It depends on you

Will be closing for the holidays and we need to get everything back before they close! "

Gu Chen was urging Hu Peidong to wash up in the living room, only to hear Hu Peidong who was brushing his teeth inside shouting.

"Got it! Ma Sang will be fine~"

"Xiaochen, don't rush Xiaodong. We still have time. It's only before nine o'clock in the morning and we can definitely buy it before the door closes."

As he said that, Hu Peidong came out of the bathroom and returned to his room to put on his coat.

"Fixed! Let's go~"

He seemed extraordinarily excited, and strongly requested to bring him with him when he went shopping this time. He had never felt this kind of atmosphere before, so he wanted to experience it once.

"Let's go, we will buy a little more things today, the two of us are mom's free coolies haha~"

When they walked to the supermarket, they found that many people were already buying the ingredients for tonight. Everyone was scrambling to get the freshest vegetables and fruits, as if they would be gone in the next second.

"Tsk tsk~ I didn't expect to see such a cruel side. Look at that aunt who walks with two bags of vegetables and fruits in her hands! Amazing..."

"Aren't you surprised! It's like some girls usually look delicate, but they are unambiguous when they unpack the express delivery."

"Hahahaha~"

"Gu Chen, your metaphor is very appropriate!"

"Okay, now that there are fewer people, let's hurry up and buy, otherwise we will really drink the northwest wind at night."

Gu's mother came to the place where she bought vegetables first, and picked out a lot of garlic sprouts, cauliflower, mushrooms, etc., and then went to the meat place to buy a large piece of beef and pork, and bought two chickens...

"Godmother, we bought so many things, can we finish eating?"

Hu Peidong was a little surprised to see Gu's mother shuttling around the supermarket.

While picking eggplants, Gu's mother said, "Xiaodong, you don't understand. Chinese New Year is a celebration, and every household will buy several times more things than usual, even if they can't finish them all at once. "

"This is the custom that can only be understood more or less."

"So that's how it is...understood."

"Okay, the vegetables and meat are almost ready, I'm going to buy some seasonings and the like."

After buying everything, Gu Chen and Hu Peidong each carried two big bags of things, looked at each other speechlessly and smiled wryly.

"Taste the taste~"

"Although it is very tiring, I like this feeling very much. There are some things that I have never experienced, such as everything I do now."

"Mom, is it almost enough?"

"Well, I'm just buying some melon seed candies. You guys wait for me at the cash register. I'll go there after I'm done."

Gu's mother went to buy melon seed candy, Gu Chen and Hu Peidong went to check out first.

I have to say that there are so many people during the Spring Festival...it's almost like a "long queue"~

"How can everyone still laugh while carrying so many things?"

It's hard to understand that Hu Peidong has never experienced this kind of atmosphere.

"Because of the Chinese New Year, everyone has been busy for a year, so they can relax in these few days. Coupled with the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year, they will naturally not feel tired."

At this time, it was finally their turn, and Gu's mother also bought it.After paying the bill, I went home with a big bag and a small bag.

"I'm exhausted!"

As soon as Hu Peidong got home, he slumped on the sofa and didn't want to move.

"Are you tired~ you guys rest for a while, I'll make lunch, let's make do with something, let's make a big dinner to reward you in the evening."

"Thank godmother~"

After eating at noon, Hu Peidong and Gu Chen went back to the room to rest, while Gu's mother was busy in the kitchen with what needed to be done at night.

"This feeling is very good. Although I am a little tired, I can feel the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year!"

Hu Peidong lay on the bed with an excited expression on his face.

"There are fireworks here at night, but they have become more strict in recent years, and they are not allowed here, for fear of causing a fire."

"Fireworks? Shall we watch them after dinner?"

"Okay, take a rest, and get up later to help mom prepare the ingredients."

"Okay~ come on baby~ come into my arms~"

"Are you having a convulsion! You're not afraid of being heard by my mother."

Gu Chen hurried over and pinched Hu Peidong's thigh.

"Oh... you murdered your husband~"

The two quarreled for a while and went to sleep.

After getting up in the afternoon, I started to get busy with the delicious meal in the evening. At this time, there were already intermittent firecrackers outside.

"Hu Peidong, go and take the fish out of the refrigerator to defrost, as well as those meatballs!"

"Oh, alright"

"Hey! Hu Peidong why did you put the mushrooms in here?"

"..."

"Brother, I found out that I'm just in the way in the kitchen, oh my god, I'm so exhausted that it's not helping~"

Looking at Hu Peidong's appearance, Gu's mother couldn't help but said: "Now I know that anyone can enter the kitchen if they want~ Xiaodong, if you have nothing to do, go to the living room and sit on the sofa to peel some garlic and pick vegetables. Make it easy."

"That's good~ I'm going!"

Hu Peidong finally found something he could do that would not hinder their busy work, so he sat on the sofa and got busy.

