The leisurely life of a reborn dad

"Grandpa, I toast you." Cao Shubin held up the wine glass and wanted to toast his grandfather.

He said, "I've already drunk it, you can do whatever you want."

But he didn't dare to let his grandfather drink more.

The next year, Cao Zhenghu was one year older, and he was only one year away from the 90-year-old mark. At this time, everyone wanted him to live a few more years, and no one in his family dared to let him have an accident.

Cao Zhenghu waved his hand and asked his eldest grandson to sit down: "Shubin, sit down and drink."

He took a sip, and Cao Shubin drank it all in one gulp after sitting down.

Cao Shujie handed him tea to wash off the alcohol.

Everyone understood that only when grandpa was there could they get together for a reunion dinner. If grandpa was gone one day, it would be difficult to get together for a reunion dinner like today.

This was a very heavy topic, and it flashed through Cao Shujie's mind, making him feel a little depressed, but he didn't say it out loud.

Several men were drinking, and the second sister-in-law Ren Jingjing suddenly asked: "Shujie, when will you be on the show?" Cao Shujie didn't react and asked his second sister-in-law what show it was. "Mengmeng just told me that you went to Beijing to record a show?" The second sister-in-law Ren Jingjing reminded him. Cao Shujie finally understood what was going on. He glared at Mengmeng and then told everyone: "It's a coincidence that I just received a notice yesterday saying that my episode will be broadcast on CCTV-2 on February 10, which is the 14th day of the first lunar month." "So soon, it's only a few days away." The second sister-in-law was quite surprised. The eldest sister-in-law also asked when it would be broadcast, and she would watch it when the time comes. The uncle and the two cousins ​​were confused, and they hurriedly asked what was going on. "It's just that I went to Beijing before the New Year to record a CCTV interview program called "Meeting the Big Shots", which will be broadcast next month." Cao Shujie told them. "I forgot the specific broadcast time, it should be 8 o'clock in the evening, right?" Cao Shujie also had a lot of uncertainty. Hearing him say this, several people wanted to roll their eyes. How could he be so careless as him?

The second brother reacted quickly and asked Cao Shujie who else went to record the show.

"When I went to record the show, Liu Qiangdong was in front of me. Actually, Daqiangzi is a person who can talk to each other, but he is too strong." Cao Shujie said casually.

"Behind me was Zhang Chaoyang, but unfortunately I didn't see him when I left. I guess he was delayed by other things."

After all, it is normal for people like them to have something to do temporarily.

Hearing the tone of his cousin meeting a neighbor, Cao Shuxin wanted to roll his eyes.

The more you know, the more you can truly feel the gap between them and the cousin. It is an insurmountable gap that may not be crossed in this life.

When other people heard the name Liu Qiangdong, they were also very curious and asked about Liu Qiangdong.

The second sister-in-law also asked Liu Qiangdong if his wife Milk Tea Sister went?

When they got married two years ago, the discussion on the Internet was very hot.

Cao Shujie shook his head: "His wife didn't come. The night we had a party was the Little New Year. Lei Jun, Liu Qiangdong and I had dinner together, but Lei Jun's wife and children went."

As soon as he finished speaking, Mengmeng shouted beside him: "Auntie went, Xinyi went, and I went too."

Hearing Mengmeng say this, the family praised her for having seen all kinds of big scenes with her father since she was a child, and she was also a worldly person.

"Mengmeng, your father has paved the way for you, and you must do better than him in the future." Cao Jianlin said.

After hearing this, Mengmeng grinned with great pride, and she said while laughing: "Grandpa, my father said that he would keep all the money he earned for me."

"Then you have to let your father earn more and leave more for you." Cao Shubin urged her.

Mengmeng took it seriously. She turned her head to look at her father and said: "Dad, did you hear that? You still have to work harder!"

Mengmeng's words made everyone laugh.

The New Year's Eve dinner continued with laughter and joy. When everyone had almost finished eating, Wang Yuelan went to make dumplings.

There were beef, venison, pork and leeks.

Cheng Xiaolin wanted to help her mother-in-law, but was driven back by Wang Yuelan, saying that she should accompany her two sisters-in-law and the children to eat.

She also said that the dumplings were all wrapped, and it would not take so many people to make them.

When the round, white and plump dumplings were brought to the table, looking at the steaming dumplings, they thought they had almost finished eating, but now their appetite came back.

