February 4th, the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, the beginning of spring.
It wasn't until this day that Qin Yuhan returned to Jiangbei.
The weather was one thing, but so was the business.
In winter, the dessert house's business was much weaker. Coupled with the recent bad weather in the capital, the business was even more bleak.
Seeing that the business was bleak, Qin Yuhan didn't feel at ease for a while and left.
It wasn't until the New Year that she returned to Jiangbei under Yang Yun's urging.
…
After resting at home for a day, on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, Qin Yuhan visited Li Dong's parents.
A few days ago, Shen Qian just came to visit, and within a few days, Qin Yuhan came again.
At this time, Li Chengyuan and his wife also had a headache and even felt a little guilty.
They asked Qin Yuhan to stay for lunch. Because it was almost the New Year, everyone was busy, so Qin Yuhan left in the afternoon.
After sending Qin Yuhan off, Li Dong didn't go back to the Provincial Party Committee Compound, but went straight back to Wanyuan.
As soon as he entered the door, Cao Fang asked, "Dongzi, what are you thinking?"
Li Dong changed his shoes and said perfunctorily, "Mom, don't ask about this for now. I'll tell you after I solve it."
Cao Fang glared at him and didn't continue this topic. She said, "By the way, tomorrow is the New Year. Xiaolan and the others are coming over. Don't you have two children over there? Bring them back for the New Year. You can't let the two children celebrate the New Year by themselves. You're also a sin. You're not married yet you adopted two children. You didn't even tell me and your father about this. I don't want to scold you. "
The matter of Tian Xiaoyu and Little Shitou couldn't be hidden for long. Cao Fang and Li Chengyuan already knew about it.
However, since she wasn't their biological granddaughter, they didn't ask too much before.
But seeing that the New Year was coming, Cao Fang couldn't help but mention it when she thought that the two children were spending the New Year alone. After all, she was a woman.
Li Dong nodded and said, "I'll pick her up in the afternoon. Actually, it's fine to spend the New Year there. It's the same with a nanny."
It wasn't that Li Dong was cold-blooded. In fact, if his mother hadn't mentioned it, he really wouldn't have brought the two kids over for the New Year.
Tian Xiaoyu was not young anymore and was sensible.
Actually, bringing them back at this time would only make the two children feel restrained and awkward. As for warmth and kinship, it was a little exaggerated.
Li Dong didn't need to ask to know that if Tian Xiaoyu had a choice, she would probably rather spend the New Year with Little Shitou at the Provincial Party Committee's compound.
At least there, the two of them were the masters and didn't feel like outsiders.
On the other hand, even if Cao Fang and Xu Xiaoshou showed concern for them, they wouldn't feel anything other than restraint.
While the mother and son were talking, Li Dong's phone rang.
After picking up the call, Li Dong smiled and said, "Are you home?"
"Yes, I just arrived."
"Are Uncle Du and Auntie here?"
Shen Qian said teasingly, "My father isn't home, but my mother is. Do you want to chat?"
"Ahem, about that, forget it." Li Dong looked embarrassed. He didn't have anything in common with Shen Xuehua.
He could chat with Old Du, but forget about Shen Xuehua.
Even if he wanted to chat, Shen Xuehua wouldn't talk to him.
After the two chatted for a while, Li Dong hung up the phone. Cao Fang couldn't help but ask, "Shen Qian?"
"Yes."
"You!"
Cao Fang had a helpless look on her face. She had just sent off the Qin family's girl, and now she was chatting with the Shen family's girl. What was going on?
She looked at her son again and suddenly felt that he was a little unpleasant. She said angrily, "Why are you changing your shoes? Didn't you say you were going to pick up the kids? It's time to go!"
"Ah?"
Li Dong looked at the shoes he had just taken off and scratched his head, "Let's rest for a while …"
"What's there to rest for? Hurry up. There are a lot of things waiting for you when you come back." Cao Fang continued to drive him away.
