Cen Zhengnian had already walked to the bedside. He was about to lift the quilt and go to bed. Hearing Chuxia's words, he looked up at her with joy in his eyes.

His wife cared about him so much. Whenever he thought of this, he couldn't help but feel sweet in his heart.

He explained to her in a serious tone: "I have never had any private contact with Fang Lingling . When I was at the base, I only focused on my work, so the popularity you mentioned should not be true."

He also carefully recalled the life at the base and the staff around him, and was sure that Fang Lingling was the only one who was not focused on work.

Chuxia was stunned when she heard his serious answer. She was just joking, but Cen Zhengnian explained it so seriously, as if he was afraid that she would misunderstand.

"I..." She opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.

Cen Zhengnian had already sat on the bed beside her, and held her hand: "I know, I was afraid you might misunderstand me."

He knew that Chuxia had no intention of accusing her, and even if she did, it was nothing, it was as it should be. But in this case, he didn't want Chuxia to have any misunderstandings at all.

Chuxia's heart was shocked, she looked at Cen Zhengnian, her heart seemed to miss a beat, and it was like a drop of honey dripping on her, and a faint sweetness floated up.

"I didn't misunderstand you." Chuxia quickly looked away, fearing that if she looked at him a few more times, she would lose control of her heartbeat even more.

Cen Zhengnian laughed lightly: "Yeah."

Chuxia listened to his laughter, and suddenly felt her face a little hot. She unconsciously clasped the book that had just been placed beside her, and her heartbeat quickened again.

"Did you see the words?" Cen Zhengnian said slowly.

Chuxia took a while to think about what he said. She remembered the poem written on the paper and her face became even hotter.

"I read it." Chuxia pursed her lips and tried to keep calm when she asked, "Why did you think of writing "Zi Jin"? "

The meaning of this poem is too clear. When she thought that Cen Zhengnian wrote it for her, Chuxia couldn't help but feel her ears getting hot.

Cen Zhengnian leaned against the head of the bed, looking very relaxed. He said with a gentle smile, "When I was writing it, I felt that this poem best suited my mood."

He really missed his wife and children. When he was working, he was focused on his work, but when he was resting, the picture of him and Chuxia getting along peacefully filled his mind.

Cen Zhengnian wanted to accompany An An to school, to help Chu Xia with homework at night and answer her questions, and to see their faces when he woke up in the morning. That kind of happiness was indescribable.

Once you have tried it, you will be addicted and can never quit.

Cen Zhengnian asked her what she thought of his handwriting?

Chu Xia thought for a moment and said, "Better than mine."

"Compared with grandpa's?" Cen Zhengnian looked at her, and the tenderness in his eyes seemed to be able to melt people.

Chu Xia quickly avoided his gaze and said quickly, "You two have different styles, there is no comparison. But I think grandpa's handwriting is casual, and your handwriting seems to carry something, a little heavy."

Cen Zhengnian was stunned for a moment, and a hint of complexity appeared in his eyes. He did bear a lot of responsibilities and sometimes felt tired.

But he dared not relax. He was afraid that he would not be able to complete the tasks assigned to him by the country and the leaders. No one could predict what the future would be like. They could only move forward with their heads down, correct mistakes and move on.

Cen Zhengnian slowly exhaled: "You are right. I am not as carefree as my grandfather."

Chuxia patted Cen Zhengnian with her other hand, smiled and said lightly: "You are young now, it is normal to have responsibilities. When you are your grandfather's age, you will have figured out everything and will be carefree."

Cen Zhengnian laughed out loud at her words, and the haze that had just risen disappeared in an instant.

It was not too late at this time. Chuxia had a lunch break today and was not too sleepy. She wanted to read a book for a while, but Cen Zhengnian asked about her and An An's life at home and her job succession.

Chuxia put the book aside again, thinking that many things had actually been told to Cen Zhengnian in the letter, so she picked out some things she had not told him.

She was not very talented in storytelling, and her voice was not as pleasant as Cen Zhengnian's, so she could only tell stories in a straightforward manner.

When she told Cen Huaian a bedtime story, he fell asleep so quickly. Chuxia thought it was because her storytelling was too boring and hypnotic.

