Since returning home during the winter vacation, Chen Fan has become particularly fond of sleeping in.
Lying in a familiar room and a familiar little bed, Chen Fan could sleep until the end of time.
At first, Li Jinqiu came over and shouted to wake up several times, but then Chen Jianye stopped him.
"The child finally has a winter vacation. Let him go home and let him have a good rest."
For Chen Fan, maybe what he enjoys is not sleeping in, but the feeling of being a child when his parents wake him up and have breakfast when he wakes up, without having to be busy himself.
In this home, Chen Fan could not think about anything, let go of all the burdens and pressures, and be himself without any worries.
The twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month.
Chen Fan didn't go anywhere. He stayed with his parents at home, moved out all the old furniture, and cleaned the room thoroughly.
Although this house is a bit old, the walls are peeling off in some places.
But after cleaning, Chen Fan felt extremely warm.
On the twenty-fifth, when Chen Fan got up, his father had already carried a bag of soybeans to the neighbor's house in Murakami who sold tofu and lined up to grind the tofu.
After breakfast, Chen Fan accompanied his mother to the market in Murakami.
When he was a child, Chen Fan’s favorite thing was to visit the supermarket before Chinese New Year.
But now, he was not so interested in everything, and looked at the sea of people in front of him with more of a nostalgic mentality.
Today, he acts as a labor force, helping his mother carry the purchased chicken, duck, fish, and cabbage.
Li Jinqiu even helped Chen Fan buy several firecrackers, including two big bags of firecrackers.
This was Chen Fan's favorite when he was a child.
Chen Fan couldn't laugh or cry.
I am already a college student, but in my mother's eyes, I am still the same as a child.
On the way back, I occasionally meet people from the village.
"Ah, Xiaofan is back. Look at this kid, he's already a college student..."
"I heard that Xiaofan passed the exam, tsk tsk, that's amazing..."
"This kid will definitely have a future."
Facing the praises from the villagers, her mother Li Jinqiu always has a reserved smile on her face.
But Chen Fan could see that his admission to college gave his parents more confidence to straighten their backs in the village.
On the twenty-sixth day, it stands to reason that pigs should be killed to celebrate the New Year.
Chen Fan's family doesn't raise pigs, so he can only buy meat from the butcher's house in the village.
In previous years, my parents were always reluctant to eat it and cut very few pieces.
But this year, Chen Jianye cut off one hundred yuan in one go.
Even Chen Fan was amazed.
"Dad, our family has become rich? We bought so much meat."
Chen Jianye held a cigarette in his mouth and said with a smile: "Your mother said that you have lost weight when you come back this time, so she asked you to buy more meat and make up for it at home."
Twenty-seven, kill chicken and stew meat.
Twenty-eight, croquettes and dough.
Twenty-nine, steamed buns, fried fish and fried tofu...
On the evening of the 30th, there were bursts of firecrackers outside the window and the sky was filled with fireworks.
Li Jinqiu stood in front of the stove and was busy making dumplings.
The cooked meals have been placed on the table, and Chen Fan and his father are sitting at the table.
Compared with previous years, this year’s New Year’s Eve dinner was significantly more sumptuous.
In the eyes of parents, when their children go to college, it means they have completely grown up.
Chen Fan went back to the bedroom and dug out a bottle of Moutai he had bought in advance from his suitcase.
"Dad, shall we have a drink tonight?"
Chen Jianye glared, "Maotai? When did you buy it?"
"Hey, I bought it at Yunhai."
"This wine is not cheap. You kid, you spend money randomly..."
As if remembering his wife's advice two days ago, Chen Jianye swallowed back the words he wanted to educate his son.
"Okay. Tonight on New Year's Eve, let me have a taste of the good wine my son bought me."
Chen Fan smiled, got up and went to the cupboard to get two small wine glasses.
Li Jinqiu came over with dumplings and saw this scene, and couldn't help but smile.
"The pig skin jelly I made the day before yesterday, would you like to cut a plate for you and me?"
Chen Jianye nodded, picked up the wine glass, smelled it first, then put it to his mouth and took a cautious sip.
Chen Fan asked expectantly: "Dad, how do you feel?"
Chen Jianye thought about it for a while before speaking.
"It's just a grain wine with a better taste. I don't understand why this wine is so expensive."
Chen Fan laughed when he heard this.
"Moutai is different from other liquors. Other liquors sell products, but Moutai sells culture."
“The word Moutai has gone far beyond the product itself.”
Chen Jianye nodded thoughtfully.
"I don't understand anyway. It would be a pity for me to drink such expensive wine."
After saying that, he couldn't help but screw the lid on.
"Okay, just have this drink."
"After that, I took out the barrel of bulk liquor that I usually drink.
Chen Fan couldn't laugh or cry, "Dad, there's no need to be so frugal."
Chen Jianye glared.
"This wine is wasted by me drinking it alone. I will drink it when relatives come home in two days."
Chen Fan smiled helplessly and shook his head.
"Okay, okay, whatever you want."
This was the happiest New Year's Eve dinner that Chen Fan had ever had in his past and present lives.
In his previous life, Chen Fan's college entrance examination results were not ideal, and his relationship with his parents was an old-school and reserved way of getting along.
It’s rare that I can chat with my parents like friends like today.
Chen Fan could feel that the fact that he passed the exam brought honor to his parents and made them treat him as an adult.
The dumplings on the dinner table were steaming, and the Spring Festival Gala sketch "Hourly Worker" brought by Zhao Benshan began to play on TV.
The millennium has passed.
Officially started in 2001.
At twelve o'clock, Chen Fan set off several firecrackers in the yard.
Amidst the crackling sound, Chen Fan took out his cell phone and sent a text message to Su Ruochu.
"Happy New Year, daughter-in-law."
After a few seconds, Su Ruochu's text message also came.
"Happy New Year, hubby, I love you."
When Chen Fan saw the word "husband", he almost jumped up.
The first thing I wanted to do was dial the phone, but I quickly calmed down.
Su Ruochu should be with his family at this time, and it would be troublesome if he called him.
So Chen Fan could only hold back his excitement and sent a text message back to the other party.
"This is the first time I call you husband. This is the best New Year gift I have ever received."
Su Ruochu sent a smiley face symbol, followed by: "Don't be complacent."
Chen Fan smiled and continued to reply.
"Can you please call me husband in person next time we meet?"
"It's a beautiful thought."
"It's really beautiful just thinking about it. Wife, when will you finish visiting your relatives? I can't wait any longer now, I just want to see you."
As if sensing Chen Fan's thoughts, Su Ruochu's reply became very gentle this time.
"I have to visit relatives in the next few days to pay New Year's greetings, and my mother is very strict with me and won't let me go out casually."
"If it really doesn't work, we can only have a reunion with the fifth grade students."
Chen Fan collapsed.
"Huh? We still have to wait five days. You might as well just kill me."
"Don't say bad words during the Chinese New Year."
"At worst, I will find a way to tell my family that I will stay at a classmate's house for one night on the fifth day of the new year..."
If Chen Fan doesn't understand what this means, then he is really stupid.
It really takes a lot of courage for the shy and conservative Su Ruochu to say these words.
Chen Fan almost shouted excitedly.
"That's great."
"Don't think too much, I just want to make it up to you and stay with you for a while at most, but I can't do anything."
Hearing this, Chen Fan couldn't help but almost laughed.
What Su Ruochu said in an attempt to conceal the truth was really interesting.
"Understand, understand, don't do anything."
"But it's so cold outside, we can go to the hotel and get a private room then."
"Then we can learn to pull carrots together..."
"I can't help it, I'm just such a good young man who loves working."
