173: Something Happened

The New Year's Eve party entered its countdown, but Wang Cheng was frequently looking at his mobile phone. Yuan Xia had already replied to him, and Wei Dandan did not. However, the person he wanted most to reply to him never responded. There was a time difference between them, but over there, it was a few hours behind China. It was now night here, and it was afternoon over there, unless he was at work.

Papa Wang and Mama Wang stared at the TV, completely unaware that their son’s mind was no longer on the TV.

When the countdown was at ten minutes, Wang Cheng's mobile phone suddenly rang. This time, it was a call. Papa Wang and Mama Wang were disturbed, so Wang Cheng smiled, said for them to keep watching, and then ran to go upstairs and answer the phone.

Mama Wang didn't care at first, but when she saw him like that, she immediately thought that the call was most likely from Chu Yifeng. Otherwise, he would not have to run upstairs.

Papa Wang said with relief, "Chengcheng seems to have more and more friends. It seems it was the right decision for him to go outside." Before, when he was hiding in the mountains, he never saw which of his friends and classmates he had been with.

Mama Wang's face was tangled.

"Boss Chu, why are you willing to call me?" Wang Cheng teased, not complaining. He only knew his intention after receiving his call at this moment.

"Our first New Year's Eve will naturally be spent with you." Chu Yifeng said comfortably. If he called him too early, he would be interrupted, so he deliberately chose the last ten minutes of New Year's Eve. It was a different kind of romance when they talked and celebrated the New Year. Wang Cheng didn’t understand romance, and the two may not have much of a common language, but if they communicated with each other, they could make up for the shortcomings.

However, the more he was exposed to things he hadn't been to before, Wang Cheng also gradually understood the gap between him and Chu Yifeng. Although he was not competitive, he had a hard-working spirit. However, he was forced to work by the old monk when he was a child. He no longer wanted to recall the bitter experience.

The sound of the countdown came from his ear, and it seemed to be lively on Chu Yifeng’s side. There was also a voice from the TV, and the child next door was shouting along with it. Wang Cheng stood by the window and could hear the child's loud voice.

"Ten, nine, eight, seven ... three, two, one!"

"Wang Cheng, Happy New Year."

Chu Yifeng's clean voice sounded in his ear, and Wang Cheng seemed to imagine that he was saying this with a lazy and elegant posture.

He chuckled, "Happy New Year."

According to the Guan’s Village’s traditional customs, on New Year's Day, dumplings and rice cakes were eaten on New Year’s Day. So, Mama Wang got up early in the morning to make rice cakes, and had also made rice cakes in the previous years. Naturally, it needn’t be said that Mama Wang craftsmanship in making rice cakes had been tasted by him and the old monk last year.

Wang Cheng got up early. He made filling from the vegetables and meat bought by Mama Wang and Papa Wang from the market yesterday, and then took out flour to make dumpling skins. Papa Wang also came to help, and the father and son wrapped more than 100 dumplings together.

The rice cakes made by Mama Wang were also out. Just after the lid had been opened, hot steam rushed out, accompanied by the fragrance of the rice cake. The colorful rice cakes looked very delicious. The green rice cakes were made from mung beans. Inside, it was a mixture of hemp kernels, raisins, green plums, peaches and other stuffings. The white rice cakes were filled with red or black beans. Some also had no filling.

Mama Wang then made rice cake soup with unfilled white rice cakes. Wang Cheng had never eaten rice cake soup before. There was some near the campus during high school, but Tong Yangyang, a foodie, said that it was not tasty. So, he never went to eat it.

Mama Wang was very tenacious in making rice cakes, and they did not stick to the teeth.

Wang Cheng ate the rice cake soup she made, and it tasted very good. Then he packed the remaining rice cake soup in an insulated box. Papa Wang also packed their dumplings in an insulated box. The family of three went to Wang Cheng's maternal grandparents’ house. This year, the New Year's Day of his grandparents’ house was quite lively. Not only would there be Guan Jiahe with his wife and the twins, but Mama Wang's sisters would also come to visit the grandparents today. The two elderly people had been joyfully laughing since the morning, in hopes of meeting together.

Wang Cheng rarely saw anyone in his maternal family before, but today everyone met almost everyone. Several aunts had come over, and even the uncle who was only seen once or twice a year also appeared. Life seemed to be going well for him, his wife, and his children. The big family had lunch around two tables. The lunch was dumplings brought by Wang Cheng's family, as well as dumplings made by his grandma and cousin-in-law in the morning, with many kinds of fillings. These people had no blood relationship with Wang Cheng, but were much better than his so-called relatives in the Wang family; they did not reject him because he was not related.

