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Zhang Tingyan came to pay New Year's greetings, and he had a lot of good things to say.

Zheng's mother's expression was light, showing a bit of displeasure, but Zheng's father smiled and exchanged a few words, and took the things.

"Is Mr. Zheng here?" Zhang Tingyan asked curiously.

A few years ago, Zheng Jianjun and Zheng Jiahe worked together in Mingli Group. At that time, everyone called Zheng Jianjun Zheng Dong and Zheng Jiahe Zheng Zong. They just got used to calling them that way. Even after Zheng Jianjun basically stopped going to the company, they didn’t change their words. .

"He went to S city." Zheng Jianjun said.

When Zhang Tingyan heard about S city, he thought of the Gu family.

He has been very close to the Zheng family these years, and he is also an executive of the Mingli Group. Although Zheng Jianjun guards against him and prevents him from getting in touch with too many things, he still knows a lot of people and knows a lot about the Zheng family.

He already knew the relationship between Qin Zhizhi and Gu Qizhen's mother, and he also knew that the Gu family and the Zheng family had a very good relationship.

Zheng Jiahe... really has a good mother!

And Zheng Jianjun, for the sake of money, would do anything, and even let his son go to someone else's house on New Year's Eve!

"Today is New Year's Eve, the day of reunion, Mr. Zheng won't come back?" Zhang Tingyan asked.

Zhang Tingyan's words were somewhat provocative, but he failed.When Mother Zheng heard what he said, she said, "What does it have to do with you?"

"I was talking too much." Zhang Tingyan immediately apologized.

"You..." Zheng's mother looked at Zhang Tingyan: "You are not incompetent, so be more down-to-earth in your life and work in the future."

Zhang Tingyan responded with a smile, but didn't take it to heart.

Zheng's mother has been treating him badly in the past few years, and he guessed that she probably knew his identity.

That being the case, of course he would not listen to Mother Zheng's words.

Not long after Zhang Tingyan stayed at Zheng's house, Zheng's mother said that today is a special day, you should have something to do at home, and then let him go.

Zhang Tingyan was not annoyed, and left with a smile. When he reached the door, he stuffed another red envelope into the servant who sent him out.

Yao Siping is the oldest servant of the Zheng family, but she has a husband and children, so she will go home during the Chinese New Year, so she is taking care of a middle-aged woman who has only been in the Zheng family for a few years.

She was greedy for overtime pay, so she didn't go home for the New Year. Now Zhang Tingyan gave the red envelope, so naturally she would not refuse it.

"Is Mr. Zheng and the others in good health these days?" Zhang Tingyan asked with a smile.

The woman who took the red envelope smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's fine!"

The bodies of Zheng Jianjun and his wife are taken care of by special people. Although they are a little senile, they are actually quite healthy.

"That's good." Zhang Tingyan smiled and left.

On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, the members of the Gu family finally arrived.

Everyone knew about Gu Yanzi's sexual orientation, and Zheng Jiahe couldn't find any faults with this person, plus Grandpa and Grandma Gu agreed... Everyone's attitude towards Zheng Jiahe was pretty good.

It was rare that there were so many people, so everyone stayed in the living room and talked together. After talking for a while, Grandpa Gu looked at Zheng Jiahe: "What time is your flight back? Do you want to go back earlier?" Come on, on a day like New Year's Eve, you must be with your family.

On the one hand, Grandpa Gu was very satisfied with Zheng Jiahe staying here, but on the other hand, he also felt that Zheng Jiahe's behavior was not very good.

"The flight I applied for is after six o'clock, and I'll be leaving after a while." Zheng Jiahe said with a smile, it's past three o'clock now, and he is about to leave Gu's house for the airport at around five o'clock, and then board at six o'clock airplane.

There are no people on the New Year's Eve road without worrying about traffic jams. He should be able to return home before twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, and then watch the New Year with his parents.

"It's not a bad time... Let's bring out the New Year's Eve dinner earlier, let's eat first." Grandpa Gu said.

"No, I'll just eat whatever I want on the plane." Zheng Jiahe quickly refused. Although the Gu family had lunch quite early, it's still too early for dinner at this time...

"Dinner on New Year's Eve, you can't be casual!" Grandpa Gu said: "And Yan Zi brought you home, you are a spoiled guest, so naturally you have to entertain him well!"

Jerk?Zheng Jiahe was a little helpless.

The Gu family is the same as the Zheng family, most of the nannies have gone home, and of course the cook is the same.

However, before leaving, the chef had almost prepared the meals for the New Year's Eve,

Here in S city, dumplings were not eaten during the Chinese New Year in the early years-there is basically no wheat in the countryside here, and everyone is not very good at making pasta, so naturally there is no custom of eating dumplings.

But in recent years, some people have gradually started to eat dumplings. The Gu family likes pasta very much, and they will not let it go.

The chef of Gu's family made dumplings in advance. Besides, he also cooked fish, fried meatballs, and stewed chicken...

Some of these dishes need to be heated up, but most of them have been kept warm, and they can be served directly.

The staple food of meat dishes is available. As for the vegetarian dishes, the Gu family has always cooked them casually.

Gu's father and mother didn't even know how to handle a spatula, so they didn't enter the kitchen. In the past, it was Gu's grandma and Gu's aunt who did the cooking, but this year... Gu Yanzi volunteered: "Let me cook."

His grandma's stir-fry, no matter what kind of dish it is, is fried in oil, then covered with water and cooked. As for his aunt... probably because her taste has changed after staying abroad for a long time, she likes to add some strange things to her dishes thing.