At first, Cen Zhengnian would ask a question from time to time and respond to what she said. Later, as she was talking, she found that she could not hear Cen Zhengnian's voice. When she lowered her head, she found that he had fallen asleep.

Cen Zhengnian closed his eyes, and his eyelashes cast an arc-shaped shadow on his eyelids, making him look even more gentle and harmless, making people unable to help but slow down their movements for fear of waking him up.

Chuxia wanted to move her body to turn off the light, but she found that his hand was still holding hers, with no sign of loosening.

She gently struggled to break away, and Cen Zhengnian immediately frowned, as if he was about to wake up. Chuxia didn't dare to move.

After a long while, she felt that Cen Zhengnian's breathing was very steady and he should have fallen into a deep sleep, so Chuxia carefully took out her hand.

However, Cen Zhengnian almost didn't wake up. Chuxia gently patted his hand and whispered, "You go to sleep, I'll go turn off the light."

His eyes moved, but didn't open. Chuxia got up, turned off the light, and lay down in the quilt to sleep.

As soon as she lay down, Cen Zhengnian put his arm around her waist. Chuxia thought he woke up, but later she found that he didn't move. She knew that he just fell asleep subconsciously.

At first, there was a big man lying next to her. His body temperature was much higher than hers. He was like a stove, burning her face. She was not used to it and always wanted to avoid him to sleep.

But the quilt was so big that she couldn't avoid him. Later, she fell asleep without knowing when.

Chuxia had a dream. In the dream, she lived next to the Flame Mountain and kept trying to fetch water to extinguish the fire of the Flame Mountain. She was so tired, but the fire was getting stronger and stronger.

She woke up suddenly because of the heat and found that she was held tightly in Cen Zhengnian's arms, and she was covered with two thick quilts. No wonder she felt so hot.

Chuxia wanted to take Cen Zhengnian's hand away, but as soon as she moved, his hand grabbed hers, and the man's magnetic voice rang in her ears: "What are you doing?"

"I'm hot, let me go. Don't you feel hot?"

Cen Zhengnian was also hot, but the feeling of sleeping with Chuxia in his arms was so good that he felt real. He was no longer lying alone in bed at the base, so he was reluctant to let her go.

Chuxia didn't know what he was thinking. She pulled his hand away and rolled to the side. She gave him a warning look and said, "I'm really hot, don't hold me anymore."

Cen Zhengnian looked at her helplessly: "Okay, go to sleep."

It was almost time to get up. He had slept very well this night and was no longer sleepy. He was going to get up and go see An An.

Chu Xia yawned, and after Cen Zhengnian got up, she wrapped herself in the quilt and continued to sleep until the wake-up call outside woke her up.

On the first day of the new year, the soldiers actually insisted on doing exercises, and Chu Xia was very impressed. Not only was there a wake-up call, but there was also the sound of firecrackers in the family yard.

There was one last night, but she slept deeply late at night and it didn't affect her sleep. Only when there was movement in the morning when she should wake up would she be woken up.

Unable to sleep at this moment, Chu Xia rubbed her face and sat up, and began to get dressed and prepare to go out to wash.

Just as she put on her pants, the door of the room was pushed open from the outside, and Cen Zhengnian walked in with water droplets on his hair, wearing a military uniform.

"Why don't you dry your hair after washing it?"

Her occupational disease as a doctor came back, and she pointed at the towel in his hand and said, "Hurry up and wipe your hair. If you don't dry your hair in winter, you'll get a headache later."

Cen Zhengnian heard her words, put the towel on his head and started to wipe it, but asked her, "Is this written in the medical book?"

He saw the medical book that Chuxia read last night. He had never studied medicine, and he didn't pay much attention to his health. He didn't care about anything when he started working.

Chuxia nodded, "Yes. Not only in the medical books, but the older generation with life experience knows it."

She sat at the table and combed her hair.

In addition to the desk, she also had a dressing table in her room, on which Jiang Shengnan thoughtfully placed mirrors, combs and other things she could use.

Chuxia's hair is very long. She has never had it cut, nor has she gone to the barber shop to have a hairstyle.

