As soon as the Lantern Festival is over, it marks that the New Year is completely over and spring has officially entered. No matter whether the climate at this time is cold or warm, it has indeed entered spring in terms of time. People slowly
I will take off my winter clothes and put on lighter spring clothes, and then summer will come.
Xiang Jin's wedding date was approaching day by day. On this day, the old man had a rare leisure time to come over and bring Xi Bao, and then asked Yan Chen, "Have you decided on the wedding venue?"
Yan Chen nodded, "Well, it will be held at the Hongxi Golf Course. There are lakes, water, and tree-lined lawns there. Some small animals are also fed there. The environment is not bad and it is very close to nature. Last year, I brought
I looked around where Ajin had been and found that Ajin liked that place very much.
The lunch meal is mainly in the form of a buffet. In the evening, if some relatives and friends are dining, if they like hot pot, they can go to our hot pot restaurant to eat hot pot. If they want to eat Chinese food, they can go to Meifu Family Banquet, Meifu Family Banquet.
We reserved three tables.
We don’t have many people here, mainly some relatives and friends who we trust and have close contact with, some senior managers in the company, and dozens of long-term business partners. Ajin and I have a total of
It looks like there are about eighty people there, and I have also signed a confidentiality agreement with Hongxi. When the time comes, we will be the only ones there, and no one else will enter."
"Well," the old man nodded, and then said, "I have a few tables of people here, your Grandpa Gao and Grandpa Qian, and several of my other old comrades. They all said they would come to participate when the time comes. I recommend them.
If you don’t drop it, I will ask Xiao Li to give you the specific list of personnel and headcount."
Yan Chen nodded, "Okay!"
The old man asked, "Have you invited Jin Yatou's grandparents and two uncles and aunts?"
Yan Chen nodded, "It's planned. Ajin and I will go back to the provincial capital in a few days, and I'll send the invitations to them by the way."
The old man nodded, "Well, it would be more sincere if you sent it in person."
Then his grandmother said, "Chen Chen, would you like to send one to your Aunt Liao? She has been calling me to ask when your wedding will be held, and she said she would come to have your wedding banquet."
Yan Chen nodded, "Well, there is a plan, and I will send it to you when the time comes. And I have already discussed it with Ajin. We will reimburse all the relatives and friends from my hometown who come to our wedding.
The airfare to go.”
The old man nodded, "Yes, yes!"
When the plane landed in the provincial capital, Xiang Jin looked at everything around him and couldn't help but sigh, "Ah, I haven't been back to the provincial capital in almost three years."
Because she was preparing for the postgraduate graduation exam, she did not return to the provincial capital during the summer vacation of that year. Later, after getting the certificate from Yan Chen, she followed him back to Beijing. Then she became pregnant with Xi Bao, and she has been there until now.
They have never returned to the provincial capital.
Yan Chen smiled and said, "It took a while."
But this time, they won't stay in the provincial capital for too long, only half a month at most. One is here to deal with work matters, and the other is here to discuss the wedding with Xiang Jin and his parents.
Another thing is to send out all the invitations to be sent.
Yan Chen's job here is mainly to inspect the construction site and understand the progress on the construction site, as well as the quality of construction and other aspects. Xiang Jin is mainly to inspect the operating status of each store and do some accounting checks.
In addition, there are several meetings to be held, including those of his own company, and the company's shareholder meetings with Han Che and Ouyang Bo.
Therefore, time is also very tight, so Xiang Jin and her grandparents came back with them this time. The grandparents stayed in the capital because their uncle recently retired and he and his aunt are coming back.
So someone must stay at home.
Xiang Jin and her grandparents have two main purposes this time. One is to visit their children, and the other most important is to help Xiang Jin and the others bring Xi Bao. After all, they two have to be busy with work, so Xi Bao must
Someone has to take care of you.
Of course, their secretaries Chen Ran and Chen Zicong inevitably followed suit. Chen Zicong is now considered a shareholder of Yan Chen's real estate company, but his share in the company is not very large, only 2%.
Half of the 2% investment capital was lent to him by Yan Chen.
There are also several investors, all of whom are senior executives of the company. Except for one person who accounts for 5%, the others also account for a small amount, namely 2%, 3%, and 100%.
It seems that they themselves did not invest much, and they more or less borrowed some money from Yan Chen to invest in shares.
However, everyone also knows that this is a concession intentionally given to them by Xiang Jin and Yan Chen. They are also very grateful, so they are more motivated to work under Yan Chen and obey his leadership.
There are also several ordinary employees who have invested a few tenths of a percentage point each. No matter how much or how little, as long as they participate, Yan Chen will let them divide the fifteen percentage points. He has always been very generous to his employees.
