Chen Yi returned to the courtyard, he handed over the things that Aunt Li gave him to the life teacher, and then the old dean asked Chen Yi to help him go to see the door, and Chen Yi readily agreed.

Chen Yi sat in the communication room, bored, he glanced at the phone on the table, and a thought suddenly popped up in his heart: call Sophie.

The moment Chen Yi took the phone in front of him, he hesitated, what if it wasn't Fei'er who answered the phone? How should he explain? Even if Fei'er answered, what should he say?

After thinking about it for a long time, Chen Yi finally didn't dial Sophie's phone, and sat in the communication room in a daze.

At noon, Aunt Li also came, Chen Yi hurriedly greeted Aunt Li into the courtyard, and when Aunt Li came, she brought a large bag of candy to the children in the courtyard, and the children also politely said thank you.

Chen Yi originally planned to take Aunt Li to the office to sit for a while, but Aunt Li said that she was a rough person, and she felt uncomfortable when she entered the office, so she had to go to the back kitchen to help, but Chen Yi couldn't help Aunt Li had to agree.

When they arrived in the back kitchen, Aunt Li and Chen Ting also knew each other, and Aunt Li was not polite, put on an apron, and helped out in the back kitchen.

After a simple lunch, Wang Gang and they began to go fishing in the back pond again, Chen Yi did not go, he said that he wanted to stay to help prepare dinner, after all, the dinner of the Chinese New Year's Eve was more sumptuous than usual, many teachers in the courtyard had already returned, and only Chen Ting and his wife were busy in the back kitchen, and now Aunt Li was still not enough, so Chen Yi decided to stay and help cook.

The dinner of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the most particular thing is a reunion, what to eat for that reunion, of course, is dumplings.

So as soon as the meal was over, the back kitchen began to chop the stuffing and noodles, and many older children also came over to help make dumplings, and a group of people gathered around talking and chatting, not to mention how happy they were.

'Dididi' A car whistle came from the yard, and the children all stretched their heads out and yearned.

Chen Yi thought something was wrong, he ran out first, and as soon as he went out, he saw Chen Qiang driving into the courtyard.

Chen Yi hurriedly greeted him, and Chen Qiang also got out of the car after stopping the car.

"Brother Qiang, why are you here?" asked Chen Yi with a happy face.

Chen Qiang said with a smile: "Today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, your sister-in-law went back to her mother's house for the New Year, I happened to be a little busy with the company, so I didn't go back, thinking that I hadn't returned to the hospital for the New Year for a long time, no, I will come over as soon as the company's affairs are dealt with!"

Chen Yi was pleasantly surprised: "Haha, Brother Qiang, you will celebrate the New Year with us this year, that's great!"

Chen Qiang also seemed to be very happy, opened the trunk of the car, and asked for a lot of things, wine, drinks, snacks and so on.

Chen Yi beckoned the two friends in the courtyard to bring things to the canteen, Chen Qiang followed into the canteen, and saw that the children in the canteen were gathering around a dumpling group, and Chen Qiang also joined the dumpling team.

Chen Yi just wanted to sit down, and two more figures entered the door of the cafeteria, Chen Yi turned his head and saw Wang Yuyan and Tang Wenbing carrying a lot of things into the courtyard.

Chen Yi was overjoyed and hurriedly greeted him: "Little Mom, Uncle Tang, why are you here!"

Wang Yuyan put her arm around Chen Yi's shoulders and said with a smile: "Originally, we planned to go to your Uncle Tang's house for the New Year, but your Uncle Tang's parents wanted to go back to their hometown, so we didn't go back, so we went back to the courtyard for the New Year!"

Tang Wenbing also quipped: "How Xiaoyi, are you welcome?"

"Welcome, welcome, the courtyard is too lively this year, everyone is back for the New Year!" Chen Yi was very happy in his heart, he thought that Wang Yuyan was married, and he would not be here for the New Year this year, but he didn't expect Wang Yuyan to come back again, how could this not make him happy!

Chen Qiang knew Wang Yuyan, when he came to the courtyard before, Wang Yuyan and Chen Qiang had met several times, and they were quite familiar with each other, and they all exchanged a few polite greetings.

Tang Wenbing and Chen Qiang are about the same age, and the two have a common topic together, and the two of them are very speculative.

Wang Yuyan pulled Chen Yi over and asked, "Xiaoyi, why didn't I see Sister Jing?"

Chen Yi thought for a while and said, "Auntie should be in the dormitory at this time, after all, there are still many children to take care of." ”

Wang Yuyan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go over and take a look and see if I can help." ”

"Hmm!"

……

People who are familiar with Chen Yi all get together for the New Year, and Chen Yi is very happy.

In the afternoon, it was a little overcast, and everyone else was helping in the kitchen, and Chen Yi saw that it was not too early, and he walked alone to the pond in the back.

After walking for a while, light snow began to fall in the sky, Chen Yi couldn't help but speed up his pace, he heard Chen Ting say that there might be heavy snow tonight, but he didn't expect light snow to start falling this afternoon.

Before Chen Yi arrived at the place, he heard the laughter of Wang Gang and his gang, and Chen Yi followed the sound and walked away.

"Haha, Gangzi, you see me fishing!hahaha!" Wang Bowen was catching a fish and was provoking Wang Gang.

Wang Gang didn't even look at it, and snorted coldly: "Cut, you caught three of them this afternoon, and you're embarrassed to show off." ”

Wang Bowen was unconvinced and said: "That's better than you, you caught one in the afternoon!"

