Chapter 49: I Love You
In the Chinese New Year's Eve, every household is lit up, and the crackling firecrackers in the morning are heard one after another.
The most beautiful thing in winter is to nest in the warm quilt, Fu Zhining slept until she woke up naturally, got up and stretched her waist, the fragrance of beef stew flowed around along the air, like an invisible hand hooking her all the way to the kitchen, it was not Aunt Zou who was guarding the pot, it was Chef Lin.
"It smells so good! Did you do it? She salivated, opened the lid and looked into the pot, where the churning gravy mixed with the rich and enticing aroma of cinnamon came to her nose. Lin Yize picked up the little kitten who was about to drool, handed her a roasted toast and asked Fu Zhining to cushion her stomach, "I'll have lunch directly in a while." β
Father Lin and Mother Lin gave Fu Zhining a thick red envelope as in previous years, of course, the favorite daughter-in-law is indispensable to Mr. Lin, Lin Yize also took out a red envelope from his pocket and stuffed it into the little girl's hand, in addition to a stack of red Grandpa Mao, he also put his auxiliary card, and the holder on the card is Fu Zhining's name.
Several servants in the family went home on vacation, only Uncle Huo and her wife, that is, the aunt who grew up watching Lin Yize stay in the Lin house, and they have no children and no daughters for so many years in the Lin family.
Father Lin and Lin Yize slaughtered all sides on the sterling silver chessboard, and she sat on the small bench next to her and watched the game with a fruit plate, cheering for Mr. Lin who had lost the game by the way. Zou Ping was busy dialing the phone calls of the good sisters to greet the New Year one by one, and those who were close would make an appointment to meet after the New Year, and those who were far away said that they would be invited to come to the engagement banquet. Aunt Liu beckoned her to the kitchen to choose the dishes she wanted to eat at night, and Uncle Huo handed her the rock sugar gourd she had just bought.
The family happily gathered together, compared with the politeness and alienation of previous years, Fu Zhining felt the warmth of home this time after a long absence, just like a budding flower finally happily spreading the layers of protective petals in the warmth of spring, blooming a refreshing stamen, she took off the mask of the drama spirit, and became herself as she was.
After eating, the Lin family and his wife watched the Spring Festival Gala in front of the TV, Lin Yize took Fu Zhining to set off fireworks, the lighter lit the fairy stick, and the small flames burst out with silver light to split the winter darkness, Fu Zhining happily circled in the yard with one hand, Lin Yize was fascinated, and the sparks reflected on her red cheeks, which could not hide her dazzling brilliance at this time.
The two put all kinds of new varieties again, Father Lin came out with a coat to command Mr. Lin to listen to a few movements, several people stood under the red lantern and looked up at the night sky, 200 colorful ceremonial flowers "Bang Bang" continued to explode one after another, and the faint starlight immediately fell like petals. Uncle Huo mysteriously pushed out a large heart-shaped flower from the warehouse, and at the moment of ignition, the heart-shaped shape of the outer circle was first connected together, and then layers of red and white fireworks were immediately launched to form a small love heart.
After a fleeting moment of fireworks, Fu Zhining took out his mobile phone and quietly took a photo and sent it to the circle of friends, and if you look closely, you will find that a man's dark back happens to be in the center of the heart, and she also added the sentence "Every year has a day".
Although the Lin family is a rich and noble family, the celebration of this important day is no different from ordinary people.
When the family returned to the house to warm up, they began to gather at the table to make dumplings, Fu Zhining couldn't eat leeks, and Zou Ping specially asked Aunt Liu to make celery beef filling. Since she was a child, her mother has hugged her to make dumplings, and she will naturally be able to make dumplings if she sees more, although Fu Zhining is not very good at stir-frying, but she is very good at making dumplings.
The colorful dough mixed with vegetable juice is constantly crushed by Chef Lin's rolling pin and turned into round, well-proportioned cakes. Zou Ping brought peanuts and halva for her to wrap inside, and Fu Zhining's flexible hands wrapped a plate of colorful dumplings like gold ingots in a while.
