Chapter 1096 Winter for four people (5)

Cheng Mo knows that Shen Youyi is such a woman. He knows that even if he is poor and has no future, Shen Youyi will follow him without any complaints. In fact, Shen Youyi is the kind of person who dares to be himself on the surface. , she has her own thoughts, but she is still a very traditional Chinese woman at heart.

As the saying goes, she is the kind of traditional Chinese woman who marries a chicken and follows the chicken, marries a dog and follows the dog, is diligent and thrifty, manages the household and treats others modestly.

Of course such a woman is nice, but she is also hard to understand when she is stubborn. There is basically no way to persuade her with words. Cheng Mo could only sigh helplessly, "I just want to see you dressed beautifully, don't I?"

Seeing that there was no one around, Shen Youyi raised her hand to show off the dress she was wearing, and said with a smile: "You can buy it online! It's cheap, beautiful, and of good quality. You see, I look like a double ten in this dress." I bought it online. Nowadays, domestic products are not only new in style, but also of good quality. They are also made of Xinjiang long-staple cotton!"

Cheng Mo took a look at Shen Youyi's unscientific figure, shook his head involuntarily and sighed: "That's because you have a good figure, ordinary people can't wear your kind of charm." He thought of the clothes of the girls he met in the capital. He thought for a moment and said, "I think if you change into Prada, it will definitely attract more attention."

Shen Youyi shook her head. She leaned forward slightly and whispered in Cheng Mo's ear: "I don't want to attract attention, I just want to look beautiful to you."

The soft voice was blown into his ears by the fresh wind, and Cheng Mo's heart and soul began to sway, as if his whole body was itching due to the warm feathers. Suddenly, he felt his cheeks were hot, and there was a little beast in his heart. Ready to move.

Shen Youyi also noticed that Cheng Mo's eyes were staring, as if there were flames burning in his pupils. She turned around in a panic and walked towards the elevator, saying without looking back: "Let's go! Don't you mean Are you going to visit Xie Minyun’s grandfather today? Let’s go see if there are any suitable gifts to buy.”

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I went to the gift shop and bought a very trendy electronic landscape painting, and then went to the cigarette shop to buy traditional Chinese New Year gifts. After asking the IFS staff to deliver all the purchased items to the room, Cheng Mo Then he called Athena down, and the family began to visit the supermarket, buy vegetables and snacks, and then cook and eat.

Because Cheng Linglu likes fireworks, Cheng Mo took Cheng Linglu to the Xiangjiang River to set off fireworks after dinner. That night Cheng Linglu was finally willing to let Cheng Mo hold him, which was an epic progress for Cheng Mo. .But the worst thing is that when he returned to the hotel, he spent another sleepless night.

On the third day of junior high school, Cheng Mo talked to Athena and Shen Youyi, and then went to the Academy of Social Sciences with the electronic landscape painting, tobacco and alcohol that he and Shen Youyi selected in the IFS gift shop yesterday. After many years, Cheng Mo once again Returning to the place where he and Xie Minyun first met, he was able to break free from the shackles of pain. He stared at Yuejin Lake under the gloomy sky and could easily enter the memories of that time.

Not so heavy.

But there is always an incredible sense of illusion in my heart, as if the time he left here is only a brief moment, and the story between him and Xie Minyun is a line of poetry that has just been written, and the ink has not even dried.

The nanny car drove along the asphalt road by the lake and passed through the cold wind of early spring. He came to the door that pushed the wheel of fate. There was no deviation from his memory, but this time there was no need to knock on the door. Jiang Jun opened the door for him.

The painting "Taiyi Near the Capital of Heaven" is still hung in the entrance hall. A middle-aged woman who looks like a nanny is standing at the door and has prepared slippers for Cheng Mo.

Cheng Mo put on his slippers and held the electronic painting in both hands and entered the door. The gray-haired Wang Shanhai was still sitting on the sofa. The quince wood chessboard had been placed on the coffee table. When he saw Cheng Mo, he was a little surprised and said: "Why are you alone?

?Are you planning to sit here for a few minutes and then run away?"

Cheng Mo hesitated and said, "I don't know which one to bring."

Wang Shanhai laughed "haha", raised his hand and nodded Cheng Mo and said: "You kid, you are nothing like your father! You can't tell"

Cheng Mo had no intention of defending himself and said softly: "Maybe. I am indeed not a good man!"

Wang Shanhai did not continue to tease Cheng Mo and said with a smile: "I also understand your situation. There is no need to be pretentious here. Come over and play chess with the old man."

