The Cultivation of Rebirth

In the small living room of the Gu residence, the old man of the Gu family asked Li Rui while playing chess: "What have you been doing these two days?"

When Gu Huaidong listened to Mr. Gu's question, he understood that he was blaming himself for being late in disguise.

Gu Huaidong replied pleasantly: "Li Rui and I have been busy choosing New Year's gifts for everyone these two days. We have been preparing for grandpa's for a long time. I hope you like it then. The other thing is to get together with Peng Zhen and the others. After all, everyone came back to City B years ago, so it was rare to get together. We will stay at home in peace for the rest of the time."

Mr. Gu felt that the elder grandson's words sounded good, so he nodded and asked, "What gift did you choose for me?"

Gu Huaidong kicked Li Rui with his foot placed under the table, and Li Rui replied according to the plot that the two of them had rehearsed in advance: "Grandpa, can you guess it? You won't be surprised if you just say it."

Li Rui wasn't used to talking to Mr. Gu like this, so he was rather nervous, and he said something that should be warm and dry.

Mr. Gu stroked his beard, cast a sidelong glance at Gu Huaidong, and asked Li Rui, "You didn't want to say this, did you? Huaidong taught you?"

Gu Huaidong touched his nose.

Li Rui said long ago that this would not work, but Gu Huaidong still insisted on making him say so, but now it really failed.

Li Rui glanced at Gu Huaidong annoyedly, and then said to Mr. Gu, "Grandpa Gu's guess is right."

When Li Rui got nervous, he only dared to call him this kind of more polite name.

Gu Huaidong also flattered the old man at the side: "Grandpa is a real lesson."

Gu Huaidong took advantage of Old Master Gu to look over, and looked at him obsequiously, with a bit of pleading in his eyes.

Mr. Gu let out a "huh" and said to Li Rui, "You don't have to be so restrained. You can call me Grandpa. It's not like I haven't called him before. The group of young people in Huaidong also called me Grandpa."

Mr. Gu was afraid that Li Rui would misunderstand that he agreed with them now.

Li Rui didn't see what riddles Gu's grandparents were playing. Hearing this, he just looked at Mr. Gu with gratitude and emotion and said, "Grandpa, thank you."

Mr. Gu satisfied the junior, but he was not happy anymore. He threw the chess piece in his hand into the chess jar: "It's too early for you to thank me. Let's do it for today. I won't play any more. I'm going to the study."

Mr. Gu stood up, and Gu Huaidong was eager to help him up, but Mr. Gu waved him away.

Seeing the back of Mr. Gu leaving, Li Rui felt that he had messed up the matter, covered half of his face with one hand, and said shamefully to Gu Huaidong, "I'm sorry."

Gu Huaidong immediately noticed that Li Rui's thinking was wrong, he put his hand on Li Rui's shoulder that was far away from him, then put his head close to Li Rui's ear, and whispered to him: "Rui Rui, what did you do today? As always, it's fine. Don't worry, Grandpa isn't angry. He just wants to accept us, but he feels it's too easy to swallow the breath in his heart. I'll go back and do things a few more times and let him scold him. alright."

Gu Huaidong's tone was too sure, and Li Rui was successfully appeased.

Li Rui said to Gu Huaidong: "Whatever you want to do, we will be together."

Gu Huaidong patted Li Rui on the shoulder and replied, "Okay."

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The Gu family is a traditional big family. As New Year's Eve approaches, family members rush home every day.

On New Year's Eve, all family members were present except for those who couldn't come back due to their personal needs.Even Gu Huaidong's two aunts who married out were no exception.

Those who can spend New Year's Eve in Gu's house are all the direct descendants of the Gu family, that is, the family members of Mr. Gu's line, so they all know more or less about Gu Huaidong's boyfriend.

It turned out that among the big family, there were people like Uncle Gu who thought it was indifferent, and there were others who thought it was too shameful.

It's just that now Gu Zhiming and his wife are clearly supporting their son, and Mr. Gu has also agreed to let people celebrate the New Year at home. No matter what they think in their hearts, they are polite to Li Ruike on the surface.

Some people who had met Li Rui before remembered that this was the classmate Gu Huaidong had brought back home two years ago, and when they talked to Li Rui, they became more intimate.

Li Rui was fully prepared, good or bad, he didn't have stage fright, and he was neither humble nor overbearing when he answered questions, and he was well-founded in his advances and retreats.

Gu Zhiming couldn't come back on New Year's Eve this time, Xia Jinxuan thought it was the first time for the two children to celebrate the New Year together in the main house in a special capacity, so she had to leave her husband and come back to take care of the children.

Gu Huaidong accepted his mother's kindness and kept it in his heart.

