Chapter 177 Why are you messing with him during the Chinese New Year?
New Year’s Eve is always very special to the Chinese people.
No matter how many bad things happen, you can leave them to last year amidst laughter and throw them into the garbage heap of time.
It is the consensus of China to have a happy New Year.
New Year's Eve is just like the Friday night before the weekend. It's not the official holiday yet, but you are already enjoying this joyful mood.
It's like stealing a short vacation, and you can plan your holiday arrangements carefully. This is abundant happiness.
The new year is coming, but it’s not here yet, so I’m very happy on New Year’s Eve.
When the New Year is here, we really have to face the new year's plans, goals, and pressure... but it's not as pleasant as imagined.
Li Yan, who had grown taller, walked out of the room full of energy. Even Chen Fengling couldn't help but ask:
"Is your hair too messy or why do you think you are taller?"
"You've grown taller."
"Eat more tonight."
Chen Fengling has gradually evolved to the point where she even takes it for granted that her son has grown visibly taller overnight.
However, Li Yan, who rarely sat in the living room watching TV with her parents in the afternoon, was not in a very good mood.
Junior high school, New Year’s Eve...
Seemingly unrelated words awaken bad memories on special days.
In the first semester of junior high school before his rebirth, the day Li Yan was locked out because of his "regress" from sixth grade in the midterm exam to thirteenth in the final exam...
It’s especially New Year’s Eve.
Although before this, Li Yan couldn't stand Chen Fengling's insistence on saying "I'll be happy if I don't regress this year" during the Chinese New Year, so she chose the tough line of "disrespecting her parents".
But on New Year’s Eve, he was locked out for this reason. It wasn’t until his neighbor knocked on the door and exclaimed, “How could you treat him like this when he was ranked thirteenth in the class?” Li Yan was able to enter the house and spend the night. This freezing night.
It's really outrageous.
Li Yan didn’t even dare to tell her neighbor that she was thirteenth grade.
That kind of grievance is still very painful to think about even after being reborn...
Oh my God, this kind of memory should be given to me in its original form, right?
Damn it, I can’t be angry with my parents in this life because of my past life grievances. It’s really like standing in a pile of cotton to practice fighting.
Chen Fengling made a rare lobster for the New Year's Eve dinner, and happily gave Li Yan a piece of it. However, she saw that her son was not interested, so she asked with concern.
"Mom and Dad, let me ask you something. If I ranked first in the midterm exam and ranked 13th in the final exam this time, would you be angry?"
"How could that happen? ?" Chen Fengling looked at Li Chun in surprise, "You are our pride."
"What if I am not in New Taipei No. 1 Middle School, but in Lincheng No. 1 Middle School?"
"No, not this time. You can just take the exam next time." Li Chun said with a smile, "My parents believe in you."
It doesn't look like acting.
Li Yan’s emotions are a bit complicated. She doesn’t know whether her parents have been spoiled by her invincible self and can no longer imagine “failure”, so she cannot empathize with them; or whether they have really been changed by her conscientious and diligent self. Approval from the heart.
"But why is it thirteenth? Why is it Lincheng No. 1 Middle School?" Chen Fengling was confused.
"Just saying it casually."
"Eat lobster quickly, Mom has never eaten it in her life. You come back for the New Year, buy it and try it together."
During the Chinese New Year, think about the past that didn’t happen.
Eat well.
Unexpectedly, Li Yan did not eat well during lunch on the first day of the new year.
According to the custom of Lincheng, everyone returns to their hometown on the first day of the new year. Li Chun and Chen Fengling are the only ones in their respective families who moved from the countryside to settle in the city, and their relationship with their family relatives is not good.
Sometimes relatives have such a special relationship. True love is seen in times of adversity, but love is never seen in peacetime.
Especially Li Chun, as the youngest son, he did not choose to stay with his father and went to the city to work hard, but he did not make much money. In the eyes of Li Yan's grandparents, this was an act that was not pleasing to both parties.
So when we met during the holidays, we would inevitably say something sarcastic, saying that it would be better for Brother Li Chun to stay at home and open a small shop to live a good life.
It wasn’t until Li Yan became the first in grade in elementary school that Li Chun and his wife finally raised their heads in their hometown in Shanmin.
But Li Chun didn't care very much. He knew the vision of his parents and relatives who lived in the mountains all year round, and he had no intention of getting into any entanglement with them, as long as he could fulfill his filial duty as a son.
We all have completely different living conditions, so there is no need for anyone to cause trouble for the other.
So the winter vacation of the sixth grade went by in a low-key manner, so as not to upset a group of relatives who were fighting over which village elementary school was in the top 20 in the class.
I can't hide it this year...
But Li Yan felt that even if there were some relatives in this group of people who hated others' kindness, they wouldn't be fooled by fools.
Isn’t this just a way to make yourself unhappy during the Chinese New Year?
What a coincidence, there really is one.
Most of the relatives, both near and far, still know how outstanding Li Yan's achievements are. If he praises him well, he will educate his children to follow Li Yan as an example. Those who obviously feel that their emotions are wrong will at least do a good job in showing off the praise.
When the simple family dinner prepared by the uncle came to an end, suddenly a middle-aged male relative who had drank two glasses of wine shouted:
“I am the first in my son’s grade in the exam. The twelfth one is not much different.”
It’s understandable.
“In the final analysis, New Taipei City and Lincheng are no different.”
Continue to show respect and barely understand.
"The most important thing is, no matter how you read it, in the end it will be a job."