Chuxia doesn't like the popular perm at the moment, and she doesn't like dyeing her hair. When she has time, she braids a nice hairstyle for herself. When she doesn't have time, she just braids her hair into a ponytail and goes out.

In winter, she is afraid of the cold, so she braids her hair low, wears a thick woolen hat or fur hat, and then wraps a scarf around her neck, which is very warm.

On the first day of the new year, Chuxia plans to dress up for a while.

Cen Zhengnian watched Chuxia combing her hair, and suddenly a poem came to his mind.

"The beautiful brows look forward to the warmth of the gauze lamp, and the ink fragrance cascades down her clothes.

She holds the comb in her hand to express her deep love, but leaves her hair entangled with the past." He put down the towel, and couldn't help but walk over, and his slender fingers held Chuxia's hand holding the comb.

Chuxia turned her head and looked at him in confusion, not understanding what he was going to do.

Cen Zhengnian bent down, looked at Chuxia in the mirror, and said softly: "Let me help you comb your hair."

Chuxia's eyes widened in surprise. Combing hair and drawing eyebrows was the joy of a lady in the ancient times!

Cen Zhengnian's ears turned red when she looked at him. Without saying a word, he took the comb from her hand and bent down to comb her hair carefully.

Chuxia did not refuse, but looked at herself in the mirror, and let Cen Zhengnian comb her hair with a little stiffness.

He combed her hair very gently, for fear of hurting her. It was more comfortable than when she combed her own hair.

After a while, Cen Zhengnian had combed Chuxia's hair smoothly. He stopped there, not knowing what to do.

He didn't know how to tie hair, let alone braiding, which are more difficult skills.

Chuxia saw his embarrassment in the mirror, and her body suddenly relaxed. She said with a smile, "Go on, why don't you comb your hair?"

Cen Zhengnian saw his wife's embarrassment, but he really didn't know how to comb hair, so he smiled and told the truth, "I won't be able to do it next."

Chuxia looked innocent: "What should I do? I still want to see if the hair you combed for me looks good? Otherwise, I'll just go out with my hair like this."

Cen Zhengnian hesitated and said, "It's not impossible."

Chuxia snorted coquettishly and snatched it away. She took the comb from his hand and said, "No. The northwest wind is so strong that my hair will get tangled after a while."

She sighed and braided her hair skillfully and said, "I wanted you to braid my hair so that my hands can be free in the morning, but it seems that I can't count on you."

Cen Zhengnian coughed lightly at what she said, "How about you teach me? I'll try to braid it for you."

Chuxia immediately showed a brilliant smile, let go of her hand and said, "Okay."

In fact, braiding hair is not difficult, as long as you really want to learn. Difficult braids like herringbone braids and four-strand braids cannot be learned in a short time, but three-strand braids and two-strand twist braids are still easy to learn.

Chuxia did not make things difficult for Cen Zhengnian, but just let him braid a three-strand braid for her at the back, and she fixed her hair style at the front and put on a hat to go out and look good.

"You have learned one braid today, and I will teach you the rest later."

Chu Xia patted Cen Zhengnian's arm with confidence: "When you have learned them all, I can safely leave the hair-combing to you."

Cen Zhengnian lowered his head and looked at her with a smile on his face: "Okay."

"Let's go out, An An should be up." Chu Xia said as she walked out.

Cen Zhengnian saw Cen Huaian coming in, he nodded and said "um": "An An is playing chess with my dad downstairs. Yu Tian and the others are here too."

An An went to bed before finishing the chess game last night. Seeing that Cen's father did not go to work this morning, he pulled him to continue playing.

As soon as Chuxia and Cen Zhengnian walked downstairs, they heard Yu Tian's loud cheers: "An'an, you are so great! You won again. Come on, play a game with me."

She saw Yu Tian chase Xu Liang away. He sat opposite Cen Huaian. The two of them packed up their chess pieces and prepared to start a new game.

"An'an's chess skills are very good." Cen Zhengnian said to Chuxia softly, with a hint of pride in his tone.

Chuxia raised her eyebrows, and her eyes also showed pride: "After all, he has been learning from the teacher for so long, and he loves to play chess."

