Chapter 247 Li Xiang: Uncle's novel is really good

[Rekindle]: Did you send me a courier?!
[Go to bed early and you will grow taller]: Hey, was it delivered this morning?

【Rekindle】: It's you after all...

[Going to bed early will make you taller]: Haha~ Are you surprised?~ I spent a long time choosing this one. This brand is very expensive, so it should be very comfortable to wear.

[Rekindle]: Is this the point?

[Rekindle]: If you hadn’t told me clearly in advance, I would have opened it in front of my family!
[Going to bed early will make you taller]: What does that matter? It’s just underwear.

[Rekindled]: Haha, if it was just ordinary underwear, it would be fine, but why is one box with a Pikachu pattern and the other with a Doraemon pattern? !

【Rekindle】: Where did you find this kind of underwear? ?

[Go to bed early and you will grow taller]: It’s a custom-made model. It is said that you can specify the pattern. I remember Xixi’s panties also came in these two patterns, so I specially selected them for you. Tell me if it’s considerate or not.

【Rekindle】: Thank you so much...

[Going to bed early will make you taller]: You’re welcome, so go ahead and tell me what you think.

【Rekindle】: What?
[Going to bed early will make you taller]: Of course it’s my feeling. In this life, besides your mother, is there no other girl who has ever bought you underwear?
[Rekindled]: Isn't that nonsense? Who would buy underwear for others?

[Going to bed early will make you taller]: My girlfriend.

[Rekindle]: Is that you?

[Going to bed early will make you taller]: It’s in the book.

[Go to bed early and you will grow taller]: Please tell me quickly. I am about to write a plot about the heroine buying underwear for the hero. Please share with me your reaction after receiving it, and I will give you some material.

【Rekindle】：……

[Go to bed early to grow taller]: Brother, please, hurry up, I can’t wait any longer.
[Rekindle]: Stop! I said!

……

In the bedroom on the third floor, Li Luo put his underwear away with a speechless look on his face, and questioned Xu Youyu on QQ. In the end, he was completely defeated by the continuous attacks from his senior schoolmate.

It was not until Ying Chanxi came upstairs and called him to come downstairs to worship the ancestors that Li Luo stopped being exploited by his senior. After saying goodbye to her on QQ, he walked out of the room.

Ying Chanxi, who was waiting for him outside the door, subconsciously glanced at Li Luo's pants and blinked when he saw him come out.

When Ying Chanxi thought that Li Luo might have changed into that kind of underwear, he didn't know why, but he had an urge to go up and punch him a few times.

It's really become a habit.

"So you bought the things just now by yourself?" Ying Chanxi asked when they went downstairs.

"Yes, that's right." Li Luo continued with gritted teeth.

It is relatively more normal to admit that he bought it than to say that Xu Youyu bought it for him.

But even so, Ying Chanxi still showed a somewhat skeptical look.

It’s not that I doubt whether Li Luo bought the underwear himself, but I doubt something else.

Because Ying Chanxi herself knew that many of the underwear she wore on a daily basis had Pikachu and Doraemon patterns on them.

Now Li Luo also bought this kind of...

What does he mean?

Ying Chanxi pulled at his pants a little shyly, wondering if this was considered a couple's outfit?
"What are you thinking about?" Li Luo asked when he saw that she looked a little strange.

"Nothing." Ying Chanxi shook his head quickly, "Hurry downstairs, Aunt Lin and the others are still waiting."

……

At noon on New Year’s Eve, the Li family worships their ancestors.

The dining table was filled with pigs, sheep, cattle, chickens, ducks and fish, surrounded by a circle of wine glasses and chopsticks. In the front were two long candles used to worship the Buddha, Bodhisattvas and ancestors.

When Li Luo came down, Li Guohong waved to him and asked him to come forward and pay his respects.

Following Li Guohong's instructions, Li Luo came to the cushion in front of the dining table and stood still. He bowed three times in the direction of the candle, then leaned over and knelt on the cushion, bowed three more times, and finally stood up and bowed three times, and that was when he was considered done.

The Li family members went forward to pay their respects one by one according to their seniority. The eldest uncle Li Guoru then took out a large iron pot that was burnt black and charred, lit some paper money and gold ingots, and threw them into the pot.

Ying Zhicheng's family were outsiders in the early years and did not have this habit, so they were waiting next door and did not come over to get involved.

Ying Chanxi stayed beside Li Luo and watched.

She is not a member of the Li family yet, so she cannot go forward to worship, nor can she pray to the burning ingots in the brazier like Li Luo did.

After the paper money was burned, the Li family members worshipped again according to the previous order, and the ancestor worship process was successfully completed.

Lin Xiuhong and others took action and put away the wine glasses and chopsticks on the table.

