Became a poor little boy abandoned by his educated youth mother?

Chapter 294 Xie Family New Year Greetings

Everyone in the family who was not married received New Year's money from their elders, and her uncle also prepared a red envelope for each of the younger generations.

An Jinbao took the initiative to bring out the fireworks they bought and light them all.

As bunches of fireworks continued to rise into the sky, they were as dazzling as shooting stars in the dark night sky, and bloomed in the air like stars falling to the earth, which was a beautiful sight.

The new year is ushered in with the sound of firecrackers on New Year’s Eve.

On the first day of the New Year, people get up early in the morning, put on new clothes and dress beautifully, and go to the homes of familiar elders in the village to pay New Year's greetings. When they meet people on the way, they all smile and say auspicious words to each other.

After paying New Year's greetings, they heard that there was a yangko performance, so a group of people ran to watch the performance. An Xueyan took a camera to record these scenes.

People's lives have obviously become much better in the past two years, and they still retain their enthusiasm and simple spirit. This kind of activity has lost its flavor after a few decades.

On the second day of the New Year, An Xueyan and her two grandparents drove to the Xie family in the city to pay New Year's greetings, which had been agreed in advance.

Her godfather Xie Hongjun is now the second-in-command of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. Her second uncle's business in the city is all under the supervision of the Xie family, otherwise there would be many people who would be jealous and cause trouble.

When the car drove to the downstairs of the family compound, the four-wheeled car attracted the attention of people around.

Xie Ping'an, who was waiting downstairs, immediately trotted over.

"Happy New Year, Uncle An. Happy New Year, Shitou and Yanyan."

After saying that, he gave An Honglei, who had just gotten off the car, a hug.

He pounded his back hard and said, "Shi Tou, you're so rare these days. You missed my wedding banquet with Gui Lai, so you have to drink three cups as punishment later."

"Thank you, big brother. I'll toast you two grooms with a few more glasses later, okay?"

"Xie boy, is this your relative?" an aunt came over and asked curiously.

"Yes, this is my relative, aunt, you are waiting for your daughter and son-in-law, just go about your business.

I'll take the others up first. Uncle, Shitou, Yanyan, follow me up. Our house is still on the third floor."

Xie Ping'an casually answered his neighbor and took his people upstairs.

Go upstairs and enter the Xie family.

Xie Hongjun greeted them warmly: "Happy New Year, Lao An, Shitou, and my daughter. You are finally here. Come in and sit down."

"Happy New Year, Lao Xie!"

"Happy New Year, Godfather!"

Zhu Kanghui also walked out of the kitchen, followed by two young female comrades. An Xueyan had seen them before, but her brother had never seen them and didn't recognize them.

"Godmother, Happy New Year." The brother and sister called out together.

"Okay, okay, okay, you have lost weight, you have worked hard in the army." Zhu Kanghui excitedly held An Honglei's hand and said with concern.

"Godmother, I just look thin, but I'm actually very strong." An Honglei raised his arms.

"Mom, this must be Yanyan's brother," asked Xie Ping'an's wife Zhang Qiao.

Zhu Kanghui introduced them: "Yes, you haven't seen them before, Shitou. Let me introduce them to you. This is your brother Ping'an's wife Zhang Qiao, and this is your brother Guilai's wife Liu Yue.

This is my godson, An Honglei, nicknamed Shitou, whom I usually refer to as.

"Hello, Sister Xie, I'm so sorry I couldn't attend your wedding due to work!"

"It's okay, your work is more important," Zhang Qiao said generously. Liu Yue smiled shyly and nodded to show that she didn't care.

"We are all family, so let's not talk about such polite things." Zhu Kanghui pulled the brother and sister to sit down.

After the two daughters-in-law came out to meet each other, they continued to do the work they had just finished.

Zhu Kanghui took out all the food and said, "These are Yanyan's favorites. Godmother bought them especially for you. Come and try them."

"Thank you, godmother. You are so nice to me." An Xueyan thanked with a smile.

Zhu Kanghui still had work to do in the kitchen, so she refused An Xueyan's offer of help and turned around to continue working in the kitchen.

"Where is Second Brother Xie?" An Xueyan looked around but didn't see anyone.

"He went out to get some soy sauce. He will be back soon." Xie Hongjun said as he poured them tea.

Then he joked, "Yan girl, this tea is delicious. I'm going to treat you with it today. Old An, you don't mind, do you?"

"Why should I dislike the tea roasted by my daughter? It is many times better than Dahongpao." An Qingping proudly picked up the tea and showed it off.

After Xie Hongjun poured each of them a glass, he looked at the brother and sister and asked with a smile, "I heard that before the New Year, a few of you young people sent a bully from the county to jail?"

"The other party attacked us first, and we just called the police. The rest is just that he has committed too many crimes in his daily life." An Honglei spread his hands to indicate that this was not something he could control.

Of course, he also gave a push secretly, otherwise the Public Security Bureau would not have investigated so quickly and would not have convicted Hu Daqiang before the New Year.

Xie Hongjun smiled and pointed at him before saying, "Your incident was just a prelude. Han Liang should be grateful to you. After this rectification, at least the county's public security will be much better next year, which is a good thing for him."

Then he sighed, "Now that reform and opening up have begun, all sorts of monsters and demons have emerged. After the previous wave of severe crackdowns, there was a lull for a few years, but now there are restless people emerging again. I don't know whether this is good or bad."

As the person in charge of the city's public security, he has a deep understanding of this. There are far more incidents of pornography, gambling, and drugs than in previous years.

He felt truly powerless at times.

An Qingping said: "In the end, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages. Although there are problems of one kind or another, at least the lives of the people across the country are generally moving in a positive direction."

After a while, Xie Guilai also came back. The young people got together and their relationship was still as good as before.

At the dinner table, the two Xie brothers kept looking for An Honglei to drink with them. In the end, both of them fell down drunk, but An Honglei was still sober.

Looking at his two sons lying on the table without any response, Xie Hongjun was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, and asked his daughter-in-law to help them into the house.

He turned to An Honglei and praised him, "Shi Tou has a good alcohol tolerance. You don't have to worry about drinking causing trouble in the future."

"Old An, it's the same with you. I've noticed your alcohol tolerance has improved over the years. You can drink much more than when you were in the army. Before, you could only drink a pound of white wine at most, but now I've never seen you drunk. Do you have any secrets to this?"

An Qingping laughed and shook his head, "What secrets can I have? It's just that I've developed them because I have so many social events now. Xiaolei probably has good physical fitness."

He knew in his heart that this was still related to the mental method they were practicing, but such things could not be discussed even if their relationship was very good.

After eating at Xie's house and sitting for a while, they saw that it was almost time, so they said goodbye and left. An Xueyan, who was not drunk, drove back.

Watching the car drive away, Zhang Qiao said enviously, "It turns out women can drive so coolly. It makes me want to get a driver's license."

"If you want to learn, you can find someone to teach you. Our family is not short of this little money anyway. If Yueyue wants, she can come together. It's just right that both of you can have company." When Zhu Kanghui heard her eldest daughter-in-law say this, she immediately expressed her support.

"I'd rather not learn. I heard that to get a driver's license, you also need to learn how to repair a car. I don't think I can do that." Liu Yue shook her head.

For someone like her who gets a headache just hearing about the various weights of car parts, forget it. Besides, she's afraid to drive now.