Chapter 55

After returning from Linzhuang, Lin Hui and He Jianshan basically counted the days for the New Year.

A few years ago, they took some time to visit Qiushan Garden. This was agreed by Lin Hui and He Jianshan on the plane back. No matter what, they should visit in another capacity. It may be that Lin Hui was too calm about this matter. He Jianshan asked him a question: "Will you feel uncomfortable if you go? For example, embarrassment, nervousness, etc."

For this, Lin Hui is very confident: "I, Lin Hui, a social expert."

After all, Lin Hui inevitably felt nervous when he got there. He sat in the car, constantly adjusting his breathing, He Jianshan felt it, and said softly: "I, Lin Hui, a social expert."

Lin Hui glanced at him: "...but you can be broken."

He Jianshan couldn't help laughing: "Assistant Lin, have you forgotten what I said?"

He approached Lin Hui and said seriously, "Everyone likes you."

Lin Hui looked at him motionless, and He Jianshan nodded affirmatively: "Everyone."

The time they arrived at Qiushanyuan was very accurate, just at the time of the meal. As expected, it was He Jianchuan who opened the door. Probably because He Jianshan was standing behind him, Lin Hui felt that he tried his best to restrain himself so he didn't call out the words "sister-in-law", instead he lowered his eyebrows and called out "brother".

As soon as the two entered, they were greeted directly to the table to eat. Originally, before going out, He Jianshan said that he would go early and have a chat, so it was better to leave later. Lin Hui still thought that it was okay to chat. Now I think this decision is really wise. He could see that, apart from him and He Jianshan, the 4 people in this house, including Sister Hong, although everyone looked calm and had seen the world, their hearts must be turbulent. exist

"Uh, Lin Hui, have a drink, this wine is not bad, you don't drive, right?" This is He Zhao, a sentence of less than 20 words, divided into seven paragraphs.

"Don't call me auntie, you call me Jiang - no, don't call me President Jiang, just call me auntie. Xiaoshan usually calls it like that." Jiang Qing stuck her shell, and there was a logical error.

"Brother, brother-in-law, eat this, it's delicious!" Only He Jianchuan played steadily, but "brother-in-law" seemed to be provocative.

And Sister Hong, although she didn't say anything, she put every dish with peppers in front of him.

Lin Hui couldn't help but smile.

He didn't know what He Jianshan thought about He Zhao and the He family now, but obviously, he had communicated well with this family for himself.

Thinking of this, Lin Hui suddenly calmed down. Everyone at the table is more nervous than him, and he has nothing to worry about.

The whole lunch atmosphere was good. After Lin Hui adjusted his mentality, he showed 12 points of professionalism, making everyone feel like a spring breeze and chatting with smiles all over their faces. And He Jianshan didn't specifically mention Lin Hui's lover status after entering the door, but obviously, everyone knew it well and knew why this meal was prepared. Lin Hui thought this was very good, but being too deliberate would embarrass each other.

After lunch, Jiang Qing quietly motioned to Lin Hui and took him to the study.

Lin recalled: Come on, a must-have scene for a wealthy family in the TV series, just hope it's best not to give him a He Family ancestral gold bracelet or something.

As soon as she entered the study, Jiang Qing said straight to the point: "Xiaohui, thank you. I know that you have always been helping Xiaochuan. After the last annual meeting, I didn't have time to tell you."

Lin Hui hurriedly shook his head: "It's all trivial matters, he really sings well."

"He talked to his dad. He said that he thought about it for a long time, and he still wanted to try music as a career to see how far he could do it. His dad also agreed."

Lin Hui was a little surprised, and then laughed: "It's a good thing, congratulations to him."

Jiang Qing sighed: "His father always knew that he was not expected to work in the company. He wanted to send Xiaochuan to Wanzhu, and he also hoped that someone could accompany Xiaoshan. to make up for it."

"I have quarreled with him many times about this. He has been stubborn all his life. How can he know that such things as family love will expire."

Lin Hui didn't know what to say for a while.

Jiang Qing hesitated for a while, and then said, "About Xiaoshan's mother..."

Lin Hui nodded quickly: "I know, I know all about it."

Jiang Qing breathed a long sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good. Originally, some things were not suitable for me, but you may not know that when we knew about you and Xiaoshan, we were actually relieved. breath."

Lin Hui was stunned for a moment.

"Xiaoshan... The first time I saw him was at my wedding. He sat there and didn't laugh once during the whole banquet."

Jiang Qing was a little nervous at that time. She knew she was embarrassed as a stepmother, but the other kids at the banquet, big and small, had a great time. Only he, clearly only a teenager, just sat there alone, like a shadow that could disappear at any time.

When they returned to the main table after toasting, Jiang Qing didn't even think about it, she forcibly touched a glass with He Jianshan in the tone of a family.

