December 21st, the 23rd day of the lunar calendar.

This day is a traditional Chinese festival, the winter solstice.

In the Guangdong region, the winter solstice has always been a big festival, and in Chen Zhengqian’s hometown, there is a saying that “the winter solstice is celebrated with the New Year”.

As for whether the Winter Solstice is really the New Year, Chen Zhengqian doesn’t know. Anyway, he is no longer a teenager now. Well, he is all in his third year, right!

So I am not so keen on these festivals.

Anyway, the Chinese New Year is also like this, and it is usually like this. At most, the atmosphere around him is a little lively, but he is already past the age of loving fun.

However, since everyone attaches so much importance to it, he is not disappointed. As the boss, he generously gave everyone a day off and gave each of them a holiday subsidy of 100 yuan, which made the villagers laugh and praised the boss for being generous and refreshed, and that it was comfortable to work here!

Chen Zhengqian and his family are also preparing for the festival.

My father Chen Guowei went out to buy vegetables early in the morning. Today, the market in the town is very lively, but there are only three people at home, so I don’t have much to buy. In addition to some vegetables and the necessary vermicelli for the holiday, my father also bought a large bag of dumplings and sesame stuffing. As for the others, I only bought two kilograms of lean meat and half of the roast duck.

Later, there was a pimento-seller-sold pork on the roadside, and he also bought a pound. Chen Zhengqian used to like this because it tasted fragrant. He didn't know if Chen Zhengqian's grandparents had come out to buy vegetables today, so he thought about it and bought a double portion and then he took one.

There are stalls selling dog meat on the roadside.

People in Guangdong like to eat dog meat on the winter solstice because dog meat can nourish the cold. They eat dog meat on the winter solstice and fight tigers next spring. However, no one at home likes to eat it, so Chen Guowei didn't buy it.

In this way, Chen Guowei, who returned home, was criticized by his wife. His son was at home for the holidays, and he didn't know how to buy more, and he was a stingy person!

Chen Zhengqian looked at his father with a smile and was scolded, and he didn't help each other.

There is a custom in the village to worship gods and ancestors during festivals. There are many people in the temple, so you should set out as soon as possible.

When my father killed the chicken, Chen Zhengqian wanted to help grab the chicken heels and wings, and also help pluck the hair. The rest of the smudges and the belly was broken by my father.

After returning from worshiping his ancestors, the family had breakfast in a harmonious manner. The father and son were asked to eat a bowl of dumplings each. Then Chen Guowei went to the ecological resort to stroll. In his words, he watched from time to time and felt uncomfortable. Chen Zhengqian began to teach his mother Li Xiaomei to read various reports.

Because in the future, the resort business will be handed over to my mother. Chen Zhengqian may not be at home all year round. He can be asked to take care of other things, but he must be able to grasp them by himself. Therefore, my mother may not know anything else, but she must be able to read the report.

Chen Zhengqian explained patiently, Li Xiaomei listened with interest. She always thought about surpassing Chen Guowei and becoming a family member, so don’t mention studying hard!

At this time, a guest came to the door.

It was Wang Guiqin from Shangbian Village, and Chen Zhengqian wanted to call her "Uncle Guiqin".

Wang Guiqin shouted loudly in the yard: "Is Xiaomei at home?"

My mother hurried to the balcony and responded: "I'm here, wait, I'll go down and open the door."

Then throw the report back to Chen Zhengqian.

Chen Zhengqian was helpless, okay, I'll see it myself.

After my mother led Wang Guiqin up, Chen Zhengqian stood up and said hello: "Hello, uncle Guiqin, have you eaten?"

When Wang Guiqin saw Chen Zhengqian, he smiled and said hello to him: "Xiaoqian is here too. I have eaten it, but I have just finished it." However, his expression was a little restrained.

Chen Zhengqian smiled and sat down again, not caring much. He was already used to the villagers' attitudes towards him.

My mother hurriedly greeted Wang Guiqin and took her seat: "Sister Guiqin, stop standing, sit down and talk first."

Chen Zhengqian sat on the other side and read the report quietly, regardless of what the two rural women said about homely affairs.

As she chatted, Wang Guiqin said, "Oh, looking at my memory, I almost forgot. This is for your family." She took out an invitation from a fiber woven basket she was carrying and handed it to Li Xiaomei.

"Is this?" Li Xiaomei asked with an invitation and a little surprised.

Wang Guiqin smiled and said, "My son Zhengkun's wedding invitation is ready to have a wedding banquet on New Year's Day on January 1st. We must come then!"

When Li Xiaomei saw the invitation with the name of Chen Zhengkun and another girl she didn't know, she asked in surprise: "Zhengkun found his girlfriend so soon and got married? What a congratulations!"

Chen Zhengqian was also a little surprised. He remembered that this relative brother Chen Zhengkun, who was of the same age as him, was only 26 or 27 years old this year, so he got married now?

But thinking about it, in the countryside, children who have not been admitted to college and who are still 26 or 27 years old are already considered late marriage and late childbirth.

Wang Guiqin smiled and said, "It's not too fast, it's already twenty-seven! If I don't get married, I'm almost in a hurry. I urged him several times before he was willing to bring his girlfriend back. His father and I were very satisfied, and then we went to the girl's house. We talked about the matter with her parents. The two families made a decision and it was right."