Forcibly salvaging respect is a bit unsightly.
"It doesn't matter even if my son comes last in the exam. If he comes to take over my factory in the future, he will still earn much more than if he came first in the exam in New Taipei." This was basically out of mind and crazy, and the corner of Li Yan's mouth was already He raised his head, but was stopped by Chen Fengling's eyes.
Li Yan could even read the words: New Year's Eve...
"Li Yan, why don't you come work in my factory from now on and help my son? For the sake of relatives, I'll give it to you." The salary will definitely be much higher than in New Taipei in the future.”
You’re celebrating the New Year, why are you messing with me?
Li Yan has always felt that because someone is too low-level, even if he offends you, you'd better not fight back, otherwise you will degrade yourself. This is a stupid statement.
The dog barked at me. Of course I shouldn't bark back, but I can beat it with a dog stick!
Everyone knew that this relative was trying to save some face for himself, so he just smiled and got over it.
Li Yan: "Dad, who is this?"
Li Chun's expression could not be described as embarrassed or secretly happy, "Your third uncle."
Grandpa only has two sons. , the third uncle is naturally the son of the deceased second grandfather.
“I thought we had such a close relationship and knew my future better than I did.” Li Yan smiled and said, “Uncle San, I remember what you said. I might as well drop out of school and work.”
No matter whether you are serious or not, after so many years in the family, there has been a top student who dropped out of school in the first year of junior high school. For some clan members who value the family's honor, this is a big deal.
On the spot, several elders cast resentful looks at the third uncle.
Some people began to persuade Li Yan on the spot, "Yan'er, don't let him lead you astray. He has run such a broken factory, it's not worth dropping out of school!"
"How can you do that? "It's a broken factory," Li Yan said with a very serious expression, "Third uncle can give me a salary of 50,000 yuan a month. This is called a broken factory. Isn't my fourth aunt's request too high?"
“Wait a minute, wait a minute,” the third uncle said anxiously, “When did I say I would give you 50,000 yuan?”
"Didn't you say that the salary you said will be much higher than what I will get in New Taipei in the future?"
"Oh," the third uncle said, "Li Chun, your son's heart is as high as the sky!"< br>
“No, has Uncle San never been to New Taipei?”
The whole audience was suddenly silent. Not to mention that Uncle San had never been there, Li Chun was the only one who settled in the city. Everyone knows New Taipei as "the capital of Linjiang Province".
“I’ve never been there, what’s wrong? I’ve worked with those companies in Lincheng City, and the managers only paid four to five thousand a month, what do you think?”
"Oh, so you are comparing Lincheng..." Li Yan pretended to be disappointed - his acting skills had reached 46 points under the radiation of the third-level skill "Performance", and he showed his sincerity at this moment.
When I write novels, I don’t practice for nothing.
"Why do you want me to take it..." The third uncle felt the changes in the emotions of the people around him and realized that if he talked about specific details with this child, he would be unable to hold on, so he had to give up.
You start a problem and then give it up, and then forget about it?
Just kidding, you have to be fair when doing things. It's my turn.
"Hey, Third Uncle, your son is in grade 12, which school does he go to?"
Li Chuntian gave him a calming expression, but Li Yan ignored him.
“Aren’t all schools the same?” Uncle San couldn’t help but feel ashamed.
“It turns out they are all the same,” Li Yan said in annoyance, “If I had known, I would have stayed in Lincheng to go to school, why would I go to New Taipei City with so much effort!”
This year The clan members who boasted about "our Li family's children" were anxious.
"Third brother, please stop being so fucking gibberish!"
"Li Yan, don't listen to your third uncle. The elementary school in the village next door where his son goes to school has the nerve to say this..."
< br>"I am the twelfth grader, and there are thirty people in the class, so I am not ashamed. My son is still in the top ten graders, how can he compete with others who are number one in the provincial capital exam?"
Third Uncle His face has turned the color of pig liver.
Li Yan raised her voice to gain a sense of presence in the noisy discussion: "Uncles and aunts, I was young and ignorant, and I said some random things. Don't talk about third uncle. Third uncle is also kind-hearted, and he said something random. Let’s talk about his factory making more money, so that in the future everyone can find him for support when building houses and building ancestral halls at home..."
"You!" Third Uncle's eyes widened.
The relatives laughed loudly and began to tease.
Grandpa Li Yan patted the table for a long time before he could clean up the mess.
After such an episode, when relatives gathered together to drink tea, Li Chun naturally found an excuse to leave.
Li Yan thought she was going to be taught a lesson by her parents, but she didn't expect them to look happy.
As for the reason?
"You are our strength, your happiness is more important than anything else."
Well, this is actually a kind of pressure... However, now Li Yan is willing to bear this pressure .
At the party at Chen Fengling's parents' house the next day, Li Yan felt waves of compliments.
Exhausted from coping.
He had only one thought in his heart at that time: It would be easier to have a fool give him a fight...
So, his New Year's Eve ended like this.
I have three meals at my own home, my grandparents’ home, and my grandparents’ home.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Li Yan laughed at himself for the seven days of fun that others had during the New Year, while he had three meals during the New Year. He turned on his computer and started typing, only to see that the Kaiyuan editor had sent a summary of recent subscription data early in the morning.
Li Yan: You... have passed the New Year too?
Kaiyuan: I’ve been thinking a lot about your book, but I’ve been having some problems lately.
Li Yan felt the tension that she had not seen for a long time.
Kaiyuan: The data situation is not optimistic.
(End of this chapter)