Granny Liu felt much lighter when she learned that the third son and his wife had paid off all their debts.

"Okay, tonight you four can sleep in the inner room, and Xiao Wan and Xiao Jiang can go upstairs. The beds are already made up."

"Then I'll have to trouble Xiaowan. I'm taking up her room." Zhang Xuemei originally wanted to suggest that her sister-in-law sleep with her, but then she thought that sleeping with two children might not be as comfortable as sleeping upstairs.

The second floor of the Xu family's house was actually just a wooden plank building. Sometimes, if you walked too carefully, you were afraid of falling. And the walls weren't sealed off. In winter, when the cold wind blew, you would shiver uncontrollably.

Xu Mingwan didn't care, since she wouldn't be staying at home for more than a few days anyway.

Zhou Nianmei raised an eyebrow at the bag her husband was carrying. "Why did you bring something back?"

"Xuemei bought these new clothes for Ding Yang. Here, you can give the smaller set to Fengjuan!"

The brothers' houses were built on adjacent plots, but the eldest and second eldest brothers had already built a single-story house, while the rest of the brothers' houses were still just empty plots of land.

When Zhou Nianmei heard that the clothes were for her son, she immediately took them out of the bag and looked at them. She found that they were a thick cotton-padded jacket and a pair of thick pants.

He touched the clothes and thought they were quite nice, so he smiled with satisfaction. "Xuemei is quite thoughtful. She bought a good dress. It's perfect timing since I haven't ordered one yet this year."

Zhou Nianmei wasn't planning to buy new clothes for her child this year anyway, since the child grows so fast and the clothes would be too small after only a short time, which would be such a waste!

Basically, the betrothal gifts for the older and younger nephews on my mother's side can also be used, which can save some money!

“We haven’t bought clothes for the two kids in the third son’s family either. So, you can give them a bigger red envelope for the New Year,” Xu Mingri instructed his wife, since all the money in the house was with her anyway.

"What about the one for Yang? Is it the same?" In previous years, they would give the child a 50-yuan red envelope. Since everyone only had one child, it was always the same.

This year, the third child's family bought new clothes for their child, which must have cost at least 100 yuan! Two children would cost 200 yuan, and thinking about it still makes me feel a little heartbroken! The clothes in my hands suddenly don't smell so good anymore.

Xu Mingri thought about it and still felt that they should make them the same. "They definitely have to be the same. If the third son's family gives a hundred yuan and the second son's family gives fifty yuan, how embarrassing would that sound!"

Zhou Nianmei was worried that if she gave her second son's family a hundred yuan for Dingyang, what if Fengjuan gave her back fifty yuan? That would be a huge loss.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "You eat first, I'll take the clothes to Fengjuan."

After saying that, she grabbed the bag and walked to the next room. Xu Mingri was too lazy to pay attention to their little thoughts and went to eat by herself. She still had to help her mother make tofu later!

"Fengjuan, Fengjuan, are you home?" Zhou Nianmei called out as soon as she entered the house.

Chen Fengjuan looked up from the stove and replied, "I'm here! I'm not home at this hour, I'm over there! What's up, sister-in-law? Is something wrong?"

As soon as Zhou Nianmei entered, she saw Chen Fengjuan tending the fire and Xu Minghui cooking.

If you were to ask what's so good about the men in the Xu family, it would be that each of them can cook a few signature dishes. Even the stingy father-in-law can make braised pork and is happy to help in the kitchen in his spare time. He's not the kind of person who wouldn't even pick up a fallen soy sauce bottle.

"Perfect timing, the third brother and his family are back. They bought the two kids a set of clothes for the New Year. Here, this is what your family ordered. They're all the same style, just different sizes."

As she spoke, Zhou Nianmei handed over the bag containing the clothes.

Upon hearing this, Chen Fengjuan stopped burning the fire, quickly washed her hands, picked up the clothes, touched and examined them, and nodded with a smile, saying, "Xuemei is so thoughtful. Yang Ke will be overjoyed now, he has two new outfits!"

"That's right, so your older brother said we should all increase our red envelopes this year, giving everyone a hundred yuan. What do you think?"

Before Chen Fengjuan could speak, Xu Mingyao interjected, "It's only right. Look, we uncles haven't even thought to buy clothes for the third brother's two children!"

Right after the New Year, my older brother and I stopped working for our master and started looking for jobs ourselves, which we were sure would earn us more money.

"Okay, you guys start cooking, I'm going back now."

Old Xu was watching people play chess in the village. Although he didn't understand anything and liked to give random advice, it didn't stop him from watching with great interest!

"Old Xu, stop giving orders here. Your third and fifth sons are back. Go see what good things they brought you."

Someone returned from the village entrance and happened to see the Xu brothers walking in. When they met Old Man Xu, they casually said something to him.

"You're back? Then I really need to go home and visit." Old Xu said, immediately standing up and walking home.

"He's finally gone. His loud voice was deafening."

"Exactly, they don't know how to shut up, and they just like to give orders without any sense."

As soon as they saw Old Man Xu leave, everyone started complaining.

When people are around, they can't say anything, after all, this is the kind of person who can lie on the ground and act like a shameless old woman.

Besides, Old Xu is usually very hardworking, busy in the fields all year round. He only watches chess for a few days during the New Year. They are all from the same village, so they just tolerate it.

Old Xu walked back quickly and ran into his two sons at the village entrance.

"Dad, we're back." Xu Minghan immediately went up to greet his father as he jogged home.

As soon as Old Xu saw his third son, he immediately stepped forward and asked, "Why are you so late? You should have come home earlier. There are so many things to do at home that have kept your mother busy. Is that reasonable?"

"Yes, yes, I've been a bit busy this year. It's all about making money, there's no other way."

Old Xu was speechless at his words, thinking to himself, "Make money, make money! I want to see how much money my third son has made this year."

Xu Mingjiang didn't like listening to his father's nagging, so he immediately stepped forward and squeezed between the two of them, looking at his father and asking, "Dad, did you collect my wages from the factory in town?"

Old Xu rolled his eyes at him. "Of course I accepted it. Do you think I'd let someone else have money for the New Year? I gave it all to your mother."

"That's fine, saves me the trouble of going."

As soon as Old Xu entered the house, he wandered around, looking left and right, but he couldn't see what he wanted to see.

This puzzled Granny Liu, who asked, "What are you wandering around here for? Can't you see I'm busy?"

Old Xu couldn't hold back any longer. "I said, didn't the third brother bring me a bottle of wine or anything when he came back?"

"Wine, all you ever think about is wine! Isn't the liquor we brew at home enough for you to drink?" Granny Liu shouted at the top of her lungs.

At this moment, Xu Minghan couldn't hold back any longer, "Dad, I bought you a new outfit! You should drink less alcohol, what's so good about that stuff?"