Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Chapter 230 Forever and Ever

It turns out that Wenxiao and the man behind her had never been able to have any more children. This man was in his second marriage and already had children. Wenxiao was worried that she would have no one to rely on in her later years. In addition, her two older brothers in the Wen family had only daughters and were not allowed to have any more children. The Wen family was worried that their family line would end, so they thought of Zhiyuan and wanted to take him back and change his surname to Wen.

"Keep dreaming!" Lin Qingping spat angrily. "What? Even if I had only raised Zhiyuan for three days, I wouldn't give the child back to a family like that! They want to get a son for free? Do you think there's such a good thing in the world!"

"Alright, don't be angry. We didn't say we were going to give the child back! It's the New Year, don't be upset, and don't think about these upsetting things." Gu Juncheng finished pasting the last paper-cut window decoration. "Come on, let's go back and have a happy New Year."

Despite saying that, Lin Qingping couldn't help but wonder, did Wen Xiao not come looking for Zhiyuan in her past life? Did she not come? Or did Zhiyuan not want to go with his mother?

However, the problem is now unsolvable, and she will never know the answer.

Back home with Gu Juncheng, Zhiyuan had already written the couplet: "May your mountains and rivers be beautiful year after year, and may you enjoy good fortune in all four seasons." The horizontal scroll read: "May your love last forever."

Gu Juncheng laughed when he saw it, "Your mother will laugh at this couplet. Your mother is a top student from the Capital University, majoring in literature."

Zhiyuan disagreed, "Isn't this a great idea? Of all the ones you taught me, this is the best, and I like it the most."

Lin Qingping glared at Gu Juncheng, "Don't talk nonsense! What's wrong with it?"

Lin Qingping also liked it.

Simple and unpretentious words, beautiful wishes, lasting forever, isn't that good?

They want their family to stay together forever.

The father and son went to put up the couplets, and Gu Juncheng even wrote a strong and powerful "福" (Fu, meaning good fortune) character and pasted it upside down on the door.

In the afternoon, there were four people in the family. All four of them squeezed into the kitchen to cook the New Year's Eve dinner. Zhiyuan did simple tasks such as picking and washing vegetables, while Gu Juncheng was in charge of chopping and preparing the vegetables. Two coal stoves were lit in the house. Lin Qingping and her second sister were in charge of stir-frying and stewing. After the food was cooked, Zhiyuan was in charge of handing out the plates. After the food was served, Gu Juncheng would take the hot plates out.

After Lin Qingping and her second sister finished cooking, Zhiyuan had already set the table. Gu Juncheng asked them to leave so he could clean the kitchen.

Everything is in order.

This is the kind of New Year's Eve dinner atmosphere that Lin Qingping looks forward to and likes.

The whole family worked together. Although not everyone had to do a lot of work, everyone participated. No one was a servant waiting to be waited on.

Thinking back to the New Year in her past life, wasn't she always the one spending New Year's alone in the kitchen?

Since all the nannies were on holiday for the Chinese New Year, she could only start preparing two or three days before New Year's Eve. On New Year's Eve, her sister-in-law would come into the kitchen to help out. The two of them would then work hard all day to prepare a table of dishes for her parents, brother, nephews and nieces to eat, while leaving melon seed shells and fruit peels scattered all over the floor.

Lin Qingping shook her head, shaking away all the unpleasant things from her past life.

I don't want to think about it anymore. It's all in the past. I've been reborn. I should just live my life well now.

Because it was the Lunar New Year, Lin Qingping opened a bottle of red wine and drank it with Gu Juncheng. She encouraged her second sister to try it, but her second sister hurriedly shook her head.

Zhiyuan looked eager to try, but Lin Qingping glared at him and said, "There's no share for you!"

"Let's talk about it when he turns eighteen!" Gu Juncheng said.

Zhiyuan instantly slumped, "Yun Xiaoshan said he drank it, or rather, he drank something that made him defecate."

Lin Qingping couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Come on, you're talking about taking a dump! It's strange, Liu Yan is such a strict person, but she actually allowed Yun Xiaoshan to drink alcohol."

“Because the dumping is French,” Zhiyuan said.

Lin Qingping thought for a moment, and it was as if she could see Liu Yan smugly talking about the 82 Lafite. Wait a minute, that's not right, it's 82 now! She must have lost her mind!

For some reason, the 82 Lafite hit Lin Qingping's funny bone, and she couldn't stop laughing.

The other three were stunned by her laughter.

Lin Qingping laughed and said, "If any of you see Lafite this year, you should buy it!"

The other three were even more confused, not even knowing what Lafite was.

Lin Qingping laughed heartily, "Never mind, I was just talking nonsense."

I also had a random thought about what a nouveau riche would look like with a wall full of 82 Lafite.

"Gu Juncheng." She picked up her glass, smiling sweetly under the lamplight, "May our love last forever."

"Hey, hey, hey, what about me? I want one too! I want one too!" Zhiyuan picked up his Arctic Ocean soda.

The second sister was quite embarrassed by her older sister's open display of emotion. However, since her sister and brother-in-law had always had a good relationship, she was happy for her sister. She and Zhiyuan clinked their Arctic Ocean sodas together and said, "Sister, brother-in-law, thank you."

If it weren't for her older sister, she would probably be married to a cripple in the county and have a child by now. How could she be where she is today?

"Putting everything else aside, today we're truly having a family reunion dinner. After we finish eating, we'll watch the Spring Festival Gala," Lin Qingping said with a smile.

"Spring Festival Gala?" Second Sister didn't know this term.

"Yes! It's the Spring Festival Gala." Lin Qingping remembered that it should have started in this year.

Zhiyuan stared wide-eyed, waiting for her explanation, but Gu Juncheng seemed uninterested and showed no reaction.

"It's a TV gala, a performance, it's very interesting," Lin Qingping said with a smile.

In her past life, she must have watched the Spring Festival Gala at her parents' home this year.

At that time, her family had a television set, a black and white one, which everyone in the village envied.

Her family was the first in the village to buy a television set; of course, it was Gu Juncheng who bought it for them.

At that time, she only remembered that the Spring Festival Gala was very good and the crosstalk was very funny. She did not expect that from that year onwards, the Spring Festival celebrations of ordinary people would be inevitably linked to the Spring Festival Gala. Every household, even if they did not watch it, would turn on the TV on New Year's Eve to listen to the lively atmosphere.

The family enjoyed a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, then used the standard-issue covered porcelain cups of that era to brew hot tea, set out candies, melon seeds, and peanuts, and waited for the Spring Festival Gala to begin.

As familiar programs played one by one, Lin Qingping felt an unprecedented surge of relivetted life. Those programs she had watched before but forgotten in the past still made her laugh out loud when she watched them again.

With Gu Juncheng by her side this time, she will have him with her every Spring Festival from now on.

very nice……

At midnight, firecrackers went off everywhere outside.

Lin Qingping ran out and saw Gu Juncheng and Zhiyuan setting off firecrackers in the yard. The father and son were overjoyed.

She looked at the sky ablaze with fireworks and smiled slightly.

It's a new year again.

Gu Juncheng, may we grow old together, year after year.

This time, it must last forever...