There were not many dumplings, but there were so many people, and each person ate three or five, which was not a small amount.

Wang Yuelan made three pots in a row, and everyone stopped eating.

Seeing that it was already past 7:30, the children were still thinking about setting off fireworks, and seeing that the adults were not eating, Mengmeng asked his father if he was going to set off fireworks now?

"Go, put on your thick clothes quickly, we will leave soon." Cao Shujie told her.

Cao Yirui was the first to shout, "I'm going too, I'm going too."

The voice was so loud that it made people feel noisy, because they were afraid that he would be left behind.

Cao Shujie also comforted him and said that he would leave together after he packed up.

Cao Zhenghu saw that the children couldn't stay at home and were ready to run out at any time, so he called them, stood up and went to the bedroom with a cane to take out a bunch of wrapped red envelopes, and gave them to the four children one by one.

Cao Shujie didn't expect that the three brothers also had red envelopes, each with 200 yuan. The amount of red envelopes was not important, but mainly for the festive mood.

However, when Cao Shujie heard his daughter shouting from the side that there was 1,000 yuan in the red envelope, his heart suddenly became unbalanced.

"How come Mengmeng and the others can get 1,000 yuan, but he can only get 200?" Cao Shujie felt grievances for himself in his heart, but he didn't dare to say this. If he did, he would probably get beaten.

Not only their three brothers, but also his wife and two sisters-in-law also received red envelopes.

But what makes Cao Shujie even more unwilling is that his sister Cao Huifang took 500.

Cao Shujie felt distressed. Isn't a married grandson worth anything?

No one cared what Cao Shujie was feeling at this time. People were pouring out of the streets and alleys of Caojiazhuang and walking towards the Caojiazhuang Village Committee.

After they came over, they discovered that the Caojiazhuang Village Committee compound was blocked by red warning tape. Fortunately, because the village committee office building was to be built, the walls of the courtyard here were removed, and everyone could see it while standing outside. The scene inside.

Some people also went to the homes of nearby villagers and stood on their rooftops to watch.

More than 1,000 people gathered together, so densely packed that it was quite spectacular.

When Cao Shujie brought his family over, because of his privilege, although the family came late, they followed him in directly.

When they arrived at the large conference room, they looked at the door of the conference room.

Everyone turned a blind eye to this scene.

They feel that Secretary Cao has already done a good job and cannot ask him to become a moral model. That is kidnapping!

Cao Jianlong and the others had already come here. When they saw Cao Shujie coming with a large family, he came up to greet them and said happy New Year greetings.

"Uncle Long, how are you preparing?" Cao Shujie asked him.

Cao Jianlong told him that everything was ready, and the people setting off the fireworks would also be in place later.

More than 800,000 fireworks were piled up like a mountain in the large conference room. Caojiazhuang can be lively tonight.

"Shujie, do you want to say a few words?" Cao Jianlong asked him habitually.

Cao Shujie waved his hand directly and asked what time the speech was. Today is New Year's Eve. Everyone has just finished their New Year's Eve dinner and they are all waiting outside to watch the fireworks. Who is willing to listen to his speech?

Isn’t that a joke?

"Uncle Long, forget about talking and just light the fireworks later."

"Then let's wait until 8 o'clock to start." Cao Jianlong said.

When he saw Cao Shujie nodding, Cao Jianlong asked Cao Shuchao to arrange for people from the security brigade to set off the fireworks first.

Brothers Cao Shubin and Cao Shuxin saw this scene from the side, especially when they saw Cao Jianlong asking their cousin for instructions from time to time, they truly realized that the village secretary actually had great authority.

The fact that their cousin became the village party secretary in just a few years is quite novel.

The villagers outside are also talking about it. Everyone already knows that the village committee is going on a bloodletting spree this year and has bought more than 300,000 yuan worth of fireworks.

But what surprised everyone even more was that their village secretary Cao Shujie bought more than 500,000 yuan from his own pocket, which was more than the money paid by the village committee.

No one thought about it wrongly. They all knew that Secretary Cao was not ordinary rich.

Moreover, I earned all this money before I became the village director or village secretary.

Everyone wants to see the difference between these fireworks.

Watching the time move towards 8 o'clock little by little, many people suddenly feel that time passes so slowly.

A day usually flies by, but now it feels like seconds are like years.

The guys were chatting and talking to the folks around them, but they didn't notice that everyone usually couldn't get together, but it was actually good to take this opportunity to get together today.

