Chapter 198 Goose is like this
The house and shop have been purchased, and it will probably be after the Chinese New Year when the transfer process is completed. After all, there are only a few days left until the Chinese New Year.
After this wave of purchases, most of the working capital in the Fang family's hands has been spent. The remaining money has to be reserved for expanding the scale of breeding. This part cannot be used easily. However, when the mussels are on the market after the new year, there will be another wave of sufficient funds to be recovered.
Fang Xianfeng contacted a decoration company and will start purchasing materials for decoration after the new year.
There is no need to renovate the four shops, they can be rented out directly when the time comes.
Of the two houses, the one we saw first was also the one that Fang Wei and his family were most satisfied with. They would keep it as their own home and would definitely renovate it well.
As for the other unit, I plan to rent it out when the time comes, so I just need to do some simple decoration.
After converting the spare money in his hands into the family's fixed assets, Fang Xianfeng felt much more at ease and felt that his son's vision and knowledge were much better than his.
No matter what, the end of the year is approaching, and the most important thing right now is to celebrate the New Year first, and the rest will be dealt with after the New Year!
The workers at home were also given New Year leave, and Fang Xianfeng was generous in giving each worker red envelopes for the New Year. He also asked someone to order some live chickens, so that each worker could take a chicken home to celebrate the New Year. This was quite down-to-earth.
Xu Cailing's mussel processing plant also took the New Year holiday. Now that both families are busy with business, the spring cleaning time is a little later than in previous years. It is almost New Year's Eve, and they are busy with the spring cleaning and pasting of Spring Festival couplets.
I still asked Uncle Liu to help write the Spring Festival couplets. Fang Wei even learned calligraphy from Uncle Liu for a while, but it was a pity that the finished couplets always felt a little lacking...
Uncle Liu was quite pleased with the calligraphy that the other party had written.
"Awei, your handwriting is getting better and better. Next year you will be able to write Spring Festival couplets by yourself!"
"No, he's not even close to my great uncle!"
"Haha... Uncle's handwriting is too old-fashioned. On the contrary, your handwriting is more suitable for Spring Festival couplets. It is lively and energetic!"
"Ah? I said my handwriting wasn't steady enough!"
"It's already very good. Look at what Zhiyi wrote..."
Uncle Liu was about to take out the Spring Festival couplets written by his granddaughter, but Liu Zhiyi screamed and hurriedly snatched them away, but he was too embarrassed to show them to him.
It is said that handwriting reflects the character of the writer. The more one practices handwriting, the more it resembles one's personality. Fang Wei's handwriting is steady yet carries a rare vitality and vigor, while Liu Zhiyi's handwriting is restrained and subtle, with the cleverness and elegance of a little girl. It is very suitable for writing letters, but not so suitable for writing Spring Festival couplets.
As for Cai Ling's calligraphy... it seems unrestrained and free! Yes, unrestrained and free...
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Sister Caiwei went on holiday early this year and came back early this morning.
When Fang Wei and his father were putting up Spring Festival couplets, two sisters from the neighboring house were also putting up Spring Festival couplets together.
At first glance, it seems that Cailing now looks more like an older sister. After all, Cailing is taller than Sister Caiwei. Sister Caiwei is only about meters tall, while Cailing is meters tall. She claims to be meters tall, but actually looks to be meters tall.
When it comes to reporting their height, boys and girls are different. Short boys will report themselves taller, while tall girls will report themselves shorter.
Cai Ling is now meters tall, which is definitely tall among girls. The girl also has slender hands and feet, and looks very slim.
People always say that it’s hard for girls who are too tall to find a partner, which scared Cai Ling so much that she announced to everyone that she was only meters tall. meters sounds like a perfect height!
However, Fang Wei feels that Cai Ling will eventually grow to about meters tall. After all, she has exercised, and her height advantage is a great help in track and field events. But she will not grow much taller. For girls, their height is basically set at the age of sixteen.
"Fang Wei, how tall are you now?"
Through the wall, Xu Caiwei curiously used her hand to compare the height difference between Fang Wei and herself.
This time when she came back for the New Year, she didn't feel that Fang Wei was much taller than during the National Day. But if it was when he was in the second year of junior high school, every time she came back to see him, she would feel that this boy next door had grown a lot taller like a bamboo shoot.
