As the Lunar New Year approaches, it snows today. In the depths of winter, the auspicious snow falls thickly, as if draping the earth in a thick silver blanket.

Liu Sixi also returned. This time, Doctor Jiang did not come, saying that he had other things to do during the New Year.

Early in the morning, Wu took out all the winter clothes that she had ordered from Song's silk shop a few days earlier and gave them to her sons, daughters-in-law and daughters to wear as new clothes.

She and Liu Dashi also changed into new clothes. This family didn't really care about dressing up; they only made a few decent clothes to wear during the New Year.

The family, dressed in new clothes, instantly transformed from peasant peasants into wealthy patriarchs, mistresses, sons, and daughters.

As the saying goes, clothes make the man and a saddle makes the horse. While Mrs. Wu was busy preparing the New Year's Eve dinner in the kitchen, Li Caiping was helping her.

We prepared more than a dozen dishes in total! There was braised pork, stir-fried mushrooms with pork, and so on...

Liu Sisi was teaching her mother how to make sweet and sour pork and candied sweet potatoes in the kitchen.

There are no sweet potatoes here yet; Liu Sisi took them from the Space Supermarket.

Even during the Chinese New Year, Liu Siqiang was still reading a book. Apart from teaching Liu Sisi to recognize characters, he spent all his other time reading.

Liu Sifu and Liu Dashi were clearing the snow from the yard, while Liu Siping and Liu Si'an were dragging the snow outside and throwing it into the deep pits on both sides of the road.

Liu Siqiang wanted to help, but Liu Sifu refused, telling him to focus on his studies.

Liu Siping and Liu Si'an had no desire to read; they were more interested in playing in the snow outside!

Liu Sile followed her sister around, eating a piece of candy, a piece of sweet and sour pork, and a piece of fried sweet potato.

Her little mouth was stuffed full, like a cute little kitten.

Once the meal was ready, Liu Dashi lit the firecrackers he had bought in town using the lighter Liu Sisi had given him.

The sound of firecrackers exploding filled the entire village; it was probably only his family that would buy firecrackers for the New Year.

When they were having their New Year's Eve dinner, Liu Dashi also invited Liu Sheng, Wang Ermao, and the others over.

Knowing that none of them have parents is quite pitiful, let them have a good New Year in Tianshan Village this year!

Fortunately, when the family built their new house, they made a super large round table according to Liu Sisi's request.

There was enough room to sit, but Liu Sheng and the others sat there very reservedly, not daring to pick up any food.

Liu Dashi and Wu Shi tried to persuade them, but they remained tense.

There was no other way, so Liu Dashi brought out a small round table for them to eat separately, because if they invited other people's children over for the New Year, they wouldn't have enough to eat.

Liu Sheng and his group, now separated from the host, finally relaxed.

Their dishes were the same as their master's, which further solidified the desire of several of them to become servants of the Liu family.

After dinner, seeing so many people around, Liu Sile asked Liu Sheng and the others to play a game of hopscotch with him.

As they played, the group became less reserved, after all, they were all teenagers.

Before, I was busy begging for food everywhere to fill my stomach, but now I can finally experience the joy of childhood.

Liu Sisi glanced at her second brother who was reading, her third and fourth brothers who were busy having a snowball fight, and then at her younger brother.

She went to her third and fourth brothers' side. When the two brothers saw their sister coming towards them, they immediately put down the snowballs they were holding, afraid that they would hit their sister.

"Third Brother, Fourth Brother, aren't you interested in studying?"

Liu Sisi asked.

“We… my sister, we both get sleepy as soon as we hear the teacher’s voice, we really don’t like reading.”

“I used to want to study because I thought that if I studied, I could have a great future and my family could benefit from it.”

"But I never imagined that studying would be so difficult."

Liu Siping felt somewhat guilty towards his sister, after all, it was his sister who paid for their school fees! He didn't dare to look up when he spoke.

"It's okay if you don't want to study. Here's what we'll do: you two take the preliminary examination next year. If you can't even pass the preliminary examination..."

“If you don’t want to study, then don’t. Studying isn’t the only way out. Look at Fifth Brother, he went to study medicine and it’s not bad for him,” Liu Sisi added.

“Yes, we’ll listen to our sister,” Liu Si’an nodded.

There's no custom of staying up all night to welcome the New Year here; everyone plays until they're in a meditative state and then goes to sleep.

Liu Sheng and the others were sent back by Liu Dashi early on.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, it was time to go out and pay New Year's visits. Liu Dashi and Liu Sisi loaded the prepared gifts onto the carriage.

First, we went to the old house, since they are my parents, and I still have to visit them and give them gifts during the New Year.

The gifts prepared for Old Wang and Liu Yuanshan each included two sets of satin winter clothes, as well as various exquisite snacks.

There was also a basket of fruit.

Liu Yuanshan had been looking forward to his eldest son's arrival for a long time. During this period, with him keeping the old house quiet, no one dared to cause trouble for Liu Dashi's family anymore.

It was almost Chinese New Year, and his eldest son said that if he did well, he would get extra money for the holiday. So he dressed up early and waited for Liu Dashi's family to come over.

He also took out an ounce of silver and gave it to Old Wang, so that Liu Sifu and his siblings could prepare some New Year's red envelopes.

Old Mrs. Wang was initially unwilling, but seeing that the old man gave her an ounce or two, she stopped complaining.

Anyway, each red envelope contains 10 coins.

It has to be said that Liu Yuanshan is good at seeing the situation clearly. His eldest son's family could easily feed his family for a year if he just gave them a little something.

He didn't want to offend people too much by acting recklessly. If Liu Dashi severed ties with his family, he would end up with nothing.

When he was a child, he witnessed firsthand how a promising boy in the village was heartbroken by his parents and severed ties with them.

Later, he became a patriarch and moved away from the village. His beloved youngest son never amounted to anything in his life.

The elderly couple eventually starved to death, and their youngest son never got married.

In the end, they all met the same fate of starving to death, and their eldest son never returned before their deaths.

He didn't dote on Liu Dashi at first because all his sons were the same kind of scoundrels, so naturally he favored him and was very sweet-talking.

Now that his eldest son's family is so wealthy, his first thought is that he must not offend his eldest son, which is why he has been suppressing Old Wang's anger and preventing her from causing trouble.

After all, it really did get a lot of benefits from its eldest son.

"Da Shi, bring the children in quickly, it's cold outside," Liu Yuanshan said, sounding like an old man who dotes on his son and grandson.

Liu Dashi took out everything he had prepared for them.

“Father and Mother, this is a New Year’s gift prepared for you. He didn’t prepare anything for Liu Erlin and Liu Sanzhu.”

The brothers had a deep-seated grudge, which Liu Dashi also remembered!

When Liu Sanzhu saw his elder brother arrive, he immediately pulled his two children and wife over to greet him.

"Brother, sister-in-law, you're here!" Liu Sanzhu said.

"Hmm," they both replied with a faint "hmm."

When Liu Da Wa and Liu Er Wa saw how richly dressed the Liu Si Fu brothers were, their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets with envy.

Liu Erlin and his wife, He Shi, also had cold faces and didn't want to greet them, but after being glared at by Liu Yuanshan, they reluctantly called him "elder brother" and "elder sister-in-law."

Liu Dalang and Liu Erwa were still young and couldn't control their emotions at all.

Upon seeing the small jade pendant hanging from Liu Sile's waist, the two men quickly approached Liu Sile and were about to snatch it.