It's winter in January.
The sky was dark and the sun was not visible. People on the road were all wrapped in winter clothes. Qin Guanglin put on his hat again, and hurried around with his sleeves in his pocket, busy for his daughter's first birthday party.
At the beginning of the full moon, there was nothing. The two of them and Mother Qin stayed at home, unable to do anything, and waited until they were one year old to make up for little Anya.
Originally, Mother Qin meant to have a banquet on the old street, so that the neighbors could join in the fun. Qin Guanglin thought about it but didn't agree, and booked a small hotel.
—After my daughter was born, I hardly ever saw outsiders. There was nothing like a full moon or a hundred days. This is the first time since she was born to celebrate. Those relatives will come, so it’s better to be more solemn.
And it was also the day when Gu Xiaoqing recognized his relatives, so it couldn't be too simple.
"Why did you buy these?"
When He Wu came back from get off work, Qin Guanglin was fiddling with a table, and her daughter was staggering in the baby walker. She picked her up and kissed her, and turned her head to look twice. Before Qin Guanglin opened his mouth, he understood what he was doing.
Sure enough, Qin Guanglin gathered a table of gadgets together, squeezed out a small abacus the size of a palm, and said, "I'll use it to catch Zhou in a few days, let's see what she will do in the future."
Speaking of this, he suddenly became curious: "Should I have been arrested last time? What did our daughter get caught?"
"Caught a celery."
"..."
"What's your expression?" He might as well glance at him, hugging his daughter and humming, "Celery means thrifty housekeeping, well, it's better than catching your broken paintbrush."
"Why is it broken, Huahua... okay, it's good to be diligent and thrifty in managing your family, wait a few days and see what Xiaoya catches this time, right girl?"
Qin Guanglin stood up from the sofa as he spoke, moved to He Wei's side and lowered his head to babble at his daughter. Anyway, no matter what he caught, there was nothing wrong with it.
"Give me the child, you hurry up and cook." He took his daughter and urged.
"And me?"
"Go cook, what about you?"
Qin Guanglin shook his daughter in his arms, saw He Wu standing there staring at him, then came over to him suddenly, and slapped He Wu's left and right cheeks twice, "Are you alright?"
"Perfunctory, hum."
"Then start again, come back."
"Hold your daughter."
He Wu has already got into the kitchen, took off the apron from the wall and tied it up.
Soon after, there was the sound of chopping vegetables from the kitchen, blending with the sound of the TV in the living room. Qin Guanglin helped his daughter walk slowly around the living room in the walker.
…
Father He came one day before the first birthday party. When He Wu was born, he promised to come to the full moon party, but there was no full moon party. It has been delayed until now. When the old man saw his granddaughter again, little Anya was already toddling in the baby walker.
In the evening, he stayed at Qin Guanglin's young couple's house for dinner, and then sat for a while, teasing little Anya. Father He didn't want to cause trouble for them, so he rejected the young couple's proposal to stay in the guest room by themselves, and continued to live in the hotel where he was last time.
In addition to Father He, relatives and friends from the Qin family's father's side also came, and they were all arranged by Qin's mother. On the second day, the balloon arch at the entrance of the hotel where the banquet was held was inflated, and the "" I wish Baby Qin Anya a happy first birthday".
Gu Xiaoqing arrived at the place early, not dressed like usual, wearing a long white tie coat, lined with a turtleneck sweater, and rarely put on light makeup, his eyebrows and eyes are much softer, and his whole style has changed drastically. A tomboy turns into a mature woman in one go.
"Are you... Xiaoqing's sister?"
Qin Guanglin watched her put the coat aside in a daze, and couldn't help but ask.
"Let's go." He might as well hand over his daughter to Qin Guanglin, and pull Gu Xiaoqing to look left and right, Gu Xiaoqing was a little embarrassed by his happy appearance.
"It's so beautiful to dress up like this..."
"Sister He, don't laugh at me."
"seriously… "
Seeing the two of them whispering, Qin Guanglin didn't want to join in the fun, so he pushed his daughter's small car to Qin's mother, handed her over to the two old people to look after her, and went to the door to welcome the guests.
