In a flash, it was the end of the year again, and everyone was busy preparing for the New Year.
Xiaohuzi's health has recovered well. Xue Zhilan stayed at the garden almost every day and prepared medicine for him.
Shan You's morning sickness has improved a little, but her mental state is still a little bad. Xiao Huzi stays with her most of the time except for taking medicine to rest.
Ahu and Wang Qing did not dare to walk away, and took care of their son while taking care of their grandson.
The Great Cold Tide at the end of the year hit the south, freezing the Shanyue Family fishing ground and killing a large number of sea fish.
Shanyue and Chen Shuiyu were so busy that they had no time to book air tickets. Until the end of the year, they found that even the first month's air tickets had been sold out.
No tickets are available at the end of the year, and even boat tickets are not available.
The Shanyue couple had no choice but to stay in the South Island for the New Year, saying that they would fly to the imperial capital to reunite with them around the Lantern Festival.
Xiao Huzi's sister was going north to reunite with her family for the New Year, but she accidentally slipped when she went out, and the little bone on her left hand accidentally broke. She had to seek medical treatment in the provincial capital, and she couldn't live a good life even after a year.
Fortunately, her classmates and friends are all in the provincial capital, and they are not short of people to take care of and are not afraid of loneliness. Otherwise, Wang Qing would not be at ease.
Despite this, Ah Hu still hired a nanny to take care of her daughter's daily life and told her to recover from her injuries and reunite with her family after the New Year.
The end of the year is approaching, and several children are on holiday. The garden is no longer empty, and people are walking around.
Xue Heng promised his daughter to accompany her abroad during the Chinese New Year. The father and daughter booked air tickets early, and after the Little New Year, they flew to a foreign resort to ski.
Xue Huan and Zheng Xiaoyi are both very busy, and the end of the year is no exception.
The two children couldn't sit still at home, so they came to the garden every day to join in the fun.
Therefore, two more tables had to be placed in the dining room and two more people were arranged to help in the kitchen. Otherwise, every time the meal was about to start, more than twenty people would have eaten at the same time, and the two masters in the big kitchen could not handle it at all.
Xue Ling is already half retired, but she still has a lot of favors to deal with, so she is still very busy.
Cheng Tianyuan was busy until the morning of New Year's Eve, and only took a few bags of New Year's goods home.
The New Year’s Eve dinner was very sumptuous, and everyone ate while playing with fireworks. It didn’t end until after eight o’clock.
The elderly were tired and went back to their room to rest early.
The young people haven't had enough fun yet, so they went out to play together in groups of three or three, and they are in love and have fun games.
Xue Ling walked into the living room and found that Cheng Tianyuan was the only one who was squinting his eyes and was dozing, empty in the spacious living room.
"Why are you the only one? Ah Hu and Wang Qing were both here just now?"
Cheng Tianyuan murmured: "Xiao Xiaohu is going to sleep... he is going to coax his grandson to sleep."
Seeing that he was slightly drunk, Xue Ling hurriedly poured a cup of tea for him to drink.
Cheng Tianyuan took a sip and asked, "A Fang is back?"
"I'm back." Xue Ling explained: "Ahuan and his family have also left."
Cheng Tianyuan stretched and said in a daze: "I just drank two glasses, and I seemed to be drunk... I'm old and useless."
Xue Ling laughed and helped him up.
"Old man, I'll help you go back to your room to sleep."
Cheng Tianyuan was amused by her and half leaned against her.
"I seem to be old, why are you not old yet? I seem to be five years older than you..."
Seeing that he was really drunk, Xue Ling couldn't help but laugh softly.
"As you are five years older, you are naturally old first. Why? Are you afraid of getting old at all?"
Cheng Tianyuan smiled but said nothing. After returning to the room, he fell on the bed without any movement.
Xue Ling turned on the heating a little bigger, changed his clothes, turned around and twisted a towel to wipe his face.
Cheng Tianyuan narrowed his eyes, as if he sighed and felt helpless.
"In a flash... the children are old, and the elderly are old... we finally have a world of two."
Xue Ling smiled and said, "It seems like we just got married. Do you remember? When we lived in a rental house, there were only you and me."
Cheng Tianyuan nodded: "I can't forget it."
After speaking, he waved to her.
Xue Ling leaned down, lay in his arms, squinted his eyes and rubbed his face.
"Year after year, it's almost thirty years..."
Cheng Tianyuan murmured: "Yes, we are already at the age of knowing destiny in a blink of an eye."
Xue Ling couldn't help asking: "Are you... afraid of old age?"
"Don't be afraid." Cheng Tianyuan thought about it seriously and whispered: "Day after day, year after year, I have experienced so many things, and I have grown old a little bit unconsciously. Suddenly one day I discovered that we really were
They are all old. The age of knowing destiny may be to see through the world and life. After seeing through and thinking through it, you should not be afraid.”
After a pause, he asked, "Are you afraid?"
Xue Ling smiled, and the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes were undoubtedly revealed.
"In the past few years, I looked at the more and more wrinkles and white hair in the mirror. At first, I was a little scared and a little unwilling to accept it. I felt that life seemed to have just begun, so why did I get old? But I gradually accepted it.
Accept it, it must be accepted, this is the fact."
Cheng Tianyuan laughed in a doting way: "You are just a little old, but your heart is not old at all."
"Take it down." Xue Ling lowly: "You will secretly coax me and lie to me."
Cheng Tianyuan narrowed his eyes and said, "What are you afraid of? I am five years older than you! With me here, you will never grow old."
Xue Ling laughed and hugged his neck.
"Are you drunk? Why did you suddenly say love words?"
Cheng Tianyuan kissed her forehead and whispered: "I saw you change a few sets of clothes in a row before having a reunion dinner tonight, always saying that you look old... In fact, in my heart, you have been following me that day
Just as beautiful.”
Xue Ling hugged his neck tightly, and tears flashed and laughed.
She was afraid of getting old because she couldn't accept the slightly bloated figure in the mirror and the increasingly obvious crow's feet on her face.
She is not afraid of getting old, because she has a husband who has always loved her deeply, because she has a very happy and warm family, and because she no longer has regrets in her life.
So, she can be not afraid of getting old.
...
The next morning, everyone accompanied Xue’s father and mother to worship their ancestors at the ancestral temple.
The temperature outside is low, and the old man is old after all, and he starts trembling within a few minutes after getting off the bus.
Xue Ling and Cheng Tianyuan quickly burned incense and hurriedly helped the old man get on the bus.
The temperature in the car was warm and there was a hot water drink, so the old man finally came to his feet.
Xue Ling was still worried and said, "Let's go home."
Xue’s father and mother were reluctant to worry about their daughter and son-in-law, and were afraid that they would get sick during the Chinese New Year and cause trouble for the young people, so they had to agree to go back to the garden first.
The group returned to the garden.
Young people each have their own programs, and there are no people in a flash.
Cheng Tianfang came to kowtow to his mother early in the morning to wish him a happy New Year, and then drove his mother to the flower market, saying that he would come back after lunch.
Xue Ling accompanied her parents to watch TV and chat in the living room, while Cheng Tianyuan went to the security room and the kitchen to send New Year red envelopes.
"Ling, it seems that someone is coming outside. Look inside the surveillance camera!"
Xue Ling followed the old father's hand and soon saw cousin Xue Cong open the car door and walk out with a big bag.