First update

The Lunar New Year has not yet arrived, but the calendar hanging on the wall at home has already turned to the year 1978. Qin Yao and his wife and their family of four did not go anywhere for the Spring Festival that year, and celebrated the New Year on the island.

I wanted to invite my third brother and his wife to come together, but in the end it was not appropriate. We can just visit each other on the second and third days of the New Year and celebrate the New Year at home.

Even if there were only four people celebrating the New Year, Qin Yao was prepared to have a good New Year's Eve. After all, the two little ones had grown up. Although they were a little noisy, they could help mom and dad with things. They were considered the "dwarfs" of half the family, the kind who couldn't even get work points if they went out.

Frying is always necessary during the Chinese New Year, and Qin Yao had already planned to choose a day to fry things, fried meatballs, fish cakes, fried... The whole house was filled with delicious smells, tempting the two little greedy cats in the house to make a stir.

Qin Yao looked at the fire, scooped out a fresh spoonful of fragrant fish cakes, filtered out the oil, and put them into a large yellow enamel bowl, with fried meatballs and dumplings on the side.

"Mom, are you tired? Let me massage your shoulders for you." Mingming, the most shameless youngest son in the family, popped his little head out from behind her, hugged her legs, said he wanted to massage his mother's shoulders, and even massaged her legs very diligently.

Qin Yao looked at him. This guy had a pair of peach blossom eyes that looked very similar to Gu Cheng's, but they were as dark and black as a pair of obsidian soaked in water. Although they were clean, they revealed a kind of "sly" naivety.

He may think that he is very clever, but in the eyes of adults he is just stupid and they can tell at a glance what he is up to.

Qin Yao acted with him: "Then you massage your mother's legs first."

"Okay." The kid agreed immediately, then he picked up a piece of freshly baked fish cake and stuffed it into his mouth. He finished it in a few bites, and then he massaged his mother's legs with his greasy hands without any guilt.

After a few thumps, the brat raised his head and said, "Mom, do you want me to kiss you?"

That little expression looks quite smug.

Qin Yao glanced at his greasy hands and mouth and thought that if this child was not her own, she would beat him to death.

Since I raised the baby, I no longer have any obsession with cleanliness. How can I throw away a dirty baby?

"Go and have fun by yourself." Qin Yao took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. Raising a child is a process of cultivating patience. There is no need to pursue perfection in everything, nor to be too critical. For many things, one can just turn a blind eye.

She raised her hand and pinched the little brat. Although she despised him in her heart, she couldn't bring herself to scold him. When she spoke to the child, she tried to use a calm tone so that the child would not be frightened by the sudden rise in her tone.

The child is still young and doesn’t understand anything. He will naturally understand the common principles when he grows up.

But a child's sense of security and attachment are established from childhood. Qin Yao doesn't want her child to live in fear, as if afraid of his mother getting angry.

So she tried her best to persuade herself to just turn a blind eye.

Mom endured it.

"Hehe." The little fellow pounded his legs for a while, then grabbed a piece of fish cake and meatballs, turned into a sprinter, and ran out quickly, "Brother, brother, brother..."

It would be fine if she just ate it, but she also had to run to her brother to show off and flirt with him.

Not long after, the eldest son Ruirui came running over. Qin Yao glanced at him. Ruirui was thin-skinned and could not say the same things as his younger brother. He was not very good at getting free food and drinks and was easily taken advantage of.

He is not as greedy as his younger brother, but he also likes fried and fragrant fish cakes. Ruirui tilted his head and looked at his mother with shining eyes, longing for her mercy. He is very adaptable.

Qin Yao: “…”

Comrade Xiao Qin didn't know whether to be thankful that these two "naughty kids" had quite good "naughty morals". They were greedy, which was nothing, but they were also very polite and knew that they could not steal food casually, so they always had to find an excuse.

If it were other children, they would secretly take a few pieces, and it wouldn’t be a big deal, and their mother would just pretend not to see it.

Ruirui tilted her head and said, "Mom, do you want me to help you?"

Qin Yao nodded and said, "Then help mom pass the salt over."

Ruirui obediently handed the salt to his mother. After putting it down, he sneakily took a piece of fish cake and meatballs and ran away.

Seeing him running away like this, Qin Yao couldn't help but remind him: Your brother ate one extra piece of fish cake!

I have two children at home, and I always want to treat them equally, but the reality is always different.

The eldest child in the family seems to be a little honest, but he is rarely bullied. This is probably what is called "great strength brings about miracles."

Thinking of this, Qin Yao couldn't help but reach out and touch a piece of fresh fried fish cake. It was fragrant and crispy. It was indeed the most fragrant when it was freshly fried. She wanted to eat more.

So she ate another piece, and this time she touched another warm palm in the bowl. She turned around and saw who else could it be but "Cao Cao"?

Gu Cheng glanced at her and as usual, picked up a piece of fried fish cake and put it into his mouth. This guy obviously didn't like fish, let alone seafood, but he ate one piece after another.

There weren’t many fish cakes fried to begin with, and we took a piece each, and the fresh fish cakes were eaten up in no time.

This was prepared for the Chinese New Year, but it was gone while it was being fried...

"That's enough! Don't go too far. You keep coming. You keep coming, Gu! You people."

The two children at home were fine, Qin Yao glared at Gu Cheng fiercely, "Don't you dislike eating fish?"