Cen Huaian not only practices Go, but also chess, checkers, and flying chess. He often plays with children in the family compound. Later, when the children couldn't beat him, he played with some retired elderly people who had nothing to do.

Chu Xia didn't know how powerful he was now, but she knew that whenever he lost to someone, he would go to him every day, thinking about how to win until he won.

Some elderly people in the family compound told Chu Xia that An An must have a bright future because he was so persistent in one thing.

The two walked over and stood behind Cen Huaian, watching him and Yu Tianxia.

An An looked very serious, with her lips tightly pursed, holding the chess pieces in her chubby little hands. It looked like a child playing a game, but in fact, Yu Tian's forehead began to sweat.

He looked up at Cen Zhengnian, with a helpless look on his face, and said, "My God, Zhengnian, your son is amazing. It's hard for me to play chess with him."

Cen Zhengnian said indifferently, "He is learning Go with a teacher now. It

's normal that you can't beat him." If you don't play chess often, your skills will definitely become rusty. Yu Tian and his friends are not professionals. They are usually busy with work. They haven't played chess for many years. It's normal that they can't beat Cen Huaian.

Don't underestimate children, especially genius children. The speed at which they absorb knowledge and apply it is amazing.

Cen Huaian can learn other people's powerful ways of playing chess by playing with them. He has a good memory and will review the game when he loses. His chess skills improve quickly.

Yu Tian suddenly realized and shouted: "No wonder we can't beat An An, you are a professional player!"

Chu Xia smiled and said: "Not even a professional player, he has only been learning for a few months."

Yu Tian and the other two felt like they were stabbed in the heart, and decided not to play chess with Cen Huaian anymore.

Cen's father was also a little embarrassed. He covered his face with a newspaper and looked like he was reading the newspaper seriously. He had the same idea as Yu Tian and the others.

Chuxia looked around and asked Mr. Cen, "Dad, where's Mom?"

Mr. Cen put down the newspaper, his face was back to normal. He looked at the kitchen and said, "She's making dumplings with Xiao Liu."

Then he took out a few red envelopes and began to give them to the people present, including Yu Tian and the others.

Yu Tian and the other two were embarrassed at first, after all, they were so old, and smiled and refused, "Uncle, we are all adults, we don't want red envelopes."

Mr. Cen stuffed the red envelopes into their pockets, "Take it! In front of me and your aunt, you will always be children."

Yu Tian and the other two were horrified to find that they, the three strong young men, were not as strong as Mr. Cen, a man in his fifties, and they were stuffed with red envelopes by him.

Chuxia and Cen Zhengnian did not refuse, especially Cen Zhengnian, who looked at Yutian and the other two with no surprise when they refused, and was finally forced to accept the red envelope.

He knew his father's strength better than anyone else. When Cen's father was young, he had no problem beating several people by himself in the army. He was not fighting ordinary people who knew nothing, but soldiers with combat experience.

Moreover, he was the first in all kinds of training and had very strong physical fitness.

Don't look at Cen Zhengnian as weak. When he and his elder brother were trained by Cen's father, they had no problem fighting against the warriors.

It can be clearly felt that Chuxia and Cen Huaian's red envelopes are the biggest and the bulgiest, even Cen Zhengnian can't compare to them, his is just a thin one.

Cen Huaian quietly opened the red envelope while everyone's attention was not on him.

Seeing the full of money inside, his eyes bulged out, and he quickly closed the red envelope and put it in his pocket.

Cen Huaian thought no one noticed him, but in fact Chuxia, Cen Zhengnian and Cen's father were all watching him out of the corner of their eyes.

His money-obsessed look made Chuxia look at Cen Zhengnian helplessly: Your son just likes money.

Cen Zhengnian nodded, with a smile in his eyes.

The red envelopes should actually have been distributed during the New Year's Eve vigil last night, but Jiang Shengnan did not tell everyone about the New Year's Eve vigil yesterday.

She saw that Cen Zhengnian wanted to be alone with Chuxia, An An was too young, Yu Tian and the others were also very tired, and she and Cen's father were old and could not stay up late, so they simply did not have the vigil. Anyway ,

they were all family, so there was no need to be so particular.

