Chapter 126 Playing Poker

After the New Year's Eve dinner, everyone helped to clean up the dishes and did not let Li Meng do anything. Although everyone had drunk some wine, it only made them slightly tipsy and they did not feel drunk at all. Instead, it made them happy and they did not feel cold.

Next, everyone started making dumplings together. Some were filled with pork and cabbage, some were filled with egg, vermicelli and fish. We also made a lot of glutinous rice balls with red bean paste. Everyone worked together and finished the work very quickly.

Put the wrapped dumplings and glutinous rice balls directly in the yard. They will freeze soon and can be cooked and eaten tomorrow morning.

"Ruirui, go take out all the melon seeds, candies, and apples. They are all on the kitchen cabinet," said Li Meng.

"Come on, sister, boil some water and make some scented tea. Bring it here in a while." After instructing the two of them, Li Meng ran into the bedroom, took out a deck of playing cards, and came out to teach them how to play poker.

He also took out a lot of snacks from their outer packaging, such as raisins, potato chips, and dried fruits, and put them all on the table.

"What is this, Sister Mengmeng?" Xiaodouzi looked at the cards in his hand, not knowing what they were for.

"This is for adults to play with, not children. Come here, these are for you to eat, they are all delicious. And this is for you too, you can take it to the door to play with firecrackers." After Li Meng handed Xiaodouzi two boxes of firecrackers and taught him how to play, Xiaodouzi happily took the firecrackers to the door of the yard to play.

"Mengmeng, what is this? A deck of cards? Never seen before?" Wu Ruirui opened the deck of cards curiously, but couldn't understand it after looking at it for a long time.

"Come on, everyone come here, I will tell you how to play this, so that we won't be bored when we stay up all night." Li Meng asked everyone to gather around the table and began to talk about the rules of playing cards.

Although they were not from the same generation, they were all young people and basically understood the rules of playing poker once they were explained. Even Mr. Song was very interested. After understanding the rules, he urged everyone to start quickly.

Li Meng, Zhou Hui, Wu Ruirui and Mr. Song formed a group of four and started playing poker. The other three people stood around to familiarize themselves with the rules.

Soon, several people were fighting fiercely. Although Li Meng had fought a lot in modern times, he couldn't resist the other party's cleverness!

Soon, strips were also stuck on their faces. Several people started laughing when they saw it, and the game became even more joyful.

"What are you doing? We can hear your laughter from so far away." The people who came were the captain and his wife. As soon as they entered the room, they saw several people sitting around the table. They were very curious about what they were doing!

"Captain, you are here. Come and sit down," Li Meng handed the cards in his hand to Li Laidi who was watching enthusiastically and asked her to continue playing.

"We are playing cards. It's boring to stay up all night, so we thought of playing cards for a while," Li Meng poured a cup of scented tea for the captain and his wife, and sat aside.

"It looks very interesting. You young people really know how to have fun." The captain took a sip of the brewed flower tea and immediately felt that it tasted really good.

"Mengmeng, what kind of tea is this? It tastes really good." The captain's wife also took a sip and felt it was good, so she couldn't help but ask.

"This is scented tea. It has many benefits. I asked my friend to bring it to me. If you like it, you can take some back to drink," Li Meng replied with a smile.

"No, no, I'm just talking. I don't usually drink. You can keep it for yourself," the captain's wife quickly declined.

Usually Li Zhiqing is very nice to them. Today she even sent some delicious food to their family. But they can’t take her things anymore.

"I made this myself. Your uncle asked me to bring it to you for you to try." The captain's wife handed a small basket to Li Meng.

This contains the salty rice dumplings with meat that she made herself, and she brought them to her to try.

"Thank you, aunt and uncle, for taking it. I'll take it outside to freeze it and save it for tomorrow." Li Meng took the basket and quickly put the things on the open space outside to freeze them.

As soon as she entered the room, she saw the captain and his wife also gathered around and watched them play poker. At this time, except for Mr. Song, the other three people had a lot of notes stuck on their faces.

"Mengmeng, you don't know how good Grandpa Song is at playing cards. He's really smart." Wu Ruirui immediately said coquettishly when she saw Li Meng standing behind her.

"Hahaha, it's you youngsters who are giving in to me, an old man." Old Man Song laughed. These little playing cards are really fun. They are definitely a good tool to exercise the brain.

"Grandpa Song, we didn't give in to you. You are really awesome," Zhou Hui also praised.

Several people started fighting. After understanding the rules, the captain was also eager to fight. Li Laidi saw that the captain also wanted to fight, so he gave his position to him.

The captain was not modest either. He sat on it himself and started playing happily.

The others gathered around the four people and watched them play cards, eating snacks from time to time. When they saw the loser with a note stuck on his face, they all laughed out loud. From time to time, laughter could be heard from this warm little courtyard.

Time passed by little by little, and soon it was 12 o'clock.

"Let's go back, it's getting late," the captain's wife urged the captain who was still playing poker. She was already panting heavily, but the captain was still in high spirits and didn't want to leave.

"Okay, we'll leave after this round," the captain said without even turning his head. The others also said they would stop playing after this round. After taking turns playing, they were all familiar with the rules of the game and were having a great time.

Xiaodouzi was already lying on Li Meng's legs, nodding his head, but he refused to go to bed and insisted on waiting until 12 o'clock on New Year's Day.

"Mengmeng, what time is it now?" Li Laidi asked Li Meng to look at the watch to see what time it was.

"It's 15 minutes until 12 o'clock. Everyone get ready, let's go to the door to set off firecrackers," Li Meng said excitedly. This is her first New Year here and everything is new.

At first she wanted to take out some fireworks, but it was difficult to explain, so she gave up. However, she took out a lot of small firecrackers so that everyone could play together when she lit the firecrackers later.

The others also put away their playing cards and made an appointment to play together again tomorrow night.

"There are still 5 minutes left, are you ready? When I count down, light the firecrackers!" Li Meng shouted excitedly.

At this time, whether sleepy or not, everyone became energetic and stood at the gate waiting for the sound of New Year's firecrackers.

"The countdown begins, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1!" Li Meng shouted.

Zhou Hui decisively lit the firecrackers, crackling, crackling!

Under Li Meng's encouragement, everyone shouted in unison: Happy New Year!

This year passed like this, and in such a cold late night, everyone said Happy New Year to each other.