Chapter 10: Necklace (1/2)

The golden lock on Tang Jinyu's neck was heavy, it was the size of a child's hand.

It was a particularly heavy necklace, with the words ”Wishing you a long life” carved on the front and with a little unicorn on the back.

Tang Jinyu had a small neck, bowed his head under the pressure of the necklace. He held his golden lock to his chest and looked at Chen Suling for help: ”Mom~”

Chen Suling misunderstood him, touched his head and smiled and said, ”I’m glad you like it so much. Grandma gave it to you, make sure to keep it safe.”

Tang Jinyu could only use his small hands to support the longevity lock, which was so heavy that he couldn't lift his head up.

The second sister-in-law of the Chen family eyes stayed on the golden lock on the child's neck for a moment, and smiled reluctantly, ”Now, that he’s okay, Xiaoyu is able to play with his younger brother in the future.”

The moment she said this, the room went silent

Chen Suling's eldest sister spoke first and said: ”Yes, Xiaoyu will also be an older brother in the future.”

The Chen family seconds daughter and her son-in-law, only one eight-year-old girl in their family and has excellent academic performance and is a good student each year.

Chen Suling's older brother follows his father in business and has a flexible mind, with a six-year old daughter in his family. Then later a boy was born, and he is only a few months old now.

Uncle Chen paid a lot of money when she gave birth to her youngest son and she wanted her family to like her more, but the two elders of the Chen family treated the children equally and did not treat him any differently.

The second sister-in-law usually feels a little negligent, but she felt aggrieved after seeing how they treated Tang Jinyu differently from her son.

How can she be inferior to a little fool who contributes to nothing, when she expands the family tree of the Chen family, by giving them more grandchildren?

But the more she wanted to compare Tang Jinyu with her son, the more her in-laws became displeased.

After sitting there for a while, she couldn't sit still anymore and whispered: ”I'll go to the kitchen to see if they need any help, you guys can continue to talk.” And left after speaking.

Although there was one less person in the room, the atmosphere hasn't depleted much and they were all still talking and laughing with one another.

The old lady of the Chen family has one son and two daughters. The one she loves the most was her youngest daughter.Compared to her other grandchildren, she tended to favor Tang Jinyu more, ever since she was told by a doctor that her grandchild will not live long and he will only grow up to be ten years old at most.

Grandma Chen cried when she heard about this. She felt that her grandchild didn’t have too much interaction with her, so Tang Jinyu came over to visit her every year.

Grandma Chen saw that her little grandson had been ”holding” onto his longevity lock and thought that he liked the gift she gave him, with a smile on her face, she reached out to hug him and gave him a kiss, coaxing him to talk.

Tang Jinyu called out ”Grandma” obediently, the old lady was so excited, she grabbed several handfuls of walnuts and red envelopes for him, ”Grandma will peel the walnuts for you, Xiaoyu is so good, so smart!”

Grandpa Chen was also trying his best to please his grandson and pushed a box of toffee over, ”Xiaoyu, eat this, this is prawn candy, chocolate bon bons and toffee. Try them, they are very sweet!”

Tang Jinyu took a piece and put it in his pocket.

The old man tried again: ”Xiaoyu, call me Grandpa~”

”Grandpa~”

Grandpa Chen was pleasantly surprised. It was almost as if he had negotiated a big deal. He was so happy and pushed the candy box toward his little grandson.

In the end, he simply stuffed the whole candy box into his grandchild's arms and let him eat. He laughed and said: ”Take it, you can eat whatever you like during the New Year, your grandpa will be your backing.”

Chen Suling was about to speak before she was interrupted by Grandma Chen: ”You old man, how can you do this!”

Grandma Chen grumbled and grabbed several handfuls of dried fruits in Tang Jinyu direction, ”Xiaoyu, don't listen to your grandpa, eating too much sweets will cause cavities. You can have some later but for now eat some walnuts, it will make you smarter if you eat some! Come on, my dear grandson, open your mouth—”

Tang Jinyu opened his mouth and ate the walnuts and was later fed some dried *jujubes* by Grandma Chen. He felt a little thirsty as he finished eating but then was fed with some candy orange slices.

Chen Suling sat aside and talked to her mother, mostly talking about Tang Jinyu, with a smile on her face, her eyebrows loosened, she was so happy for the first time in so many years.

Tang Hongjun sat aside and poured tea for his father-in-law.

In previous years, they would usually talk about work. His Father-in-law has an engineering business, and Tang Hongjun is an engineer, who is a professional in his department. They generally have a happy discussion about their Jobs. It's just that this year they only talked about a few things at work, then they turned the topic to children. They talked and laughed as they looked at the children beside them.

There are many people celebrating the New Year. During the time this of year, several children came in to pay their respects to their elders. All of them were relatives from different branches of the family. They first prayed their respects to the two old elders in the Chen family. Most of them were children who were seven or eight years old. Some of them were clever enough to recite two Tang poems to please the Chen elders.

Grandma Chen was kind to the children. Every single child that came in to pay their greetings were given a handful of sweets. If one the children performed well enough, they would be gifted with a handful of dried fruits.

Some children happily ate them while others were curiously watching the child in Grandma Chen's arms.

A little boy with a small red sweater and velvet trousers, with a pair of sneakers on his feet, the bottom of the shoes were slightly big.