Starlight in the hand of rebirth

The most upscale shopping center in the county is the department store. Du Yinyin packed up and went straight to the department store with her two children.

Bentley stopped by the side of the street. As a fashionable beauty rarely seen in the county, Du Yinyin attracted attention as soon as she got off the car.She really enjoys the surprised or admiring eyes cast on her by others.

"What do you want?" Du Yinyin lowered her head and asked the two children.

Xia Fanxing said casually: "Let's see and talk."

Meng Lizhen whispered next to Xia Fanxing: "It's really big here."

"After high school, let's go to the shopping mall in the city. It's even bigger." Xia Fanxing smiled.

"What are you talking about, come here quickly." Du Yinyin stood in the New Year's goods section and called to the two children who were left behind.

Xia Fanxing went over to look at those candies and biscuits, but there were few of them he was used to eating, so he lost interest.

Seeing that Xia Fanxing didn't like these things, Meng Lizhen took her to see roasted nuts.

Xia Fanxing usually likes these delicious and crunchy things, and she is not afraid of getting angry and getting acne at all, and she has never had acne.

Du Yinyin doesn't usually buy these odds and ends, and she doesn't know how to choose, so she asks the driver to put them into the shopping cart when she likes them.The driver followed behind pushing a full shopping cart, keeping a distance neither too close nor too far from Du Yinyin.

They walked around the mall for more than two hours, and in the end they bought so many things that the trunk of a Bentley would burst.

"There are still too few things in this shopping mall, and it's not high-grade." Du Yinyin said with disgust.

Her favorite pastime on weekdays, besides afternoon tea in the beauty salon, is to go shopping, and she can spend a whole day in the mall.

Xia Xia Fanxing leaned on Meng Lizhen's shoulder with her eyes closed. Both Xia Fanxing and Meng Lizhen were tired and leaned against the car seat. Meng Lizhen's arm was around her shoulder, and they were close together.

Du Yinyin was in the co-pilot looking at the scenery outside the car window.This is her hometown, but she has never been back since she broke up with her family. The streets that have been built with high-rise buildings make her feel a little familiar.

She turned her head to look at her sleeping daughter in the back seat, and felt conflicted inside.

Soon, New Year's Eve is here.

The New Year's Eve dinner is eaten at the hotel. The local traditional white-cut chicken, taro meat, fish, and seafood are set on the table, as well as various expensive ingredients such as Buddha jumping over the wall, shark's fin, and bird's nest.

It's not popular to eat New Year's Eve dinner in the hotel now. Many hotel employees have gone home for the New Year, and they are almost overwhelmed with such a big order.

The waitresses in uniforms pushed the dining carts in and said auspicious words every time a dish was brought to the table. This was temporarily trained by the hotel in order to treat distinguished guests well.

Du Yinyin was very happy to hear that, and tipped each of them a few hundred yuan.

A few hundred yuan is almost half of their monthly salary, and the waiters who got the tips were very happy, and they were even more attentive when serving Du Yinyin's tea and vegetables.

Du Yinyin brought food for both children and said, "Eat more, next year will be better." Du Yinyin, who has always been on a diet, also ate a little more.

Meng Lizhen was not polite at all, half of the lion's head was gone in one bite.Such a large table of food, only the three of them eat, what a waste if they can't finish it.

Seeing that she was eating vigorously, Xia Fanxing brought vegetables to her, and finally Meng Lizhen stretched her throat.

At this moment in the Meng family, Meng's father and mother, the young Meng Hao and the second sister are sitting around the dining table.

On the table there is a plate of boiled chicken, a piece of sweet and sour fish, a bowl of pork with taro, and a plate of boiled shrimp and vegetables.The Meng family's New Year's Eve dinner this year is very rich compared to previous years. Meng's father had a little more money selling fish in the vegetable market this year, and Meng Hao was one year older, so Meng's mother lavishly hosted the New Year's Eve dinner.

Father Meng's mouth was full of greasy meat while Mother Meng peeled the shrimp for Meng Hao.The second sister was sitting quietly with her rice bowl in her arms. She hesitated for a long time before she reached out to pick up a shrimp with her chopsticks and was glared at by Meng Mu.This prawn is exclusively for Bombay.