Her grandparents laughed and said, "The provincial capital has developed relatively rapidly in the past two years. In the past, there were farmlands everywhere around the airport. Except for the airport expressway, the rest were all small roads. Look at the outside now.
A lot of houses have been built, and a lot of roads have been built, extending in all directions, and it seems to be getting more and more crowded."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yes, yes."
Xi Baoduan was lying on his father's shoulder, his dark eyes rolling around, looking here and there, full of curiosity about everything around him. Of course, he also provoked people from time to time.
People around him looked at him frequently. The little guy didn't recognize strangers at all, and he kept grinning at people, which made many people around him play with him as they walked.
When the group of people came outside, Yan Chen and her aunt Yan Shu waved to them, "Chen Chen, Jin Yatou?!"
"Hey, aunt, why are you here?! Just arrange for someone to pick you up at the airport," Xiang Jin and the others greeted them.
Yan Shu said, "I happened to be not very busy today, so I came here. The car is parked in the parking lot opposite. Uncle, aunt, it may take a few minutes to walk?" She said the last words to Xiang Jin and her grandfather.
Grandma said it.
The two old men said it was okay, just take a walk!
Xiang Jin and her grandmother said, "We have been on the plane for more than two hours, and now it's time to walk and exercise for a while."
Yan Chen's aunt smiled and said, "Oh, good!" Then she looked at Xibao, "Xibao, so our Xibao has grown so big?"
The little guy heard someone calling him, then turned his head and looked towards the source of the sound. When he met the smiling eyes of his great-aunt, she excitedly kicked Yan Chen's arms twice, and followed
He turned his head away again, and then he held on to his father tightly and wouldn't let go.
Yan Shu smiled when she saw his smart and cute little appearance, and then said to Xiang Jin, "This child looks good, and you raised him well. Look at his appearance, and you can tell he is a smart kid."
Clever."
Xiang Jin said, "He's just a bit naughty now. At home, he always likes to ask some elders to take him to do this and that."
Yan Shu chuckled again, "How can there be a child who is naughty? If he is naughty, you will have to worry again!"
Xiang Jin said, "That's right! But fortunately there are many people at home to take care of him, otherwise I might not be able to handle his noisy behavior."
While they were talking, everyone quickly arrived at the parking lot. After Chen Zicong and Chen Ran stuffed their luggage into the trunk, everyone got into the car.
Yan Shu went to drive, and Chen Zicong said, "Aunt Yan, shall I do it?"
Everyone was familiar with each other, so Yan Shu was not polite and directly put the car key into Chen Zicong's hand. Chen Zicong got into the cab, and Chen Ran automatically sat in the passenger seat next to him.
Yan Shu sat in the back and then stretched out her hand towards Xi Bao, "Xi Bao, come here, let me hold you?!"
The little guy held her hand and refused, "No, no!"
Yan Shu was surprised, "Oh, you can't even say it?!"
Xiang Jin smiled and said, "Well, he can speak some simple words now," and then she explained, "This child is very attached to his father. As long as his father is around, he will ignore anyone who hugs him."
"Ouch, is this like this?!" Yan Shu was surprised again, and then joked to Yan Chen, "Chen Chen, I didn't expect you to be so destined to have children?"
The corners of Yan Chen's mouth turned up, "I didn't expect him to be so clingy to me."
Xiang Jin and her grandmother said, "Even the first person he called was Xiaochen."
Yan Shu laughed again, feeling incredible. The little guy didn't want her to hold him, so she stopped insisting on hugging him. After all, this was in the car, so it was better to let his father hold him, which was safer.
.
Then she told them about another thing, "Because I didn't know that uncle and aunt were coming back, so when Chenchen asked me to find someone to clean the house yesterday, I only arranged for someone to clean them.
That house, uncle and aunt, your house has not been cleaned yet."
Xiang Jin and the others, including her grandparents and grandparents, originally left a set of keys with their aunt Yan Shu because they were afraid of what if the set of keys they were carrying fell off.
Their aunt also has a set of spare keys, right? When they come back, they won't be able to enter the house without keys.
Moreover, before they come back, they can ask their aunt to ask someone to help clean up the house. When they come back, they don't have to do the work themselves and can just move in directly.
Xiang Jin said, "It's okay. Our house over there has three rooms anyway. Grandpa and grandma can just live with us."
The two old men nodded and had no objection.
Yan Shu then asked, "Are your parents coming back?"
Xiang Jin shook his head, "No, we will go to them then."
Yan Shu nodded, "Your mother is better. Your father is a busy man. His term there should be over this year, right?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yes, yes."
Yan Shu said, "It would be great if we were transferred to the provincial capital by then. Then someone would live in your house."
