[The summer solstice has not yet come] Carving time

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Visited Lixia's house, and bought some things needed for the New Year on the street. Gu Qiaochu carried the big bags and followed his mother to the house. As soon as he reached the gate of the courtyard, he saw a small truck parked by the side of the road. .

He watched his mother run over without him, and returned home with his things helplessly and resignedly.

The Gu family can be regarded as a big family in the small place of Shi County. As early as when Gu Qiaochu's grandmother was still in the [-]th year, her elder brother chose to go into business, and after a few years, he made a lot of money. I returned to Asakawa with the funds, and opened many shops in Muro County.

And Grandpa Gu joined the army when he was a teenager. Although he betrayed the expectations of the literati family, he was also very successful in the army.Although he also lost a comrade from Shi County in the war, but in terms of the result, it was always unsatisfactory.

In this way, every year during the Chinese New Year, Gu Qiaochu's parents have to prepare gifts from relatives and Grandpa Gu's comrades-in-arms. Naturally, they can't bring back the cars they drive, so they can only find the company's truck to send them home when the New Year is approaching. When you visit, send them one by one.

This gigantic project had nothing to do with Gu Qiaochu when he was in primary and junior high school, but when he entered high school, Gu's father used training as an excuse to drag Gu Qiaochu to help him sort out the big and small gifts.

Gu Qiaochu put the things back home, took off his coat and rolled up his sleeves, ready to move things.It happened that Grandma Gu was carrying freshly squeezed orange juice and was about to give it to the driver and workers. He took the tray with a smile, "Grandma, go in and rest, I will help."

"Hey, Ah Chu, be careful." Grandma Gu also narrowed her eyes with a smile, patted her grandson on the back, turned and entered the living room.

"Uncles, let's drink some water and have a rest first. You must be very tired after driving here." Gu Qiaochu put the tray on the stone pier, and after saying hello, he put on his gloves and went to carry the box that Gu's mother had confirmed to be all right.

By the time I moved everything into the house, the living room had been filled to almost half, so it looked scary.This directly led to the next New Year's Eve, when Lixia Cheng Qiqi brought Lu Zhiang and Fu Xiaosi to visit, the three people except Lixia were very frightened.

At that time, Gu Qiaochu was busy moving things to the storage room, because on New Year's Eve, all members of the Gu family had to watch the New Year together, so the living room must be used.Hearing the knock on the door, Gu Qiaochu was still in a daze. It is reasonable to say that no relatives and friends would come at this time. When he opened the door and saw that it was Li Xia's group, he breathed a sigh of relief and led them into the house.

"I won't bother you, will I?" Li Xia knew the complexity of the Gu family's gift distribution two years ago. She followed Gu Qiaochu and moved into the living room following Gu Qiaochu's footprints. She saw the busy family , hurriedly said hello, and felt a little embarrassed, "I said you must be very busy, but Lu Zhiang insisted on coming to you."

"Are you looking for me?" Gu Qiaochu took off his gloves and distributed the drinks on the tea table to four people. Hearing Li Xia's words, he looked up at Lu Zhiang coolly, "Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Ah? No... I can't find you if I have nothing to do!" Lu Zhiang looked at Gu Qiaochu's indifference, originally he was apologetic for disturbing others, but now he just felt that even if he disturbed him, he couldn't be cowardly, "Let's see look at you."

"Hmm... just in time." Gu Qiaochu suddenly smiled and nodded, he patted Lixia on the shoulder, "Take them for a stroll first, I will find you with Lu Zhiang later."

He looked at the clock hanging on the wall, it was exactly [-]:[-], "Wait for us at Uncle Li's shop at [-]:[-], I will treat you to dinner."

Li Xia, who vaguely knew what Gu Qiaochu was going to do, pushed the other with one hand and hurried away, "Then let's go first! See you later!"

"Ah Chu... this is not good." Gu's mother looked at Gu Qiaochu with some embarrassment.

"It's nothing bad." Gu Qiaochu curled his lips into a smile and rolled his eyes, he turned around and took out a new pair of gloves on the table and handed them to Lu Zhiang, and then put on his own, "Young people need to exercise more. "

"No, Gu Qiaochu, you..." Lu Zhiang opened his eyes wide in surprise. He watched Gu Qiaochu arrange work for himself with peace of mind. , It’s not easy to express it directly, so I can only resign myself to my fate and follow Gu Qiaochu to move things.

"Save your saliva, and be careful with your movements. If you break it, you will be in trouble." Gu Qiaochu rolled his eyes and led the way with the box in his arms.

Lu Zhiang followed Gu Qiaochu around, avoiding the things on the ground and walked all the way into the storage room. After putting down the things, he had time to argue with Gu Qiaochu, "Why save some saliva? Kiss you?"

Gu Qiaochu froze suddenly, he took off his gloves and knocked on Lu Zhiang's head, "What the hell... It's a normal sentence, you say it so disgustingly, you can do it!"

God knows, as soon as he said that sentence, Lu Zhiang felt a little regretful, he covered his mouth and clenched his lips, he didn't know what to do, but luckily Gu Qiaochu threw this stalk over as a joke, otherwise he wouldn't know what to do next up.

