quietly like you

When Qiao Qiao and Ni Zijin returned to Ni's house, they found everyone sitting in the living room watching TV.

Ni Qing finished work early and came back to be with her family, Jiang Yao nestled in her arms, Ni's father and Ni's mother sat on the sofa and laughed at the content on the TV.

Laugh?

Before Qiao Qiao saw what was broadcast on TV, he heard that sentence: "This is my wife, isn't she very beautiful?... This is my wife, can you please give us your blessing?"

Obviously, what everyone is watching is the premiere of the first episode of Perfect Love that Qiao Qiao and Ni Zijin missed yesterday.

After Ni's mother finished broadcasting this sentence on TV, she played it back and forth, laughing uncontrollably, "Look at how proud Xiao Ni is, it's amazing."

These words were obviously not directed at Qiao Qiao, but Qiao Qiao felt as embarrassed as if he had been teased.

Ni Zijin said, "Mom."

"Ah! The protagonist is back." Everyone's eyes stopped on the two of them, and Qiao Qiao followed Ni Zijin in embarrassedly, not knowing where to put his hands.Seeing that Mama Ni's eyes had fallen on her, she opened her mouth and was about to call her uncle and aunt. Mama Ni smiled and said, "Are you still going to call me auntie?"

Ni Zijin looked at Qiao Qiao expectantly, Qiao Qiao lowered his head slightly and said, "Mom." Then he said to Dad Ni, "Dad."

"Hey! Good boy." Mama Ni took out a big red envelope and stuffed it into Qiao Qiao's hand, "Take it, Papa Ni and I have been preparing for this for a long time, today it can be regarded as giving away."

Qiao Qiao looked at Ni Zijin, and Ni Zijin said, "Take it."

Jiang Yao leaned on Ni Qing's body and touched her stomach, then asked with a smile, "Our Xiao Ni has been very happy recently, just look at her on the show."

"Ah, sister-in-law, I brought you something." Qiao Qiao handed over the exquisite packaging box of Changshousuo, "I don't know what to give for the child, so I picked this."

Ni Zijin added: "She chose it after a long time. You know, sister-in-law, it's not easy for Qiao Qiao to go out in front of the public now."

Qiao Qiao glared at her secretly, feeling that the proud feeling between the lines of Ni Zijin's speech had rushed to her face.Jiang Yao opened it and saw that it was a long-life lock, and said, "This is exactly what I need. Xiao Qiao really has a heart, and I like it."

Ni Qing smiled at Qiao Qiao speechlessly.

During the meal, Qiao Qiao mentioned the matter of when the two families would have time to have dinner together in the next year. Mama Ni said directly: "Call me to celebrate the New Year together! And your Aunt Xu's daughter and Xiao Ji are all called over. Our family It's not like you don't know the atmosphere, and it won't make them uncomfortable."

"This..." Qiao Qiao hesitated.

Ni Zijin didn't say anything, she just cared about peeling the shrimp for Qiao Qiao. She had no objection to this matter, as long as she listened to Qiao Qiao.

Jiang Yao also persuaded: "Isn't this a family? It's so lively to celebrate the New Year together, isn't it husband?"

Ni Qing was eating with her head down, when suddenly her daughter-in-law cue stepped on her toe before she could react, and quickly said, "Yes, yes yes yes."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was pinched again on the leg, and he immediately pushed Ni Zijin: "Zijin, don't you think so?"

Ni Zijin hadn't spoken yet, and while he was eating silently, Father Ni was taken aback suddenly. Mother Ni was much more straightforward than Jiang Yao, and pushed him on the table. Father Ni immediately understood, smiled and said to Qiao Qiao: Joe, if you don’t know how to speak, I’ll help you.”

Ni Zijin smiled into Qiao Qiao's ear and said, "I'm sorry, my wife, the attribute of wife slavery is inherited from our family."

Qiao Qiao was amused, "Okay, then I'll call my dad and them after dinner."

