Mother Li went to bed early and got up early.
But when she got up, she was very surprised to find that Wang Yuelan had already prepared breakfast. She was even more surprised when she tasted the handmade buns.
After breakfast, when no one was around, he said to Li Shi: "This cousin is so hard-working, and her craftsmanship is really good. Not only does she cook delicious food, but she can also steam her own buns. But I am a guest, so I always ask her to do things." Isn’t it not good?”
Li Shi immediately replied: "It doesn't matter, we have a very good relationship. If you don't let her do things, it will make her embarrassed and uncomfortable."
Chen Qiuye got up a little late and slept until after nine o'clock.
After changing clothes and coming to the living room, she immediately found Mrs. Li who was watching TV. She took the initiative to hold the old man's arm and chatted with her for ten minutes before going to have breakfast.
There was nothing much going on in the morning. The three women did not go to the quarrel. Li Shi was busy in the study and had a table of Landlords. He still played while watching TV.
Li Shizhong came out and saw the three of them eating melon seeds, eating fruit, watching TV and playing cards, so he went back to the study to continue studying.
It wasn't until one o'clock in the afternoon that Chen Qiuye came in and called him to have lunch.
At this moment, he is using a piece of A4 paper to draw a travel map of pre-Qin historical sites.
"Stone, what are you painting?" the woman asked curiously.
"Distribution Map of Primitive Society Sites."
Li Shi told her about his plan to go out for a walk along the historical sites during the Chinese New Year, which immediately aroused the envy of Chen Qiuye. She leaned over and put her black hair on the desk, staring at the map and said: "Me too I really want to go, but unfortunately, I have to work.”
Her warm and soft body slipped into her arms.
Li Shi looked around at his slender waist and gave a more detailed account: "I am going out this time for a study tour. I don't know where I will go yet, but I should take a long route and it will take a long time... …It depends on when you have time, and we can meet in one place and have a good time.”
Chen Qiuye sat down on his lap, thought for a while, and said: "Forget it, there is another big project to be done after the new year. In the last project in Beijing, your woman performed well, and the group leaders appreciated it very much. After the new year, The project is bigger, and the transfer letter was sent to Yangcheng a few days ago. This project will definitely last longer, and I will be busier, especially at the beginning of the project."
Li Shi crossed his hand across the proud peak line, pointed to a location on the map and said: "If I were still in the capital, I would definitely go there again. The Zhoukoudian Ruins Museum may be the first stop of my study tour."
Chen Qiuye deliberately lowered his body, but his tone was more helpless: "The specific situation of the project is still unclear. I don't know if the base camp will still be in the capital."
Li Shi asked: "Do you want to do this kind of project? If you are not happy at work, then we will change jobs or do something else."
The woman looked back, hooked Li Shi's neck again, and said with a smile: "Actually, I quite like participating in such a big project and my current work."
"Participating in such a large project has greatly improved my ability. If I could only manage twenty or thirty people in the past, after experiencing the training of these projects, I will definitely be able to manage sixty, seventy, or hundreds of people... I will be able to manage myself in the future." Starting a business will make it easier.”
"And the bonuses for such a big project are very high. Xiao Shitou, my sister's bonuses in the past few months, plus the income from financial management, will be enough to make you and your sister-in-law fat and fat next year, hehe."
…
After lunch, the family went out to the supermarket to buy ingredients.
Arrive at the mall and park the car.
Chen Qiuye was very happy and happily held Mother Li's arm. As she walked, she talked about what she would buy later.
She was wearing a white plush jacket and blue jeans today. She looked particularly refreshing. The smile on her face was sweet and gentle. At this time, she could not see the coldness and alienation she had before. She is absolutely a top-notch, beautiful lady with a good personality.
Well, there is probably no parent who wouldn’t like such a girl.
Li Shi followed behind, watching her holding her mother's arm on the left, and holding Wang Yuelan's hand on the right, like the little daughter of the family, holding her mother's arm on one side and her sister on the other.
He blinked, thinking about the changing images of this woman: a cold goddess in the eyes of strangers, a cold female boss in the eyes of his subordinates, a difficult bestie in the eyes of friends, a well-behaved lady in the eyes of elders...well, and Wang Yuelan. The omnipotent backer in his eyes, and the crazy woman in his own eyes.
Every image is mastered perfectly.
This woman is amazing.
You are worthy of being my Chen Qiuye.
The Spring Festival celebrated by four people together is more lively than the Spring Festival celebrated by two people in previous years.
