This year's Chinese New Year's Eve falls one day after Valentine's Day, February 15. Lu Zhu decorated the house in advance, and the roses given to her by Jiang Huaining were raised in a crystal bottle on the table.

She bought a record player on a second-hand website and picked up some old records at a nearby record store, which were much more expensive than she expected. Chinese New Year, happiness is the most important thing, she doesn't hurt at all.

Lu Zhu also changed into new bedding and curtains, went to the supermarket to stock up on enough vegetables for her and Jiang Huaining to eat for a week, and bought some nuts and candy. It is the first time for them to celebrate the New Year in a foreign country, and the atmosphere that should be there cannot be left behind.

After arranging everything, Xia Zhu's video call came.

Lu Zhu cleared his throat before connecting, straightened his face, and put on the attitude of dealing with the teaching director in the school back then, pressed the connect button with his fingers, and called his mother with a smile.

Xia Zhu was such a gentle person, he rolled her eyes on the spot, but after rolling herself, she couldn't help laughing: "You little liar, you promised me to come back for the New Year, but you regretted it, and you have to stay in Beicheng."

Lu Zhu smiled and begged for mercy: "I was wrong."

"Tomorrow's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, are you eating at home or going out?" Of course, Xia Zhu didn't blame her when he called, but he was mainly worried that the two children would not be able to handle it, after all, it was Chinese New Year's Eve, and it was not okay to make do.

"We're going to eat it at home." In order to reassure her, Lu Zhu opened the refrigerator to show her, there was no shortage of melons, fruits, vegetables, fish, meat, eggs and milk, and they were stuffed to the brim.

Xia Zhu not only didn't feel at ease after reading it, but rubbed his forehead sadly: "I don't want my baby daughter to grow up at all."

Lu Zhu understood the deeper meaning of her words: "Cooking is Jiang Huaining's task, and I am responsible for doing it."

"You, I haven't said anything yet, you just speak for Jiang Huaining......

"Nope!" Lu Zhu's cheeks were hot and red.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, Jiang Huaining arrived home early, took off his coat, rolled up the sleeves of his sweater, and went straight to the kitchen. took off the dark blue apron that belonged to him and hung it around his neck, and seeing that some ingredients had been processed on the board, he pushed Lu Zhu out: "Leave the rest to me, you go and rest."

"I don't." Lu Zhu was in the face, "It's faster for two people to be together."

The dumpling filling was ready, packed in a white porcelain basin, Jiang Huaining stood next to her, handling the remaining ingredients: "It's enough to eat hot pot, do you still make dumplings?"

Lu Zhu said, "Save it for supper or eat it tomorrow morning."

The two worked together and packed more than 100 dumplings into the refrigerator.

Outside the window, the night is quietly coming, and the lights of thousands of homes are reflected in, comparable to the fireworks of flowers, decorating the dark night.

The table is covered with a warm yellow plaid cloth, a white square electric pot, and the butter hot pot base is added to the broth, which is boiled and bubbling, and the spicy smell of hot pot wafts through the room. The side dishes were placed around the pot, the meat and vegetables were matched, and Jiang Huaining made a few home-cooked side dishes and cold dishes.

Even if there were only two people, the atmosphere was hot enough.

Lu Zhu's cheeks were flushed, he was wearing a bright red knitted sweater, and the corners of his mouth were raised in the white heat: "The soup base is boiling, let's eat!"

Jiang Huaining raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do you want to drink some wine?"

Lu Zhu reflexively remembered that night, she drank too much sparkling wine, and when she got home, she went from the entrance to the bedroom with him absurdly, and when she got up the next day, she was scattered with incriminating evidence......

"Don't try to pour me wine!" Lu Zhu glared at him inwardly, "I bought a drink."

She said that she was about to get up to get it, but Jiang Huaining raised his hand and pressed it, he took Coke and orange juice from the refrigerator, held a bottle in one hand, turned around and asked her, "Which one do you want to drink?"

"Orange juice."

Jiang Huaining put the Coke back and poured a glass of orange juice for each of them.

"Ah, I almost forgot the main event." Lu Zhu jumped out of his chair and tinkered with the record player for a while according to the instructions, successfully getting the record running.

Songs of the refreshing summer vibe echoed in the warm room, making the atmosphere a little hotter.

Jiang Huaining took chopsticks to shabu-shabu: "Shouldn't you put a good luck song for the New Year?" This is more appropriate.

"Then our house will change

It's become a supermarket hypermarket." Lu Zhu sat down, the fat beef roll was just hot, and it was picked up by Jiang Huaining and put into her dipping bowl.

He put the back of his hand to his nose and laughed sullenly, "I have a picture in my head."

