The road to Gaocheng is not long, it only takes more than an hour to get there, and if you are familiar with the road, you may not even need to walk there at all.
I thought Lin Fan would sit in the passenger seat and tell Song Ren how to get there, but she said she didn't know the way.
Fortunately, with advanced technology, everyone knows how to use navigation. After quickly locating the residential complex, Song Ren turned the steering wheel and drove out.
Since we chose the provincial road along the river, we followed the river all the way. Looking at the beautiful riverbank scenery on the left, everyone was full of praise.
"No wonder people say Jiangnan is a beautiful place, even the roads are so beautiful." Ji Yu grew up in Gaohe and rarely saw such road conditions.
On the morning of New Year's Eve, the roads were sparsely populated. It was rare to see a single car, coming or going. They felt as if they were driving through a scenic area, feeling relaxed and carefree.
An hour later, the car arrived at the Lin family's building in Gaocheng. Lin Fan told everyone to leave their luggage behind and only take the New Year's gifts they had bought along the way, and then they went up to the fourth floor.
Before I opened the door, I heard faint sounds of quarreling coming from inside.
Lin Fan waited for a few minutes, and seeing that the quarrel showed no sign of stopping, he looked at his friends standing on the stairs looking at each other in bewilderment, and finally opened the door.
As soon as the door opened, the sound of quarreling could be clearly heard even in the corridor.
"I'm back!" Lin Fan had to speak up to remind them, successfully interrupting the quarrel.
"Xiao Fan is back!" Lin's father and mother both stuck their heads out, saw Lin Fan standing outside the door, and came to greet him with a smile.
Lin Fan looked at Gao Cheng's house. It was relatively clean, and it was obvious that it had been cleaned. However, he couldn't look too closely, as he would find problems everywhere.
"Well, I'm back." Lin Fan walked into the room, revealing Song Ren behind him.
Mother Lin's eyes lit up, but before she could say anything, the three young men behind her appeared one after another.
They were all tall, handsome, and heroic, and Mother Lin was dazzled.
Lin Fan had said before that some colleagues would go home with her for the New Year, so they were not surprised by the extra guests.
"Uncle, aunt, Happy New Year." The four of them greeted their elders in unison and handed over the New Year's goods in their hands.
In addition to the specialties of the Li and Gao families that he bought on the road, Lin Fan also bought cigarettes and alcohol at the mall yesterday.
"It's good that you're here. Why would you bring any gifts?" Lin's father and mother smiled as they took the things and asked the guests to sit down quickly.
When Gaocheng's house was being renovated, Lin's mother hadn't gotten into trouble yet and was wealthy, so it looked quite luxurious, with a touch of European luxury.
The European-style leather sofa is large and wide, and it is no problem for two people to sleep on it.
As soon as they sat down, Lin's mother pulled Lin Fan into the room and asked, "Hey, is your partner in there?"
"No." Lin Fan denied it flatly.
"At your age, if you haven't gotten married yet, what else do you want to do..." When Mother Lin heard the unsatisfactory result, she immediately started complaining.
Lin Fan didn't want to listen to all this nagging just after returning, so he walked away and left the room.
Seeing that she didn't even finish listening to what she said and started cursing again, Mother Lin suddenly remembered that there was a guest in the living room, so she quickly stopped talking and came out to greet the guest with a smile.
Although Lin Ma pulled people into the room, she didn't speak quietly, so the people outside heard it. But they were smart enough to keep quiet and pretend not to hear.
"Okay, the child just came back, don't say these unhappy things." Lin's father also heard it and quickly acted as a peacemaker.
It's Chinese New Year, why do you have to make it unhappy? I used to look forward to my child coming back every day, but when he came back, he had nothing nice to say. Why bother?
"You are the only one who knows how to be a good person." Mother Lin glared at Father Lin unhappily, but then smiled again when facing the guests.
Several people were secretly amazed at the speed of the face changing.
