Chapter 494: New Year's Eve
Chapter 494: New Year’s greetings
The New Year bell rang, and the atmosphere of the New Year reached a boiling level. The roar of firecrackers resounded throughout the sky, and fireworks were shot into the night sky, exploded with a bang, and thousands of pear blossoms and crabapples were blooming in full bloom, one after another. The distant sky was dyed colorful by fireworks and fireworks, bringing a bit of fantasy color.
The Chinese New Year's Day is a custom that the Chinese nation has inherited for thousands of years. A few years ago, due to safety factors, many large and medium-sized cities in the country issued a ban on the setting of fireworks and firecrackers. However, how can the customs for thousands of years be so simple? It is better to be dispersed than blocking. Therefore, in recent years, the ban on setting off fireworks and firecrackers has quietly turned into a restricted place. Citizens can only light fireworks and firecrackers at designated times and places. Although there are so many restrictions, people are reluctant to let go of this custom, and instead become more and more intense. Some neighbors actually regard the setting off fireworks during the New Year as a gimmick for comparison between each other, which makes them laugh at the merchants who distribute fireworks.
Li Bin also purchased a large number of fireworks and firecrackers. As soon as the firecrackers sounded, the sleepy children immediately became energetic and jumped to grab the colorful safety fireworks.
Because of the New Year, Xiaoyu made an exception and was not forcibly ordered to go back to her room to rest. Unfortunately, she was strictly restricted from walking out of the villa. She could only enjoy the lively scene outside in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. However, even so, the little girl was extremely excited, and the silver bell-like laughter never fell.
On the lawn outside the villa, Shi Bo became the king of children. All kinds of fireworks were filled with him. As the children screamed, fireworks were shot into the sky. With the sound of touching, they burst into pieces, sprinkled with broken jade all over the sky, dragging their beautiful long tails, and swaying and falling down.
"Ah, this one is beautiful, like a snow-white chrysanthemum, this one is even more beautiful, like a little stars in the sky, oh, grandpa, come and see, there are so many small umbrellas, giggle,,,,,, Xiaoyu was dazzled, and was so excited that she kept screaming.
"Xiaoyu is obedient. After watching the fireworks, you have to go to bed obediently." Jiang Yujie was not here, and Lin Aiju was Xiaoyu's personal nanny.
Xiaoyu pulled Li Bin's arm: "I haven't greeted you yet."
Li Bin laughed loudly: "Little girl, it's New Year already, now we can greet you."
"But I still have to watch the fireworks?" Xiaoyu could always find a reason to stay for a while.
Li Bin looked at Lin Aiju: "Mom, there's nothing I can do. Let her wait a little longer. At most, I'll sleep in tomorrow. Anyway, she's in good spirits now."
"You just pampered her randomly, and I told you that this is what grandpa meant. He just asked Xiaoyu why she hadn't rested yet." Lin Aiju twisted Li Bin.
Li Bin grinned and chuckled with a smile on Xiaoyu: "Xiaoyu, can we go to bed after New Year's greetings?"
"Oh, I'll go." Xiaoyu smiled and hugged Li Bin's arm, still so clingy.
Li Bin laughed loudly and hugged Xiaoyu and walked towards Shi Shiming: "Greetings to you."
"Happy Chinese New Year, Grandpa and Grandma, Xiaoyu wishes you a happy New Year. I wish you good health and a long life." Xiaoyu had already prepared a speech.
Shi Shiming laughed and accepted Xiaoyu's bow that was absolutely unpredictable. This girl was so big that she was able to owe her body.
"Come on, Xiaoyu, this is given by grandparents." Grandma came forward and gave Xiaoyu two big red envelopes.
Even the former national leaders cannot avoid the customs. During the Chinese New Year, they only want to have fun. As for how much money is wrapped in the red envelope, it is just a lottery. In front of Li Bin's family business, the red envelope is just a festive representative.
"Thank you grandma." Xiaoyu took the red envelope with a smile. Then, in the stunned everyone, she 'bowed' to Shi Shiming.
"Great grandpa and grandma have a happy New Year. The little baby is greeting you. Hehe, he is still too young, I represent it."
Everyone was stunned and laughed loudly.
"Okay, okay", Shi Shiming laughed loudly.
Grandma smiled so hard that she couldn't straighten her waist, so she came forward and gave Xiaoyu two red envelopes: "Then great grandma, thank the baby, this is the New Year's money for the baby. Don't spend it secretly."
The family started a big group chatting and laughing, and even Shi Lihui was extorted by Xiaoyu for double red envelopes.
After Shi Lihui paid New Year's greetings, he hurried to the airport with his guards. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, he still had countless activities.
People say that people are in the world and in the world, and the same is true for people in the officialdom. Many activities have been booked more than a month in advance, and later they have been increased and decreased according to some situations. In some occasions, Shi Lihui only showed up for ten minutes, but even for these ten minutes, he had to go through the formalities and take care of all emotions in all aspects.
