cooking Competition in the name of Tai Feng House and was caught by two old men for a special training before the competition, so he went and returned on the same day.
If nothing unexpected happens this year, Jiang Feng should stay at his grandma's house for a few more days. There have been so many happy events in the Jiang family this year. Comrade Wang Xiulian is not allowed to take her husband and children back to her parents' home to announce the good news to her parents, and at the same time show off her power in front of her two sisters-in-law.
Jiang Feng felt that if Comrade Wang Xiulian participated in a local drama, she would be the vicious sister-in-law of a kind heroine. She would retaliate against others and believe that if you base your own happiness on the pain of others, you can gain twice the happiness. Not only did he want to step on the person who had offended him, but he also wanted to crush her in the face a few times, so that she could see how expensive the shoes she was wearing were.
On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Comrade Wang Xiulian took the bus back to her parents' home with her husband, children and all her belongings.
Because Comrade Wang Xiulian spent a lot of time packing her things, when the three of them arrived at the bus station, there were only a few seats in the back row of the minibus.
The road was in disrepair and was full of potholes driven by trucks. Jiang Feng sat in the last row holding the small bag Comrade Wang Xiulian gave him and felt like he was sitting on a trampoline.
Comrade Jiang Jiankang, who was sitting on Jiang Feng's right, had almost dumped the dumplings he had eaten this morning.
"Honey, what are you packing this morning? If you don't pick up these two bags, maybe we can grab the seats in front." Jiang Jiankang was talking about the bag in his hand and the bag in Jiang Feng's hand.
"Why should I go back to my parents' house today if I don't pick up these two bags of things?" Comrade Wang Xiulian felt that she had worked hard all year just for today's two bags of things. "Hold tight, don't scatter them. These are all going to be burned to the ancestors." ”
Jiang Feng instantly understood what he was holding in his hands.
The Wang family has a wonderful tradition. If something happens to a descendant of the family that can be said to bring glory to the family, they must make copies of the documents that can prove these things and take them to the grave to burn to the ancestors of the Wang family.
Every year during the Qingming Festival and Chinese New Year, the ancestors of the Wang family always receive copies burned by their descendants.
If you get admitted to a prestigious university, you have to make a copy of your admission letter and take it to your grave and burn it. If you graduate with a master's or doctorate, you have to make a copy of your diploma and take it to your grave and burn it. Even if you buy a house in the county, you have to make a copy of the real estate certificate. He immediately took it to the grave and burned it.
When Jiang Feng was admitted to University A, Comrade Wang Xiulian made more than a dozen copies of his admission notice, but none was left behind.
Jiang Feng carefully opened the zipper of the bag in his hand a small opening, wanting to see the copies of what was inside.
"Don't move! Everything here is put in order. Don't open it and mess it up when the time comes." Comrade Wang Xiulian attached great importance to the two packages of copies in the hands of Jiang Feng and Jiang Jiankang.
Jiang Feng could only hold his bag and continue sitting on the trampoline.
After riding the minibus for several hours, although there were some gentle stretches in the middle, it was generally bumpy. Jiang Feng felt like all the bones in his body were about to fall apart.
When Jiang Feng got out of the car, his feet felt a little weak.
Maybe his eyes were still a little blurry, or he was even hallucinating, otherwise he wouldn't have thought that the thin old lady in front of him, who was holding two bags in her hands, with silver threads all over her hair and wearing a down jacket, was his grandmother.
At this time, his grandmother must be washing vegetables and cutting meat at home, waiting for them to return. Why would she go to the station to pick them up?
Then Jiang Feng felt that his hallucinations were getting worse. He felt that the tall, bald, slightly stooped old man next to the thin old lady was his grandfather.
"Mom, those two old people in front of me look like my grandparents!" Jiang Feng sighed and pointed.
Jiang Jiankang looked in the direction Jiang Feng pointed, with a look of surprise on his face: "Really, my wife, from a distance, you look a bit like your father-in-law and mother-in-law."
Wang Xiulian only regretted that her hands were full now and she couldn't give Jiang Feng and Jiang Jiankang a hairy chestnut each: "What does it look like, that's it!"
Saying that, Wang Xiulian strode forward: "Jiankang, what are you doing, Xiaofeng? Why don't you hurry up and get there!"
Jiang Feng and Jiang Jiankang were stunned for a moment, and then followed. The father and son had a rare high degree of agreement in their thoughts:
What kind of day is it today? Even my grandparents/father-in-law are alarmed.
Jiang Feng's grandparents were watching the three people walking towards him with smiles on their faces. After Jiang Feng walked in, he discovered that the lids his grandparents were carrying were actually filled with firecrackers.
Two bags in each hand, a total of 8 large bags of firecrackers.
Jiang Feng thought to himself, is there really some happy event? Which cousin is getting married?
Besides getting married, Jiang Feng couldn't think of any other occasion where two old people would come out to the street to buy so many firecrackers.
"Dad, Mom, are you two going out on the street? The eldest brother and the second brother are not accompanying you?" Wang Xiulian asked.
"Your second brother was preparing to burn paper money at home, and the eldest brother went to buy firecrackers. We thought it was almost time for you to arrive, so we walked over by the way." Grandma Jiang Feng said with a smile.
Then Jiang Feng saw his uncle happily trotting towards them with three bags in each hand, carrying a total of 6 large bags of firecrackers.
Jiang Feng:...
Okay, now there are fourteen big bags of firecrackers.
There is a van at the entrance of the bus station that takes people to the entrance of the village. The money is charged according to the distance. Jiang Feng and the others charge 15 yuan per person for this distance.
Jiang Jiankang sat in the passenger seat, and the others crowded into the back. After everyone got in the car, the driver closed the door, welded it shut, and got on the road.
"Grandma, is there any happy event at home this year? Why did you, grandpa, and uncle go to the street to buy so many firecrackers?" Jiang Feng couldn't help but ask after getting in the car.
Grandma Jiang Feng looked at Jiang Feng with a smile, and couldn't hide the joy in her eyes: "Of course there is a happy event. Isn't it the biggest happy event for you, Xiao Feng, to come back?"
"Ah?" Jiang Feng looked confused.
"Yes, yes, Xiaofeng, you won the runner-up in the national competition again this year, and you are on TV, in newspapers, and in magazines. Isn't it a huge happy event!" Uncle Jiang Feng looked excited, " Our Lao Wang family has not had such a happy event for many years!”
Although the Wang family has a large number of people, there are not many things worth burning to the ancestors during the Chinese New Year. Jiang Feng remembered that the last time someone burned something for his ancestors during the New Year was when one of his cousins had graduated from a well-known university with a doctorate. For this reason, this cousin's biological father, a certain uncle of Jiang Feng's, specially hired a cook from outside to host a banquet for the whole family on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, with more than a dozen tables set up.
It was on that day that Jiang Feng was made drunk by his cousins.
Jiang Feng even felt a little dizzy when he recalled this past incident.
Wait, the banquet.
Jiang Feng's expression tightened, and he realized that the matter was not as simple as just 14 bags of firecrackers.
"Uncle, shouldn't you..."
"It's rare for our family to have such a big happy event, so of course the whole family should celebrate it together." The uncle said with a beaming face.
Jiang Feng:...
"Mom..." Jiang Feng felt that he might be able to save her again.
"Brother, did you invite Master Jiang or Master Wang?" Wang Xiulian asked.
"It must be Master Wang. Master Wang is the most famous for his craftsmanship in all our villages. If not him, who can we invite?" The uncle looked proud.
Jiang Feng:...
It seems that it will be difficult for him to leave the table in a sober state today.
There will be more in the evening
(End of chapter)