There was actually a performance by the art troupe last night, but they didn't get to watch it. Everyone was so happy that Cen Zhengnian came back that they forgot about this.

Cen Huaian was also too excited, and he fell asleep as Chu Xia coaxed him. He didn't remember until the morning that he didn't watch the New Year's Eve performance he had been looking forward to.

But he didn't feel too sorry, after all, his father was back, and that was what made him happiest.

Soon Jiang Shengnan and Xiao Liu came out with dumplings, and Chu Xia and the others hurried to the kitchen to help.

In the north, people eat dumplings in the morning during the New Year, and then they carry the dumplings to their relatives and friends, and the relatives and friends bring their own dumplings over.

Usually this kind of work is given to children, and all the children in the family go because there will be New Year's money.

He went out with a bowl in his hand, and when he came back the bowl was empty, but his pockets were bulging with New Year's gifts and candy and peanuts.

However, the Cen family had no relatives in the army, and Cen's father's position was that only others came to wish him a happy new year, and he didn't need to wish others a happy new year.

But Cen Zhengnian and Chuxia were younger, and it was Chuxia's first time to celebrate the New Year in the army. There were several families in the family compound that were friendly with the Cen family, so the two of them had to take An An to deliver dumplings and New Year gifts.

After breakfast, the three of them set off. Jiang Shengnan had already prepared everything that needed to be delivered to each family, and the first family they went to was the Fang family next door.

Because they were neighbors, and Fang's father and Cen's father had participated in the war together, the relationship between the two was still good, and it would be unreasonable for Cen Zhengnian not to go to pay New Year's greetings.

Chuxia didn't know about these complicated relationships. She was only responsible for following Cen Zhengnian and holding An'an with a smile.

When she walked into the Fang family's door, Chuxia found out that Lu Qin, who was talking to Jiang Shengnan yesterday, was Fang Lingling's mother. Fang Lingling was sitting on the sofa with Lu Qin at this time, and the two seemed to have some arguments.

However, as Cen Zhengnian and Chuxia came in, they immediately returned to normal. Lu Qin put on a warm smile on her face: "Zhengnian and Chuxia are here, oh, and An'an, sit down quickly, have some candy, I'll pour you some water."

Fang's father heard the noise and came out of the study. Seeing Cen Zhengnian, he also smiled and talked to him.

Fang Lingling tidied her hair, walked over to look at Cen Zhengnian, and just wanted to speak, Lu Qin pulled her behind her and glared at her.

Turning back, she smiled warmly again.

Lu Qin and Fang's father both liked Cen Zhengnian very much. Chu Xia could see that they admired Cen Zhengnian as an elder, and their attitude was much closer to her than to Cen Zhengnian's wife whom they met for the first time.

Chu Xia didn't care. Cen Zhengnian grew up in the army. These people watched him grow up since they were young, so it was normal for them to have a close relationship with him.

Today, she was only responsible for being a wallflower and accepting red envelopes with Cen Zhengnian's consent.

Lu Qin and Fang's father wanted to keep Cen Zhengnian for a while, but he refused. After sitting down to drink a cup of tea, he stood up and said, "Uncle Fang, Aunt Fang, we still have to go to the next house to give New Year gifts. We have to go."

Fang's father and Lu Qin had no choice but to let him go, and asked him to come over and sit more often when he was free.

Walking out of the Fang family's gate, Chu Xia smiled and said to Cen Zhengnian: "When you were a child, were you the best behaved child in the family? You were the kind of child that other people's family members were?"

Cen Zhengnian didn't understand what she meant: "What do you mean, other people's children?"

"Other people's children." Chu Xia explained to him: "Xiao Ming, look at An An, she has such good grades, and she is so sensible and well-behaved, not naughty at all. Can't you learn from others! In Xiao Ming's eyes, An An is the child that other people's family members are."

Cen Huaian ate milk candy and asked vaguely: "Mom, who is Xiao Ming?"

He felt so happy at this moment. In his mother's heart, he was the best child. His mother never praised others, but always praised him as better than others.

Chuxia touched his head: "You will often see him in the test papers in the future."

