Chapter 70: Happy New Year!

At the moment, the wolfberries have almost formed a small mountain.

Looking at these red fruits, Gu Chen is both excited and worried.

He is excited because there are so many of them, and they will definitely sell for a good price.

He is worried because he really doesn't know how long he will have to keep planting them.

Just thinking about the backache he had last time made him shudder.

As usual, he watered the wolfberry tree with some of the spring water.

Then he squatted down on the other side and started observing the ginseng he had planted.

It had been two days since Gu Chen planted the ginseng that night.

It obviously looked a lot bigger than when he first bought it.

But to be honest, the older the ginseng, the more valuable it is.

Although they are a bit bigger, Gu Chen knows that they are still far from enough.

If he wants to maximise his profits, he will need some more time.

But he is not in a hurry, after all, he has another treasure in his hands.

He dug a number of pits the same size with his hands, planted all the mushrooms in them, and poured some Lingquan water.

After repeating this three times, the mushrooms really began to grow at their most vigorous rate.

Obviously, the roots have grown much longer, far exceeding the length of the shiitake mushrooms.

Gu Chen was relieved. These were definitely matsutake mushrooms!

He couldn't help smiling as he looked at the mushrooms. It looked like there would be a bumper crop next year.

With the space freed up, Gu Chen started cooking.

Braised pork, sweet and sour carp, spicy chicken nuggets, spiced beef, and finally, a soup with spare ribs and winter melon!

Of course, the soup with spare ribs could not do without the spring water.

Two hours had passed since he started.

It was already dark, and someone outside was setting off firecrackers.

The sound of the firecrackers was deafening.

It felt like her eardrums were about to burst, and Tangtang, who was still asleep, was immediately woken up by the noise.

The little girl opened her eyes and realised that there was no one around.

She was already scared, and now she was even more scared, so she sat up in bed and let out a cry.

Hearing her daughter's cry, Ji Pianran hurried over and took the child in her arms.

'Be good, Tang Tang, don't cry.'

Tang Tang was crying so hard, 'Mommy, I'm scared.'

The little girl was still young and didn't know what firecrackers were.

She had never heard the sound of firecrackers before, and was scared by the sudden noise.

Gu Chen had almost finished cooking, but when she heard her daughter's cries, she quickly put down the spatula in her hand.

She rushed towards Ji Pianran's room.

At that moment, Ji Pianran was holding her little girl in her arms and cooing softly to her.

'Be a good girl, don't cry, okay? If you keep crying, you'll turn into a little cat.'

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard footsteps outside the door.

Then, Gu Chen appeared at the door.

Gu Chen looked inside through the half-open door and asked with concern, 'Were the firecrackers a shock?'

Ji Pianran nodded.

'Mm,'

Hearing her father's voice, the little girl tilted her head and looked around for him.

When she saw Gu Chen standing outside the door, she held out her hands for a hug.

'Daddy, hug me, hug me!'

Gu Chen looked at the little girl's tearful face and his heart nearly broke.

He hurriedly walked in and held her in his arms. 'Good girl, let's not cry. That was the firecrackers, everyone is celebrating the New Year.'

Upon hearing this, Tang Tang pouted in distress.

'But the sound was so loud,'

she said. The sound was terrifying, crackling and popping, and it just kept going and going.

But she couldn't put it into words, so she just kept repeating the word 'fear'.

Gu Chen stroked Tang Tang's head and said, 'Why don't we go watch an animation?'

Tang Tang's dark eyes lit up instantly when she heard the words "animation".

An animation!!!

She can actually watch cartoons?

"Is it the one in the glass!'

The little girl was so excited that her voice became much more intense.

She really liked that cartoon she saw during the day!

Gu Chen nodded, 'Well, I don't know if that cartoon is still on, but I bought a TV, so if it's not on now, it will definitely be on tomorrow.'

After all, that's the way it is with CCTV: every programme has its fixed broadcast time.

Unlike the TV nowadays, which can be watched on demand, and even better, you can watch anything if you pay a membership fee.

Hearing that Gu Chen had bought a TV, the little girl's eyes widened.

She danced around excitedly.

'Yes, yes, yes, cartoons, cartoons!'

Her father is the best in the world, he can satisfy her in everything, and Tangtang likes her father!

Looking at the little girl's smile, her teeth are not visible.

Ji Pianran let out a sigh of relief. Since she had Gu Chen, she suddenly realised that she was no longer able to take care of the child.

In fact, she had brought up Tangtang single-handedly.

But now, it was obvious that she was not close to Gu Chen. Often, she had to spend a long time coaxing the little girl's innocent little head to turn to playing. But Gu Chen could coax Tangtang into being overjoyed with just a few words.

'So, shall we watch TV now?' Ji Pianran said.

'Yes, yes, yes!' The little girl nodded frantically.

Seeing her daughter's excited expression, Ji Bianran felt inexplicably happy. She raised her fair face and looked at her daughter proudly, 'Then you have to kiss me.'

After saying that, she brought her face closer to her daughter's little mouth and then tapped her finger on her own face.

'Ba-chi!'

Without hesitation, the little girl wrapped her arms around her mother's head and kissed her on the cheek.

Gu Chen's eyelids twitched!

My goodness, his daughter-in-law actually has this side to her?

He always thought that she was so calm and composed at all times, and didn't even say much.

But that action just now, that expression.

She was being completely spoiled!

Yes, she was being spoiled, she was spoiling her own daughter!

Isn't this just too cute?

She's actually spoiling a two-year-old?

And she's doing it so cutely?

Gu Chen's heart was in turmoil.

After getting a kiss from her daughter, Ji Bianran, satisfied, picked up the little girl and said, 'Let's go, let's watch TV.'

Gu Chen swallowed.

Subconsciously, he made way for Ji Bianran.

Now his mind was full of the sight of Ji Bianran cooing to him.

When would she finally coo to him too?

Ji Bianran took Tang Tang into the living room, and the two of them turned on the TV and started searching for the black cat police chief on one channel after another with the remote control.

Gu Chen was also busy, carrying the finished dishes one after the other into the living room.

Finally, he served three more bowls of rice.

Now the New Year's Eve dinner was complete!

At this moment, it was 7 o'clock, and all the channels were broadcasting the news, except for Central 6, which was actually showing 'Little Tadpoles Looking for Mom'!

It happened to be an animated film, and the little girl was sitting on Ji Bianran's lap, watching it with great interest.

Not to mention Tangtang, even Ji Bianran was engrossed in the film.

Gu Chen looked at the mother and daughter and felt a sense of accomplishment for no reason.

Perhaps it was just that seeing them happy made him happy.

After all, his primary task in rebirth was to make amends with them!

Ji Pianran subconsciously felt embarrassed when she saw Gu Chen standing on the side smiling at her.

She was surprised to find herself watching an animated film with Tang Tang. Did she look childish?

But the TV show was really good!

She blinked, her tone still embarrassed, 'What are you looking at me for?'