Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 1086 Reunion

Uncle San asked, "He's quite capable. He works at the Provincial Construction Bureau. What does he do there? Was his rank not high before? Did he become the bureau chief?"

Xiao Wei said, "No, I was at the agricultural machinery station before I came here. Now I'm the director."

Uncle San was surprised: "Which bureau? What bureau?"

Xiao Wei said, "In our provincial urban construction bureau, Uncle Wang is the head of the bureau, a deputy director level."

Uncle San gasped, "So you're starting to tremble now? How did you suddenly become so successful? What connections did you get?"

Xiao Wei said, "These are my partner's parents, they came to celebrate the New Year. He used to be the director of the Northeast Power Bureau, but he's been transferred to Beijing. He helped Uncle Wang get transferred, and you know Li Zhongguo from the county bureau, right? He was transferred here too."

Beibei turned her little face and asked, "Daddy, who are you talking about?"

Xiao Wei said, "By the way, do you know who Chen's father is?"

Beibei smiled and said, "Grandpa Chen, I know him."

Xiao Wei said, "Hmm, Beibei is so smart. Can you remember what these are called, Third Grandpa and Third Grandma?"

Beibei nodded vigorously: "I remember. I... I can't see." She was tied to the seat and couldn't turn around.

Xiao Wei said, "You'll see it when we get home, don't move."

Beibei leaned back in her seat and said, "Daddy, can we go up to the top of the building to watch the fireworks?"

Xiao Wei said, "Okay, let's go upstairs to check in the middle of the night. Aren't you sleepy? You'll be asleep by then."

Beibei said, "Wake me up. If you call me, I'll wake up."

Uncle San laughed and said, "This little girl is quite charming, with her sweet talk."

Auntie San asked, "Can there be enough room for so many people? Even high-ranking officials are crowding in with us?"

Xiao Wei said, "Yes, there's plenty of space. It's just that there's not enough room to eat properly, so we'll have to go to the cafeteria."

About ten minutes later, the car arrived at the zoo entrance. Beibei asked, "Big lion, big tiger, Daddy, are they celebrating the New Year?"

Xiao Wei said, "Animals don't celebrate the New Year; they don't understand what it means. They're afraid of firecrackers."

Beibei raised her hand to cover her face: "Baby's scared too."

Uncle San said to Aunt San, "From here on, it's basically rural. There's a research institute and an airport ahead, and then it's just vegetable fields and farmers' homes. It should be Dongling District, right, Xiaowei?"

Xiao Wei said, "Yes, when I first came here, it was mostly vegetable gardens with just a few buildings. But in the last two years, there has been construction going on, and now there are quite a few construction sites in this area."

Turning the corner of the zoo to the southwest, Beibei clapped her hands and exclaimed, "We're home, Dad! I can see your building!"

Xiao Lou tilted his head and looked up, and he could indeed see it.

Uncle San looked outside and said, "Quite a change. Is this a school? It wasn't here before."

As they passed the food factory construction site, Beibei exclaimed, "Big red lanterns, so beautiful!"

Uncle San looked outside and said, "Wow, such a big building! Is it military property? There's a military sign. This area is basically all military territory, isn't it?"

Xiao Wei drove the car into the yard and stopped at the garage entrance: "We're here. This isn't the military base; we built it. This is our company's office building. Get out of the car and let's go inside and talk."

Uncle San's family got out of the car, and Xiao Wei turned around, untied Bei Bei, and carried her down, letting her stand by the roadside. He opened the garage door and said, "Uncle San, I'll put the car in the garage. You and Aunt San, you can go ahead first. It's that building in front; the annex here is empty."

When they opened the door, there was a car parked inside. Xiaowei said, "My brother has arrived." He closed the garage door and went to open the one next to it.

Auntie and her two children looked around and looked up at the headquarters building.

My third uncle asked, "Your brother bought a car too?"

Xiao Wei said, "No, my old one was driven by my sister-in-law. I got a new car last year."

