The next day, after Xiang Jin entered the lounge and fell asleep, Yan Chen closed the door and went to the office outside. Then he took out his cell phone and called Ouyang Bo.
The phone was quickly picked up, "Hello, Yan Chen?"
"Ouyang, yesterday you called Ajin and said you had something to tell me. Is there something wrong?"
Ouyang Bo said, "There is nothing else. My sister is pregnant now. You should pay more attention to everything and let her rest more. For example, you can't let her do some things. You have to worry about it.
Thank you for your hard work."
Yan Chen said, "Well, don't worry, I know everything. Grandpa, grandma, and grandparents may come over soon. I will ask them if I don't understand anything then!"
"That's good, then I'll feel relieved!"
"How are you doing lately?" Yan Chen asked immediately.
Ouyang Bo said, "Hey, isn't that all?"
Yan Chen smiled and said, "I heard that the elders in the family are urging you to get married?"
Ouyang Bo said, "Isn't that right? As soon as you two got married, my grandparents often told me on the phone, 'Look, your sister is already married now. Xiao Bo, when will you get one?
Will the subject come back and show us?'
You said that I spend my days either in the melon and fruit fields or studying vegetable geography in the greenhouse, so how do I have time to find a partner?"
Yan Chen smiled again and said, "Isn't my family introducing someone to you?"
Ouyang Bo said, "There are introductions, and there are quite a few. Not only my grandparents asked acquaintances to introduce them, but my aunts also introduced them. There are already more than ten people in total."
Yan Chen asked, "Among so many people, don't you just like one?"
Ouyang Bo sighed, "Oh, stop it quickly. To be honest, there really isn't anything suitable for me."
"Too high expectations?!" Yan Chen teased him.
Ouyang Bo said, "It's really not the case. The key is that you don't feel that way, you know? They said they would introduce two more to me during the New Year. I'll let you know first. I'll tell you after my work here is implemented.
I will come to Beijing to see you, and then I will celebrate the New Year in Beijing and take some time off."
Yan Chen reminded, "Then you have to book tickets in advance."
Ouyang Bo said, "I'm going back to the provincial capital in two days, and I'll book a flight ticket then."
Yan Chen joked again, "Aren't you afraid that even though you are hiding in the capital this time, maybe one of the two blind dates during the Chinese New Year is suitable for you?"
Without thinking, Ouyang Bo denied on the other end of the phone, "It's impossible, I don't like introductions. No matter how capable or beautiful she is, I won't like anyone who introduces her. I still like to go out on my own."
of.
I always feel that what others describe is an arranged marriage in the feudal society of the old era, without any autonomy. I don't like that feeling.
Well, you said, I'm not very old, just twenty-five or six years old, and I'm not looking for a partner or getting married. Do they need them to start urging me to get married so early?
You said that for people of our generation, aren’t there a lot of people in their 20s, 27s, 8s, or 20s who haven’t had a partner yet? You said that among those who have passed the entrance examination, who is not in their twenties?
Five, six, twenty-seven or eight-year-old are still busy with their own work and career? Why are they worried like this?
Then you and Xiaojin can't get married early, and I, the elder brother, must get married immediately, right? Well, my situation is different from yours. You can say that you have a successful career now. The so-called establishing a career and a family, you
The business has been established, so isn’t it a natural thing to start a family?
But I am different. My career is currently on the rise. I still want to develop my career well, and I don’t want these things to affect my mood and energy."
Faced with his whining and spitting, Yan Chen actually understood him relatively well. Every ambitious man has a map of the world in his heart. If he didn't like the person he loves, no one would have thought about it.
Enter into marriage at an early age.
Because marriage is undoubtedly like gambling. If you meet the right person, they love each other, understand, tolerate and support each other, can lean on each other in the most difficult times, and share the joys and sorrows, then there is no doubt that this relationship is worth being loved.
Cherish it, and the two of you will get better and better after getting married.
