Chapter 500: Flattery (Page 1/2)

Huo Qingyan thought for a moment and said, "You can't eat garlic, onions, peppers, beans, etc. You can't eat greasy food either, lest our Zizi get diarrhea. In short, you'd better not eat raw, cold, or spicy food."

"Qingyan, what do you mean? Are you saying that Zizi's stomachache is caused by me? Why didn't Chenchen have this condition when she was a child?"

Huo Qingci didn't expect that his wife would get angry after he gave her a few words of advice. He didn't want to argue with her during the New Year, so he explained:

"Jingjing, every child develops differently and has different tolerance levels.

When you changed Zizi's diaper, didn't you notice her belly button was bulging? My brother said it was an umbilical hernia and that Zizi had wind in her stomach.

Look, Zizi put on the Dinggui navel patch tonight, isn't she quiet now? For our daughter's sake, please be more careful. If Zizi is uncomfortable, we as parents will suffer too, right?

Song Jingjing sighed, "I understand. I will be more careful about what I eat next time."

"Okay, let's go to bed early. We have to get up early tomorrow to pay New Year's greetings to Grandpa and the others."

When talking about New Year's greetings, Song Jingjing asked Huo Qingyan, "Qingyan, how much money do you plan to give to Ningning and the others in red envelopes?"

"Give them ten yuan each. Isn't that what you gave them before?"

"Yes, your eldest brother has four children, and he gave forty dollars at once."

"It only happens once a year. Forty-nine forty is given. We have two children at home."

Song Jingjing felt a pang of pain when she thought about giving a 40-yuan red envelope to her eldest brother's child. Most people give red envelopes of a few cents, and some give a few yuan.

The Huo family has always given big red envelopes. I don’t know what they are doing. My aunt and uncle each gave her son a red envelope of 20 yuan before. I don’t know how much they will give this year.

Song Jingjing asked again, "Qingyan, my sister-in-law is our peer. Should we give her a red envelope this year?"

"Whether we're of the same generation or not, she's younger than us, so we should give her one too. This is my sister's first time receiving a New Year's red envelope, so my eldest brother will definitely give her one."

"Okay, I'll give the red envelopes tomorrow, and you can give my nephew's red envelopes when we go back to my parents' house on the second day of the New Year. You have to give more, 20 yuan each."

Huo Qingyan frowned and asked, "Why do you have to give your nephew an extra ten yuan?"

"My brother only has two children, your brother has four, and during the Chinese New Year before, I also gave my nephew a 20 yuan red envelope."

Huo Qingyan stopped talking. Song Jingjing could do whatever she wanted. Talking too much would only lead to a quarrel.

Ever since she found out that Fourth Aunt and Younger Aunt were partial to each other, Lin Man no longer had any good feelings towards them.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, my fourth uncle and my younger uncle's entire family came to pay New Year's greetings to my grandfather. After they arrived, my parents-in-law and my younger uncle's family also came.

After everyone greeted each other and said some auspicious words, Lin Man brought out two fruit plates and went back to the kitchen to prepare lunch.

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The task of pouring tea and water was given to Huo Qingci, as she didn't want to stay in the hall and chat with her aunt.

Lin Man had been busy in the kitchen for only a few minutes when Huo Qingci and Xiao Ya ran in to help.

Seeing her mother-in-law come in, Lin Man quickly put down the work in her hands and said, "Mom, Rourou is still young, you go and take care of Rourou. It's still early, Qingci and I will prepare the meal."

Xiao Ya waved her hand, "Manman, Rourou is in your father-in-law's arms. I'll come and help you."

Seeing her mother-in-law's insistence, Lin Man stopped talking and let her do what she wanted. Within two minutes, her fourth and second aunts also came running into the kitchen to help.

Lin Man originally wanted to be polite, but then she thought, why should she be polite to them?

After all, there were so many people eating at home, so they should share some of the housework. So, she asked her fourth aunt to help pick and wash the vegetables, and her youngest aunt to help cut the vegetables.

After lunch, everyone sat in the living room and chatted. Huo Qingci continued to help with the dishes and cleaning. Around three or four in the afternoon, his fourth uncle and younger uncle returned with their families.

Huo Qingyan, Song Jingjing and the others didn't leave, and neither did her parents-in-law. They didn't cook at home for the past two days.

Tomorrow my brother-in-law, sister-in-law and mother-in-law will go back to her parents' home to pay New Year's greetings. Huo Qingci will take his eldest son and grandfather back to the city to pay New Year's greetings to the chief. Lin Man will stay at home with her three children.

Before going to bed, Huo Qingci asked Lin Man, "Manman, why don't we stay in the courtyard for two days?"

"It's cold so we shouldn't walk around. Xinxin and Wenwen are still young, and it would be troublesome if they caught a cold."

The second day of the Chinese New Year is the day to go back to one's parents' home. Lin Man has cut off all ties with the Qiao family, so it is naturally impossible for her to bring her children to visit the Qiao family for the New Year.

She also didn't want to go back to the courtyard house. The sanitation there was not good, and the kitchen would be cold and empty, so she would have to prepare everything from scratch.

"Then Grandpa and I will be back early, and you can take the children home to warm up by the fire!"

"Well, I'll watch over them. Don't worry, I won't let Xinxin and the others go out to play in the snow.

By the way, Qingci, how much money did your aunt give Ningning and the others in red envelopes this year?"

“Same as last year.”

"Oh, how much did they give Chenchen and Zizi?"

“It’s the same as last year.”

When Lin Man thought of this, she sneered, "Your fourth aunt and young aunt are obviously flattering Song Jingjing. In their eyes, I am just an orphan without any family!"

"Manman, don't be sad. My fourth aunt and younger aunt might have some resentment towards me, which is why she's like this. After all, Grandpa gave us the courtyard..."

Lin Man understood that this was one of the reasons, but the more important reason was that Song Jingjing's parents were both high-ranking leaders.

The reason they flattered Song Jingjing was that if there was a chance in the future, they would let Song Jingjing act as a lobbyist and ask her parents to promote their son.