The banquet was not big, except for the relatives of the two parties, only close friends like Xiao Yu and Chen Rui were invited, and other friends who were not so closely connected like Yu Le were not invited. It was a small circle of celebration.
"Hey, do you seem to have lost weight?"
Xiao Yu took his son out of the car, and Zhou Nan came to the door to say hello to Qin Guanglin.
"Really?!" Qin Guanglin now likes to hear people say that he has lost weight, and he is exhausted from push-ups every day. If it doesn't work, it's too shocking.
"Fake."
"Hey, hurry up and go in."
Qin Guanglin angrily drove him inside, while Chen Rui's car was looking for a parking space.
"That's your boss, did you see him when he signed the contract?" Seeing Xiao Yu dawdling here, he pointed at Chen Rui who was getting out of the car.
"No, didn't the emergency call have not been withdrawn at that time, the contracts were all mailed."
Xiao Yu said casually, he is only a part-time job, what boss is not the boss... Speaking of which, he is not familiar with the person he is connected to.
When Chen Rui saw Qin Guanglin's fat face from a distance, he wanted to laugh, so he walked over quickly and patted him on the shoulder, "Having a child is different... Blessed, really blessed."
"Need to say, it's such a blessing."
"The next time you draw the sequel "Daughter", your image should change."
Entering the arena while joking, when it was nearly eleven o'clock, almost all the people who had been invited had arrived. Why not hugging her daughter and chatting with friends, Qin's mother was accompanying her sister-in-law and a group of relatives, and Qin Guanglin started to prepare for the process after strolling around casually .
Without inviting the host, he stood there by himself, thanked his relatives and friends, played a video of his daughter's growth on the screen behind him, then toasted and cut the cake. It was almost 11:30 when everything was done, and the cake was eaten, the main event start.
Qin Guanglin took out the prepared bits and pieces one by one, abacus, pens, books, coins, food and so on were arranged in a mess, why not take out the pen that Qin Guanglin gave her before graduation from the bag and put it on it.
"This is missing."
Xiao Yu pondered for a while, untied the keychain from his waist and threw it over, and said with a smile, "I'll be a renter after I get the keys."
"This, this is also added." Chen Rui also joined in the fun, took out the company badge from his bag and threw it to Qin Guanglin, "A strong woman, start a company and be the boss."
Gu Xiaoqing blinked, fumbled in her bag a few times, she didn't have any cosmetics, and finally took out a bank card and put it on, "Let's make up the number."
Arrange everything properly, why not hold your daughter in front of those things and let her sit down, and don't care if she can understand or not, and say something softly.
"What did your family catch at that time?" Qin Guanglin asked Xiao Yu.
"Caught the book."
Xiao Yu talked about this with pride, "In the future, he will definitely be a top student at Wudaokou Institute of Technology."
"Didn't catch the fishing rod?"
"... Zhou Nan didn't let me go."
"Hahaha let it go and it's over. I'm sure I won't let go." Qin Guanglin laughed.
While the two were talking, they saw Xiao Xiaoyu swaying around the place where Zhou was caught, poking his head out of curiosity to look at things on the ground, and then a small hand suddenly grabbed his ear.
"..."
"..."
Xiao Xiaoyu was taken aback, he didn't move his head, he wanted to push her but he didn't dare to move, as if he was afraid of hurting such a small person in front of him, he stayed there for two seconds, then he started to cry as soon as he grinned.
"Wow… "
One of the two farts was crying and the other was giggling, so why not rush over with Zhou Nan to separate the two of them.
Seeing Zhou Nan coaxing his son in his arms, Xiao Yu's heart skipped a beat.
... Being bullied by a girl at such a young age, you won't learn from his father in the future, right
"Keep your daughter away from my son in the future." He warned Qin Guanglin worriedly.
"Keep your son away from my daughter."
Qin Guanglin was even more upset, daughter, you grab the pen and the key, why grab someone's ear.
It's really impossible to grab a seal or something...
In the crowd watching, little Anya sat in the middle of a pile of items and scratched around again, opened her big eyes and looked around curiously, lowered her head and clasped her feet, and reached out to touch the bank card that Gu Xiaoqing had put down.
(end of this chapter)