Dreaming Back to the 90s to Help My Dad Chase Away Rivals (BL)

Chapter 17: Reconciliation

Translator: dapotaturs

Release Date: 03/24/2024

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Time passed swiftly. In the blink of an eye, it was already the end of the year after returning from Sheshan.

This was the first Spring Festival Ning Xiaobei spent after returning to his old house. Festivals were lively in his childhood. Just the sound of firecrackers ringing throughout the night and the fireworks scattered around were enough to make Ning Xiaobei nostalgic.

After all, in the "real world," fireworks and firecrackers have been banned in downtown Shanghai for many years. If you wanted to set off firecrackers during the New Year, you had to drive to designated areas outside the outer ring road to satisfy your craving.

Ning Xiaobei wasn't the type to eat his fill and still look for more, so he had never done such a thing. So when he heard the firecrackers exploding on New Year's Eve, he was startled.

For several days, there was a constant stream of visitors in the alley, and even the Ning family received several groups of relatives. Although Ning Jianguo was an only child, the Ning family still had several relatives in Shanghai, and there were even descendants who came from Suzhou to pay their respects to the elders. For a while, the old house was lively and full of joy.

Today was the fourth day of the new year. In previous years, it was the day when Ning Jianguo's apprentices and grandchildren from his workshop came to pay their New Year's respects. But this year was an exception because Ning Jianguo's apprentice, Xiaosun, was getting married today, so father and son were going to a grand hotel on Nanjing Road for the wedding banquet in the evening.

With the new year came a new atmosphere, and Grandma Ning, who usually had a stern face, had been smiling these past few days.

What's even more rare was that this year, in addition to giving Ning Xiaobei a generous red envelope, Grandma Ning also took out a piece of brown English woolen cloth from her secret stash. She asked the 'Hongbang tailor' in the alley to make a three-piece suit in a rush, following the rules of old Shanghai. Finally, just before the new year arrived, the suit was completed.

Not only that, Grandma Ning also had a matching bow tie and shell cufflinks prepared according to the rules of old Shanghai, just so that on the day of the wedding banquet, she could show Ning Jianguo's apprentices how "impressive" their master's son looked.

The family calculated the time and set off around four in the afternoon to take the bus to Nanjing Road. Although it was the holiday season, the bus was still crowded, filled with people wearing red and green and carrying bags of various sizes to visit friends and relatives for the New Year.

As for the taxi business, it was booming beyond belief. Without making a reservation in advance, it was impossible to get one. At this time, it was embarrassing to trouble Master Guo without calling ahead. He was putting in extra effort to "scoop up fares".

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

Ning Xiaobei squeezed into the middle of the crowd, stretching his neck and pointing to the red bow tie around his neck.

Honestly, even in the "real world," Ning Xiaobei only bought his first suit when he graduated from college and started looking for a job. He had never worn one as a child.

Now, his small frame was confined in a meticulously tailored English-style three-piece suit. The carriage was unusually stuffy due to the crowd, and he felt like he was going to suffer from heatstroke.