Cheng Mo put the electronic landscape painting and the gift bag containing cigarettes and alcohol next to the sofa, then walked to the sofa opposite Wang Shanhai and sat down. The hair on the top of the old man's head had become thinner after not seeing him for several years, and his energy was not as good as before.

So hale and hearty.

"Grandpa Dean."

"Call me grandpa." Wang Shanhai said without any doubt.

Cheng Mo hesitated for a moment, then when he saw the dozing black cat in Wang Shanhai's arms, he still shouted softly: "Grandpa."

Wang Shanhai laughed heartily again and clapped his hands like a child, "This is right."

Cheng Mo also smiled. Under Wang Shanhai's gaze, he wiped the chess board, arranged the chess table, and then asked Wang Shanhai to guess first.

Wang Shanhai was not polite and said directly: "Guess what? Of course the old man will go first." After saying this, Wang Shanhai immediately lost his position.

Of course, Cheng Mo would not spend money like Xie Minyun. He slowly chatted with Wang Shanhai while playing chess. In fact, the chess moves were very casual and he hardly thought about it. After all, Wang Shanhai's chess ability was not as good as before. On the contrary,

Chatting is more important than playing chess. Unlike facing Xie Jili, Cheng Mo did not mention Xie Minyun in front of Wang Shanhai. He talked more about his experiences and growth over the years.

His life was not a long one, but the events that can be narrated are as numerous as the stars.

Wang Shanhai also extracted some issues from Cheng Mo’s experience, and taught Cheng Mo to shoulder his own responsibilities. As the chosen one, he must have obligations to ordinary people. He can be informal, but the righteousness must always be there. He also said

Some of my past stories say that the era of poverty made the social atmosphere despicable, because poverty means that we need to face reality with a more urgent attitude. This is the greatness of China's poverty alleviation. It leads not only to let

When people get out of poverty, they also get out of moral dilemmas.

Cheng Mo accepted the lesson with an open mind. When dinner was approaching, he stood up and left. Wang Shanhai did not persuade Cheng Mo to stay, nor did he ask Cheng Mo to visit him more when he had time. Instead, he said that an old man like him had nothing to worry about, and gave him meaningful advice.

Cheng Mo kept his mission in mind and had the style of an older generation of proletarian revolutionaries.

When Cheng Mo got in the car, Wang Shanhai still held his hand and stuffed a red envelope that looked like a card. Cheng Mo wanted to refuse, but Wang Shanhai said it was New Year's money for Cheng Linglu and his wedding gift.

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Wang Shanhai didn't say clearly who the wedding gift was for, Cheng Mo. Cheng Mo guessed it was Xie Minyun, so he didn't refuse.

When she returned to the presidential suite on the 93rd floor, Shen Youyi had already prepared dinner and was serving it. Athena and Cheng Linglu were sitting at the table like two good babies, one big and one small, staring at the table full of delicacies. Drooling. Seeing Cheng Mo come in, Cheng Linglu immediately waved the little spoon in her hand and said: "The puppy daddy is back! Dinner is ready! Dinner is ready!"

The surprise came so suddenly that Cheng Mo was stunned for a moment. He automatically ignored the word "puppy" in front of "Dad". With uncontrollable joy on his face, he quickly walked to the table and picked up his daughter. , asked: "Little deer, what did you call me just now?"

Cheng Linglu, who was picked up by Cheng Mo, smiled "cluck, cluck, cluck". He thought Cheng Mo was going to throw her into the air, and immediately danced and shouted happily: "Feifei!"

"Baboon?" Cheng Mo raised Cheng Linglu high, "It's not baboon, it's the two words after puppy."

Cheng Linglu waved his hands like wings, with a smile on his white and tender face, "Puppy Feifei."

Cheng Mo gently threw Cheng Linglu up, letting her feel the feeling of being suspended in the air. When it fell, Cheng Linglu screamed and laughed. She was so happy that she turned into a flower.

After repeating this several times, Shen Youyi, who had already set out the dishes and chopsticks, said: "Don't go crazy with her, let's eat first."

Cheng Mo said "Oh" and put Cheng Linglu on her toddler chair with a little regret. Cheng Linglu still refused to let go of Cheng Mo's hand and kept shouting "Feifei".

Shen Youyi turned to look at Cheng Linglu and said with a serious expression: "Xiaolu, let dad eat, and you have to eat well. If you don't eat well, you won't let dad take you to set off fireworks later!"

