Chapter 144: The Last Day of the Year
Two days passed in a blink of an eye, in order to be able to win the right to go out with a battery car on Chinese New Year's Eve, Jinbu's performance at home in the past two days was indeed remarkable. The filial and sensible attitude surprised my father greatly, and the golden cloth that cooked and cleaned without reminding him took the initiative to contract everything. even took the initiative to eliminate the dirty clothes accumulated by the father and son during this time.
Until Chinese New Year's Eve, after enjoying lunch, watching Jin Bu's diligence in cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, the rich experience of adults told his father that Jin Bu must have had other plans to perform so well. It's just that whether he is ready to know whether he is ready to ask for more New Year's money or wants to change his mobile phone, my father is a little confused.
But anyway, the decision is up to me, and my father doesn't need to think much about it at all, so he ordered Jin Bu to clean up the kitchen and go upstairs to watch the spy anti-Japanese war drama he has been chasing.
Towards 3 p.m., my father received a phone call and was ready to go out, so he turned off the TV and prepared to go out. Jin Bu, who heard his father coming downstairs, hurriedly followed, ready to tell his father what he was going to do tonight. But you can't talk about it directly to your father as soon as you come up. So he pretended to ask his father what he was going to do when he went out.
The father was also very frank, and his impatient tone was mixed with some irritation. Tell Kim Bu to get out, of course. As soon as this performance came out, Jin Bu roughly guessed that his father was either going to play mahjong or poker, which happened to help him say what he was going to do at night.
After asking his father if he was going to go out again to ask his friends on the construction site to play mahjong in the teahouse, Jin Bu directly expressed to his father that he wanted to go out and play for a while tonight. Due to Jin Bu's unusually good performance in the past few days, his parents promised to be very cheerful, and asked Jin Bu in a tentative tone if he would not come back overnight.
Naturally, he was quickly rejected by Jin Bu, and he could barely tell what was true and what was fake Jin Bu. Seeing that the purpose of warning Jin Bu that he must go home was achieved, his father was very satisfied, and before leaving, he specially instructed that he had to go to his grandfather's house for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner tonight, and then light a fire and prepare to leave.
As the roar of his father's motorcycle faded away, Jin Bu hopped back to his room humming a little song. Throwing himself into bed, he was full of anticipation for meeting Gu Yue at night. As early as last night, I packed up the things to be prepared today, which was enough for a school bag, and people who didn't know that they used to go outside to be a small profiteer, taking advantage of Chinese New Year's Eve to set up a stall to earn some pocket money.
The mobile phone screen lit up, and Jin Bu planned to convey the news that his plan had gone smoothly so far to Gu Yue, and by the way, to find out how Gu Yue had arranged. When chatting through text on the phone last night, Jin Bu and Gu Yue had preliminarily planned the question of when they would meet, and now Jin Bu was just confirming it.
Jin Bu: Princess, I've arranged everything for tonight, and I'll be able to leave for you after I've had the New Year's dinner. Gu Yue, how is the progress on your side?
Not long after the message was sent, Kim Bu quickly received a reply.
Gu Yue: I'm still the same as before, I can meet whenever I want. In the afternoon, my parents and I ate in the store and went home to wait for you, and I'll see you in the evening, and I'm going to make dinner now. You can just watch TV or sleep on your own.
Jinbu: It's only three o'clock when you have to cook, you must be ready to cook a super luxurious Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the universe is invincible to support you, just don't hurt yourself. We'll see you in the evening.
Jinbu is not sure in other places, but the tradition of Tassel City is that on Chinese New Year's Eve, you must have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with your family, even if the place to eat is not at home. This means that the family will still be reunited with this year in the coming year, which is a rule that every person in Tassel City abides by.
Gu Yue is looking forward to this day, Gu Yue will go to his snack bar to accompany his parents to dinner, a little pity because Chinese New Year's Eve is one of the busiest times of the year, can only be wronged Gu Yue and they eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in advance, which can also explain why it is only three o'clock, Gu Yue will start to be busy making dinner.
On this day in previous years, it was basically her mother who went home early to prepare the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner and took Gu Yue to the store together, and this year because Gu Yue invited Jin Bu to her house as a guest, Gu Yue practiced cooking skills for half a month. Therefore, this year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner of the Guyue family is different from previous years, and it is fully owned by the head chef of Guyue.
With the experience of the last time, coupled with the cold winter nights in Tassel City, Gu Yue's recipes are still based on stews, accompanied by various cured meats at home. Sausages, bacon, rabbit heads, rabbit legs, pig tongues, and pig ears all come in such a small plate. In addition to stews, they are basically semi-finished products, and the most time-consuming is to slice these lap-mei, which is indeed a difficult challenge for Gu Yue, who rarely uses a knife.
Jin Bu, who was rolling freely on the bed, waited for a few minutes and didn't see Gu Yue reply to her message, realizing that she should really be busy. Staring at the ceiling, he came back to his senses and began to think about how to pass the time of waiting. I went to my father's room with the quilt in my arms, and I planned to spend the rest of my time watching TV.