Xia Jinxuan not only protected the child herself, but also worked hard to win an ally.

The aunt of the Gu family is one year younger than Gu Zhiming. The siblings grew up together and have a deep relationship. After Gu Zhiming got married, she got along very well with her sister-in-law Xia Jinxuan. Both of them are women, so they can understand each other better. , Talking about everything, in the end, the relationship between Aunt Gu and her sister-in-law was even better than that with her elder brother.

Aunt Gu was also the main force supporting Gu Huaidong and Li Rui this time, she called "Xiao Rui" as soon as she spoke to Li Rui, her voice was filled with genuine intimacy, and she asked Li Rui with a smile: "We met each other two years ago, Do you remember your aunt?"

Li Rui felt her kindness, and replied with the greatest sincerity: "My aunt is so young and beautiful, of course I remember it. Huai Dong also often told me that my aunt loved him when he was young."

The eldest aunt of the Gu family is named Gu Zhilin, and she is indeed as her name suggests, with a graceful and gentle temperament.

Gu Zhilin was coaxed into laughter by Li Rui, took out the prepared gift to Li Rui, and at the same time boasted: "The mouth is so sweet. It is more likable than Dongdong."

Gu Zhilin introduced her two sons and daughters to Li Rui and asked them to call Li Rui "brother".

Gu Zhilin's eldest son looked at Li Rui curiously for a while, felt that Li Rui was younger than himself, and raised an objection: "Mom, I think he looks younger than me, should he call me brother?"

Hearing this, Gu Huaidong patted his head from behind: "Don't you kid try to take advantage of me, call me brother."

Gu Huaidong couldn't believe that Auntie didn't tell them about Li Rui's identity.

The cousin of the Gu family saw through his intentions at once, so he had no choice but to accept his fate: "Brother Li Rui."

Gu Huaidong immediately took out two red envelopes from Li Rui's pocket, and stuffed one into each of his cousins: "Brother Li Rui and I gave you the lucky money."

The two young men cheered and said in unison: "Thank you, brother, thank you, Brother Li Rui."

In the evening, Mr. Gu and his sons had another banquet to attend, so they only ate a few mouthfuls at the beginning of the banquet, and then went out.

After they left, the atmosphere at the dinner table was completely released,

A group of people ate, drank and chatted by the way, especially at the table of the younger generation, it was so noisy that it didn't stop all night.

After eating, the Spring Festival Gala began.

The Gu family has a habit of watching the year, so after the reunion dinner, no one left first.

The Spring Festival Gala was broadcasted on the big TV in the hall, and several elders started to build a poker table, and there were also juniors who wanted to play poker, and each made a few piles without interfering with each other.

Li Rui was dragged by Xia Jinxuan and Gu Zhilin to play cards, and Gu Huaidong stood behind him, putting his hands on the back of the chair he was sitting on to help him read the cards.

When playing cards, Gu Huaidong habitually gave a few words of advice, but in the end, a table of four people objected, so he had to raise his hands in a gesture of surrender.

Gu Zhilin smiled and said: "Huaidong, you can't cheat, let Li Rui fight by himself, otherwise it will be boring."

Gu Huaidong grinned and asked his aunt, "Auntie, aren't you afraid that I'll win you money again?"

Xia Jinxuan scolded her son from the side: "Look at what you said, it seems that we are reluctant to part with this little money. My aunt and mother just think that you keep talking non-stop, and Li Rui can't appreciate the fun of playing cards by yourself. Xiao Rui, yes Bar?"

Xia Jinxuan also asked for Li Rui's opinion.

Li Rui narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Yes."

Gu Huaidong felt that they thought they had won too much in the past two years, so he curled his lips and cheered for Li Rui.

Gu Zhilin laughed at the side: "Dongdong, you have been arguing all the time, are you afraid that Li Rui will lose all your money?"

In his heart, Gu Huaidong dismissed his aunt's lame aggressive tactics, but he was willing to cooperate on the surface, and said to Li Rui proudly: "Ruirui, you can fight anyway, if you lose, it's mine, and if you win, it's all yours."

Gu Zhilin laughed at the side: "You said this, don't feel bad then. Xiaorui, do you hear me, don't worry, fight as you want."

Gu Huaidong chuckled, and said, "Auntie, if Li Rui wins you later, you can't play tricks."

Gu Zhilin gave Gu Huaidong an angry look: "Am I that kind of person?"

Afterwards, Gu Huaidong really just looked but didn't speak.

Li Rui lost several rounds in a row, and the elders took turns to play cards, all of them very proud.

But soon, Li Rui started to win, and he kept changing tricks.