Running here to grab fish cakes, this is not such a serious illness, it’s really delicious if you rush to eat them.

"Wife, can the fish you cook be as good as the one cooked by the kitchen staff? I love all the fish you cook."

Qin Yao snorted: "When you go home in the future, I will cook fish for you every day, and see if you will eat it."

The refrigerator at home was not big and could not store much food, so they were eaten up as they were eaten...On New Year's Eve, Gu Cheng was particularly mean and borrowed a basket from someone. He put the two short jars at home in it one by one to weigh them.

"Mingming is five kilograms heavier than his brother." Qin Yao had long known that her younger son was stronger than his older brother, and she thought it was just visual obesity, but it turned out that the little guy was actually heavier.

Eat with a bang bang bang sound.

After Gu Cheng finished weighing the two kids, he jokingly asked Qin Yao, "To say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, do you want to be weighed as well?"

"Qin Yao laughed at him, how do you weigh it? Do you also use this basket?"

Gu Cheng couldn't help laughing: "I put you in a pig feed bag. Tell me, you haven't changed in a few years of marriage. If life is like the first time we met... when will you become the same as when we first met?"

Qin Yao scolded, "Please stop making trouble."

Gu Cheng is preparing to go for further studies. He had a very relaxing Spring Festival, mainly because he was handing over his work. He will go to Yangcheng for further studies in March. Now he has put down all the burdens and has nothing to do. He is the most idle person in the family. Even the two little ones, Mingming and Ruirui, have winter vacation homework assigned by their mother.

After handing over his work, Gu Cheng didn't have much to do. Over the years, he finally had plenty of time to spend with his wife every day, and also to play with his two little ones.

The living room at home is spacious. Gu Cheng is holding a long fishing rod in his hand. The other end of the rod is tied with fishing line, bells and feathers. It looks like a large cat-teasing rod, or a fishing rod for catching young fish.

Gu Cheng held a fishing rod, no, a fishing rod for cubs, and swung it over his two sons’ heads. “Whoever catches the fish first will be rewarded with a fish cake made by mom.”

The brothers Ruirui and Mingming were so bored that they played this kind of fishing game with their father.

"I got it, I'm almost there, come on, did you not eat enough?"

Gu Cheng was leisurely swinging the fishing rod, and the two children were scrambling for it, running around, jumping and dancing, and soon their faces and bodies were covered in sweat.

Qin Yao, who was passing by, couldn't help but sigh: "This is so crazy."

Gu Cheng ate a piece of fish cake and asked with a smile: "Who made this fishing rod?"

He is clearly the culprit, but he still has the nerve to say that he is crazy. He is just following suit and has long wanted to live the same life as his wife.

Thinking back to the days when he was not at home, was this how these two women played?

Qin Yao ran over and whispered, "You are really going too far. At least let them catch you a few more times and then give you some words of encouragement. Otherwise, who will play with you in the future?"

Comrade Xiao Qin has mastered the skills of entertaining his son in his spare time. He understands that one cannot catch fish in a thirsty pond. While entertaining a child, one must also take care of the child's psychology.

Gu Chengchun just bullies the two kids. He can't act, and even less can he "give gifts". If the two kids can't eat, who will play with him?

Gu Cheng was slightly embarrassed: "..."

Captain Gu, who considered himself a tactical master, discovered that he indeed did not take the two children's psychology into consideration, but was just having fun himself.

He found that playing with children is indeed fun. While the children are still young, he should at least have enough fun with them. Once they go to elementary school, they won't be so easy to fool. The countdown is two years.

Don't miss these two years. If you miss this village, you will miss this store.

Gu Cheng quickly took out the rope-pushing cart that Qin Yao had used before, and without leaving the yard, he sat on the cart and tricked the two kids into pulling him around the house. The two kids were very happy to be "husky cubs" and they had enough strength to pull their father for a run.

Qin Yao covered her forehead when she saw this, thinking that this guy was really ashamed of himself. He didn't take the child out of the house, but just had fun playing at home. However, he was too big, and the car made a lot of noise when it was running.

"Let Dad see who is stronger and who is more powerful. Dad will have a reward tonight--" Gu Cheng was very coquettish. Even though it was just a small flatbed cart, he sat with a strong posture, very stylish, like an indomitable general, full of vigor and vitality. He was not wearing a military uniform, just ordinary daily clothes, and his face showed an extremely proud expression.

Before he could finish his words, he turned around and caught a glimpse of Political Commissar Zhou and Zhao Mingjin standing at the door. They looked at each other and were all stunned.

Gu Cheng: “…” He was stunned, but the stroller continued to move.

Political Commissar Zhou and Zhao Mingjin both looked at him as if they had seen a ghost.

Political Commissar Zhou: “…”

Zhao Mingjin looked confused: "..."

Both of them knew that Gu Cheng was going to study further, and this time they came to him to discuss some matters regarding work handover. Recently, many people have come to him for these matters. Political Commissar Zhou and Zhao Mingjin could only say that they came at an untimely time, oh no, they came at the right time.

Gu Cheng was playing with the children at home. The door to the yard outside was open. Qin Yao had just walked into the yard without closing the door, so Political Commissar Zhou and the other man came in directly. The noise from the car in the house was too loud, so she couldn't hear the noise outside.

Zhao Mingjin's jaw almost dropped to the ground: "Captain Gu, are you like this at home?"

This completely overturned his perception.