Father Lin was naturally angry at his wife's words, but he remembered that it was New Year's Eve and his daughter had just returned with guests, so he couldn't argue.
He held his breath, picked up the fruits and snacks on the table, and stuffed them into the hands of Song Ren and the others. "Don't be polite, don't be polite, just treat it like your own home."
Song Ren and the others clearly felt that the fat father Lin had a much better personality than mother Lin. They thanked him one after another and obediently started eating the food in their hands.
"Dad, there's no food prepared at home?" Lin Fan came out of his room and walked around the kitchen. Seeing the food on the counter and in the refrigerator, which didn't look like food for Chinese New Year, he asked.
"Oh, let's just have a quick bite at noon, and then book a hotel to have the New Year's Eve dinner there." Dad Lin said with a smile.
"Knowing that you are going to bring your friends back this year, we specially booked the New Year's Eve dinner at the hotel. We are worried that eating at home will not suit your friends' taste." Mother Lin also added with a smile.
"Auntie, you're welcome," Song Ren and the others said. They didn't really care what they ate. Home-cooked meals were more delicious during the Chinese New Year. But the host had to follow their wishes. Lin Fan's parents had already made all the arrangements; they were responsible for the food.
"It seems that in recent years, many people have New Year's Eve dinner in restaurants." Gao Fei remembered that last year, his uncle and aunt also took his grandparents to a restaurant for New Year's Eve dinner.
"Really?" Li Chunhua had never experienced this. He had always gathered with his family during the Chinese New Year and had New Year's Eve dinner together since he was a child. He didn't know about this.
"Yes." Ji Yu replied, "We in Gaohe have had a New Year's Eve dinner reservation service for a long time. Eating in a restaurant is much easier. After eating, you can just go home and don't have to clean up."
"That's true." Song Ren also said, "Harbin also has reservations for New Year's Eve dinner at a restaurant. In the past, we had to be busy many days in advance for the New Year, and after the New Year, we were exhausted. Eating at a restaurant is really convenient."
"Yes, yes, we've been eating out at restaurants in recent years." Lin's father said with a smile, "In the past few years, we ate with her uncle's family. This year, they said they wanted to travel for the New Year and went out to play. It's a good thing you came, haha, it will be just as lively when we eat together."
Lin's mother heard Huadian nearby and asked Ji Yu, "Xiao Ji, are you from Gaohe?"
"Yes." Ji Yu stopped eating and replied while sitting upright.
"Is the RiRiHong Trading Company famous in Gaohe?" Mother Lin was still thinking about this question.
She felt that there must be something wrong since Lin Fan didn't allow her to go to the company.
"Whether it's famous or not depends on how you look at it." Ji Yu's answer was cunning. "It's definitely famous within the industry, but people outside the industry may not know it. After all, there are thousands of Gaohe companies, and not everyone knows about Fortune 500 companies. Don't you agree, Auntie?"
Mother Lin thought about it and it made sense. "Then the Wang family's daughter doesn't know, is it because she doesn't belong to the same circle as you guys?"
"Which company does her daughter work for?" Ji Yu asked coercively.
"...It seems to be a clothing company?" Lin's mother was actually not too sure, but she vaguely remembered that it was a clothing company.
"That's right." Ji Yu said sincerely, "A clothing company has nothing to do with a trading company. It's normal that he doesn't know."
"Oh." Perhaps Ji Yu's expression touched Lin's mother, or perhaps it was something else, Lin's mother accepted this statement and continued to ask. "Is Xiao Ji a native of Gaohe?"
"Yes, Auntie, I was born and raised in Gaohe. I'm a local." Ji Yu replied.
"How old are you this year?" Lin's mother continued to ask.
"27." Ji Yu continued to answer.
"Do you have a girlfriend?"
As soon as Mother Lin asked this question, even a fool would know what she was trying to do.
I still want to find a partner for Lin Fan.
The ultimate goal of middle-aged women is to match up with all the singles out there, right? Haha, don't forget to vote.