A family of four ate a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, as if the family was complete and no one was missing.

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After the New Year's Eve dinner, Du Yinyin said she wanted to go home.

The children living on the side of the road all brought out fireworks to play, some were small ones to play with in their hands, and there were also big fireworks that rose into the sky. The beautiful sparks floated into the car vaguely with the children's laughter. inside.

Xia Fanxing looked at the profile of the driver, Uncle Chen, and said, "Mom, Uncle Chen didn't go back to celebrate the New Year this year, so I want to give him a big red envelope."

Uncle Chen belonged to Xia Fanxing's father. Since Du Yinyin was with him, Uncle Chen was sent to be Du Yinyin's driver and errand runner.

Du Yinyin was pressing her phone to send text messages to others, saying: "Can I treat Brother Chen badly? I have wrapped big red envelopes for his family."

Brother Chen, who was driving the car, smiled honestly: "On behalf of my family, I wish my wife New Year greetings. Thank you, madam."

Brother Chen's address made Du Yinyin secretly proud.

Back home, Xia Fanxing moved the fireworks and wanted to go downstairs to play with Meng Lizhen.Du Yinyin stayed at home because she thought it was noisy outside. She had to have a facial every night and do yoga every day.

Meng Lizhen wore a small cloak that Du Yinyin bought that was the same style as Xia Fanxing, and found an open space to put down the fireworks.

There is no one in this area, and the children in the community are playing elsewhere.

Meng Lizhen lit a small firework that sparked and twirled, Xia Fanxing pulled up her skirt to avoid it, and when the firework burned out, she called to light another one.

After they set off all the small fireworks, they started to light the big fireworks that rose into the sky.

Xia Fanxing lit the fuse with trembling hands, then ran to Meng Lizhen's side, watching the large and beautiful fireworks explode in the sky.

At midnight, every household has prepared firecrackers to be set off.

Meng Lizhen and Xia Fanxing had already returned to the house, and were lying on the French windows of the balcony watching the people outside setting off firecrackers.

There was a fog outside, and I couldn't see anything clearly. The sound of firecrackers was deafening, and the smell of gunpowder sneaked in through the window cracks.

Xia Fanxing looked at it curiously, Du Yinyin came out of the room and covered her ears, yelling that it was too loud.

After the firecrackers were set off, there were all kinds of fireworks again, and the sound of bang bang explosions didn't stop until one o'clock.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Du Yinyin prepared red envelopes and gave them to her two children.

"Happy New Years Mom!"

"Happy New Year, Auntie!"

Both girls have changed into new clothes and they are now going to be photographed.

Every New Year's Day, Du Yinyin would take Xia Fanxing to dress up and take photos. Sometimes Xia Fanxing's father was in the photos, sometimes not. This year, Meng Lizhen was added.

Meng Lizhen didn't feel any embarrassment in joining other people's family to take pictures. This is Xia Fanxing, and she will always be by Xia Fanxing's side in this life, just like a family member.

The picky Du Yinyin didn't like the photo studios in the small county, so she hired a photographer from the capital at a high price to take pictures for them.

The photographer is a man with long hair and unshaven beard, and he takes pictures very well.Meng Lizhen felt beautiful for the first time when she saw the photo.

After taking the photo, Du Yinyin came over and said to Meng Lizhen: "Lizhen, I want to take Xingxing to a place, are you at home?"

"Of course it's okay, Auntie, go with Fanxing, I'll take care of the house." Meng Lizhen smiled heartily.

Du Yinyin patted her head: "What a good boy."

It is impossible for Du Yinyin to let a person with bad intentions get close to her daughter. Before she came here, she thought that Meng Lizhen was greedy for Xia Fanxing to make friends with her, but after watching them get along, this child should be sincere.With such a partner accompanying Xia Fanxing, she would not be so lonely.

"Mom, where are we going?" Xia Fanxing asked in confusion.

"Go and see your grandparents." Du Yinyin directed Uncle Chen to drive.

Grandpa and grandma are very unfamiliar words, Xia Fanxing has no impression of these two relatives in his mind, and Du Yinyin rarely mentions them.

