Gu Yan's so-called going to work is just an excuse, Lu Manqing understands, and Old Man Gu naturally understands that over the years, Gu Yan has stayed at home to accompany him every New Year, how can he arrange any work at this time.

But this time, Old Man Gu didn't say anything to stop him, even Aunt Liu didn't say anything, it's not that they didn't care about Gu Yan, it was precisely because they cared that at this time, they knew that Gu Yan needed a little space of their own.

When Gu Yan and Lu Manqing left, the room fell into a quiet state where the needles could be heard, Aunt Liu sighed, turned around and went upstairs, leaving this space to the father and son.

No one knows what Old Man Gu and Gu Yunxiang talked about, and when Lu Manqing came back, Gu Yunxiang had already left, but from this day on, until the New Year passed and resumed work, Lu Manqing never saw Gu Yunxiang again.

Lu Manqing and Gu Yan only came back to the old mansion after dinner, everyone was the same, as if the outbreak in the morning had never happened at all, Lu Manqing knew that everyone worked hard to keep this matter in their hearts, and no one was willing to mention it, so that each other's scars hurt.

When Gu Yunxiang was away, everything in this family was harmonious, and once he appeared, all the balances would be broken, fortunately, it seemed that everything started so suddenly and ended suddenly, the whole process was incredibly fast and unexpected.

But no matter what, such a special day is not for upsetting, because the New Year is here.

Early in the morning of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Lu Manqing and Gu Yan got up at six o'clock, their customs here are not complicated, but in the morning they also have to heat the pot and hot stove, put melon and fruit sugar tea, and paste the couplet Fu word, which is a good intention once a year, every household likes this, mainly to draw a festive atmosphere.

Aunt Liu is still more traditional, and she got up early in the morning to boil the paste, which is made of flour, which is one of the skills passed down by the older generation.

The boiled paste is snow-white and clean, with a smell of wheat, and Lu Manqing and Gu Yan are responsible for holding the paste and posting the purchased Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters at home.

The gate of the yard, the gate of the house, the gate of the garage, all the gates must be pasted with Spring Festival couplets, and inside and outside the house, but all the doors, must also be pasted with the word Fu, the word Fu is printed on the red paper, and it should be pasted upside down on the door, which means that the blessing comes, and it is a good intention.

And Old Man Gu and Aunt Liu are not idle, they are responsible for today's food and snacks in the kitchen, the custom in Aunt Liu's hometown is that on Chinese New Year's Eve, you have to eat all kinds of blessing dumplings, beautiful and beautiful, and sweet and soft and glutinous, so the old two are also very busy.

At half past seven, the family sat at the dining table on time to start eating, looking at the festive feeling of this room, Old Man Gu finally couldn't help but sigh, "Our family, everything is good now, but there is a lack of a child, if multiple children are running around the house lively, it will be even more lively." ”

Gu Yan raised his eyebrows, and his eyes were dyed with two points of joy, but his face was silent, "Where can I get you a child?"

"Of course you and Qingqing gave birth to me. Old Man Gu's face was full of nature.

"How can you have a child if you are not married?" Gu Yan said quickly.

"Then hurry up and get married. Old Man Gu subconsciously received it, and then saw Lu Manqing's face flushed, his heart moved, he glanced at Gu Yan without a trace, and hummed softly in his heart, but on the surface, he opened his mouth with great kindness.

"Qingqing, you see that our family is not small, you have been together for a long time, you also know, he, how many years have you been waiting, grandpa, you have been waiting for many years, you look at grandpa's age, I don't know how long I can live, grandpa has nothing to look forward to, I just hope, this is to close your eyes and only see a great-grandchild, we boys and girls are good, grandpa, we all like it. Old Man Gu said with a smile.

"Grandpa, don't force Qingqing, I haven't proposed yet, how can you ask Qingqing to answer you. Gu Yan said with an incomparably natural interface, "Don't worry, Qingqing and I won't let you wait too long, don't you say?" Gu Yan handed Lu Manqing a look.

"Ah, yes......" Lu Manqing subconsciously continued, frowning slightly, she always felt that something was wrong, but for a while, she couldn't say anything.

"Look, Qingqing didn't agree, don't you worry, grandpa, we will definitely do the marriage within this year, and we won't let you worry about it all the time. Gu Yan said with a smile.

"Eh, that's good, that's good, I know, you two, you love grandpa the most. Old Man Gu's smile was brilliant, and the wrinkles on his face, which were not too deep, were squeezed into a lot by this smile.

