I started a senior citizen university after being unemployed, and I became the favorite of my uncles

Chapter 163 Pre-New Year Procurement in Progress

Regardless of whether Aunt Xu can do it or not, the couplet paper bought by her daughter Qingqing is already on the way.

"Mom, this year our family's Spring Festival couplets are yours. If you write well, I'll buy you a new silk scarf."

"I want two. That's the deal."

Aunt Xu swore on her new silk scarf that she could write beautiful couplets, and she carefully selected one.

First couplet: "To enjoy the fruits of one's labor without any effort."

Second line: "No merit, no reward, no achievement."

Banner: "Hope the cub will become a phoenix"

……

Here, the hope is that their son will become a successful person, while Uncle Li’s hope is that their father will be proud of himself.

Ever since Teacher Li signed Uncle Li up for erhu lessons, he has been looking forward to the Chinese New Year.

After all, he has studied for a whole semester, so he must give his father a chance to show off.

Teacher Li followed Uncle Li every day, urging him to practice the erhu.

"Dad, you need to raise an army for a thousand days and deploy it for a moment. Now is your chance to show yourself."

"You should practice hard and surprise everyone during the New Year."

Uncle Li paused while scrolling through his phone, then lay down on the bed, turned over with his back to him, and said, "I won't go. I don't know how to go. If you want to go, go by yourself."

"You've been studying for so long, how can you say you don't know?"

"Look at Uncle Zeng who is in your class. He is more talented and works harder than you. What qualifications do you have to be lazy here?"

"You learn a musical instrument to show yourself, otherwise how do you know if you have made progress?"

Teacher Li advised him earnestly.

Uncle Li covered his head with a quilt and said, "I don't know about others, but I haven't made any progress because I have been standing still."

"You are quite proud. You have a problem with your learning attitude." Teacher Li was so angry that he laughed. "You wanted to learn the erhu yourself. I didn't force you. If you don't practice now, what do you want?"

Uncle Li sat up and waved to his son: "You don't understand, I learned the erhu in order to start a business."

"Start a business? What kind of business can you start?"

"When I learn how to do it, I will sit under the overpass and wear sunglasses."

Uncle Li stroked his beard and acted mysterious: "Then I thought about it again. I'm 63 years old. Why should I work so hard? It's time to rest. You should work hard."

"It's nice to lie down. The life of a salted fish is wonderful."

"You, you are totally unreasonable. Are you trying to piss me off to death?"

Teacher Li was so angry that he could not refute. He gathered all his strength and used his ultimate move: "Grandpa, look at my dad. I told him to study but he didn't listen. You should come and take care of him!"

The old man came in angrily, holding the third bamboo pole he had broken: "You are a rebellious son, and you never change despite repeated admonitions, right?"

"If you still have this attitude and refuse to repent, I will use my bamboo stick to teach you a lesson today!"

……

At school, Lin Qinglan had just talked to Uncle Liao who was traveling far away. He had been away for more than ten days. Every time he arrived at a new place, he would call Lin Qinglan and Aunt Xie to report his safety.

They are about 3,000 kilometers away from Lhasa. Uncle Liao has only ridden a quarter of the way and is still far from his destination. He will definitely not be able to return for the New Year.

Lin Qinglan felt a little regretful.

Uncle Liao's hearty laughter came from the phone: "Principal Xiaolin, don't worry."

“Our country is so big that the whole world is our home.”

"Today is the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, right? It's time to buy New Year's goods."

"Uncle Liao, Aunt Xie and I are already in the market." Lin Qinglan loudly reported their location to Uncle Liao.

Lin Qinglan was very excited. She hadn't celebrated the New Year in a long time.

Older people attach great importance to the Chinese New Year traditions.

The day before yesterday was the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, and it is the time to clean the house.

When Lin Qinglan woke up at 7 o'clock in the morning, Aunt Xie had already cleaned her room and the corridor, made breakfast for Lin Qinglan, and was sitting by the wall cutting window paper-cuts with a scarf that was almost finished next to her.

Lin Qinglan sometimes suspected that Aunt Xie’s day was different from her twenty-four hours. What Aunt Xie did in two hours could take Lin Qinglan a whole day to do, and she would also have to take a day off to rest and recover her energy.

Today, Lin Qinglan got up early and went to the market with Aunt Xie.

As the year draws to a close, there are obviously more people in the market, and all you see is the festive red color.

It was only 7 o'clock and the morning wind was a little cold. Lin Qinglan shivered, shrank her neck and covered her collar tightly. She was about to ask Aunt Xie if she was cold.

Suddenly, a furry thing with warm body temperature spread across Lin Qinglan's cheek.

"Is this for me?" Lin Qinglan raised her eyes in surprise and subconsciously looked at Aunt Xie, whose gentle and kind eyes were full of anticipation.

It was a scarf with grass green and light yellow interwoven, very spring colors.

Aunt Xie's hands were dry and warm. She gently shook out the scarf. Lin Qinglan cooperated, supporting herself with her knees and bending down.

Aunt Xie put a scarf on her, and warmth instantly enveloped her. Lin Qinglan could even smell the scent of soap on the scarf.

"This color suits you very well. You look like a little sun." Aunt Xie straightened the wrinkles on the scarf. Just as she thought, this color suited Principal Kobayashi very well.

"This is the first scarf I knitted this winter. Thank you, Principal Xiaolin, for spending the New Year with an old woman like me."

Lin Qinglan's heart was filled with surprise and emotion, but she still wanted to correct Aunt Xie. It was not her who was accompanying Aunt Xie, but Aunt Xie who was accompanying her.

Since her grandmother passed away, Lin Qinglan has always spent the New Year alone.

On New Year’s Eve when the family reunions take place, she always turns up the volume of the TV by herself, trying to fill this small but extremely deserted room.

So she tried her best to persuade Aunt Xie and Uncle Liao not to move out during the winter vacation. She wanted to plan a lively New Year with her uncle and aunt.

Those who prepare for surprises will receive surprises first.

Aunt Xie's scarf blocked the cold winter wind for her. They linked arms, slowed down their pace, and strolled happily for the whole morning.

Lin Qinglan carried large and small bags of New Year's goods and new clothes.

In her ears she heard Aunt Xie scolding her.

"You kid, I told you I have clothes to wear, but you still want to buy me some."

"I have to wear new clothes for the New Year." She leaned against Aunt Xie and quietly reached out to take the bag from Aunt Xie's hand.

"This bag isn't heavy, I can carry it myself."

"Why did you buy so much? We can't finish it."

Aunt Xie kept "criticizing" Lin Qinglan for buying too much, but Lin Qinglan knew that Aunt Xie didn't want to spend her money.

But she wanted to give the flowers to Aunt Xie, as no one had knitted a scarf for her for a long time.

Lin Qinglan felt the heavy weight in her pocket; it was the gold coin chocolate that Aunt Xie bought for her.

She said that if other children have it, Principal Kobayashi must have it too.

……

At the end of the day, Lin Qinglan solemnly put the scarf into the closet.

Xiao De's voice suddenly sounded, not as lively and energetic as usual.

It was like a sigh.

"Host, I can feel that you are very happy today."

"If I had a physical body, I could spend the New Year with you."