Li Dong had a sad face. Was she really his mother?
He turned to look at Li Chengyuan who was not far away. Li Chengyuan didn't even look at him and continued to do his own things.
Li Dong shook his head with a bitter smile and continued to change his shoes.
After he changed his shoes and left the house, Li Chengyuan looked up and asked, "Do you think we should …"
Cao Fang glanced at him and asked, "What do you want?"
Li Chengyuan looked at her face and lowered his head, "Nothing."
"Hmph!"
Cao Fang snorted. In fact, she knew what Old Li wanted to say.
He wanted Li Nanming's family to come over, but Cao Fang pretended not to understand.
It was reasonable to say that Li Lan and her mother were still one level lower. Li Nanming's side was the real relative.
However, they had been holding grudges for many years. Cao Fang didn't like their family very much.
Cao Fang didn't want to make trouble for herself during the New Year.
But after thinking for a while, Cao Fang said, "Li Qing can come over for the New Year, but we can't let her come alone. Li Nanming doesn't allow her to come anyway!"
Li Chengyuan muttered. Although Cao Fang didn't hear him clearly, she could roughly guess what he meant. She said angrily, "I won't let her come. Your nephew is not a good person! Don't think I don't know. I know it very well. I heard that he used Dongzi's name to do some immoral things in Qingyang. I don't care about it. Do you think Dongzi doesn't know? He saw that you care about your nephew, so Dongzi didn't say anything. "
Li Chengyuan said helplessly, "Don't just listen to the wind. I know what he's doing. It's not immoral. He's just doing business to earn some living expenses. Now that Big Brother is gone, I can't just watch them starve to death, can I? I know that Nanming isn't promising, but he has changed in the past two years. Last time Dongzi went to Qingyang, I told him about it. He wouldn't dare do anything bad. It's not easy, and we're family. Why are you holding a grudge against a child? "
Cao Fang muttered, "Child? You're already in your thirties, and you still have the nerve to say that? Forget it. Anyway, I can't be bothered about this. You can tell Dongzi yourself. If Dongzi agrees, I won't care. "
Li Chengyuan knew that it was hopeless, so he didn't say another word.
He only had two brothers. Now that his eldest brother had left, leaving Li Nanming and the rest, it was fine if Li Chengyuan couldn't take care of them.
But his son's business was big now, and his parents were doing well.
There were only a few relatives in the Li Family. In fact, Li Chengyuan still wanted to invite them over to get together.
Unfortunately, his son didn't like his eldest nephew, and his wife didn't like him either.
Compared to his wife and son, it was better to let go of his nephew first.
…
In the evening, Li Dong took Tian Xiaoyu and Little Shitou home.
Little Shitou was fine, but the little girl didn't know much. She giggled happily when she saw people, which won the love of the Li Family's old couple.
Tian Xiaoyu was a little older, so she seemed to be a little reserved.
Although the old couple was also full of smiles and treated them warmly, they still felt a little estranged.
Li Dong didn't ask for too much. His parents had nothing to do with the two girls.
It was his own business to adopt them. It didn't mean that he had to get his parents' approval and treat them as his own granddaughters.
…
In the blink of an eye, it was New Year's Eve.
Early in the morning, Chen Jing brought Li Lan to the front of the house.
When they arrived, Li Dong had just woken up.
Last night, he fought on two fronts and chatted with Qin Yuhan and Shen Qian on QQ at the same time. They chatted until one o 'clock before going to bed.
After a whole night, Li Dong's fingers were almost swollen from pressing the keyboard.
At this time, Li Dong was very regretful. Although the smartphone hadn't developed to the point where it could support WeChat, it was still possible to develop a voice system.
If he had known earlier, he would have developed it on QQ. That way, he wouldn't have needed to type by himself.
After keeping this matter in mind, Li Dong planned to go back to the company to talk about it.
He had just greeted Chen Jing and her mother when the doorbell rang again.
Li Dong went to open the door. When he opened the door, he was stunned and asked, "What are you guys doing?"
