Under the street lamp, at the door of Zhou's house, Zhang Guoqing put one hand in his pocket, raised his wrist from time to time to look at the time, and stretched his neck to look ahead.

After kicking the snow nearby, he turned around the door several times alone, wandered for a while, and finally waited for Zhou Jiao, who had returned home late.

Before the person approached, Zhang Guoqing could already feel that his daughter-in-law was exuding joy. Well, the pace is also light. Listen to ...... They all hummed a little tune.

Zhou Jiao quickly stepped forward and grabbed his arm, "Why can't you run out and wait for me?" How cold it is. Didn't Grandma say that she had already called home, but Aunt Chen didn't mention it to you? ”

Zhang Guoqing squeezed her hand and put it in his pocket, "I said." Girl, have you found a treasure? ”

"Hey...... When I heard the kind words of one ear, my heart was happy. ”

"Oh, the old lady took you to the old sisters' party?"

"It's not." Zhou Jiao looked around with a probe and explained quietly, "The old lady took me to the hexagram, which was the house of the goddess who had just returned to Beijing that year. ”

Zhang Guoqing squeezed her hand with a smile, "What did you say to make you happy like this?" ”

"Hehe, the secret of heaven must not be leaked."

Zhang Guoqing smiled noncommittally, "Have you eaten it?" ”

"Not yet, I'm afraid you're worried, so I hurried back after accompanying the old lady back, but I had already eaten some pastries with the old lady in the car. What about you? ”

"I ate a little, I thought the old lady would take you to dinner." After hearing this, Zhang Guoqing hugged her tightly and sped up to the yard.

When Zhou Jiao heard this, she smirked a few times.

Zhang Guoqing shook his head amusedly-it is rare that Le Cheng is like a little mouse who has stolen oil, looking at the momentum, estimating what a good thing it is, feeding him first and waiting to go to bed to extract a confession.

Zhou Jiao looked around the living room suspiciously, saw that the doors were closed, and asked in surprise, "You are the only one at home tonight?" ”

"That's right, Dad came back and changed his body and went out again after picking up Mom, saying that there were foreign guests at night, and he would rest in it tonight and not come back. When I saw that there was no one at home, I pushed the Dayi and their party. ”

"Didn't you guys just drink together the night before yesterday?"

Zhang Guoqing hung up her coat, waited for her to wash her hands, and pulled her to the dining room. Besides, the food brought by Aunt Chen will be cold.

"So I pushed it, anyway, we will get together every once in a while." Zhang Guoqing took a long story short, no party is more important than his daughter-in-law.

Moreover, tonight's gathering is different from the previous ones.

The party two days ago was for the buddies who went to the mountains and went to the countryside to join the queue back to the city for a reunion, and by the way, I thanked myself and Yi Jiefang for their slow hand back then, and that face always had to be given.

If it weren't for some entertainment, he wouldn't want to go out in the cold.

"Hu Xiaohui called me today, haven't you seen Lin Zi for a long time? She also said that the two of us had forgotten that they were still in the capital. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Guoqing first scooped a small bowl of soup with a spoon, put it in front of her, motioned for her to take a sip first, and continued: "I haven't been in contact with Lin Zi for a while. I heard him say that he was going on a business trip again, and I didn't know when he would come back. I thought he hadn't come back yet.

I'll call Lin Zi tomorrow, I can't leave a lot of things in the past two days, and I have made an appointment with someone this weekend, so I can only wait for next week to see the time. ”

Zhou Jiao took a sip of soup and pursed her lips, "I have already explained to Xiaohui that they will have time to come to the door to play, and we don't necessarily have to go out." ”

Zhang Guoqing knew why, and shook his head with a smile, "You just invited, and the two of them won't come to the door if they have nothing to do." She was afraid that our dad was at home. ”

Zhou Jiao held the chopsticks in her hand, shook her head speechlessly, and continued to take small sips of rice. She didn't understand, what a good person her father was, why were these people afraid of her?

And when a guest came to the door, her parents took the opportunity to leave space for everyone, either reading in the study or resting in the bedroom, so there was no need to worry about facing her.

So she likes the two of them, see how affectionate they are when they come over and shout Uncle Zhou, and they can amuse her parents, and she doesn't need her parents to avoid them.

"Jingle bell ......" The phone rang urgently, Zhang Guoqing stood up and went over, picked it up with one hand, and Wan Dayong's voice came from inside, "Little Five?" ”

"Where's the little fifth father, where did you make the call?" As soon as he was halfway through the words, there were a few familiar laughter inside, and Zhang Guoqing raised his eyebrows, "Didn't you have a party outside tonight?" ”

"We're here in Dayong, I heard that your father-in-law wasn't at home tonight, right? Going to you, will it bother you two? ”

Zhang Guoqing laughed loudly: "Less nonsense! Hurry up, I'll let Aunt Chen make two appetizers. ”

"Okay, we'll be right there."

Hearing that he hung up the phone, Zhang Guoqing shook his head with a smile, turned around and asked Aunt Chen to cook a few snacks, and walked towards Zhou Jiao, "Have you eaten?" ”

"Well, who are they?"

"It's still those few dead friends, and now they are all in Dayong's house."

"All around?"

"It should be. It's cold, Dayong and they are not used to living outside, and it is too troublesome for the unit to burn the stove by themselves. ”

Zhang Guoqing said casually, and suddenly remembered something, "By the way, it's best to go back to the old house for a lunch break tomorrow." ”

Zhou Jiao blinked at him.

Zhang Guoqing snorted her with a smile, "I heard Dayong say that the food in the canteen has not been good recently, and I really don't want to run back and forth and ask Aunt Lu and them to bring you food." ”

The Aunt Lu that Zhang Guoqing mentioned were an old comrade-in-arms of his father-in-law Zhou Xiaozheng, Uncle Zhou, and an old couple in their fifties hired from that village.

With such a large yard, valuable furniture, ornaments, and a few beloved dogs of their sons, it is impossible for the couple to let it go.

The old couple was still in good health, and the old lady had a difficult birth in her early years and saved her life, and she could no longer give birth. The old man is also affectionate and righteous, and he does not agree to divorce his wife in life or death.

That's it.

Not only was he charged with unfilial piety by his relatives, but he was also scolded for being out of his household, so he was quite excluded in the village. Usually thanks to Uncle Zhou, who is the captain, he takes care of one or two, and he is also a hard-working person.

On this year's Qingming Festival, the family passed by Zhoujiazhuang after going up the mountain to worship, and went back to their rural courtyard to have a look.

After all, this character has been the same for decades and can be trusted.

Nowadays their daily routine is to clean up and take care of a few dogs. It's not the same as before. This time they were officially invited.

According to the current nanny salary, it is basically 15 yuan per month, but the old couple has 30 yuan a month, and they can basically save some money.

Now this pair of old couples live in the inverted house on the side of the courtyard of the old house, and the workload of maintaining a set of five-entry courtyard houses is still quite large.

Therefore, after Zhou Jiao thought about it, she still refused, "I'll go back to eat." ”