Jianbao life

Chapter 611
The old man seemed very anxious, so Chu Chen immediately asked Uncle Wu and Zhou Wenping to borrow 5000 yuan, and then the two parties completed the transaction, and the old man hurriedly left after verifying the authenticity of the money.

However, if you have the Tao, you must not have the heart of harming others, and you must have the heart of preventing others. Chu Chen did not forget to ask the old man to sign a transaction agreement. After all, there are so many evil things in the antique business. what trouble.

Next, the three of them drank tea and chatted. After a while, it was almost four o'clock in the afternoon. Considering that today was New Year's Eve, Chu Chen asked everyone to tidy up and prepare for the official annual holiday.

I heard that it was going to be a year off, and everyone was very happy, because the cleaning had already been done at noon, and everyone packed up their things in a hurry. Afterwards, Chu Chen said a few words of encouragement, and let the shop assistants go back.

And Chu Chen and the others still have to check the relevant things in the store, especially in terms of safety, so they can't be sloppy. In this way, it was not until nearly five o'clock that Chu Chen said goodbye to Zhou Wenping and drove home with Uncle Wu .

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February 2th, New Year's Eve.

After breakfast, not a while later, the old man and the old lady came over. Of course, when the two elders come, the security check must be indispensable.

Next, the Chu Chen brothers and sisters were busy pasting couplets and hanging lanterns, creating a joyous scene.

Chu Chen did not go to the market to buy today's couplet like in previous years, but co-written it with the old man. The content of the couplet was chosen by Chu Chen, and the words were written by the old man.

The old man is usually fond of calligraphy. He learned his calligraphy from Wang Xizhi, and added his own style to it. The cursive handwriting looks smooth and imposing, and people who know how to do it can't help but say "good!" after reading it.

Speaking of which, Chu Yongning's liking for calligraphy was also influenced by the old man.

The position of the couplets was properly posted, and Chu Chen admired the couplets exuding a strong ink fragrance from a distance. The first couplet was: Fuxing Gaozhao family portrait.The second line is: spring is full of spring.Horizontal batch: full of spring.

This year, Chu Chen's family was reunited, and this couplet was just in time for the occasion. Therefore, not only Chu Chen was satisfied with this couplet, but also everyone else.

At noon, everyone just ate something casually, and then got busy again. There are many people today, and there are more dumplings to make. So, relying on his strength, Chu Chen went to the kitchen and started chopping dumpling fillings.

After chopping the meat stuffing, I chopped the other ingredients. It took almost an hour to chop the dumpling stuffing and put them in the pots separately.If Mrs. Ji came to chop it, it might not be good for two hours.Then Chu Chen picked up the washbasin and kneaded the dough again.

Seeing this, Mrs. Ji hurriedly said: "Master, you don't need to make up with me, it doesn't matter if you make it soft or hard. If you can't handle the heat well, just rest and go. I'll come and make up in a while."

While Chu Chen was chopping the stuffing, the uncle and the others came over one after another. When Chu Chen finished chopping the stuffing, Zhao Yunlin, the eldest aunt and the others walked into the kitchen and started to work with Mrs. Ji.

Walking into the living room, Chu Chen saw Chu Junfeng and his juniors fighting against landlords. It is estimated that Chu Junfeng has good poker skills and good luck, so he has piled up a lot of chips in front of him. They all had sad faces.

Seeing Chu Chen approaching, Chu Yulan quickly waved to him and said, "Brother, hurry up and replace me, I'm already defeated."

Chu Junfeng said triumphantly: "Ah Chen's antiques and stone gambling are really good, but this card game, in our house, I am second, so no one dares to say number one!"

"Oh! Then we have seen the real chapter!" Chu Chen chuckled.

"Chu Jiayan, step aside for me too!" After saying that, Chu Jiamei squeezed into her seat.

Chu Jiayan was speechless and said, "I've only played two rounds of cards, why let me go?"

Chu Jiamei said with contempt: "You don't even look at it, how bad your cards are, if you keep playing, you will lose to Java."

"You lost most of these chips, okay!" Chu Jiayan said angrily.

Chu Jiamei didn't refute, and directly said rascally: "You can squeeze me if you have the ability!"

Everyone couldn't laugh or cry when they saw Chu Jiamei's rascal appearance. Although Chu Jiayan was furious, he felt powerless for a while. After all, he was a boy, so he really couldn't do what Chu Jiamei did just now, and if he really had to do that, In the end, it was himself who was unlucky.

"No wonder the saying goes that only girls and villains are hard to raise. The ancients really did not deceive me!" Chu Jiayan said angrily.

Chu Jiamei smiled triumphantly, and then said loudly: "Deal the cards, deal the cards, and watch me fight the Quartet!"

Having said that, the following game made Chu Jiamei frown again, because after five rounds, she found that only her second brother Chu Junfeng and she lost the game, and Chu Chen and Ye Liang both won. She was very anxious as her chips became less and less.

But after that, her poker skills and luck were obviously not very good, and after playing a few more rounds, there were only two chips in front of her, so she directly lost the cards and pushed Chu Jiayan up again.

However, what made Chu Jiamei feel strange was that Chu Jiayan's luck turned out to be super good next time. After a while, not only did she win back the chips she lost just now, but she also made a lot of money.