It wasn't until he finished breakfast and put the dishes and chopsticks in the dishwasher that Lu Manqing seemed to suddenly come back to his senses and grabbed Gu Yan, "Are you tricking me?"

"What are you talking about?" Gu Yan looked surprised, "The next step for the two of us is to get married, is there anything wrong with this, or do you not want to marry me at all?"

"Isn't that ......" Lu Manqing's face was slightly red.

"Since it's not, then our next step is to get married, isn't that right?" Gu Yan still looked solemn.

"That's right, it's just ......" Lu Manqing was confused again.

"It's just that you don't want to have a baby so soon?" Gu Yan continued.

Well...... It seems that this is the case, Lu Manqing nodded, "Yes, I don't think I'm ready to ...... yet"

"Don't worry, I won't force you to have a baby, I also think it's very important to enjoy the world of the two for a few years after marriage, don't think so much, after we get married, when do you want a baby, or don't, I promise you." Gu Yan smiled and kissed the top of Lu Manqing's hair, "I'll go pick up the small vegetables grown by my grandfather in the yard and make dumplings at night." ”

Looking at the back of Gu Yan leaving, Lu Manqing blinked, she still felt that something was wrong, but what Gu Yan said was also very reasonable, and there seemed to be nothing wrong.

According to the customs of the Chinese country, the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve is also a day of family reunion, and the wanderers outside will return home and reunite with their parents as much as possible, it stands to reason that Gu Yunxiang should come back for the New Year, but since the morning, no one has mentioned this matter, and if they want to come to this house, I am afraid that no one will look forward to Gu Yunxiang's return.

Throughout the morning, everyone was busy preparing the ingredients, in China, there was a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner on the thirty nights, that is to say, the meal on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve was generally quite sumptuous, although the Gu family counted Lu Manqing and only four people, but this did not hinder their determination to make a luxurious meal.

It took a lot of time for the four of them just to process the ingredients and prepare all kinds of snacks, and after lunch, all four of them obediently went back to their rooms for a lunch break to prepare for the night vigil.

Chinese New Year's Eve, is to keep vigil, that is, to stay awake until dawn, but in the Gu family, everyone does not plan to adhere to this tradition, after all, Old Man Gu and Aunt Liu are not young, but they can't stand staying up late like this, but even so, everyone agreed to keep it until twelve o'clock and eat dumplings before sleeping.

So everyone slept for a long time during the lunch break, recuperating and preparing for the night's struggle, and after getting up in the afternoon, it was already past three o'clock, and the dinner time was half past six, so Aunt Liu got up and went into the kitchen, busy non-stop.

Lu Manqing wanted to make a move, but was pulled aside by Old Man Gu, "Qingqing, grandpa has something very important for you today, Yanyan, you also come along." ”

"Grandpa, what is it?" Lu Manqing followed behind Old Man Gu in a little confusion, Gu Yan also followed, and the three of them walked towards a small room in the deepest part of the first floor, this room, Lu Manqing has no memory, it seems that she has never come in, in the Gu family, this is just a very inconspicuous small room.

But the moment Old Man Gu pushed the room open, Lu Manqing's eyes widened, and he took a deep breath with an exclamation before swallowing it into his stomach.

Where is this room, this is simply a jewelry hall, from the outside of the door, this room is really nothing out of the ordinary, but in this room, it is really amazing.

This room is not very large, about 20 square meters, but the room is full of various shelves, even on the walls, there are many different display shelves, and the most amazing thing is that these display shelves are full of all kinds of different jewelry.

"These are all collected by my old woman, she is a person who loves beauty, loves these flowery things, your grandmother, when she was young, she was a famous beauty, you look at the eyes of Yanyan, she looks like his grandmother. Old Man Gu's tone was a little bleak, and his back, which had always been straight, seemed to be bent a little bit after entering this room.

I saw Old Man Gu slowly walk into the room, and in a display cabinet against the wall on the left, he took out a beautifully shaped box, unlike other jewelry, this jewelry was not displayed, but tightly wrapped in the box, so that people couldn't see what it was for a while.

"This, my wife said back then, to leave the treasure to her granddaughter-in-law, she designed it herself, and then found a craftsman to build, the old woman said, our Gu family has a shallow foundation, there is not even an ancestral treasure, there is no ancestral heirloom, the descendants are too embarrassed in the future, so she prepared this, and wants to pass it on from generation to generation. ”

"Back then, it was originally passed on to Yanyan's mother, but then something happened, Yanyan's mother returned this thing to your grandmother, so you have to let your granddaughter-in-law continue to pass it on, Qingqing, open it and take a look......"