Chapter 175 Day 171 of Being the Boss
Chapter 175 Day 171 of Being the Boss
The Lunar New Year holiday in Korea is only three days: New Year's Eve, Lunar New Year, and the second day of the Lunar New Year, and then it's back to work.
Because the time was too short, Xu Yisong decided to spend this year's Spring Festival in South Korea, but she still returned to China to spend the Little New Year's Eve with her grandparents.
It can be said that half of Xu Yisong’s annual leave was spent on the plane.
Since returning to China at the age of eight, Xu Yisong has been spending the Spring Festival in China over the years, and then returning to Korea to visit his grandparents after the New Year.
This is the first time she has celebrated the Spring Festival in Korea in all these years.
The Spring Festival in Korea is on the same day as in China, which is the first day of the Lunar New Year. However, they usually call it "Shel" or "Snow Day", which means "the beginning of the new year, the beginning of the year".
Xu Yisong's grandfather's family has always celebrated the New Year according to the traditional old way of worshiping the new year and offering sacrifices to their ancestors.
Xu Yisong had experienced all this when she was a child, and she didn't remember the process very well these years. But fortunately, she didn't need to do anything, and even the Korean clothes she was going to wear that day had been prepared for her in advance.
The hanbok was custom-made for her by her grandmother. Although Xu Yisong has little time to wear it, Ms. Luo still customizes a set for her every year according to tradition.
Ms. Luo knew that Xu Yisong liked bright colors, and the colors of his clothes were very lively every year. This year, the yellow was very eye-catching. The chiguli on it had colorful patchwork sleeves that were more common on children's clothing, and the cuffs were embroidered with beautiful snowflake patterns.
Because Xu Yisong was born in a heavy snow on Christmas, Ms. Luo embroidered snowflake patterns on the sleeves of each of her hanboks when she customized clothes for her.
Early in the morning, Xu Yisong was woken up by her grandmother to change clothes. Her hair was also combed by her grandmother in the most traditional braid for unmarried women, and the ends of her hair were tied up with a silk ribbon of the same color. However, her grandmother added some small diamond snowflake hairpins to the braid, which just echoed the pattern on the clothes and also made Xu Yisong look more youthful and lively.
Xu Yisong discovered that no matter the clothes or hairstyle, her grandmother always dressed her like a child. Perhaps it was because she was too young when she left, her grandmother always felt a little regretful about her.
"Our Yisong, how come he has grown up so much?" Xu Yisong turned around when he heard the voice and found that Ms. Luo, who had always been strong, was wiping her tears alone.
After so many years, she couldn't remember the last time her grandmother cried. In her memory, Ms. Luo had always been a strong and capable lady. Even when her grandfather was sick and in a coma, Ms. Luo was able to shock all the senior executives of the company.
When she saw her grandmother crying, her eyes started to ache: "Grandma, don't cry..."
Ms. Luo took a deep breath, smiled, and reached out to stroke her granddaughter's temples, her eyes kind and gentle: "I just feel a little emotional. The last time I combed our Yi Song's hair was more than ten years ago."
Because of her unreliable daughter, Yi Song was almost raised by her since she was a baby. The little girl who was as small as a kitten has grown so big in the blink of an eye.
Her little Yisong had grown into an outstanding and beautiful girl. But for some reason, when she combed her hair, she always felt that she was still looking at the little girl who was only as tall as a bench sitting in front of her.
Back then, she agreed to let Yisong's grandparents take Yisong back home. One reason was because of their work. As doctors, they could not give Yisong more company. The other reason was because of their daughter's remarriage.
But she regretted sending Yisong away, and she regretted it for more than ten years. But she didn't dare to let others see these emotions, her pride would not allow it.
Xu Yisong didn't know how to comfort his grandmother, so he could only grab her hand and put his face close to hers like he did when he was a child and acted like a spoiled child: "Grandma~Grandma~"
Ms. Luo was Ms. Luo after all, and she quickly calmed down. She smiled and rubbed her granddaughter's face and said, "Okay, grandma, don't cry. Let's go out and have breakfast. Your grandpa made today's breakfast all by himself."
Although it is traditional that men would not enter the kitchen on this day, there is no such tradition in the Li family. Ms. Luo does not know how to cook, so if one of them has to cook, it can only be grandpa.
In fact, usually professional chefs cook, but on the Spring Festival, the Li family still prefers to do it themselves, which makes the New Year more festive.
When Xu Yisong arrived at the restaurant, breakfast was already on the table.
Mr. Li came out of the kitchen wearing an apron and saw Heo Yisong in a Korean traditional costume and exclaimed, "Ayigu, whose little princess is this?"
"Of course it's grandpa's little princess." Xu Yisong ran over and wanted to hug grandpa, but Mr. Li dodged him: "No, no, no, there's oil on my clothes. Don't get them dirty, and be careful when eating later." After saying that, he looked at Ms. Luo and complained: "I told her to change after dinner, but you were in a hurry to change her clothes now. Don't you have to change them again if they get dirty later?"
Xu Yisong, who was already sitting at the table, grumbled somewhat dissatisfiedly: "I'm not a child anymore."
Ms. Luo also sat down and raised her eyebrows at Mr. Li: "Listen, your granddaughter said it herself, she has grown up. Don't nag anymore, come and eat, we have to go back to the old house soon."
Xu Yisong's grandfather's family was a large family. Although he only had two children, he had many younger brothers and sisters. On New Year's Day, they would return to the old house to worship their ancestors.
The Lee family's old house is located in Suwon City, Gyeonggi Province. It is a very traditional Korean house courtyard. My grandfather's youngest sister usually lives here.
Seoul and Suwon are not far apart, and the drive takes just over an hour or two.
When they arrived, quite a few people were already at the house.
Although Xu Yisong doesn't go back to Korea often, she attends the annual gatherings, so she still knows all these relatives.
The elders were busy preparing things for the ancestor worship in the house. Xu Yisong originally wanted to help but was stopped by his aunt: "We are here, why do you need help. Your brother is outside, go find him and play. Your sister Qiu Mei is here too today." She still treated Xu Yisong as a child.
After being kicked out, Xu Yisong followed his aunt's instructions and went to the yard to look for his cousin Li Jingwen, only to find him playing snowball fights with a group of children.
It has been snowing heavily for several days in a row, and now there is thick snow everywhere, only the snow on the road has been cleared.
These children are all from relatives' families. Li Jingwen is worthy of being a graduate of pediatrics. She is already 30 years old but can still play well with a group of children. The youngest child is the son of her cousin, who is only three years old and younger than Qi'er.
Seeing Xu Yisong coming, Li Jingwen started to call her over from a distance.
I was just complaining about my brother's childish snowball-making movements in my mind, but he didn't slow down at all, and the snowball flew out before he even got close to him.
The youngest little Dumpling saw Xu Yisong running and shouting: "Auntie Mo~"
Xu Yisong likes this little guy, wearing traditional Korean clothes, so cute in red.
She dodged the bombardment from all around and picked up the little girl: "Come on, auntie will take you to fight the bad guys!"
After saying that, he rushed towards the group of people opposite.
When playing snowball fights, anyone around you can only be an enemy. This sentence was fully verified at this moment. The people who were originally divided into two rows were completely in chaos after Xu Yisong joined. They just threw snowballs at anyone they saw. In the end, even Qiu Mei, who was watching the fight, was involved.
It was not until Xu Yisong's phone rang that she withdrew from the battlefield holding the little girl in her arms.
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