After dinner, Ni Zijin led Qiao Qiao upstairs to rest. Qiao Qiao and Qiao's father called to explain their intentions, and they immediately agreed, but Ni's father said that it would take two hours to arrive. Can't be empty-handed.

Ni Zijin was in charge of calling Ji Qinglin, and after hanging up, he sat thoughtfully, turned his head to look at Qiao Qiao who had changed into home clothes, and said for a while, "I'm jealous."

"?" Qiao Qiao went up to touch Ni Zijin's forehead, then tried his own, "I don't have a fever."

Ni Zijin said: "Xu Louyu didn't say anything just now, but Ji Qinglin told her that you invited her and she agreed." Ni Zijin sighed, and stretched out his arms just enough to hug Qiao Qiao's waist, "Is she going to rob someone?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Qiao Qiao felt it was funny, and felt that Ni Zijin seemed to have become a child who needed to be coaxed, asking himself why he didn't give him candy.She was amused by the thoughts in her head, and couldn't help but hold Ni Zijin's face and bent down to give her a long kiss.

Satisfied, Ni Zijin licked the corner of her lips, "Naping?"

"What about you?"

Ni Zijin pointed to her computer, "There is still a lot of work, you go to rest, actress's sleep is very important."

"Okay." Qiao Qiao lay down on the soft quilt, "Call me when my dad and the others come."

Ni Zijin agreed.

It was nearly two hours after Qiao Qiao woke up. When she opened her eyes, she saw that Ni Zijin was still concentrating on his work, and from time to time he took a black pen to record something on the paper.

Women who work hard are really attractive.

Qiao Qiao remained motionless on the bed, staring at Ni Zijin for a long time. Ni Zijin's movements were always very light, probably because she was afraid of waking Qiao Qiao up. She was so focused on her work that she never noticed that Qiao Qiao had woken up. When he looked over, Qiao Qiao gave her a big smile.

"When did you wake up without telling me?" Ni Zijin put down his pen and walked over, Qiao Qiao also sat up and asked her, "They haven't come yet?"

"No." As soon as Ni Zijin finished answering, she heard a sound from downstairs. She checked the time and stood up, "I came just after I finished speaking, shall we go down together?"

Qiao Qiao nodded, and when he and Ni Zijin went downstairs, they saw Father Qiao coming in with big bags and small bags, Aunt Xu followed behind, Ji Qinglin and Xu Louyu also happened to enter the door.Ni's father and Ni's mother kindly greeted people to come in, and everyone met face to face. Qiao Qiao went over to Xu Louyu and said, "Take it easy, don't be too stressed."

Ji Qinglin poked his head, squeezed between the two of them to hold Xu Louyu's hand, "You are not allowed to get close to Xu Louyu, go find Ni Zijin."

There was a slight smile on the corner of Xu Louyu's lips, Jiang Yao stuffed a handful of nuts in one hand, and Ni Ma stuffed marshmallows in the other hand, saying that children should eat some candy after the Chinese New Year.

Qiao Qiao was also treated the same as her, but Ni Zijin and Ji Qinglin were not.

Joe's father said: "I also bought a lot of fireworks, which are in the trunk, do you want to bring them in?"

Qiao Qiao: "Fireworks are not allowed in urban areas."

"Environmentally friendly fireworks, we can..." Dad Qiao looked at Qiao Qiao with a bit of aggrieved look, "I bought it because I didn't want to have a Chinese New Year atmosphere."

"It's okay, we can drive to the suburbs." Dad Ni said quickly, and walked over to talk to Dad Qiao.Aunt Xu and Ma Ni got acquainted quickly, both of them were gentle people, and they went to the kitchen to discuss the New Year's Eve dinner.

Although it's not yet New Year's Eve, the family has become more lively because of the arrival of the staff. Even Qiao Qiao, who has come so quickly and has no interest in this kind of show, has some feelings in his heart.

Xu Louyu squatted next to Jiang Yao's stomach and listened. When Jiang Yao said "Oops", she saw Xu Louyu's eyes sparkling.

