Chapter 24

Xie Ning is the year back to the courtyard.

Uncle Zhong saw him with a smile on his face: "the old man is looking forward to your coming."

He said as he took his luggage: "the last time you let Wu shudai's snowflake crisp, the old man loved it very much. He tasted that one every day, and he was afraid that if he ate too much, he would be gone."

Xie Ning smiles: "grandfather likes to eat, I will buy more in the future."

"You like to eat whatever you give." Uncle Zhong took his luggage to his room. "The room is cleaned every day. No matter what day you come, you can live at any time."

"This time I'll live until the new year Where's grandfather? Are you out? "

Uncle Zhong sighed: "I just went to bed. It's cold these two days, and the old man is not very well. He woke up in the middle of the night yesterday and didn't fall asleep. He felt sleepy after lunch today

Xie Ning: "then don't quarrel with him, let him sleep more."

Uncle Zhong even nodded, smiling face wrinkles are crowded into a group: "old man wake up to see you, must be happy!"

Scheinin as like as two peas in the room, the room's layout is still the same as when he moved out.

He raised a few pots of unknown flowers in the balcony, also facing the winter sun, branches and leaves, a look at the weekdays are taken good care of.

Uncle Zhong watched Xie Ning hang his clothes in the closet, and then saw him put a rabbit doll on the head of the bed. He laughed: "I don't know young master likes this one?"

Xie Ning Leng next, he did not know how to bring over.

When packing, I always feel that only with this rabbit doll can I sleep comfortably at night.

"It's cute, just a little bit small." Uncle Zhong said, "plush dolls need to be bigger and comfortable to hold."

Xie Ning thought for a moment and said, "I like this one."

Xie's family has few children, and only two sons, Xie Zun and Xie Jing, are under his father's knees. His grandmother has never remarried after her death.

After their marriage, the two sons moved out one after another and had another house, but they all went back to the courtyard to spend the Spring Festival with Mr. Xie.

On the 30th of the year, Xie Ning's parents and uncle's family rushed back to the courtyard one after another.

Xia Wan and Xie Zun's wife Su Jinyan sat on the sofa in the living room, chatting and making dumplings.

Dumpling is a special activity of the Xie family during the Spring Festival. The skin and stuffing are prepared in the kitchen early in the morning. They just need to make it.

Even Mr. Xie also paid more attention to the participation and put a copper coin in one of the dumplings.

At the dinner, whoever gets the copper coin is blessed.

"Where did Ning Ning go? Why didn't you see him all day?" Su Jinyan raised her chin and laughed at Xia Wan.

Xia Wan was slow to pack. Now he frowned and said, "stay in the room. The child is boring and likes to be alone."

Su Jinyan said: "it's very nice to be quiet. Our family's An'an likes to make trouble. We often play outside until midnight before we go home. If we let him come back earlier, he says it's a social intercourse at work and can't be pushed off."

Xia Wan knew that she was secretly showing off her son. She pulled the corners of her mouth, and she didn't really smile.

Su Jinyan said, "the relationship between you and Ning Ning is still cold? I said that there is no deep hatred between you, mother and son. If he is stubborn, you should be soft. What can't be done

The smile on Xia Wan's face stopped.

She frowned: "sister-in-law said that, I am not soft enough these years? He likes men, do I have to laugh to see him go down this wrong road? "

Su Jinyan advised her: "same sex marriage has been legal for so many years, how is it wrong?"

Xia Wan said coldly, "look at the people around you. How can you get married with the same sex? I stopped him for his good

"Children and grandchildren have their own good fortune." Su Jinyan looked at her like this, and her tone was poor, "what are you worrying about?"

Xia Wan raised her eyebrows and looked at her and said, "it's not your son. Naturally you don't worry. If Xie an also likes men, don't you stop and accept it easily

Su Jinyan choked for a moment by this sentence, and then said: "he's all grown-up. As long as he doesn't kill people and break the law, he'll make his own decisions. Of course, I respect his will."

Xie an has made several girlfriends and has a straight disposition. Su Jinyan never worries about this problem.

Xia Wan sneered in his heart.

There is no pain in standing.

Who didn't know that Su Jinyan urged Xie an to get married every day, hoping that he would have children early so as to inherit Xie's huge industry.

Now one by one, respect his will. If Xie an is really with a man, she will be the first one to turn over.

She didn't want to go to the kitchen for 30 years, but she didn't want to have a look at the chicken soup station

Su Jinyan looked at her like this, turned to complain with Xie Zun.Xie Zun couldn't laugh or cry: "why do you poke her in the heart like this? It's their family's business. You're just worrying about it."