"I'm about meters tall now, a little more, but less than meters."
“Is it higher than during the National Day?!”
"A little bit."
Fang Wei smiled and said, "It's growing very slowly now!"
After the New Year, he will be sixteen years old. When he became an adult in his previous life, his height was only meters. But now he has reached meters at the age of sixteen. It is probably due to the effects of daily exercise.
Boys' development cycle is a little longer than girls', but they have also passed the period of fastest growth. Fang Wei estimates that he may eventually grow to be around or meters tall.
"Hahaha, what a perfect height! The girls in our store all said that they want to find a boyfriend this tall in the future. Plus you're handsome, so there must be no girls chasing after you in school, right?" Xu Caiwei joked teasingly.
"No way, I don't want this to happen!"
"Is this true, Cailing~ Is what Awei said true?"
"He has so many girls chasing him! Some even asked me to give him a love letter!"
Fang Wei: “…”
Why do you sound so sour?!
Xu Caiwei seemed to have heard the meaning in the tone. She looked at the stupid sister with a look of disdain behind her, and then looked at the handsome guy in front of her. She couldn't help but lengthen her tone, as if she understood everything: "Eh~~~Is that so~~~"
Fang Wei: “???”
It must be said that Xu Caiwei started working earlier and was more thoughtful than Cailing. She was quite good at observing people's words and expressions. For a moment, Fang Wei felt inexplicably guilty.
As an elder sister and not much older than them, Xu Caiwei could still guess some of her younger sister's thoughts.
She thought of Liu Zhiyi from the next village again. She remembered that girl seemed to be Fang Wei's desk mate, and they seemed to have a very close relationship.
She is also a super outstanding girl, who is as pretty as my sister, and is no less talented than her. Moreover, her quiet and gentle personality makes her particularly lovable.
If she is also interested in the other party, what advantage can my stupid sister have?
Xu Caiwei suddenly felt a headache. Anyway, this difficult choice between two options was none of her business, so she didn't bother to care about it...
"Sister Caiwei, you came back so early from vacation this year. Are you going back early again?"
"Haha, no need this year! I'll wait until the fifth day of the New Year before going back!"
"Eh? The boss is merciful?"
"I guess so, because I, Sister Caiwei, am the foreman now~!"
"The second in command of the coffee shop, Xu Caiwei?!"
Fang Wei cooperated by making a shocked expression, which maximized the emotional value.
"Hahaha, Ah Weiyou speaks much nicer than Cailing! But he's not the second in command, just a small manager, and he has to work normally too."
"That's also management! Sister Caiwei is amazing! She cleaned tables the year before last, made coffee last year, and became a foreman this year!"
"~~~"
The two sisters couldn't help but praise each other, and they felt elated after just a few words of praise.
Of course, it is not easy to become a foreman. It can be said that Xu Caiwei has rotated all the jobs from the front desk waiter to the back kitchen over the years. With the intention of learning from masters, she put 100% effort into this job, hoping to open a coffee shop one day. Unexpectedly, she became the store's top scorer and was promoted to foreman...
"Sister Caiwei, do you plan to open your own coffee shop in the future? Being a foreman is not bad. The salary is much higher, there are more benefits, and the income is stable." "Of course I will open one! This is my ultimate goal. It's a good opportunity for me to learn management and business experience. Otherwise, no matter how good the coffee is, I'm just a master. Only those who know how to manage and operate can run a good shop!"
"It seems that Sister Caiwei has really learned a lot!"
"Hehe~"
Enduring extreme cold and heat, enduring difficulties, dissatisfaction and scolding, just to own a coffee shop of my own one day.
Xu Caiwei might not have read many books and she is not much older than him, but it is undeniable that this neighbor sister is also a very remarkable person in Fang Wei's heart.
After a thorough cleaning, use paste to paste up red New Year decorations, and the house will have a more festive atmosphere.
The next day was New Year’s Eve.
Like in previous years, Fang Wei got up early in the morning to help kill chickens, ducks and geese.
The festive atmosphere is strong, and the sound of firecrackers, near and far, keeps ringing.
Fang Wei carried a basket and followed his parents. This year, the whole family went up the mountain to worship the Mazu Temple.
Also setting off together was Uncle Xu's family next door, and the two sisters Caiwei and Cailing naturally went along as well.