The candles were taken out, the brazier was put away, and the futon was put away.

The dishes were brought back to the kitchen and reheated by my uncle Chen Hailin.

At the same time, a second round table was set up in the living room.

Today's meal was attended not only by my uncle's family of five, but also by my second aunt Li Xuefeng, who came back with her daughter Chen Lu.

My aunt Li Xuemei had to take her daughter Chen Sijia to her grandfather's house for the New Year's Eve dinner in the evening, so she made a special trip here at noon to have a meal here first.

Compared with the happiness of the other three families, Li Luo's second aunt and younger aunt did not have such a smooth life.

Like my eldest aunt, my two other aunts’ husbands are from the neighboring Chenjia Village.

It’s just that my uncle married into the Li family, while my second aunt and younger aunt married into Chenjia Village.

But my second aunt's husband died very early, and her husband's father and mother were extremely saddened by the death of their son, and they also died one after another.

This gave the second aunt a bad reputation. Many people in Chenjia Village secretly said that she was unlucky in marriage and that she had no hope of remarrying.

Later, the second aunt rented a house in the city with her daughter Chen Lu, and worked to support her daughter and send her to school.

During the Chinese New Year, I would go back to Grandpa Li Luo's house and stay at my uncle's house.

It has been more than a year since Chen Lu graduated from university. He studied accounting and finance in school and went to work in a bank after graduation.

Although she was just a counter clerk, it was much more respectable than Second Aunt's own job, which gave her some comfort.

After more than 20 years of raising her daughter, the effort has finally paid off and Second Aunt looks much better.

In comparison, my aunt's situation is much more miserable.

After she married into Chenjia Village, her husband always abused her, beating and scolding her at every turn.

Later, the aunt couldn't stand it anymore and ran back home to complain to Li Luo's grandfather, who then took his daughter back home.

My sister-in-law's husband came to her house angrily and insisted on taking my sister-in-law back home, looking very aggressive.

Fortunately, the Li family is prosperous. Li Guoru, Chen Hailin and Li Guohong stood in the yard. The men from the second and third grandfather's families across the street also came out to watch. In the end, my aunt's husband gave up.

But later, my aunt's daughter, Chen Sijia, who was just over ten years old at the time, also ran back to my aunt one night with a bruised face and nose, obviously having been beaten severely.

The younger sister-in-law felt sorry for her daughter, so she didn't let her go back and wanted to keep her at home. After that, her husband came to cause trouble many times, but nothing was done in the end. A few years ago, her husband committed a crime and was imprisoned. He was not released until more than ten years later.

Only then did the aunt agree to take her daughter to visit her grandparents.

My husband's parents are not bad people. They spoiled their youngest son since he was a child. Now that the youngest son is in prison, they are especially kind to his own flesh and blood.

So now every Chinese New Year, my aunt will take Chen Sijia back to visit her grandparents.

Like Chan Wing Kei, Chen Sijia is also a taciturn person who usually doesn't say a word for a long time. She just has a good relationship with sister Chen Lu.

Excluding Li Dao, who is married and has children, there are four children in the Li family. Chen Yongqi is 26 years old and the oldest.

Chen Lu is 24, Chen Sijia is 20, and Li Luo is the youngest, just turning 16 this year.

Counting one generation further down, there is Li Xiang, the youngest guy in the audience, but he is also 19 years old.

After two round tables were set up in the living room, the adults who wanted to drink sat at one table, and the women and children sat at the other table.

After Chen Lu, who had long smooth hair, sat down, he said to his brother, sister and brother beside him: "Let's buy some snacks in the afternoon and come back to play cards?"

"Okay." Li Luo nodded. "Snacks as the prize?"

"The loser crawls back to the turtle." Chen Lu laughed, "It's all the old rules."

Lin Xiuhong, who was sitting at the table, heard them discussing playing cards, and said to Li Luo, "Help me move the mahjong machine out later. It should be gathering dust in the utility room."

"Yes, let's play mahjong too." Auntie said with a smile, "Xuemei has to leave this afternoon, so Xuexian and Xuefeng can come."

After the afternoon entertainment was arranged, people at the table began to chat.

The topics are still the same, mostly revolving around each other's children.

"Lulu works in a bank now. Does she know any suitable boys?" the aunt asked curiously. "Girls are not young at 24. You should start looking for a partner early. If you can't find one, I can ask around for you."

"I'm looking." Chen Lu said with a smile, "But it won't be that fast. I've only been working for two months, so I need to stabilize my job first. Why don't you guys urge Brother Yongqi first?"

When Chen Yongqi heard Chen Lu throwing the pot at him, he stopped eating and secretly looked at the expressions of the female elders.

As expected, Lin Xiuhong and Li Xuexian began to talk: "Yongqi is the same. Even though men in their thirties are popular nowadays, it's good to settle on one sooner rather than later."

