Dreaming back to the 90s to help my dad catch a rival in love

Time flies, and after returning from Sheshan, it is the end of the year in a blink of an eye.

This is Ning Xiaobei's first Spring Festival after returning to his old house.When I was young, the holidays were really lively, not to mention anything else, just the sound of firecrackers and fireworks running around for one night is enough for Ning Xiaobei to miss.

After all, in the "real world", fireworks and firecrackers have been banned in the urban area of ​​Shanghai for many years.If you want to set off firecrackers during the New Year, you have to drive to the designated fireworks display point outside the outer ring to enjoy the fun.

Ning Xiaobei is not the kind of person who is full to support himself, and has never done such a thing.So when I heard the sound of firecrackers exploding on the night of New Year's Eve, I was shocked.

For a few days, the alley was full of people coming and going, and even the Ning family welcomed several groups of relatives.Although Ning Jianguo was the only child, Mrs. Ning still had several relatives in Shanghai, and even younger generations who came from Suzhou to pay New Year's greetings to their ancestors. For a while, the old house was bustling with joy.

Today is the fourth day of the lunar new year. It stands to reason that this day in previous years was the day when several fitter apprentices and disciples brought by my father Ning Jianguo's workshop came to pay New Year's greetings.But this year is an exception, because Ning Jianguo's apprentice Xiaosun got married today, so the two of them will go to a big hotel on Nanjing Road to have a wedding banquet in the evening.

New year and new weather, feeling the long-lost Chinese New Year atmosphere, Granny Ning, who has always been sullen, has been smiling all over her face these two days.

What's even more rare is that this year's Chinese New Year, besides wrapping Ning Xiaobei a rich big red envelope, the old lady also took out a piece of brown English woolen fabric from the bottom of her box, and asked the old tailor of the Red Gang in the alley to hurry up , finally made a three-piece suit before the New Year.

Not only that, the old lady also asked him to match the bow tie and shell cufflinks according to the old Shanghai Xiaokai's rules, just to show Ning Jianguo's apprentices how much their master's son is on the day of the wedding banquet. "Declaration".

The family calculated the time and went out at about four o'clock in the afternoon to take a bus to Nanjing Road.Although it was the Chinese New Year holiday, the bus was still packed full of citizens in red and green, carrying big bags and small bags to various places to pay New Year's greetings.

As for the taxi business, it’s even better. If you don’t call in advance, you won’t be able to make an appointment. At this time, I’m ashamed to bother Master Guo.

"Dad, I feel like I can't breathe."

Ning Xiaobei squeezed in the middle of the crowd, stretched his neck, pointed to the little red tie around his neck and said.

To be honest, even in the "real world", Ning Xiaobei bought his first suit when he was looking for a job after graduating from university, and he never wore it when he was a child.

Now his small body is bound in a well-painted English-style three-piece suit, and the compartment is extremely stuffy due to the large number of people, and he feels that he is about to suffer from heat stroke.

"Xiaobei, come up!"

Unlike his son who seemed to have crossed over from old Shanghai, Ning Jianguo was wearing a jacket and navy blue overalls. He stretched out his big hand and lifted Ning Xiaobei directly to his shoulders.

This large-scale move caused complaints from the people around, and one of them wanted to yell at him, but was blocked by the sentence "It's a big Chinese New Year" thrown by the people next to him, so he didn't swear.

"It's fine, it's fine, the big one is handsome, and the small one is also good-looking. The car is so crowded, you can look at the handsome guy, what's wrong with it."

The eldest sister who rescued them said with a smile.

Finally arrived at the stop, Ning Jianguo got out of the car with his son in his arms.

Ning Xiaobei just breathed a long sigh of relief when he saw two people walking not far away.

Zhao Jingwen and Fan Xia, who came by car from the opposite direction, also came to drink Xiao Sun's wedding wine.

"Hurry up, say 'Happy New Year' to Uncle Ning and Xiaobei!"

Zhao Jingwen was overjoyed to see the two of them, and took out a big red envelope from his pocket and handed it to Ning Xiaobei.

Ning Xiaobei took it generously, and at the same time sent New Year blessings.

Compared to Ning Xiaobei, who is unrestrained and generous, Fan Xia is much more reserved.

Since they said the phrase "Please don't pester me" at the foot of Sheshan last time, the two brothers haven't seen each other for more than ten days.

Until he went out, Fan Xia stayed on the sofa and refused to go out. He still didn't know how to face Ning Xiaobei.

"Fan Xia, hello. I wish you a happy new year."

Ning Xiaobei took the initiative to wave at him.

"Well……"

Fan Xia bowed his head and remained silent.

"Fan Xianong has something wrong. It is reasonable to grow up by one year in the new year. I see how you have gone back? Uncle didn't call, and Xiaobei took the initiative to greet you and you ignored it. I think you are itchy. Wait until you come out It’s the first month of the month, you see how I deal with you.”

