Chapter 127 New Year Greetings

Obviously, he got up late the next day and didn't wake up until 9 o'clock. By the time Li Meng got dressed, opened the door and went to the yard, Li Laidi had already cooked dumplings and glutinous rice balls.

Everyone got up late because they had too much fun last night. Li Meng chased the timid Wu Ruirui with firecrackers in his hand. The fun lasted for quite a while. By the time everyone went back to bed, it was almost 2 o'clock.

"Happy New Year and best wishes for prosperity!" Li Laidi stretched out his hand and winked when he saw Li Meng.

"Hahaha, Happy New Year and best wishes for prosperity! Let's all get rich together." Li Meng took out a big red scarf and handed it to Li Laidi.

"Use this instead of a red envelope, I'll give it to you."

"Oh my God, Mengmeng, you are so nice, hahaha, I like you very much, I won't be polite! This is for you, you are not allowed to complain about it being too little!" Li Laidi also handed Li Meng a red envelope.

"Thank you, sister Lai Di. I've just written a lucky number on this red envelope. You won't think it's too little." Li Meng also happily accepted the red envelope.

Li Meng prepared a red scarf for Li Laidi and Wu Ruirui respectively, and two pairs of red socks for the men, hoping that the new year will be prosperous.

"It will be ready to eat soon. Go wake up Ruirui," Li Laidi said to Li Meng while cutting garlic.

"Okay, I'll go and call her now. Come on, sister, cut some of these vegetables and put them on the plates later." Li Meng took out the braised dishes that she had prepared earlier, put them on the table, and went to call Wu Ruirui to get up.

Li Laidi didn't ask. Although she was also curious why she didn't see it when she was cleaning the kitchen yesterday, but since Li Meng asked her to cut it, she just cut it. There was nothing wrong with following her instructions.

Everyone gathered around the table eating dumplings and glutinous rice balls. New Year's Day is the day for people to greet each other. After breakfast, everyone went out to visit their acquaintances to wish them a happy new year.

Old Master Song and the Song brothers stayed at home, while Xiao Douzi followed Li Meng to the captain's house to pay New Year's greetings.

Along the way, many children saw Li Meng and came forward to wish her a happy new year. Li Meng gave each of them a few fruit candies. The children were very happy and said auspicious words, then put the candies in their pockets and ran away happily.

"Uncle, aunt, I'm here to wish you a happy new year." Li Meng knocked on the door and took Xiao Douzi directly into the captain's yard.

"Mengmeng, you're here, Happy New Year!" The captain's wife hurried over to invite Li Meng in, and grabbed a handful of melon seeds and candies and stuffed them into Xiaodouzi's mouth. Xiaodouzi also said auspicious words obediently.

"Aunt, I won't sit down. I just came to wish you and uncle a happy new year. This is for my uncle. We still have to go to Aunt Ma's and Aunt Huang's house, so I won't sit down." Li Meng handed the new playing cards to the captain's wife.

"Okay, okay, then you go and do your work first. Your uncle hasn't gotten up yet. He's so old, he can't endure as much as you young people. He's still lying on the kang. If I give these to your uncle, he will be so happy," the captain's wife took the playing cards and walked Li Meng out of the yard.

"Aunt, we'll be leaving first. Let my uncle come over to play poker in the evening!" Li Meng knew that they had agreed to continue playing yesterday, so she just said this. There are no entertainment activities these days, so now that we've found something fun, why not have fun!

"Okay, got it. Your uncle will definitely be there in the evening," the captain's wife waved at Li Meng and sent her out the door.

Li Meng continued to take Xiaodouzi to visit Aunt Huang's house and Aunt Ma's house. Xiaodouzi called people obediently and politely, and then his two pockets were filled with melon seeds, peanuts and candies.

On the way back, Xiaodouzi was very happy all the way. Li Meng also felt his happiness and touched his head. She knew that this was a child who needed love. Today, he felt the enthusiasm of others towards him and was a little overwhelmed at first, but then he slowly felt it with his heart.

"Sister Mengmeng, look, I received a lot of candies today, here they are for you," Xiaodouzi said, wanting to take the candies out of his pocket and give them to Li Meng.

"Keep it and eat it slowly. This is all for you. Study hard and buy better candies for your sister when you grow up." After saying that, she touched Xiaodouzi's face.

Xiaodouzi nodded solemnly and secretly made up his mind to study hard.

Li Laidie and Wu Ruirui worked together to prepare lunch. They said that she was too tired yesterday, so they let her rest today. They also took care of today's meal.

"Sister Lai Di, your bacon is very delicious. You are a great cook." Li Meng praised sincerely while eating the cabbage fried with bacon.

"Yes, this scrambled eggs with tomatoes is also delicious. Sister Lai Di's cooking skills are really getting better and better," Wu Ruirui also praised.

Xiaodouzi also nodded frequently, saying that no matter who cooked, the food was better than what he and his grandfather cooked.

After the meal, the Song brothers wanted to go back early. They had decided when they came here before that they would just have the New Year’s Eve dinner. After all, food is still very precious in this year, and many people are still not full.

"Then we'll meet in a few days. Take these things with you. Here's the key to the warehouse, keep it." Li Meng knew they were leaving, so she asked Ruirui to pack some food for the two brothers to take away.

"Okay, don't worry, we'll leave first. Thank you for these things." Da Song pushed the cart and Xiao Song carried the things.

Li Meng also let them ride the bicycles. She was still confident about the two brothers.

After saying goodbye to everyone, the two of them rode their bikes back to town.

Before Li Meng could sit down on the chair, Wang Fang and others from the Youth League Institute came over with things in their hands.

"Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year, Happy New Year!" Several people greeted each other. Li Meng invited them to go into the room and sit down. Wu Ruirui also brought them melon seeds, fruit candies and peanuts for them to eat.

"These are some food we made ourselves. Let you and Ruirui try them." Wang Fang handed the cloth bag in her hand to Li Meng.

"Okay, I'll accept it. I'll pack some dumplings for you that we made yesterday. They taste great, too." Li Meng didn't hesitate. She took the cloth bag from Wang Fang and motioned to Wu Ruirui to pack the dumplings.

"Eat some melon seeds. These taste great. Mengmeng brought them back from the town. She said they have the taste of big cities. You can try them." Seeing that the people who came didn't move, Li Laidi grabbed some and put them in everyone's hands.

It was Li Meng who signaled her to do this. When she received the gaze from Li Meng, she understood it immediately. After being together for so long, they still had some tacit understanding.

Seeing how enthusiastic Li Laidi was, the few people could only stretch out their hands to take the melon seeds and candies. They sat for a while and chatted for a few words before going back. Li Meng had no intention of keeping them for dinner, so she handed the dumplings prepared by Wu Ruirui to Wang Fang and sent them to the door.

Just as they were getting ready for dinner, an unexpected guest arrived!