If you don’t meet the right person, and you don’t get to know each other very well before entering into marriage, then after you really live together, you will find that each other has many shortcomings and problems.
When I have shortcomings, most of the time I hate each other and dislike each other, only to realize that the other person is not suitable for me. Gradually, life becomes a mess.
When life is unsatisfactory, your mood will naturally be unsatisfactory, and your emotions will often be brought to work, and you will not be able to fully devote your energy and enthusiasm to your work, and your work will naturally be affected.
Yan Chen said, "Since you don't like that kind of introduction, and you're not in the mood to think about personal issues right now, I suggest you'd better make it clear to your family openly and honestly as soon as possible.
This is good for you and your family members. It saves them from having to introduce you to other people everywhere, but it doesn't end up causing the people who introduced you to have opinions. Moreover, your family members are all reasonable. I trust them.
Everyone can understand you."
Ouyang Bo said on the other end of the phone, "I know! Okay, then I'll hang up the phone if it's okay?"
Yan Chen said, "Well, okay, oh, by the way, let me tell you that my parents, grandparents, and others are coming here to celebrate the New Year."
"Ah?! Are they also going to have a BJ?" Ouyang Bo suddenly said a little depressed on the other end of the phone.
Yan Chen knew at once that he had not really listened to what he had just said to him, so he didn't care. As a brother-in-law, he could only say this, and it was none of his business whether he would adopt his opinions or not.
’s matter.
However, just when he was about to hang up the phone, he saw Ouyang Bo seeming to have made a decision, "Okay, then I will explain my point of view to them when it comes to BJ.
Yan Chen just said "Yeah" lightly, and then said, "That's it, hang up?"
"good!"
The two of them hung up the phone at the same time, and then Yan Chen dialed his grandfather's phone again. However, the old man's phone rang but no one answered. He probably was busy with something, so he hung up again and dialed again.
His aunt answered the call relatively quickly.
After the aunt and nephew got to know each other's current situation, Yan Chen directly told her aunt about Xiang Jin's pregnancy. When his aunt heard about it, she was very happy and kept talking on the other end of the phone.
Asked this and that, Yan Chen patiently answered them one by one.
Then his aunt said that she would call Xiang Jin later, and Yan Chen said, "Aunt, don't call her for now. She is taking a lunch break right now."
"Oh, that's it? Okay, then I won't disturb her for now," his aunt said after hearing this, and then asked something else, "Then do you want to invite an aunt or something to your family? What about you two?"
It’s the first time you’re a parent. I guess many people are also scratching their heads.
Blind, it’s better to have someone who is familiar with childbirth and childbirth by your side to help you at any time. It would be nice if your aunt was closer to you, and she could help you take care of Jin Yatou from time to time, but look at you over there.
, and I can’t come back to celebrate the New Year.”
Yan Chen said, "It's okay, and it won't be needed for the time being. I called my grandparents, and Ajin called her grandparents. They haven't had anything to do recently, so they will probably come over."
"Are your grandparents and grandparents coming over? Oh, this is a good idea. Now I feel relieved. They are all relatively experienced people," his aunt said.
"Well, they said they would come over after discussing it."
"Okay, okay, then I'll go to your grandparents' and Jin Yatou's grandparents' place after get off work in the afternoon to see if there's anything I need help cleaning up?" his aunt said.
"good!"
When it was time to get off work in the afternoon, Yan Chen's grandfather called again. After a few brief greetings, his grandfather said, "Your aunt called me that time and reported the good news.
Are you saying that Jin Yatou is pregnant?"
Yan Chen said, "Well, it's been more than a month."
His grandfather laughed several times on the other end of the phone, and then said "Okay, okay!" Then he asked some basic information about Xiang Jin, and Yan Chen answered them one by one.
, and then his grandfather told Yan Chen to take good pictures
Gu Xiangjin, if she wants to eat, get her something to eat. She must follow her in everything, don’t make her angry, etc., and a lot of words. Finally, she told him that if she is free then,
If it is convenient, he will go to Beijing to visit them.