Hearing this, Cen Zhengnian couldn't hide the smile on his face: "If you say so, then I am."

Chuxia looked at him and said: "Fortunately I didn't grow up with you, otherwise I must have hated you when I was a child."

Cen Huaian added: "Mom, why do you hate Dad?"

Chuxia sighed: "You geniuses don't understand the pain of ordinary people."

Cen Zhengnian put his fist to his mouth to stop the smile that he couldn't help, and Cen Huaian's eyes were confused, and he didn't understand what Chuxia meant.

The family of three talked and laughed and continued to go to the next house to deliver dumplings and New Year gifts. The people in the family compound saw that Cen Zhengnian and his family of three had a very good relationship this morning.

Chu Xia and the other two didn't know that when they walked out of the Fang family's gate, Lu Qin and Fang Lingling started having another fierce argument, and the reason for the argument was Cen Zhengnian.

"Lingling! Your father and I sent you to the Tiangong Base so that you can learn from the seniors and achieve something in the future! We didn't send you there to interfere with other people's families! No matter how good Zhengnian is, he is married. Stop dreaming about this foolish thing!"

"Mom, why don't you understand me? I only like him, and I have liked him since I was a child!"

Lu Qin was so angry that her face turned pale. She sat on the sofa and took a long time to relax. Fang Lingling was scared to death: "Mom, what's wrong with you?"

Lu Qin held her hand, frowned and said, "Then why didn't you say it before? Why didn't you say it before Zhengnian got married?"

Fang Lingling was also arrogant at that time. She liked Cen Zhengnian, so she hoped that he could take the initiative to realize her feelings and then get them together.

Otherwise, it would be so unreserved for a girl to say it first.

Who knew that Cen Zhengnian went back to his father's hometown with his parents, and then heard the news of marriage. Her first reaction was to disbelieve it. The Cen family was joking. How could it be possible!

Unfortunately, it was true. Not long after, she heard that Cen Zhengnian's wife was pregnant and later gave birth to a child.

She was so angry that she married the classmate who had been pursuing her.

But she really didn't like her classmate. After graduation, she entered the Tiangong Base with the help of her parents,

which made her closer to Cen Zhengnian. Cen Zhengnian's wife was not even in the northwest. She felt that she had another chance, so she divorced her classmate immediately, thinking that she could make Cen Zhengnian like her and divorce the wife of the blind date.

Unexpectedly, Cen Zhengnian ignored her completely, and the two of them had no chance to be alone together. She watched helplessly as his relationship with his wife became better and better.

Fang Lingling had thought about giving up, but she couldn't let go of the feelings of so many years. Whenever she saw Cen Zhengnian, she couldn't calm down, and she was even more unwilling in her heart.

After listening to Fang Lingling crying, Lu Qin covered her forehead, feeling distressed for her daughter and angry at her stubbornness.

"No matter how much you like him, it's not okay. Can love be used to make a living? He is already married, you have to let him go. You have a family background, good looks, and a future. You can find any good man you want. Why do you have to hang yourself on this tree? If you dare to get close to Cen Zhengnian again, I will pretend that I don't have a daughter like you!"

Lu Qin's tone was very strong, and she was serious. She has always been strong-willed and has always competed with Jiang Shengnan. Everyone who works in the hospital is jealous of her family and children. She will never allow her daughter to do such a shameful thing.

Fang Lingling cried hard. She was afraid of her mother, but she couldn't say that she didn't like Cen Zhengnian anymore. How could she just say she didn't like someone she had liked for so long? After

a whole morning of New Year's greetings, Chuxia had no strength left. She felt tired all over, especially her legs, which were so sore and numb.

She sat on the sofa and massaged her legs and said, "Fortunately, we only pay New Year's greetings once a year, otherwise I would be exhausted. My face is almost stiff from smiling."

Cen Huaian ran over and squatted in front of Chu Xia, and said very obediently, "Mom, I will massage your legs, I am not tired."

Cen Zhengnian also said, "Stretch out your legs, I will massage them for you." Chu

Xia touched Cen Huaian's head and asked him to move a small stool to help her continue to massage. She looked at Cen Zhengnian, hesitated, and still felt that her legs were very uncomfortable, so she stretched her legs over: "Don't use too much force, it will hurt."

