On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Chen Hansheng's family finished eating dumplings and Tangyuan. Liang Meijuan and Chen Zhaojun each took out a red envelope.
"Hansheng, Happy New Year, I wish you a healthy, happy, and satisfied 2003."
This was Old Chen's sincere wish.
"Son, Happy New Year, I wish you don't make me angry in 2003."
This was Liang Meijuan's earnest wish.
Chen Hansheng accepted it with a smile, and then took out two more red envelopes like magic.
"Old Chen, I hope you can stay healthy in the New Year, this family can't do without you."
"Mom, I hope you can be less angry in the New Year, don't beat me, don't nag me, and go out with Old Chen more often."
Chen Zhaojun and Liang Meijuan didn't expect that Chen Hansheng, who had just entered college, would also have red envelopes. They looked at each other, and Old Chen said, "We have to accept our son's blessing."
The couple thought that Chen Hansheng's red envelopes were just for show, but when they touched the thickness of the red envelopes, they knew they were wrong.
They went back to the bedroom and opened the red envelopes, each of them 1000.
"Old Chen, your son is doing well in college, we only gave him 600, and he gave us 1000." Liang Meijuan said.
Chen Zhaojun smiled and put the red envelopes into his pocket, "You can't take back the money, our son bought cigarettes for me."
The snow last night added a special flavor to the New Year. Starting from the second day of the Lunar New Year, the people in Harbor City packed their bags and went out to pay New Year's greetings. Chen Hansheng's family had to go to his grandma's house for lunch.
After taking the bus to the familiar small courtyard, many relatives were there, chatting with the electric heater in the room.
"Oh, the college student is here."
As soon as Chen Hansheng entered the door, his second aunt said with a smile.
This was how a group of people chatted. Every time a "new person" joined, the topic would involuntarily turn to them.
Chen Hansheng was the only college student here, so everyone was more interested in him.
"Hansheng, are you tired of your homework in college?"
"Hansheng, do you have a girlfriend?"
"Hansheng, help me check your cousin's homework during the winter vacation."
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There were all kinds of questions. As Chen Hansheng warmed the electric heater, he picked a few simple answers.
Eldest Aunt was not very happy when she saw this. It turned out that the center of the conversation was her son, but Chen Hansheng had stolen the limelight as soon as he came. In addition, she already had some conflicts with Liang Meijuan. She snorted and said, "There are more and more college students now. The salary of those college students in the small sea factory is not very high."
Xiao Hai was Chen Hansheng's cousin and the son of his aunt. He was currently working in a factory in Hucheng.
Liang Meijuan was not convinced and immediately opened her mouth to refute. It was normal for these two sisters-in-law to quarrel when they met. Chen Hansheng did not take it to heart. He even smiled and raised his eyebrows at Cousin Xiaohai.
Cousin Xiaohai also laughed. It seemed that the younger generation didn't remember the matters of their elders.
In the end, it was Grandpa who felt that he was disturbing him from watching TV. He knocked on his pipe and said, "You can't even be quiet on the second day of the New Year. How old are you?"
Liang Meijuan did not say anything, but Eldest Aunt still had to say, "Our Xiaohai now earns 1500 RMB a month. Soon, he will be able to buy a phone."
It would have been better if she did not say this, because in the next moment, Chen Hansheng's phone rang.
"Ring, ring, ring." The sound attracted everyone's attention. Chen Hansheng thought that he was in trouble. He had forgotten to turn off his phone.
The phone call was from Xiao Rongyu. She was visiting relatives and was bored to ask Chen Hansheng what he was doing. The two of them casually chatted for a while and hung up. The house was quiet.
Eldest Aunt coughed and said, "Liang Meijuan, what you are doing is wrong. How old is Hansheng? You are buying a phone for him. You are nurturing his vanity."
Liang Meijuan was in a good mood, but she still replied calmly, "Old Chen and I are still using Little Smart. He bought this phone when he was working in school."
Eldest Aunt did not believe her and went to ask Chen Hansheng again.
Chen Hansheng smiled and did not say anything. He helped to check his second aunt's cousin's homework.
This junior high school cousin was also one of a kind. She was the one who added him on QQ and said, "Brother, I am your sister." Chen Hansheng thought that she could have just told him her name. Why did she have to beat around the bush?
Of course, Chen Hansheng did not understand mathematics. He could only flip to the language section to check for rare words. But he stopped at the essay section.
The title of the essay was "Suffering makes people stronger." This was a common topic in junior high school. It was used to nurture the values of hardworking and hardworking.
"My father was in a car accident last year and both of his legs were amputated."
Chen Hansheng looked up at his second uncle who was still healthy.
"My mother cried until she went blind because of this."
Chen Hansheng glanced at his second aunt, whose eyesight was 5.0.
"Not bad, my precious cousin. You really gave it your all to write this essay."
Chen Hansheng did not say anything and continued to flip to the next page. He actually saw himself.
"My cousin, Chen Hansheng, because his family is poor, he is 26 years old and is still unable to find a wife. But he is still very optimistic …"
Chen Hansheng did not say anything. He moved the winter vacation homework book over and pointed at his own name.
Eldest Aunt understood and took the eraser and changed the name of "Chen Hansheng" to "Brother Chen Hansheng". She then blinked her eyes and asked Chen Hansheng if this was okay.
Chen Hansheng nodded his head. He finished checking the homework.
After eating dinner at grandpa and grandma's house, Chen Zhaojun and his family left. Eldest Aunt was still indignant, "Third aunt bought a phone for her child just because her family is rich. She is too vain."
Grandpa was somewhat unhappy, "Can't you tell whether the phone was bought by third brother or not?"
"Hansheng didn't even want to talk about it. He was afraid that he would embarrass you during Chinese New Year. Yet, you just had to keep arguing about it. Aren't you worried that other people's hearts would harden, and they wouldn't help Xiao Hai in the future?"
Chen Hansheng was his maternal grandson, and Xiao Hai was his biological grandson. Grandpa still needed to dote on his biological grandson more.
Eldest Aunt did not believe, "Xiao Hai doesn't need other people's help."
Grandpa shook his head, "With your son's character, if he can be half as smooth as Chen Hansheng, I won't have to worry about lying down in the future."
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On the way back, Chen Hansheng asked Liang Meijuan, "Mom, I need to go to school in two days."
Liang Meijuan went into a daze for a moment, "Don't you all only start school after the Lantern Festival?"
"Yes, the official start of school is after the Lantern Festival."
Chen Hansheng explained, "But, I need to go to Chuanyu to pick up Little Yu first. I have already bought the tickets. After sending her to her dormitory, I will go back to Harbor City and go to school together with little Yu 'er."
"Son, why don't I see you being so considerate towards your mother? Don't you feel tired of going through so much trouble?"
Liang Meijuan took a look at her son seriously, "In 2003, can one of the two girls be confirmed?"
"Mom, look at what you are saying, we are all classmates."
Chen Hansheng pretended that he didn't understand the sarcasm in Liang Meijuan's words. He thought to himself that it was impossible to confirm one girl, and he just hoped that there wouldn't be one more girl.
After dawdling at home until the eighth day of Chinese New Year, Chen Hansheng went to Chuanyu as expected.
Liang Meijuan looked at the empty bedroom, then shook her head and said to Chen Zhaojun, "Old Chen, let's recuperate for a while and have a second child. We didn't manage to get the cabbage, but the pig ran away happily."
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