Yan Chen answered one by one. He was supposed to get off work at five-thirty, but after making this call, it was past six-thirty before the two of them got up and left the company and went downstairs.
"Are you hungry?" Yan Chen took Xiang Jin's hand and asked.
Xiang Jin shook his head, "No!"
Yan Chen then asked again, "What do you want to eat for dinner?"
Xiang Jin said, "Anything is fine. Whatever you do, I will eat whatever you want. You don't have to choose!" Yan Chen takes care of all the meals a day in their family.
Yan Chen's eyes were filled with smiles, and then he reached out and pinched her cheek, "It's so easy to feed!"
Xiang Jin held his arm and looked at him with a sly expression, "Then I am so easy to support, is there any reward?"
Yan Chen stared at her and asked her with a joking expression, "Then what reward do you want? But let's make it clear first that some strenuous exercise is not possible for the time being. It will have to wait at least three months for you to give birth.
It's only when it's stable." At this point, he deliberately came to her ear and lowered his voice and said to her, "When the time comes, my husband will serve you well!"
Facing his teasing eyes, Xiang Jin instantly understood what he meant by "serving", and then slapped him on the arm, "Damn it, what are you thinking about?"
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Yan Chen still stared at her with a teasing look on his face, and deliberately prolonged his voice and said, "Oh, it turns out I was overthinking it? I thought you were overthinking it?"
Xiang Jin glared at him angrily, "Nonsense, I don't want to!"
Yan Chen suppressed the evil smile at the corner of his mouth, and then returned to his normal smiling expression, "That is my husband's overthinking, but what kind of reward do you want? Tell your husband, and he will try his best to satisfy you?"
Xiang Jin said, "I want to eat stinky tofu, can you drive me to buy it later?"
Yan Chen laughed, "Why do you suddenly want to eat this? You haven't eaten it in several years?"
The only time they ate stinky tofu was when she went to BJ during the winter vacation of their sophomore year. When they were shopping, they saw a snack bar selling stinky tofu in an alley, and then she dragged him there to eat it.
Yes, but he couldn't get used to the taste, so they never had stinky tofu again after that.
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, I just want to eat it, and I really want to eat it. Do you mind?"
Yan Chen said without thinking, "I don't mind, okay, my husband will take you to buy stinky tofu to eat, but I just don't know if the store is still in the original place. We haven't been there for several years."
Xiang Jin's eyes narrowed with a smile, "It doesn't matter. If I'm not here anymore, forget it."
Then the two of them drove together to buy stinky tofu in the alley where they used to be a few years ago, but unfortunately that store was no longer there. Yan Chen asked the owner of the snack bar next to him because the other party
The smell of that store affected the business of surrounding stores, so it received dissatisfaction and complaints from some surrounding store owners. In the end, that store had moved away three years ago. As for where they moved later,
It’s unknown.
After thanking Xiang Jin and the others, they left. After taking a few steps, Yan Chen looked at Xiang Jin and said, "Besides stinky tofu, do you have anything else you like to eat, such as hot and sour noodles, or
Other food with strong flavors?”
Xiang Jin shook his head, "No."
Yan Chen said, "Then let's go back?"
Xiang Jin pulled him and said, "How about we eat outside tonight? Don't do it. It's almost half past seven now. It's probably nine o'clock when it's done?"
Yan Chen hesitated for a moment and then said, "How about we go to the shop to eat and have a lighter soup pot?"
Xiang Jin also thought for a moment, then nodded, "Okay! But now I don't know if there is still a place?" Last time they told Uncle Duoji to put their special box into the public venue.
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Yan Chen said, "Then let me make a call to Uncle Duoji first?"
Xiang Jin nodded, and Yan Chen took out his cell phone and dialed Uncle Duoji. After a while, the call was picked up. Yan Chen didn't say any polite words and directly asked him if there were any free seats.
