urban life

Chapter 523
The Spring Festival approached quietly, migrant workers left in droves, the city gradually quieted down, and Zhou An's family also relaxed.

Lu Yulan couldn't bear Zhou An's lazy look, so she kicked him out of the house to buy new year's goods.

By the way, he took Hou Mengting and the two children out together.

Looking at the two women in front of him, Zhou An curled his lips, thinking: If I had known earlier, I would not have brought them here.

Shopping is a woman's nature, and Hou Mengting and Zhou Lingmeng are no exception.

Zhou Lingmeng stared at the stall owner with sharp eyes, and said seriously, "Three hundred."

The stall owner smiled wryly: "Beautiful girl, you are simply too ruthless. If you kill one thousand directly to three hundred, you can't even get the wholesale price. I want to eat too. Seeing that you look good, I will take a step back and get nine hundred."

"two hundred."

"?" The stall owner was full of question marks.

Zhou Lingmeng was serious: "Since you lowered the price, it means that the value of the item is not that great, so I will also lower the price."

"." The stall owner was a little surprised, and thought for a while, "Then one thousand and one?"

Zhou Lingmeng replied, "One hundred."

The stall owner's eyes widened: "Then why did I raise the price and you didn't?"

"The prices of things can rise and fall at will, which means they are worthless. The price fluctuations are all up to you." Zhou Lingmeng analyzed, "I don't want to be taken advantage of."

The stall owner gave up arguing: "Okay, okay, three hundred is three hundred."

Zhou Lingmeng looked at the object in his hand, and threw it casually: "I was just joking, I didn't expect it to be worth three hundred, it's boring, I won't buy it."

She took Hou Mengting's arm and walked away from the stall slowly, leaving behind the stall owner who was at a loss.

Zhou An walked behind, looking at his daughter speechlessly.

After co-authoring and arguing for a long time, she was having fun with others.

Zhou An gestured to Zhou Liang: "Learn from your sister."

"Sister." Zhou Liang was particularly persistent about addressing her, and then asked, "You don't want to learn?"

Zhou An straightened his chest: "No!"

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Going shopping with a woman is quite boring.

Hou Mengting understood the thoughts of the two father and son, and did not force them to go shopping with them, so she let the two father and son sit for a while.

Zhou An and Zhou Liang breathed a sigh of relief quietly.

Along the way, the two of them seemed to have endured [-] layers of hell-like torture.

The two of them randomly found a milk tea shop, sat down, and enjoyed the scenery on the Bund of Shanghai.

The Spring Festival is approaching, and the days of family reunion, the Bund has lost many migrant workers and tourists, and it has become empty.

Zhou An asked, "How about studying?"

"Normal." Zhou Liang replied.

"How ordinary?"

"Well, ordinary people are ordinary, they don't have good grades, and they don't fail."

"That's rubbish."

"correct."

Zhou Liang raised his eyes to look at Yushuiwan, his eyes slowly reached the distance, as if he saw the house, he was a little curious, and asked, "Dad, why did you fall in love with my mother?"

"Blind." Zhou An followed Zhou Liang to look, and wrote lightly, "I was a billionaire at the time, the male god of many girls' dreams, and your mother is a small manager. Land. If you are not blind, how can you fancy your mother. How could you marry a man and go home, sad!"

After a pause, as if thinking of something, he added: "Don't tell your mother, otherwise, I will hate you forever."

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Zhou Liang was silent.

The room between the two fell silent.

Their father and son are like most fathers and sons in the world, plus Zhou Liang is too precocious, the two sides communicate very little, sitting together, there is not much language, but there is no such quiet embarrassment between the two, but they are thinking about things quietly.

"Hey, Uncle, Xiaoliang, what a coincidence." A deep voice sounded.

The two looked back.

I saw Jiang Tianlei and Rui Han standing in front, greeting them happily.

Jiang Tianlei's skin is dark brown, and he is tall and muscular. His broad shoulders and chest muscles give him a strong sense of security.

Rui Han also greeted the two with a smile.

"Brother." Zhou Liang replied.

"Hey, brother Lei, long time no see, you are becoming more and more like a beast." Zhou An raised his eyebrows when he saw Jiang Tianlei, and patted his thick chest muscles, "I heard that you are doing well, and when you have time to take care of your brother Mix it up."

Jiang Tianlei, like his father, has no talent in learning, but he is tall and thick and has a fit body. He simply opened a gym and his business is booming.

Jiang Tianlei is not only proud of his career, but also smooth in love.

His childhood sweetheart, Rui Han, who had been in love since childhood, also came together with him, and the two families have already started talking about marriage.

Zhou An saw early in the morning that Jiang Tianlei had ulterior motives and had no good intentions.

I didn't expect it to be done for this kid.