Lu Zhu blew the steaming fat beef roll, stuffed it into his mouth, and sighed: "It's delicious, it's right to buy it with the aunts in the supermarket."

Jiang Huaining took a bite and nodded in agreement.

The record player was spinning, the summer was coming in the house, the heat of the hot pot was smoking their faces, and the delicious food, an unintentional joke was enough for them to lean back in their chairs and laugh for a long time.

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Lu Zhu was full, Jiang Huaining brought the cut fruit, and the two moved to the window, sat on the white plush carpet and watched the night scene outside, leaning together and chatting.

Jiang Huaining pinched the bright red strawberry and handed it to her mouth, she opened her mouth and took a bite, he naturally put the remaining half into his mouth: "This is also bought with the aunts? It's so sweet."

"I picked it myself." Lu Zhu is like a child showing off in front of his parents, "Sweet."

He hummed, seized the opportunity to look up at him, and took her mouth in his mouth for a while, "Sweeter."

Lu Zhu slid down, half lying on his lap, stretching out his arms to cover his lips: "Passed my tricks."

Jiang Huaining imprinted a kiss on her palm: "There is no other teacher, I can only learn from you." Is it okay to learn? Mr. Lu."

Lu Zhu kept a red apple on his face, giggling and poked his hardstone abs under his thin sweater: "You're a college bully, how can you not do it."

The song is still playing, the hot pot on the table is not powered off, turned to the lowest setting, and a small bubble occasionally bubbles up from the calm soup base, grunt, grunt, and there is still unfinished orange juice in the cup.

Lu Zhu looked at the night sky where there was not a single star: "It's just that a little fireworks are missing. Fireworks have also begun to be banned in our hometown, and it is estimated that there will not be many people at the bridge tonight."

Jiang Huaining lowered his eyes and looked at her, and after a few seconds, he suddenly had an impulse and dragged her up: "Let's go out for a walk."

Lu Zhu was stunned, a little incredulous: "Now? It's cold outside."

"I'll take you to the fireworks."

"Huh? You can't set off fireworks in Beicheng......

Jiang Huaining took the down jackets of the two of them, put them on her first, and then put on his own. He turned off the electric cooker and left the record player there to sing alone.

I drove past one shop after another, and finally bought a handful of fairy sticks.

Lu Zhu's face twitched: "This is what you said about setting off fireworks?"

"I can't help it, I can only settle for a while."

Jiang Huaining does not smoke and specially bought a lighter. The two stood next to the car, which was at the end of a street where sycamores were planted and the leaves withered, leaving only ugly bare trunks.

The car stopped under the tree, like a cicada dead in summer, and the cold wind whistled, blowing a fine and dense pain on the face. Jiang Huaining blocked the wind with his body and lit two fairy sticks for her.

The sparks lit up on the faces of the two, and the moment the fireworks lit up, her eyes lit up. Although she only dislikes fairy sticks, in fact, she couldn't be happier.

There is a person who will put into practice what she said casually, and there is nothing happier than this.

Tiny cold snow particles fell on his face, Lu Zhu touched his face, and looked up at the night sky: "Is it snowing?"

A moment after the words fell, the falling snow particles became rapid. Jiang Huaining lifted the sleeves of his black down jacket, and snow-white snow particles jumped on the sleeves: "The forecast says there is no snow."

Lu Zhu waved the fairy stick in his hand: "Although it hasn't reached zero o'clock yet, it's okay to make a New Year's wish in advance." Come, you promise one first, to the fairy."

The fairy stick in his hand was about to burn out, and Lu Zhu immediately took out a new one from the cardboard box, and put the front end on the fireworks to light it: "Okay, let's go."

Jiang Huaining's eyelashes, which were as black as crow feathers, drooped down, and the bursting sparks reflected his eyes: "I hope that my loved ones will be safe and happy in 2018."

Lu Zhu

He handed him the fairy wand, "I thought you were going to make a wish for success in your career."

Jiang Huaining shook his head and said with a smile: "It's still in its infancy, and it may take three or five years when it is actually completed. I hope you can be safe and happy more than your career."

Lu Zhu closed her eyes with her hands folded very ceremoniously, and the snow particles were mixed with pieces of snowflakes and fell on her eyelashes: "Then I will make a wish, you can realize your dream as soon as possible."

They all made New Year's resolutions for each other.

The last fairy stick burned out, and the falling snowflakes grew larger, and a layer of white fell on the shoulders. Jiang Huaining's palm wrapped her hands: "Go home, it's too cold outside."

The moment you enter the house, the New Year's bell rings just in time.

Before Lu Zhu could turn on the lights, he immediately said to the people around him, "Happy New Year."

Jiang Huaining accurately lowered his lips between her eyebrows in the darkness: "Happy New Year."

They have been together for another year, and there are many, many years ahead.