Although the father of Jinbu's room specially placed a TV, the set-top box and TV lines were also arranged. But the TV screen is pitifully small. Naturally, Jin Bu preferred to go to his father's room and watch documentaries on a TV with a bigger screen, and the picture was many times better when watching a documentary on a large-screen TV. The level of enjoyment is not comparable to that of a small TV.
It's a bit of a pity that because my father smoked for a long time, his quilt inevitably smelled of smoke. Therefore, in winter, Jin Bu always brought his own quilt and blanket to his father's room. It is easy for people to get sleepy in a warm environment, and looking at it, Jin Bu slowly fell asleep.
When I woke up, there was an extra figure beside me. A little lazily blinked, and after putting on his glasses, Jin Bu found that it was his grandfather. The reason why Grandpa Jin Bu appeared here is very simple, he simply asked Jin Bu to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.
After his consciousness became a little clearer, Jin Bu was shocked and immediately woke up. I hurriedly rummaged through my phone to find out what time it was. After confirming that it was almost six o'clock in the afternoon, I could feel a clear relief from Jinbu. It was clear that Jin Bu was worried about whether he was oversleeping.
Judging from Jin Bu's performance just now, Jin Bu, who usually doesn't pay much attention to anything, takes the matter of meeting Gu Yue at night very seriously. Otherwise, judging from his usual performance, at this time, Jin Bu will definitely rebuild and lie down and try to sleep after sending his grandfather away.
After seeing that Jin Bu was awake, his grandfather opened his shirt and took out a stack of money in the bag on the inside of the cotton coat. Draw out two red hundred-dollar bills inside, which is considered the New Year's money of the golden cloth. Jin Bu was also upright, he didn't pretend to push, and after saying thank you to his grandfather with a smile, he decisively took the two hundred yuan in cash from Jin Bu's grandfather.
Then Grandpa Jin Bu left a sentence to go up early for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and then went back first. Jin Bu replied after a few moments, and then came up. After hearing the footsteps of his grandfather coming downstairs, Jin Bu played with his mobile phone to check if Gu Yue had replied to his message. Sure enough, there was a reply, a message from 4:53 minutes.
At that time, it was the time when Gu Yue packed everything up and went to her snack bar with Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.
There is no need to estimate, Jin Bu can think that Gu Yue will probably be enjoying Chinese New Year's Eve Chinese New Year's Eve meal with his parents if nothing happens at this time. Therefore, Jin Bu planned not to be in the ink, and quickly changed his clothes and prepared to go to his grandfather's house to complete the last task arranged by his father before he wanted to meet Gu Yue.
The most lively night of the year at Grandpa's house must have been even now, and before he even entered the door, Jinbu heard the voices of no less than three people. The pleasant mood that had been accumulated because he wanted to see Gu Yue was simply cut off a few points. Even though he was nearly fifteen years old, Jin Bu still didn't like this kind of meal with many people and many people were unfamiliar with.
My father arrived after playing mahjong, and it was he who gave the key to his grandfather and asked him to call Jin Bu to come and eat. After seeing Jin Bu coming up, his father hurriedly beckoned Jin Bu to greet the various elders, which further made Jin Bu feel uncomfortable. The way to say hello is just to call the honorific title of uncle and aunt.
The elders in the patrilineal family always say that Jin Bu's child lives like a girl, and he usually doesn't go out, and when he comes out of his grandparents and mother-in-law, he simply laughs and finishes when he sees other relatives and elders, and Jin Bu's aunt who is still teaching comments on him as shy and shy.
Whenever he was taught by his elders that boys should be more masculine, Jin Bu was helpless. This really can't be blamed on him, Jin Bu, who grew up in his grandmother's house all his childhood, has more contact with relatives who are still from the matrilineal family. In fact, in the matrilineal family gathering, the golden cloth does not feel restrained and nervous.
At the New Year's dinner table, there are always people who ask young people all kinds of questions. As the only male in the family, Jin Bu's experiences must be indispensable. At first, everyone still asked about Jin Bu's academic performance and other serious questions, and after a table of people drank three rounds, they began to ask Jin Bu if there was such a non-interesting topic as finding a girlfriend at school.
Although Jin Bu has Gu Yue, he can't really answer truthfully. can only be vague and use a fake smile to confuse the past. Seeing that the time was almost up, he went to his father to get the keys to the battery car and prepared to set off to pick up Gu Yue. The father, who had drunk a little wine, was in a very good mood, and refused to give the key directly to Jin Bu, so he had to let Jin Bu toast everyone present with a drink before leaving.
Out of the purpose of not wanting to waste time, Jin Bu could only come according to his father's request. When encountering wine and too many elders, he has to listen patiently to his teachings to Jin Bu, and in this case, Jin Bu's inner emotions will definitely only get bigger and bigger. After the last round of toasting was completed, Jin Bu, who got the key, ignored his father's advice to ride slower later, and pushed the door out without his head.
Hurried home, carrying the schoolbag that had been prepared a long time ago. violently pushed his father's model car away to make way for the battery car. I checked what I had to bring, looked again to see if I had the light, and closed the door.
Riding on a small motorcycle, with apprehension and excitement, Jin Bu was finally able to go to see his favorite Gu Yue.