During the New Year holidays, although Sun Aimin and Yuan Jie's relatives returned to their hometown, the schedule of the family of four was full.

On New Year's Eve, the Luo family originally invited them to their home for a reunion dinner, but they declined the Luo family's kindness and chose to spend the New Year as a family of four.

Sun Aimin started preparing meals in the morning, steaming, boiling, stewing, frying and stir-frying. Although there are few people in his family, he still prepared ten dishes in a proper manner, which means perfection.

Sun Mian became Sun Aimin's little helper, helping to pick and wash vegetables. He also made two delicious dishes by himself under Sun Aimin's hands-on guidance.

If it were Sun Xiaohao, he would definitely not help the adults with any work. However, Sun Aimin and Yuan Jie no longer bothered to compare their own son with the son of their enemy. They seemed to have not thought about Sun Xiaohao for a long time.

Near noon, a sumptuous meal was placed on the table and the family sat around it, their faces filled with happy smiles.

Sun Aimin poured three drinks, raised the one in front of him and said, "Come on, wife, son, let's toast together. I hope our future will be better and better!"

When several people raised their glasses to celebrate the New Year, Sun Nanxing, who was sitting in Yuan Jie's arms, holding a small straw-style water cup in his hand, also held out the cup seriously, and excitedly kicked his chubby legs to clink glasses with everyone, which made several people laugh.

"Our little Nanxing wants to toast too?" Yuan Jie gently pinched her daughter's little face and clinked her cup with Nanxing's small water cup. Nanxing giggled contentedly and babbled in baby language that no one else could understand.

"Mom, my sister is so smart. I told my desk mates that my sister is super cute, and they asked me to bring my sister to school to show them!" Sun Mian said with his little head raised.

"When school starts, Mom will take your sister to school. Then your classmates will see how cute our little Nanxing is!" Yuan Jie said with a smile.

Sun Mian was delighted to hear Yuan Jie say this. "Mom, please don't lie to me! You don't know how much my classmates envy me for having a younger sister. They all have only one child in their families!"

Yuan Jie replied, "When has Mom ever lied to you? I'll keep my word. When school starts again after winter break, Mom will pick you up and drop you off at school every day, okay?"

Sun Mian clapped his hands excitedly: "Okay, okay~"

But he thought of something and hesitated, "But, won't this make Mom too tired? You still have to take care of my sister, so it would be better if you could pick me up once in a while..."

Yuan Jie patted her son's head and replied, "You and your sister are so sensible. I don't know how much less worry I have. How could I be tired? Besides, after the New Year, I will go to work at your school. From now on, I can go to school with you and go home with you."

When Sun Mian heard the good news, he was so happy that he didn't know what to say. He kept praising his mother for being able to go to work at school, saying it was so great.

It turned out that Yuan Jie had been paying attention to the recruitment information of Sun Mian's school. A few days ago, she found out that the school was recruiting English teachers, so she took the exam and was successfully hired.

Although she had taught Chinese in high school before, she had actually taught English in junior high school for two years before that. It was not until she got married and returned to Qingyang City with Sun Aimin that she became a Chinese teacher.

Currently, many primary schools in rural towns have not yet offered English courses, while schools in urban areas basically start learning English from the third grade.

What is most in short supply at the moment is English teachers with strong professional qualities. Yuan Jie has a professional background and teaching experience, so it is not difficult for her to pass the recruitment exam.

After the winter vacation, she will go back to work. Sun Nanxing is now five months old and has started to eat solid food. After she goes back to work, she can leave the child to the Yuan family. It is not a problem at all.

In the evening, Sun Aimin prepared two fillings, one with three fresh ingredients and the other with celery and pork, and made dumplings with Sun Mian while Yuan Jie played with Sun Nanxing. During this time, she also took a lot of photos of the three of them with her family's camera.

The time they spend with their two children is so precious that they must record it in time with a camera.

Yuan Jie bought two large and thick photo albums. In just half a year, she had almost filled one of them.

In the evening, the family gathered around the dining table, eating steaming dumplings and watching the Spring Festival Gala.

After dinner, Sun Aimin promptly cleared the table and took his son downstairs to set off fireworks. The sound and light of the fireworks in the sky echoed one after another, drowning out all unhappy memories.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the family of four went to pay New Year's greetings to the Luo family. On the second day, the families of Zhao Hongjun and Wu Xing came together to pay New Year's greetings to Yuan Jie and Sun Aimin, and to express their sincere gratitude for their help in finding their child.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the family was again invited to a banquet by Wang Zhicheng and Zhang Ying, and this time Wang Zhicheng's biological parents were also present.

After the children's winter break, Wang Zhicheng and his wife returned to the Song family to formally recognize their relationship. The Song family attached great importance to Wang Zhicheng's family and invited all relatives, friends, and even neighbors in the community to organize a very lively and grand recognition banquet.

They stayed in the city where the Song family lived for a few days, and when they were about to leave, the old couple of the Song family were reluctant to leave.

Zhang Ying was very satisfied with the new in-laws, who were retired teachers. They were very polite and considerate in their words and deeds, and compared with the previous pair of ruthless fake in-laws, they stood out even more.

Zhang Ying simply made the decision to bring the old couple from the Song family back to Mafang City. This would not only give them the opportunity to spend time with their newly-met children and grandchildren, but would also allow the old couple to help tutor their two children during the holidays.

After they brought the old couple back, they formally visited Yuan Jie and Sun Aimin and prepared a generous thank-you gift.

As it was Chinese New Year, they had booked lunch for Sun Aimin's family of four many days in advance for the third day of the Lunar New Year. Chen Jianye and Bai Yuxin were a step behind, so they could only book for the fourth day.

The holiday passed quickly in such a lively atmosphere, and it was time to go back to work again.

Now, with the joint efforts of the three Sun Aimin brothers and Yuan Jie, a systematic teaching material suitable for teaching has been compiled and printed in batches on an expedited basis.

The TV commercial has already aired, and it's working very well. The school is scheduled to officially open on the 16th day of the first lunar month, and has already enrolled over 100 students.

Everything is moving in the right direction.