After learning the lesson, Lu Zhiang learned to behave well, he also understood to finish work early and slip away earlier, and he stopped talking to Gu Qiaochu, and followed Gu Qiaochu to work honestly.

But I don’t know why, maybe it’s because I’m tired from carrying too many things and my mouth is dry. Several times when Gu Qiaochu was talking, he just watched the opening and closing of the light pink lips, and didn’t pay attention to what Gu Qiaochu said. What.

After many times, Gu Qiaochu became a little annoyed, he frowned and kicked Lu Zhiang's butt, "If you can't do it, just go to the side and stay, don't get in the way!"

"Who says I can't do it!" Lu Zhiang rubbed his buttocks and said, "Don't frown, just talk if you have something to say."

Gu Qiaochu gave Lu Zhiang a strange look, but didn't say much, just followed him to move things.

It wasn't until [-]:[-] that the affairs of the Gu family came to an end.Gu Qiaochu went back to the room and took a coat, said hello, and took Lu Zhiang out.

"I said, don't your family prepare too many gifts? Does it happen every year?" Lu Zhiang is most afraid of embarrassment. Fortunately, he is such an extrovert by nature, and he won't be cold when he is with anyone, especially those who are full of vigor. Little girl, I like it very much.

"Not much, just get used to it." Gu Qiaochu felt a little hot after doing something just now, so he had to put his coat on his hand, he took Lu Zhiang into a small shop first, bought Coke for Lu Zhiang, I bought white water by myself, and then came out again, "I have worked hard for you just now, and thank you for coming to see me, but we have a lot of family affairs, and I may not be able to play with you after dinner. You have a good time If you need anything, you can call my home."

"You didn't accompany us? Then didn't I just do it for nothing?" It is undeniable that when he knew that Gu Qiaochu had to go home after dinner, Lu Zhiang was a little disappointed. He lowered his eyebrows and muttered, "Your family Why are there so many things?"

"..." Gu Qiaochu looked at Lu Zhiang's aggrieved and disappointed look, but had no choice but to want to pat Lu Zhiang's head.He was startled, then hesitantly closed his fist with one hand, covered his lips and cleared his throat, "Let's go shopping with you for a while, just an hour."

"One hour is fine!" Lu Zhiang sighed with a smile and narrowed his eyes.

Gu Qiaochu took Lu Zhiang to the place he had agreed with Li Xia.Originally, it was Chinese New Year, and many stores had already closed down for business, but the owner and his wife of this store are both locals from Shi County, and their home is only a few hundred meters away from the store, so they took advantage of this opportunity to spend more time in the store Time to watch.

After waiting for a few more minutes, Li Xia rushed over with the other two people.Gu Qiaochu booked a private room on the second floor, and called everyone in. Then he apologized to the proprietress, "Aunt Li, I'm really sorry to disturb you during Chinese New Year."

"Ouch! It's all right! We're all friends of Ah Chu!" Aunt Li wiped her hands on her apron, then patted Gu Qiaochu on the shoulder, "It just so happened that the original master asked for leave to go home, so I let you Uncle will cook some special dishes for you!"

"That's really troublesome." Gu Qiaochu nodded with a smile.

"It's okay! The drinks are all downstairs! Get them yourself, Ah Chu!"

"Hey!" Gu Qiaochu responded, and turned around to say hello, "I'll go downstairs and get you something to drink."

"I'll go with you!" Lu Zhiang jumped up with a smile.

Cheng Qiqi gave Lu Zhiang a strange look, "What's wrong with Lu Zhiang?"

"Uh..." Li Xia tossed his hair in embarrassment, "It's nothing."

"Being a coolie is a brain-destroyed thing." Fu Xiaosimu complained with a straight face.

Not knowing what people in the private room thought of him, Lu Zhiang followed Gu Qiaochu down the stairs. He watched Gu Qiaochu walk to the counter, took out a few hundred sheets from his wallet and pressed them under the spread newspaper. Strange, "Aren't you going to pay the bill later?"

"You care so much." Gu Qiaochu rolled his eyes again, he took three bottles of juice and two bottles of Coke, ignored Lu Zhiang, turned around and went upstairs.

The meal was neither awkward nor embarrassing. Gu Qiaochu could think that the atmosphere was not harmonious because of his joining. After all, he was a grade higher than them. Except for Lixia, no one probably enjoyed his care and felt embarrassed. It's normal.

So Gu Qiaochu tried hard to reduce his sense of existence, only eating and not talking.Originally, he grew up with his grandfather who was a soldier. When he was a child, he suffered a lot from talking nonsense at the dinner table. Later, he developed the habit of not talking when eating or sleeping.

But since getting to know Lu Zhiang, he has lost his good character little by little.

This time too, obviously Gu Qiaochu didn't want to talk, he just wanted to eat in peace, but Lu Zhiang refused.He thought that Gu Qiaochu didn't speak because he felt embarrassed because he couldn't blend in. He didn't think that he didn't want to blend in at all, so he just kept pulling Gu Qiaochu to chat.

After such a meal, Gu Qiaochu's face was mostly darkened.As for the chief culprit, Lu Zhiang, he didn't even look good.

This continued until they reached the wishing tree.