I got in the car, parked it in the garage, closed the garage door, clapped my hands, and said, "Let's go inside, it's awfully cold outside. My parents told me to call them when we got close so they could come out to greet us, but I forgot. They're probably going to scold me."

Then Xiaowei's mother's voice came over: "You deserve to be scolded. I saw people here from inside, so I guess you didn't call when they arrived. Come on, third brother, sister-in-law, come inside and warm up."

Are you tired from the car ride? Come inside for dinner, everyone's waiting for you. Xiao Jun and his wife just arrived too. These two young men have grown up so fast! Is Bei Bei cold? Come inside with Grandma.

As they were talking, they walked up to her and took Beibei from her.

The two children from Uncle San's family greeted Xiaowei's mother: "Second Aunt."

Xiao Wei laughed and said, "I've never seen them before, and I don't even know their names. They're probably not older than me, right?"

Uncle San reached out and ruffled the hair of the two brothers: "This eldest is called Da Hong, and this second eldest is called Da Wei, the same name as you. They're both younger than you."

Xiao Wei said, "The rate of duplicate names is too high. It's like we've all got the same name."

The two brothers were a little embarrassed, but their aunt laughed and said, "We are Hong as in Hongwei, unlike you."

Xiao Wei's mother patted her third aunt on the shoulder: "Mom, it's been so many years since I've seen you smile. The eldest and fourth sons are both here. So many years have passed, and besides, there wasn't really any right or wrong back then. It's all in the past, understand?"

Third Aunt rolled her eyes: "Fine, I don't care to argue with them."

Xiao Wei's mother said, "Xiao Wei's family is here. His parents have different social statuses, so please be careful what you say. It's still a matter of relationship."

Auntie said, "I heard from Xiaowei. Your family is really doing well now, I never expected it. You're really living a life of luxury. When you said you were building houses, I thought it would be a big bungalow, but these two little buildings are beautiful."

Xiaowei's mother said, "I was confused myself. It's like they said it would work as easily as blowing air. I was really worried when they came to pick me up. Xiaowei built this house himself. The original house was over there, much smaller than this one. Later, Xiaohui's family moved in."

This land originally belonged to Xiaohui, but it was given to us as an exchange.

Auntie San lowered her head and straightened her clothes: "You guys really hit the jackpot. I never thought that the traitor would be so successful. I was thinking that your Xiaojun would make it big back then, but I underestimated him."

She turned to straighten her two sons' collars: "We have guests inside. Be mindful of your speech and eating later, understand?"

Xiaowei's mother said, "Eat and drink what you want, what's there to worry about? Your two kids are definitely better than you."

Upon entering the house, several aunties and older women were tidying up the table, while the men remained huddled on the sofa, having stopped smoking. The eldest brother, Zhang Jun, was holding Zhang Haitao to show to the older men.

Zhang Bing had already gotten up and was kneeling on the sofa, supporting Old Chen's shoulder as he looked at the child.

The reason why Lao Chen was able to come to Xiao Wei's house to celebrate the Chinese New Year was precisely because he liked this feeling of being a family, not being treated like some important person.

Who would dare let their child do that? Even the child wouldn't dare.

Actually, it was just a lucky accident, a stroke of luck. Xiaowei's parents were just a pair of farmers, they were kind and caring, but they didn't really understand any of that class or hierarchy stuff. If it's good, it's good, so let's just treat each other as family.

When a family is together, there aren't so many rules.

As soon as the group entered, Zhang Jun stood up first: "Third Uncle, Third Aunt. Xiao Hong and Xiao Wei." He was older and had met them all before.

Xiao Wei's dad said, "Go get some hot water to wash your face and drink some hot water first."

Third Uncle came over with his wife and children, calling out, "Brother, Second Brother, Brother Jianshe, Fourth Brother."

Uncle Wang pointed at Old Chen and said, "Call him Brother Chen." The Third Uncle's family then greeted him respectfully.

(End of this chapter)