Thinking of this, Zhou An stared angrily at Xia Zhou Liang, both of them had two shoulders against one head, how could there be such a big gap between being human?
Zhou Liang understood his father's thoughts, and casually shrugged, blame me?
"When will you get married?" Zhou An asked.

"Not settled." Jiang Tianlei responded.

After hearing the words, Zhou An's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly, "Then I'll choose a good day for you two. I've been studying the Book of Changes recently, and I'm almost done."

"Come on, Uncle, I don't know you yet." Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Tianlei interrupted, with a look of contempt and disdain, "The Book of Changes? You can't read the Book of Changes, so don't get involved. The date has been fixed, I will tell you personally, and I hope you will attend on time when the time comes."

"Don't go!"

"If you don't go, don't go, why are you shouting so loudly, but—" Jiang Tianlei said, "The gift money still has to be given."

"It's not fun to see you since I was a child." Zhou An couldn't do anything about Jiang Tianlei when he was a child, and even more so when he grew up. He immediately turned his attention to Rui Han and said, "Rui Han, be careful, Jiang Tianlei My heart is full of gossips, plus I work in the gym and I'm surrounded by so many people."

He didn't finish what he said, but the meaning was obvious.

Jiang Tianlei noticed that the thorn was stuck in his back, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

It's just too harsh.

Rui Han smiled slightly: "Uncle, I believe in Tianlei's character."

The tone is delicate, the meaning is profound, the content is rich, and the threat is heavy.

"Uncle, Xiaoliang, let's go first." Jiang Tianlei didn't continue to chat, and he felt his life was passing by when he continued, "Oh, by the way, come to my house for a meal during the Spring Festival."

Immediately pulling Rui Han away in a hurry.

Rui Han looked at Jiang Tianlei, narrowing his eyes slightly: "You seem to be in a hurry?"

"Are you in a hurry?"

"urgent."

"Not urgent!"

Rui Han didn't bother: "Uncle Zhou is still so interesting."

"Interesting? Huh." Jiang Tianlei snorted softly, "His fun is based on my pain."

When he was a child, he was deceived, played, and played by Zhou An countless times, and he always remembered it in his heart.

I once remembered that Jiang Tianlei had allergies on his face, and Zhou An applied beriberi ointment on his face; once Zhou An took him with him on a bicycle, and his feet got stuck in the wheels, Zhou An couldn't ride, and stood up to pedal. He spent several days in the hospital.

Moreover, Zhou An is a billionaire, but he took a fancy to his lucky money, in order to get his lucky money, he tried every means to cheat.

First, he and Zhou An took out 200 yuan each and put them together, and then sincerely asked Jiang Tianlei to give him another 300 yuan, and then said: The 400 yuan on the table is yours, and asked a question : Do you have an extra 100 yuan now?
Relying on fraud, Zhou An cheated him of all the New Year's money he got, leaving no money left.

At that time, he looked at his uncle, his hands were full of red flowers and banknotes, but his own was empty.

Bewildered.

Hearing about Jiang Tianlei's past anecdotes, a bright smile appeared on Rui Han's face.

The two of Zhou An sat in the milk tea shop for a long time, and it was not until dark that the two women completed the purchase task. After walking for a day, they were full of energy and high spirits.

"Wow, Dad, you are so handsome." Zhou Lingmeng watched him pay the bill, putting on a look of admiration, "You are so charming, no wonder my mother fell in love with you."

"Cut!" Hou Mengting snorted, "My old lady married your father, that's because flowers were inserted in the back. Needless to say, the fortune teller told me that I was destined to have a catastrophe."

"Is it a Porsche?"

Hou Mengting didn't speak, but stared at her daughter closely.

In the blink of an eye, it was New Year's Eve, and the whole magic city was enveloped in a peaceful atmosphere.

The Zhou family and the Hou family gathered together.

In the kitchen, the two families are busy preparing the New Year's Eve dinner and spending New Year's Eve together.

Hou Mengting looked at Zhou Lingmeng's face and clothes covered in flour, extremely messy, and his hair was fluffy and messy.

The corner of her mouth twitched, and she whispered a word: "Get lost!"

Hou Mengting is not a cook, she can only wash and chop vegetables, and her daughter inherited her shortcomings and even carried them forward.

Not only can't get started, but it also makes a mess in the whole kitchen.

The two elders, Lu Yulan and Liu Shuhua, doted on their granddaughter and didn't care. Hou Mengting couldn't stand it anymore and drove her out.

"Hey, Hou Mengting"

"What do you call me?"

"Mom." A doggy smile appeared on Zhou Lingmeng's face, "I also have good intentions."

Seeing that her mother's face was gloomy, she pouted her mouth, and smeared her hands covered in flour fiercely on her face, completely becoming a "flour man", giving a thumbs up, turning upside down, and moving down Means: "I despise you!"

