Chapter 513 New Year's Eve

The family was finally settled. They were curious about every detail of the bright, warm and clean house, and had a better understanding of Jingshu's financial resources. Living in such a clean house, it would not be good to be too dirty, so the eldest aunt generously asked Wei Chang to get a few pots of boiling water, and the family would clean up well.

Jingshu was also happy.

Instead, the second uncle said with a sly look in his eyes, "Jingshu, we've settled down now. When are we going to visit Jingzhao Niang at the villa? We haven't seen each other for a long time. The two elders must miss me."

Jingshu chuckled. "I don't know if they missed you or not, but when my eldest uncle came over just now, my grandparents were quite happy. They even said that he had come all this way and brought half a pig with him. They also said that they knew my grandfather liked to eat pig ears with wine, so they specially left some for him. He was so filial. Second uncle, my grandparents think highly of you too. I wonder what you brought as a gift to them?"

The second uncle hesitated, "If my tobacco shop hadn't been closed before, I would definitely have brought a few bottles of good wine."

"Tsk tsk, why didn't you bring some good wine for the New Year before the end of the world? Every year, you only bring two Shaodaos, and grandpa and grandma have to give a thousand just for New Year's money."

The second aunt lowered her head. She always felt that her mother favored boys over girls and that she was treated unfairly at home, so she never said anything about what Li Zhu said about the family over the years. But now that the end of the world has really come, the only family she can rely on is her mother's family, and her husband's family is not reliable at all!

But the mistake had been made. She had successfully alienated herself from her parents' home and could never go back to the way things were. She knew that.

The plan had been made long ago. This year, they would celebrate the New Year at their grandparents' house. Naturally, they wouldn't go to the villa, not even go in. Li Dazhu, who was thinking of making a move, was completely dumbfounded.

After Jing Ye finished his work, he came over with a smile, carrying the Spring Festival couplets he wrote, Chinese knots he made by himself, door gods and other New Year items.

In the past, there were rules for the day to do the general cleaning, the day to put up Spring Festival couplets, and the day to braise the meat. But nowadays, they are no longer so particular and everyone does everything at the same time. The Jing family is gradually becoming lively.

In the afternoon, Jing's mother and father returned from get off work. Wu Youai also came back with drooping eyelids. She sighed and said, "Maybe we'll have a holiday for a while. My tutor went home for the New Year."

That's a bit regrettable.

"It's just right that you can take a break."

After the Third Aunt finished her work at the canteen and then at home, she put melon seeds, dried fruits and nougat on the table and went to help in the villa kitchen. Everyone praised the nougat for being delicious. Upon asking, they found out that Jingshu had been making it over the past two days. The Second Uncle secretly wanted to take a few, but was warned by the Second Aunt: "You can eat it, but if you dare to take any, you can go back."

"Stingy." Li Dazhu was conflicted. He didn't want to bring anything, but if he didn't bring anything, he would be drowned in his mother's saliva.

"Since we're having dinner here tonight, there's bound to be some leftovers, right? I'll just take them over." Li Zhu was still making up his mind.

Jingshu, Jingnai and Third Aunt were busy preparing the New Year's Eve dinner in the villa. Oh, the ones who were really busy were Jingnai and Third Aunt. Jingshu was eating while she was cooking. When she finished a pot, half of it went into Jingshu's stomach.

Jingshu almost drank up all the glutinous rice and lotus root soup that had been cooked for the whole afternoon. If Third Aunt hadn't said that it wasn't enough for cooking, Jingshu wouldn't have stopped.

"Burp~"

Jingshu burped comfortably. It was really not easy for her. She hadn't known what it felt like to be full for a long time.

"Grandma, there are so many people this year that one table won't fit, and there's no room for two tables, so let's just split the meal."

Grandma Jing hesitated and said, "That's not a good idea, right? We don't eat separately during Chinese New Year."

You can't just say that or that.

Jingshu coughed and her eyes lit up: "Grandma, you don't know how exaggerated my second uncle is. He wants to take more of everything he sees and hide it back to feed his whole family." Of course, Grandma Jing knew about my second uncle.

"Okay, then let's share the food. I want to see if this beast dares to steal the food from other people's bowls."

There are indeed a lot of people here tonight, not only from Jing's father's side, but also from Jing's mother's uncle's family.

When everyone squeezed into the grandparents' house of more than 100 square meters, there was no room for two tables.

Fortunately, the food was divided in advance and packed into bucket lunch boxes. Jingshu carried them in an insulated box. After a few times, everyone had a small bucket.

When the small bucket was opened, the aroma filled the air. First, it was filled with meat, including bacon, ribs, meatballs, chicken, lamb, etc., followed by some stir-fried dishes made from dry goods. At the very bottom was a ball of rice meatballs sprinkled with sesame seeds. Although there were fewer fresh vegetables, for a family whose living standard was considered good enough to have rice, this was definitely the highest standard.

This is the most lively year Jingshu has had since her rebirth.

In the bedroom, the children were shouting excitedly, and outside the house, there were people on the sofa, chairs, balcony, and kitchen.

The Spring Festival Gala was also being broadcast on TV, which was a summary meeting and words of encouragement to the people.

No one couldn't finish a bucket of rice. Lao Jing's family had a big appetite after drinking Lingquan. My aunt, second aunt and uncle's families rarely had such good food, so it was even less likely that they would waste it, so the buckets after eating were all very clean.

Third Aunt poured each person a cup of rich rose milk tea, which contained small meatballs made of pumpkin, sweet potato, etc., which were particularly chewy.

This meal was so delicious that even my second uncle, who wanted to take more or grab more food, failed to do so. He even wanted to leave half for himself, but he ate it all up without realizing it.

"Put a mark on everyone's bowl. We will use this bowl these days. We will also use this bowl when we go back until it breaks." said the aunt.

Jingshu, who was just afraid of trouble, said: ...Is it that exaggerated?

It is impossible to exercise after eating to digest the food. Now everyone is thinking about gaining weight, so several families just slumped on the sofa and tried not to move. Instead, Jing's father got up and cleaned up the mess.

The second uncle thought for a long time before saying, "After the new year, Li Yun will be almost 30. Time flies."

"Yeah, that's fast."

"I want to find a job for Li Yun in the city, even a temporary job is fine."

Jingye took out his pipe and called it "dispersing the smell". He nodded and said, "Go get it."

Second uncle: “…”

The second uncle, who had been holding it in for a long time, said again: "We have prepared some food, but we don't know who to ask. Father-in-law, do you have any connections?"

Master Jing shook his head: "No, we found these kids ourselves, we don't understand."

"Then could you give me some advice?"

Grandpa Jing nodded at Jingshu and said, "Granddaughter, tell your second uncle and cousin about the rules."