CH 51.1

From the twenty-seventh day of the new year, Qucheng began to stop.

He can’t sit still in Hao Ting’s office every day, and he don’t care about the chores of the Qinglong Gang. The documents that pile up every day for him to sign are all pushed to Ah Si, and he start to concentrate to prepare the New Year in three days.

It is said that he has lived for a while, and is in his thirties. He has seen life and death, but he just went home for dinner with Xu Cinian.

But Qu Cheng has been a ruffian for half his life, and his parents died early. It can be said that he has been in the position since he was a child. He doesn’t know how to deal with the elders. He discusses with you which model of gun is the best.

Therefore, when he thinks of his daughter-in-law’s behavior and education as a young boy, his thick skin on the city wall feels a little high. There is also Uncle Zhong who has followed Cinian for his whole life. Although he is a lot older, his vision is very poisonous. In addition, he has seen the big affection in Cinian since he was a child, which is equivalent to half the parents of the Xu family. This time they had dinner together on New Year’s Eve, if he is a little careless, wouldn’t he be kicked out by this old man with a broom again?

The dark history of the first meeting is still in his heart. Qu Cheng didn’t want to have a meal with his wife during the Chinese New Year, so he could only rely on the bright face.

“Cinian, what do you think of me wearing a suit, black or gray? For the New Year’s Eve, I have to wear a pink tie. I said how does it feel like a groom’s official.”

“Peacock, you said you want this hairstyle. Don’t mess around anymore, what does Mr. Zhong like? Don’t tell me that I have a big back and a scar on my forehead, so don’t scare the old man.”

“Daughter-in-law, I bought a cart of snacks for that little bunny cub, all stuffed in the trunk, and Luo Xiaomao’s cosmetics, I ordered several sets, enough for him to make two or three years, right, I also gave Mr. Zhong a leather massage chair, he has nothing to hang on it, don’t always come out and give us a fork, hey peacock, do you hear me?”

My eyes are dizzy because of your busy work, why don’t you just have a meal.”

“Why not? This is the first time I’ve been to your house for the New Year. The new son-in-law’s visit is of great significance.”

“Son-in-law, your uncle, You are called an ugly daughter-in-law coming to the door.” Xu Cinian wore white socks and kicked Qu Cheng’s ass with his toes, “You’re already so ugly, you won’t look good no matter how you look at it, come and help me look at the menu, what do you think? Is there enough food?”

Qu Cheng ripped off his neck and changed his tie for the Nth time, squeezed onto the small sofa where Xu Cinian was sitting, took a look and frowned, “I count, 1, 2… 28, 29, 30, thirty dishes? That’s too many, there are only five of us, even if that little bunny can eat it, we don’t need to prepare so many dishes, right?”

Xu Cinian glanced at him with a half-smile. He glanced, “New Year’s is to prepare a little more, and the more dishes are more festive.”

Qu Cheng sneered, “Five people are too many people? I think you are itching to open a new restaurant, are you ready to show your magic?”

Xu Cinian smiled noncommittally, “What about me, I will have an empty stomach then. It ‘s time to come.”

Three days passed in a blink of an eye, on New Year’s Eve, Qu Cheng came to the door with a lot of things.

Before he persuaded Xu Cinian to live with him, the peacock was unwilling. He insisted that the place he moved to was very good, and the commercial housing built in RMB couldn’t compare. He wanted to follow his daughter-in-law home to see the house in advance, but he was severely rejected. He waited until the New Year’s Day to see the true face of Xu Cinian’s new home.

This is an old courtyard house located in the west of the city. It is hidden in the crooked Yangchang Hutong. Most people can’t find it easily with a map. The surrounding area is full of old residents who have lived for decades. As soon as he turned into the alley, he heard the sound of washing and cooking. A large group of children wearing cotton-padded clothes, holding candied haws and toys in their hands, laughed and ran to this and that side. The laughter echoed in the narrow alley, especially There is a taste of the year.

Qu Cheng parked his car at the intersection and walked in according to the small note written by Xu Cinian. He didn’t know who was setting off firecrackers.

Carrying snacks, tobacco and alcohol, and carrying large and small bags into each household, the old man who had been guarding the door for a long time happily greeted him, and there was a lot of people talking for a while.

He even forgot how many turns he had turned, and finally found No. 419, Longtang Xin Street. In the distance, he could see the brown-red gate. Wowo was riding on Luo Xiaomao’s neck. There were two people, one big and one small. He was stepping on the small bench, reaching out and sticking the Spring Festival couplets on the door frame.

