Today, the Song family's lunch was much more substantial.

With the New Year approaching, the Song family had saved up some money over the past year. Now that the New Year was almost here, Aunt Song, who was in charge of the family's finances, loosened her grip a bit and let everyone have some good food and some oil in their bellies.

Cabbage stew with tofu, stir-fried eggs with chili peppers, a dish of pickled radish strips, and a large basket of mixed flour buns—that's what a family meal is like.

To add more flavor, Aunt Song even asked her eldest daughter-in-law to pan-fry the tofu in a thin layer of oil. The resulting stewed cabbage and tofu was fresh, sweet, and had the aroma of cooked oil—it was delicious!

Song Muqiang packed up the oxcart, brushed the dirt off his clothes, and moved closer to his mother.

"Mother, do you know where Shanhe's wife went today?"

"Where? Where else could it be? It's just in the city." Aunt Song didn't take it seriously.

“Mother, I’m telling you something serious.” Song Muqiang was getting a little anxious when he saw that his mother didn’t take it seriously. “You probably don’t know, Shanhe’s wife went to the prefect’s house today.”

"What?!"

Not only was Aunt Song surprised, but the two women who passed by were also quite astonished.

"Prefect? ​​Brother, you must be mistaken," said Zhu Xiufang, the second daughter-in-law.

The second son, Song Shanqiang, also chimed in: "Shanhe's wife actually knows the prefect's people?"

"Indeed, I personally escorted him to the prefect's door. I originally thought that Shanhe's wife had just met a wealthy and influential man, who would have thought that the Sun family was actually Prefect Sun!"

"My God, it's Prefect Sun!" Song Shanqiang exclaimed unconsciously.

As a result, he was beaten by his own mother, who punched Song Shanqiang several times.

"Why are you shouting so loudly? Do you want the whole village to hear you?" After saying that, Aunt Song punched the second son a few more times before turning to the eldest son. "Does Shanhe's wife even know that it's the prefect's house?"

Song Muqiang scratched his head, recalling Su Yun'er's expression and reaction, then shook his head: "She only said it was the Sun family, and didn't seem to know it was the prefect's family."

The prefectural government office and the prefect's residence were two separate places. The gate of the Sun residence did not have the words "Prefect's Residence" written on it, but rather "Sun Residence". Therefore, unless someone specifically mentioned it, Su Yun'er would hardly know the true identity of that family.

Aunt Song sighed.

Su Yun'er never told the villagers that she knew the magistrate's family. Either she didn't know the family's true identity, or she knew but didn't want to make it public.

Whatever the reason, this matter concerning the Sun family is a family affair of Prefect Sun, and it cannot be discussed by family members.

“You all better keep your mouths shut. If I hear any of you telling anyone about this, I’ll spank you until your bottoms are bruised and sore, you hear me!”

Aunt Song reprimanded her several adult children with a stern face, and her son and daughter-in-law all lowered their heads and listened to the lecture.

In the Song family, Aunt Song has always been the head of the household, managing everything perfectly.

Before we knew it, it was the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month.

[Ding-dong—Game system update patch, estimated time 10 minutes. The game can continue as usual during the update.]

[Downloading the update patch for you now]

The game update patch has been downloaded and is being installed.

The game update patch has been installed and the game will restart immediately.

Today, Su Yun'er was carrying out her daily tasks in the game as usual. As soon as she entered the game space, pop-up windows appeared one after another. Without Su Yun'er needing to confirm, the system directly installed the game update patch.

After a short animation, Su Yun'er was suddenly greeted by a burst of light. She instinctively raised her hand to shield her eyes, and when the light faded, she discovered that the game space had been completely renovated.

Bright red decorations are hung everywhere, creating a joyful atmosphere for the New Year.

Spring Festival couplets were pasted on the warehouse door, and a red paper with the character "满" (full) was pasted on several rice and flour buckets.

[New Year Limited-Time Events Now Available]

Even the voice prompts have become cheerful, with background music full of Chinese New Year atmosphere.

Su Yun'er clicked on the instructions for the [New Year Limited Time Task].

After reading it, Su Yun'er understood the general details of the mission.

The game has released limited-time New Year gift packs, each with corresponding eligibility requirements and player level requirements.

In other words, players of different levels can redeem different levels of New Year gift packs, but they also need to complete a series of tasks within a specified time.

After looking at several gift packs, Su Yun'er decided that she wanted a New Year gift pack called "Taro and Cow Together". The gift pack contained taro and milk, both of which Su Yun'er lacked but loved to eat. In addition, there were a few random items.

However, Su Yun'er's level is not high enough to get this gift pack. She needs to level up as soon as possible in the next few days.

To get this gift pack, you need to complete some tasks, such as daily check-in, sending items to friends, making a certain number of new friends, visiting a certain number of friends' homes, watering and weeding, stealing specific items from friends' homes, and increasing warehouse capacity. Each action will earn you points while completing the tasks and check-in.

The event period for completing tasks starts on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month and lasts until the 7th day of the first lunar month. You only need to complete the tasks for six consecutive days to receive a gift pack.

If Su Yun'er needs to complete the task check-in for six consecutive days starting from the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, the last day will be the fourth day of the first lunar month. In other words, Su Yun'er needs to level up as soon as possible before the fourth day of the first lunar month.

As a result, Su Yun'er spent more time in the space every day, constantly doing tasks and accumulating points.

Even when she was staying up late on New Year's Eve, one second she was yawning while petting Gai Xue, and the next second her space alarm went off, so she quickly entered the space to do something.

***

Celebrating the New Year is a big event, and every household puts in their best efforts to make it a lively and well-fed celebration. However, no family's New Year is as good as the Chen family's.

Because of the luxurious carriages that came to the Chen family several times before the Lunar New Year, because of the cartload of New Year's goods delivered by the luxurious carriages before the Lunar New Year, and because Su Yun'er has earned money in the past few months.

So this year, when visiting relatives and friends during the Spring Festival, Su Yun'er became the talk of the village.