Lin Yize wiped his hands clean and wanted to wipe off the flour on the little girl's face, Fu Zhining thought that he was stretching out his arm to rub his face, so he hurriedly twisted his body and hid to the side, the man followed her around the table, and finally grabbed the little cat with a flower face and washed his face.
There was still a period of time before twelve o'clock, Fu Zhining returned to the room on the second floor to rest for a while, she opened the curtains and sat quietly by the window looking up at the twinkling stars in the sky, countless bright lights seemed to wave hello to her. Lin Yize went upstairs and called her to eat dumplings, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw the lonely figure of the little girl, he silently walked behind Fu Zhining and hugged her tightly into his arms, and kissed her hair gently.
"Which of these stars do you say is the mother and which is the father?" Fu Zhining's face rubbed against the man's chest, expecting his answer.
"None of them." Lin Yize's warm palm took her hand and whispered, "The sky is boundless and too big, they are afraid that you won't find it, so they have never left you, they have always been by your side." Two lines of tears slipped down the girl's moist eyes, and Fu Zhining choked up and said, "Really? β
"You are their precious daughter, how can your uncle and aunt be willing to let you go." The man's cold lips covered her wanton flowing eyes, sharing the bitter taste a little bit, "I am also reluctant to leave you." β
Mr. Lin's untimely love words came out and made Fu Zhining laugh, she turned around and leaned into the man's warm arms to find comfort, Lin Yize rubbed her little brain melon and hugged people tighter, eager to integrate into each other's blood and bones, and never separate again.
After a long time, Fu Zhining poked his head out of tears, "Let's go, let's go eat dumplings." Lin Yize picked her up and walked down the stairs, Zou Ping happily beckoned them to sit down, and the dumplings on the table were still steaming.
Lin Yize sandwiched a dumpling into the little girl's bowl, Fu Zhining stuffed it into her mouth, the sweet osmanthus halva melted between her lips and teeth, and she patted the man's thigh happily, "I have eaten sugar." I continued to pick up the second dumpling and put it in my mouth, and I took a bite of the fragrant peanut kernels.
"Ning Ning must have a prosperous career in the coming year, and the days will be sweet." Zou Ping said and didn't forget to look at his son on the side, "You kid don't want to make Ning Ning angry." β
"It's too late for me to spoil her." In the laughter of everyone, the little girl blushed and buried her head in eating dumplings.
The host on the TV is announcing the countdown to the new year, "Three, two, one." β
The bell rang at zero o'clock, the overwhelming firecrackers and brilliant fireworks bloomed at the same time, and for a while, a variety of sounds mixed together poured into his ears, but even if the environment was so noisy, Fu Zhining still clearly recognized the man's deep voice.
"Happy New Year, An'an, I love you."
Fu Zhining turned to look at the man, Lin Yize opened his mouth and said "I love you" again, and the silent love was deafening.
Before going to bed, Lin Yize returned to the room and found that there was an extra red envelope on the head of the bed at some point, and the red envelope was stained with a little white flour on the surface, in addition to a lot of banknotes and a small note, he opened the note, and Juanxiu's font appeared in front of him.
[Mr. Lin, collect your New Year's money. γ
Lin Yize raised the curvature of the corner of his mouth and put the note into the drawer, took a photo and sent it to the little girl.
[Miss Fu, when will I make up for it in previous years?] γ
Fu Zhining replied to her with the word "no", and also sent an emoji of the cat's punch.
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On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Fu Zhining was woken up by the artificial stove next to him.
Her habit of sleeping until three o'clock in the sun successfully affected Mr. Lin, and the man heard that she was awake, closed his eyes and said hoarsely: "It's still early, I'll sleep again." β
"Don't sleep, it's the first day of the Lunar New Year, let's go down early." Fu Zhining lifted the quilt and tried to wake him up, but even the belt fell into Lin Yize's arms, "It's been so many days, and I haven't seen you get up early any day." β
Who gets up early on the holidays for college students!