He asked Xiang Jin to go over for dinner.
Uncle Duoji said, "No at the moment, both the private rooms and the hall are full, but it is estimated that one or two tables of guests in the hall will leave in about ten or twenty minutes. Do the two bosses think so? If so, I will
Just reserve a place for you?"
Yan Chen looked at Xiang Jin and said, "There are too many people in the hall and it's too noisy. How about we pack some ingredients and go home and cook them ourselves?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay!"
So Yan Chen said to Uncle Duoji on the other end of the phone, "There is no need to reserve a seat. You can prepare some ingredients for us. We will pick them up later and then go home and cook them ourselves."
"Oh, okay!" Uncle Duoji responded cheerfully, and then asked them what ingredients they needed to prepare.
Yan Chen looked at Xiang Jin, "What do you want to eat?"
Xiang Jin told him what she wanted to eat with her fingers, and then Yan Chen repeated it to Uncle Duoji on the other end of the phone, and then Uncle Duoji on the other end of the phone sketched out the menu in the same way.
After he finished sketching, Yan Chen said to Uncle Duoji, "We will arrive in about twenty minutes. Uncle Duoji, could you please have someone prepare it for us?"
"Okay, no problem, I'll make arrangements right away!"
It was said to be twenty minutes, but in fact it only took them a little more than fifteen minutes to arrive at their hot pot restaurant. However, they did not wait outside for too long. They almost called Uncle Duoji.
Within two minutes of the phone call, Uncle Duoji came out with a basket of ingredients.
Yan Chen got off the car and went to pick it up in person, "Have you brought the small crucian carp and enoki mushrooms I want?"
Uncle Duoji nodded and said, "Yes, yes, it's inside. It's packed in a small bag. They just killed it."
Yan Chen glanced down at the basket, and then nodded, "Okay, then Uncle Duoji, just go back and do your work. Let's go!"
Uncle Duoji nodded, and then Yan Chen turned around, carried the vegetable basket and put it in the trunk, then returned to the driver's seat. Xiang Jin waved to Uncle Duoji, "Uncle Duoji, let's go.
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"Oh, okay! Slow down?" Uncle Duoji waved to them and watched them leave.
Although Xiang Jin and the others didn't eat until nine o'clock, they actually didn't eat until half past eight. Yan Chen put the prepared sauce bowl in front of her, "Are you really hungry?"
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Xiang Jin shook his head, "No!"
Yan Chen first cooked her some dishes that she liked better, and then said to Xiang Jin, "You eat yours and don't worry about me. I'll do it myself."
"It's okay," Yan Chen continued to put vegetables in her bowl, and then asked, "Does it taste good?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yeah, it's appropriate. Okay, okay, don't put any more vegetables in my bowl. There are already so many. If you put more, I won't be able to eat them. That food will be over later."
It's cold, you can eat it by yourself, ah? I can boil whatever I want to eat later."
"Okay, then do it yourself!"
In the middle of their dinner, Xiang Jin's cell phone rang next to the dining table. They both glanced at the phone, and then saw that it was Yan Chen's grandparents calling.
It came, so she pressed the hands-free answer button, "Hello, grandpa, grandma?"
After the two people got married, they changed their names and called each other's relatives.
"Hey, girl Jin?" Grandma Mo's voice came from the other end of the phone, "Listen to your voices, are you still having dinner?"
Xiang Jin said "ah".
Grandma Mo's concerned voice came over, "Oh, what time is it? Why are you just eating now, it's too late? Where is Chenchen, what kind of care is Chenchen?
your?"
Xiang Jin said, "No, I don't want to do his business. The main reason is that I wanted to eat stinky tofu after get off work, and then he took me to buy it. But when I got there, the store selling stinky tofu turned out to be three years ago. have moved, and then we
We just wanted to go to the shop to have a clear soup pot, but we called Uncle Duoji and told him that the shop was full. Then we asked Uncle Duoji to prepare some dishes for us. We went to pick them up and cooked them ourselves, so it was a bit late.
