Chapter 233--Send you a wish
Ai Wen cooked lunch, and it was the senior delegation's turn to show off their skills at dinner. Although Ai Wen was good at making dumplings, a traditional activity, it was really not his turn. The four old people took the responsibility from making noodles to cooking.
All cooking procedures are seamless.
The dumpling fillings for New Year's Eve dinner are definitely different from usual ones - for example, the usual leek and egg filling has become leek, shrimp, and abalone filling; the usual mushroom and pork filling has become mushroom, pork, and black truffle filling...
All in all, many ingredients that people would never even think of were chopped up and used as dumpling fillings by Lao Ai's family. The price of this meal of dumplings is really high. But the cooked dumplings are indeed delicious.
There is abalone for freshness, black truffle for flavor - the water used to cook the dumplings is all pork bone broth... Will the dumplings cooked in this way not be delicious?
The Chen family can be considered a wealthy family, but they have never tried the dumpling fillings that the Ai family is so crazy about! This is really not a good thing! What kind of big family is the Ai family?
"Brother Ai...are these things just used as dumpling fillings?" Chen Yanzi's father asked in shock.
Addison smiled honestly: "It doesn't matter if it's made into stuffing. Anyway, it's a gift from my former student. Use it quickly during the Chinese New Year to avoid letting it expire."
Chen Yanzi's father sighed: "It seems that you are a really good teacher, my students still remember you after so many years of graduation..."
Addison shook his head: "Only part of it is sent by my students, and part of it is sent by the children I have sponsored. Every year for so many years, I have sponsored some students from poor families to continue going to school."
"Brother, your level is really high!" Father Chen praised in admiration.
Addison said nonchalantly: "If you have some spare money, you have to do something meaningful. Money will deteriorate if you leave it, but investing money in people will always change them."
This is the realm! Father Chen has no doubt that as long as Addison raises his arms and shouts, a group of social elites will definitely come out to support him. However, Addison just works as the dean of the experimental high school in obscurity - once went there
He declined the opportunity to be the section chief of the Education Bureau, and I don't know what he thought.
Father Chen can tell that Addison's investment is effective when he sees so many gift boxes of top ingredients. Many of his students and sponsored children have grown into towering trees. If Addison is in need, these people are the powerful people he has woven.
network of interpersonal relationships.
From this perspective, Alvin's future is definitely not something that can be summed up by a young teacher - the road Addison paved for him is too broad and too flat! Even if Alvin goes through the wind and waves, he will still be defeated by what Addison has arranged for him.
As long as he doesn't commit suicide, Addison's network of contacts will protect him and ensure a safe journey.
In order to pass the time, Ai Wen and his eldest brother went to the entertainment room to set up the Great Wall of China. There would be no soul in family reunions during the Chinese New Year without playing mahjong. There is a mahjong machine on the third floor of the villa.
The functional division of their villa is very clear: the first floor is a garage, a large living room, a kitchen, a dining room, a warehouse, and a nanny's room. The second floor is a few bedrooms, which can easily accommodate ten people. The third floor is the entertainment area: chess and card room,
Fitness room, study room... The balcony on the top floor is a leisure area where you can play basketball, badminton, and table tennis...
Wouldn't it be nice to not have a fully automatic mahjong machine in a place as large as the chess and card room? This thing is really needed for a family with a large number of people... Ivan can play mahjong a little bit, but he is not proficient enough. As for Chen Yanzi...
.She played mahjong at every small table in her university dormitory.
Anyway, it doesn't matter whether they win or lose, as long as the couple doesn't sit down or sit down at home... Deliberately lighting up cannons does affect the game experience. As for Chen Xiaolin, she was sent downstairs by her mother to watch the Spring Festival Gala with her grandpa and grandma.
The Spring Festival Gala is not as good as every one... In fact, it is not that the Spring Festival program is not good, but that people's spiritual pursuit is too high. Moreover, the country's more than one billion people are difficult to adjust. Some like cross talk sketches, while others like singing and dancing.
Yes, there are those who like magic and acrobatics, and there are those who like Peking Opera and Bangzi... It is also difficult to be the person in charge of the Spring Festival Gala.
Therefore, more and more people choose to give up the Spring Festival Gala during the Chinese New Year and find interesting things to do by themselves - such as playing mahjong and games... Anyway, Ivan has rarely watched the Spring Festival Gala since he went to college. It would be better to have that time.
Go and conquer the canyon.
Ai Wen and his eldest brother are not high-end players, and playing mahjong is a joy. No one expects to get rich by playing mahjong, and no one at this table is short of money.
Chen Xiaolin also felt bored watching the high-definition pictures on the large 100-inch TV - children don't like party-type programs. So while Chen Xiaolin was watching the Spring Festival Gala, her mind was on chatting with her classmates.
The class group is playing the Red Envelope Solitaire game. This game is much more interesting than watching TV. Each red envelope costs ten yuan, and each red envelope is divided into ten small red envelopes. The lucky king continues to play Solitaire... Usually they may care more about ten.
Yuan, but today is the Chinese New Year, and everyone has a lot of New Year's money saved in their pockets.
Nowadays, everyone likes to use red envelopes to transfer New Year's money - because this way parents can't help keep the money! What's more, the red envelopes are immediately changed into game skins as soon as they arrive, so as to prevent parents from taking advantage of their sleep.
Transfer the change balance.
For many years, New Year's money and keeping it have been the main battleground between parents and children during the Chinese New Year. Ai Wen's red envelopes were also confiscated by his parents - but Lao Ai and Mrs. Ai will not eradicate the root cause, and will eventually
It means leaving a few hundred dollars to Alvin...
This is also the reason why Ivan shed tears when he found out that his family had billions of dollars - our family is already so rich, are you still embarrassed to steal my New Year's money?
According to the rules of the Ai family, New Year's money is given to the children until they get married. Obviously, Ai Wen is not qualified to receive New Year's money this year. Now only Chen Xiaolin is left in the two families to receive New Year's money. Ai Wen got the marriage certificate before the new year, and it has become a
He is married, so he will also give out lucky money this year.
As for how much New Year's money to give to Chen Xiaolin... Ai Wen is also thinking seriously. If you give too much, the money will definitely be "kept" by the elder brother and sister-in-law, if you give less... isn't this a slap in the face!
In the end, Aiwen simply stopped giving money and went directly to Chen Xiaolin: "Xiaolin, my uncle won't give you any new year's money...but I can fulfill your wish."
"Wish? Can any wish be accepted?" Chen Xiaolin thought for a while and asked.
Ai Wen nodded: "You can make whatever wish you want. If I can satisfy it, I will satisfy you... You said you want Comrade Chuan Jianguo to return to China for reunion. I definitely can't do it - after all, he is the President of the United States."
Chen Xiaolin thought for a long time but couldn't think of what she wanted. In the end, she could only say: "I'll keep my wish! Can I come back to you when I remember it?"
"Yes! But only next year!" Ai Wen ordered.
Chen Xiaolin smiled: "Hehehe! I will definitely use up my wish next year... Then can I make other wishes the year after that?"
Chapter completed!