At noon, as soon as Lu Ting and his son Lu Fengnian came back, they were busy offering sacrifices to the gods, pasting door gods and couplets.

Because today is New Year's Eve and we need to eat and drink well, Hua Min prepared six dishes for lunch: stir-fried squid with green onions, beef stewed with carrots, kelp and pork ribs soup, sweet and sour pork, steamed scallops with vermicelli, and dry pot cured chicken.

The New Year’s Eve dinner was even more lively in the evening. Su Yan and Lu Ting helped Hua Min prepare a large table full of dishes.

In the middle of the round table is a clay pot mutton hotpot. It is said that eating hotpot during the Chinese New Year will bring prosperity, and mutton hotpot is very popular. Surrounding the clay pot hotpot are eight plates of meat dishes with meanings and a plate of desserts and pastries.

The eight dishes with symbolic meanings are: pan-fried yellow croaker (abundance every year), stewed chicken with mushrooms (good luck), braised pig's trotters (money-making hand), braised pork (prosperity), braised lion's head also called four-happiness meatballs (continuous happiness), braised bamboo shrimps (prosperity), stir-fried cauliflower with meat (get rich), stewed fish head with tofu (richness), and the last dessert is brown sugar steamed cake (prosperity every year).

Even the four pots of green vegetables for hot pot have different meanings: lettuce (makes money), rapeseed also called Shanghai green (has wealth), coriander (embellishes wealth, enjoys wealth), and cabbage (riches come to the door). Together, these four green vegetables mean making money all year round.

Su Yan discovered that her mother-in-law was a bit superstitious. If the dishes on the table did not have good meanings, they would not be served at all.

She finally understood what it felt like to greet strangers and wish them good fortune and prosperity on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

In short, everyone wants to live a prosperous life. First of all, you have to get rich, and then your life will naturally be prosperous.

The Lu family had an octagonal table, and later bought a foldable round table. During the Chinese New Year, there were so many people and so many dishes, so they had to use a round table.

There are delicious foods on New Year’s Eve. Whether it is the lunch at noon or the New Year’s Eve dinner at night, Zhu Ting will get up and sit at the table.

As for her child, of course she was fed with milk powder and put back to bed to sleep. Lu Yilan's child slept during the day and didn't sleep much at night. Even after drinking two Chinese medicines, the child didn't get better.

Su Yan's son, Lu Yiming, was being held in his father's arms. Lu Ting was feeding him four-happiness meatballs. He couldn't chew the chicken, so Lu Ting didn't let him eat it, fearing it would choke him.

Lu Ting frowned as he looked at Lu Jin and his wife. Su Yan also looked over at them. It turned out that Lu Jin's eye bags had deepened and his complexion had also turned a little blue. Even while eating the New Year's Eve dinner, he did not look very happy.

Zhu Ting on the side ate meat with big mouthfuls without any care. In her memory, she seemed to have eaten such a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner at her grandparents' house when she was five years old. It seemed that she made the right choice to marry into the Lu family.

If she married into the Lu family, they would have at least a thousand yuan in their hands, and even if she gave birth to a daughter, so what? Her parents-in-law didn't say anything.

Maybe it was because her eldest brother and sister-in-law had a son first, so her parents-in-law didn't care whether she and Lu Jin had a boy or a girl?

As soon as she finished eating, Zhu Ting put down her bowl and chopsticks and quickly returned to her room, saying she was going back to take care of the child. Hua Min had originally planned to let her do the work, after all, she was in confinement.

It's a pity that his behavior of putting down his bowl and chopsticks and immediately going back to his room to lie down is somewhat unpleasant.

Lu Fengnian was very happy because he and his son would be promoted next year, so he kept asking Lu Ting to drink. After dinner, Su Yan hugged Lu Yiming and chatted with Lu Yu and Lu Chen by the fireplace.

Lu Yu suddenly suggested, "We have to sit until twelve o'clock, sister-in-law, let's play Landlord on the grill!"