On New Year's Eve, apart from practicing calligraphy for two hours and writing a few couplets, Li Shi did nothing else. He just sat in the living room with three women. He wanted to do something, but they also "talked" him. If you refuse, whether you are cleaning or helping in the kitchen, you will be regarded as "clumsy".
In the end, I had to sit on the sofa in the living room and be the "old man". Occasionally I would get up and go to the kitchen to "sneak" a bite of fried meatballs or stew. The rest of the time, I would play games on my phone.
Whether it was his mother or Chen Qiuye and Wang Yuelan, as long as they could see him in the living room, they couldn't help but smile.
After Chen Qiuye saw him "stealing" a croquette, he immediately became a feeder with great interest. From time to time, he would feed the cooked vegetables into his mouth, calling it "testing vegetables."
Chef Wang Yuelan’s New Year’s Eve dinner was very sumptuous and everyone enjoyed it very much.
However, the Spring Festival Gala is still not very good to watch. With the TV on, it is more of a background to enhance the New Year atmosphere.
Li Shi moved the mahjong table in the storage room to the living room, and the four of them played mahjong to stay up late.
In the middle, Mother Li also took out three prepared red envelopes and handed them to the three juniors one by one. She said with a smile: "This is the New Year's money for you. I wish you peace, health and success in the new year." .”
Li Shi opened it and looked at it on the spot: "Wow, mom can do it, you are so generous this year, 888, hehe, you are rich!"
As soon as twelve o'clock passed, Mother Li, who had already passed her biological clock, immediately went back to her room to sleep.
After Li Shi waited for his mother to go to rest, he said to the two girls: "Let's go to the study and take a look at the New Year's gifts I prepared for you."
With that said, he led the way to the study.
After entering the study, he asked the two women to sit down on the sofa in the middle of the study, while he went to the safe and took out four jewelry boxes, then selected two, placed them in front of them, and opened them.
Inside are two jade bracelets.
Give Chen Qiuye this one, the glass type is full of green strips, nine points of color, eight points of color, the color is even and flawless, the legendary emperor green glass bracelet is nothing better than this.
The one given to Wang Yuelan is a round strip of ice wave spring color, half mountain and half water, half purple, half lively spring green, seven points of species, eight points of color, the two colors are naturally harmonious and beautiful, which can be called a peerless rarity.
If you take out one of these two at random, it will be a good thing that the big guys in the industry will fight for.
Such top-quality jadeite is very shocking when you look at it in person.
This kind of top-quality natural gemstone has its own pearlescent charm that cannot even be captured in pictures and videos.
Chen Qiuye and Wang Yuelan admired it for a long time and couldn't put it down. However, when Chen Qiuye asked about the market value of the bracelet, Li Shi replied: "Such a bracelet is not seen on the market. If it were actually traded, it would cost tens of millions." It is indispensable, even higher, because no jade bracelet better than these two can be found.”
Chen Qiuye was stunned for a moment, then immediately said with a smile: "I understand, in Beijing terms, it's just blocked."
Li Shi couldn't help but smile.
Wang Yuelan next to her was stunned by the number Li Shi said. She quickly and carefully put the bracelet back into the box, then took Chen Qiuye's arm and cast a "help" look.
Chen Qiuye also put the bracelet on his hand back into the box, and then hugged Wang Yuelan: "The gift he gave us will never be sold anyway, so there is no need to consider how much it costs. The amount of money does not count at all in front of Shitou's intentions. What, whether it’s a gift of 100 million or a gift of one yuan, it’s the same.”
After saying that, she looked at Li Shi again and said, "But these two bracelets are not suitable for wearing out after all. We don't want to expose our wealth. From now on, we will wear them at home for you to watch."
Li Shi immediately opened the other two boxes and said with a smile: "So there are still two daily models that you can wear on a daily basis."
The two bracelets in the box are two formal bracelets, one with Ice Floating Green Flower and one with Ice Spring Color. They are both simple and elegant. The one with Ice Floating Green Flower is a little cooler and suits Chen Qiuye’s temperament. The one with Ice Floating Spring Color is warm. A little, suitable for Wang Yuelan.
The two women wore them on their hands and liked them very much.
Chen Qiuye immediately said: "We will wear these two during the Chinese New Year."
Then he pushed the two ceiling bracelets in front of Li Shi: "Shitou, help Sister Lan and I put these two heirlooms away first, and then we can get them from you when we want to wear them."
Wang Yuelan nodded beside her.
She listened to Qiuye anyway.
Before, in front of Mother Li, there were two girls, Chen Qiuye and Wang Yuelan. Chen Qiuye was like a younger sister, and Wang Yuelan was the elder sister. But now, Chen Qiuye was the elder sister, and Wang Yuelan became the younger sister who listened to her elder sister in everything.
