After dinner, Gu Yi and Zhao Xiaoxing went back.
Chen Xingling went upstairs to take a shower, and hid in the supermarket space to apply a facial mask for maintenance.
Afraid of being too rushed tomorrow morning, she picked out the foreign cigarettes one by one and packed them carefully.
Worried that there might not be enough tea at home tomorrow, I found a few packets of ordinary-packaged tea to take with me.
She washed her face and put on cream before lazily coming out of the space.
The nights are longer in winter. After half a day, it is only around eight o'clock.
She turned on the desk lamp, took out a book and read it slowly.
Suddenly, the sound of a car engine was heard on the road outside, approaching from afar.
Chen Xingling ignored it, but the car was parked outside the gate!
The car door opened and two men got out hurriedly.
"Xing'er! Xing'er!"
——It’s the most familiar voice!
Chen Xingling was extremely surprised. He hurriedly dropped the book, jumped off the wooden bed, picked up his coat beside him and rushed downstairs.
“Here it comes! Here it comes!”
She turned on the light downstairs and also the light in the yard outside.
Then, she opened the door in a panic - and finally saw the handsome face she had been thinking about day and night.
The next moment, she rushed forward and threw herself into Gu Qi's arms!
Gu Qi embraced her tightly with tender eyes, one hand still holding the luggage bag, so he could only hold her with the other hand. With the soft and fragrant jade in his arms, his empty heart was suddenly filled, and he felt as if he owned the whole world.
Chen Xingling buried his head in Gu Qi's shoulder, feeling the familiar smell and warmth that belonged only to him, and felt a little dizzy for a moment.
"Archie, am I... dreaming? Are you really back?"
Gu Qi gently stroked the back of her head and smiled softly: "Xing'er, it's me. I'm back."
"Hehe!" Chen Xingling laughed happily: "Miss me?"
Gu Qi's eyes were gentle, and he murmured, "...I miss you. As long as I'm not busy with work, my mind is full of you."
Chen Xingling giggled and rubbed his neck affectionately.
Gu Qi felt a little unhappy, so he pulled his military coat closer to wrap his wife in his arms.
"Cough cough!" A cough with a hint of laughter was heard.
Chen Xingling was startled and turned away hurriedly.
——There seemed to be a person standing in the dark, and his figure looked very familiar.
Liu Xinqi smiled and teased, "Sister-in-law, we have been delayed on the road for more than an hour, and now we are cold and hungry. Let's go into the house and have a drink of water first. I will leave right after I drink the water, and you and Aqi can continue carrying the baby!"
Forehead?
Chen Xingling was slightly embarrassed and quickly let go of Gu Qi.
"Brother Liu? Uh—quickly! Come in! Please come in!"
As Gu Qi carried his luggage into the house, he explained, "I called Brother Liu in the evening and asked him to pick me up. Unexpectedly, the tire of the car was punctured on the way, so we were delayed for some time."
Liu Xin helped to twist a small military-colored sealed bag, plus a military-colored square cloth bag.
"Archie, where are these?"
Gu Qi turned around and took the small package, whispering: "These are some drawings that need to be revised. They cannot be made public for the time being. They must be finished before the Lantern Festival. I hope they can be completed."
Liu Xin couldn't help but feel sorry for him and asked, "Does this kid have to stay in the study all the time?"
"Yeah." Gu Qi nodded slightly.
Liu Xin knew that some of his work was confidential and absolutely confidential, so he didn't dare to ask too much and hurriedly helped him go to the study.
"Brother Liu, Aqi, have a glass of warm water first." Chen Xingling hurriedly brought in two large glasses of water and said, "I'll go to the kitchen and make you something to eat."
Liu Xin took the cup of water and thanked her, "Sister-in-law, please don't bother me so late at night. I'll just make something to deal with it when I get home. I won't bother you anymore."
"No trouble." Chen Xingling greeted warmly: "Just sit for a few minutes, you can eat soon."
Gu Qi glanced at his wife tenderly and said, "Brother Liu, stay and have a bowl of noodles. Xing'er will make some fried noodles for you to eat."
Liu Xin was very hungry and his stomach rumbled when he heard the food.
"Well, that's fine. Thank you for troubling my sister-in-law."
"No trouble." Chen Xingling quickly went to the kitchen.
She put some charcoal in the stove and turned on the kerosene stove to boil water.
Then, she hurried into the supermarket and took out four packs of beef slices and some vegetables, as well as a pack of hot pot ingredients and a few packs of shrimp dumplings and fish balls.