After hearing her talk so easily, Chen Zhengqian almost believed it.

Li Xiaomei closed the invitation with an envious smile: "Then you can just wait to hold your grandson!"

Speaking of this, Wang Guiqin was even more satisfied: "It's almost time, the child in his wife's belly has been more than two months."

"Wow, really?" Li Xiaomei said in surprise, "Thus, you will be a grandma in July and August next year?"

Then with another congratulation, Wang Guiqin accepted it with a smile.

As I was talking, I don’t know why the topic was related to Chen Zhengqian again.

Wang Guiqin glanced at Chen Zhengqian who was still reading the report and asked Li Xiaomei softly: "By the way, your Xiaoqian is not young, when will you get married?"

Speaking of this, Li Xiaomei was a little depressed and waved her hand and said, "Hey, don't mention him, it's all gone. I made money, but my girlfriend didn't talk about it. He was not in a hurry. The one who was anxious was that we became parents."

Chen Zhengqian pretended not to hear it on the surface, but felt embarrassed. Does every parent have a desire to urge marriage?!

Li Xiaomei was still complaining: "I went to see him once last time. I think the girl is pretty pretty and looks pretty white. But he doesn't like it. Before his butt was hot, he hurried to leave. As a result, no matter how he called him the second time, he refused to go. Why do you think this child always has such a bad temper, which is even more stinky than his father's temper?"

Chen Zhengqian was so depressed that he could not show it. He pretended to be "I didn't hear what you said". Hey, I felt so tired...

Wang Guiqin glanced at Chen Zhengqian and comforted her, "Your Xiaoqian is a big star, so naturally she has a higher vision. You have to find a beautiful big star no matter how you look for a girlfriend, right?"

Other people's children look very envious, but their own children are not bad. So what about big stars? Isn't it the same thing? I'm in my twenties and don't have a girlfriend?

Thinking of this, Wang Guiqin felt much more balanced.

Li Xiaomei shook her head and said, "I don't like being a celebrity very much. She shows up all day long, hugging other men, kissing me, and me, etc. We rural people can't accept it."

When Chen Zhengqian heard his mother say this, he felt a little furious.

Although many female celebrities have filmed kissing scenes, some have not filmed them, for example...

Wang Guiqin agreed with this. If she hadn't accepted her daughter-in-law's kiss with another man, she said, "That's right, but I heard from TV that celebrities get married is quite troublesome, and they can't let those fans know, otherwise the fans will be excited and can't accept it for a while, and they will also commit suicide by jumping off the building. Therefore, many celebrities get married secretly and dare not let others know, otherwise they may be scolded."

Chen Zhengqian really wants to say that this is only a small part, and this news came a long time ago.

But thinking about it, just shut up.

As a rural woman, even if you persuade her in person, she will still say the same thing when she turns back.

Li Xiaomei seemed to have foresaw her son's future miserable life, so she couldn't help but sigh: "You said that people nowadays are not of quality than those of the past? Are celebrities not human beings? Celebrities also have to live their own private lives. Why should they prevent them from getting married and starting a career?"

Wang Guiqin deeply agrees: "Most fans are irrational. It's really scary to be crazy. Didn't you hear that someone announced his relationship before, but the fans were thrown into feces?"

"I can't understand."

Li Xiaomei felt that the generation gap between herself and young people was getting bigger and bigger, and she couldn't understand what the young people were thinking.

Wang Guiqin also had some sympathy: "Look, if your Xiaoqian wants to get married, it may be more troublesome."

Li Xiaomei smiled and said, "It's too early to talk about this now. Let's talk about it when he finds a girlfriend first." He made up his mind and asked his son to find a girlfriend as soon as possible, and he was still waiting to hold his grandson!

Get married and have children early, and then wait until your grandson grows up, get married and have children early, so that you can see four generations living together in your family while you are alive!

Chen Zhengqian didn't know what his mother was thinking, but he was instinctively shaking, feeling that something bad was waiting for him.

Seeing Li Xiaomei say this, Wang Guiqin couldn't say anything else, so she persuaded her last sentence: "That's time to go as soon as possible. It's better to settle this kind of thing as soon as possible."

"What you said makes sense." Li Xiaomei nodded and agreed.

Chen Zhengqian on the other side is simply a black line. As for being so cautious?

Wang Guiqin couldn't help but look at Chen Zhengqian and sighed in her heart: Xiaomei's child has nothing to say, he has a good character and can make money. Unfortunately, he chose the wrong industry and wanted to get married early and have a grandson. It would be difficult!

Just here, Chen Zhengqian's phone rang.

Everyone was attracted by the sudden ringtone.

Chen Zhengqian looked at the caller ID and it was Yuan Xiaoyi who hesitated for two seconds, but hesitated in front of his mother: "Hey, Xiaoyi, is there anything wrong?"

Yuan Xiaoyi, on the other end of the phone, sat on the crew's folding stool, with a spread out script on her legs, and talked to Chen Zhengqian with a smile: "No, I'm just bored when I'm resting, I want to call you."

Then he seemed to remember it and asked, "By the way, today's winter solstice, have you eaten dumplings?"

Li Xiaomei and Wang Guiqin both heard the voices of the girls on the phone and looked at each other.
Chapter completed!