Xiang Jin said, "In the next few years, we may spend one-third of our time here in the provincial capital, a large part of our time in the capital, and a small part of our time in Shanghai."
Yan Shu looked like she suddenly understood, "Oh, yes, yes, your real estate and catering focus are here."
Yan Chen asked, "Auntie, how is He Rui now? Has she got a boyfriend?"
Yan Shu just sighed, "Oh, not yet. The child stays with her grandparents every day and reads nothing. Now her eyes are full of those design drawings, and she has no interest in making friends at all.
I am so anxious every day, you are the same size as her, you have given birth to a child now, and Xibao is already so big, but she still doesn’t have a single character."
Xiang Jin said, "Auntie, please don't say that. He Ruina is a person with great ambitions. Unlike me, he is just a common person. All he wants to do is make money. He Ruina does all these things."
Something that brings glory to our country.”
Yan Shu smiled and said, "Don't put too much hat on her. She is not as good as you said, and the design was not her fault alone. It was the work of all their colleagues. There were dozens of them."
Hundreds of people are together."
Xiang Jin said, "That's quite impressive. They can be regarded as scientific research talents. I think she will find a boyfriend who has the same type of work as her."
Yan Shu chuckled and said, "What the hell, her father and I rarely took care of her since she was a child. She grew up with her grandparents. Now we can't interfere too much in her affairs. As long as
As long as she likes it."
Xiang Jin nodded, "That's right."
In this way, everyone arrived home while chatting. Chen Ran and Chen Zicong carried their things upstairs, and then took a taxi back to their residences.
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen previously bought several one-unit houses in the city, and two of them were simply renovated last year, mainly for Chen Ran and Chen Zicong.
Because the two of them often come here for business trips, it's okay to stay in a hotel once or twice, but it's not a problem to stay for a long time. Anyway, their family has a lot of houses, so they simply installed two sets for them.
They live.
When they got home, Yan Chen and her aunt said, "You can make the bed yourself later, and we will eat out in the evening."
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen nodded.
Yan Chen put the little kid directly on the sofa. The little kid saw a remote control on the coffee table. Then he looked at the adults beside him and pointed at the remote control and kept yelling, "Get it, get it!"
Yan Shu saw that the little guy was really cute and tight, so she bent down and picked up the remote control to tease him, "Xi Bao wants to play with this?!"
The little guy stretched out his chubby hand and shouted, "Here, here!"
Yan Shu laughed out loud immediately, then handed him the remote control, and then hugged him up, "Xibao is so capable, he can say 'no' and also say 'take'
Now I can say 'give' again, well, Xibao is really smart."
The little guy held the remote control and looked at it carefully. He pressed this button and that button. He completely ignored his aunt's wishes and did not resist her hugging him. His entire mind at the moment was
They are all studying the remote control in their hands.
Xiang Jin said to Yan Shu and her grandparents, "Aunt, you sit down first, and I'll make the bed. Grandpa and grandma, you guys should rest first, and I'll make the bed for you later.
"
"Oh, okay," Yan Shu responded.
However, her grandparents said that they would go and shop by themselves later.
Xiang Jin said, "It's okay. I'll be there soon. Just rest."
Seeing her insistence, the two old men followed her, and Xiang Jin said, "Grandpa and grandma, are you sleeping in the same room where my grandfather and my brother slept before?"
Her grandfather nodded, "Oh, good, good!"
Yan Chen stood up and said, "I'll come with you."
Xiang Jin looked at him and smiled, "Are you going too?"
Yan Chen said, "Two people should make it faster."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay, then let's go together."
When the two returned to the house, Xiang Jin saw that there was a crib inside. She was stunned for a moment, and then turned her eyes to Yan Chen, "Is this what you prepared when you came back here?"
Yan Chen nodded, "Well, not only have we prepared one here, I have also prepared one in Shanghai. This is safer. I'm afraid that if he sleeps with us, he will be killed if we accidentally turn over.
It’s suppressed, so it’s better to prepare one for him alone. If he doesn’t need it, it can be used by the second and third children.”
Xiang Jin nodded, "What you said makes sense. Well, are his quilt and padding ready?"
"Of course it's ready," Yan Chen walked to the closet. As he said this, Xiang Jin saw him taking out a quilt and quilt cover from inside. Xiang Jin hurried over to help.
Just as they were making beds for their grandparents, the phone in Yan Chen's pocket rang. He took it out and saw that it was Han Che calling.
"Hello?!"
"Have you returned to the provincial capital?"
"Just arrived!"
"Well, come to my restaurant for dinner tonight and invite Grandpa Ouyang and Grandma Qiao to join us?"
