Looking back on my life in the orphanage, although we lived in extreme poverty, I was happy every day.

There are not many staff members in the orphanage, but every staff member is very caring.

The director of the orphanage, whom they all called Mother Qiu, was a very kind woman.

She has always encouraged the children in the orphanage to study hard, telling them that only knowledge can change their destiny. She also respects every child's hobbies, which is why she has been able to persist in learning to paint.

So Lin Siya has always respected Mother Qiu very much. She really dedicated her entire life to the children in the orphanage.

Looking back on my life from childhood to adulthood, although it was very poor, it was really a wonderful time. It's a pity that I can never go back.

I don’t know how Mother Qiu and the children in the orphanage are doing now.

If Mother Qiu knew that she had died, she would definitely be very sad, right?

Shaking her head, Lin Siya quickly got rid of this emotion.

Lin Siya did not mess around with the first meal on the first day of the new year.

I made a lot of dumplings yesterday and there are still a lot left. They are frozen outside and can be eaten directly.

However, Lin Siya is from the south, and the orphanage where she lived before was also in the south, so she is used to eating dumplings on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Some people may find it strange that we eat tangyuan on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Aren't tangyuan supposed to be eaten during the Lantern Festival? Well, it's just that strange.

Of course, this could also be a tradition of the orphanage, because the orphanage has always eaten glutinous rice balls on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Perhaps they feel that the children were abandoned at birth and their lives are too hard, so they hope that there will be sweetness and reunion at the beginning of each year.

Lin Siya scooped out a spoonful of water-ground flour from the system space, followed by fried black sesame seeds, lard and white sugar.

Grind the black sesame seeds into powder, add lard and white sugar, and knead them into small balls. Add ink powder and water to knead them into a dough, pinch them into pieces, roll them into balls, and finally wrap the small sesame balls in them. The sesame-filled glutinous rice balls are ready.

I don’t know whether Yang Bo and Fu Sinian would like to eat it, but they are both grown men and from the north, so I guess they would like dumplings more.

By the time she had finished rolling the glutinous rice balls, Fu Sinian and Yang Bo also stood up and came to help.

In a short while, the steaming dumplings and glutinous rice balls came out of the pot.

Surprisingly, the sesame-filled dumplings made by Lin Siya were very popular with both of them.

After the three of them finished breakfast, Yang Bo and Fu Sinian prepared to leave.

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. It is impossible for the two of us to stay here all the time. We must go visit our colleagues and leaders today.

Before leaving, Lin Siya prepared some things and gave them to Fu Sinian, asking him to deliver them when he visited the leader, as there was nothing there.

After the two people left, Lin Siya simply cleaned up and prepared some peanuts, melon seeds and candies, as the children around would definitely come to pay New Year's greetings soon.

Sure enough, when she opened the door, children came in groups.

"Sister Lin, Happy New Year!"

"Sister Lin, Happy New Year!"

"Sister Lin, congratulations and prosperity!"

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Lin Siya was also very happy listening to the children's New Year greetings.

"Come on, come on, line up and let me give you some delicious food."

She gave each child a handful of melon seeds and peanuts, and two candies.

The candy is actually the most common kind of fruit candy, but it is produced by the system. The outer packaging is the same as that sold in the supply and marketing cooperative, and the taste is similar. There are a lot of them in the space.

The children were all very happy when they got peanuts, melon seeds and candies.

But when nothing unexpected happened, an accident happened, just when she was holding a plate and handing out candies to the children queuing up.

Suddenly, a hand stretched out from somewhere, and while Lin Siya was not paying attention, he grabbed a handful of candy from the candy plate, quickly stuffed it into his pocket, and ran away.

Lin Siya was completely confused by this sudden change. Where did this rude child come from? Unfortunately, the child ran too fast and she didn't see him clearly.

"Sister, that's Jinbao."

One of the children saw Lin Siya like this and spoke.

"Jinbao?" She had no impression of this child at all.

"Yes, it's Jinbao from Aunt Li's family."

Several other children also spoke up to agree.

As soon as Lin Siya heard who the parents of that naughty child were, she immediately remembered.

It turned out to be the little fat boy who had been throwing a tantrum and demanding meat in her home before. Lin Siya was speechless again. He was indeed a spoiled brat.

According to the children present, this naughty child named Jinbao might have been spoiled by his family. He would grab any good things he saw. The other children didn't like him, so they didn't invite him when they went to visit their family to wish them a happy new year.

Lin Siya shook her head helplessly. Of course, she couldn't go to the door to ask for an explanation just for a handful of candy. She just felt sorry for the child. There is a saying that goes, "Spoiling a child is like killing him." Now he has taken something like a gun from someone else's house. She didn't know what the child would be like when he grows up. She just hoped that the parents who raised such a child would not regret it in the future.

This little incident that happened in the morning did not affect Lin Siya's mood afterwards.

After all the children had left, Lin Siya took some cakes and snacks and went to visit several of her better neighbors to wish them a happy new year.

After a busy period, it was already evening. Lin Siya looked at the time and wondered why Yang Bo and Fu Sinian had not come yet?

A few people made an appointment yesterday. Since they have a few days off, they decided to have both of them come here for dinner.

Although Fu Sinian can cook, he has been eating here for some time and usually eats at the factory, so he doesn't have the tools and seasonings to cook at home.

Not to mention Yang Bo, who can't even cook. He usually eats in the factory cafeteria or goes out to restaurants.

But it was Chinese New Year and other holidays, the factory was on holiday, and the state-owned restaurants outside were also closed for a few days. Lin Ya simply asked them to come here to eat during these days, and it would be more lively with more people.

This year, they had a total of three days off for the Chinese New Year, and had to go back to work on the fourth day of the first lunar month.

Lin Siya decided to take advantage of the New Year holidays to visit her former colleagues at the textile factory. She had been busy with work and hadn't seen them for a long time.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Lin Siya started preparing to cook. Thinking that she still had some cured pork ribs at home, she decided to just make a cured pork ribs hotpot. Hotpot is something that you can never get tired of eating.