Chapter 76: Banquet (1/2)

In 2004, the May Day holiday lasted for seven days, and Tang Jinyu's competition only took one day. The rest of their vacation was spent with Grandma Chen, who said she would like to celebrate the occasion with a little wine.

Chen Suling was a little embarrassed, but her mother insisted that she take her husband and child back to her house. It so happened that the two elders of the Chen family had been in Yunnan Province during the New Year, and she had not yet returned home. She planned to go back for two days to visit her relatives.

On the way, Tang Hongjun was still in a state of excitement, and kept asking her: ”Should we buy some supplements? Did our mother sleep well during this time? Bring her some calming ginseng tablets. By the way, I also met some old ladies from my last business trip, who gave me good tea…”

Chen Suling smiled and said, ”You are still calm and relaxed, donyou want her to sleep or not? Okay, you don’t have to be so troublesome. Take Xiaoyu with you and take a musical instrument by the way. When you go there, you will have a meal at home, and Xiaoyu can perform for them.” She pondered for a moment, and then turned to ask her child, “Baby, would you like to perform a show? How about playing a little piece for grandma?”

Tang Jinyu nodded, he had just won the first place, and he was confident.

Chen Suling went with him to choose musical instruments again. Thanks to teacher Xia who has taught a lot in the past few years, she does not need to carry the piano specially, and has more musical instruments to choose from. After asking her child, he took an accordion that her child liked the most. It was half old, but well maintained. It was the one Xia Ye used when he was learning how to play musical instruments.

When Tang Jinyu was not playing the piano, this was usually his first choice, it was especially precious.

Tang Hongjun brought some gifts, put his child's accordion in place, and drove to his mother-in-law's house.

The Chen family lives in Zhengcheng, an old industrial city with tall buildings. The roads were bustling and traffic jams were the most common thing.

Chen Suling originally thought that she would go to a hotel for a banquet when she arrived, and she thought that they would be there in time. She brought Tang Jinyu some extra clothes. She had done enough preparations, but when she got home, she was dumbfounded.

Granny Chen was not an ordinary rich woman. She has set up dozens of tables for this banquet and directly placed them at home.

The old house of the Chen family was a courtyard-style villa. The yard was originally larger than other places, and because the old lady was not sleeping well and was afraid of noise, they bought two or three nearby houses together. The yard here was empty before, but now the three yards were decorated with lights all over. There were nearly 20 tables in one yard. There were people coming and going, and there were many hotel service staff shuttled around. It almost seemed like they were in a different place, like the hotel has moved into their own home.

Tang Hongjun stopped at the door of his mother-in-law's house for a long time, but there was no space. There were already a lot of cars parked here. He asked in a low voice, ”Su Ling, how about having a drink at home? It doesn't look like this is only for one day.”

Chen Suling said: ”Let’s go and then ask.”

She took her son out of the car and wanted to hold him, but her child refused. He held her hand and said, ”Mom, I’m grown up, I can go by myself.”

Chen Suling hesitated and said to him: ”That's fine, you must hold your mother's hand well, we will be walking in a crowd in a short while, don't run around, okay?”

Tang Jinyu nodded, and Chen Suling took her son’s little hand and walked forward. Tang Hongjun hurriedly took the things he had brought and followed his wife behind him. As he walked, he stretched out his hand to carefully protect his wife and son—the Chen family house was decorated with lanterns. There were many small lanterns on the way and flowers on both sides of the courtyard arch, which were carefully arranged at first glance.

Tang Jinyu watched all this curiously. He usually accompanied his mother to his grandma's house for a few days during the holidays. In his memory, he would hang the small lanterns during the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival, but it was not as lively as today.

They walked all the way to the yard where Grandma Chen lived. The old lady has a small courtyard here. There were a lot of flowers planted in the courtyard downstairs. The one that occupies the best position was a peony that was as tall as a small tree. The old lady likes it very much, and she also built a small pergola for it. The blooming season is now in full bloom, and the big peonies hang on the branches as if it is a morning glow. The petals and stamens of the bowl-sized flowers are layered, and the fragrance is pleasant when you enter the small courtyard.

Tang Jinyu saw Grandma Chen as soon as he arrived. The old lady was pleasantly surprised seeing them, and said: ”Is that Xiaoyu? Isn't that my darling boy?”

There were no outsiders in the courtyard, so Chen Suling let go of her son’s little hand and asked him to find Grandma Chen. She followed behind with a smile and said, “Mom, it’s us. This is too big, why have so many people come here?”

Grandma Chen just received her little grandson and took the child’s hand and went to sit on the sofa in the living room. She couldn’t take her eyes off him, and said casually: “It’s not much, just some of our relatives here, mainly your dad’s. There were so many people, it was too late to be informed, otherwise we would have set another ten tables.” The old lady took a small pomegranate to Tang Jinyu, listening to him calling ”Grandma”, she put her arms around him, holding her cute little treasure.

Tang Hongjun put down what he was holding. The small accordion inside the suitcase he was carrying was particularly obvious. Grandma Chen saw it and said, ”It's Xiaoyu's accordion, right?”

”Yes, I brought an accordion. Xiaoyu usually likes this one the most.”

Grandma Chen said immediately: ”Put it in the guest room upstairs, just go to the one where Xiaoyu came to live last time. Don't put it down here. There are a lot of people here today, you have to be careful not to break Xiaoyu's instrument.”

Chen Suling also said: ”Yes, Hongjun, put it on the top of the cabinet, and don't let Xiaoyu touch it.”

Tang Hongjun naturally listened to them. His son's most precious thing since childhood was this accordion. He usually carried it carefully, and immediately carried it and put it in place.

Tang Jinyu was playing with a small pomegranate in his hand. Sitting there was very nice. He would answer whatever Grandma Chen asked, making him more and more popular with the elderly.

Chen Suling was the youngest girl in the family. After having been away from home for so many years, Chen Suling was having suffered many years of raising her child. The old lady's heart hurt for her, she loves her daughters husband, and she also loves Tang Jinyu.

After sitting and talking for a while, someone came in.

Chen Wenqian opened the door curtain and walked in. After seeing his younger sister and brother-in-law inside, he smiled and said hello, and then went over to pick up Tang Jinyu, hugged him, and kissed him firmly. “Do you remember uncle? Do you miss uncle?”

Tang Jinyu was a little caught off guard by the enthusiasm of his uncle, and tried to hide his head up, thinking for awhile,

Chen Wenqian lifted the child up and looked at him again, let him look at his face, and said happily: ”Uncle misses you too. Look, I shaved just for you today…” Before he finished showing off, grandma Chen was so scared that she urged him to put the child down. Chen Wenqian put his nephew in his lap and sat down on the sofa. He said with a smile, ”Mom, it's okay. Look, Xiaoyu is not afraid.”

”He is still young, so he doesn’t know how to be afraid! Don't be so troublesome, if you drop him, see how I end you!” Grandma Chen stopped him from touching her grandchild again. She grabbed Tang Jinyu and gave him cookies and a handful of candies. Letting him sit by her side and eat.

Chen Wenqian took Tang Jinyu's pomegranate to play with him, but Tang Jinyu was very generous, and took one out of his pocket and gave it to him, ”Uncle eat it.”

Chen Wenqian was so moved that he returned the one in his hand, ”Uncle doesn't eat it, I didn't peel it.”

Tang Jinyu hesitated, ”Should I peel it for uncle?”