The people who came were none other than Cao Feng and his wife, as well as Cao Yu.
It wasn't that they couldn't come, but they had previously agreed that Cao Feng and his wife would go to Lin Meng's house for the New Year this year.
Lin Meng's house wasn't far from Pingchuan. It was only five to six hours by car. It wasn't as far as Qian Province.
In addition, the two of them had just gotten married this year. During the wedding, there weren't many people from the Lin Family. Many of the Lin Family's relatives hadn't seen Cao Feng before.
It was reasonable for them to go to his in-laws' house for the New Year.
Unexpectedly, it was already New Year's Eve, but the two of them still hadn't left.
When Li Dong asked, Cao Feng smiled and didn't say anything. It was Lin Meng who smiled and said, "We went back. We just came back today. Besides, we have too many relatives at home. We don't have a place to stay, so it's very noisy. When it's quieter here in Pingchuan, we came back. "
Li Dong knew what she meant and didn't mind. It was better to have more people. After she finished speaking, he smiled and said, "Come in quickly. Sister-in-law, Older Cousin, Older Cousin, come in."
He invited them into the house. Cao Feng and Cao Yu also knew Chen Jing, so they chatted for a while.
When he saw Little Shitou and Tian Xiaoyu, Cao Feng laughed and teased the two girls.
He knew these two girls. Back then, when Li Dong left them at Lanshan Villa, Cao Feng and Wang Jie also lived there and got along with them for several months.
He knew them, but Lin Meng and Cao Yu didn't.
Moreover, they didn't know that Little Shitou and the others were here for the New Year this year. For a moment, the two of them were a little embarrassed.
They knew that Li Lan was here for the New Year.
When they first entered the house, the two of them also gave red envelopes.
However, the sudden appearance of the two girls and the lack of preparation made Lin Meng and Cao Yu feel a little awkward.
Cao Yu was fine. She didn't think too much and didn't prepare red envelopes. It was the same to give money directly. She took out 1000 yuan from her pocket and gave 500 yuan to a maidservant.
Tian Xiaoyu and Little Shitou had been told by Li Dong before, so they had to accept the red envelopes given by the elders.
Besides, the two girls actually didn't have a concept of money. After calling their aunt a few times, they smilingly put the red envelopes into their pockets.
While the two children were talking to Cao Yu, Lin Meng pulled Cao Feng and the two of them got up and walked to the room.
After entering the room, Lin Meng quickly asked, "Did you bring money?"
Cao Feng scratched his head and said, "Didn't you bring it …"
"It's not enough. I only brought 5000 yuan. I didn't expect these two girls to come."
Although Cao Feng was simple and honest, he wasn't really stupid. When he heard that, he softly said, "Don't be like this. The children are giving red envelopes to have fun. Just give them a few hundred yuan each. Do you think Dongzi cares about this little money? "
Lin Meng rolled her eyes and said, "It's not that he doesn't care. He adopted these two girls and almost raised them as his daughters. We can't afford to give them a few hundred yuan. "
Cao Feng felt a bit helpless. His wife was actually good at everything and was also smart and capable.
But because of this, he thought more about it.
In fact, according to Cao Feng's intention, there was no need for him to come over for the New Year this year. He and Lin Meng had just gotten married, so it would be best to stay with the Lin Family for ten days to half a month.
However, his wife wanted to go back to Pingchuan for the New Year, so Cao Feng couldn't say anything.
Now, because of the red envelopes, his wife began to worry again. Cao Feng also began to worry.
He knew more about Li Dong than Lin Meng.
It wasn't that Li Dong would treat you differently if you fawned over him. Li Dong didn't really care about these trivial matters.
Although he wanted to persuade them, Cao Feng didn't know what to say. In the end, he could only say in a muffled voice, "Give them 1000 yuan each. That should be enough. After all, Ah Yu only gave 500 yuan. If you give too much, what will Ah Yu think? "
When Lin Meng heard this, she was shocked and said, "I really didn't think of this. You're good, Fengzi. You're enlightened!"
