After dinner, Gu Yi and Zhao Xiaoxing went back.

Chen Xingling went upstairs to take a shower and hid in the supermarket space to apply a mask for maintenance.

Afraid that she would be in a hurry tomorrow morning, she picked out the cigarettes one by one and packed them carefully.

Worried that there will not be enough tea at home tomorrow, I found a few packets of tea leaves in ordinary packaging and brought them with me.

She washed her face and applied the cream before lazily coming out of the space.

The winter nights are relatively long, dangling for most of the day, and it is only about eight o'clock.

She turned on the lamp and took a miscellaneous book and looked at it slowly.

Outside, the sound of the car's engine slowly sounded on the road outside, from far and near.

Chen Xingling didn't bother to take care of it, but who knew that the car was parked at the gate outside!

The car door opened, and the two men hurriedly got out of the car.

"Xing'er! Stars! ”

- The most familiar voice!

Chen Xingling was so pleasantly surprised, he hurriedly threw away the book, jumped off the wooden bed, picked up his coat and rushed downstairs.

"It's coming! Here it comes! ”

She turned on the lights downstairs, and even the lights in the courtyard outside.

Then, in a panic, she opened the door in a panic—and finally saw the handsome face she had been thinking about day and night.

The next moment, she rushed forward and threw herself into Gu Qi's arms!

Gu Qi hugged her tightly with gentle eyebrows, still holding the duffel bag in one hand, and could only hold her with the other hand. The soft fragrance and soft jade were full of arms, and the heart that had been empty for many days was suddenly filled, and he felt as if he had the whole world.

Chen Xingling was buried in Gu Qi's shoulder socket, feeling the familiar taste and warmth that only belonged to him, and his intuition was a little dizzy for a while.

"Archie, I'm ...... Dreaming? Are you really back? ”

Gu Qi stroked the back of her head and chuckled: "Xing'er, it's me." I am back. ”

"Hee-hee!" Chen Xingling smiled happily: "Miss me?" ”

Gu Qi's eyes were gentle, and he murmured: "...... Think. As long as you're not busy with work, your mind is full of you. ”

Chen Xingling smiled coquettishly and rubbed his neck affectionately.

Gu Qi was a little embarrassed, pulled the military coat on his body, and wrapped the delicate wife in his arms tighter.

"Ahem!" A laughing cough sounded.

Chen Xingling was startled and hurriedly turned around.

- There seems to be a person standing in the dark, and his figure looks very familiar.

Liu Xinnian smiled and teased: "Sister-in-law, we were delayed on the road for more than an hour, and now we are cold and hungry." Let's go inside and have a glass of water. I'll leave right away after drinking the water, and you and Archie will hug me again! ”

Forehead?

Chen Xingling was slightly embarrassed and hurriedly let go of Gu Qi.

"Brother Liu?? Boom! Inside, please! Inside, please! ”

Gu Qi twisted his luggage into the house and explained: "I called Brother Liu in the evening and asked him to pick me up." Unexpectedly, the tires of the car on the road broke, and there was a delay for some time. ”

Liu Xinnian helped twist a military-colored sealed small bag, plus a military-colored square cloth bag.

"Archie, where are these?"

Gu Qi turned around and took the small package, and whispered: "These are some drawings that need to be modified, and they can't be made public for the time being." It must be rushed out before the Lantern Festival, hoping to be done. ”

Liu Xinnian couldn't help but pity him, and asked, "This year has to be in the study?" ”

"Hmm." Gu Qi nodded lightly.

Liu Xinnian knew that some of his work was classified and absolutely secret, so he didn't dare to ask too much, so he hurriedly helped him go to the study together.

"Brother Liu, Archie, you drink a glass of warm water first." Chen Xingling hurriedly came in with two large glasses of water and said, "I'll go to the kitchen to make you something to eat." ”

Liu Xinnian took the water cup and thanked him, "Sister-in-law, don't bother at night." I'll just go back and get some coping with it, and I won't bother. ”

"No trouble." Chen Xingling greeted warmly: "You sit for a few minutes, and you can eat it immediately." ”

Gu Qi glanced at his wife gently and said, "Brother Liu, stay and eat a bowl of noodles." The fried noodles made by Xing'er are delicious. ”

Liu Xinnian was so hungry that he heard his stomach gurgling when he heard it.

"That's—that's fine. Trouble sister-in-law. ”

"No trouble." Chen Xingling quickly turned to the kitchen.

She put some charcoal on the stove and turned on the kerosene stove to boil the water.

Then, she hurried into the supermarket space and took four packets of beef slices and some vegetables, as well as a packet of hot pot ingredients and a few packets of shrimp dumplings and fish balls.

