As for going to work, Su He felt sorry for Lin Jingyan having to get up early every day and ride his bike in the cold to take her to work, so she finally decided to take the bus instead. However, Lin Jingyan was still worried and continued to pick her up and drop her off every day.

Even the police officers at the local police station were envious when they saw it.

...

The Lunar New Year is just around the corner, and this will be her first New Year after she got married. The two of them decided to spend it in the compound.

However, as the trend of "destroying the four olds" intensifies, the country has introduced a new policy this year: "to eliminate old customs and not give a holiday for the Spring Festival."

Therefore, they will still need to work as usual during this year's Chinese New Year.

After discussing it, the two decided not to move in beforehand. They would just go over for New Year's Eve dinner after get off work and stay one more night.

Lin's parents also understood.

On Lunar New Year's Eve, although all units were open for work as usual, people inevitably lost their focus on their jobs.

The same was true for Su He's police station; no one reported any cases on New Year's Day, so everyone just sat together chatting to pass the time.

During the conversation, Wang Fugui mentioned that he was going on a blind date after the New Year, which drew teasing from everyone.

Even Tang Yu, another single person, couldn't escape everyone's urging to get married.

Actually, Hua Qing was another unmarried person at the police station besides them, but since she was a woman, no one wanted to make fun of her.

By 2 p.m., everyone was getting restless.

Just then, a bicycle bell rang outside, followed by the loud voice of Old Liu, the gatekeeper, shouting, "Little Su, your boyfriend is here!"

Su He was taken aback and quickly went out to look. Sure enough, she saw Lin Jingyan riding his bicycle over.

"Why are you here so early? Haven't you finished get off work yet?"

Lin Jingyan smiled and explained, "There wasn't much going on at work today. Everyone was in a hurry to go home for the New Year, so most of them had already left. I saw that there was no one left, so I left too."

Su He laughed when she heard him say that, "We haven't closed for the day yet, so come in and wait for a while."

"OK."

Just as Lin Jingyan was about to stop his bicycle after agreeing, Su He saw her colleagues come out.

"Huh? Where are you guys going?"

Tang Yu smiled and said, "The director just came over and said that there's nothing much going on here, so we only need one person to stay on duty, and the rest of us can go home early."

"I see."

Su He laughed upon hearing this and looked at Lin Jingyan, "It seems we don't need to stop the bicycles. Let's go."

"good!"

However, because he was worried that Su He would get cold, and because the roads were slippery from the snow a few days ago, Lin Jingyan didn't ride his bike to take her to the compound. Since it was relatively close, the two of them walked there.

It only took ten minutes.

The government compound was quite lively today.

Because of the current emphasis on frugality during the Spring Festival, many customs have been banned, and the only thing that still has a festive atmosphere is pasting Spring Festival couplets.

However, the Spring Festival couplets of this era also had their own unique characteristics.

The sign across from the Lin family reads, "No stopping at the 30th, continuing on the first day of the new year," with the horizontal inscription "Remembering the bitter past and appreciating the sweet present."

Well, you could say they have absolutely no cultural level.

When they arrived at the Lin family home, Lin's father, who had also left work early, was cutting paper and grinding ink to prepare to write couplets.

However, as a cultured man, Lin's father couldn't stand those plain-language couplets, but he also couldn't be too out of place.

After pondering for a long time, I finally chose a line from a leader's poem.

"Spring breezes caress the willows, late autumn branches sway; the six hundred million people of China are all like the legendary emperors Shun and Yao."

The horizontal scroll reads "Springtime Across the Earth".

He was finally satisfied after finishing writing. After the ink dried, he called Lin Jingyan to go out and paste it.

Su He went to help Lin's mother cook.

She was pregnant, and Lin's mother wanted her to sit down and rest.

But she was only four months pregnant and just starting to show, so she refused. Helpless, Lin's mother could only ask her to do something easier.