Gu Zhilin turned pale with shock: "Xiao Rui, is this really your first time playing mahjong?"

Li Rui nodded.

Gu Huaidong said proudly at the side: "Gu, I forgot to tell you, Li Rui's memory and arithmetic are better than mine." So card counting and card counting are nothing to Li Rui at all.I lost the first few rounds because I was studying.

Li Rui blinked his eyes and said, "I think it's just my luck. There is a saying that novices always get off to a good start."

Xia Jinxuan smiled and replied: "There is such a saying." She then asked Gu Huaidong, "Dongdong, my mother's private money is almost lost."

Gu Huaidong froze for a while: "Mom, as long as you don't call me that, just tell me how much you want."

As soon as the words fell, Gu Zhilin called softly, "Dongdong..."

Gu Huaidong responded immediately: "Auntie, you can also speak directly."

As soon as he finished speaking, he patted himself on the head again: "Hey, that's not right, I'm the biggest loser if I don't have feelings on the table."

The card-watchers at a table burst into laughter.

Then, as if to verify Li Rui's statement that novices are always lucky, after a few more rounds, Li Rui began to win and lose.

Gu Huaidong was delighted to see it, and thought that his family Rurui was really upright, so he began to give up.

The people in the hall were playing around until it was past twelve o'clock, and it was time to go outside and set off cannons.

Gu Huaidong took on this task consciously, and took a group of followers outside to set off firecrackers.

Amidst the crackling sound, the fiery red firecrackers exploded non-stop, reminding me of more firecrackers near and far.

The new year has arrived in such a festive way.

A group of people played children's fireworks outdoors.

The kind of falling cannon that will go off when you drop it on the ground, the sky monkey with a bullet-shaped firework tied to a thin bamboo stick, and the candy-shaped one that will only hear a sound when it looks cute small firecrackers.There are also long stick-shaped firecrackers with "Ruyi Golden Cudgel" written on them. After lighting the fuse and pointing the muzzle towards the sky, you can watch small sparks explode in the sky.

Gu Huaidong also took out the childish fairy sticks that children play with to play with Li Rui.

The sparks from the fairy wand were particularly brilliant, shining brightly in the eyes of Gu Huaidong and Li Rui.

By the time they entered the room again, someone had already started yawning.

Both Mr. Gu and Gu Zhiming were not at home, and Xia Jinxuan was the biggest at home.

Xia Jinxuan asked the children to go to rest, and each of them prepared a red envelope containing money.

When Li Rui took the red envelope, he whispered, "Thank you, Mom."

Xia Jinxuan was stunned for a long time before recovering from Gu Zhilin's reminder, and quickly responded: "Hey, Xiao Rui, happy new year!"

Li Rui's face was flushed, and he didn't know whether it was because of drinking at night or because of shyness.

Hearing Xia Jinxuan's blessing, Li Rui also hurriedly said some auspicious words.

Gu Huaidong, who received the pressured money first, went from being dazed to regaining consciousness to smiling, and finally he was as happy as an idiot. On the way back to the room with Li Rui, he yelled "My Ruirui!" ".

Then when he got back to the room and closed the door, he pressed Li Rui on the door and kissed him enough.

After kissing on the door panel, he dragged Li Rui to the big bed to continue kissing.

They didn't stop until their tongues were numb.

Li Rui was so dazed by the kiss, he kicked Gu Huaidong several times to vent his anger when he came to his senses.

The two sat up and opened the red envelope together.

After Li Rui opened the red envelope, he found that the red envelope contained not banknotes, but genuine money.

The kind mentioned in the ancient texts he had read.

What fell out of the red envelope was a piece of money, cast in the shape of Brother Kong Fang, tied with a red thread, and there were Yangwen Xiaozhuan on both sides of the copper coin.

Li Rui could only roughly understand half of it, and asked Gu Huaidong, "What do the words cast on it mean?"

Gu Huaidong took out his coin, put it next to Li Rui, and read it to Li Rui word by word: "This side is to eliminate disasters, this side is to bring peace and joy."

Compared with the value of money itself, the sincere blessings from above are more precious.

Gu Huaidong stuffed the two coins under the pillow: "Put it under the pillow to sleep at night, and we will put it away tomorrow. You can also find a longer red string and wear it around your neck."

Gu Huaidong wore it like this for a long time when he was a child.

The more Gu Huaidong thought about it, the more he felt that the latter note was better: "Hey, Rarity, let's wear it together tomorrow."

Afraid that Li Rui would refuse, Gu Huaidong added: "Just wear it until Lantern Festival."

Li Rui patted the two pieces of money symbolizing the elders' good wishes and expectations for them through the pillow, and replied with a sore nose: "Okay."

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