Before being beaten, Zhou Lingmeng escaped from the kitchen.

"Hey, hey." When she arrived at the living room, she saw Hou Huan bouncing up and down on the sofa. She pointed at him and threatened him, "Don't jump around, little brat. If you break your jump, you will pay for it? I can't afford it, I'll pay you." kidney."

After hearing the words, Hou Huan shrank his head and sat obediently on the sofa with a look of fear.

Zhou Lingmeng nodded in satisfaction, and then went upstairs to take a shower. After washing, he felt much refreshed.

When she went downstairs, she saw Hou Huan bouncing on the sofa again. She wrung her fingers and walked towards Hou Huan.

Hou Huan said timidly, "Sister~~~"

"It's useless to call you dad."

Immediately there were bursts of shrill screams in the living room. On New Year's Eve, Hou Huan was beaten up. Watching the bear burst into tears, Zhou Lingmeng left satisfied.

Liu Shuhua walked up and patted Xiongzi on the shoulder: Why did you provoke her.

The last person in the family to mess with is Zhou Lingmeng.

"Grandpa, Gongju, the little pawn crossed the river with a big cart, you really stink in getting off."

"Grand, Fei Xiang, I ate his cannon, oops, you went wrong, I really have a headache."

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Teacher Zhou and Hou Lin sat opposite each other, playing chess indifferently. Zhou Lingmeng couldn't stand it anymore, pointing and gesticulating, teaching the two old people as if he was a chess player.

She didn't have any fun, so she left immediately, and she was going to chat with her father for a while, but when the latter saw it, she immediately went to the kitchen, and she didn't bother to make fun of herself.

"Cut! It's boring!"

As night falls, the lights are on.

Before the Spring Festival Gala, the New Year's Eve dinner is ready.

There are delicacies from mountains and seas on the table, delicious food.

The family sat at the table.

Hou Lin smiled brightly while opening the wine bottle.

Ever since Hou Lin entered the hospital, the doctor advised him to drink less, but Liu Shuhua stopped him from drinking.

Alcohol is only allowed on important days.

He unscrewed the wine bottle, poured a glass for Mr. Zhou, and also poured himself a glass. Zhou Lingmeng said eagerly, "Grandpa, where's mine?"

Hou Mengting gave her a white look: "Girls drink less alcohol."

"I don't drink alcohol on New Year's Eve, when will I drink it?" Zhou Lingmeng took the bottle, poured a glass, and swallowed it down in one gulp, "Tsk tsk tsk, it tastes good, no wonder it's worth tens of thousands of dollars, so I didn't buy it for nothing."

Faced with such a carefree daughter, Hou Mengting shook her head helplessly.

What kind of boy would look up to Zhou Lingmeng?

trouble!

Just eat when you eat, their family doesn't have so many rules.

Even New Year's Eve.

Liu Shuhua chased after Hou Huan in the yard to feed; Hou Mengting and Xiang Jing chatted about some companies, their eyes were shining, they looked like old men and women in the countryside; Lu Yulan went out early in the morning to play mahjong with her little sister; Zhou An also chatted with his neighbors; Teacher Zhou, Hou Lin, and Zhou Lingmeng were drinking and talking nonsense.

"Grandpa, have another drink. If you don't drink tonight, you won't be able to drink it tomorrow night. We are good brothers and grandsons. I can still hurt you."

"Grandpa, don't blame your granddaughter for saying you, you can't drink too much, you've been a civil servant for nothing, and you're just raising fish here."

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As soon as he started drinking, Zhou Lingmeng was no big or small, and the two old people were not unhappy about it.

Zhou Liang looked at the three of them and smiled.

After he was full, he sat on the sofa and watched the Spring Festival Gala. The program was as boring as ever, even he couldn't stand it.

In this era of rich and colorful entertainment, people's happiness threshold is constantly increasing. The Spring Festival Gala can no longer arouse people's happiness, let alone the trend of the times.

However, there are still so many families with their TVs turned on. For decades, the Spring Festival Gala has become a New Year’s Eve tie-in and background music.

Zhou Liang was also bored, took out his mobile phone, and the purpose of entering was all the news about celebrating the Spring Festival, and the same was true for opening Moments.

Most of the circle of friends posted about their Spring Festival.

Yan Wei and his girlfriend took a photo, which read: each other, forever and ever, wishing to live together forever.

He Jiahong also uploaded a photo, a landscape photo, which said: There are flowers in spring, moon in autumn, cool wind in summer and snow in winter; if you have nothing to worry about, it is a good time in the world.

Zhou Liang froze for a moment, then the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

Based on his understanding of He Jiahong, that sentence was just for pretending, absolutely nothing else.

(End of this chapter)