For example, potatoes mixed with milk and eggs are baked in the oven or something.

It can't be said that it is not delicious, but it just doesn't look like a dish.

The vegetables were all washed, Gu Yanzi cut them up a few times, threw them into the pot and started frying them, and within a short while, several plates of vegetables were fried.

"Yan Zi, you are much better than your father. He wanted to make fried rice with eggs, so he just threw a handful of rice into the pot." Aunt Gu said.

Gu Yanzi was a little complacent.

Father Gu: "..." It was the first time he entered the kitchen and made such a low-level mistake!

At four o'clock in the afternoon, dinner was served on the table.

The Gu family is not good at drinking. In the end, Grandpa Gu warmed a pot of rice wine, Uncle Gu opened a bottle of red wine, and the rest of them either drank soft drinks or sweet wine.

Sweet wine is also called tianjiu niang. It is said to be wine, but in fact it does not taste like alcohol, it is mainly sweet.

Gu Yanzi asked for a bowl by himself, and gave Zheng Jiahe another: "Try it, this kid can eat it, it's delicious and not intoxicating."

"Okay." Zheng Jiahe smiled.

The New Year's Eve dinner of the Gu's family was very different from that of the Zheng's family. Zheng Jiahe was quite satisfied with the meal, as for the others, they were also very satisfied - the vegetarian dishes in this year's New Year's Eve dinner were much more delicious than in previous years.

It's just that they are not very hungry at the moment... But what about the New Year's Eve dinner, it doesn't matter if they eat for a longer time, they can eat slowly for a few hours, and then have another meal in the middle of the night.

At five o'clock, Zheng Jiahe had finished eating, and he stood up to say goodbye. At this moment, Grandpa Gu suddenly said, "Wait a minute."

Zheng Jiahe was a little puzzled, and then saw Grandpa Gu take out a red envelope and gave it to him: "It is a local custom that when a new daughter-in-law comes to her in-law's house for the first time to celebrate the New Year, the in-law's family must give a red envelope."

After Grandpa Gu gave it, the rest of the Gu family actually took out red envelopes one after another, and it was obvious at a glance that it had been discussed a long time ago.

Zheng Jiahe was not angry either, and smiled and accepted all the red envelopes.

According to the customs of the Gu family, when a new daughter-in-law goes to her in-law's house for the first time to celebrate the new year, the elders will give a red envelope, and the same new son-in-law will also give it to her father-in-law's mother-in-law's house for the first time...

"Grandpa, I have something to do in City B, and I want to go back...I'll be back tomorrow." Gu Yanzi said suddenly, he wanted to go back with Zheng Jiahe.

Gu Yanzi has had this idea for a long time, and he didn't dare to say it before, but now the family's New Year's Eve dinner has been eaten...

"When you marry a daughter-in-law, you forget your mother!" Grandpa Gu snorted coldly.

"Go." Grandma Gu said, "Come back in the second year of junior high school, and be with Zhizhi."

Qin Zhizhi's parents used to live in S City, and were later buried in S City. In the past, she would come to S City when she returned to her natal family in the second year of junior high school.

"Okay!" Gu Yanzi immediately agreed.

When Gu Yanzi and Zheng Jiahe returned to Zheng's house, it was already very late.

Zheng's father and Zheng's mother usually go to bed very early, but on a special day like New Year's Eve, they also have to watch the year. When Gu Yanzi came in, they were talking in the living room.

"When I was young, I liked to eat boiled water chestnuts. At that time, water chestnuts were cheap. Years ago, my parents would buy a lot of them. They liked to peel them and eat them raw. But I like to eat boiled water chestnuts. There is no need to add sugar when cooking. , it’s very sweet.” While watching the Spring Festival Gala, Zheng’s mother recalled the past with Zheng’s father.

Zheng's father also talked about some things about his childhood: "At that time, we mainly ate dumplings. One year, the family had no money to buy meat, so we bought fried small noodle sticks. We called them Sazi, and they were wrapped in cabbage. Dumplings taste like they have meat in them."

"I remember when we first met, you still made dumplings..." Mother Zheng remembered what happened when she went to the countryside, but before she could finish speaking, she saw the door was opened.

She happily looked towards the door and saw Gu Yanzi at a glance.

Mother Zheng immediately became happier: "Yan Zi, you are here too!"

Zheng Jiahe asked Gu Yanzi to enter first, and then came in by himself. He took off his coat and said, "Yanzi came to pay New Year's greetings."

"That's great!" Zheng's mother was very happy, but also a little worried: "Yan Zi, have you come out to say hello to the family?" She was a little worried, afraid that Gu Yanzi came here secretly...

"Auntie, my grandma asked me to come. She asked me to go back to S city with you in the second year of junior high school." Gu Yanzi said.

When Zheng's mother heard this, she immediately beamed with joy.

She has always been afraid that her good sister will not forgive her, but now it seems that she should be fine.

As for her being short of her little sister for no reason, it's actually nothing, she doesn't care anyway.

Zheng's father and Zheng's mother had already had dinner, and it was delivered from a nearby hotel. In addition, Zheng's father also made some dumplings himself, but they haven't cooked yet.

It was almost midnight now, and Zheng Jiahe and Gu Yanzi traveled all the way here again...

"I made dumplings with scallions and mutton and dumplings with cabbage and pork, do you want some?" Father Zheng asked Gu Yanzi.

"Yes, uncle, let's eat something together." Gu Yanzi smiled.