The closer it gets to the Chinese New Year, the stronger the festive atmosphere in the village becomes, and every household starts getting busy early.

Repair the house, do a thorough cleaning, buy New Year's goods, slaughter pigs and sheep, offer sacrifices to the Kitchen God, steam buns...

On New Year's Eve, the Li family put up Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters early in the morning, and then the family had a reunion dinner. After the meal, they got together to play mahjong for a while, and finally stayed up all night to eat dumplings.

The two little guys were very energetic and stayed up until midnight. They each ate a big bowl of dumplings before going to bed.

The next day, on the first day of the new year, Li Han and Li Jin got up and greeted Li Shao and Zhao Ye in a proper manner. They both successfully received the loving praise and big red envelopes from their fathers and grandfathers.

Afterwards, all the servants in the house kowtowed to the four masters and wished them a happy new year according to the rules. Li Shao and Zhao Ye smiled and gave them red envelopes one by one.

The red envelopes would naturally not be simple. After all, everyone had worked hard for a year. Those who received the red envelopes were so happy that they kept thanking their masters.

After breakfast, Li Han and Li Jin went out to play with the children in the village.

Li Shao and Zhao Ye were basically busy that day as there was a constant stream of people coming to their house to pay New Year's greetings.

The day to go back to her parents' home finally arrived on the second day of the Chinese New Year. After breakfast, Li Shao and his wife took their two children and gathered their belongings and went to Zhao's house.

Originally, they thought that their family had arrived very early, but when they arrived at the Zhao family, they found that the whole family was waiting for them.

And this year the whole family is here, including Zhao's father and mother, Zhao Tian's family of four, eldest sister Zhao Liu's family of four, and Zhao Xiuwen's family of three.

Zhao Tian's family was still there, and Zhao Ye didn't find it too strange. Three years ago, on the second day of the Chinese New Year, his sister-in-law also entertained them at home.

I just didn't expect that my third brother Zhao Xiuwen and his family were also there. After all, although Zhao Xiuwen has lived with Ma Qiaoyun in the big house next to Ma Hao's house all year round, it was Ma Qiaoyun who married Zhao Xiuwen after all, so their family should have gone to Ma Hao's house to celebrate this day.

In fact, it was Ma Hao who asked his sister to return to the Zhao family. With such a good relative, how could he not warmly welcome her?

Ma Qiaoyun has followed her elder brother into the world and done business since she was a child. She is much better at dealing with people than many men, so naturally she would not care about such trivial matters as returning to her parents' home on the second day of the Chinese New Year.

And if you think about it carefully, isn't it just like she is accompanying Zhao Xiuwen back to her parents' home?

Such a good opportunity to get close to a fourth-rank official in Beijing and exchange feelings with him is something that others would beg for. Zhao's mother didn't understand why and kept praising Ma Qiaoyun for being generous and sensible.

The whole family sat together, chatting about family matters, gossiping, and had a lively reunion dinner.

The third day of the Chinese New Year is the Red Dog Day, so it is not suitable to go out. The family of four spent the whole day leisurely at home. From the fourth day onwards, many friends came to visit and pay New Year's greetings, and the trend did not subside until the eighth day.

That night, after they washed up and lay on the bed, Zhao Ye couldn't help but think of Su Cen again and let out a long sigh.

Li Shao heard Zhao Ye sighing and looking depressed. He raised his hand and gently stroked his head. "What's wrong? Are you too tired these days? Today is the eighth day of the first lunar month. Most of the relatives and friends who were supposed to visit have arrived. You can have a good rest starting tomorrow."

"Come on, lie down, your husband will give you a couple of strokes to relax you." Without waiting for Zhao Ye to react, he easily turned him over.

Then he began to massage Zhao Ye's shoulders gently. It's true that Li Shao, who is well versed in the skeletal and muscular structure of the human body, has great strength and can control the strength accurately, is a real expert in massaging.

After just a few gentle presses, Zhao Ye felt much more relaxed and comfortable.

Originally he didn't feel tired, but being pressed by his husband was so comfortable that Zhao Ye continued to enjoy it happily.

She continued, "My husband, I'm thinking about Brother Cen. I wonder how he is doing now? Today is the eighth day of the first lunar month. On the tenth day, he will marry the Sixth Prince."

"He must be feeling very sad right now. Why am I not here with him at this moment? I..."

In Zhao Ye's heart, he felt a little guilty that as a good friend, he was not able to stay with Su Cen when he was in such pain, but instead ran back to his hometown to enjoy himself.

But it’s rare for my husband to have such a long vacation, and he really misses his parents, relatives and friends in his hometown.

Li Shaoke couldn't bear to see him blaming himself and feeling upset, so he pinched him hard with his big hands.

As expected, Zhao Ye immediately screamed and crawled up to sit up, "Ouch! My butt is made of flesh, not stone, you are going to crush me to death!"

But this time all his sad thoughts disappeared, and he rubbed his butt while complaining about Li Shao's strong hands.

Li Shao chuckled, grabbed the man into his arms, and rubbed him, "Don't feel uncomfortable, and don't say things like you should do this or that."

"If you want to see your parents-in-law, their families and friends, we can go back to see them. There's nothing wrong with it as long as it's what you want to do."

"Ah?!" How come there's nothing wrong with what he wants to do?

"What? You coming back or not can't change the fact that Su Cen is going to marry Jing Xiangyuan. Although you two are friends, there are some things that friends can't get involved in."

"The entanglement between the two of them is deep, and although Jing Xiangyuan looks gentle and polite, he is actually not a good person, or it is not an exaggeration to say that he is cruel and ruthless."

"Don't mention his ex-fiancé in front of Su Cen anymore. He can't leave his Su family. Now that things have come to this, he can only look forward."

Zhao Ye looked at him with a look of "What are you talking about!" "How could I possibly mention his ex-fiancé in front of Brother Cen? Brother Cen would be so sad when I mention him."

"But Brother Cen is still so young, his life must go on, he can't just guard those memories for the rest of his life." In fact, Zhao Ye felt that what he said was really contradictory and hypocritical.

If his husband had passed away, he would definitely keep the memories of him and his two children for the rest of his life.

But when it comes to Cen Ge'er, he doesn't want his friend to indulge in sadness.

But seeing Li Shao's expression of course what I said was right, Zhao Ye couldn't help but "squeeze" him, "What a bunch of lies. When I asked you what you would do if I died, you said you only wanted me."

"Why is it that when it comes to Brother Cen, he should look forward?" And also to "retaliate" for his husband who pinched him so hard just now.

Li Shao didn't care about Zhao Ye's provocation. He raised his eyebrows and said, "He and Xu Junming have only known each other for a few years, and they only meet occasionally. How can their relationship compare to ours? I can do anything for you."

Zhao Ye loved this arrogant and affectionate look and couldn't help wanting to pinch him a few times. He also followed his heart and started to do it.

He pinched Li Shao's cheeks with both hands, just like Li Shao usually pinched him, "Husband, please don't say this outside. How come our relationship is so deep and others' is not as good as ours!"

"It's not nice to talk like that. What's that word called? It's what you told me before... Oh, right! You can't pull others down!" Zhao Ye said with a serious look on his face.

Li Shao was so angry that he laughed. What a little brat, he was taught a lesson. He was defeated in one move.

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