When the knife becomes dull, take a whetstone, dip it in water, and grind both sides. The tip of the knife will become bright and sharp.

Clean the chicken and duck, chop them into pieces, and throw them into a stainless steel basin.

Xu Fuqiang then brought it into the kitchen, where Wang Yanmei was peeling radishes.

Steamed pork with rice flour is being steamed on the stove, with steam rising from it.

Wang Yanmei muttered, "It's not like I can't live without you at home. It's not that I can't kill chickens and ducks, it's that I don't dare to kill them."

Xu Fuqiang smiled innocently, touched his wife's arm gently with his arm, and said, "What's the big deal? I'm here. Next time I'm not here, they won't eat, and the two children won't starve to death."

Wang Yanmei was coaxed into happiness.

Xu Qingzhi just happened to come in and was about to help peel garlic, so he ate a bite of dog food at the kitchen door.

Forget it, with her dad here, there’s no need for her to help.

This made Xu Qingzhi suddenly feel emotional. In fact, her mother was also a little girl who was afraid. It was only because she gave birth to her and her younger brother that she became the seemingly omnipotent Ms. Wang.

Because it was New Year's Eve, no matter where the old man went to eat, Xu Fuqiang would call him.

On the other end of the phone, the old man said he wanted to go to his second son's house for dinner.

Xu Fuqiang could also guess that he took turns visiting one of his sons' homes every year.

When it comes to the New Year's Eve dinner, no matter whose house you go to, you have to be equal, otherwise the two aunts will say that the old man favors the younger one more.

So Xu Fuqiang didn't stop him, but just asked him: "Do you want me to drive you there?"

The old man refused, "No need, Qinqin said he would drive to pick me up."

The New Year's Eve dinner was for the four members of the Xu family plus Huo Fengyan.

In addition to the sumptuous dishes on the table, there was also coconut milk drinks that Xu Fuqiang had specially bought.

Xu Fuqiang raised his cup, and when the words came to his lips, he stuttered a little, laughed twice and said: "Today is New Year's Eve, eat and drink well."

A simple home-cooked meal. If you can’t finish it at noon, add two vegetables and continue eating in the evening.

After dinner, Wang Yanmei and Xu Fuqiang called a few children over and gave each of them a red envelope, including one for Huo Fengyan.

It’s New Year’s money.

In many families, children are only given lucky money when they are young. They stop giving it to children after they go to college, start working, or get married. It seems that there is a clear division: when children reach a certain stage, they will no longer be given lucky money to coax them.

But in the Xu family, no matter how old the children are, Wang Yanmei and Xu Fuqiang will prepare red envelopes every year.

Xu Qingzhi received the red envelope and happily went out to play with fireworks.

Even if no one is watching it at the moment, the TV is on and the Spring Festival Gala is being broadcast.

Xu Fuqiang came out after washing the dishes and watched TV with his wife. While watching TV, Wang Yanmei urged them, "After you guys finish playing, remember to take a shower quickly. There's no hot water for taking a shower together."

The Xu family’s hot water is not instant. Once it’s used up, you have to wait for a while before the water will heat up again.

Xu Zijun thought that he had just received a big red envelope on WeChat today, so he was smart not to be a light bulb and went to take a shower.

Xu Qingzhi waved a firework stick in her hand, and suddenly remembered that one year in the world of immortal cultivation, she also played with fireworks in the Sky Palace in the same way.

He was rather reserved, and even sneered, saying, "This is something only children play with."

Look, aren’t you having fun now?

Xu Qingzhi took out his cell phone and took a picture of someone holding a fairy wand.

'Kaka' leaves evidence of the slap in the face.

In the dark night, a faint cold white light shone from the eaves. The man had a few strands of hair on his forehead, his eyes were clear and bright, and the fairy wand fireworks gave his cold face a warm tone.

Tsk, no wonder even though he is known as the villain in the world of immortal cultivation, her several senior sisters still act like crazy when they mention him in private.

Xu Qingzhi was no longer afraid of him and spoke according to his own will.

"I was thinking, if my senior sisters were still here, they would be very happy."

"Huh?" Huo Fengyan was puzzled.

"They used to be scared to death when they saw you from afar. If they were still here, even my family wouldn't have to be afraid of you." Xu Qingzhi suddenly thought of a funny thing, "Do you remember that one time when you went to Xiaoyao Sect and beat those old guys with a branch you just broke off, and then threw it away. My sixth sister took a lot of effort to find that branch, and she held it and sniffed it every day, never leaving her hand, saying that it had your scent on it."

Huo Fengyan: “…”

"She still has this habit?"

"Well, there are a few picture books. The one about your romance was written by my Sixth Senior Sister."

Speaking of which, Sixth Senior Sister is his dream girl.

"Isn't it you?" Huo Fengyan fixed his eyes on her and asked in a calm voice.

The tone was clearly extremely calm, but it made people feel as if the air around them had become thinner.

Xu Qingzhi shrank his neck and said, "Oh, the one who took the blame for my Sixth Senior Sister was actually her."

Because of this, she pretended for a long time that she admired him from the bottom of her heart. After all, as an actor, her acting skills were not a problem.

Huo Fengyan suddenly sneered, and the corners of his cold mouth raised an arc with unknown meaning: "Zhizhi, so that's when you lied to me again."

Xu Qingzhi held an unlit firework in his hand and rubbed the fire from the burning firework in his hand. After rubbing it twice, the firework in his hand also began to burn.

He smiled flatteringly: "You shouldn't be angry about this, right?"

"What do you think?" Huo Fengyan lowered his voice.

Xu Qingzhi: "I said no."

"Yes, I am very angry." Huo Fengyan said slowly, but there was no sign of anger on his face. His voice suddenly became a little hoarse: "So, Zhizhi, you have to compensate me."

"What do you want?"

Huo Fengyan took a breath, and the sound drifted into Xu Qingzhi's ears with the wind.

"Stay with me in Kyoto for a while."

Xu Qingzhi refused without a second thought: "No, February and March are the time for spring planting, and the fruit trees at the back are blooming one after another. The farm is too busy, and I can't leave."

She usually seems to be fine, but the farm's spiritual energy array needs her to reinforce it regularly, and she also has to water the fruit trees, medicinal herbs, and vegetables in the back mountain with diluted spiritual spring water.

Her land cannot leave her.

As a person who loves farming, she naturally has a strong attachment to the land. Although she doesn't have to feed the chickens, ducks, pigs, or take care of the cows, she still can't help but worry that these little creatures will starve to death when she's not around.

And next year she will also plant glutinous rice, sweet potatoes, black sesame... Many of the things she didn't plant last year will be planted this year.

Huo Fengyan pulled her wrist and asked, "Half a month?"

Xu Qingzhi was still hesitating.

Huo Fengyan sighed with a slightly cold tone, "We have been in two separate places. Auntie must have misunderstood that I was having an affair again."

Xu Qingzhi: “…”

I can't stand the word 'messing around'.

"Did you hear everything? My mom was just talking nonsense, don't take it to heart."

Then, Xu Qingzhi thought about it and said, "Then half a month."

In terms of time, it won’t delay spring sowing. (End of this chapter)