Back in the kitchen, she threw the hot pot ingredients into the cauldron and poured hot water from the thermos flask to stir.

Then, she took out the red-hot charcoal and put it in the small stove.

The stove is served on the table, and the cauldron is brought to the boil.

The soup base quickly boiled, and she threw some fish balls and shrimp dumplings into it, and cut four more potatoes and a few fresh mushrooms into it.

She took out the beef slices one by one and put them on a plate, laid them out flat, and took a few more slices of fried noodles and set them aside.

Then, she turned around and went to wash the vegetables and cut two tomatoes.

At this time, the soup in the pot is already boiling and bubbling!

Liu Xinnian and Gu Qi went to the back bathroom and came back, and as soon as they entered the house, they were attracted by the rich and spicy taste!

“…… It's a hot pot! Sister-in-law, you- how did you get so much? A bowl of noodles is all it takes! You've made it so rich! I'm drooling when I see it! Ha ha! ”

Gu Qi beckoned him to sit down.

Chen Xingling hurriedly handed over the dishes and chopsticks: "Don't bother, everything is ready-made." Hurry up and eat, everyone is so familiar, you're welcome. ”

"I'm not polite to you!" Liu Xinnian smiled and took the dishes and chopsticks, and immediately started eating.

Gu Qi was also extremely hungry, so he buried his head in eating.

"Xing'er, you also take the dishes and chopsticks to eat together."

Chen Xingling helped to scald the beef on the side, and said softly: "I've eaten enough." Come on, eat more. ”

Liu Xinnian ate thin and tender beef, and his eyes widened in surprise.

"Sister-in-law, what kind of beef is this? How can you cut it as thin as a cicada's wings? ”

Chen Xingling said "oh" twice, and hurriedly said nonsense: "My fourth sister-in-law's mother's family slaughtered cattle for the New Year and gave my mother's family dozens of catties of beef." I also shared a few pounds of good meat. Thinking that Archie and Xiaohuzi were not there, I couldn't eat much by myself, so I put it at the window to dry. It was so cold last night that the beef was frozen into pieces. I use a sharp knife to scrape and cut it off piece by piece. ”

"No wonder it can be cut so thin!" Liu Xinnian praised it: "It's delicious!" It's delicious! ”

Gu Qi knew that there was always a dazzling array of food in his kitchen cabinet, and every time his wife went out, he would buy a large pile and put it at home to eat slowly, and his uncle and brothers would also send seafood over every once in a while, and he was used to seeing it.

"Brother Liu, eat more if it's delicious, you're welcome."

Liu Xin'an was eating happily, and he couldn't help but feel itchy.

"Archie, it's rare to have the opportunity to eat such a delicious hot pot, and you really can't do without good wine. The bottle of good wine that Lao Guo gave you...... Why don't you let me take a few sips? ”

Gu Qihu looked at his wife suspiciously and asked, "Xing'er, Lao Guo has sent wine?" ”

"Nope!" Chen Xingling thought hard and replied: "Most of the New Year's goods have been taken away by your mother, I have roughly looked at the things, and it seems that there is no wine." ”

"Oops!" Liu Xinnian patted his head with a smile and said, "Look at my memory!" I almost forgot! ”

Then he hurried out, and soon ran back again, with an extra straw bag in his hand, and looked heavy.

"Whoa!" Liu Xinnian explained: "This is a good wine given to you by Lao Guo, plus a bag of sugar for Xiaohuzi. Also, this is a reward for you from the new project, I helped you go to the finance office in the afternoon to get it, and it is all in the envelope. ”

Gu Qi put down the dishes and chopsticks, took the envelope and opened it, and handed it to his wife.

"Is this what Lao Guo approved? So much? ”

Chen Xingling nodded and found that there were a total of eight great unity.

Liu Xinnian squinted his eyes and rubbed the wine bottle in his hand, and said with a smile: "Lao Guo's criticism!" The whole factory is your only one! It's about a month's salary – you've done a great job, and you deserve it. I said, can you make this wine? Give me a cup to quench your cravings! ”

Gu Qi smiled dumbly: "Brother Liu, you have to drive back later." I don't like to drink, so I'll give it to you. ”

"That's not going to work!" Liu Xinnian said: "Lao Guo specially left it for you, saying that it was given by an old comrade-in-arms, and he was reluctant to drink it himself." I'll just sleep in the factory office tonight, and I'll have some work to do tomorrow. ”

Chen Xingling replied with a smile: "Then drink it." If you're drunk, you'll be wronged to sleep in Xiaohuzi's room, or sleep in the study next door, okay? ”

"Haha! Yes! ”

After a few glasses of spirits, Liu Xinnian was a little drunk, and he unconsciously said too much.