"Yes, yes, that's what I usually tell him, but he goes to work every day or plays games at home, and he doesn't even listen."

"That won't work either. Isn't Yongqi working with Li Dao recently? Are there any good girls in the factory you can introduce to me?"

"That's right, sister-in-law, please talk to Li Dao and ask him to help look for one."

Upon hearing this, my aunt smiled and nodded: "I'll talk to him later and help Qiqi take a look."

Chen Yongqi listened in silence, then looked at Chen Lu and gave her a look, letting her figure it out for herself.

"What about Jia Jia and Li Xiang?" Li Xuefeng asked curiously, "Are you both in college? Have you found a partner? Look at Lu Lu and the others. It's hard for them to find a partner after graduating from college. You should try more while you're in school."

Chen Sijia remained silent and was completely uninterested in the topic of love.

Li Xiang shook his head, then rolled his eyes, glanced at Li Luo, and then said to Li Xuefeng: "At school, apart from attending classes, I just read novels. How can I have time to find a partner?"

"Novel? What novel?"

"My uncle wrote it." Li Xiang chuckled and easily changed the subject. He patted Li Luo on the shoulder and said, "He wrote it very well. My roommates all love to read it."

Li Luo: “……?!”

Li Luo was eating well and was watching the show on the side, listening to it with great interest.

As a result, he was caught off guard and was completely stunned by his own cheap nephew.

"Huh?" Chen Lu looked over curiously, "When did Li Luo write the novel?"

Not only Chen Lu, but everyone else present also turned their eyes to Li Luo, and instantly he felt as if he was under the spotlight.

The corner of Li Luo's mouth twitched and he glared at Li Xiang fiercely, not knowing what to say.

It was Lin Xiuhong who spoke up at this time: "It was just written by a child for fun. I showed it to my eldest brother and others before. It's not worth mentioning."

Hearing his mother helping him out, Li Luo looked at her with gratitude.

But Li Xiang next to him curled his lips and said, "That's because my grandfather and his friends don't understand the tastes of young people. The novels written by my uncle are very interesting, but they don't understand them."

"Can you please stop talking?" Li Luo leaned close to Li Xiang's ear and warned him through gritted teeth, "Shut up now."

"What's the big deal?" Li Xiang was a little confused. "You don't know, my roommate is also reading your book, following the updates every day. I told them that it was a novel written by my uncle, but they didn't believe it."

Li Luo: “…”

How many bad things have you done without telling him?

"What kind of book is it?" Chen Lu couldn't help asking again and again, "Li Xiang, show it to me."

Watching Li Xiang's phone being circulated among the crowd, Li Luo clenched his fists and took a deep breath to avoid biting his teeth.

Ying Chanxi, who was standing by, was shaking with laughter. He leaned over to Li Luo's ear and said, "It's retribution. Now everyone knows about it."

As Ying Chanxi said this, Li Xiang on the other side added: "Speaking of which, there is a heroine in this book whose personality is a bit similar to Ying Chanxi's. I only remembered her when I saw her."

"Wow! Li Luo, did you write Xixi into the book?" Chen Lu was not very interested after seeing the title of the book, but now he was immediately interested.

Li Luo was fine at this time. He was already socially dead anyway, so it didn't matter if he came a few more times.

But when Ying Chanxi heard this, his face turned red immediately, he lowered his head and blinked shyly, not knowing how to respond.

"It's all your fault..." Ying Chanxi muttered quietly, complaining beside Li Luo, "It's so embarrassing."

Li Luo laughed: "Who was the one who was gloating just now? Is this his retribution?"

Upon hearing this, Ying Chanxi became so angry that he secretly stepped on him under the table.

The result was that Li Xiang cried out in pain: "Who stepped on my foot?"

This time, Ying Chanxi's face turned red with embarrassment, and he didn't know what to do for a moment.

Li Luo glanced at Li Xiang and said indifferently, "I stepped on it, so what?"

At this time, Li Guoru, who was passing by to serve food, heard the topic they were talking about. He immediately stopped and looked at Li Luo.

Then he laughed and shook his head, saying to them, "It was indeed my fault before. I didn't know much about online literature. The book written by Li Luo is indeed interesting."

"Don't you know that I usually hang out at the Writers Association?"

"I didn't expect to see Li Luo's photo on the bulletin board a few days ago."

"His book won first prize in an essay contest, and the prize money was 50,000 yuan!"

As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar at the table.

Even Li Xiang was surprised: "Fifty thousand yuan?! Uncle! You have to give me a red envelope, right?"

When Li Luo heard this, his face immediately turned black: "How can you be so shameless? Asking a minor for a red envelope!"

(End of this chapter)