She saw He Jianshan's eyes light up.

Jiang Qing raised her head and finished drinking the wine in her glass. She thought that no one is born alone.

"Actually, if it was someone else, we might still be worried." Jiang Qing laughed, "But it's you, Lin Hui, it's you, it's really nice."

Lin Hui lowered his eyes and said warmly, "Well, it's me."

"I won't waste your time." Jiang Qing recovered and took out two red envelopes from the desk drawer, "New Year's money, for you and Xiaoshan."

Just as Lin Hui was about to refuse, Jiang Qing seemed to see what he wanted to say, and said first, "I know you don't lack this, there's not much money in it, it's just a good omen."

She paused, then added, "It's New Year's Eve."

Lin Hui hesitated for a while, but finally took the red envelope: "Thank you, Auntie."

Jiang Qing breathed a sigh of relief: "If you don't mind, I will often come back for dinner with Xiaoshan in the future."

After sending the two away, He Zhao hurriedly looked at Jiang Qing and asked, "Have you received it?"

"Received."

He Zhao frowned: "I'll say less, even ordinary people won't give so much."

Jiang Qing smiled: "Money means nothing to the two of them. Can more money be worth more than the company's dividends? And with Lin Hui's character, if he really gives a lot, he won't want it."

He Zhao stopped talking.

Jiang Qing persuaded: "Take your time."

On the way back, Lin Hui took out the red envelope. He Jianshan glanced at it and asked, "What is this?"

"New Year's money."

"Oh."

Lin Hui glanced at him, took out the money in the red envelope and counted it: "1,000 yuan, two is 2,000 yuan, it's really good, I have a good meal today. Speaking of which, I just accepted the red envelopes from your father and aunt, Are you ok?"

He Jianshan laughed: "What's this, you can take it if you want. I really like it, I can hide red envelopes at home, you can find it for a day."

Lin Hui turned the red envelope in his hand over and over, and sighed, "I didn't expect that I would be so old and still receive lucky moneyI tell you, when my aunt called me to the study, I thought I was going to give me something from my ancestors. The golden bracelet is the kind that your grandfather's grandfather left to pass on to his daughter-in-law, I even thought about rejecting it."

He Jianshan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "...There is no such thing."

Then he remembered something: "It's something else, I'll see if you like it or not."

Lin Hui was curious: "What?"

"We'll talk later in the year."

Originally, Lin Hui's curiosity had been suspended, but he thought about it. Anyway, the New Year is only two days away, and the new year will be very fast. It's better to spend the New Year with peace of mind first, but he wants to see what He Jianshan wants to give him after the new year.

It's amazing to think about, every day the two of them are together, it's obviously ordinary and nothing special, but it always makes him eagerly looking forward to the arrival of a new day.

Early on New Year's Eve, Lin got up and started writing the word "Fu". When he went to the supermarket with He Jianshan before, he bought writing brushes, gold ink and red paper with great interest, ready to show off his skills. He Jianshan is currently hanging a small lantern on a large kumquat tree at home.

Lin Hui first wrote two small "blessings" and tried it out. He felt good, and then changed to a larger piece of red paper and began to write seriously. As he wrote, he frowned: "He Jianshan, why don't we stick to the ready-made ones, why do I look weird?"

He Jianshan walked over to take a look: "I think it's okay."

"Your filter is too thick, I feel like it has lowered the grade by sticking it at home."

He Jianshan laughed: "How come, why don't I write one too, let's lower the grade together?"

Lin Hui's eyes lit up: "You're pretty good at writing too. Come and try it."

When buying semi-finished red paper, Lin Hui bought all sizes. He Jianshan took a horizontal batch of paper, thought about it, and wrote the words "Shan Jian Lin Hui".

They all say that the words are like people, but He Jianshan's words are a little different from his own: He Jianshan is introverted, but his words are dashing and wanton. Lin Hui looked left and right, only to feel happy in his heart: "It's really good, what you do is the best!"

He clearly just wrote the names of the two of them, but he didn't like it for some reason. But for a while, he couldn't think of which pair to go for.

Seeing this, He Jianshan smiled and said, "We have bought so many Spring Festival couplets. You can choose the one you like, and then use it."

"Wouldn't that look out of place? Let's not say that the Spring Festival couplets are printed and the horizontal batches are handwritten, so the meanings don't match."

"I think this horizontal batch goes well with a lot of Spring Festival couplets. For example, look at this—" He Jianshan flipped over next to him, picked out a couple of Spring Festival couplets and read, "Red plums are proud of winter snow, and green willows are welcome. In the new year, the mountain sees the forest return'."

"It's a little bit..."

"Choose quickly, we'll post after you've chosen."

"Then the 'Fu' I wrote, you can post it on the flower pot at home later."

"OK."

