Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 87: Eighty-seven, going to buy fireworks~_1

Chapter 87: Eighty-seven, going to buy fireworks~_1

"As long as you kids understand the principle, that’s good. Your mom and I are getting old and won’t have many good years left. If you truly have filial piety, then give your mom less trouble. How many years has it been? Do you really take your mom for a maid?"

As Gu Hang spoke, Liu Lizhen and Fan Xiaoli’s faces went from pale to red, looking extremely awkward.

"All right, all right, it’s not easy for the elder and second brothers either. Dad, this year the three of us brothers are reunited on this joyous occasion. Let’s not talk about those unpleasant things. Come on, elder and second brothers, let’s drink a toast to dad!"

Chenzi swallowed a dumpling and stood up to pour wine for Gu Hang and his two brothers.

Now that Gu Zhigang and Gu He had made their stance clear, it would be a bit too much for him to continue playing dumb.

Truth be told, one cherishes one’s own wife the most.

Ji Pianran had been through a lot of hardships because of his own mistakes, and he knew just how hard she worked.

"Chenzi is right, Dad, here’s to you!"

Gu Zhigang and Gu He also stood up. Shen Cuizhi gave her husband a glance, as if to say that was enough. It was the New Year after all; was he really not going to give his sons this bit of face?

They were all adults now; didn’t they deserve some respect?

"You three brothers, I won’t lecture you on the bigger principles. If you brothers can look out for each other, I can consider..."

"Enough, enough, let’s not talk about this during the New Year. Dad, may you have fortune as vast as the East Sea and longevity to rival the Southern Mountains, living to a ripe old age. From now on, you should enjoy your blessings!"

"Grandpa’s fortune..."

Xu Xu and Dong Dong tried to follow along, but since Chenzi had spoken too quickly and hadn’t remembered it all, he could only scratch his head in confusion, making everyone laugh.

"Tangtang, do you remember what Daddy said?"

Shen Cuizhi squatted down and picked up Tangtang, showing how much she adored her only granddaughter.

"Daddy said, wish Grandpa a fortune like the sea and live to be a hundred years old!"

Tangtang tilted her little head and thought for a moment. She couldn’t recall it all, but for a child, it was already very impressive.

"Good, good! Tangtang is so clever."

Gu Hang laughed happily, feeling blessed with his family around him.

There’s a term for this kind of joy...

Yes, the happiness of a family reunion!

...

After the meal, everyone took a short nap, feeling incredibly comfortable with their full bellies and the warm noon sun.

When they got up, it was already three in the afternoon. To be honest, the meat was delicious, but after eating so much of it over the past few days, it was getting to be a bit much.

Especially for the little tykes, having eaten nothing but meat for days on end. Considering children have weaker digestive systems, it caused Shen Cuizhi quite some worry.

Chenzi saw his mother frowning on the sofa and asked worriedly, "Mom, are you feeling unwell? What’s wrong?"

"Ah, I don’t know what to eat tonight! We can’t eat meat again."

Upon hearing this, Chenzi laughed, thinking it was a serious matter, but it turned out she just didn’t know what to eat.

"How about we have hotpot tonight?"

When Chenzi suggested hotpot, he had his own ulterior motive. He always felt that some of Ji Pianran’s habits were similar to those from Sichuan, although he didn’t know the exact place. But people from Sichuan and the surrounding area all love hotpot.

It’s the New Year and everyone’s happy, so letting his wife enjoy a taste of her hometown’s specialty doesn’t seem too excessive, right?

By this time, Ji Pianran came out carrying Tangtang, and upon hearing they were having hotpot, she looked worried.

"The kids are too young, they can’t handle spicy food."

Although she really wanted to eat hotpot, sacrificing her own preference for the sake of the children had become her habit over the years.

For Tangtang’s sake, she hadn’t eaten chili pepper in a long time.

Chenzi looked at her conflicted expression, walked over, and patted her head, "Don’t worry, the kid’s not important, you’re the most important!"

The little ones, if they’re fed up with dumplings, can simply have a few veggies stir-fried for them.

But his wife, that’s another story.

She hasn’t been home for years, and doesn’t even know where her home is, only able to guess roughly based on feeling.

She didn’t say it, but she must be homesick too.

It’s only right to cook a dish from one’s hometown for one’s wife.

Shen Cuizhi was still lying on the couch when Ji Pianran least expected Gu He to say in front of his mother-in-law that she was the most important.

Her moist face flushed red in an instant.

What, what was he saying!

She nodded slightly, her eyes filled with shyness, and her tender pink lips were pursed in embarrassment.

"Mom and the kids are here!"

This man, he has no sense of propriety!

How could she compare herself to the kids.

Yet, while feeling annoyed, she couldn’t help but feel a sweet sense of being moved.

It was undeniable that Gu He had been treating her better and better.

In the past, this was something she had longed for but could never attain.

Gu He knew she was feeling shy. He chuckled and picked up Candy, "Let’s go, Daddy will take you and Mommy to the market to buy groceries, and maybe some fireworks, how about that?"

The New Year wasn’t the New Year without fireworks, right?

It was a rare moment when the whole family was together, so he wanted to buy more fireworks to blast away all the bad luck and misfortunes of the year!

Shen Cuizhi watched the happy young couple and couldn’t help but let a smile curl at the corners of her mouth.

It was lovely, like seeing herself and Gu Hang from their younger days.

"Go on, there is a bicycle in the house; ride it to the coal washing plant for a spin."

Ji Pianran lowered her head, still feeling somewhat embarrassed.

Gu He, on the other hand, had no such concerns. He laughed heartily, "Alright."

After saying that, he walked out with one hand holding the child and the other pulling his wife.

After a full meal, it was indeed time for a stroll.

He walked out to the yard and pushed out the family’s old twenty-eight bike, which was Gu Hang’s, used for taking the grandkids out for rides.

Although it seemed clean, it was somewhat old. Yet, it was well-polished, and the tires were fully inflated.

Additionally, because Gu Hang always took his grandchildren grocery shopping,

he had installed a large basket at the front. This way, not only could he carry the vegetables, but the grandchildren also had a place to play—a win-win.

Candy was ecstatic at the sight of the bicycle, "Daddy, daddy, Candy wants to get on!"

She had never ridden a bicycle before!

She wanted to experience what it was like to ride one.

Gu He laughed heartily, looked ahead, and stuffed his daughter into the basket that Gu Hang usually used for selling vegetables.

The main concern was that the child was too small; she might fall off from the back where the adult couldn’t see, and sitting in the front, the big beam was uncomfortable for her tiny bottom.

Candy was thrilled to be sitting in the bicycle basket.

Smiling with her eyes crescent-shaped, she held onto the front of the basket and said in her baby voice, "Daddy, let’s go!"

Seeing their little girl’s happy expression, both Ji Pianran and Gu He laughed.

Gu He glanced at his wife, "You sit at the back, and we’ll set off."

Ji Pianran nodded with a smile, "Okay."

Gu He pushed the bike out of the yard, and only then did Ji Pianran take her seat.

Fearing she might fall off, she held onto Gu He’s clothes tightly.

Very cautiously.

At this moment, the sunlight was perfect, and the blue and white of the sky was lovely.

Gu He took a deep breath of fresh air, feeling warm and secure in his heart.