At the end of the fight, Chu Junfeng smiled wryly and said, "Okay, I take back what I said earlier, third brother, your card skills are much better than mine! I don't know how your brain grows!"

Hearing this, the few people present didn't know what was going on. For a moment, they all felt a little incredible that Chu Chen could "return" the chips to them without knowing it.

Chu Chen laughed and said, "What's so good about my card skills? It's obviously good words and Xiao Liang's luck!"

Chu Junfeng smiled and said: "Up to now, only you and I have lost. Do you think there is such a coincidence? Well, I would like to bet and admit defeat. Jiayan and Xiaoliang, calculate how much you have won?"

Just as Chu Jiayan and Ye Liang were counting their chips, Chu Jiamei jumped in front of Chu Chen and said angrily:
"Third brother, you help Jiayan bully me!"

Chu Chen smiled and said, "Then why are you only allowed to bully good words, and I am not allowed to bully you?"

"Jiayan is my younger brother!" Chu Jiamei said quite naturally.

"Obviously I'm an older brother!" Chu Jiayan murmured upon hearing this.

Chu Chen chuckled and said, "Since you say that, then as your brother, can't I bully you?"

"But you are an older brother, how can you bully your younger sister!" Chu Jiamei pouted.

Chu Chen said: "No matter what the co-authorship is, you are reasonable, right? By the way, I heard that you are in school, and even the teacher will bully you! But I am not your teacher, I will bully you, Besides ignoring me, tell me what you can do!"

"I..." Chu Jiamei remained silent for a while.

Chu Chen said with some seriousness: "Jiamei, my elder brother would like to advise you today. In the future, you have to change your character and play around at home. Why are you still so unscrupulous outside? You will make others What is your impression of our family?"

"That teacher is bad!" Chu Jiamei defended.

"What about your classmates?" Chu Chen asked again.

Chu Jiamei lowered her head and remained silent.

After a while, Chu Chen said: "Okay, today is the New Year's Eve, so I'll stop this matter. Think about it yourself, don't regret it because it's too late because of your character."

Having said that, he took out the gifts he had prepared a long time ago and gave them to the three children respectively.

The gifts of the three are all the same, except for the red envelope, there is also a pendant that matches them.The pendant is made of Laokeng glass, and if it is worth more than one million in the market, they don't know the price of jadeite, but they just think it is very beautiful, so they are very happy to accept it.

Seeing Chu Jiamei smile again, Chu Chen also secretly sighed. The reason why he used the excuse just now to nod Chu Jiamei today was because he heard Chu Yulan talk about Chu Jiamei last night.

In the past, Chu Chen just thought that Chu Jiamei was a little naughty, but he didn't know that Chu Jiamei had become a big sister in school. Yongping's relationship has nothing to do with her.

It should be said that Chu Chen’s second aunt usually beats and scolds and educates, but everyone knows what kind of children in the rebellious period of youth are like. At first, the second aunt wanted Chu Jiamei to transfer to the capital, but she was afraid that Chu Jiamei would transfer to Beijing. After studying, she didn't study well, and thought to herself, she was about to graduate anyway, so she was going to recite the magic spell to Chu Jiamei after graduation.

In fact, if you want Chu Chen to say that education should be done sooner rather than later, even if Chu Jiamei is allowed to stay in the next level, it’s no big deal, but he is a junior after all, so he can only make a suggestion on this matter. educate.That's why he did that just now.

Now it seems that Chu Jiamei doesn't know how much she has listened to. If she still goes her own way, she will suffer a lot because of it sooner or later. ...

As night fell, firecrackers gradually sounded outside, Chu Chen turned on all the lights in the house, and the whole villa was brightly lit in the night.

"Eat New Year's Eve dinner..."

There are two tables today, but they are all big round tables, so it looks more lively.

After the banquet started, the old man called Chu Chen to his side, and asked with a smile, "Xiaobao, you have been in the capital for several years, do you know our New Year's customs?"

Chu Chen said with a smile: "How can I not know..."

People in the old capital have eaten the New Year’s Eve dinner at their thirties. The most important thing on the first day of the new year is to start the New Year’s greetings. They usually just sit and go. Family fun too.So, I went to visit relatives who were close to me.

Visiting relatives is also called stringing relatives in Beijing. The core problem is to adjust the relationship between people and emphasize the friendship between people.

This kind of visiting relatives is not just sitting around like a New Year's visit.Usually stay at relatives' house from morning to night, not only to eat, but also to chat and play cards with many people.Relatives will also be more than happy to entertain, and will not be unhappy about it.

When the old BJ visits relatives, he usually brings gifts to relatives.A lot of thought goes into preparing a gift.If you want to visit the elderly, the gifts generally have to take into account the preferences of the elderly, and you will choose some food that the elderly can bite.Generally, snack boxes are sent, which contain eight pieces of pastries, hibiscus cakes, saqima, etc., large and small.

In addition, they also pay attention to sending fruits, mainly apples and citrus.Because pear and "li" are homophonic, pears cannot be given as New Year's gifts.In addition, scented tea can also be sent.If there are children in the other party's family, they will buy some snacks such as fireworks, lanterns or dried fruit mix for the children.

(End of this chapter)