Family reunion, tears in laughter.

  Li Qian's grandparents were already old, with half of their hair turned white. His grandfather had lost one and a half teeth, so his speech was a bit unclear. Although his body looked strong, his grandmother's back was slightly hunched, and she was originally petite. As people age, they become thinner, and now she looked even more frail and small. Despite her efforts to straighten her back, she couldn't quite manage it. Li Qian voluntarily bent down to let her touch his face - from the moment he entered the house, his grandmother had grasped his hand tightly and hadn't let go since.

  That bony hand, warm and slightly trembling, was clenched tightly.

  Uncle is very tall and handsome, and he treats Li Qian with great warmth. Aunt's face is still a bit dark as usual. Hmm, Li Qian thinks that from Uncle and Mom's skin tone, Brother's darkness should be inherited from his mother. Fortunately, Little Sister's skin tone follows the paternal line, although she can't be said to be extremely beautiful, but as the saying goes "youth has no ugly women", a 15 or 16-year-old girl with white skin and not being too short looks more pleasing to the eye.

  As for the sister-in-law... apart from being younger and fairer, her lively and clever spirit is almost identical to that of Aunt. In fact, it's said that she's actually a cousin on Aunt's side, the daughter of a paternal uncle, so they're related as aunt and niece, and then became relatives by marriage when she married Brother-in-law.

  Li Qian and his family had just sat down for twenty minutes when Li's father was pulled away by his uncle and cousin to go see the car - although they already knew through phone calls that Li's family had bought a car, but seeing Li's family of three arrive in a small sedan really made the two men a little envious.

  In a small county town, my uncle's family is considered to be living a relatively good life. My uncle and aunt both have decent jobs, as does my cousin. Four years ago, they were relocated due to urban development, and their large courtyard house was demolished, leaving only a few acres of land that also disappeared. In exchange, they received a compensation payment and two large apartments - in what is said to be the best and most modern residential area in the entire county town.

  In a small county town, people have mixed to this point, and the difference is just one car.

  It's said that since getting the subsidy, my brother has been asking to buy a car. If it weren't for grandma and grandpa holding him back, he probably would have bought one already. It can be imagined how much they've been craving this over the years.

  But Li Qian couldn't go down, his grandma was still holding his hand.

  At her age, she has no grandchildren from either her daughter or son-in-law.

  "This grandson of mine is really tall. He's got a fair complexion, just like your mom, and he's handsome... Is he still in school? ...Good, it's good that he's been to school, he's got prospects, don't be like your cousin who dropped out early, that's no good, you should follow your parents' example, take the university entrance exams... Your grandfather and I have always said this. Even if we're poor, we must support our children in their studies, just like your uncle couldn't finish school, but when he came to your cousin's place, he didn't want to study either. But your mom finished school, and now it's up to you, follow your mom's example, your cousin is also doing well in school, her grades are good. In our family, we've produced many talented women..."

  The old man spoke, talking endlessly, this would have been unbearable for the previous Li Qian. But now, Li Qian wore a smile and patiently answered Grandma and Grandpa's questions.

  In my memory, Aunt is a person who likes to tell jokes - not that she has any malice, nor is she a bad person, it's just her personality. If there's something she can't stand, she must sarcastically and sharply point it out, making you lose face. But this time, since Li Qian entered the house, no matter what, appearance, temperament, speech, behavior, or mannerisms, she surprisingly didn't find any fault.

  It's just... um, little sister seems to always be stealing glances at herself?

  Anyway, even if it was just a glance out of the corner of her eye, Li Qian had already caught sight of it, and several times, she had made that sister-in-law blush bright red with just a few words.

  Li Qian's uncle's family has two suites of houses, one upstairs and one downstairs. Currently, one suite is where Li Qian's grandparents, uncle, aunt, and little cousin live, while the other suite is where his older cousin and his wife live. Now that Li Qian and his family are back, they will naturally go to stay on that side.

  That night, Li Qian's sleep was a bit shallow.

  At the moment of reunion with his loved ones, he couldn't help but think of many past events.

  The next day was New Year's Eve, and in the morning everyone went out for a drive. My uncle tried to persuade Grandma and Grandpa to join them, so he even took the elderly couple on a ride in their sedan, with Li Dad acting as the driver.

  Everyone was having a great time.

  After lunch, all the women in the family gathered together to make dumplings, while the men got together to play poker.

  Although he played a small game, he couldn't withstand Li Qian's poor skills and lost over 20 yuan in an hour. He then chose to withdraw and let his grandmother take over. Not playing cards anymore, there were enough people wrapping dumplings, and he couldn't get involved either, so he just sat aside watching TV and daydreaming.

  On the table where they were wrapping dumplings, several women whispered to each other in a low voice. Before long, Little Sister's face turned bright red and she ran away, directly dashing into the bedroom and not daring to come out again.

  Li Qian pretended to watch TV while rubbing his eyebrows with a headache.