Cen Zhengnian smiled and said, "Yes."

Chu Xia leaned on the sofa. With the efforts of the two "masseuses" one big and one small, she was so comfortable that she accidentally fell asleep.

Cen Zhengnian was the first to find that she had fallen asleep. He stopped what he was doing, and also held Cen Huaian's hand. He lowered his voice and said, "An An, don't hit her anymore. I'll take your mother upstairs to sleep."

Sleeping on the sofa is uncomfortable and it's easy to catch a cold.

Chu Xia was really tired. Cen Zhengnian carried her upstairs and put her on the bed. She didn't wake up, but rolled over and found a more comfortable position to sleep more soundly.

Cen Zhengnian combed her messy hair back with his hands, covered her with a quilt, sat by the bed and watched her sleeping, his eyes were unspeakably gentle.

He sat by the bed for a while, and seeing that it was almost noon, he went downstairs to the kitchen to cook.

Yu Tian and the other two didn't know where they went to play. Cen's father and Jiang Shengnan were not at home either. Only Chu Xia and the other three were at home.

The most common item in the refrigerator is dumplings, and Cen Zhengnian also cooks dumplings best. He would simply open the lid under the coal stove, boil water and cook the dumplings.

Cen Huaian followed him like a little tail. Cen Zhengnian asked him if he was still learning Go at school. After he answered, he asked Cen Zhengnian in a baby voice: "Dad, when will you play Go with me again?"

He wanted to play Go with his dad. He had played two games of chess with his grandfather, but had never played with his dad in the northwest.

Cen Zhengnian pushed the dumplings in the pot and said, "I'll play with you after dinner." Chuxia

was still very sleepy when she was woken up by Cen Zhengnian and couldn't open her eyes.

He coaxed her in a gentle voice: "Chuxia, eat before going to bed."

Chuxia sat up in a daze, ate dumplings on the bed, drank some medicine, rinsed her mouth, and went back to sleep.

When she woke up again, the sun was setting. She went downstairs and saw Cen Zhengnian and Cen Huaian sitting downstairs playing Go.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, they both looked up at the same time. Cen Zhengnian immediately raised a smile on his face: "Wake up. Do you want to eat?"

Cen Huaian also called her: "Mom." With an unconcealed tone of pride, he said: "I'm about to win."

Chuxia was not hungry, but she was a little thirsty. She poured a glass of water and sat behind Cen Huaian, looking at Cen Zhengnian with a smile: "Zhengnian, you are about to lose to your five-year-old son. How do you feel now?"

Cen Zhengnian didn't feel embarrassed at all. He still smiled gently and said naturally: "I'm proud of him. And..."

He looked up at Chuxia: "Whether I win or lose, he will always be my son, and this can't be changed."

Chuxia saw that she didn't laugh at him, so she stopped talking and concentrated on looking at the chessboard, although she couldn't understand anything.

Soon, Cen Zhengnian put down the chess pieces and said, "An'an, Dad lost."

His voice was calm, unlike his father who felt ashamed when he lost the game. Cen Zhengnian didn't feel that way. He reached out and touched Cen Huaian's head: "You have improved so much in Go in the past few months. It's amazing! Dad can't catch up with you."

Cen Huaian's mouth curled up, and his eyes showed the joy of being praised.

Chuxia took a sip of water and said, "An'an, although you beat your father, your father is also very powerful. Your father's job is to contribute to the country."

Cen Huaian was curious: "What job?"

Cen Zhengnian smiled and said nothing, looking at Chuxia.

Chuxia patted Cen Huaian's head and said, "It's a confidential job, I can't tell you, but it's amazing anyway!"

This sounded very mysterious, Cen Huaian didn't understand, and looked at Cen Zhengnian with more admiration in his eyes.

Cen Zhengnian still enjoyed his son's admiration. Chuxia said, "And your father is good at math, don't you have any Sudoku questions? Now you can ask your father."

Cen Huaian's eyes lit up, and he immediately ran upstairs to get his Sudoku questions.