This kind of New Year’s taste that he had not experienced for many years made Qu Cheng not come back to his senses. Wowo was the first to find him, waving his small paws, and dangling his legs happily on Luo Xiaomao’s shoulders, “Cheng Cheng! Chengcheng is coming!”

Luo Xiaomao turned back with a smile on his face, ran over with Wowo on his back, and stretched out his hand to pick up what was in Qu Cheng’s hand, “Boss, you’ve come, it’s going to be dark this day, If you don’t come, you won’t be able to catch up with the New Year’s Eve dinner.”

“Chengcheng hug… I want to hug!” Wowo was wearing a big red satin padded jacket, with a circle of white fluffy fur around his neckline, and he didn’t know who gave it to him. He bought a longevity lock, a cotton hat with a little yellow chicken on his head, and a fat doll on a New Year’s picture.

The little guy jumped up happily, and Qu Cheng quickly caught him, pricked his face with his beard, and pinched his cheek with a smile, “Big dumpling, who bought you this cloth.

My Dad bought it. He said that he would wear sauce purple this year.”

Wowo sat on Qu Cheng’s shoulder, causing people passing by to look back and see how festive the small dimples on his face were.

“What about your dad? Where is he?”

Qu Cheng walked in with Wowo, Luo Xiaomao followed him, glanced at him, and said with a wicked smile, “Cooking in the kitchen for the new year, He is looking forward to practicing his hands today.  

“BOSS, you are dressed handsomely today, and you are carrying a lot of money. Those who know you are coming as a guest, and those who don’t, think you are coming as a son-in-law.”

Comrade Luo Xiaomao has been unhappy since the car accident. He always felt that he had hurt others. As a result, Xu Cinian said with a guilty face that it was Xu Xinnian who had hurt the wrong person. Xu Cinian was instead full of blood and resurrected on the spot, and now he is no longer afraid to see Qu Cheng. 　　

Qu Cheng was amused by his words, he stretched out his finger and said “Shh”, “Just know it in your heart, don’t say it so loudly, that peacock has a thin skin and irritates him, and I’m going to be domestic violence again.” 　　

“Pfft…” Luo Xiaomao spat out all of a sudden, looking at the five big and three thick in front of him, he was always tough and fierce in front of outsiders, and when he mentioned Xu Cinian’s bronchitis Qu Cheng, he couldn’t hold back his joy. 　　

This man is the contrast in the legend, right? The tough guy holds a dumpling in his hand, this style of painting is so joyful! 　　

Qu Cheng walked into the door with his son in his arms. What he saw was an open and bright square courtyard, with a patio in the middle, and a small garden next to it, where some fruits and vegetables were grown, surrounded by three corresponding houses, with blue hangings at the door. Colored curtains, paper-cut window grilles and couplets are attached to the windows, and a row of red lanterns hangs high, emitting a warm glow in the slightly darkened evening. 　　

At this time, a house on the corner opened the curtain, and Uncle Zhong came out with a cane. When he saw Qu Cheng, he was stunned, “Yo, you are here?” 

The old man also wore a Tang suit like the little guy, but the color is gray satin, and with gray hair, it’s really a bit immortal. 　　

Seeing that the old man came out, Wowo immediately slipped off the shoulders of Qu Cheng, stumbled onto Uncle Zhong’s lap, and said with a smile like an adult, “Grandpa Zhong, happy new year.” 　　

“Oh dear, happy new year, your little mouth is so sweet, let Grandpa hug you.” The old man is usually serious, and when he sees this big baby, he will smile, and his waist can’t hold it anymore, and he happily puts Wowo into his arms for a kiss. 　　

“Does Grandpa also recognize Chengcheng?” Wowo rubbed against Uncle Zhong.

The old man lost his eyes when he smiled, and forgot to slap his face in front of Qu Cheng, “Of course, everyone knows Uncle Zhong, you are too heavy baby, grandpa has to hold you and sit for a while, you wait, there’s candy in my room, and I’ll give it to you later.”　　

Uncle Zhong was clutching his old waist. He was clearly so tired that he couldn’t breathe evenly, but he still hugged WoWo and didn’t let go. Qu Cheng smiled and hurried up to support him, “Happy New Year, old man, your body is still so strong.”

Zhong As soon as Uncle saw him, he wanted to pretend that “I’m not familiar with you”, but before he could say anything, Wowo climbed onto Qu Cheng’s shoulder and said with a smile, “Grandpa Zhong, Chengcheng also said a happy New Year, For you.”

Everything he wanted to say was blocked by the little guy, Uncle Zhong couldn’t hang on his face, Qu Cheng smiled and glared at Wowo, reached out and hammered Old Man Zhong’s back, “Uncle Zhong, I know you are a little bit towards me. I misunderstood, but I’m here to accompany you for the New Year today. If you have anything to say, let’s go into the house and say it, it’s cold outside, it’s not good to your health.”