Jiang Yao smiled: "The little guy is naughty, and he became restless when he knew he was a beautiful aunt." She glanced at Ni Qing, "It's really your son."

Ni Qing smiled helplessly.

Ji Qinglin was peeling melon seeds and said, "Do you know he's a young man?"

"No idea." Jiang Yao shook her head, "But it feels like it is."

Qiao Qiao heard Xu Louyu say softly, "That's great."

On New Year's Eve, the last day of the year, a heavy snow covered the city.Early in the morning, Aunt Xu and Mama Ni went to purchase the ingredients for the New Year’s Eve dinner, and they also brought Papa Ni and Papa Qiao who were in charge of the coolies.When they came back, Qiao Qiao just woke up and found Ni Zijin sitting next to the computer and started working again.

She lazily leaned on Ni Zijin's back, started to play with her hair, her voice was a little nasal: "I was so tired last night and you got up so early to work?"

"This is the first time you know I'm energetic?" Ni Zijin smiled lightly, and turned to kiss her, but Qiao Qiao quickly covered her mouth, "Wait a minute! I haven't brushed my teeth yet."

Ni Zijin said: "Old couples are still shy."

Qiao Qiao ignored her, rubbed his eyes and went to take a shower.Ni Zijin stretched on the seat and turned off the computer.After Qiao Qiao finished cleaning up, he took Ni Zijin's hand downstairs and found that they were the last ones in the whole family to get up.

Jiang Yao and Ni Qing were both making dumplings in the living room. Xu Louyu was wearing a white sweater for a rare occasion today, which made her skin look fair and radiant. She was making dumplings with Ji Qinglin folded, but the dumplings made by Ji Qinglin were very obvious. It is a different kind among the dumplings made by everyone, and it is extremely ugly.

Qiao Qiao felt that he had finally found another emotion on Xu Louyu's face, which was dislike for Ji Qinglin.

"Where's my dad?" Qiao Qiao asked.

While poking at the dumpling stuffing, Ni Qing said, "Both fathers have gone to the study to play chess. They said that whoever loses will bear everyone's lucky red envelopes. They are fighting to the death."

The usually calm and majestic man in the company sat in front of Jiang Yao with a gentle face, making dumplings carefully, and showed his wife a face of offering treasures after making the dumplings. Jiang Yao also expressed her dislike.

Qiao Qiao had no choice but to get into the kitchen to help, but they were kicked out by Aunt Xu and Ma Ni, saying that the kitchen is now their place and no one else is allowed to intervene.

No way, Qiao Qiao and Ni Zijin became the two most leisurely people in the family, so they had to sit in the living room and watch TV with the four dumpling-making people.While making dumplings, Ji Qinglin stuffed toffee into Xu Louyu's mouth.

Qiao Qiao glared at Ji Qinglin: "The president has rotten teeth!"

Ji Qing said before returning: "Don't you know how to brush your teeth and see a dentist more? I will take my children to see a dentist. Come to Xu Louyu, ah——"

She fed another marshmallow, and Xu Louyu ate it obediently, with a sweet taste in her mouth.Ji Qinglin discovered the good thing of sugar, and after Xu Louyu ate it, Xu Louyu became very obedient.

She wondered if there would be a pack of toffee next to the bed in the future.

Ni Zijin quickly wrapped a dumpling, placed it next to Ji Qinglin's torn dumpling, glanced at Ji Qinglin lightly and said, "We are different."

Qiao Qiao bowed down laughing at the puzzled eyes of Ni Qing and Jiang Yao, Ji Qinglin couldn't escape this stalker.

Under the management of Aunt Xu and Ma Ni, I had a rough lunch.Although it was rough in their mouths, they actually cooked six dishes, and all the people who ate had round stomachs and just wanted to lie on the sofa without moving.After the meal, Mama Ni and Aunt Xu went to prepare ten dishes for dinner, while Papa Ni and Papa Qiao went back to the study to play the game of dueling chess.