In the afternoon, his uncle left with his wife and children. They had to go to the aunt’s family. The other aunts also went to their husband’s house. Not long after his uncle left, they also left. In the past, only his eldest aunt and cousin were left. However, with more Guan families and couples this year, Mama Wang saw that the two elderly people would not be lonely this year, and left with confidence. Back at home, Mama Wang became silent.

Papa Wang sighed, "Lanfang, I know you don't like my parents and big brother, but etiquette still needs to be done well. Let’s just go."

Mama Wang didn't say anything and went into the kitchen.

After receiving a wink from Papa Wang, Wang Cheng immediately said, "Yeah, mom. It’s their business if they don’t welcome us. We’ve done all the courtesy possible, it doesn’t matter if they accept it or not. It’s just a visit, we won’t wait long."

When Mama Wang came out of the kitchen, she held something in her hand. It was the rice cakes made in the morning. She gave the father and son a blank look, "You are really stupid."

The father and son laughed. It was impossible for Mama Wang to not go to Granny Wang because of her anger. No matter how bad they were, they were also the parents of Papa Wang in name. If the children were not filial, their bones would be picked clean. Even if it was reasonable, there were many people who didn’t know right from wrong.

A while back, Wang Ningkai got married and his new home was in the city. However, today was New Year's Day, so they were all back. The second uncle and Zhang were said to have come early in the morning.

When they arrived at the uncle's house, they had finished their meals. They didn’t have much of a reaction to their unexpected arrival. The atmosphere was not festive, but seemed a little heavy?

Wang Cheng caught a glimpse of Zhang’s smile, and was a little surprised.

Papa Wang and Mama Wang came to the two elderly people, and Mama Wang put the rice cakes on the table in front of them. "Father, mother, these are rice cakes I made by myself. Today is New Year's Day, I wish you a happy New Year."

The old lady snorted coldly; she did not appreciate it at all.

Grandfather Wang shook her hand lightly and said to them, "Your mother is in a bad mood today. I will accept your wishes on behalf of your mother. Please sit down."

If it was in the past, Papa Wang would definitely ask why she was in a bad mood. However, he didn’t now. The old lady’s mood would always be in line with her eldest son's family. Now, the bad mood was most likely related to them; no need for him to ask of her contempt.

Granny Wang's face grew even worse.

Li and the eldest uncle were relatively cold towards them, but Zhang was very enthusiastic. They did not know what bad thing caused her excitement. Wang Cheng felt that it was boring and found an excuse to leave halfway. As a result, he saw a quarrel in the backyard between Wang Ningkai and Wang Xiaoyan.

They were often acting all clever in front of others. It hadn’t even been half a month since they got married, and the two had already turned against each other? Wang Cheng slowed down, stood in the corner, and listened to the two argue for a while before knowing of the general situation. Finally, he knew why Granny Wang was in a bad mood.

At first, the reason why his eldest uncle's family proposed to let the two get married as soon as possible was because the company run by Wang Xiaoyan’s father received a big order, quite possibly sky-high in price. His eldest uncle wanted to get on the boat of the Wang family.

After they got married, the two worked on the big list that Father Wang received. However, just a few days ago, there were errors in some links. At first, they didn't pay special attention to them.

Yesterday, the customer actually wanted to break the contract.

They had an agreement first, and they would pay compensation if they dissolved the contract. However, this time, the fault laid with them, so if the client wanted to dissolve the contract, they didn’t need to pay high compensation, which was a great blow to the Wang families.

For this list, they spent not only energy, but also a lot of financial resources. Once they lost this important list, the money they had invested before would be lost, and the assets of the two were not much. Where can they afford such a big blow? In this case, it was time to support each other to overcome the difficulties. However, the two families had their suspicions. The Wang family blamed the Wang family. If they didn’t make such a big mistake, they wouldn’t have caused such big trouble. Now they still dragged it on. Although they hadn’t said it, they already regretted agreeing with the Wang family to quickly get married.

The Wang family was not playing nice. At first, they did not know who heard that their family was about to fly to the sky. They immediately rushed forward and offered to marry as soon as possible. Now when they encountered difficulties, they put the responsibility on them as soon as possible.

Rice Cake with Red Bean Filling

Jiaozi

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