allonlinenovel Chapter 321 Family Portrait
Chapter 321 Family Portrait
"Sister, who told you to carry a kettle to water the flowers?"
Dabao stepped forward to stop Erbao from watering the flowers with the steaming water, but it was too late.
Steam was coming out of the pots of several camellia plants, which scared him so much that he quickly looked back at the living room door and the courtyard door, but no one was coming in.
Erbao put the empty kettle on the ground, blinked and replied: "It's too cold, the flowers are almost frozen to death, I'll pour some boiling water on it to warm it up."
"Don't water the flowers with boiling water, they will be scalded to death." Dabao shook his head helplessly: "Didn't I tell you last time not to water them with boiling water?"
"But last time you taught me not to water trees with boiling water. This time I didn't water the trees, I watered the flowers."
Seeing the obedient look of the second baby, the first baby stroked his forehead and wailed in his heart: Why is he so smart, while the second baby is so stupid and cute, the child born by his parents?
"You can't water plants with boiling water, do you know?" Dabao rubbed the little yellow hair on her head helplessly, turned around and observed a moment of silence for the camellia flowers in full bloom in front of her.
"Hey, how did the kettle on my stove get here? Who of you two brothers and sisters brought it here?" He Caiyun asked.
Today is the second day of the Chinese New Year. Married women are returning to their parents’ home to pay New Year’s greetings, as their parents’ home is far away and they cannot go back to their hometown.
So, the family agreed before the New Year that they would have a reunion dinner on the second day of the New Year and entertain their married daughter who would return to her parents' home to pay New Year's greetings.
Lin Xue took the train on the first day of the new year and just arrived this morning.
Lin Shu arrived a little late. After getting up, having breakfast, and preparing the gifts, it was already ten o'clock in the morning when he arrived at Lin Wei's yard.
At this moment, the family is sitting in the house drinking tea and saying auspicious words.
In the blink of an eye, the two children brought out her kettle.
Playing with the kettle was no big deal, but she was afraid that the boiling water on the stove would scald the children.
"Aunt, I brought it here." Without waiting for Dabao to speak, Erbao took the initiative to admit it.
"Oh, baby, why are you carrying the kettle on the stove? Do you know that there is boiling water in the kettle? What if you get burned? It will hurt and cause blisters."
He Caiyun felt scared when she thought about it, and blamed herself for being careless. It would be too late to regret if she got burned.
Erbao pointed at the camellia in front of him and said, "Let me help you water the flowers!"
Dabao looked up at the sky in silence, and Erbao's look of seeking praise just made him deserve a beating.
He Caiyun: “…”
Look at Erbao and Dabao, and then look at the camellia in full bloom in front of me. This was bought by my daughter-in-law Lan Ting from the flower and bird market a few years ago.
A pot of flowers costs several dollars, and it is wasted like this?
"Pfft~"
There was a burst of laughter behind me.
The three of them turned back.
Lin Dongfa couldn't help laughing out loud. Behind him followed Lin Xiaoshuang, Lin Xiaoyu, Lin Xiaojun and Lin Xue's two children, Deng Bing and Zhuangzhuang.
Several children were holding firecrackers in their hands, and it was obvious that Lin Dongfa was leading them out to set off firecrackers.
Lin Dongfa suppressed his laughter and asked, "Erbao, were you the one who watered those potted plants in my house to death last time?"
Erbao remembered Dabao's instructions, his eyelids twitched, and he said with a smile: "I saw that the soil of your flowers had dried up, so I specially watered them for you. You don't need to thank me."
After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but twitch their lips.
Lin Shu, who was drinking tea in the house, heard about Erbao's "great achievements" and picked up the broom in the corner and rushed out the door angrily. However, Gu Jiu, who was following behind her, reacted quickly and stopped her.
"It's normal for children to be a little naughty. If there is something wrong, teach them calmly and don't get angry."
Lin Shu glared: "You are the one who spoiled this girl!"
Although he looks silly and cute on the surface, he actually has a lot of tricks up his sleeve.
It's just a black sesame dumpling, very sinister.
However, the other people's reaction was different from that of the couple. After hearing how this happened, they all laughed so hard that they couldn't straighten their backs.
It's New Year's Day, it's rare to add some jokes.
"Where's the second treasure?"
Lin Dong laughed and said, "I ran away while you two were fighting."
Lin Shu snorted coldly and threw the broom aside. "The monk may escape, but the temple cannot. I'll deal with her when I come back!"
A girl is more naughty than Dabao.
