Yes, Lin Jingyan's birthday is quite similar to Su He's. Su He's birthday is the first day of the Lunar New Year, which is January 1st, while Lin Jingyan's is November 11th.
Both of them have a 1, but Lin Jingyan has two more than her, and this day always reminds her of Singles' Day in later generations.
Of course, this holiday didn't exist back then.
To be honest, Su He hadn't really celebrated his birthday much before. She forgot the first year because she hadn't paid attention when they got their marriage certificate, and she was also pregnant at the time, so her attention was all on the pregnancy. It wasn't until Lin's mother reminded her that she remembered.
She felt quite embarrassed at the time, but Lin Jingyan didn't mind. After all, people in this era only needed to have enough to eat and wear, and didn't care much about formalities.
The following year, which was last year, she remembered that Grandma Su and her family were also there, and they even invited Lin's parents over. The whole family had a meal together as a celebration.
This year, Su He plans to help him celebrate properly and also let him relax a bit.
I wanted to give him a gift, but after taking a quick look around, I realized there's really nothing to give these days, except maybe a fountain pen, which she's already given him.
So Su He thought for a moment and decided to order him a cake so that everyone could eat it together.
However, cakes were a rare commodity at that time, and there were no pastry shops selling them.
So Su He inquired around and finally found out that only the Qianmen Restaurant in Beijing could serve it, and not only was it expensive, but reservations had to be made in advance.
When Su He found out, she quickly ordered one without considering the price. She was relieved to learn that it should be ready on her birthday.
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On Lin Jingyan's birthday, which happened to be a holiday, Su He called Lin's parents in advance to invite them over for dinner. She also asked Lin Jingyan to stay home and look after the children, while she went out under the pretext of going grocery shopping with Grandma Su.
After coming out, I told Grandma Su the reason, and then went straight to the Qianmen Restaurant to pick up the cake that had been made.
The cake wasn't small, about 12 inches, but the design was quite simple. There wasn't any fruit or anything on top; it was just a simple cream cake with very basic carvings. But Su He was already very satisfied.
On the way back, I was very careful with the cake in the car, afraid of damaging it.
However, this also attracted a lot of strange looks from people.
They seemed to be guessing what she was holding, and some were quite frightened, keeping their distance as if she were holding a bomb...
Su He's lips twitched, but she pretended not to see it.
After getting off the bus and arriving home, they found that Grandma Su had already returned from grocery shopping, and Mr. and Mrs. Lin had also arrived. Only Lin Jingyan and Yuanyuan kept looking outside.
Upon seeing what she was holding, a knowing glint flashed in his eyes, and a smile appeared on his lips. "You went to order a cake?"
Su He was surprised to hear this, "How did you know?"
You should know that cake boxes in those days weren't transparent, so you couldn't see anything from the outside.
But then she remembered something and looked at her hand. "You've eaten this?"
Lin Jingyan smiled and nodded, "I ate it once when I was a child."
At this moment, Lin's mother and the others also saw what she was holding and said in surprise, "Xiao He ordered a cake? Oh my, we're in for a treat! Xiao Yan loves cake. When he turned 18, I ordered a cake for him, and he loved it."
Su He glanced at Lin Jingyan again in surprise. She hadn't expected him to love cake. Wouldn't that mean she had just won him over?
He immediately laughed, "That's perfect, you're the birthday person today, you can have an extra piece!"
Lin Jingyan rarely agreed with her teasing, "Okay!"
The others laughed when they heard this, and Lin's mother was especially happy to see how well the young couple got along.
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