The party continued into the evening. Xiang Ling and Su Luyang carried the big cake outside and put candles on it.
Everyone formed a circle, surrounded Xiang Qi, and sang the birthday song together in the candlelight.
Since Su Luyang revealed that he was a good singer, he no longer hid his talent and sang the birthday song seriously.
This was the first time Xiang Ling heard Su Luyang sing seriously, and all he wanted to say was...
Woo woo woo ah ah what a divine voice this is, it's so nice. Even a birthday song that has been sung for decades and has long lost its novelty is sung so tenderly, as if the heart can be made sweet and melt in the next second.
The damn trio who don’t deserve to have a name has caused my big baby Yangyang to stop singing in musicals. I hate it so much that I cry.
"Can you sing for me when you get back?" Xiang Ling asked. "It's really nice. I've never heard you sing like this before."
Xiang Ling really had never heard of it. Su Luyang said at the beginning of the school year that he was tone-deaf. Every time someone asked him to sing, he would find all kinds of excuses to avoid it. Including last time when Ji Qiulin had his birthday, Su Luyang sang the birthday song next to them, and he was very deliberate in faking a tone-deaf version.
Su Luyang had rejected Xiang Ling's invitation before, but he wouldn't refuse it again: "I'll sing whatever you want to hear."
Xiang Ling wanted to say that he wanted Su Luyang to stand on the stage that belonged to him again, do the things he once was proud of, and sing the musical he truly loved, but Xiang Ling didn't dare to say it, and couldn't say it.
Xiang Ling never asked Su Lvyang what he wanted to do in the future. Was he really not going to do musicals anymore? Although Xiang Ling could understand Su Lvyang, it still felt like a shame. It was such a shame, considering he was so talented.
Over there, Xiang Qi made a wish, pouted her lips and blew out the candle, and everyone cheered and applauded.
As usual, Xiang Ling asked curiously, "What wish did you make?"
Xiang Qi snorted as usual, "It won't work if I say it out loud!"
Xiang Ling tempted: "If you tell me, I might help you realize it."
Xiang Qi was a little confused, her face was very red, and she looked like she wanted to say something but was hesitant about something.
Su Luyang seemed to understand something and suddenly said, "Brother Xiao Su can also try to help you achieve it. Would you like to tell Brother Xiao Su?"
Xiang Qi was still a little hesitant.
Su Luyang saw that she was interested and said, "You can tell me quietly. Brother Su won't tell anyone else."
Xiang Qi asked: "Can you guarantee it?"
Su Luyang nodded and stretched out his little finger: "Let's make a pinky promise."
Xiang Qi actually ran over, took Su Luyang's hand, and made a pinky promise. Xiang Ling was stunned and said in disbelief, "Why?! I never get the answer every year, but you got it right the first time you came! This isn't fair!"
Cheng Qing poured cold water on the side: "Haha, it seems that this person is not my sister's favorite brother."
Xiang Ling was very unhappy. He glared at Su Luyang who had snatched his sister away.
Su Luyang squatted down, made a pinky promise with Xiang Qi, and then looked at Xiang Ling with some pride.
Xiang Qi leaned close to Su Luyang's ear and whispered, "Little Brother Su, I'll tell you now."
Su Luyang nodded and focused his attention on Xiang Qi: "Go ahead."
Xiang Qi took a deep breath. Her voice was as sweet and soft as ever, yet it was full of great power.
She said: "I hope to be as handsome as my brother in the future, and I also hope that my brother will be more beautiful than me in the future."
Su Luyang was stunned.
He looked at the scattered crowd in front of him, and then at the grassland dyed golden in the afterglow of the setting sun.
An infinite tenderness welled up in my heart, but I didn't know where to start.
Positive emotions are a very mysterious thing. They can be transmitted from person to person without people realizing it.
A kind giving and accepting, a gentle releasing and absorbing, a friendly display and inheritance.
The continuation of life is not just the birth of new life, but also the inheritance of humanity. The interaction between people is never one-sided. Whether good or bad, it is mutual when it reaches both parties.
At this moment, Su Luyang suddenly felt like he was back in the past. It was the first time he went to the movies with Xiang Ling. Before the show started, they were standing in front of a women's clothing store.
At that time, Xiang Ling looked at the pink dress in the store with envy. Su Luyang didn't know that Xiang Ling actually wanted to wear it herself, and asked Xiang Ling, thinking he knew everything, if she wanted to buy it for her sister. Xiang Ling said that if her sister liked it, she would buy her anything she wanted.