The family returned to the house and sat down. Liu Xiao'e smiled and comforted them, "Your temper is so bad now. When a child does something wrong, you just need to teach him slowly. You always want to be beaten with a stick. If you don't know him, you will think Erbao is a brat."
"She just won't change despite repeated admonitions. I think I didn't beat her enough." Lin Shu was upset.
Lin Dashan: "The child will grow up and become sensible. When he goes to primary school this year, he will gradually change. Don't be anxious and angry and be hard on your body."
Lin Shu doesn't think so. When his child starts elementary school in the second half of the year, he is afraid that the teacher will ask to call the parents every two days.
Speaking of school, Xiaoyu from my second brother's family and Deng Bing from my eldest sister's family graduated from high school this year, Lin Xiaoshuang is in the second year of junior high school, and Lin Xiaojun and Zhuangzhuang from my eldest sister's family graduated from elementary school.
The two children of the third brother are in kindergarten, and Lin Dongfa and Lan Ting’s children are only a few months old now and will be able to go to kindergarten in two years.
In recent years, my family has developed well in the provincial capital. Several brothers have bought houses in the provincial capital, making it convenient for us to get together during holidays and the New Year.
It is only the eldest sister Lin Xue who finds it difficult to come to the provincial capital. However, their current business is in the county town. Lin Xue wants to come to the provincial capital to buy a house, but her brother-in-law Deng Jun does not agree for the time being.
He felt that although the provincial capital was good, it might not be suitable for his family to live there.
Lin Shu felt that he had lost his ambition and was too content with the status quo. The business in the county town allowed him to easily live a carefree life, so he didn't want to take the risk of moving to the provincial capital to make a living.
Of course, everyone has their own lifestyle, and Lin Shu will not make random suggestions.
If they are willing to come to the provincial capital, she will help them wherever necessary.
The family was chatting when suddenly there was a "bang" in the yard, and several pieces of unknown objects fell on the window glass with a "pa pa pa".
Hearing the children's screams outside, the adults rushed out to check what was going on.
"what happened?"
"Why are you guys blasting mud?"
Looking around, I saw a lot of splashed mud marks and some mud on the ground that had not been blown away. What else is there to not understand?
These naughty kids are playing with firecrackers and making mud.
Xiao Shuang was afraid that she would be in trouble, so she quickly identified the culprit, "It was Er Bao who asked Zhuang Zhuang to dig the mud."
When Lin Xue heard about her own child, she turned around and picked up the broom to hit someone.
"Second treasure!"
Facing Erbao's playful smile, Lin Shu glared at Gu Jiu unhappily: "Take your daughter away quickly and keep her under strict supervision. She gets into trouble every day, and it makes me sick!"
As I grow up, I often do some unreliable things.
From throwing the radio into the water to wash, to putting chickens into the water to learn to swim, nothing is reliable.
The only thing left is to hide myself in the refrigerator and play hide-and-seek.
Gu Jiu shrugged innocently, walked over, held Erbao's head and turned it 360 degrees several times.
The second baby was spinning in place, feeling dizzy, but he didn't cry and laughed happily.
Gu Jiu helplessly picked her up and pinched her face, "Why are you so naughty? You come up with new ideas every now and then. You've made your mother so angry, be careful that she'll beat you up when she gets home."
Erbao laughed and shook his head and said, "Don't be afraid, I have my dad to protect me."
You can't scold your daughter, but you can scold your son. Gu Jiu turned around and asked Dabao: "Didn't I ask you to keep an eye on your sister just now? Why didn't you stop her?"
Dabao shrugged his shoulders, imitating his example: "When can I stop your daughter from doing something?"
He usually helps to look after the children and prevents Erbao from being kidnapped by kidnappers.
Liu Xiao'e smiled and threatened, "You kids only know how to be naughty. Your aunt worked hard to clean these windows before the New Year, and now it's only the second day of the New Year and you've made them all muddy. Be careful that she won't give you lunch at noon."
Lan Ting handed the child in her arms to Lin Dongfa to hold, and prepared to fetch water to clean the window glass.
Lin Dongfa quickly stuffed the child back in, and he was the one who had to do the high-climbing work of cleaning the windows.
Lin Shu looked at Lan Ting's complexion and knew that she had taken good care of herself after giving birth. Her face was fair and rosy and she looked good.
Dabao moved to sit next to Lin Shu and whispered, "Mom, when are we going to the United States again this year? The stocks in our account have increased a lot in the past few years. When the time comes, I will ask you to open a few more stores overseas for you?"
