After thinking about it all night, and in the second half of the night, Chen Youyi couldn't resist the needs of her body and fell asleep in a daze.

I thought I was going to oversleep the next day, but I didn't expect to wake up and see that it was not yet dawn, a little earlier than usual.

In selfishness, she didn't want to go to the Qin family today, and she didn't know how to face them. But if she doesn't go, she seems deliberate, always reminding her of the cattiness.

dragged on to the usual time to go out, Chen Youyi still went to work at the Qin family as usual.

Yes, just treat it as work and do your best to get it done. Think about the people who go to work, how many of them really like their work and cheer every day and wait to go to work?

As long as you act like a professional woman, there is no job that cannot be done.

Under Chen Youyi's self-consolation, or possibly self-hypnosis, it is true that she behaved impeccably, and the task was completed as perfectly as usual.

Just like that, a few more days passed, and it was the evening of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve.

Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is the top priority, Chen Youyi used all his skills, chicken, duck and fish, cured fresh vegetables, busy.

Qin Huai and Qin Ziheng helped to help, one selected vegetables, the other washed vegetables, and did auxiliary work in an orderly manner. The kitchen was too small, and the three of them were already crowded, so Mu Xiulian couldn't intervene and stood at the door looking at them

"Mother, you go into the house, and I'll call you when it's ready." Qin Huai grabbed a handful of celery in his hand and said triumphantly: "Today's dishes are all my choices, they must be particularly delicious." ”

Chen Youyi also said: "Yes, you come into the house, it's windy and cold when you stand at the door." We're all here. ”

Mu Xiulian was repeatedly persuaded, but she really couldn't help, so she had to leave first.

"Sister-in-law, how did this fish get cut into such pieces, can you still eat it?" While Qin Huai was choosing vegetables, he tiptoed his head to probe his brain and watch Chen Youyi carefully slice the fish.

Chen Youyi warned: "Don't get close, the kitchen is heavy, children can only fight on the side, and they can't get so close." She put the sliced fish meat in the egg white and rolled it around, explaining: "This dish is called squirrel fish, it is not chopped, it is cut and stopped, do you see if it is still a whole?" ”

The next thing is frying, Chen Youyi drove Qin Huai far away, so as not to be splashed with oil. When the fish is in the pot, the sound of stabbing is constant, and the aroma is constantly tumbling in the kitchen, bringing a lot of New Year's flavor.

"Wow, that's amazing!" Qin Huai watched admiringly as Chen Youyi calmly fried things in the oil pot, and he was not burned at all, he also helped cook, and every time he was stir-frying, he was scalded by the oil that was splashed out, but it hurt.

And here, Chen Youyi has already neatly put it on the plate.

"It smells so good." Qin Huai followed Chen Youyi in a circle like a kitten, and sniffed hard: "This fish is so beautiful, it must be delicious." ”

Chen Youyi laughed, and fed him one of the balls that had just come out of the pot: "That can't be eaten, it will destroy the shape if you eat it." If you taste meatballs, will they be too light? ”

"No, it's delicious." Qin Huai bit the ball, and kept muffling as he spoke, so as not to let his tongue get burned: "This is the best balls I have ever tasted." ”

Chen Youyi smiled: "Thank you for your compliment, wait for a few more cheers." ”

Qin Huai nodded vigorously and said, "It's delicious, give my eldest brother one too, the meat filling is chopped by the eldest brother, but I'm tired." ”

Chen Youyi was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked at Qin Ziheng. This is the first time she has directly set her eyes on Qin Ziheng today, and she has avoided it if she can in the past few days.

She roughly figured out what she wanted, but she didn't know how to face this unprecedented mind, or in the complicated situation she was in.

And before finding a solution, in order to be able to stay calm, she decided to keep a little distance from Qin Ziheng.

It's really just a little bit, I thought this home was so big, I couldn't avoid it.

"Huh? What's wrong? Qin Huai looked left and right, and felt that Chen Youyi, who had suddenly become stiff, was so strange, and his eldest brother also looked dumbfounded: "Big brother, don't you want to eat meatballs?" ”

It's a pity not to eat such delicious meatballs.

"I'll taste one." Qin Ziheng wiped his watery hands, took the chopsticks from Chen Youyi's hand, and added a ball and put it in his mouth.

His sudden approach frightened Chen Youyi to take a step back unconsciously, trying to leave Qin Ziheng's enveloping range without being discovered.

Qin Ziheng's eyes swept over her, and something of unknown meaning flashed.

It's just that this manifestation is so small that no one else notices it except himself.

The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was completed smoothly as expected, and four people ate around the table. There was already the sound of unbearable firecrackers outside, a little noisy, but also a little more festive and lively.

Chen Youyi tasted the fruits of his labor and felt that he was quite satisfied. The only regret is that Da Chen Guo doesn't have any drinks, and the only drink on the table is a pot of home-brewed rice wine.

"Go to the old and welcome the new, more than every year." Mu Xiulian also drank a glass, I don't know if it was the wine, or the charcoal fire was warm, her face was a little pale all day long, and it was rare to add a little bit of dividend.

Looking at the happy table in front of her, the eldest son finally came back safely, and the younger son gradually grew up healthy, and the big stone in her heart was moved.

Look at the daughter-in-law in front of me, who used to be extremely disgusted, is serving vegetables to her younger son, and each dish can tell an allusion, which makes the younger son surprised and laughs all the time, and it is different from the time when she was so angry that she had a headache and a pain in her heart.

Mu Xiulian has no big ambitions, and she never hoped that her son would get ahead and become an official, when Qin Ziheng was conscripted, she only asked her son to return safely. Now that the family is reunited for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, she has no greater requirements.

"Mother, why are you crying?" Qin Huai saw Mu Xiulian's tears at a glance, she didn't eat anymore, climbed down from the stool, and wiped her tears with her little hands: "Where are you uncomfortable, I'll give you a beating?" ”

Mu Xiulian hurriedly wiped her tears, stroked Qin Huai's head with satisfaction, and said softly: "My mother is fine, my mother is happy." Xiaohuai will be a year older tomorrow, and he will be a big child in the future. ”

"I'm a big kid now." Qin Huai straightened up his small chest, patted his chest, and asked worriedly, "Mother, are you really okay?" ”

Mu Xiulian pressed him to the stool, gave him some food, and said with a smile: "My mother is really fine, as long as Xiao Huai is safe and sound, my mother will have nothing to do." ”

Qin Ziheng poured Mu Xiulian a glass of rice wine and said, "It's really hard for you to be at home alone these years, taking care of your younger brother, and running this family. It's all sons who are unfilial and can't help their mothers share it. Later, when my son is at home, I will do all these things. ”

"Okay, okay." Mu Xiulian smiled and nodded, and her whole person looked full of love and happiness.