Chapter 427: This is too efficient

Early on the second day of the New Year, Qin Tian drove his mother back to their hometown in the countryside to pay New Year's visits.

Speaking of his mother's siblings, they were similar to the Xia family—two sons and one daughter. The only difference was that Xia Nuannuan's father was the eldest, while Tang Xiuxia had an older brother and a younger brother.

His uncle had always been in the hometown, contracting some fields and fish ponds. Their life wasn't very wealthy, but in this village, it could be considered better than some and worse than others.

His younger uncle was more flexible and did business in Pingjiang, later buying a car and a house there and marrying a beautiful wife. He basically only returned during the Spring Festival every year.

His uncle had two sons, one was still in college in another city, and the other had already graduated and was working.

During the graduation banquet in the summer, neither of these two cousins had returned, so Qin Tian hadn't met them, only receiving congratulatory calls from them that day.

In addition, his younger uncle had a cousin who was about the same age as Xia Xue and was in her first year of high school in Pingjiang.

After his younger uncle made a small fortune in his early years, he paid to have the two elderly people's house rebuilt—a four-story building that made many villagers envious at the time.

In front of the building, a large open space was fenced off, and the ground was paved with blue bricks, making it very convenient for parking.

Just as Qin Tian drove the car into the courtyard, he saw a whole family walking out of the house.

His mother, sitting in the passenger seat, rolled down the window and greeted them with a radiant smile.

"Dad, Mom, Big Brother, Sister-in-law, Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year!"

Grandma responded first with a face full of smiles.

Qin Tian's two cousins and his younger uncle's daughter all opened their mouths to pay New Year's visits to Tang Xiuxia.

Under his younger uncle's direction, Qin Tian parked the car and got out with his mother.

Grandpa and Grandma, Uncle and Aunt, Younger Uncle and Younger Aunt...

Qin Tian had a hearty smile on his face and paid New Year's visits to the elders one by one.

The elders responded with smiles, their eyes filled with gratification as they looked at him.

"Brother Chen, Brother Heng, long time no see, Happy New Year!"

Qin Tian continued to greet his two cousins.

"Happy New Year!"

His older cousin, Tang Chen, who had already entered the workforce and was more composed, nodded with a smile.

"Happy New Year, little brother. You've changed so much in a year, if you weren't still this handsome, I wouldn't have recognized you."

Tang Heng walked up and patted his shoulder, teasing him with a laugh.

"You've changed quite a bit too, brother, even more handsome."

Qin Tian smiled and returned the compliment.

"Haha... that's a must."

Tang Heng laughed heartily.

"Brother Heng, you believe Brother Tian? You're so narcissistic."

Beside them, his cousin Tang Wen, who was delicate and pretty and dressed exquisitely, teased him with a smile.

Tang Heng glanced at her and said, annoyed, "Little sister, how come you don't know how to talk as you grow up? You should learn from Qin Tian!"

"Tch... I'm just telling the truth! Brother Tian is getting more and more handsome, that's true, but you? Forget it!"

Tang Wen rolled her eyes, looked at Qin Tian, and said.

This remark made everyone laugh, and the lively atmosphere was very warm.

"Let's go inside, it's freezing out here!"

Grandpa said with a kind smile.

"Right, right, right, let's go inside."

Grandma nodded repeatedly with a face full of smiles.

The two elderly people were old, and they looked forward to the reunion during the Spring Festival every year. Seeing the whole family happy and harmonious made the old people's hearts blossom with joy.

"You guys go in first, I'll go get the things."

Qin Tian walked quickly to the trunk, opened it, and started taking out the alcohol and gifts he had prepared.

His two cousins and his younger cousin saw this and hurriedly came over to help.

"Brother Tian, you bought so many things. I heard Auntie opened a clothing store this year and business is very good?"

Tang Wen asked with a smile.

"Business is okay!"

Qin Tian nodded with a smile.

"Little brother, we also heard you're dating, and she's a rich and beautiful girl?"

Tang Heng asked with a look of envy.

Tang Wen's eyes brightened, and she looked at Qin Tian like a curious baby.

Qin Tian nodded with a smile.

"Brother Tian, why didn't you bring your girlfriend back to play?"

Tang Wen asked excitedly.

"She has to go pay New Year's visits too, so she can't come today!"

Qin Tian answered.

"Oh, right."

Tang Wen nodded in realization, then added, "Then do you have any photos? Show us, we've heard Grandpa and Grandma nag about her so many times, we're very curious!"

"Let's go inside first!"

"Oh, oh... hurry, hurry."

After entering the house, the family drank tea, chatted, and ate some snacks prepared by Grandma.

Qin Tian also took out his phone, found a photo taken with Xia Nuannuan, and handed it to his cousin, who was full of anticipation.

Naturally, two exclamations sounded.

"Wow, sister-in-law is so beautiful!"

"Little brother, you truly have good fortune, it makes people envious to death."

His older cousin Tang Chen didn't say anything, but the look in his eyes when he looked at Qin Tian was also full of envy.

The three of them had heard the elders talk about it many times—not only was the girl beautiful, but her personality and family background were also very good, and it was said that the girl's parents had agreed to their relationship and even spent hundreds of thousands to buy Qin Tian that BMW outside.

Qin Tian smiled quite proudly and took a sip of tea from the paper cup in his hand.

The elders sitting there watched them with radiant smiles, communicating with each other.

"Sister, it's been a year, and Xiaotian has really changed so much."

His younger uncle couldn't help but sigh.

"Indeed, he feels much more mature. When I saw him last Spring Festival, I still felt he was a child, but suddenly he's become an adult."

His younger aunt echoed from the side.

"This year has seen a lot of changes. You don't know, when he brought back a few test papers and suddenly said he had gotten first place in the class, I was completely stunned."

Tang Xiuxia looked at her son over there, her face full of pride and self-satisfaction.

"A top scholar with a perfect score in the college entrance exam, how could we have imagined that our family could produce such a top scholar seedling."

His younger uncle smiled and looked at his older brother, saying, "When Big Brother called me to tell me about this, I couldn't believe it at all. It's a pity I was too busy then; if you had notified me earlier, I would have found time to rush back for the wedding banquet."

"Drink a couple more cups later, it's the same."

His older brother said with a smile.

"That's for sure, I have to drink a couple more."

His younger uncle nodded.

"Sister, Xiaotian and his little girlfriend, is it completely settled?"

His younger aunt leaned into Tang Xiuxia's ear and asked curiously.

Tang Xiuxia nodded with a smile and answered in a low voice, "The in-laws and I have met formally and discussed it. We've agreed that as soon as they graduate from college, we'll let them get married immediately. We're all waiting to hold a grandson!"

"Heavens, this is too efficient!"

His younger aunt was surprised and raised her hand to cover her mouth.

"Sigh, compared to this, our eldest is really worrying. He's twenty-five this year, and he doesn't even have a partner!"

His younger aunt sighed helplessly.

"Sister-in-law, this kind of thing is fate, you can't rush it. Maybe Little Chen already has a girlfriend, but just hasn't told you yet. Maybe he'll bring her back next year."

Tang Xiuxia comforted her with a smile.

"Right, right, young people working in big cities are all like this now. They only bring them home when they are really planning to get married."

"Sigh, I hope so!" ===== CHAPTER 428 =====