After settling her sleeping son in, Zhou Qinglan came out of the west room with garlic sauce and a stack of small dishes.

"Alright, alright, sit down and eat dumplings. I'm telling you, these dumplings are filled with coins, dates, peanuts, and sugar. Let's see what you can find!"

Zhang Shuzhen glanced at Sheng Liancheng and, seeing that there was nothing unusual on his face, she pursed her lips, secretly amused, and called the children to eat.

When Sheng Xiping came in from the outer room, he was also taken aback when he saw the dumplings on the table.

I never expected that the family rules could be changed so easily. I wonder what my dad is thinking, and whether he feels uncomfortable about changing the old rules.

Sheng Xiping secretly glanced at his father and saw that Sheng Liancheng looked normal and did not seem unhappy, so he was relieved.

So everyone sat down, each with a small dish in front of them, and ladled some garlic sauce, vinegar, or something similar into their bowls, and began to eat dumplings.

The younger children were all eager to try their luck and were hesitant about which dumpling to choose.

Sheng Xiping didn't care about any of that; he just picked up whatever he could and put it in his mouth.

As soon as I took a bite, I felt something hard in my teeth. I looked down and realized there was a one-cent coin inside the dumpling.

"Wow, Xiping made money from eating! That's great! We'll definitely make more money next year."

Upon seeing this, Sheng Liancheng and Zhang Shuzhen said in unison.

Over there, Zhou Qinglan also felt that something was wrong with the dumplings. She looked down and saw that there were two peanuts inside.

"Hey, Qinglan is pretty good too, may she rise higher and higher next year." Peanuts, after all, sound like "rise" in Chinese, so isn't that a perfect way to say "rising higher and higher"?

When the younger children saw that their older brother and sister-in-law had found something in their food, their eyes lit up with envy, and they ate voraciously with their heads down.

As a result, Sheng Xi'an ate a peanut, Sheng Xitai ate a piece of candy, and Chen Feng ate a date.

Anyway, no matter what they ate, everyone was happy. It's Chinese New Year, and the main thing is to entertain the children.

Taking the opportunity, Sheng Liancheng recounted his stories from his hometown.

There was once a landlord's family. The mother-in-law disliked her daughter-in-law. On New Year's Eve, she insisted on putting a piece of charcoal in the dumplings, saying that her daughter-in-law was black-hearted and would definitely eat the charcoal.

When it was time to eat dumplings that evening, the old woman waited and waited but didn't see her daughter-in-law eating charcoal. Finally, her husband took a bite of it.

The charcoal was chewed up, leaving a mouthful of black foam. The man was so angry that he overturned the table and gave his wife a good scolding.

"This is called harming others and oneself. Some people think that the hardships they have endured must also be endured by their daughters-in-law."

Why bother with so many things in life?

Mothers-in-law have all been daughters-in-law themselves; they had their own struggles, so they should be more understanding of others.

Wouldn't it be better for a family to live a peaceful and happy life? Why make things so chaotic and unhappy for everyone?

Zhang Shuzhen smiled. She never thought that way. She absolutely couldn't let her daughter-in-law suffer the same hardships she had endured.

It takes ten years to see the mother-in-law and ten years to see the daughter-in-law. If she treats her daughter-in-law well, then when she gets old and can't move, her daughter-in-law will treat her well too. That's what you call two good things plus one good thing.