172: Coming Home During the New Year

Rural market gatherings were nothing new. Since the Guan’s Village had brought in many villagers from other villages, each gathering became more lively. Especially during festivals, when there were many people who gathered in the street, there was no place to stand. Papa Wang and Mama Wang went to the market early in the morning. Usually, they could buy everything they needed in just an hour. This time, because it was too crowded, the couple spent an extra hour. When they met an acquaintance, they had to stop to chat. By the time they got home, it was half past ten.

"Isn't that Chengcheng's car?" Papa Wang suddenly saw a car parked in front of his house and looked at it, to find that it was the car that his son usually drove. Because Wang Cheng went to the Imperial Capital, the family did not drive often, and this car was left at the apartment. The couple glanced at each other and hurriedly carried things in. Ning’an had a job in the Imperial Capital, so it certainly could not be him. The only possibility was that Wang Cheng had returned.

"Parents, I am back." Wang Cheng came out with a rope. On the other end of the rope was the fragrant pig. Who knew if he could smell the couple coming back, but he was arching outward.

"Chengcheng, when did you come back? Why didn't you inform us in advance?" Papa Wang was surprised.

They hadn’t received a call from Wang Cheng in the past two days, and thought that their son would stay in the Imperial Capital to accompany his biological parents for the holiday. For this matter, Mama Wang sighed in his ear more than once. Although they supported the son in recognizing his biological parents, the couple still hoped that their son would stay with them.

"I wanted to give you a surprise." As soon as Wang Cheng looked at their expressions, he knew that the surprise was successful. There was also a trace of emotion in his heart. On the night he stayed in the Zheng family, although Father Zheng and Mother Zheng treated him well, he found that he still missed Papa Wang and Mama Wang very much.

"Boy, no need for surprises, I was almost scared because of you."

Mama Wang was also very happy to see him come back, but she belonged to the hard-spoken type of people.

Wang Cheng hugged her affectionately, "Mom, today is New Year's Day. As your child, how can I not come back to accompany you for the holiday? Originally, Xiao Yu wanted to come back with me, her school also has three days off. However, the time is too short. It doesn’t make sense to only come for two days, so I didn't let her come back with me."

"Where's your big brother?"

Wang Cheng took the bag from her hand and said, "Big brother has been promoted to vice president. I heard that their company only has two days off, but he is the vice president, so he will stay at the company on New Year's Day."

"Your elder brother really is too much. Our family is not short of money right now, so it’s enough hard work. The body is the most important thing." Mama Wang didn't know how to say it. This elder son was good, and he was very independent since he was little to let them worry less. However, he was too independent, so they felt distressed.

Papa Wang had already put the vegetables and meat he bought into the kitchen, and walked out to take the bag Wang Cheng held. Wang Cheng tied the rope to the door and let the fragrant pig run around by the doorway. When Papa Wang sat down, Wang Cheng wore a secretive expression.

"Parents, I'll tell you something about my big brother, but you have to make sure that you don’t mention it to him the next time my big brother calls home."

"So mysterious, what is it?"

Wang Cheng said, "I went to my eldest brother when I went to the Imperial Capital, and found that a woman likes my eldest brother, the kind of reverse chasing."

The couple immediately became interested. "What's the matter, hurry up and say it."

They had heard of Wang Ning'an's entanglement with women several times, but the last time was a few years ago. The couple thought that the thing they most needn’t worry about was the marriage of their eldest son. As a result, they didn’t know if his relationship was hurt, because ever since he broke up with the woman named Lin Qing, the couple never heard of which woman he was dating again.

"That woman is the daughter of the director of my elder brother's company. I heard that her personality is not very good and she has a temper."

Mama Wang frowned. Those words immediately made her think of Lisa. If it was a woman like Lisa, she would rather her son continue to be a bachelor.

"But you don't have to worry about this, parents. My elder brother doesn't seem to be interested in that woman, and he doesn't care how much the other party takes the initiative."

Mama Wang had no interest in hearing this. "I know your elder brother. He must not care for such a woman. Don’t say such hopeless things in the future, or I’ll be happy for nothing."

Wang Cheng smiled. He felt that it was not that easy to end this matter. At first sight, This Yu Jing was not the kind of woman who would give up easily. Otherwise, there was no need for her to entangle his elder brother, especially in the face of such embarrassment.

Today was the last day of the year. Although it was not as lively as during the Spring Festival, it was also a lively festival in the Guan’s Village. People started rushing to doors around in the afternoon. Papa Wang and Mama Wang were going to go out to rush doors at three o'clock, and Wang Cheng was dragged by them to go together.