Cao Feng smiled bitterly. Silly wife!
She looked smart, but she was actually stupid.
I'm enlightened. If I was really that stupid, would Dongzi treat us so well?
Far away from home to work. Every time there was a private matter, Dongzi didn't look for anyone but him and Wang Jie. Could a fool be trusted so much?
Cao Feng was too lazy to explain to his wife. He smiled foolishly and didn't say anything else.
Lin Meng didn't think too much about it. She wrapped the red envelopes and left the room.
…
When Little Shitou and Tian Xiaoyu stuffed the red envelopes into Li Dong's hands, Li Dong glanced at them and didn't say anything.
When he walked to the balcony, his father was secretly smoking.
Seeing that it was Li Dong, Li Chengyuan was slightly relieved and said, "I thought it was your mother. I'll go out later. I'll just smoke one."
Li Dong smiled and said, "I'm not here to supervise the work, but it's good to smoke less."
"I know, I know. I've almost quit now. I can't even finish a pack of cigarettes in a week."
Li Dong laughed again. After a while, he said, "Father, I heard that Li Qing bought his own house?"
"Ah?"
Li Chengyuan was stunned for a moment and said, "Really?"
Li Dong was a little amused. He opened the window a little wider and took a breath, "Why are you hiding from me? I didn't say anything. In fact, I want to see Li Qing and Li Nanming live a good life. After all, our Li family doesn't have many relatives. I understand that you care about them a little. As long as they don't do anything illegal, it's up to them. I used to hate their family, but now I've gotten over it. People are like this. "
Li Chengyuan was a little embarrassed and didn't say anything.
He did add a lot of money to Li Qing's house. Even Cao Fang didn't know about this.
Now that his son said it out loud, Li Chengyuan didn't know what to say.
Li Dong said again, "I'm afraid you'll feel uncomfortable. After all, I take care of cousin more. But you can't blame me. If Li Nanming can be presentable, I won't treat him like this. But he can't be presentable. He will only cause trouble for me if he comes here. You can take care of him, but don't rely on him too much. If you get used to it, he might do something in the future. I don't have any opinions on Li Qing's side. As for Xiaolan's side, it's up to you. If you don't have enough money, tell me and I'll transfer it to you. Don't touch your own little treasury. It's not easy to save some private money. "
Li Chengyuan glared at him and snorted, "Who's hiding private money? It's not like that."
Li Dong couldn't help but laugh. He heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that his father seemed to be in a good mood.
Actually, his father was a little disappointed when he saw Cao Feng and Cao Yu coming to celebrate the New Year.
After all, his nieces and nephews wanted to celebrate the New Year, but Cao Fang didn't agree. In the end, his nieces and nephews came, and Cao Fang was overjoyed.
It was normal for his family to be unhappy.
Li Dong was afraid that his father would be unhappy, and it would be bad for his health.
In his previous life, it was also this year that his parents fell seriously ill. Before the end of 2008, they passed away one after another.
Although it was not a big deal to have regular checkups in this life, Li Dong was still worried.
For the sake of his father's health, Li Dong couldn't be bothered with these small matters.
Just as he said, he used to hate Li Nanming and the rest.
But everything had changed in this life. Li Nanming and the rest didn't cause too much harm to his family.
Li Dong didn't care about blood relations, and he didn't like Li Nanming. There was no need to make his father unhappy.
If he wanted to take care of Li Nanming and the rest, let him.
It was just money. It was not a big deal to spend some money to make his father happy.
As for whether Li Nanming would take advantage of him or not, Li Dong really didn't care.
He didn't even care about Chen Rui and the rest. Why would he be afraid of Li Nanming who didn't have enough IQ?
As the father and son talked, firecrackers were set off outside the window. It was New Year's Eve.
This was the fourth New Year's Eve since Li Dong's rebirth.
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