They called their uncle's family at the entrance of the village, and Asheng also came out with a carrying pole. The pole was not heavy, but it still hurt the shoulders of the two brothers who were over meters tall!
Liu Zhiyi's family goes up the mountain to worship the gods very early every year. By the time they arrive at the mountain, the girl has almost finished her work.
After the Chinese New Year, they were already sixteen years old, but they were still like naughty kids. They ran to the Diecui Cliff on the top of the mountain to enjoy the breeze and see the scenery of the new year.
"May Mazu bless us to get good grades in this year's high school entrance exam!"
"The family business is getting bigger and bigger! We are making more and more money!"
"Everyone should be safe and healthy!"
"Let's go to town and buy fireworks!"
"You're still playing with fireworks? You're already sixteen!"
"Then don't play."
“…This is the last time we play this year!”
Ah Sheng said this and hurriedly ran down the mountain...
Now, my uncle's family has officially embarked on the road of mussel farming. With the help of Fang Xianfeng, they now have a farming scale of 50 acres, and their income is much higher than when they were fishmongers at the dock.
This year's New Year's Eve dinner was particularly sumptuous, and the red envelopes given by my grandparents and uncle were also particularly large.
After the New Year’s Eve dinner, Fang Wei took a bath, changed into new clothes for the New Year, and called Cailing Zhiyi, Asheng and Caiwei to go set off fireworks together.
Fang Xianfeng gave a lot of sponsorship fees for fireworks, so Fang Wei bought a few more large fireworks this year and set them off in the open space near the village entrance so that all the villagers could enjoy the brilliant fireworks.
"Master Li!"
"Ha ha……"
After winter came, the weather became cold. I haven’t seen Grandpa Li for a long time. Maybe he is not as healthy as before. He can’t sit under the tree when it is too cold.
Seeing Master Li now, Fang Wei and a few others came over to greet him and wish him a happy new year.
"Happy New Year, Mr. Li!"
"Well... we are all one year older... Ah Wei, are you going to high school after the New Year?"
"There's still one semester left! But I'll be going to high school this September!"
Fang Wei bent down and whispered loudly in Mr. Li's ear.
After not seeing him for a long time, Master Li's hearing seemed to have improved a lot. He nodded and laughed, "That's fast too..."
"Master Li, I haven't seen you out for such a long time. How are you feeling lately?"
"Good, spring is coming soon, it won't be cold..."
As he spoke, Master Li took out a few red envelopes from his pocket with trembling hands and gave them to Fang Weiwei.
"Thank you, Master Li! I wish you good health and all the best!"
Young boys and girls came together to congratulate him.
Every year, Master Li would give them red envelopes, and this year was no exception. The amount in the red envelopes was naturally not large, but as long as he saw them, he would give them to the children in the village.
"Grandpa Li, let's set off fireworks for you! Where's Xiaoting? Xiaoting! Come out and watch the fireworks!"
"Oh~! Sister Cailing sets off fireworks~!"
Xiaoting, who is already in the third grade of primary school, also ran out of the house excitedly, wearing new clothes and new shoes, and holding a lantern in her hand.
"Xiaoting, this lantern of yours was made during the Mid-Autumn Festival, right?!"
"Yes! Sister Cailing, do you want to play?"
"I'm an adult now. I don't play with lanterns!"
"Adults don't play with fireworks either."
“…These are big fireworks for adults to play with!”
On the other side, Fang Wei had already placed the large fireworks he had brought out and set off two of them together. He handed the lit incense sticks to Xu Cailing and Liu Zhiyi respectively.
The two girls bent down, lit the fuse, and ran away with sweet giggles.
As two beams of fire shot up into the sky, the fireworks began.
In the inky night sky, a series of bang sounds rang out, and colorful fireworks bloomed. Some looked like falling meteors, and some looked like blooming flowers. The bright light illuminated the entire night sky.
"Wow! It looks good!"
The people in the house also came out and raised their heads like the people outside, admiring the splendor of the night sky.
Master Li also looked up and watched quietly. The flashing light cast a shadow on the big lychee tree behind him.
The brilliant fireworks reflected in his cloudy pupils, and his vision seemed a little dreamy and blurry.
But at this moment, he felt that he could see it very clearly...
(End of this chapter)