Since Wang Cheng was revealed to not be Mama and Papa Wang’s biological son, many people in the village were very interested in their family’s affairs. Later, who knew who passed the news that Wang Cheng’s true relatives came to his door. There were even rumors that Wang Cheng's true relatives were some wealthy family, so some people said that Wang Cheng was going to abandon his adoptive parents and return to his real parents for a happier life. Coincidentally, Wang Cheng did go to the Imperial Capital in those few days, so the rumors became more and more fierce. Some jealous Wang family members deliberately poked Mama Wang’s sore spot in front of her. Mama Wang was so angry that she bled internally. She complained several times after going home, and Papa Wang also comforted her several times.

Although they all knew that Wang Cheng could not be the kind of ungrateful person as others said, they were still unhappy to hear it. Today, Wang Cheng came back, and the rumors were self-defeating. Mama Wang deliberately took Wang Cheng to the doors of those who had poked her sore spot. Those people saw Wang Cheng obediently behind Mama Wang, the mother and child intimately together. They all felt embarrassed with hot faces, and Mama Wang looked very relieved.

In the evening, the family of three sat in the living room and watched TV after dinner.

Because it was New Year's Eve, many programs on TV were playing entertainment and singing programs, including a large-scale New Year's Eve party, which was broadcast by XX Satellite TV. As long as there was a TV at home and there was nothing to do at night, one would watch it. The same was true of Papa and Mama Wang.

They visited doors during the day, and relaxed at night. The two sat on the sofa and prepared to watch the New Year's Eve party, while Wang Cheng ran to the kitchen and cut a plate of fruit. There were also many fruits ripe in winter. In addition to his own fruit mountain, Wang Cheng also bought a lot of fruit from other fruit farmers.

A few days ago, there were some self-recommended fruit farmers. Originally, they had fixed business, but some merchants lowered the purchase price on the grounds of bad industry, so they earned less money. Some fruit farmers were unwilling, but the buyers didn’t panic. They were there, whether they wanted to sell it or not.

The fruit farmers wanted to find a different buyer, but they didn’t know if others had negotiated it in advance, because the price of each buyer was the same. If they couldn’t find a buyer, the fruit would rot. Just as the fruit farmers were overwhelmed, there was a fruit farmer who proposed to sell it to Wang Cheng.

Wang Cheng once purchased fruit from fruit farmers, but there were only a few of them. Other fruit farmers did not agree because they had fixed channels.

After much discussion, the fruit farmers finally came to Wang Cheng's family. However, because Wang Cheng was not at home often, they discussed it with Papa Wang. Wang Cheng only learned about this later, after receiving a call from Papa Wang to inform him. Now that the jam factory produced many jams daily, there was a greater need for fruit. If the fruit farmers automatically came to their door, they had no reason to refuse.

Because of this, the fruit farming families in the nearby villages were very grateful to Wang Cheng's family. They said good things to everyone and the business of the jam shop became better and better because of them.

Wang Cheng put the cut fruit on the table. The New Year's Eve party had just begun.

This kind of New Year's Eve party was held every year, and after another month, it was time for the Spring Festival party, which was especially grand every year.

Wang Cheng had no interest in this kind of program. On the surface, they said that there were new ideas every year. Actually, it was all the same: singing, sketching, dancing, acrobatics, etc. Middle-aged and elderly people preferred this, but younger people would rather go out on a date.

Wang Cheng watched TV with his parents for a while, before receiving several calls. One was a call from Mother Zheng. Her son could not spend time with her on the last day of the year, so she could only solve her longing by phone. Then, there was Tong Yangyang and Huang Tong’an.

Wang Cheng used Huang Tongan as an excuse last time, and then never had time to tell him. After informing his parents, he got up and went to the yard to talk on the phone. He hesitated for a moment, before confessing to him that he had been in the Imperial Capital a few days ago. Huang Tong’an scolded him immediately.

Wang Cheng promised that the next time he went to the Imperial Capital, he would definitely invite him to apologize. Now, he was angry, and this was also his wrongdoing. He had promised before, but didn’t keep his word.

When hanging up the phone, Wang Cheng was relieved. As soon as he was heading back to the room, a new message suddenly came from his phone, and then another one, as if timed. He thought it was Chu Yifeng, because he arrived at his destination in the middle of the night yesterday. However, because of the time difference, he woke up the next morning to see the message he sent. It was a pity that they weren’t together for their first New Year.

But he guessed wrong. The message was not sent by Chu Yifeng. The first one was sent by Yuan Xia. They hadn’t contacted each other for nearly a week since he went to the Imperial Capital. The second one was from Wei Dandan. The content of the message was very simple, just one sentence. It was a blessing, and then nothing else. Perhaps it was a mass message. Wang Cheng returned a message to the two of them, and finally sent a message to Chu Yifeng

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