Wang Gang replied: "My one is bigger than your three!"

"Hey, let's count!"

"Specific weight!"

……

Chen Yi quietly walked behind them, and heard them start arguing again, Chen Yi coughed lightly.

"Ahem!"

Everyone turned their heads when they heard this.

"Hey, Xiaoyi is here!"

"Hey, Brother Xiaoyi!"

Everyone greeted Chen Yi warmly, and Chen Yi nodded.

Wang Bowen beckoned to Chen Yi and shouted: "Brother Xiaoyi, come to me, I'll lend you the rod to fish for a while!"

Chen Yi shook his head with a smile and said: "It's not early, it's already snowing, today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, there is still a lot of work in the courtyard that needs everyone's help, or let's go back early, right?"

Dashuo saw the snowflakes falling on the river and agreed: "Well, it's snowing, let's go back!"

Saying that, everyone also put away their rods, and Wang Bowen muttered alone: "I just got on the fish, and I'm leaving!"

Chen Yi heard it and replied: "If you don't want to leave, then you can continue fishing, anyway, the food is being cooked in the courtyard, and if you don't go, there will be no more!"

Wang Bowen scratched his head and smirked: "How can it, of course it's important to go back to the hospital!"

The group returned to the courtyard, and the snowflakes in the sky had turned into goose feather snow.

Back in the courtyard, Wang Gang and the others took out the fish they caught yesterday and the fish they caught today, and Chen Yi skillfully taught them how to kill the fish, clean the belly of the fish, and after finishing everything, they handed over the fish to Chen Ting.

Because the fish are all small fish, the size is not too big, but fortunately, there are more of them, and you can cook fish soup.

It was getting dark, and the snowflakes outside were getting bigger and bigger, and a thin layer of snow had accumulated on the ground, and there was a 'crunch, crunch' sound when walking.

Many children wore heavy cotton jackets and had snowball fights in the yard, and some began to build small snowmen.

Many of the surrounding residents also began to set off fireworks, colorful and dazzling fireworks, accompanied by an explosion, exploded, the children stood in the courtyard and looked at the beautiful fireworks in the sky, clapped their hands and shouted: "New Year, New Year!"

"Xiaoyi, go and call the dean and the others, it's time to eat later!" Aunt Li shouted as she stood at the door of the cafeteria.

Chen Yi was following Wang Bowen and them to have a snowball fight, and when he heard Aunt Li's shout, Chen Yi replied loudly: "Got it, aunt!"

"Little Fatty, you go to the dormitory to inform the others to go to the cafeteria to eat, I'll go to the communication room to find grandpa, Gangzi, you take the younger brothers and sisters in the courtyard to the canteen to prepare for dinner, Da Shuo, you and Da Zhuang will go to other places in the courtyard to see if there are any other people, tell them that it's time to eat, don't stay outside for too long, it's snowing and it's too cold!" Chen Yi said in an orderly manner.

Everyone else also put down the snowball in their hands, and according to Chen Yi's arrangement, they all performed their duties.

Chen Yi also walked to the communication room.

"Grandpa, grandpa, it's time to eat. Tatsumi shouted as he stood at the door of the communication room.

"Ah, here we are!" came the old dean's voice from inside the room.

With a 'creak', the door of the communication room opened, and Chen Yi saw the old dean come out wearing a red cotton jacket, which looked particularly festive.

"Yo, grandpa, you have put on the new padded jacket that your aunt made for you today!" Chen Yi smiled.

The old dean looked at the clothes on his body with satisfaction and said, "This year's Chinese New Year's Eve, happy, and warm in clothes." ”

Chen Yi stepped forward and helped the old dean to walk towards the cafeteria.

When they arrived at the cafeteria, everyone was busy putting together the tables, row by row, and the children saw the old dean coming, and they put down their work to greet the old dean.

"Hello grandpa!"

"Hello grandpa!"

……

"Hey, children, stay safe!" the old dean also said with concern.

"Grandpa!" Chen Qiang saw the old dean coming, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, followed by Tang Wenbing.

"Dean!"

The old dean didn't see the two of them come in in the afternoon, and said happily: "Qiangzi, you are all here, this year is a rare reunion!"

"Yes, grandpa, it's been so many years since I left, and it's the first time I've come back for the New Year!" Chen Qiang sighed.

The old dean knew that some of the rules in the hospital were very harsh, but the dean also did not want to add burden to the children, so the old dean stipulated that the children who left the hospital were not allowed to come back, which also made many children not understand.

After living here for so many years, they have regarded the courtyard as their home, and everyone in the courtyard as their closest person, but when they reach adulthood, they cannot go home to see, nor can they visit their relatives, they are very sad and do not understand.

After so many years, the rules of the hospital are still in place, although there are many people who will come back to see at first, but gradually these people come back less and less, until they don't come back again.

"Let's eat, let's eat!"

Chen Ting brought a few large bowls of fried vegetables on a tray, and the child next to him quickly took them.

The old dean saw Chen Ting and said, "Old man, have a drink tonight?"

Chen Ting wiped the oil stains on his hands with his apron, and said happily: "Drink some, you must drink some." ”

"Hahaha......" The two old men looked at each other and smiled.

Chen Qiang hurriedly took out a bottle of good wine from behind him and said, "It just so happens that I brought a few bottles of good wine today, let's taste them together!"

"I think it's okay, just as I get the dumplings out, we can start eating!" Chen Ting said.

"Well, okay, Grandpa Chen, you are busy first!"