Ni Zijin was making tea in the living room, the expression on his face was hidden in a white mist.Looking at her profile, Qiao Qiao felt that time suddenly slowed down, so slow that she could clearly see every frame of Ni Zijin smiling at her as long as she thought about it.

The hand she held out to herself, and every word she said to herself.

Qiao Qiao leaned against Ni Zijin's body, Ni Zijin felt Qiao Qiao's emotional fluctuations, turned his head and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

"No." Qiao Qiao remembered the fireworks that Joe's father bought, "When are we going to set off the fireworks?"

"Dad said to drive there at eleven o'clock, and we were just in time for midnight."

At dinner time, the dumplings made by Qiao Qiao and the others were brought to the table. Ji Qinglin was disgusted by the whole family, because the dumplings she made were all broken during cooking, and the filling leaked out, leaving only the dumpling skin.

Xu Louyu carefully helped her fill a large bowl of dumpling wrappers, and Ji Qinglin said, "Thank you."

Xu Louyu spoke clearly: "You're welcome."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Louyu suddenly stopped his chopsticks and took out a one-yuan coin from his mouth.

"?" Xu Louyu pinched the coin, puzzled.

"Oh!" Immediately afterwards, Qiao Qiao also took out coins from the dumpling, but he didn't know when it was wrapped.

"Every year, the dumplings on our family's New Year's Eve dinner will be wrapped with two coins, and whoever eats them will have good luck for a year." Ni Zijin explained to her, "This year it's you and Xu Louyu."

Qiao Qiao smiled, feeling happy all over his body.I saw Xu Louyu thinking about it with his coin, and finally put it solemnly beside Jiang Yao's bowl.

Looking at the coin, Jiang Yao felt that being a mother is easy to be emotional, and just this small move by Xu Louyu brought tears to her eyes.She wiped the corners of her eyes, and said to Xu Louyu, "I like it very much." She then said to Qiao Qiao, "Don't give me yours, it's all given to this kid for a long life lock, and I have to keep this coin." on."

Ji Qinglin didn't interrupt, and ate the dumpling wrapper quietly, with a smile on his lips.

It was a warm meal, and I could hear the sound of fireworks all the way while driving to the suburbs.Qiao Qiao looked at the coin he ate for a long time, and finally found that the year on the coin was actually the year he was born!

"What a coincidence?" Qiao Qiao groaned, then turned his head and asked Ni Zijin who was driving, "How come?"

Ni Zijin laughed, "Stupid, finally found out? This is the coin specially prepared for you."

Only then did Qiao Qiao remember that Mama Ni picked up the dumplings herself.

That Xu Louyu...

"Xu Louyu ate that by herself." Ni Zijin guessed what she was thinking, reached out and touched her head, "Are you happy?"

Qiao Qiao whispered, "Happy, very happy."

When we arrived in the suburbs, the time calculation was just right, and there were less than 5 minutes left before the arrival of the new year.

The car drove directly to the top of the mountain, and you could see the bright lights of Beilin City.After arranging the fireworks, Ni Qing was in charge of lighting the fire, while counting down loudly to everyone: "Five!"

Four.

three.

two.

One!

"Bang bang bang—" The fireworks exploded in the night sky, and then fell one after another, as if they were within reach.Qiao Qiao could hardly hear the deafening voice, but could only hear Ni Zijin whispering in his ear: "Happy New Year, wife."

She nestled in Ni Zijin's arms, her eyes were moist, and during the countdown, many images flashed before her eyes.There are Ni Zijin's ones, as well as the ones I saw today, making dumplings in the living room, Xu Louyu's sparkling eyes, Ji Qinglin's annoyed snort, Aunt Xu and Mama Ni's busy figures, Papa Qiao and Papa Ni's childish contest, all of them It turned into a vivid picture, passing by countless times in front of my eyes.

"Ni Zijin." Qiao Qiao whispered to Ni Zijin, "I think I'm really happy."