Lu Chen said, "Why are you playing Landlord during the New Year? Can you speak? Let's play with four people and upgrade to 5, 10, and K."

Su Yan laughed. Was Lu Chen imitating his mother-in-law? If they got a useless fortune playing mahjong tonight, would he keep it for himself?

"I'll do whatever you want, playing Landlord or upgrading is fine."

Lu Chen shouted to Lu Jin at the table, "Second brother, do you want to play poker?"

"No, I'm going to feed Lanlan milk later."

Lu Yu asked Hua Min again, "Mom, do you play level up?"

"I'll wait for your dad to finish eating so I can wash the dishes."

At this time, Zhu Ting came out of the room again, smiled awkwardly and said, "The child is sleeping, let me play level up with you!"

Su Yan wanted to say, isn't this a joke? Not to mention that Yilan is still so young and needs someone to take care of her, even if Lu Jin is there, why would someone who is in confinement not be able to take care of herself and come out to spread rumors?

Su Yan didn't say anything, and Lu Chen and Lu Yu were reluctant to speak. Lu Jin advised, "Xiao Ting, you're still in confinement and exposed to the wind. You'll get a headache when you get older."

"Didn't you see I came out with my hat on?"

Lu Fengnian narrowed his eyes slightly, his sharp pupils revealing a hint of coldness, and then he curved his lips into a smile, "Jin'er, you haven't had a good rest these two nights, go back to your room and get some rest."

"Dad, I still have to feed Yilan milk powder and change her diaper later."

"Don't you have Xiaoting here? You should rest for a few hours first. If Yilan makes a fuss at night, you won't be able to sleep tonight."

Lu Ting glanced at his father. It seems that whoever has the child will love him. Is his father dissatisfied with his daughter-in-law Zhu Ting?

Zhu Ting was completely unaware of this and excitedly snatched the cards from Lu Chen's hand to shuffle them.

Su Yan couldn't help but hold her forehead, hoping that if she felt unwell in the future, she would not be blamed.

When drawing cards, Su Yan discovered that the cards they used were actually military cards, with airplanes, tanks, missiles, armored vehicles, aircraft carriers, cruisers, etc. printed on them.

Lu Yu sat opposite Su Yan, and naturally the two of them formed a group, Lu Chen and Zhu Ting in the same group.

Su Yan discovered that Zhu Ting's poker skills were really bad. With only so many cards, she was trying to guess what cards the next player was going to play, and she even gave points to her opponent.

Not only did she give away points, but she also bet on her own team's cards. Lu Chen was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood. His eyes were wide open and he stared at the cards in Zhu Ting's hand.

Lu Yiming, sitting on Su Yan's lap, laughed heartily. "Boss Su, the wife Second Uncle married is truly foolish. She's a slut with a big appetite for sex. She's both naive and playful. Luckily, you guys aren't sending any money tonight, or else she'd lose her underwear to you."

What do I need her underwear for? I also suspect she has a lump in her head. How did she get into college with her IQ?

[She was probably just lucky, but the university she got into wasn't very good either.]

Lu Jin stood aside and watched for a few seconds, then shook her head and went back to her room to take care of her daughter. Lu Ting originally wanted to watch his wife play cards after dinner, but he looked up at Zhu Ting and then walked over.

"Dad, let's play two games of military chess."

"Okay, let's go back to the room first."

Lu Ting took his son back from Su Yan's arms and followed Lu Fengnian back to the room. Lu Chen became more and more angry as he played. His sister-in-law and brother came up from 5 to K in two games, and they didn't win a single game.

Seeing that the score in the middle exceeded 80 points, the second sister-in-law actually took back the poker cards. It seemed a bit shameless that she couldn't afford to lose.

Su Yan didn't care. Anyway, she didn't lack the five points in Zhu Ting's hand. As long as she played a big ghost, Lu Yu would definitely give her points. No matter how you look at it, Lu Yu was much smarter than Zhu Ting.