Yan Chen said, "Auntie said she was eating out tonight. I don't know if she has made a reservation. Please wait a moment and I'll ask her."
Han Che said, "Don't ask, I'll call her and it's settled. Come to my restaurant for dinner tonight."
Yan Chen said, "You call her first."
"Okay!"
When Xiang Jin and Yan Chen came out after making beds for the two old people, her aunt said to them, "Boy Han asked us to eat at their restaurant tonight."
Yan Chen nodded, "Well, he called me and told me."
At six o'clock in the afternoon, when several people arrived at Han Che's restaurant, Han Che took the lead and took Xi Bao away from Yan Chen's arms, "Son, you finally came back to your hometown, huh?"
Yan Chen emphasized, "That's my son!"
Han Che nodded and said, "I know, I know, isn't the godson also a son? Xibao, do you think what the godfather said is right?"
The little guy didn't want him to hug him, so he used his fat paws to push his face to the side, "No, no!" Then he threw himself at Yan Chen, "Dad, dad..."
Yan Chen stretched out his hand and took him back. Han Che reached out and patted the little guy's butt, "You little heartless boy, your godfather cares so little about you, but you dislike him so much. How sad!"
Xiang Jin and the others laughed. Han Che suddenly seemed to have discovered a new world, "Can this little guy call people?"
Yan Chen held Xi Bao in one hand, pulled out a chair with the other and sat down, "Your reaction is too slow."
Han Che didn't refute, but asked, "When did you start calling people?"
Xiang Jin smiled and said, "When I was seven months and a little bit old."
Han Che's eyes lit up when he looked at the little guy, "Okay, this little guy!"
The little guy immediately became interested when he saw the dishes and chopsticks on the table, and then he rushed to the table to get them, but Yan Chen refused to let him go, so the little guy tilted his head and looked at Xiang Jin, "Mom, mom...
.”
Xiang Jin shook his head at him and said, "You can't play. Be careful and your hands will be cut if you play with them."
The little guy said, "Yes, yes!" After saying that, he turned to look at Yan Chen. Yan Chen took a teacup and handed it to him. The little guy grabbed the teacup and threw it up.
Han Che looked at the little guy having so much fun and suddenly felt strange, "Hey, the little guy is quite smart. When one road doesn't work, he still knows how to take another road. When he can't reach a goal, he still knows how to take it.
, but also know how to settle for the next best thing.”
After saying that, he got up and walked aside to get a box of toys, then called and took out a little blue dolphin. He pulled a small string behind the little dolphin's butt, and then
Put the little dolphin on the dining table, and the little dolphin will run automatically.
The little guy's attention was immediately attracted, and then he jumped up excitedly on Yan Chen's lap. He stopped playing with the water cup, and instead pointed at the little dolphin that stopped after running for a while and said,
"Yes, yes!"
Han Che took the little dolphin over and handed it to him. The little guy grabbed the little dolphin and studied it in his hand. After a while, he pulled the rope and pulled it up. However, due to his weak strength,
He couldn't pull the rope at all, and the little dolphin wouldn't run away when it was placed on the table. The little guy got anxious and took Yan Chen's hand to ask him to help.
Yan Chen picked up the little dolphin and pulled the rope, then put it on the table. The little dolphin started running automatically. When the little guy saw it, he excitedly jumped on Yan Chen's lap.
Han Che said, "How smart!"
Yan Chen and his aunt Yan Shu also agreed, "Yes, you are such an old man. He always looks for help when he knows that he can't handle things himself. Is he usually like this at home?"
Xiang Jin and her grandparents looked at the little guy who was having so much fun with doting expressions on their faces.
Xiang Jin said, "Ah, it's the same at home."
Yan Chen's aunt said, "What a clever little guy."
Xiang Jin asked Han Che, "Is there any boiled water?"
Han Che said with an annoyed look on his face, "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I forgot to pour you water."
Xiang Jin said, "It's okay, we're not thirsty. The main thing is that I boiled and washed the bowl and spoon for Xibao. I brought him some porridge and fed it to him. Otherwise, he won't drink it when the adults eat later."
We have to fight.”
Han Che nodded, then looked around the box and said, "Then wait a moment, I'll have someone bring a pot of water."
Xiang Jin said, "It's okay, I'll go to the kitchen and pour it." After that, she got up and left the box.
Yan Chen asked Han Che, "How many days do you plan to stay here?"
Han Che said, "About a month."
Yan Chen was surprised, "So free?"
Han Che said, "Hey, I've been feeling a little tired lately, and I plan to come back and be lazy for a while. My second uncle is watching over there in Shanghai, and I've also lined up someone to go there. It should be fine."
Yan Chen felt that what he said was not true, but he did not ask further questions and nodded in acquiescence.