She curled up the corners of her mouth and forced a smile and said, "Mom, it's just a small effort for me. It's still the elder brother and his wife who are lucky."

Shen Chengyi looked at Su Yuehua in silence for a long time. He felt that something was different about her, but he couldn't tell.

But he did not reject her change. At least she would not make things difficult for himself and his family anymore.

Before, Li Yumei was somewhat afraid of Su Yuehua, her sister-in-law from the city, and she was very careful in what she said, for fear of displeasing her.

After the examination just now, her impression of Su Yuehua completely changed. She smiled and stepped forward and said, "Yuehua, you are the blessing that brings to me and your elder brother."

Bai Xiuying wiped away the tears of joy from the corners of her eyes and said, "We are all blessed. When Yuehua gives birth to another big fat boy next year, our Shen family will be even more blessed."

Su Yuehua's face instantly turned red when she was suddenly mentioned about having a baby. She lowered her head and coquettishly called out "Mom."

As for Bai Xiuying's induction of labor, Shen Chengyi was not much better than Su Yuehua, but he had dark skin and outsiders could not see anything unusual about him.

He lowered his throat and changed the subject: "Mom, let's continue eating."

"Look at my head. I was so happy that I forgot about eating. Come on, let's continue eating the New Year's Eve dinner." After Bai Xiuying said this, she called everyone to go back to the house to continue eating.

As soon as they walked into the room, they saw Shen Xiaohu lying on the kang, rubbing his stomach and muttering, “It smells so good, I’m so full.”

Li Yumei thought he was embarrassing herself, so she walked up to him and slapped him on the leg, "Look at how little you have done. Hurry up and get up, don't let your second aunt see you making a fool of yourself."

Shen Xiaohu sat up from the kang in a flash, opened his eyes wide and asked expectantly: "Mom, are you really pregnant with a little sister?"

He had long envied other children in the village for having brothers and sisters, so that they could have their support in times of war. However, he only had an older brother, his cousin's, and most of the time he had to take care of him.

When Shen Xiaohu saw Li Yumei nod, he jumped up from the kang and said, “Great, I have a sister now.”

His jump scared Bai Xiuying. If the kang collapsed during the New Year, where would she and her mother sleep? "Xiaohu, stop jumping."

Shen Xiaohu, who was so excited, couldn't hear Bai Xiuying's shouts and jumped more and more vigorously.

Without saying a word, Shen Chengyi grabbed his waist and lifted him off the kang.

"Second aunt, please take care of Second Uncle!" Shen Xiaohu kicked around with his arms and legs hanging in the air, looking so funny.

This reminded Su Yuehua of a small animal. She pursed her red lips and tried to hold back her smile, "I don't dare to control your second uncle."

Bai Xiuying patted Shen Xiaohu on the buttocks with concern, "You naughty boy, if you jump down the kang, where will your aunt and I sleep?"

Speaking of Shen Lili, Bai Xiuying realized that she was not in the room. The smile on her face disappeared instantly, and she asked Shen Xiaohu: “Xiaohu, where is your aunt?”

Shen Xiaohu sighed like an adult, “Auntie, she’s just a spendthrift. She took away all the good food at home and didn’t let me tell you.”

As soon as she entered the room, Su Yuehua discovered that more than half of the dishes on the kang table were missing, and she thought they were all eaten by Shen Xiaohu.

This Shen Lili is also a fool. If you don't want your family to know, just take less of each item. The way she takes things, it's hard for her family not to know.

Bai Xiuying looked at the few pieces of meat and vegetables left on the kang table and became furious, but she couldn't lose her temper in front of the new daughter-in-law.

She suppressed her anger and said, "Let's make dumplings in advance."

The Shen family had originally intended to eat the dumplings they prepared during the New Year's Eve party, but now the remaining dishes were not enough for the whole family, so they had to move the dumplings meal forward to midnight.

Fortunately, Li Yumei had prepared the dough and stuffing in the morning, so all we had to do was wrap them.

What was supposed to be a happy New Year's Eve dinner was completely ruined by Shen Lili. Now everyone was wrapping dumplings and they were not talking and laughing as before.

Su Yuehua wasn't sure whether the original owner could make dumplings, so she didn't dare to help.

She sat lazily on the kang, watching Shen Chengyi making dumplings. Only then did she realize that Shen Chengyi had beautiful hands, with long and slender fingers that rolled out the dumpling skins quickly and roundly.

It reminded her of a sentence she had heard a long time ago, and she said it directly, "Chen Chengyi, you roll the dumpling skins so round, you can be the boss at a glance."

Shen Chengyi paused while rolling the dumpling wrappers. He didn't know what Su Yuehua meant by this, but Ke Xin sped up inexplicably.

Li Yumei put the wrapped dumplings on the lid, took a deep breath and said, "That's all a lie. My mother told me the same thing when I was a child. That's why every time we made dumplings, we would rush to roll out the dumpling wrappers, just to make them round so that we can grow up and marry and take charge of the family. But after I married your eldest brother, I didn't take charge of the family. He still had the final say on all matters at home."

"I think the saying that rolling the dumpling wrappers into a round shape can make you the master is just a lie." Li Yumei sighed as she spoke.

Her sigh was like pouring cold water on Shen Chengyi's excited little heart, and the corners of his lips that had just been raised tightened instantly.

"Sister-in-law, you are absolutely right. The more I think about it, the more I feel that many of the things the elderly say are lies to children." Su Yuehua echoed.

She became more and more excited as she spoke, and didn't notice the thoughtful look on Shen Chengyi's face as he looked at her.

While the two were talking, Bai Xiuying came in with two plates of hot dumplings, "Yumei, don't forget to save some noodles. There must be some dumplings left for New Year's Eve."

Li Yumei wrapped the last dumpling and placed it on the lid. She looked up and said, "Mom, I chopped too much cabbage and used up all the flour. I still have half a bowl of dumpling stuffing left."

"Leftover dumpling filling is good. Leftover filling represents that our family has money to spend in the year. Leftover noodles represent that we have clothes to wear. It's good to have money to spend." Bai Xiuying took a look at the leftover dumpling filling and the smile returned to her face.

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