Coming out of the cemetery, Wu Hao sighed at Li Wenming who had been waiting at the intersection.
Li Wenming nodded and followed him silently. Li Wenming knew a lot about him, but it was difficult for him to remain silent.
As the person Wu Hao is closest to and most trusted, he knows that sometimes silence is more valuable than comfort.
The New Year atmosphere in my hometown is very strong, and firecrackers in the city are going off non-stop early in the morning. Although the city has deliberately issued a ban on burning in the past two years, it has never been implemented.
Fortunately, Wu Hao and his family's home is located near a famous scenic spot on the outskirts of the city, so it is a little quieter.
Seeing Wu Hao's unhappy look when he came back from sweeping the grave, Zhang Xiaoman immediately said to his daughter: "Xiaotong, go and post the Spring Festival couplets with your brother."
"good!"
Wu Tong ran over happily holding Spring Festival couplets: "Brother, here you go!"
Seeing the smile on his sister's face, Wu Hao also smiled and took the Spring Festival couplets.
"How about this?"
"More up."
"how about this?"
"It's off to the right."
"Is it ok now?"
"A little further down, stop, this is it!"
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With the busy work of the brother and sister, several pairs of Spring Festival couplets were finally posted. The two were standing in the yard with their arms akimbo looking at the fruits of their labor. Li Wenming, on the other hand, followed Wu Jianhua with a broom to clean the yard.
"Dad, let me do it." Wu Hao grabbed the broom from his father's hand and said.
Wu Jianhua nodded, and then sat on the stone bench on the side. He watched him and Li Wenming clean up, while his youngest daughter Wu Tong said she was helping, but in fact she was causing trouble.
"How many days will you stay here this time?" Wu Jianhua lit a cigarette.
Wu Hao glanced at him, and then continued to clean up: "I will spend the New Year with you and leave on the second day of the Lunar New Year."
"Why don't you leave now? You've just been back for a while!" Wu Jianhua's face suddenly fell when he heard this and he scolded him.
Well, Wu Hao didn't know what to say. After a long time, he said: "There are still employees in my company working overtime. I have to go back early to express my condolences.
If you and Wu Tong have nothing to do, you can come with me to play for a few days. I just bought a house, which is quite big and big enough for you to live in."
"Humph!" Wu Jianhua glared at him and then walked into the house. Wu Hao smiled bitterly and shook his head, then continued to pack up.
Shortly after finishing cleaning the yard, the uncle's family came. The uncle is a relatively traditional or old-fashioned person, and he pays great attention to the traditions of elders and children. In the past, he would take the initiative to go to their house to pay New Year greetings during the New Year.
This time the uncle and his family took the initiative to come here, which made his father Wu Jianhua couldn't help but feel happy.
The uncle's name is Wu Jianzhong. He is in his fifties and currently works in his hometown town. The eldest aunt Wang Ju used to be an employee of a state-owned supply and marketing cooperative, but was laid off and has been idle at home.
The two of them had looked down upon their family before, thinking that their father was just a small contractor, and they had managed to get along better by relying on his reputation as the leader of the town over the years.
Therefore, the relationship between the two brothers has not been good these years, but no matter how bad the relationship is, the family has to go there every New Year's Eve to pay New Year's greetings.
Originally, Wu Hao and the others were planning to go there later this year, but they didn't expect that the uncle's family would come early.
Also coming with the old couple were his cousin Wu Jun, his wife and their young son. This family was very enthusiastic about Wu Hao. His eldest aunt Wang Ju even kept pulling him to talk about his family life and inquire about his situation.
Wu Hao was not a fool, so he naturally knew why his uncle and his family took the initiative to come over this year. But after all, he was an elder, so he should answer seriously, and he would just laugh at those who were difficult to answer.
For example, when the eldest aunt asked whether she had made a lot of money this year, he laughed it off.
Of course, the conflicts between his parents belong to his parents. He has a good relationship with his cousin Wu Jun. It’s just that this cousin is over thirty and has long since become a middle-aged greasy man. When communicating with Wu Hao, he is more
These are some parents who are short-lived and have completely lost the way they used to get along with each other.
Maybe this is real life. His status is different and his perspective on things is different. He can't stand the enthusiasm of these people and feels that it's not as normal as before to get along with them.
"By the way, hasn't my second brother Wu Bin come back this year?" Wu Hao asked his aunt Wang Ju who was chatting with his stepmother Zhang Xiaoman about home affairs.
"He said he won't come back until the family leave is approved this year, and your second sister-in-law hasn't come back since she took care of the children." Wang Ju said with a kind face.
His second brother used to be the person he admired the most. He practiced sports for several years, then was admitted to the military academy, and later served in the Western Theater Command. Therefore, the two of them met relatively rarely. It can be said that they have only met each other over the years.
Meet once or twice.
"Xiao Hao, do you have a girlfriend? Do you need your aunt to introduce you to one? My aunt's family has a niece who graduated from Wuhan University and is now working in a public institution. She is a good-looking person and is a good match for you." Wang Ju
He pulled Wu Hao and said with enthusiasm.
"Well, auntie, I already have a girlfriend." Wu Hao said with a wry smile. Faced with this situation, he would say yes even if he didn't. Not to mention Lin Wei, who he already knew, even if he didn't know her yet, he
He would not agree to let this aunt help him introduce a partner.
"Really? Why haven't you heard from your mother or father?" Wang Ju looked at Zhang Xiaoman with a suspicious look on her face.
Seeing this, Zhang Xiaoman quickly smiled and said: "This child kept it a secret, and we only found out about it not long ago. No, that girl also gave us a lot of gifts this time. She gave that girl Xiaotong a necklace and gave it to me.
I bought a set of cosmetics and an inkstone for Lao Wu. How could Xiao Hao, with his careless temper, think of giving us these things?"
Wang Ju nodded after hearing this, then looked at Wu Hao and said with a smile: "You kid has a girlfriend and you keep it a secret. When will you bring her back and let your eldest aunt check it out for you?"
"Haha, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future." Wu Hao said with a smile on his face. But he couldn't help complaining in his heart. No wonder he saw something wrong in the eyes of his stepmother and father when he took out the gifts yesterday. It turned out that they had already figured out that these things were not bought by me.
"Xiao Hao, come here and talk to your uncle." Wu Jianzhong, who was sitting opposite his father, rescued him from his aunt, but he couldn't help but feel miserable when he thought of having to deal with his uncle again.
If there is no problem when facing other people, who cares if they are close relatives? When facing them, even if Wu Hao is capable, he has to be cautious and respectful under his father's gaze.
She was afraid that if she were not careful, she would offend the other party and make her father angry.
The conversation with his uncle was more like a subordinate reporting work to the leader, which made Wu Hao feel very uncomfortable, but he could not reveal it yet.
The meaning behind the uncle's words is actually the same thing, that is, he has made a fortune now, and he must not forget the training his hometown has given him. Now an agricultural and sideline food processing factory is going to be built in the town, and I asked him if he has the intention to invest one or two, and get one
Ten to twenty million to support and so on.
This made him speechless and very helpless at the same time. Human feelings were indeed the most difficult thing to deal with.