After saying goodbye to Shi Lihui, the whole family parted. The old and the young were busy all day, so it was time to take a break.
Li Bin finally made countless calls. Although a call only takes one or two minutes, most of them said auspicious words that suit the situation, but dozens of calls were called for more than an hour. Occasionally, there were a few calls coming in through the gaps in his dialing, mostly from some senior executives in the company.
Li Bin finally understands why the current mobile phones have a SMS mass sending function. All things were solved in the past. Although it lacks some human touch, it is indeed much simpler, especially suitable for lazy people.
Xiaoyu couldn't help but feel tired, curled up and leaned against Li Bin and felt drowsy.
This little girl, why did Li Bin ask her to rest first and she wouldn't do it, and she had to accompany Li Bin.
Li Bin smiled bitterly and turned his phone into a vibration. He reached out and hugged Xiaoyu in his arms and walked towards the bedroom.
Xiaoyu's hand was confused and wrapped around Li Bin's neck: "Xiaojun,,,,,,,,,,,"
Li Bin was startled and when he looked down, Xiaoyu was already asleep.
Haha, this little girl, it turns out that she insists on waiting for herself to wash herself up.
Li Bin felt soft in his heart, lowered his head and kissed Xiaoyu's delicate red lips gently, and pushed open the bedroom door with his butt.
There was nothing to say all night. In the early morning, the first New Year's greeter to Li Bin's mansion was the leader of the Party and the country, and Premier Zhao Wenge of the State Council. After receiving the call from Tan Lei, Li Bin was startled. How could he dare to work his father-in-law to come from Beijing from afar. It was not yet seven o'clock, and it seemed that his father-in-law set out from Beijing before dawn.
Zhao Wenge took this time to be a personal person. He had to rush back to Da Nei at 8 o'clock, not only to accept other people's group visits, but also to visit the old cadres of the CPPCC and various ethnic parties. The time was calculated in seconds. Come here to pay New Year greetings to Shi Shiming and Shi Yifei, but it was just because of the relationship between in-laws.
Seeing Li Bin hurriedly coming out of the mansion, Zhao Wenge laughed and scolded "corruption", and walked into the villa with his feet. He only knew that Li Bin bought a big mansion, but he didn't expect that this mansion would be so big that it was unreasonable.
Li Bin chuckled and greeted Zhao Wenge with a New Year greeting, and did not forget to say a word: "Dad, I am a businessman, not an official. I should not have anything to do with your evaluation, right?"
Zhao Wenge's light car came with only two cars, and there were only a few guards besides Tan Lei. These people occupied various important positions as soon as they got off the car. Zhao Wenge smiled and waved his hand and screened to retreat the personal protection of the two guards. It was even nervous when he went to his son-in-law's house. Then, don't even leave the door in the future.
Shi Shiming and others had been summoned, and the whole family sat in groups and said some auspicious words to each other.
"Where is that girl? Are you still sleeping in?" Zhao Wenge asked with a smile.
"Who is sleeping in? He will talk bad things when he comes." Xiaoyu rubbed her pine sleepy eyes and walked down with Li Bin's support. Under the wide down jacket, you can see the pajamas inside.
Zhao Wenge laughed haha. The people who dared to scold him in person were no less than Xiaoyu.
Xiaoyu finally opened her sleepy eyes and snuggled beside Zhao Wenge with a smile: "Dad, am I good? I won't even sleep when you come."
Zhao Wenge smiled and rubbed Xiaoyu's head. This girl, is she considered to be good if she doesn't sleep?
The family talked lively for a while, and Zhao Wenge stood up and said goodbye.
Xiaoyu pouted in dissatisfaction: "Dad, you haven't given me and the baby a red envelope."
Zhao Wenge coughed gently. As for his identity, he didn't need to prepare that kind of thing.
Tan Lei, behind him, hurriedly took a step forward, took out two red envelopes from his handbag and handed them to Zhao Wenge. This was prepared by Tan Lei for himself. There were many children among his relatives, but they did not expect it to come in handy now.
Xiaoyu smiled and took the red envelope from Zhao Wenge: "Thank you, dad, hey, you are so young, dad, you are so stingy. Yesterday, grandpa and grandma gave me the red envelope from the boss, which is much thicker than yours."
Tan Lei blushed, Zhao Wenge laughed haha, and reached out to pat Xiaoyu's head: "Stupid girl, if you want a big red envelope, please ask your capitalist for it. He has money. Dad only has a little salary, so how can he give you a big red envelope?"
The whole family happily sent Zhao Wenge away. What is this? This is face. How many Chinese families in China can afford the Prime Minister to come to pay New Year's greetings in the morning?
Zhao Wenge left, and Li Bin and Shi Yifei were also busy. Shi Yifei was going to pay New Year's greetings to the old acquaintances in the city, and Li Bin also wanted to visit the homes of several officials. This is etiquette, and even the Prime Minister is inevitable, let alone them.
Chapter completed!