In recent years, Lin Shu's clothing brand has opened up overseas markets, but the number of brand stores cannot keep up. Once funds come in, he will expand production and attract more partners.
Strive for brand stores all over the world.
"Your stocks will continue to rise in value. It would be a pity to sell them. You'd better keep them."
You have to take one step at a time when developing your own brand of clothing, and don’t take steps that are too big.
Dabao made more than one million yuan from the account he opened at the New York Stock Exchange, and left more than 100,000 yuan in the account. The stock market has risen a lot in recent years, and the stocks he bought at the beginning have increased by almost fifteen times.
After lunch, we made an appointment to go to my second brother Lin Guang’s house in the evening. After so many years in the provincial capital, not only Lin Wei bought a house, but Lin Guang and Lin Gang also bought houses, and they have settled down in the provincial capital.
New Year's greetings in the first month of the lunar year are not like those in later generations, when people visit several relatives in one day.
In this day and age, paying New Year’s greetings is really a waste of time. For example, if you come to your mother’s house to pay New Year’s greetings, you have to arrange three meals a day and queue up for treats.
Make an appointment in advance about where to eat at someone's house for lunch and someone's house for dinner, and the host will make preparations.
As we ate at each family, the Lantern Festival was here before we knew it.
In the first month of this year, the Lin family gathered together, all members were present, and even the grandchildren were born.
Lin Shu specially found a photographer from the photo studio to come to the house to take a family portrait for everyone.
The benches were placed in place, and the old man and woman sat on them, holding the fourth generation of the Lin family, Lin Dongfa's several-month-old child in their arms.
The sons and daughters, the sons-in-law and the daughters-in-law stood at the back, and the grandchildren and other children stood or squatted in the front. The family of more than 20 people were dressed in new clothes and looked happy. At the command of the photographer, this moment was frozen in the film.
"We've taken the family portrait. Do you want to take a photo of each family? A photo of the couple together is also fine."
The photographer is worthy of being a businessman. After taking the family portrait, he did not forget to solicit business.
Liu Xiao'e let Lan Ting take the child away and responded actively: "Take a picture, take a picture, take a picture, take a picture of them all, we old couple will take it first."
"The old lady has a blessed face. Just like that, smile a little wider. Yes, yes, yes, that's it. One, two, three, eggplant!"
At the Gu family's old house, the family gathered together for dinner on the Lantern Festival. Wang Suzhen learned that the Lin family had taken a family photo.
He immediately asked Gu Youhui to invite a photographer to come to his house to help take a family photo.
The Gu family has a larger population than the Lin family, and among the brothers in the Gu family, Gu Zhiyuan and Gu Jiu have the fewest children.
The others are either three or four.
Putting aside the fact that Gu Zhiyuan and his wife have jobs, Wang Suzhen hopes that Gu Jiu and Lin Shu can have a second child while their child is in school.
Gu Jiu was moved by her mother-in-law's urging for the birth of the baby and did not refuse, and Lin Shu had absolutely no objection.
Not to mention the difficulty of having a child, even the country does not allow it now. She feels it is unnecessary to hide and worry about having a child.
One child is not too few, two is just right.
"Sister-in-law, mom is right. You don't have a formal job anyway, so why not have another baby? You make so much money a year, so it's okay to have as many babies as you want. More people means more wealth. Why don't you have another baby this year?"
Jiang Chaohong has been envious and jealous over the years, but now the gap between the two families is getting bigger and bigger. Knowing that she can neither envy nor be jealous of them, she simply starts to try to please the couple.
I hope that if my children get into trouble in the future, this rich uncle and aunt can help and take care of them.
"I believe in letting things take their own course. You can't force it."
Lin Shu said so, but when it comes to contraception, he takes strict precautions and doesn't give any chances.
Wang Suzhen was happy to hear this, "Yes, yes, let nature take its course and give birth if you get pregnant."
Gu Jiu looked at his mother's happy expression and shook his head and laughed in his heart. The couple had been working hard on their careers over the years and had never considered having a second child.
He was urged to give birth today and was originally looking forward to it, but when he heard what his wife said, he knew it was just a perfunctory response.
If you don’t want to have children, then don’t have them. I’ll be content with having a son and a daughter in this life.
In recent years, the companies that Chen Fei has cooperated with have grown bigger and bigger, and the prospects for the food factory and the electrical appliance factory are very good.
Our own battery factory is also on the right track. As long as we focus on research and development, the battery factory will not decline in the next few decades.
With these industries, I won’t have to worry about my livelihood anymore and can enjoy life.
Let the next generation worry about the future development of the company.
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