Already."
"Oh, so that's what it's like? But the dinner you guys had tonight was really a twist," Grandma Mo said with a bit of a joke.
Xiang Jin smiled and said, "Fortunately, I wasn't very hungry at first."
Grandma Mo said, "But you still have to eat on time in the future, especially Jin Yatou, you are a twin now, especially you can't go hungry. If you are hungry, the child in your belly will also be hungry.
So you have to eat in time so that he can absorb nutrients and grow well."
Xiang Jin nodded on the other end of the phone, "Yes, okay, I understand and I will remember it."
Grandma Mo said, "Okay, then you can eat first and we will call you later." After saying that, she was about to hang up the phone.
Xiang Jin hurriedly said, "It's okay, just tell me, we are already halfway through our meal, and we have turned on the speakerphone, so it won't affect our meal. We can listen to you while eating."
After a brief hesitation on the other end of the phone, Grandma Mo said, "Okay, let's make a long story short. It's like this, Jin Yatou, we have discussed it with your grandparents, and we will all come together the day after tomorrow.
In a week or two, your grandparents will go back to make the sausages, and they will come back when they have made the sausages."
Xiang Jin said, "Okay, but isn't it too much trouble for you?"
Grandma Mo said, "Hey, this is nothing to worry about. Anyway, we are just idlers every day."
Suddenly Xiang Jin heard her grandfather's voice, "Your grandma and grandma may not come back by then, but your grandpa and I will go back and get it done."
Xiang Jin was surprised, "Hey, grandparents, are you with my grandparents?"
Her grandma smiled and said, "Oh, your aunt came over in the afternoon, and then invited us out to eat, and then drove us back. If you are not coming back, we said we would give you a call to talk about it."
This matter, so let’s just do it together.”
Xiang Jin said, "Oh, that's it, okay, you can come over the day after tomorrow. When are the tickets? Are you catching a train or a plane?"
Her grandma said, "To catch a flight, the two o'clock flight will arrive around four-thirty in the afternoon. Your aunt booked it for us on her way back from dinner."
Xiang Jin said, "Okay, we will pick you up the day after tomorrow in the afternoon."
Her grandma said, "No, no, if you are busy, just do your work. We will just take a taxi back when the time comes. We are all so old, are we still worried about losing it?"
Xiang Jin said, "That's not the case, but it would be more convenient for us to pick you up ourselves. You must have a few big suitcases, and the taxi may not be able to fit them in. Yan Chen's company happens to have one
A commercial vehicle with seven seats, we will drive there when the time comes."
"This?!" Her grandmothers hesitated on the other end of the phone.
Xiang Jin said, "It's settled, we will pick you up the day after tomorrow."
After a brief discussion, the elders over there finally agreed to her proposal, and finally told them to drive slower then, and then everyone hung up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Xiang Jin said to Yan Chen with a smile on his face, "When they come, our house will be lively."
Yan Chen put some freshly cooked vegetables into her bowl and said with a smile, "It's even more lively during the Chinese New Year."
Xiang Jin nodded, "That's true!" Not only will his grandparents and her grandparents celebrate the New Year here, but her parents will also come here to celebrate the New Year. Maybe Yan Chen and his grandfather will also come here to celebrate the New Year.
He would come over and say, "The rooms in our house will then be put to use."
Yan Chen also laughed.
Xiang Jin then added, "Then we need to prepare some bedding then. We only have three main rooms with preparations. The other side rooms only have beds and some other furniture, but no bedding."
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Yan Chen said, "It's okay. When they arrive, just let them prepare. Anyway, they have nothing to do every day. They can go out and do some activities, walk around, and get familiar with the capital."
Xiang Jin nodded, "That's true, but I'm sure grandpa will play with the flowers and vegetables in the yard when he comes."