"Your old lady has already given me New Year's money, why would she accept yours?

“There’s no such rule!”

"Rules are dead, but people are alive." Mrs. Ye said, grabbing Lin Yumei's hands tightly.

Mrs. Ye Er and Mrs. Ye San immediately took the purse and coaxed the two children to hold it.

Wang Hao and Wang Ping waved their hands and refused to accept anything. Their parents had repeatedly reminded them before they left that when they visited someone else's home, they were not allowed to accept other people's things, let alone eat from the food all the time, as that was a sign of poor manners.

But the two children were no match for Ye Ersao and Ye Sansao, and they soon stuffed their purses into their arms.

The four Ye brothers invited Wang Ge to sit in the west room to drink tea and talk.

Several men listened to the women in the opposite house arguing endlessly over New Year's money, and all of them looked like they were at a loss as to whether they would have to deal with this or not.

This is definitely a strenuous job. After two rounds, everyone was sweating, and only then did they stop.

But those who are experienced will know that this matter is not over at all.

There will inevitably be another round of competition before leaving.

The three sisters-in-law kept staring at Lin Yumei, making it impossible for her to find a chance to hide the purse in the child's arms.

Seeing that it would be lunchtime if she stayed any longer, Lin Yumei quickly stood up and greeted Wang Ge and the children to prepare to leave.

"Why are you going back home at this hour? Eat at home before leaving!" Old Madam Ye said decisively, "Hurry up and sit down. Let the sisters-in-law prepare the meal."

"Oh, I really don't want to eat here. My mother-in-law is home alone and is waiting for me to go back and cook!"

"Your mother-in-law isn't incapable of cooking. She won't starve if you don't go back." Old Madam Ye pulled Lin Yumei to her side and said, "Come and talk to me. How's your mother-in-law been these past few days? Has she been acting up again?"

"Thanks to you for counseling her, my mother-in-law seems to have come to her senses now and hasn't been in a bad mood these past few days."

"Then don't be too careless. After all, tomorrow is the second day of the new year, and the girl will be returning home. You have to be careful."

Lin Yumei felt nervous when she heard this. That was right, she had completely forgotten about this.

In previous years, before we had a falling out, my sister-in-law would always come to show off her wealth when she came home.

This year the fig leaf has been torn off. If she comes to her mother-in-law to cry and her mother-in-law is soft-hearted, she will be doomed.

"Aunt, please teach me what to do!" Lin Yumei didn't care about rushing home at this time and began to ask Mrs. Ye for advice.

During the Chinese New Year, many of the foods at home are ready-made, such as pig's trotters, pork elbows, mutton, etc., which were all prepared by Mrs. Ye and frozen in the yard before the New Year.

At this point, you just need to take it back and thaw it before putting it back into the pot.

There is no need to worry about meat dishes, as the thing that our family has the most during this year's Chinese New Year is meat.

The vegetarian dishes are still only cabbage, radish, bean sprouts, garlic sprouts and leeks.

Mrs. Ye soaked a handful of black fungus and prepared to stir-fry it to make up the dish.

Unexpectedly, this plate of black fungus became everyone’s favorite dish.

"This wood ear mushroom tastes really good, with thick and chewy flesh." Lin Yumei took a bite and asked in surprise, "Where did you buy this? I'll buy some later. My family loves wood ear mushrooms!"

“We picked these ourselves in the mountains before. We originally planned to dry them and sell them, but we got busy and never went.

“I tried it once before the New Year and it was quite good, so I just kept it for myself.

"I'll pack some for you to take back when we leave."

Lin Yumei didn't expect that the fungus was picked and dried by the Ye family themselves. It made her feel like she was asking for something from someone, so she quickly waved her hand.

"I just said it casually, please don't give it to me. It's not like you come to pay New Year's greetings and then eat and take things."

"I have a lot of them drying in the sun at home!" said Mrs. Ye. "It's not like I bought them with any money, so what's the problem?"

After everyone finished their meal, they let the two children take a nap and the adults chatted about family matters for a while. Lin Yumei stood up and insisted on saying goodbye and going home.

"I've been disturbed enough today, and it will be dark by the time I get home if I don't go back."

This was the truth, so the Ye family did not keep them any longer and stood up to see them off.

Mrs. Ye even wanted to stick her whole body to Lin Yumei, follow her all the time, and watch her every move, for fear that she would hide the child's New Year's money purse in some corner of the house.

Lin Yumei finally said helplessly: "Alright, alright, Madam You, I admit defeat, isn't that enough? Stop staring at me, and I promise not to put it back, isn't that enough?"

"What are you talking about? I'm just seeing you off!" Mrs. Ye simply put her arm around Lin Yumei's arm and didn't let go until she got to the car.

"Okay, okay, let's go back. It's cold outside. Stop seeing me off.

"We'll be able to meet again in a few days when we go out for a banquet."

After the family of four said goodbye to the Ye family, Wang Ge drove out.

I don't know when it started snowing outside. A thin layer of snow had already accumulated on the ground and was still falling.

As Wang Ge drove to the trailhead, he saw a man standing in the middle of the road. He was covered in snow and it looked like he had been standing there for a long time.

"Hey brother, it's New Year's Day. Why are you standing here instead of going home?" Wang Ge was embarrassed to ask him to make way directly, so he asked in this roundabout way.

The person standing in the snow suddenly asked, "Are there two persimmon trees at the door of the house you just left?"

"Yeah! What's wrong?" Wang Ge wondered, why should he ask himself something when he could see it by just walking a few steps!

"Excuse me, what's his last name?"

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