Seeing the busy figure of this family has a Chinese New Year atmosphere, Gu Chen saw the busy mother in the kitchen and clumsy peeling garlic in the living room, and a sense of happiness spontaneously arose in his heart.

"Xiaochen, go and help mom fry the cauliflower."

"Okay~"

New Year's Eve reunion dinner

74 New Year's Eve Reunion Dinner

In the kitchen, Mother Gu and Gu Chen were busy making the reunion dinner, while Hu Peidong was fighting for his own garlic in the living room.

After a while his cell phone rang, and when he took it over and saw that it was Hu Zhentian's call, he hesitated and picked it up.

"dad"

"Aren't you planning to go home during Chinese New Year!"

Hu Zhentian's voice came from over there, obviously displeased.

"Dad, I'm having New Year's Eve dinner at Gu Chen's house, so I won't go back."

"Bastard! What's the point of going to someone else's house if you don't eat at home during the Chinese New Year?!"

"Dad, do you know that this is Chinese New Year? Have you eaten at home every year? Every time I happily wait for you to come back for dinner, how about you? Have you ever come back to accompany me to eat New Year's Eve dinner! "

Hu Peidong retorted, and there was a little silence on the phone.

"If you don't want to come back, just figure it out yourself!"

Zhou Zhentian hung up the phone directly, Hu Peidong put away the phone and continued to busy with his own affairs, Gu Chen heard him calling and asked, "Whose phone is it?"

"It's nothing, a blessing call from friends."

"Well, it will be ready soon, and we can have dinner later."

"it is good"

"—"

"Isn't Xiaodong coming back for dinner?"

Hu Peifeng looked at Zhou Zhentian who was silent in front of him.

"I won't come back, now his wings are stiff and no one can control where he wants to fly."

Can hear the helplessness in the tone.

"Dad, this is also the first time for you to celebrate the New Year at home. You used to be busy with company affairs and didn't even come back for the New Year. Xiaodong looks forward to having a New Year's Eve dinner with you every time. But every time you are disappointed."

"I know that I owe you too much as a father, but I really can't do anything about work..."

Perhaps this is why it is difficult to maintain a balance between family and career.

Hu Peifeng said comfortingly: "Dad, don't you still have me? I will spend this year with you, and I haven't spent the New Year with you for a long time."

"Well... It's hard for you, it's because Dad didn't do a good job as a father."

"It's dinner time!"

Gu Chen came out with the last braised fish and shouted.

"It smells so good~ Looking at all the delicious food on the table, Hu Peidong feels like his mouth is watering."

"Hurry up and wash your hands and eat. Aren't you going to watch the fireworks outside later?"

"Well, go wash your hands right away!"

The three of them sat at the dining table and began to eat.

"This braised fish is really delicious. It's charred on the outside and tender on the inside, full of fragrance~ and the eggplant box is really delicious! The inside is made of carefully selected pork belly. It's fat but not greasy. !"

Hu Peidong has been evaluating the food on the table as a gourmet.

"Eat as much as you like. Tonight is New Year's Eve. Don't be restrained and let your stomach eat."

Gu's mother smiled and said to Hu Peidong, she really felt that the child was very kind, maybe this is what people call eye fate.

Some people are not as good as those who only look at each other for a lifetime.

Halfway through eating, Gu's mother looked at Hu Peidong and asked, "Xiaodong, is it really okay if you don't go home today is New Year's Eve?"

Hu Peidong didn't expect that Gu's mother would ask such a question, and he was a little dazed.

"Well... nothing to do at home for the New Year, it's the same as usual. I like the feeling of being in this home."

"In the end, that's your father too. It's better to go home early to be with your father after dinner."

"Godmother..."

"The call just now was from your father, right? He still cares about you, otherwise he wouldn't call you. Let Gu Chen accompany you back later, and you can go to other friends' houses after dinner It won’t break the custom if you stop by for a drink.”

Gu's mother nodded and agreed when Hu Peidong said that it was hard to say no to this.

On the contrary, Gu Chen had a bitter look on his face~ Hu Peidong's father probably didn't calm down about what happened last time, but he still doesn't know how to deal with it this time.

"Am I not going?"

"Gu Chen, you can go back with me to have a look, I don't want to go home myself~"

"..."

"Ok."

After eating, Gu Chen and Hu Peidong got dressed and talked with Gu's mother before leaving for Hu's house...

Hu's New Year's Eve Dinner

75 Hu's New Year's Eve Dinner

Hu Peidong and Gu Chen were walking on the road and Gu Chen always wondered if he was just getting in the way in the past.

"Is it suitable for Pei Dong to go? Your father will be unhappy..."

"Aren't you afraid that I'm here? Today is New Year's Eve, he will definitely be fine. But it's also strange that I haven't lived at home for so many years.