During the noisy chat, I heard Cao Jianlong’s shout from the loudspeaker in the courtyard of Caojiazhuang Village Committee: “All the young and old men in Caojiazhuang, please pay attention. Let me reiterate, we will officially light the fireworks at 8 o’clock tonight. There are a lot of fireworks. I'm going to say something ugly first. For the sake of everyone's safety, no one is allowed to lean forward when the fireworks are being lit. No one is allowed to come over and grab the boxes of finished fireworks. If you don't listen, you will get burned. , that is your own responsibility.”

"Every one of them counts."

He repeated it again, and the people outside cheered.

The sound was so loud and loud that Cao Jianlong heard it in the large conference room.

"Uncle Long, your voice is still as good as before." Cao Shujie teased him with a smile.

Cao Jianlong laughed loudly: "That's right, Shujie, when we finish our work one day, let's have a drink together."

As soon as he finished speaking, several other village committee leaders also looked over, and they also wanted to get close to Secretary Cao.

Cao Shujie thought for a while and said to them: "I have to accompany my wife to my parents' house in the second grade of junior high school to see the third and fourth grade students, right?"

"I think it's okay, otherwise let's just settle for the third year of junior high school, and don't delay it later." Cao Zhengcun said straightforwardly.

He knew very well that if he procrastinated, things might get more complicated and the party would have to fall through again.

Cao Shujie agreed.

As soon as 8 o'clock arrived on time, the first firework was lit.

Accompanied by a sharp whistle, the fireworks shot straight into the sky, attracting the attention of many people.

Everyone looked up at the sky, wondering what kind of beautiful scenery would explode, when they saw a point of light suddenly exploded in the sky, like an upside-down waterfall, and various colorful fireworks streamers hung down from the sky.

It turned from a point into a fan shape, which is indescribably beautiful.

There was a roar of applause from below.

This firework is indeed beautiful.

And as the fireworks exploded, they were like a signal, attracting the villagers of Taodong Village in the north and Zhujiazhuang in the south.

Everyone looked at the fireworks. They knew that Caojiazhuang was making trouble again.

No problem. Hurry over here. Maybe you can see a little bit.

The first firework had not completely disappeared in the air. Then the second and third fireworks rushed into the sky one after another as if they didn't need to breathe, blowing everyone up.

This was a night of brilliant fireworks.

More than 800,000 fireworks were originally intended to be set off tonight, but only half of them were set off. That's it, and it took more than an hour.

In the end, everyone was a little tired of the aesthetics, so Cao Shujie and his team decided to set off the rest tomorrow.

This is good.

Some of the people who came late felt a little disappointed. They wanted to continue watching, but when they saw that the people from the village committee were already cleaning up the cartons that still had some sparks, some people took a ladle and scooped a ladle of water and poured it over.

The sound of water and fire coming into contact with each other was heard, and bursts of green smoke rose, and the last spark was extinguished.

Then I heard the people from the village committee shouting that we would continue to watch the fireworks at the same time tomorrow night, and those who were unwilling to give up went home one after another.

That night, everyone's topic of conversation was all about these fireworks.

The TV at home was still on, and the program playing was the Spring Festival Gala, but unfortunately no one was watching it in front of the TV.

After returning home, Mengmeng and his brother played excitedly for a while before going to bed.

Cao Shujie and his wife stayed up until the middle of the night, and then they hugged each other and fell asleep.

The next morning, except for the children, the adults did not sleep in.

They still had to continue to arrange today's things, and someone would come to pay New Year's greetings later.

Cao Shujie did not go out for the New Year this year. He felt that his front door could be trampled flat this year, and in fact it was true.

Before breakfast was finished, someone came to pay New Year's greetings. They sat down to drink tea, light cigarettes, eat melon seeds, and chat with the old man Cao Zhenghu. Occasionally, someone called Secretary Cao again.

The scene was very lively.

Before the first wave of people left, the second wave came in.

Then the third wave, the fourth wave...

As more and more people came, Cao Shujie decided not to eat and went to greet people.

He had originally thought about going out for a walk, but many people came just to meet him and chat. After discussing with his father, Cao Shujie did not go out again and simply waited at home.

For the whole morning, Cao Shujie was busy at home serving tea and water, taking out dried fruits, fruits, and candies, and chatting with guests. He did not do anything else.

In the end, Cao Shujie's throat was dry from talking, and there was no saliva in his mouth. (End of this chapter)