  Last night when I went back upstairs to rest, Li Mama took the opportunity to tell Li Baba and Li Qian about it. Originally Grandma and Grandpa had some ideas about this, but it's said that Auntie has never been too willing, saying she looks down on the refined and elegant atmosphere of the Li family. But this time who knows what happened, she actually personally suggested to Li Mama that the two families should become closer through marriage.

  Let's not talk about what's dragging on, this kind of thing is still quite prevalent in the country, especially in relatively less developed areas. However, Li Qian doesn't want people to arrange his marriage for him, not even his parents! Besides, he already has Wang Jinglu.

  Li's mother, if it were in the past, might still have some heart movement, after all, little sister-in-law has gradually grown up in the past two years, people are beautiful and pleasant to look at, learning results are not bad either, completely conforming to Li's mother's standard of picking a daughter-in-law, but now... no need to ask others, she just pushed 2-5-6, first took the initiative to refuse.

  It seems Auntie doesn't give up easily after all.

  He rubbed his temples and then cracked open a few more melon seeds. Just as he finished one episode of the TV show, Li Qian stood up and said he wanted to go out for a walk, then opened the door and headed downstairs.

  There's actually nothing much to see downstairs, it's just quieter.

  It just so happened that he had just gone downstairs for a stroll for a few minutes when his mobile phone started ringing continuously.

  Xie Bing, Sima Duo Duo, Sun Ruo Xuan, Wang Jing Xue, Wang Jing Lu, Zhou Ping Ping, Li Jin Long... all called one after another to wish a happy new year. Li Qian also said some auspicious words. Each person chatted with them for two minutes. Of course, the calls from Xie Bing and Wang Jing Lu would definitely last longer. When there were no more incoming calls, he then called Wang Huai Yu, Cao Yun, and Yu Bo Jun one by one to wish a happy new year.

  After finishing these things, Li Qian's mobile phone was already a bit hot. Liu Qiang came to call again, and the two chatted for a few more sentences. Seeing that the phone was about to run out of power, Li Qian hung up the phone and prepared to go back upstairs. However, before he could enter the corridor, he received another call from Liao Liao.

  She also has to celebrate the New Year in advance.

  The two of them exchanged New Year's greetings and chatted for a few more sentences. Li Qian saw that his phone was about to run out of battery, so he wanted to hang up the call. But before he could say anything, Liao Liao casually asked on the other end of the line, "Why is it so windy where you are? Where are you?"

  Li Qian casually replied, "I'm outside, oh yeah, I went back to my grandma's house in Northeast China with my parents!"

  Suddenly Liao Liao's spirits lifted, "Really? Where is your grandma's house in Northeast China? I'm bored anyway, do you want me to go over and we can meet up or something?"

  Li Qian smiled helplessly and shook his head, casually recalling: "This is Jinzhou Prefecture, come on! You've arrived, let's make a date, I'm also bored to death!"

  On the other end of the phone, Liao Liao seemed to have been stunned for a moment, and his voice suddenly became much louder, asking: "Jinzhou Prefecture? Are you sure? Is it in the city, or down in the county seat, or in the countryside?"

  "Huh?" Li Qian was taken aback for a moment, "From what you're saying, it seems like your home isn't far from here? You really plan on coming over?"

  "Liao Liao said hastily: 'Don't waste words, where is it? Tell me!'"

  Li Qian had no choice but to say: "Under Jinzhou Prefecture, there is a small county town called Yixian County. My uncle has a house in the county town."

  On the other end of the phone, Liao Liao paused for a moment again, and his voice suddenly dropped, saying: "Say the name of the community."

  Li Qian was stunned for a moment, subconsciously turned his head to look at the building opposite him, found the name and told her, "It's called Jin Hong Garden."

  Liao Liao calmly said: "Floor number."

  Li Qian was really a bit silly and couldn't help but ask her: "Your family won't be really close to here, will you?"

  Liao Liao remained calm as usual and said: "Don't ask for now, hurry up, what's your building number? How many units?"

  "Hmm..." Li Qian was stunned for a moment, and inexplicably felt a sense of wonder. He walked to the edge of the building, looked up at the building number, and said: "Building 11! Hmm, I'm just downstairs, let me see... Unit 2."

  Then he couldn't help but ask: "Are you really coming over?"

  However, on the other end of the phone, Liao Liao only said one sentence, "Wait there!" and then suddenly hung up the phone.

  Li Qian was slightly stunned.

  In the blink of an eye, countless possibilities flashed through my mind, but... this is too coincidental, isn't it?

  Isn't Liao Liao's hometown in Yixian?

  He was still reacting over here, and in his heart he wanted to go to the entrance of the community to take a look and wait for a while. But before he really walked out, a voice suddenly rang out from that side - "Li Qian!"

  Li Qian was startled and turned his head back, then he was stunned for a moment.

  Liao Liao was wearing a down jacket, but on his feet were a pair of big, fat cotton slippers. He came running over with his arms open wide, laughing loudly without caring about appearances.

  "Didn't expect that!"

  She ran in front of Li Qian, laughing non-stop, turned her head and pointed, "My home is just one unit away!"

  Li Qian's mouth twitched slightly.

  ***

  The first update! (.)