The two of them made a fuss in bed for a long time before getting up and washing, and walked downstairs side by side with Meimei, the conversation of the guests on the first floor came, and Fu Zhining was thinking about who came to pay New Year's greetings so early, when he saw a red-haired man in a formal suit appear in front of him.
Although Lin Yize's injury was unknown to the Lin family and his wife, it was indeed inappropriate for Fu Zhining and Ji Luochuan to appear at the Ji family's banquet to make their relationship public. Now that the turmoil in the Ji family has settled, Ji Rou took her son to visit and prepared a generous gift to apologize.
"I heard Luo Chuan say that Yi Ze was injured a while ago, how is his body recovering now?"
Zou Ping waved his hand and replied with a smile: "It's not a big deal, this kid is young and strong and recovers well, and he scared me when I first found out." Ji Rou looked up and found the little couple who walked down from the second floor, "Zhining stayed here for the New Year, it's okay, so you don't have to be alone at home." Seeing that the relationship between Fu Zhining and the Lin family had reached this level, Ji Rou's eyes couldn't help but have a little regret.
Fu Zhining and Lin Yize stepped forward to say hello, "Auntie, Happy New Year." Ji Rou smiled and took out a red envelope from her handbag, Fu Zhining couldn't shirk it and had to accept it, and the two men drank tea face to face, occasionally saying a few words.
Zou Ping pulled Fu Zhining and said, "When Ning Ning graduates this summer, we will prepare to hold the engagement banquet first, and then hold the wedding when she finishes studying or wants to get married." Okay, this time, you stay in the country, and I'll send you an invitation when I come back. By the way, does Luochuan have a suitable partner? β
Ji Rou sighed and said: "Not yet, this kid is ambitious, it's not that he just established a company recently, and now he is so busy that he can't see anyone." Zou Ping persuaded her to be more relieved, "Luo Chuan looks like you, don't worry about finding a good daughter-in-law in the future." The two ladies chatted enthusiastically, Fu Zhining was caught in the middle and couldn't escape, and his eyes for help drifted to Lin Yize.
Mr. Lin successfully received the signal, and glanced at Ji Luochuan who was waiting with his legs crossed, Ji Luochuan looked at Fu Zhining, who was asking for help, he put down his legs and coughed a few times and said, "Mom, don't you still want to go to the temple to offer incense, there should be more people in a while." β
Ji Rou glanced at the time, "Yes, look at my memory, I won't bother you today, and when I have time to take Ning Ning to sit at home." The family sent them to the gate, and when they left, Ji Luochuan also stuffed a big red envelope to Fu Zhining, "Thank you, Brother Luochuan, goodbye, Auntie." β
Sent off the guests, the two went to the restaurant for breakfast, Lin Yize drank the yam porridge in the bowl with a sullen head, Fu Zhining didn't care when he spoke, and Mr. Lin began to be unhappy on the morning of the first day of the new year. Under the dining table, a little foot secretly stretched out to the opposite side and rubbed the man's trouser leg intentionally or unintentionally, from the ankle all the way up along the calf, and was finally stopped in the palm of Lin Yize's hand.
"Eat, don't make a fuss." Fu Zhining put down the spoon in his hand, pouted and said, "Obviously, you started to make trouble unreasonably, and I didn't know that Brother Luochuan and Aunt Ji would come over this morning, and besides, people are also coming to see you, why are you so unhappy, I have already made our relationship clear with him." β
Lin Yize took a deep breath and stood up and walked to Fu Zhining's side and sat down, he picked up a bowl and filled a tablespoon of sweet corn soup and fed it to her, "I'm not upset, I'm just thinking about things." Fu Zhining was not fooled, she turned her head and didn't cooperate with the man's movements, "Liar, then what are you thinking?" β
Lin Yize asked her to come over and whisper a few words in her ear, and when she learned the reason for his cold face, Fu Zhining laughed so hard that she almost fell off the chair, the man covered her laughing little mouth, and her sharp eyes released a "terrible" warning.
Who would have thought that in order to completely cut off the idea of a rival in love, Lin Yize was carefully pondering whether to introduce a girlfriend to others.
In order to defend the hard-won love, Mr. Lin really took great pains!