Back in the kitchen, she threw the hot pot ingredients into the big pot, poured hot water from the thermos and stirred it.
Then she picked out the red-hot charcoal and put it into the small stove.
The stove was brought to the table and the big pot was brought up for boiling.
The soup base was about to boil, so she threw in some fish balls and shrimp dumplings, and then poured in four potatoes and a few fresh mushrooms.
She took out the beef slices one by one and put them on a plate, arranging them neatly, and then took out a few slices of fried noodles and put them aside.
Then she turned around to wash the vegetables and picked two tomatoes.
At this time, the soup in the pot was already boiling and bubbling!
Liu Xinbi and Gu Qi went to the bathroom in the back and came back. As soon as they entered the room, they were attracted by the rich and spicy smell!
"…It's hot pot! Sister-in-law, why did you make so much? One bowl of noodles would be enough! And you made it so rich! I'm drooling just looking at it! Haha!"
Gu Qi asked him to sit down.
Chen Xingling quickly handed over the bowl and chopsticks: "No trouble, everything is freshly prepared. Eat quickly, we are all so familiar with each other, don't be polite."
"I won't be polite with you!" Liu Xinbi took the bowl and chopsticks with a smile and started eating immediately.
Gu Qi was also very hungry and started eating.
"Xing'er, bring your bowl and chopsticks and eat with us."
Chen Xingling was helping to scald the beef and said softly, "I'm full a long time ago. Come, eat more."
Liu Xin ate the thin and tender beef and his eyes widened in surprise.
"Sister-in-law, what kind of beef is this? How can it be so thin?"
Chen Xingling said "Oh" twice and quickly made up a story: "My fourth sister-in-law's family slaughtered a cow and gave my family dozens of kilograms of beef. I also got a few kilograms of beef. Thinking that Aqi and Xiaohu were not here, I couldn't eat too much by myself, so I put it in the window to dry. It was too cold last night and the beef was frozen into pieces. I scraped it with a sharp knife and it could be sliced off."
"No wonder it can be made so thin!" Liu Xinqi praised it highly: "Eat it! Eat it!"
Gu Qi knew that there were always a wide variety of food in his kitchen cabinet. Every time his wife went out, she would buy a lot of food and keep it at home for them to eat slowly. His uncles also sent him seafood every now and then. He was used to it.
"Brother Liu, if you want to eat more, please don't be polite."
Liu Xin was enjoying his meal when he couldn't help feeling itchy.
"Aqi, it's a rare opportunity to have such a delicious hot pot, and it really can't be without good wine. The bottle of wine that Lao Guo gave you...why don't you let me have a few sips?"
Gu Qi looked at his wife suspiciously and asked, "Xing'er, did Lao Guo bring some wine?"
"No!" Chen Xingling thought hard and answered, "Most of the stuff was taken away by your mother. I took a rough look at the things and it seems that there is no wine."
"Oh!" Liu Xinqi laughed and patted his head, saying, "Look at my memory! I almost forgot it!"
Then he ran out in a hurry, and quickly ran back with a turf bag in his hand, which looked heavy.
"Here!" Liu Xin explained, "This is Lao Guo's personal gift to you, a bottle of wine, plus a bag of candy for Xiao Huzi. Also, this is a reward from the new project. I'll pick it up for you at the Finance Department this afternoon. It's all in the envelope."
Gu Qi put down his bowl and chopsticks, took the envelope, opened it, and handed it to his wife.
"Is this Lao Guo's batch? So many?"
Chen Xingling clicked on them and found that there were eight great unity cards in total.
Liu Xin narrowed his eyes and stroked the wine bottle in his hand, smiling: "Old Guo, you are the only one in the whole factory who got this! It's probably one month's salary for you - you have made great contributions again, this little reward is what you deserve. I say - can you open this wine? Give me a glass to relieve my craving!"
Gu Qi smiled dumbly: "Brother Liu, you have to drive back later. I don't like drinking, so why don't I give it to you."
"That won't do!" Liu Xin said, "Old Guo specially left the wine for you, saying it was given by an old comrade, and he himself couldn't bear to drink it. I can just sleep in the factory office tonight, because I still have some work to do tomorrow."
Chen Xingling smiled and replied, "Then drink. If you get drunk, I'll ask you to sleep in Xiaohuzi's room, or in the study next door, okay?"
"Haha! Okay!"
After a few drinks, Liu Xinbi felt tipsy and talked too much without realizing it.
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