Cen Zhengnian looked at Chuxia helplessly and said, "I'm afraid An An and I are the only ones who will do the questions during the New Year."

Chuxia: "You are his father."

Cen Zhengnian didn't have much time at home, so of course he would make the most of the time.

Cen Huaian didn't have many questions that he didn't know, and it took less than half an hour for the two of them to finish.

Cen Zhengnian only needed to look at a few of the difficult questions that Cen Huaian had been working on for a long time but could not solve, and he could get the answers.

His daily work was a lot of calculation experiments. This kind of Sudoku puzzle, which was not very difficult, was as simple as 1+1=2 to him.

After finishing a few Sudoku puzzles, Cen Huaian's admiration for Cen Zhengnian reached its peak. He had never thought that his father was so amazing.

"Dad, are you studying mathematics?"

Cen Zhengnian nodded: "You can say that, my work will use mathematics."

Cen Huaian began to ask Cen Zhengnian math questions, and he answered him seriously, and he was not perfunctory even for the simplest questions.

Chuxia soon discovered that Cen Huaian and Cen Zhengnian had a better relationship.

She watched the interaction between father and son, drank the water in one gulp, and was in a good mood.

Just as I was thinking about whether to turn on the TV, the door of the Cen family was suddenly knocked from outside, and several male voices came from outside.

"Brother Cen! Are you home?"

"Zhengnian! Come out and play!"

"Brother Cen, we know you are back, don't just stay at home with your sister-in-law!"

"Yes, also get together with our brothers!"

Cen Zhengnian stood up, met Chuxia's puzzled eyes, and said to her: "They are a few friends who grew up with me."

He stroked his forehead and laughed, and said in a helpless tone: "Their personalities are a bit eccentric."

The voices outside were getting louder and louder. Chuxia pushed him: "Go open the door."

Cen Zhengnian walked out, Cen Huaian thought about it, and ran out. Cen Zhengnian heard the sound, turned back and held his hand.

Chuxia looked at the two of them and got up and walked over.

When she walked to the middle of the yard, Cen Zhengnian opened the door, and several men rushed in and surrounded Cen Zhengnian at once, all talking. Chu Xia couldn't tell whose voice was whose.

They saw Cen Huaian, and one man lifted him up directly, threw him up a few times and caught him.

"Brother Cen, this is your son! He looks so much like you, and his expression is exactly the same as when you were a child."

Someone noticed Chu Xia behind him with sharp eyes, and quickly pulled the people around him. All of a sudden, everyone's eyes turned over.

Cen Zhengnian walked out from among them, walked to Chu Xia's side, and said to them: "This is your sister-in-law."

Several people widened their eyes, just like when Yu Tian saw her. One person directly said "Fuck" and his mouth opened wide.

"Hello." Chu Xia greeted them with a smile.

These people quickly stood up, saluted her together, and shouted: "Hello, sister-in-law!"

The sound was so loud that Chuxia wanted to rub her ears.

Cen Zhengnian introduced them to Chuxia again. They were all people who grew up in this family compound and now worked in the army. Chuxia had met their parents today.

After hearing what Chuxia said, several people looked regretful.

"If I had known, I wouldn't have gone to play basketball this morning." The man named Hu Lei said.

"Yes, otherwise we would have met my sister-in-law today."

Cen Zhengnian: "It's not too late now. What do you want to see me about?"

He only has two days of vacation. These friends grew up with him. He doesn't really want to go out with them now. He just wants to stay at home with Chuxia and Cen Huaian.

"We asked you to come out to play basketball. You haven't been back for a long time. We miss you very much." Hu Lei said.

The entertainment activities in the army now are just these, either playing ball or chess, or going to the art troupe to secretly watch other girls train.

Some of Hu Lei's men have wives from the art troupe, and they are the same age as Cen Zheng, and they are all married.

Cen Zhengnian knew he couldn't avoid going out today. Since Hu Lei and the others were here, he had to go out.

However, family members were allowed to attend the basketball game. He turned around and asked Chuxia directly, "Do you want to watch us play basketball?"

"Sure." Chuxia didn't have anything to do at home. She didn't want to read during the New Year, and watching them play basketball was not a good idea.