Now she thought that as long as Xiang Ling wanted something, Xiang Qi would definitely do her best to get it for him. She was not ashamed of her brother wanting to wear women's clothes, but she sincerely hoped that he could achieve his wish.
Su Luyang smiled and whispered in Xiang Qi's ear, "Sister's wish will definitely come true. Brother Su promises it."
After Xiang Qi’s birthday, it was Chinese New Year’s Eve.
There are not many Chinese people in the area where Dicky and his family live, so the New Year atmosphere is not that strong, but eating New Year's dinner together as a family is much warmer than any other New Year Su Luyang has ever celebrated anywhere else.
After spending some time together, Xiang Yaya has officially accepted Su Luyang as her apprentice and teaches Su Luyang how to cook every day. Su Luyang is indeed talented, and Xiang Ling occasionally watches and can't help but marvel at his talent.
During this period, Cheng Qing pulled Xiang Ling aside and whispered to him, asking him to learn how to cook and not to enslave Xiao Xiao Su - yes, Comrade Su Luyang has been officially promoted from "Xiao Su" to "Xiao Xiao Su".
To be honest, Xiang Ling couldn't understand why his family members loved to give these iron-blooded men such nicknames that didn't suit their tough temperament.
Not to mention that he had been called Xiang Xiaotian for over twenty years, now Su Luyang, such a masculine man, was chased around and called Xiao Xiao Su, and he couldn't complain. Xiang Ling felt...sincere blessings for him! Hehehe.
We share happiness and hardships, and carry the nickname together!
However, the name Xiao Xiao Su is still much better than Xiao Tian. God knows how ashamed he felt when he heard Su Luyang calling Xiao Tian in his ear while he and Su Luyang were sleeping at night.
On New Year's Eve, Xiang Yaya also got up early in the morning and pulled Su Luyang to go to the nearby market to buy ingredients. Although they had a vegetable garden, they had no way to buy cheese, curry and various meats.
"We're making dumplings today. What kind of filling does Susu like?" Xiang Yaya asked.
Su Luyang was stunned for a moment, then quickly replied, "I don't have any particular preference. I like all dumplings."
"Oh, then I'll make it according to the usual taste. Your Xiang Xiaotian loves corn and beef filling the most. We'll have to buy some beef later." Xiang Yaya said.
Su Luyang responded to Xiang Yaya verbally, but his mind unconsciously drifted somewhere else.
Actually, yes, Su Luyang really likes eating leek and pork filling.
That was when Su Luyang was in kindergarten. At that time, the Su family was very cold to Su Luyang. Su Luyang almost never saw his grandparents, but his grandparents would occasionally visit him.
Every Chinese New Year, Tom Su would go to the Su family alone to celebrate the New Year, while his grandparents would come to accompany him and his mother.
Su Luyang never thought there was anything good about the Chinese New Year, because on that day, his mother would always lock herself in the room and cry secretly by herself.
He wanted to go in and keep his mother company, but his grandparents wouldn't let him, saying his mother needed some quiet time alone.
So there are usually only three of them at the New Year's Eve dinner.
Grandma would make dumplings stuffed with leeks and pork on New Year’s Eve. Su Luyang especially liked to eat them and could eat until his stomach was full.
However, when Su Luyang was in elementary school, his grandparents passed away one after another, and he was never able to eat dumplings stuffed with leeks and pork during the Chinese New Year again.
After he became an adult, Su Luyang was finally accepted by the Su family and allowed to go home for the New Year.
His grandparents, whom he had hardly ever met, looked very kind and asked him what he wanted to eat. Su Luyang didn't know why, but he said dumplings stuffed with leeks and pork.
result……
Su Luyang came back to his senses, his expression somewhat gloomy. The smell of leeks was strong, and a family as "elegant" as the Su family would never let it appear on the New Year's dinner table.
The Su family’s dining table is always filled with exquisite dishes made with the most expensive ingredients.
After buying the groceries, the two drove home carrying large and small bags, and then began to prepare for the New Year’s Eve dinner.
In order to welcome the New Year, they cleaned the wooden house inside and out yesterday. According to custom, they cannot clean or throw away garbage on the first day of the New Year.
Su Luyang, Xiang Yaya and Cheng Qing cooked together, Xiang Ling and Di Qi were outside making a final check on the orchard pasture and feeding the livestock, poultry and Pipi, while Xiang Qi and Xiang's father took on the easiest jobs, pasting couplets and cutting window flowers.
