"Yes, auntie."

Wang Yongbing also echoed from the side: "Don't think so much, let alone use this method to thank us. We can't bear it."

Gong's mother sighed, turned her head and said to Gong Le, "Gong Le."

"Mom, I'm here."

Gong Le quickly responded.

"You have to promise me something."

Gong's mother said, looking at Gong Shan and San Ya, and said seriously: "You two are included."

Gong Shan and Sanya nodded repeatedly.

“Start from today.”

Gong's mother said seriously and seriously: "Xiao Chen is your elder brother. In the future, you should treat him as respectful as you treat me. Do you understand? Especially you Gong Le. In the future, if you are in school, if Xiao Chen asks you to do whatever you want, you will do whatever you want. You can't have any regrets to Xiao Chen. If you three brothers and sisters do something sorry to Xiao Chen in the future, you can get out of this house. Do you understand?"

"Understood."

Gong Le and his sister nodded in unison and responded.

Chen Hao could feel the simplicity and honesty of the Gong family. He coughed, quickly changed the topic and said with a smile: "Auntie, Gong Le, it will be New Year's Eve tomorrow, and Yongbing and I don't have time to go home. This year, we can only be here. We will celebrate the New Year with you. You have to take us in."

"that is."

Wang Yongbing also smiled and said, "Auntie, if you don't take me and Brother Chen in, we will have to wander on the streets." He said it deliberately pitifully.

"Brother Chen, Yongbing, do you two really want to stay and celebrate the New Year with us?"

When Gong Le heard this, he was immediately overjoyed and said, "I thought you two were going back soon."

"Forget it, it's not interesting to go back now."

Chen Hao waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's better to stay here just because you have a lot of family members. Everyone gathers together for the New Year, that's what it means to be lively."

After pausing, he continued, "Gong Le, do you remember what happened when I told you to go to my house during the holidays? "

"Remember."

Gong Le nodded repeatedly.

"Look, now things are the opposite."

Chen Hao said with a smile: "I have to come to your house for the New Year, and I will disturb you this year."

"Brother Chen, you are a distinguished guest of our family."

Gong Le quickly said, "How can you say it's an interruption? You are spending the New Year with us, this is something we can't ask for."

"Don't say that you are so rude, what's the point of asking for? It's obviously just disturbing me, okay?"

Chen Hao said with a smile.

"elder brother."

Sanya suddenly shouted timidly from the side.

"What's wrong with Sanya?"

Gong Le looked at her in confusion.

"Where are we... where do we celebrate the New Year?"

Sanya said hesitantly: "Is it in this hospital?"

"Auntie is hospitalized now, so it's not convenient to go home."

Wang Yongbing smiled first and said, "I see, it's in this ward, let's have the New Year together."

"No, no."

Gong's mother shook her head firmly and said, "It's so unlucky to celebrate the New Year in the ward. Gong Le, you take Xiao Chen and the others and find a place to live outside. I'll just stay here myself."

"Auntie, how can this work?"

Chen Hao said: "For the New Year, the most important thing is to reunion. I think there is nothing good or bad. As long as the family can get together, that's enough."

"Brother Chen is right."

Wang Yongbing smiled and said, "Auntie, let's just do it. Let's go out to buy something tomorrow, and we will spend here together on the evening of 30." As he said that, he looked around, sighed, and said, "It would be great if there was a TV in this ward. We can watch the Spring Festival Gala together."

When Gong's mother saw that they insisted on spending the New Year with her here, she was happy and a little sad. In the end, under the persuasion of Chen Hao and others, Gong's mother agreed to agree.

"...Xiao Chen, let's do it. Tomorrow night, let's have dinner here, and then you can find a place to rest."

Gong's mother said: "In our county town, it is very lively during the Chinese New Year every year. Let Gong Le lead you to see it."

"good."

Chen Hao nodded and agreed.

"Brother Chen, it's getting late. I'll accompany you to find a hotel to rest."

Gong Le explained to Sanya and Gong Shan. Chen Hao and Wang Yongbing greeted Gong's mother and others, and the three of them walked out.

"Brother Chen, we have markets here every day since the first day of the New Year. Then we will bring you to see it. It is very lively. People from the entire county town and surrounding villages will watch it, as well as various programs and snacks."

Gong Le said to the two.

"real?"

Wang Yongbing, a guy who is naturally fond of fun. When he heard this, he immediately became excited and shouted: "Then I must see, by the way, Brother Chen, when will we go back?"

Chen Hao thought for a while and said, "Let's leave in the third grade of junior high school, how about it? Stay here for three days." In his previous life, Chen Hao had never been to the market. When he heard Gong Le's words, he also wanted to see the fun.

As the saying goes, it's all here anyway.

"It's OK."

Wang Yongbing nodded and said with a smile: "I have no objection." After that, he asked Gong Le, "Gong Le, when will you go back to school?"

"If nothing happens, I'll go with you then."

Gong Le thought for a while and said, "I'm very anxious to come back this time. I haven't greeted the supermarket yet. Originally, I had double my salary during the Chinese New Year, but now I can't make a profit." He sighed.

"That's how much money can there be?"

Wang Yongbing said casually: "You can make money anytime? Why do you have to take a break during the Chinese New Year?

Gong Le didn't say anything, just smiled.

Chen Hao probably understood Gong Le’s thoughts in his heart. For people like Gong Le who have very difficult family conditions, it is very important for them to make money.

certainly.

This is not because they love money in particular.

But because they understand that life is hard and difficult, they can only work hard to make money so that they can live a little more relaxed life.

"Brother Chen."

After walking a few more steps, Gong Le said to Chen Hao with some embarrassment: "I may not pay you back the money you lend me in a short time. Maybe I will not save enough of it until a few years later..."

"Gong Le."

Chen Hao interrupted him, thought for a while, and said tactfully: "How do you say it, you know, I am not short of money, so you don't have to worry about paying it back to me."

"That's different Brother Chen."

Gong Le nodded and said to Chen Hao very seriously: "This is the money I borrowed from you. Since I borrowed it, I must pay it back."

"Gong Le, you don't understand what Brother Chen means."

Wang Yongbing said from the side: "Brother Chen means that you don't have to worry about paying back the money in a short period of time. Is that what does it mean, right?"

"Yeah, that's right."

Chen Hao nodded and said to Gong Le: "Gong Le, you are still a student now, and you focus on learning. Don't always think about the money you owe me. And to be honest, when I lent this money, I didn't want you to repay it. Of course, you don't want to owe me favors. I understand what you think in your heart, but if you listen to me, then I will just say, study hard, and then talk about repaying the money after graduation. Do you understand?"

Gong Le looked at Chen Hao deeply, clenched his fists, nodded vigorously and said, "I...I understand Brother Chen."

"We won't talk about this anymore."

Chen Hao smiled, walked while looking at the buildings around the street, and said to Gong Le: "Where is your home?"

"My home?"

Gong Le said: "My home is still more than ten miles away from this county town."

"Then you used to study in high school in the county town, how did you come every time?"

Wang Yongbing asked.

"Come here."

Gong Le sighed and said, "There are no cars in the village over my house and in this county town. If we want to come to the county town, we usually walk over. People with slightly better family conditions will ride bicycles."

"Cycling is a better family person?"

Wang Yongbing looked shocked when he heard this.

"In the village, at least the family conditions are relatively good."
To be continued...