If it wasn't for the rule of not beating children during the first month, Zhao Jingwen wanted to hit him before he really went out.

"Forget it, Xiaoxia is still a child, why are you so cruel to him?"

Ning Jianguo hurried forward, pulled Fan Xia over, took out the red envelope and stuffed it into his hand, "Xiaoxia, study hard in the new semester."

Fan Xia held the red envelope with both hands and lowered his head even lower.

Four people, two big, two small, walked to the door of the hotel.

In the cold wind, the bride displayed the spirit of "one is not afraid of the cold, the other is not afraid of the cold", wearing a wedding dress as thin as onion wings, holding a bouquet of fiery red roses and standing at the entrance of the hotel to welcome guests.

Her husband, Xiao Sun, Ning Jianguo's apprentice, stood beside the bride in a blue suit, also shivering from the cold.Seeing a group of them approaching from a distance, they waved excitedly.

"Master, Manager Zhao, this is my wife Fang Yuanyuan, from Hangzhou, she is pretty."

"Hangzhou has beautiful women. It's a pity that you kid took advantage of it."

Zhao Jingwen laughed and joked, and the bride covered her mouth and laughed.

Uncle Zhao was promoted to the deputy manager of the business department a few years ago.Calling people without a "deputy" is now in and out, and everyone respectfully calls them "Manager Zhao".

Manager Zhao is wearing an American bomber jacket of the same color as Ning’s father, skinny jeans, and Martin boots. His hair has been scratched with “Diamond Diamond” hair mud and sprayed with mousse. He looks handsome.He is not like Fei Xiang today, but more like the old French male star Alain Delon, the super handsome guy who played "Zorro".

Seeing the four handsome men coming, the bride smiled from ear to ear, and pulled the photographer to take more than a dozen photos with them.In the end, she disliked her husband's short legs, short legs and small eyes, which was really an eyesore, so she simply pushed him aside, and took pictures with several handsome guys by herself.

Xiaosun was in a very good mood, and he came back after his wife had finished taking pictures, and helped the bride smooth out her messy hair.

"My master, how handsome are they?"

"It's so handsome. Why are they all wearing suits? The kids look like British princes, but you look like a 'township entrepreneur'?"

The bride pouted, took the initiative to take Xiao Sun's arm, and showed a sweet smile, "When we have a son in the future, I will also make him a little suit like that, and dress him like a prince."

Xiao Sun put his arms around the bride's waist and said with a small smile, "We will make arrangements tonight."

Xiaosun's family has a large population, and the bride's family did not give in too much. It is said that two buses were chartered from Hangzhou, and more than 50 relatives and friends came to join in the show.Ning Jianguo took his son around for a while before finding his own seat among more than 30 banquet tables.

Their table is full of good friends with Xiaosun in the factory, and half of them are Ning Jianguo's disciples and grandchildren.Regardless of Ning Gong's young age, because of his good craftsmanship and good temper, all the newcomers in the factory are willing to learn from him.

When everyone saw Ning Xiaobei, all kinds of compliments flowed out of their mouths.It is said that Ning Jianguo is very lucky. The son he gave birth to grows up well, studies better, and will enjoy a lifetime of happiness in the future.

Hearing these words in Ning Xiaobei's ears, huge guilt flooded into his heart like a sea tide.The smile that was hanging on his lips disappeared, and he drooped his head listlessly, which contrasted nicely with Fan Xia next to him.

"Hey, the adults are drinking, and the children can go out and have fun. Don't be bored here."

Seeing the bitter faces of the two handsome boys, Ning Xiaobei's disciple pointed to the outside of the banquet hall and said.There is a clown specially arranged by the hotel, who is making a strange voice to blow up balloons for the children, and a group of children are laughing and making noise around there.

"Yeah, Xiao Bei, all uncles and uncles smoke. You can't smell the smoke, go out and play with Xiaoxia."

Ning Jianguo picked up a few pieces of food for Ning Xiaobei and told him to finish eating quickly and go out.For a while, it’s not just as simple as smoking and drinking. According to his experience of participating in the weddings of workers in the factory many times, these "red guys" like to make trouble the most. What inappropriate words to say.

Ning Xiaobei didn't want to stay in this noisy place any longer, he casually picked up two mouthfuls of food, and after making sure he was full, he subconsciously wanted to go out with Fan Xia.

Who knew that there was nothing around him, it turned out that Fan Xia had already eaten and left, and he didn't even say hello to him.

"Stinky boy, how long are you going to be angry?"

It was naturally impossible for Ning Xiaobei to grab balloons with a group of children, so he simply walked out of the banquet building and came to the small garden behind.

It was so cold that no one came to visit the garden, and a few European-style street lamps radiated a pale yellow light alone.

Ning Xiaobei took a few breaths of the chilly fresh air, oscillating between "terribly cold" and "terribly noisy" for a while, and finally decided to go back.