"Gifts are only interesting if you keep them yourself, but you can put them in the safe first."
They all know the password to the study safe.
…
This Spring Festival is Li Shi’s most comfortable Spring Festival since he was born.
There is no academic pressure, no financial and career pressure... I feel free and at ease.
There was plenty of food and drink.
During the day, I spend time with my mother, who is in good health, watching TV and playing cards. Occasionally I go out and go for a walk on Orange Islet, or visit Lushan Academy, or go shopping in a big mall or watch a movie.
If I accompany my mother alone, she probably won't find it very interesting. These tourist attractions and even shopping are not very attractive to her.
But with Chen Qiuye and Wang Yuelan accompanying them, it would be different.
The smile on my mother's mouth almost never stopped.
As for the evening...
The home is large and the sound insulation of the house is very good.
Especially the master bedroom. Once the door to the suite is closed, even if you scream inside, you won't be able to make any noise outside.
…
On the seventh or eighth day of the lunar month, Li's mother proposed to return to her hometown.
Especially after knowing that Li Qiaona came to Tanzhou on the ninth day of the lunar month, she immediately said that she would go back with her.
Li Shi knew that she was thinking about some favors from her hometown and wanted to leave. After all, she was not used to it and did not like life in the city very much. For her, it was much more relaxed and comfortable in the village. There were aunts and sisters-in-law who worked together and danced in the square together. Dance, gossip and play together.
Now that she does not have the pressure of "debt" before, and knows that her son is living a good life, and that she can receive her filial piety money on a regular basis, her life in the village is much happier than with her in the city.
So I don't force her to stay.
On the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, Li Qiaona brought people to the provincial capital to handle errands. She was a careful person. After the things were done, she asked Li Hao, who was driving, to take her to the gate of Phoenix Bay Community first, and then he carried her things alone to pay New Year greetings.
After lunch, she made a phone call. Half an hour later, several people packed small bags and carried things downstairs. After waiting for a while at the gate of the community, her car arrived, and the driver was Li Hao, Nagu's nephew. .
After putting the things in the trunk, Li Shi took a piece of Huazi and handed it to Li Hao: "Why don't you come home with Nagu for dinner?"
Li Hao smiled shyly, and Na Gu helped explain: "He has a girlfriend and works in Tanzhou."
Li Shi also smiled and said: "Brother Hao can do it."
…
After Li's mother left, Chen Qiuye had some fun. Thinking that she would be busy for a while after the new year, she began to cling to Li Shi unscrupulously.
Living room, study room, bathtub and even balcony.
Anyway, she didn't avoid Wang Yuelan at all.
Just didn't let it go...
However, her fighting ability is terrible.
On the eleventh day of the first lunar month, several people began to discuss going to Yangcheng to attend Guo Lan's wedding during the Lantern Festival.
At noon that day, two and a half hours apart, Li Shi took Chen Qiuye and Wang Yuelan to the master bedroom and the second bedroom respectively. After resting, they came to the study and continued reading "Outline of National History".
"Chapter 22: The Return of the Great Fortune of Unification [The Rise and Fall of the Sui Dynasty and the Early Tang Dynasty]"
"Three emperors of the Sui Dynasty, thirty-nine years."
"The twenty emperors of the Tang Dynasty lasted for two hundred and ninety years."
…
In "Outline of National History", large passages of ancient texts are often quoted, mostly in classical Chinese. Fortunately, Li Shi has a proficiency level in Chinese and his ancient prose skills are not weak, so he can read it smoothly.
Occasionally, if you encounter unfamiliar places, you can also search and solve them through online networks and ancient Chinese dictionary apps.
"To explore the ruins of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, we have to go to Xijing and Luoyang."
Li Shi brought over a self-made study tour map and drew circles on these two places.
Then he looked at the dense circles marked on the map and fell into deep thought.
"You can't go to every place. You should follow the chronological order and choose the key points."
“Choose one with a ruins museum first, it’s convenient.”
Having made plans for his study tour, Li Shi took a look at the household registration data from the Jin to the Sui Dynasties and began to study it.
In these household registration data, he seemed to see the impact of changes in the current situation on the life and death of the people.
Just as I was feeling emotional, I received a message from "Bai Mang Mang" on QQ: "Nushi, have you planned your study tour route?"
"Stubborn Stone" is the other party's name for Li Shi, taken from his QQ online name "Stubborn Stone is Big".
Fellow Taoists, please vote.
(End of chapter)
