Upon hearing this, Wei Mo, who was inside the room, beamed with joy and exclaimed to his mother outside, "I'm overjoyed!"
"Right away, right away, Mom, wait for us! Xiu Xiu and I are going out right away!"
Then Li Xiuxiu and Wei Mo quickly put on their clothes, tidied up the quilt, and walked out of the room together.
Now the whole family lives together in the kitchen, while the old man and Grandma Yu are in their own room, waiting for the children to wish them a Happy New Year.
The two men sat on the kang (a heated brick bed) and saw Wang Zhenhua and the others walking into their room one by one. The old man was very happy.
"Come in, come in quickly. Look what I've prepared for you!"
After the old man finished speaking, he took out the red envelope he had prepared earlier from his pocket and waved it in front of everyone.
When Wei Xiaomin saw the red envelope in the old man's hand, her little eyes lit up, and she quickly knelt down to congratulate him.
"Happy New Year, Grandpa and Grandma! I'm here to wish you a Happy New Year."
After saying that, he kowtowed to Grandpa Yu and Grandma Yu.
The old man was especially happy, and so was Grandma Yu; this was something they hadn't experienced in a long time.
Grandma Yu picked up Wei Xiaomin, and Grandpa Yu, beaming with joy, handed Wei Xiaomin a red envelope and said happily.
"Alright, alright, you're celebrating the New Year too, my precious granddaughter. Here, this is your lucky money for this year."
After Wei Xiaomin started, Wang Zhenhua and Li Xiuxiu all knelt down to wish Grandma Yu and Grandpa Yu a Happy New Year, and even Wei Mo did the same.
Although I don't need the New Year's money, I just want the festive atmosphere of the New Year.
Wei Mo slowly knelt on the ground, looking at Grandma Yu and Grandpa Yu sitting on the edge of the kang with a joyful expression.
"Happy New Year, Grandma and Grandpa! I wish you good health, all the best, a long life, and everything going smoothly."
The old man was even more satisfied after hearing Wei Mo's words of blessing from his family.
"Good, good, good, my grandson is so cultured. Look how eloquent he is. Here, here are two red envelopes, two New Year's money for you."
"My grandson hasn't even started school yet! And he's already this amazing. If this were ancient times, he'd be a literary genius descended to earth!"
After the old man finished speaking, he carried Wei Mo to the kang (a heated brick bed) and sat him down next to him. The whole family sat together on the kang, chatting with the old man and his great-aunt.
Wang Zhenhua went to the kitchen and brought out the sunflower seeds and candies that he had prepared beforehand. He placed them on the table, and the family chatted, ate sunflower seeds and peanuts, enjoying themselves immensely.
The family's life became more and more prosperous, and so did the lives of everyone else in the village.
The villagers are very satisfied with their current lives, but for Wei Mo, who has experienced life in the future, his current life is nothing to mention.
Because now, we can only eat a fish during the Chinese New Year.
In later generations, wouldn't that mean you could just buy whatever you want to eat?
As for pork, even Wei Mo's family can't afford it anymore. They can only occasionally have a bite of pickled wild boar meat.
If you were to ask how good life is now, Wei Mo would definitely scoff, but the other villagers are extremely satisfied.
You know, during last year's Lunar New Year, people probably couldn't even get a piece of meat; they could barely fill their stomachs.
Now that they can have enough to eat, the villagers are extremely satisfied and very grateful to Wei Mo's family.
You should know that now, not only can we exchange fish for grain at the supply and marketing cooperative, but the entire brigade can also have enough to eat.
Furthermore, work points can be exchanged for money at the end of the year, and because of the existence of the weaving group, all the woven items sold by the weaving group are converted into cash.
And this money will be divided among everyone at the end of the year, so life is exceptionally good this year.
It was precisely for this reason that at the beginning of the Spring Festival, villagers came to visit Wei Mo's home in an endless stream, each bringing some homemade snacks or a few steamed buns.
This is life now, except that the Wei family lives too well. Eating white flour steamed buns is considered a rare delicacy by others.
In the past, the state-owned cotton mills couldn't even afford steamed buns every year.
The Wei family was busy until nightfall before they finished receiving all the visitors from the village.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, a municipal party secretary, who surprised everyone, actually visited the old man at Wei Mo's house.
Wei Mo didn't recognize this secretary, and even the old man had only met him a few times.
After the Party Secretary's car slowly drove into the village, the children who were playing in the village followed behind the car.
Cars were so rare in this era that they were almost never seen.
So the children were very curious, but they didn't dare to come closer.
Upon seeing the car, Wei Mo thought for a moment and realized it must be there to visit the old man. He excitedly called out towards the house.
"Grandpa, Grandpa, come out quickly! Someone must be looking for you. They're in a car!"
Wei Mo's voice reached the house, and the old man and other family members came out from the doorway.
The old man's face lit up when he saw the car. He then tugged at his collar, straightened his appearance, and walked forward.
The person who arrived was none other than the municipal party secretary.
Watching the municipal party secretary slowly get out of the car and walk into the courtyard.
He also instructed his secretary and driver to start moving some things, including a pig's hind leg, a bag of rice, a bag of flour, and a barrel of oil.
In this era, this is absolutely a very important gift.
The secretary slowly walked up to the old man and warmly shook hands with him.
"Grandpa Yu, Happy New Year! I hope you're in good health. I've been so busy lately that I only just managed to find the time to visit you. I'm so sorry."
The secretary felt apologetic for breaking his promise, after all, he had promised the old man that he would visit him, but he didn't come until the second day of the Lunar New Year, and he felt a little guilty.
You should know that the old man in front of her is her benefactor.
After the secretary finished speaking, he waved to his secretary and driver, telling them to carry the things into the house. Wang Zhenhua and Grandma Yu followed closely behind.
They went back to their room and started tidying up. They knew that in this era, reciprocity was important. Even though the secretary had given them gifts, they still needed to prepare a return gift.
That's the rule!
So Wang Zhenhua and Grandma Yu turned and left to go to the warehouse to see what kind of gift they needed to return.
It's worth noting that the Wei family has quite a lot of things; they even have pheasants and rabbits stored away.
However, simply bringing back pheasants and rabbits was clearly not enough, considering that the value of the things the secretary brought was far greater than that of these items.
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