59 years after its opening, people are still in Nanluoguxiang.

Early in the morning of August 8, Huo Zhilan asked her son Hu Bayi to go to the Chen family to give the gift that Huo Ling had mentioned three times last night.

"Mom, it's only a little after seven. My brother and the others might not be up yet."

Huo Zhilan glanced at her son who was still struggling over which book to give her and said, "Don't hesitate. A man should be indecisive when doing things. Make a decision when necessary!"

"When you grow up, it's easy for you to get into trouble with your personality!"

Hu Bayi is very smart, but his character flaw is that he is sometimes too soft-hearted, which puts him in a difficult position to make choices.

Huo Zhilan had no way to correct it and could only teach it over and over again.

Hu Bayi was stunned for a few seconds, then nodded and said, "Mom, I've decided!"

"Oh, which one do you want to choose?" Huo Zhilan asked.

Hu Bayi looked at the three rare Feng Shui books in his collection and said very carefully, "All of them!"

Huo Zhilan: “…”

If you can't make a choice, should you take them all?

Well, it doesn’t seem to be impossible, it’s just a bit of a waste!

When the mother and son got out of the car with gifts, roast duck and Fenjiu and entered the Chen family's courtyard, they found that there were other people there besides them.

"Ouyang, Lao Tao, Zhenyu, this is Commander Hu Yunxuan's wife Huo Zhilan, and this is his son Hu Bayi."

Chen Jianjun took the initiative to introduce Ouyang Jie, Tao Song and Wang Shengli.

The last three came early in the morning to give gifts and to thank Chen Feng for the fish and meat he had been sending them over the past year.

The reason they came in the morning is mainly because today is Monday and they have to go to work, and they may have to work overtime in the evening.

Well, it is not ruled out that they want to seize this opportunity to come to Chen's house for breakfast.

At least the old lady wouldn't accept gifts from others and then not stay for dinner.

"Zhilan, this is Ouyang Jie, from the Criminal Investigation Team of the Dongcheng Branch. Tao Song, the Director of the Jiaodaokou Police Station..."

Several adults gathered together to chat, and several children surrounded Chen Feng.

Chen Li, in particular, was happily dividing the gifts given to her by the big pot one by one.

The meat, eggs, etc. were taken to the kitchen by Fatty Wang and handed over to the old lady; books and the like were taken to the study by Chen Hao; the snacks and stones left over were put into her small schoolbag by her, waiting to be split 50-50 with the big pot.

"smell good!"

Hu Bayi couldn't help but take a look at the kitchen and found Sha Zhu cooking inside and the old lady was helping (actually she was learning).

Ran Qiuye was drinking soy milk with Zhou Qing, and He Yushui also got a cup.

"Brother Bayi, give me the gift. Daguo asked me to help him receive the gift." Chen Li stood on a stool under the grape trellis at the kitchen door and said seriously to Hu Bayi who was standing at the kitchen door.

"Lily, don't be in a hurry to accept gifts." Chen Feng instructed his younger sister.

"Hu Bayi, what gift do you want to give?" Ouyang Qing, who came empty-handed, was deeply impressed by Hu Bayi. After all, Fatty Wang and Chen Hao both said that he was very powerful, but he ended up not accepting the challenge!

"What about you?" Hu Bayi was reluctant to say it first, but gave the things to Chen Feng.

"Brother, happy birthday! This is mine, and this is Lingling's."

Chen Feng sat under the eaves and gave the things to Chen Li.

"There's nothing I can't say. I just came here with my wishes for him!" Ouyang Qing said cunningly. Her father had brought a box of preserved eggs, so of course she and her brother didn't need to bring anything.

Hu Bayi looked at her in surprise. He didn't expect that this female classmate who loved fighting had such an IQ.

He didn't know that this sentence was Ouyang Qing questioning her biological father, asking whether it would be too embarrassing to go out empty-handed and what to say when others asked. Ouyang Jie, the old fox, was advising his daughter.

Ouyang Qing kept it to himself for a long time, but after being here for half a day, no one asked him anything.

"What are you looking at me for? Tell me, what did you give me?"

"Here!" Hu Bayi nodded at the three books Chen Li took out.

"Martial arts secrets?" Ouyang Qing asked curiously.

After taking a look at it, I found out it was something like Feng Shui and immediately lost interest.

"Zhilan, Bayi, come and have a cup of soy milk. Breakfast will be late." The old lady came out with two cups of soy milk, and Hu Bayi hurried over to take them.

Ouyang Feng had just finished a glass, but he liked it and couldn't help asking, "Grandma, I want to drink more."

"Grandma, me too!" Li Jie and Ouyang Wei, two children aged three or four, said together.

"You can't do that. You won't be able to eat when you eat later if you drink too much." The old lady smiled and comforted them.

After waiting for a while, Chen Li kept looking towards the door.

"Don't look anymore, there should be no one here." Chen Feng said to his sister.

Originally, the Chen family had not planned to hold the ceremony in the morning. They just wanted to have a family meal in the evening. Unexpectedly, Ouyang Jie and Tao Song remembered Chen Feng’s birthday and made a special trip.

Needless to say, Wang Shengli felt bad if he didn't thank Chen Feng properly since his son had made such great progress in the past six months.

"Big Pot, isn't the uncle coming?" Chen Li was still thinking about Li Yunlong.

"Um, which uncle are you talking about?" Chen Feng didn't figure out who it was for a moment. "Did you tell someone about my birthday?"

"The uncle who bought me a lot of things last time!" Chen Li answered straightforwardly.

Chen Feng suddenly realized and said with a smile: "Uncle Li is a rough man, he will definitely not remember my birthday, don't count on it."

"But my uncle promised me last time." Chen Li said with a pout.

She is all ready and is going out to buy a lot of things today.

"Chen Feng, happy birthday!"

Li Yunlong, who had an appointment with the little girl, was nowhere to be seen, but an unexpected but reasonable man showed up.

"Xu Damao???"

Ran Qiuye, Zhou Qing, He Yushui and others were a little surprised.

Xu Damao walked in with a smile and handed the gift to the happy little girl.

"Teacher Ran, don't be surprised. I, Xu Damao, am not a good person, but I know how to repay a favor. Last time, Chen Feng saved my wife and my son. I will always remember this favor!"

"Good morning, old man!"

"Okay, okay, sit down and have a cup of tea." The old man said with a smile.

"No need. I have to go back and make breakfast for my family. Xiaozao has already washed the rice." Xu Damao shook his head.

"Then take this back." The old lady came out and pierced the gills of a live crucian carp kept in a water tank with a rope and stuffed it into his hand.

Xu Damao hesitated for a moment.

"My kids caught a lot," said the old lady.

"Thank you, ma'am!"

Xu Damao bowed to the old man and walked back. He didn't try to get close to Ouyang Jie, Huo Zhilan and others.

He had experienced the pain of almost losing his son, and had matured a lot. At least he knew that there was a huge gap between him and these people, and he was not qualified to get close to them.

The reason why Sha Zhu can do it is because he has prepared a large amount of hot pot base for the Huo family over the past six months.

"Wow, big pot, this looks great!"

Chen Li said happily while holding the golden lotus candlestick sent by Xu Damao. Lacquer-gold candlesticks are common household items in the palace and among the rich and powerful. The value of cultural relics is not high, but this thing is made of gold!

In the sunlight, the lotus platform sparkles brightly.