“This… Okay, you have a good conscience, every year. You didn’t see the wrong person.” Uncle Zhong glanced at him and walked back on crutches, Luo Xiaomao pursed his lips and snickered behind him.

Qu Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, and after entering the house, he took out all the gifts, “I said that you had old cold legs and old wounds on your waist, so I bought you a massage chair, you can sit down and try it out, just to make sure.”

Uncle Zhong coughed a few times in embarrassment, thinking that he would really say everything to this bastard Qu Cheng when he was leaving the year, “I can’t get paid for nothing, I can’t do something like you.”

“Anyway, I bought everything, so it’s considered a New Year’s gift. You are the half-grandfather who is leaving the New Year, that is, my elder. How can I bribe you when I buy things for the New Year to honor my grandfather?”

With a clever mouth, the dead can be said to be alive, and in one sentence, the “outsider” in Uncle Zhong’s eyes will be upgraded to a “grandson”.

Qu Cheng saw that the old man was holding back and did not speak, but his face had eased a lot, and then he continued, “Uncle Zhong, I went to consult a Chinese medicine doctor before the new year. Most of your back pains and leg pains are due to deficiency and cold, so I brought some supplements and put them away. It’s outside the door, and I’ll let you cook a few pots for the new year, so as to make sure your waist is good, legs are good, and your appetite is good.

He brought in a lot of things that were placed at the door, such as ginseng, deer antler, angelica, and cordyceps. What are you doing with so many things, I don’t need them, you idiot didn’t steal your money, why waste it?”

From a stranger to a “silly boy”, Qu Cheng pursed his lips and smiled in his heart, “Hey, it’s not wrong to spend a lot of money to keep a healthy body, and I don’t spend much money. Anyway, my own parents died early. I don’t have any relatives at home, so I managed to catch an elder, will you let me be a little filial and have fun?” 

When Uncle Zhong heard this, his eyes on Qu Cheng changed, and after a while he sighed and patted him on the shoulder, “You are also a good boy, no wonder he keep talking about you every year.”

“You still often mention me in the new year?” Qu Cheng’s eyes lit up instantly.

“No, it’s okay to say you are here or there, and tell me not to do it all the time. I didn’t believe it before, but thinking about it, I’m also confused. Every year’s vision is very good, and the friend he recognized can’t run away, last time you was in Y City, it was me who was wrong, don’t take it to heart, silly boy.”

Uncle Zhong rambled, sitting on his lap and nodding his head all the time, “Well, Chengcheng loves Dad and grandpa wants to give him candy.”

Uncle Zhong squeezed his little cheek, said “clever” with a smile, and really took out a red envelope from his pocket and handed it over, “Silly boy, accept it, this is for you, Uncle Zhong will cook you a few good dishes in a while, don’t our grandfather and grandson have any overnight grudges?” 

When an elder took the initiative to say this, he was flattered, but Qu Cheng didn’t expect it at all. Being able to shake the old stubborn Uncle Zhong so quickly, I am directly happy with the red envelope, “Master, you are breaking me, I brought two bottles of good wine, tonight we won’t go home until we’re drunk!”

“Alright alright. Hearing that there was good wine, the greedy worm in Uncle Zhong’s stomach was also hooked up, and he patted Qu Cheng’s shoulder vigorously, “Stinky boy, tonight Uncle Zhong will tell you what it means to be immortal.”

They looked at each other and burst into laughter in unison. Wowo next to them didn’t know what the two of them were happy about. Anyway, he was happy too. He patted his fleshy paws and laughed together. Luo Xiaomao, who was next to him, was nibbling on melon seeds. On the other hand, he tutted twice in his heart.

What is a man, who can get out of the hall, get a bed, coax an old man and amuse a baby, really a big winner in life.

At this time, the curtain of the kitchen was lifted, and Xu Cinian’s voice sounded, “Xiao Mao, there is no soy sauce. Help me get a bucket of soy sauce outside.”

“Hey!” Cheng waved his hand to him and made a “shush” action. While Uncle Zhong and Wowo were playing with the massage chairs, he carried the soy sauce into the kitchen.　　

The house in Laozayuan is different from the current buildings. The kitchen is not connected with the bedroom and living room, but is in a small room.

When Qu Cheng walked in, Xu Cinian was slicing vegetables with his head down. He heard the movement and said without turning his head, “Bring the soy sauce? Hurry up and pour some into my spoon.”