As soon as he turned around, he saw a small figure standing behind him.

Because the other party was behind the light, Ning Xiaobei didn't recognize him all at once.He thought it was Fan Xia who had finally figured it out, and couldn't help asking him to play, so he walked over with a smile, and took the other's arm affectionately.

When he got to the bright spot, Ning Xiaobei found himself embarrassed.

The other party was an unknown child.

"who are you?"

This kid was about his age, and he didn't have any defense against Ning Xiaobei, so he took the initiative to talk to Ning Xiaobei.

"Uh... I'm the son of the groom's master..."

"Oh."

The little friend nodded his head as a kid.

"I am the son of the bride's sister. I came here by bus from Hangzhou."

The son of the bride's elder sister said, staring at a pair of rather big eyes, looking Ning Xiaobei up and down.Finally, he couldn't help reaching out and touched Ning Xiaobei's dark red bow tie.

"Your clothes are so pretty, do all the kids in Shanghai dress like you?"

"Not at all..."

Ning Xiaobei told the truth, "This is specially made for Chinese New Year. No one usually wears it like this."

"very nice."

When the kid finished touching his bow tie and was about to touch Ning Xiaobei's shiny shell cufflinks, a black figure ran over, stretched out his hand, and patted the back of his hand with a "slap".

"Get your dirty hands off him! Who is my boss, can I touch him casually?"

Fan Xia, who came out of nowhere, looked like a kitten with its hair blown up, yelling at the strange children.

"My hands are not dirty at all. I washed my hands before eating and wiped them with a hot towel after eating."

The kid said, pointing at Fan Xia with disgust on his face and said, "I think you are dirty, your hands are also black, and your body is also black. You haven't showered for a few days?"

"I, I will kill you!"

Fan Xia was furious when he heard this.Raising his small fist, he was about to hit the opponent.

"Fan Xia, calm down, he is the son of the bride's sister!"

Ning Xiaobei hurriedly hugged Fan Xia's waist.

"I don't care who he is!"

"Hei Pi Hei Pi, I think you have just dug coal. Otherwise, you grew up drinking soy sauce, otherwise why are you so black?"

This kid is also very powerful in combat, hiding behind Ning Xiaobei and constantly attacking Fan Xia mentally.

A few children were making noise here, and finally attracted the adults.

"Hanghang, why are you running around? Mom is dying of anxiety."

A woman in a red suit walked over in high heels, pulled her son over, and was relieved to see that he was fine.

"I told you, don't play with people you don't know. Do you know if they wash their hands? What if you get infected with the virus and get sick and delay your study?"

After saying this, Ning Xiaobei frowned.

"Mom, I want to wear a little suit like his. And a tie."

The kid named "Hanghang" pointed to Ning Xiaobei and said.

Hanghang's mother looked over at Ning Xiaobei and nodded, "It's pretty good-looking, like a young master. How about it, when you get No.1 in the next exam, mother will find someone to come to Shanghai to make you a The suit is exactly the same."

The kid was very happy to get the promise, and waved to Ning Xiaobei.

"Goodbye."

He paused and continued, "My name is 'Zhuo Yuhang'. If you go to Hangzhou, you can come and play with me."

"What are you playing, I don't know anyone..."

Hang Hang's mother listened to the black thread, and pulled her son to the banquet hall.

"boss?"

Hearing his name, Ning Xiaobei was shocked.

He actually met the boss when he was a child?

The boss used to be a clean freak since he was a child, and he likes mean people.

Ning Xiaobei froze in place as if someone had tapped his acupoints, until the mother and son were far away, and then gradually recovered.

"Boss!"

At this moment, Fan Xia suddenly stepped forward, opened his arms, and hugged Ning Xiaobei's shoulders tightly.

"Don't accept other younger brothers, and don't play with other children. You can be my boss all your life. Please don't be angry with me."

Two bubbles of tears the size of soybeans dangled in Fan Xia's eye sockets, his mouth deflated, and he couldn't help crying.

Ning Xiaobei was at a loss, and didn't understand at all that he just said a few words to a strange kid, and why he wanted to accept his younger brother.

It's hard to guess the mind of elementary school students...

"Boss, I can't live without you. I'm going to be suffocated without you. I can't eat, I can't sleep well, and martial arts novels don't read well. Let's make up. Woooooo..."

Fan Xia wept bitterly, Ning Xiaobei who was held in his arms first smiled, then stood on tiptoe as if he noticed something, his face changed suddenly.

Fan Xia, what kind of foaming powder did you eat?

Even before the holiday, we were still the same height, why have you grown so much taller than me after only a dozen days?

The author has something to say:

Let the boss come out and show his face~ as a tool for the two of them to reconcile

The boss is a good tool man, and he may use it in the future.

For example, making Fan Xia jealous or something, hahaha

Hongbang Tailor is a Ningbo tailor who specializes in suits and cheongsams.Not many people in Shanghai know this term now.