C571 Discordant Sound
C571 Discordant Sound
"It's getting late, shouldn't we have a reunion dinner?"
"Right, right, it's time for a reunion dinner." Cui Huixian also came over and said, "Jiangyuan, come over and help serve the dishes."
At this moment, the indifferent expression on Grandpa Murong's face finally disappeared. Cui Huixian immediately invited everyone to dinner.
Since it was New Year's Eve, he moved the dining table into the living room. While it was big enough, he could also watch TV while eating.
Inside the living room was a twenty-eight-inch, potbellied television. In this day and age, it could already be considered the top size. It was very expensive.
At this time, Shi Tao finally came out of the study room. After greeting his brother's family and Kang Ying, he washed his hands and went to eat.
Dumplings from the north were naturally needed for the reunion meal. Dumplings were filled with cabbage, corn, and shrimp. The taste was quite good. In addition to the dumplings, there were also all kinds of sumptuous dishes that made people hungry.
When Kang Ying took her seat, she felt a little awkward. After all, they were family and she was the only outsider here. Although she had already agreed to Shi Jiangyuan's pursuit and became his girlfriend, she was still lacking something.
However, at this time, Cui Huixian took the initiative to introduce them, "Second Brother, Sister-in-law, this is Jiangyuan's girlfriend, her name is Kang Ying. She is here for the first time this year to celebrate the New Year with us."
"Hello!" Hearing his sister-in-law introduce Kang Ying's identity, Shi Lang's gloomy face finally forced out a trace of a smile and greeted Kang Ying.
On the other hand, Wang Minglan seemed to be more enthusiastic as she giggled, "Yo, Jiangyuan is looking for a girlfriend?" When will we be able to eat your sweets? "
She probably thought that since she had come home to celebrate the new year, it would be pretty close as well, so she asked.
Shi Jiangyuan glanced at Kang Ying and saw that she didn't respond, so he replied, "Maybe after a while. I'm busy right now, so I can't spare the time."
"Ha, this is a big matter, no matter how busy I am, I still have to spare some time." Wang Minglan pretended to be surprised, then asked, "Where is Kang from?" It doesn't sound like you're from Beijing! "
In the capital's aboriginals circle, if someone like Wang Minglan asked such a question, it would mean that he was intentionally making things difficult for them.
After all, it was obvious that the Beijing natives had a sense of superiority towards outsiders. Shi Jiangyuan hadn't been looking for a proper target for so many years, but he had always been looking for someone from outside the city. How could Wang Minglan not be happy?
"I am from Lu County, and not from Beijing." Kang Ying said in a natural manner, with no trace of inferiority complex on her face.
The way she was feeling so good about herself made Wang Minglan feel bored, so she said in embarrassment:
"That's true. If you marry us Jiangyuan, there won't be much difference even if you go to the local area. It will only be a matter of minutes if you want the Beijing hukou."
Cui Huixian got angry when she heard that, wasn't this implying that Kang Ying came from the status of Shi Family? Cui Huixian knew that Kang Ying wasn't that kind of person, so she smiled and said:
"What do you mean hukou or hukou?" When I was married to the old, he was still a Lu County household registration! "
Wang Minglan did not expect Cui Huixian to stand on Kang Ying's side so quickly.
After all, the situation was better than others. Wang Minglan did not dare to go against her sister-in-law. Who told her husband not to be loved by the old man? Wang Minglan could only smile and shut her mouth.
However, Kang Ying could sense a hint of gunpowder from the conversation between the sister-in-law and her husband. It seemed that the Shi Family was not as friendly as she had imagined.
Shi Tao and Shi Lang also maintained their distance. The two brothers exchanged a few words of greeting and then picked up their chopsticks to eat.
As the time approached seven o'clock, the Spring Festival Gala performance began. The Spring Festival Gala was still a recorded program. Although Kang Ying and Shi Jiangyuan had watched it on the spot, to them, watching it on TV again felt very different from watching it on the spot.
Watching a program on the spot was actually not as exciting as watching it on TV. After all, the live broadcast was very noisy, and could only watch one part of the show, but the edited TV shows were different. The whole show and the local TV show were brilliant and beautiful, and with the special effects of the later stages, it was as if they were watching these programs for the first time.
At this moment, Shi Nan exclaimed and said, "I saw Elder Brother Yuan and his girlfriend on TV."
Everyone looked up and saw the camera glancing at Shi Jiangyuan and Kang Ying's table. It just happened to flash past, and the clapping brother's smiling face was also left in the camera.
Kang Ying and Shi Jiangyuan were prepared for him appearing on TV. Since he had become a member of the audience, he had also become a member of the background panel, so he would more or less show his face.
However, there were too many people. If it wasn't for the fact that they were friends and relatives, they wouldn't be able to recognize each other.
Shi Jiangyuan nodded and said: "That's us, we went to the recording studio to watch the gala."
"Ya, I'm really envious of you. Is it fun to watch a party on the spot?" After all, Shi Nan was still a child, so he became excited as soon as he heard it.
"What's fun? People in high school don't study well, they just want to play. "
Shi Lang suddenly interrupted his daughter's words. He could tell that his daughter's purpose was to find out how to go to the Spring Festival Gala, so he naturally didn't want her to go.
Shi Jiangyuan smiled and said no more.
Kang Ying had already noticed that the relationship between Shi Lang and Shi Tao didn't seem to be normal, and Grandpa Murong seemed to be tangled up in something with his second son.
But since Kang Ying had appeared in the Shi Family as a new talent, or to be more accurate, she was still wandering around outside the Shi Family 'courtyard, so it was natural for her to not care about these family matters.
Furthermore, she saw that Shi Tao's family was rather calm, as if it wasn't a big deal. This meant that these sort of things often happened to them. Therefore, Kang Ying followed the principle of not talking too much and started to eat.
On the other hand, Shi Nan said with a wronged face, "I was just asking, I didn't say I was going. You're being mean to me."
Wang Minglan felt a burst of awkwardness when she heard this.
Grandpa Murong started to speak: "No quarrelling is allowed during the new year. Everyone must be happy, otherwise, the bad luck will follow for a year."
Kang Ying almost burst into laughter. Grandpa Murong looked very respectable and serious. However, being a grandpa was no different from a normal grandpa. They were all kind and cute.
Shi Jiangyuan just happened to look up at Kang Ying. Therefore, Kang Ying winked at him and smiled at him. The two of them lowered their heads and continued to eat.
Shi Jiangyuan picked up a dumpling and put it in Kang Ying's bowl, saying that it was fresh and stuffed.
Kang Ying finished her meal with a contented expression on her face. It was the taste of her favorite dumpling.
As the two of them ate the dumplings, their hearts were filled with boundless sweetness. When they looked at each other, a myriad of words flowed out. The deep love they had for each other had infected the entire table.
For a time, some of the discordant episodes were all restrained. They fell into a short period of silence, which instead made the atmosphere seem a little more harmonious.