In an ordinary residential area, Du Yinyin frowned looking at the ordinary houses around her.

She found her home and knocked on the door.

A woman in her 20s opened the door, saw Du Yinyin and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Du Yinyin took a look at the woman and said, "Are you Du Qiang's wife?"

The woman nods.

Du Yinyin pushed her away and brought Xia Fanxing into the room, saying, "I'm her sister."

The woman quickly closed the door and called her parents-in-law to come out.

"What are you doing back here!" An elderly man scolded from inside the room.

When Xia Fanxing saw that man, he knew it was his grandfather.

A short old woman followed behind my grandfather, who was her grandmother.

Du Yinyin's face remained normal, she pointed at Xia Fanxing and said to the two elders, "This is your granddaughter."

The two old men looked at Xia Fanxing and said nothing.

Xia Fanxing said hello to grandpa and grandma.

"I haven't been back for so many years, what are you doing now?" Grandpa looked at his glamorous daughter, his eyes couldn't stop his anger.

"I'm your daughter, why can't I come back?" Du Yinyin curled her lips like a wayward little girl.

Grandma stood beside grandpa watching her daughter wipe away tears without saying a word.

Grandpa's slightly stooped body trembled, and said, "You still have the face to come back after doing something like that?"

"Otherwise, what can I do? I really want to marry the son who sells pork? Can I live today if I marry him?" Du Yinyin was annoyed that her father was still as stubborn as ever.

"Your life is dirty!" Grandpa said loudly.

Du Yinyin's high heels stomped on the floor: "Why are you so stubborn!"

Grandpa turned his back and didn't want to say much, so he dragged grandma into the house.

Du Yinyin didn't dare to follow, and could only sulk in place.

"Sister!" Du Yinyin's younger brother rushed back immediately after receiving his wife's call.

"Ah Qiang." Du Yinyin still likes this younger brother from childhood to adulthood.

Du Qiang wiped off his sweat and said, "Sister, why did you come back suddenly and didn't make a phone call?" Although his parents broke up with his sister, Du Qiang still kept in touch with her sister.

"I also came up with it on the spur of the moment." Du Yinyin said.

Du Qiang looked at the girl next to his sister and said, "This is my niece, she's so pretty."

Xia Fanxing shouted, "Hello, Uncle."

"Happy Chinese New Year." Du Qiang took out 500 yuan from his pocket, and there was no red envelope for the time being, so he just stuffed it to Xia Fanxing.

Du Yinyin gave Du Qiang a bank card and said, "You and your wife take good care of your parents at home, I'll go first."

"Sister, don't worry, Mom and Dad are in good spirits." Du Qiang happily accepted the bank card.

Although his parents expressly forbid Du Qiang and Du Yinyin to contact each other, Du Qiang's small and successful business in the county all these years is thanks to his sister's help.

On the way back, Du Yinyin's always complacent face showed a trace of loneliness.

"Being with my dad, do you regret it?" Xia Fanxing asked.

Du Yinyin raised a charming smile and said, "Of course I don't regret it, I got too much."

Back then, my grandfather had a friend who sold pork and had a son who was the same age as Du Yinyin.The two families love to match them up, and it can be regarded as a baby kiss.

That boy really liked Du Yinyin, everyone thought they would get married.

But later, Du Yinyin was admitted to university, determined to go to university, and then caught up with a rich man as a mistress.

Of course, this matter cannot be hidden from the family and the boy.Grandpa wants Du Yinyin to go home and marry the boy, but Du Yinyin refuses.The always upright grandfather was ashamed of having a daughter who was willing to be a mistress, so he cut off contact with Du Yinyin.

Du Yinyin couldn't understand why her father insisted on that absurd baby kiss, holding her breath and never going home.

If it wasn't for Xia Fanxing, Du Yinyin didn't know when she would come home.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Du Yinyin returned to the capital.

Xia Fanxing looked at his mother and said, "I will go to see my grandparents."

Du Yinyin's red lips curved at a gentle angle: "Xing Xing is the most obedient."

Blood relationship is not absent in Du Yinyin's heart, but it is far less important than what she wants to pursue.