Su Jinyan hummed: "the old man's heart is too biased towards Xie Ning. He didn't discuss with us about 10% of the shares. He said that he directly transferred it to Xie Ning. We an an worked hard in the company for so many years. Our feelings are to work for Xie Ning."

Xie Zun knows more than Su Jinyan and shakes his head: "this is Dad's compensation for Xie Ning. As you know, when the old man was afraid of fighting with Xie Jing, he assigned Xie Jing to the south to start a business. Xia Wan took Xie Ning with him. The old man and the little grandson only met so many times a year. He thought about it. Moreover, Xie Ning was in the South... "

He stopped for a moment, did not go on, and then said: "Xie Ning knows nothing about shopping malls. The old man doesn't want to cultivate him. No matter how much he prefers, he just loves his grandson. Xie an is the successor in his mind."

Su Jinyan should say: "our family An'an is excellent originally."

Xie Zun also said: "when the old man is here, you should pay attention to your words. Don't stimulate Xia Wan. She can't solve this problem. We should not mix in blindly. We can have a good new year."

Su Jinyan was half a lesson he said, reluctantly nodded: "I know."

Thanks for the old man's Town, this new year's Eve dinner was quite harmonious.

Xie Zun took the lead. Everyone stood up and said two words of blessing and wished him a happy new year.

When Xie Ning finished, aunt Rong came over with dumplings and divided them into several bowls: "they are all made by ourselves. They are full of happiness."

Xie Jing poked a dumpling in his bowl that was about to come out of the stuffing and said, "this must be made in Xiawan."

Xia Wan looked at his head and stretched out his hand to pinch the meat on his arm. He twisted it: "if you dislike it, give it to me."

Xie Jing said, "I don't mind, I eat, I eat."

Mr. Xie looked at them with a smile, but he was a little happy with the whole family.

Xie Ning bit his own bowl of dumplings, his teeth were suddenly knocked by something hard.

It's like a stone. When I look down, I find it's a copper coin.

Xie Laozi laughs ha ha way: "I pack this copper coin, this year is you eat."

The omen and everyone should follow

Xie said: "Ning Ning, this is a blessing, there will be happy things in the coming year."

Xie Ning also laughed with everyone.

Somehow, he suddenly thought that meeting Zhuang Yan would be a happy event for him.

……

It snowed again on the eve of the new year's Eve.

The edge of the window sill also accumulated a thin layer of snow. Xie Ning lay down beside the window and watched the scene of heavy snow for a while.

The temperature difference between the inside and outside is too big, the glass window is filled with a layer of fog, which is like a virtual landscape out of the window.

The mobile phone rings. Xie Ning looks at it. Zhuang Yan sends a photo.

He did the same trick again and built a snow rabbit, but this time it was smaller, about the size of a cup.

Zhuang Yan: the snow is not heavy enough today. I can only make a small one for you. Do you like it?

As a director, Zhuang Yan's photography is a basic skill. Even if he does not add any filters, the photos taken by the mobile camera only make people's eyes shine in both composition and picture.

In the photo, the snow rabbit was held in his palm, with an upside down blessing on the wall behind it.

Shenin: the rabbits are not stacked well. The photos are very good.

Zhuang Yan's message returned quickly: he wanted to hold Mr. rabbit in his hand.

Looking at this sentence, Xie Ning's face turned red unconsciously.

He let out a breath and gave Zhuang Yan an ellipsis.

Xie Ning

Zhuang Yan: you haven't answered me yet. Do you like it?

Xie Ning I like it.

Looking at the picture, he suddenly put down his mobile phone and drew on the foggy glass window with his fingers.

Thanks to his solid basic skills, Xie Ning drew a blue whale with a few strokes.

Afraid that the fog on the windowsill would spread quickly, he took a picture and sent it to Zhuang Yan.

Zhuang Yan didn't expect to receive such a return. He gave a low smile, and his heart softened.

Zhuang Yan: do you want Mr. blue whale to jump in from your window sill?

Xie Ning

Zhuang Yan: that may be difficult.

Shenin: you think too much.

Zhuang Yan: Although you didn't ask, I still want to say that I like your gift very much.

"Ning Ning!" Before Xie Ning had time to reply, a cry suddenly rang out behind him.

He turned his head subconsciously, and the smile on his face did not have time to stop: "grandfather, how did you come here?"

Xie looked at him and said with a smile, "you are in a daze again. What do you think, so happy?"

Xie Ning shook his head: "just chatted with a friend."Thank the old man son Oh, did not continue to ask, instead handed a document in the past.

