In early February, the Spring Festival is approaching, and the Lunar New Year is about to officially begin. Han Songlin and the others officially returned to Yuechi on New Year's Eve, and this time they were not planning to stay in Yuechi for a long time.
They just wanted to do two things: visit the graves and eat the New Year's Eve banquet!
In the morning, they set off early, took the highway to Yanghe, and then took the provincial road to Yuechi. The whole trip took two and a half hours.
We arrived in Lechi just after nine.
Then we drove directly to the countryside.
There were indeed quite a few people going home to pay respects to the graves today.
Starting from the ancestral grave, they should pay respects to that grave every year, and Liu Yuyan knew exactly which one it was. Otherwise, Han Songlin really wouldn't know which ones to pay respects to.
There were still unburned candles and incense in front of Zhang Suyun's grave.
Han Songlin stood in front of the tombstone, silently watching and listening as Liu Yuyan recited the words: May Zhang Suyun bless the whole family with safety and peace in the afterlife, and may Han Songlin's career go smoothly.
'Mom, if you need anything down there, just send a dream to Han Songlin, and we'll burn whatever you want.'
Han Songlin's mouth twitched slightly. Why would this dream come true be for himself?
'Han Ting, you promised to burn more paper money for grandma, hurry up and burn more.' Han Songlin looked at Han Ting, who was crouching and burning paper money silently.
Han Ting looked up at Han Songlin: 'I know, I didn't see it burning. There's already a big pile, grandma can buy a lot of food.'
A smile appeared at the corner of Han Songlin's mouth, did Han Ting only know about eating.
She looked at the grave next to Zhang Suyun's again. It belonged to Han Songlin's father.
It had been there for many years, and the stone slab covering the grave was covered in moss.
'Grandma, I'll buy you some candy,'
Han Yufei said in a soft voice. 'Grandma wants to buy a spaceship,'
Han Yufei was obsessed with this spaceship!
For this reason, Han Songlin went to the supermarket and bought Han Yufei a big spaceship.
Yes, it was the Starship!
'Set sail, Starry Sea' was officially broadcast on CCTV, and caused quite a stir, because this animation was not targeted at young children, but at teenagers.
After the broadcast, the Starry Sea model toy sold like hot cakes.
There were high, medium and low-end models, with the most expensive costing more than 3,000 yuan. The models were exquisitely made inside, and when the lid was opened, you could see the internal structure of the Starry Sea.
The captain's command room, living quarters, material area, etc.
In the lower area of the spaceship model, there is also a power compartment and a nuclear fusion engine.
It is quite sci-fi and can even glow.
Yes, the entire model can glow, exactly like the Starship Enterprise in the cartoon.
At night, when the lights are on, it really looks quite good.
There are not many of these high-end models produced, only 500 in the whole country.
They were then sold in Fumanduo supermarkets, and generally only the supermarkets in the provincial capital had them in stock. They were too expensive, so only the provincial capital had the spending power.
After paying respects to the graves, it was almost 11:40.
This year's reunion was still lively. Over the years, the reunion was no longer just a Han family affair, but a joint event of the entire production team.
Many people came back from afar just to have this meal.
Han Songlin clearly felt that everyone's relationship now seemed much closer and more harmonious.
'Zhang Ping, you're doing well. Your wife even wears a gold necklace. Driving a truck is really profitable!'
Zhang Ping had a big flat head shaved, and there was a shaved scar on his head. Paired with his unsightly face, he did have a bit of a fierce air about him.
Now if you want a sports car, you can't be fierce.
Next to Zhang Ping stood a stylishly dressed woman, who looked to be in her early twenties.
She had a pleasant appearance.
'It's fake, just to save face,' Zhang Ping said with a smile, adding that in the countryside, you couldn't pretend to be anything you weren't.
If you casually went out and started a business, the family with more money than you would do it.
Let's not talk about Han Songlin, just Han Songqing, who is the logistics minister at the winery. When the winery went public, he was allocated a lot of shares, which are now worth several hundred thousand yuan.
That's just the shares, and Han Songqing's salary is easily a few thousand yuan a month.
I slave away at my job, and after all is said and done, I only earn a few thousand yuan a month.
I have to pay off the car loan every month, so I'm working for the bank.
Apart from the car loan, there is also the mortgage, and at the end of the month, there is not much money left.
'Han Songlin and the others are here.'
The people who were originally chatting animatedly all gathered around, as today was the time of year when the production team had the most people gathered together.
Usually, there were only some elderly people left in the team.
The land was no longer cultivated for grain, but for fruit trees, which were easier to cultivate (manage and maintain) and could be done by the elderly.
Han Songlin and Liu Yuyan greeted everyone warmly, and Liu Yuyan even taught Han Ting and the others to say hello.
This took a long time.
Han Songlin couldn't help smiling when he saw Han Ze. Han Ze had grown a lot!
At this moment, Han Ze's appearance matched the photo in Han Songlin's memory.
It was a photo taken when he was five years old.
That was the only photo of Han Ze as a child.
After that, he had to wait until he graduated from primary school before he could have his photo taken again.
Well, now, naturally, Han Ze has a lot of photos.
'Han Ze, you don't greet me when you see me?' Han Songlin smiled as he picked Han Ze up in his arms, and couldn't help but squeeze Han Ze's little face.
Han Ze: "Uncle Songlin.'
'That's a good boy.'
Han Ting remembered Han Ze and was very happy to see him: "Han Ze!'
'Sister Ting!'
Han Songlin watched as the little ones immediately got along, and couldn't help but think that among children, there really doesn't seem to be any sense of strangeness!
With Han Songlin and the others arriving, the banquet had almost started.
Han Songlin saw Zhang Menglan and was slightly surprised. The two exchanged a few simple words: 'You're back this year too!'
'Well, after dinner, don't go away first, I have something to tell you.'
Han Songlin was a little surprised, but still nodded and agreed: 'Okay, no problem.'
Han Songlin's gaze lingered on Han Songcai for a while. The guy actually didn't come over to say hello to him.
With a sneer, Han Songlin didn't want to bother with him either.
For Han Songlin, as long as Han Songcai didn't have any accidents, everything else was trivial. As for suffering a little, it didn't matter.
People always grow through suffering.
If you don't suffer a little, you can't mature.
At the dinner table, Han Songlin naturally sat at the head of the table. Han Songlin declined the request to let him sit in the main seat, and arranged for the person with the greatest seniority to sit in the main seat.
People kept coming to toast Han Songlin, and Han Songlin couldn't just take a sip, so he took a sip meaningfully.
What could the others say? That Han Songlin looked down on them?
Obviously not.
The meal took a long time, and the dishes grew cold before the guests finally dispersed.
The table was quickly cleared away and mahjong paper was laid out.
Liu Yuyan was also called to play mahjong, and she did not refuse.
As for Han Songlin, no one asked him to play, which made him feel a little depressed. He wanted to play mahjong during the New Year's holiday!