Cheng Linglu immediately let go of her hand holding Cheng Mo's arm, and stared at her round eyes, looking at Cheng Mo as if she was afraid of being heard by Shen Youyi, lowering his head and whispering in Cheng Mo's ear. : “After dinner, let’s set off fireworks”

This behavior made Cheng Mo cry. How could he refuse his daughter's request? He quickly agreed, touched Cheng Linglu's little face, and sat down to eat.

Today's dishes are still rich, and the main focus is Hunan cuisine. Shen Youyi, who knows Athena's taste, specially made "garlic twice-cooked pork", "roasted small yellow croaker", "jar meat", "hand-shredded cabbage", "Spicy chicken", "chopped pepper fish head".

Because I knew that Athena had an amazing appetite, the portions and varieties were quite large, and a large round marble table was almost full. It was not as good as the New Year’s Eve dinner in terms of appearance, but the taste was really fragrant and spicy, plus The glutinous rice cooked specially for Athena by Shen Youyi, whether mixed with the soup of twice-cooked pork or topped with the soup of fish head with chopped pepper, is extremely delicious.

Not to mention Athena, even Cheng Mo, who didn’t eat spicy food in the past, was full of praise and even made several bowls of glutinous rice. Cheng Linglu can’t eat spicy food, so he can only eat some light whole grains and fruits. Today he watched three Mom turned into a cook, and she ate a lot more than usual.

After finishing the meal, Cheng Mo took out the red envelope given by Wang Shanhai and handed it to Cheng Linglu, "Good girl, take it, this is the new year's money given by grandpa."

Hearing "New Year's money" and seeing the red envelope, Cheng Linglu's young face was full of smiles. He took the red envelope and turned around and handed it to Shen Youyi. He said in a sweet voice: "Mom, collect the money! Accept it!" Money, money!”

Shen Youyi took the red envelope from Cheng Linglu and said, "Then why don't you thank Dad!"

Cheng Linglu tilted his body and hid in Shen Youyi's arms. He secretly looked at Cheng Mo in Shen Youyi's arms and said softly in a childlike voice: "Thank you, dad!"

Hearing the word "Dad", Cheng Mo felt his heart tremble inexplicably. Excitement, joy, gratitude...all kinds of emotions came to his heart, and for a moment, there were a lot of mixed feelings. What followed was a kind of With a sense of responsibility, when he thought about his childhood experience, he absolutely did not want his daughter to go through it again. He secretly made up his mind to make Cheng Linglu happy for a lifetime. Anyone who dared to bully her would be beaten so hard that he didn't even know his own mother. .

Cheng Mo, who was in a excited and happy mood, pretended to be regretful and said: "If I had known that I could call you daddy if I gave you lucky money, I would have given it to you!"

Shen Youyi glanced at the red envelope with the golden word "good luck" written in his hand and asked, "Did Dean Wang give it to you?"

Cheng Mo nodded.

"It seems to be a card." Shen Youyi said.

"Open it and take a look."

Shen Youyi opened the red envelope and took out a card with a QR code and a chip, which said "Chinese Digital Currency". Shen Youyi took out his mobile phone and opened the "Digital Currency Wallet" and scanned it. The figure of 10,000,000 yuan immediately popped up, which startled her, and she exclaimed: "So much!" She looked up at Cheng Mo, "Do I have to go back?"

Cheng Mo didn't make a big fuss and said with a smile: "Take it. I can just use this money as a down payment to buy a better house."

Athena, who was still eating vegetables, asked curiously: "What is 'New Year's money'?"

"This is a tradition in China. It is said that in ancient times, there was a monster called 'Sui'. The 'Sneaky' one would come out to harm people every New Year. According to legend, this one is called 'Sui'. As long as the "evil monster" touches the head of a sleeping child, the child will have a fever and become stupid. People are afraid of "evil" to harm their children, so they light the lamp and stay awake at night on New Year's Eve. This is called 'Keeping evil spirits'. Later, there was a family named Guan in Jiaxing Prefecture. The couple gave birth to a daughter in old age, and she regarded them as the apple of their eyes. On the night of New Year's Eve, they were afraid that evil spirits would harm their children, so they gave the child eight copper coins. Playing. The child wrapped eight copper coins in red paper, unwrapped them again, unwrapped them again, and fell asleep like this. In the middle of the night, a gust of evil wind blew open the door and blew out the lights. A small black and white When the monster was about to touch the child's head with its hand, the red paper wrapped with copper coins on the pillow cracked and a bright light appeared. The ghost retracted his hand and ran away screaming. The Guan couple wrapped eight coins in red paper. I told everyone about how copper coins scare away evil spirits. Everyone also learned to wrap eight copper coins in red paper and give them to their children after the New Year’s Eve dinner. Sure enough, the evil spirits would no longer dare to harm children in the future. People call this money 'lucky money.' "Tongjian" records: When Yang Guifei gave birth to a child, Xuanzong personally went to see it and gave the concubine gold and silver money to launder the baby. The money for laundering the baby mentioned here is not only a congratulation, but also has a more important meaning as a way for the elders to ward off evil spirits and eliminate evil spirits for the newborn. The custom of giving amulets and giving money to newborns gradually spread from the court to the people. After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the first day of the first lunar month replaced the Beginning of Spring and was called the Spring Festival. The custom that originally belonged to the Beginning of Spring was also moved to the Spring Festival. Therefore, the custom of giving money to the Spring Festival was moved to the Spring Festival. The custom evolved into giving lucky money to children.”