Xie Ning reached out and saw the title on the cover and was surprised: "this is..."

It's a contract.

Mr. Xie asked, "I heard that you moved to the lakeside villa recently?"

Xie Ning: Yes

Xie said: "although it's good there, the villa is too big. You don't like too many people at home. It's too lonely to live alone in the open space."

Shaning just shook his head: "I live very well."

"This house is not as small as a single apartment, nor as big as a lakeside villa. It's very suitable for couples or couples to live in. This is a new year's gift from my grandfather."

"Xu Qing and I have broken up," Xie Ning said

"Old ones don't go, new ones don't come." Xie Laozi a smile, "Xu family that boy I originally did not like, too frivolous, grandfather does not mind that you like men, but also do not agree with you and him together, he and you, ah, is not a person of the world."

Xie Ning looks slightly moved.

In recent years, he refused the blind date arranged by Xia Wan through Xu Qing's boyfriend. Mr. Xie has never made a statement. For the first time, he knows that Mr. Xie is not optimistic about Xu Qing.

"No matter you like a man or a woman, I don't have any opinion. I just hope that our family would rather find a person who really likes you and is worthy of your liking to live a happy life."

Shening's nose was sour when he said it, and gave a gentle hum.

"This house is for you and your future lover." Xie said with a smile, "two people don't live in crowded space, and a person can't live in space. The location is very good and the transportation is convenient. There is a shopping mall not far away. If you look all over the city, you can't find a better place. Take it. "

Xie Ning looked at Mr. Xie, only felt a warm heart: "thank you, grandfather..."

"Family, thank you." Mr. Xie shook his head with a smile, "you were born less than two years ago, your father was sent to the south by me, your mother is not at ease, must follow. Although I want to keep you around, it's hard to break up your family of three... "

Xie said with a sigh, his eyes slightly coagulated: "if only I had left you at that time. For so many years, we could see each other during the new year."

Xie Ning lowered his head and said, "it's all in the past. Don't I come back to you?"

Xie Laozi nods: "past matter, since past, did not mention."

Xie Ning looked at the purchase contract in his hand and hesitated: "this gift is too expensive, cousin there..."

"It's not valuable." Knowing what he was worried about, Xie said, "Ann's new year's gift is a car, a global limited edition. He likes it very much. Originally, I also wanted to buy you one, but I remembered that you had not passed the driver's license test, so I changed to this house. I don't mean to be one or the other. "

Xie Ning was relieved and accepted this new year's gift.

During the conversation with Mr. Xie, the mobile phone vibrated for several times.

When Xie Ning opened it, Zhuang Yan sent several more photos. It seemed that he was out of the house and took several pictures of the snow in the night.

Xie Ning inexplicably felt that several landscapes were very familiar.

Zhuang Yan: are you celebrating the new year in the courtyard?

Xie Ning: Yes.

Zhuang Yan: my grandfather also lives in the courtyard. He and Mr. Xie are fishing friends.

Xie Ning a Leng: Diaoyou?

Zhuang Yan: Well, my friends who were fishing together, they had an appointment to go fishing two days ago.

So.

Before Xie Ning had time to return, Zhuang Yan quickly sent a message to me: today, I'm here for the Spring Festival with my grandfather.

Xie Ning opened his eyes slightly, that is to say

Zhuang Yan: I'm in the courtyard, too.

Zhuang Yan: it seems to be quite close to you.

Zhuang Yan: are you coming out to see me?

Xie Ning: it's so late

Zhuang Yan: it's just a new year together.

Xie Ning holding a mobile phone, actually a little heart.

Zhuang Yan said, "it's too late if you don't want to see you.".

Zhuang Yan: Mr. blue whale can't jump in from your window sill, but he has already come to your door.

Xie Ning was surprised:!!!

He subconsciously looked out of the window at the gate, but was blocked by the trees in the garden.

Wait for me.

When Xie Ning regained consciousness and walked to the gate in a trance, he found that he was holding his mobile phone tightly and his heart beat fast as if to jump out of his chest.

Outside the gate, Zhuang Yan was covered with snow and his hands were in his pocket. In the interweaving of falling snow and cold wind, Zhuang Yan raised his lips and looked at him.

He was smiling, his eyes shining like stars.

"Happy new year, Ning Ning."

The author has something to say: I feel like I'm writing a fairy tale about blue whales and rabbits.Zhuang Zhuang: with all the houses, when can we live together?

Ning Ning: don't ask Ning Ning, Ning Ning doesn't know anything.