Although Xiang Zheyan was middle-aged and starting to gain weight, his hands were still very dexterous. The paper-cuts he made were all different, delicate and beautiful. Xiang Qi was learning earnestly beside him, and Xiang Zheyan was teaching him patiently. Su Luyang occasionally glanced at them from the kitchen and felt very warm.
What Su Luyang didn't expect was that Xiang Zheyan and Cheng Qing also loved dumplings stuffed with leeks and pork. In the end, they reported a total of four fillings. In addition to the corn beef that Xiang Ling liked and the leek pork that Su Luyang and his friends liked, there were also mushroom pork and cabbage pork.
When the dishes were served on the table in the evening, Su Luyang couldn't help but be amazed.
Super rich.
The whole table was filled with white and plump dumplings, spicy and numb pepper fish, fragrant braised pork, and Xiang Qi's favorite shredded pork with fish flavor, pineapple sticky rice, sweet and sour spare ribs, etc.
"Eat it! You won't be able to get rid of this much energy without exercising for three days and three nights." Xiang Ling stood aside and complained, "Which dish did our little Su cook?"
Su Luyang pointed at the pepper fish, pineapple sticky rice, and curry beef brisket: "Try these three."
Xiang Ling exclaimed, "Oh my God, Susu, my dear, are you the Chinese chef? This fish is amazing! I can smell it even when I'm standing at the door. It smells so good that my mouth is watering."
The Sichuan pepper fish is really delicious, with a spicy and numbing taste that makes people drool before they even eat it.
However, Su Luyang felt a little embarrassed to be praised like this in front of Xiang Yaya and the others: "It's all thanks to my good teacher."
Xiang Yaya shook her head: "Only you can become a master so quickly. Let Xiang Ling try it. It's a good thing he doesn't burn the kitchen for me."
Xiang Ling was unhappy when he heard this: "Hey! Why are you still trying to pull each other down? Our little Su and I are from the same family, okay? He can cook, so if we round it up, I can cook, okay?"
The New Year's Eve dinner officially began. According to tradition, the first toast was to be made. Since Su Luyang was a new member of the family, everyone recommended him to give the toast.
Su Luyang had never played this trick before. His mind was in a mess and he didn't know what to do with his hands and feet.
Finally, Xiang Ling couldn't bear it any longer and patted his shoulder soothingly: "Just a few words, we are all family, do you think we should laugh at you? As long as you mean it."
Su Luyang took a deep breath and tried hard to calm himself down, but when he really opened his mouth to speak, it was not difficult to hear that his voice was trembling.
"Actually, I haven't had a New Year's Eve dinner like this in almost twenty years." Su Luyang said, then shook his head. "No, this is probably the first time in my life that I've had a New Year's Eve dinner like this. Before this year, I encountered many things, but the thing I'm most grateful for is that I made up my mind to return to China to study, and that's how I met Xiao Ling."
At this point, Su Luyang suddenly calmed down and said softly, "Knowing Xiao Ling is the greatest luck in my life."
Xiang Ling's eyes flickered when he heard this, and seemed to be wet. He couldn't help but said stubbornly: "Hey, this is a toast. Who asked you to confess to me? You dare to make me cry on New Year's Day? Go sleep outside next to the naughty boy tonight!"
Cheng Qing slapped Xiang Ling on the back and said, "If you keep nagging me, I'll make you sleep next to the naughty one this year."
Xiang Ling: “…” Oh, my dear mother!
Su Luyang laughed: "Xiang Ling, what should I do? I really want to hear you stop confessing your feelings, but every word I can think of right now is a confession of my feelings for you."
Xiang Ling: “…”
Xiang Qi: "Oh my brother is blushing, shame shame shame!"
Xiang Yaya looked at Dicky: "Look at other people's husbands!"
Dicky looked up at the sky and said, "Young people really know how to have fun. You can't afford to offend them."
Xiang Ling was truly embarrassed. He stared at Su Luyang for a long moment before saying, "Then...then tell me privately in the future so they don't learn it."
Su Luyang: "Puff!"
Xiang Ling was embarrassed and annoyed: "Don't laugh! This is so annoying!"
Su Luyang's heart was overflowing with happiness, and he raised his glass: "A thousand words cannot express my gratitude. May we be like this year after year. Happy New Year."
Everyone clinked their glasses and shouted, "Happy New Year!"
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