After hearing Cheng Mo's narration, Athena held up her chopsticks and said, "Then don't I also have to give you lucky money?"

Cheng Mo thought Athena was referring to giving Cheng Linglu lucky money, and said with a smile: "It doesn't have to be money, it's the same with gifts."

Athena nodded thoughtfully and continued to cook.

Cheng Mo then talked to Shen Youyi about buying a house again. Originally, Shen Youyi felt that there was no need to buy another house, but Cheng Mo said that he and Athena also wanted to live together, so Shen Youyi said nothing more. .

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Cheng Mo hardly went out during the Spring Festival holiday in the next few days. On the first day of work, Cheng Mo called Xi Shi and asked her to hire a powerful team of lawyers to prosecute all the public accounts that slandered Shen Youyi and the particularly extreme ones. The individual launched a lawsuit and asked the legal team to publicize it on Weibo in a high-profile manner to deter all brainless trolls.

Then Cheng Mo called Principal Wu from Changya. Principal Wu was quite surprised to receive a call from Cheng Mo. However, he knew some of Cheng Mo’s background and did not mention Shen Youyi’s matter at all. He talked to Cheng Mo very politely. The conversation started. Cheng Mo had no intention of chatting with Wu Lei and said directly: "Principal Wu, I'm calling you for nothing else. I just want to donate 20 million to the school!"

Wu Lei, who is also a veteran, did not fall for the word "donation" when he heard it. He said in an official tone: "It is a good thing to remember your alma mater! Our alma mater is also proud to have outstanding alumni like you."

"I donated on behalf of Teacher Shen. My request is to change the school's auditorium into the 'Shen Youyi Auditorium.' It's really difficult to change the library into the Shen Youyi Library."

"This. This"

Wu Lei was obviously frightened by Cheng Mo's request. He didn't say a word for a long time. Cheng Mo could feel Wu Lei's nervousness through the phone. In his mind, a fat Mediterranean man with a few strands of hair hanging on his head had already appeared in his mind. His forehead was covered with sweat.

"This matter is really not something our school can decide. You have to go through the Education Bureau first."

Cheng Mo didn't mean to embarrass Wu Lei, and said calmly: "Since you said so, just tell me who can make the decision, and I will call him directly."

Wu Lei heard Cheng Mo's calm tone and thought for a long time on the other end of the phone. He seemed to have made up his mind and sighed: "Okay! Okay! You can leave this matter to me." Bar!"

Cheng Mo thought to himself that Wu Lei could get along with Principal Changya in his early forties, and he still has a good eye for judging people. He said with approval: "Then I'll bother Principal Wu. As for the amount of donation, I will add more." Thirty million or fifty million is enough."

"Twenty million is enough, twenty million is enough. To be honest, Changya is not a university. It doesn't need to engage in research and development. It doesn't lack the money."

Cheng Mo felt more and more that Wu Lei was going to cause trouble, and his tone softened, "It's up to you how much you donate, it doesn't matter to me." After a pause, he added, "There is also something about Teacher Tang. The thing is, I think he has teaching ability as a teacher, but he does not have the demeanor of a gentleman. As a teacher who teaches and educates people, he lacks charisma."

"What you said is, what you said is, then I. Then I expel him?"

"It's not enough to expel him. Let him teach Class 9! It's a kind of training."

"This is a good idea." Wu Lei on the other end of the phone breathed a sigh of relief, "I will also warn him."

Cheng Mo said "hmm", thought for a while and said, "When the donation is settled, I will treat Principal Wu to dinner. If you have any ideas then, you can also mention it to me."

"Um. Um," Principal Wu Lei asked cautiously, "I want to ask if classmate Xie Minyun died?"

"How did you know?" Cheng Mo asked suspiciously.
Chapter completed!