He held a pair of chopsticks in his right hand. In the rottenness of the pork belly, he held the cooking shovel in his left hand and stretched it out to the back, and the mist on the stove made his half-faced face look particularly good-looking.

The corners of Qu Cheng’s mouth rose, he unscrewed the soy sauce cap, and walked quietly behind him, wrapped his arms around his waist, and poured soy sauce into the shovel with the other, “Are these enough?”

A person suddenly appeared on his back, like a steel bar. He put his arms around, which startled Xu Cinian. When he turned around and saw Qu Cheng’s eyebrows, he couldn’t help raising the corners of his mouth, “You know how to cause trouble for me, when did you come?”

“Just a while ago, before I’m fooling the old man with a massage chair.”

Xu Cinian lowered his head and smiled, reaching out to stir fry the vegetables in the pot, sweat broke out on his busy head, his eyebrows and eyes looked extra slender in the smoky fire, and small flames came up. Jumping in his pupils, it was as if he saw that Qu Cheng’s eyes were shining.

“You’re called material bribes. If you don’t take anything, just take it and see if he doesn’t break your legs.”

“We’re both brothers now. You don’t understand how fast the relationship between the guys heats up.”

“Fuck…fuck you, believe it or not, I’ll throw hot oil on your face.”

Xu Cinian glanced back at him, only then did Qu Cheng realize that he was also wearing a Tang suit.

Qu Cheng looked surprised, took a few steps back and stared at Xu Cinian carefully.

Perhaps because of the Chinese New Year, he wore a dark green silk dress, with sapphire blue satin cuffs rolled up high, the stand-up collar around his neck standing up, and the buckles tied to make his neck look particularly slender, and the wide clothes on his body. It was a little swaying, and when he saw a tree standing tall and straight, and the flesh and bones were all in the pavilion, Qu Cheng’s eyes were so fascinated.

“What are you doing?” Xu Cinian fried a dish and put it on the plate, then turned around and beckoned to him, “I just learned this dish from Uncle Zhong, and I plan to sell it in a restaurant in the future, how about you taste it first?”

After talking for a long time, Qu Cheng didn’t respond, Xu Cinian couldn’t help calling him a few more times, “What about you, what are you doing standing there stupidly?”

“Peacock, are you going to open the screen today?”

Qu Cheng hung his mouth and leaned against the door frame. Xu Niannian didn’t understand what he meant. 

“What’s the opening?”

“Look at your clothes. Who are you going to hook up with? Green and blue. All the male peacocks in the zoo can’t beat you.”

Xu Cinian was stunned for a moment, and then without hesitation, he smashed him with a roasted wing. 

“You owe your mother mouth, don’t you? The dog can’t spit out its ivory! I don’t know who is coquettish. Look at your coquettish virtue. Having a reunion dinner is not for you to date!”

At the first sight of Qu Cheng, Xu Cinian refused to admit it. This guy is wearing flowers today.

He usually wears a dark suit and looks a bit old-fashioned. Today, he rarely wears a beige casual dress. The checked shirt inside is equipped with a gray stick needle scarf. On his legs is a pair of tight black jeans, which makes the bulge in front of him very conspicuous. Two strong long legs make people dizzy. There are special brands all over his body. He has bought tens of thousands of dollars. 

Qu Cheng took the chicken wings with a sullen smile, put them in his mouth and bit, “Oh, delicious.”

“That’s all for you at night. Remember not to take it off. I have to let you wear it once. Then you can show your legs. Remember not to move the buckle on it. I’ll solve it myself.”

“…..” Xu didn’t talk nonsense to him at all this time. He came over with a frying pan and was about to throw it on Qu Cheng’s head, Qu Cheng hurriedly pressed his two arms, laughed and said, “OK, OK, OK, I’ll show you tonight.”

“You old man.” Xu Cinian scolded angrily. As a result, he made himself laugh.

The two men were sticky here. Uncle Zhong suddenly lifted the kitchen curtain with a crutch. Xu Cinian was so shocked that he almost fell a bowl. Qu Cheng quickly let go and looked up at the sky.

“What are you two doing? It’s already over six o’clock. If you don’t hurry to serve the dishes, you won’t be able to catch up with the Spring Festival Gala.”

“Hey, it will be done right away. It’s just the ‘Zhao family banquet’ that uncle Zhong is good at.” Xu Cinian hurried out of the stove with a smile, and did not forget to look up and stare at Qu Cheng: Damn it, you are to blame. We were almost found!

Qu Cheng continued to look at the sky. He felt here and there in the kitchen. Uncle Zhong asked him curiously, “boy, what are you doing here? Wowo is calling you all the time. Hurry out.”