As for the two kids, they have Hua Hua to coax them. Sheng Xinhua and Sheng Xinyu love Hua Hua. They sit next to Hua Hua, rubbing Hua Hua's fur and touching Hua Hua's big paws.

Sheng Xinhua, that foolish and daring fellow, didn't try to pry open Hua Hua's mouth to look at the tiger's teeth this time. Instead, he hugged Hua Hua's neck and kept nuzzling her.

Sheng Xinyu, on the other hand, found Hua Hua's big tail interesting and insisted on going over to catch it.

Hua Hua deliberately teased the child, gently swaying her tail, refusing to let Sheng Xinyu grab it.

Zhang Shuzhen was still a little worried, so while working, she would occasionally glance into the west room. Seeing that Huahua was playing well with the two children, she turned back to her work.

Around three o'clock in the afternoon, the food was ready, and Zhang Shuzhen invited everyone to eat.

Sheng Xiping picked up a piece of meat, put it in a basin, and gave it to Huahua in the west room. Then he led the two children to the east room for dinner.

The family sat around the table, which was laden with dishes, a bottle of wine, and several bottles of soda.

"Come on, fill all the glasses. It's Chinese New Year, let's have a lively family reunion dinner together."

Sheng Liancheng told the children to pour themselves a drink. The three Sheng brothers each poured themselves a glass of wine, while the others poured themselves soda.

The two little guys, Sheng Xinhua and Sheng Xinyu, lit up as soon as they saw the soda. Before anyone else could drink, the two kids grabbed their cups and took a big gulp.

The moment the cool, refreshing soda entered his mouth, the child couldn't help but squint his eyes, his blissful little face amusing everyone in the room.

"Come on, let's have a toast. No matter how many troubles we've had this year, let's turn the page on today."

Tomorrow marks the start of a new year. I hope everything goes smoothly for us next year.

Sheng Liancheng picked up his wine glass, clinked it with the three Sheng brothers, and the four of them chuckled and took a sip of wine.

Sheng Xi'an and Sheng Xikang rarely drink at home. These days, college students study very hard and usually go to class, the library, or their dorm. They rarely go out to parties or anything like that, so Sheng Xi'an and Sheng Xikang don't have the opportunity to drink outside.

The two of them took a sip of baijiu and found it incredibly spicy, so they put down their glasses and quickly picked up some food to eat.

Sheng Liancheng and Sheng Xiping, father and son, often drank a little without any problem, chatting and eating their food.

"You two shouldn't just drink, eat more food. I've prepared a whole table of dishes."

Seeing that the father and son were drinking heartily but not eating much, Zhang Shuzhen reminded them and put a lot of food on their plates.

It's Chinese New Year, there's a table full of delicious food, so why not eat right away?

"Second brother, third brother, and girl, you all eat too. The food at school might not be very good, and you've all gotten thinner."

"Come home and eat some good food to nourish yourself." Zhang Shuzhen looked at her two sons and eldest daughter-in-law, and put a lot of meat and ribs on their plates.

The family chatted and laughed, enjoying a lively reunion dinner. After resting for a while, they prepared to make dumplings for dinner.

After finishing their meal, Sheng Xinhua and Sheng Xinyu rushed back to the west room to find Huahua.

Sheng Xiping followed them to the west room and saw that the meat in the basin was exactly the same as before, sitting there untouched.

"What's wrong? Aren't you hungry?" Sheng Xiping patted Hua Hua's big head.

Hua Hua purred and rubbed its head against Sheng Xiping, then used its paw to push the bowl to the side, indicating that it wouldn't eat.

When Sheng Xiping saw that Hua Hua wasn't eating the meat, he took it away, leaving the two children to play with Hua Hua.

I must say, with Huahua around, these two kids are really easy to take care of.

Normally, whether the family is steaming buns, making dumplings, or making steamed buns, those two kids would always climb onto the kneading board and grab handfuls of dough.

With Huahua around this time, even if the two children heard the work being done in the east room, they didn't bother to cause trouble and just played with Huahua instead.

In the west room, the two children, including Zhang Shuzhen, were having a good time playing together, while in the east room, Zhang Shuzhen and her family were busy making dumplings.

Around ten o'clock, after finishing making the dumplings, Zhou Qinglan realized that she hadn't checked what the two children were doing.

When I went to the west room, I saw that the two children were asleep, leaning against Hua Hua.

Zhou Qinglan quickly laid out the bedding and carried the two children into the bed.

At this moment, Hua Hua also jumped off the kang (a heated brick bed), stretched, and shook her fur.

Then he stepped out of the west room, gently pushed open the outer door, and leaped into the courtyard.

The dogs, who were sleeping in their dens, woke up when they smelled the tiger's scent. They all huddled back into their dens, none of them daring to go out and bother Hua Hua.

Hua Hua ignored them, leaped off the garden cane, and disappeared in a few bounds.

"Why did Hua Hua leave? I thought it would stay home for the New Year." Zhou Qinglan stood in the yard, staring blankly as Hua Hua left, and murmured to herself.

"That's good enough. It can stay at home for two days. With our two dogs, who are always rubbing and playing with flowers, it would be strange if it could stay still."

Sheng Xiping happened to come out as well, and upon hearing his wife's words, he smiled.

Zhou Qinglan thought about it and realized it made sense. His two naughty kids were really too annoying, always sticking to Hu and not letting go. Hua Hua was really good-tempered.

"Let's go inside. It'll be time to cook dumplings and set off firecrackers soon. It's good that Hua Hua isn't home, so everyone won't set off firecrackers and scare her."

Sheng Xiping put his arm around his wife's shoulder, and the two went into the house together.

Around eleven o'clock, firecrackers started to be set off sporadically in the forest farm. Sheng Liancheng heard the commotion outside and became a little impatient.

Seeing that it was about time, Zhang Shuzhen led her daughter-in-law and daughter to cook dumplings.

When the water in the pot boiled and the dumplings were being added, Zhang Shuzhen called out, telling Sheng Liancheng and the others to set off firecrackers.

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