After the two finished posting the Spring Festival couplets and the characters of blessing, He Jianshan began to prepare the evening dishes in advance. While helping him choose dishes, Lin Hui looked at his mobile phone: "Wow, He Jianchuan sent me the food from Qiu Shan Yuan, so many delicious food, he also asked if we could go back at night."

"Do you want to go? We can go there if you want."

Lin Hui asked curiously, "Did you go there for dinner on New Year's Eve?"

"Go, every year."

For He Jianshan, the dinner on New Year's Eve was not much different from usual except that it was a little richer. After dinner, he still drives home in a warm and festive atmosphere.

Lin Hui shook his head: "I won't go."

He Jianshan looked at him.

Lin Hui told the truth: "I just want to celebrate the New Year with you two."

He Jianshan took a piece of mixed lotus root and put it in his mouth: "Me too."

The New Year's Eve dinner for the two of them was completed at four in the afternoon.

Lin Hui took a lot of photos around the table, and hesitantly said, "Hey, I'm so tangled, I want to post on Moments, but I don't want to."

"why?"

"I'm stingy, and I don't want to let others see it. But the dishes we cook are so good, I think it's a pity that no one sees it."

He Jianshan was laughed to death by his twisted and tangled mentality: "Then why don't I send it?"

Lin Hui was shocked: "You've never posted on your Moments, have you?"

He Jianshan didn't answer, he quickly took a photo, and then added the words "Happy New Year" and posted the first circle of friends in his life.

"I didn't post it before because I had nothing to say." He Jianshan smiled and waved his phone back to Lin: "But now I have something to say."

The red wine for the New Year's Eve dinner was specially chosen by He Jianshan, saying that in order to be worthy of the New Year's Eve, he had to choose a good bottle of wine. Lin Hui is not as knowledgeable as He Jianshan. Anyway, in his eyes, it is a good wine, and he doesn't know what the "good" in He Jianshan's mouth is. After sobering up, Lin took a sip, and after a long time in his mouth, he couldn't help but ask, "Tell me honestly, how much is this wine?"

He Jianshan said a number.

Lin Hui was stunned: "The grade has jumped to 'very expensive'! Okay, it's a dish worthy of this table."

After the two of them ate for a while, He Jianshan saw that Lin Hui's cheeks started to turn red slowly, and said, "Why do you put on your face when you drink?"

"I've always been like this, naturally, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I want to kiss you like this."

Lin Hui's hand holding the food stopped, he looked up at the clock hanging on the wall: "It's only a quarter past six, the midnight show hasn't started yet, Mr. He."

He Jianshan couldn't help laughing. After a while, he said softly, "Assistant Lin, it's a good New Year."

They started in the morning: paste couplets and blessings, hang lanterns; scrub and wash, choose vegetables to cook; the WeChat that keeps popping up on mobile phones is too late to read; all the plants in the house are watered; Lin Hui makes braised fish, he said that every year Extra, this is a must-have dish; he didn't make salt and pepper shrimp, because Lin Hui changed his mind and said he wanted to eat shrimp with spring onion; then they took the time to take a bath before eating...

On this day, they never had a moment of leisure.

Just like any ordinary family in this country and this city, their family is also celebrating the New Year in earnest.

He Jianshan even thought about the time after dinner: they would sit on the sofa and watch TV, it didn't matter if they really watched it or not, but the TV had to be on; he would keep pestering Lin Hui to chat, Lin Hui said that he continued On New Year's Eve for several years, he slept before 0:00. This year, he must keep his age; Lin Hui had better not lie on him, because he would start to feel sleepy; Say "Happy New Year" to Lin Hui, and Lin Hui will probably say the same thing to him, because they always have such a tacit understanding...

New Year's Eve is really good.

Everything was as He Jianshan imagined, the only variable was that when it was about 0:00, Lin Hui leaned on He Jianshan and fell asleep, and the host on the TV had already started the countdown: "10! 9! 8! …”

He Jianshan laughed, but he still wasn't willing to wake the person in his arms.

"...6! 5! 4!..."

He touched Lin Hui's hair, and then hugged him to his side.

"...3! 2!..."

Looking at the dazzling red on the TV, He Jianshan clenched his hand and said softly, "Lin Hui, thank you."

Thank you for being by my side, I have never loved the world more than this moment.

"1——! Happy Chinese New Year!!!"

Lin Hui opened his eyes.

He sat up with He Jianshan's slightly surprised expression, then hugged him tightly: "Won't you tell me 'Happy New Year'?"

After he finished speaking, he smiled: "Forget it, let me tell you-"

"He Jianshan, happy new year."

The author has something to say:

The penultimate chapter, thank you for coming to accompany Lin Zhu and Mr. He to celebrate the New Year together.It is 0:00 now. The last chapter will be officially released at 11:00 tonight. In addition, although the main text is over, there are extras.